Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-10

It required but moment for several Of the
best swimmers to strip of their heavy coats
and boots and plunge into the water.
Macha and Sophie stood wringing their hands
and sobbing upon the bank while these things
\ were going on.
Suddenly Tatianas pale face came up for an
instant. There was an angelic radiance upon
| 1t as it turned toward little Macha.
Mamma Mammal shrieked the child, Is
she struggled to break from the strong hands
| OF the friends who held her back.
I'm Gods name," she pleaded, ''let me 90.
can swim; can dive: can save her."
But the people knew that all that could be
would be done.
sat in his boat, with his gaze fixed on the spot
where Tatiana had disappeared. An instant
| before that he had murmured, ''She must die"
and now his lips mumblsd II didn't strike her
ARREST that man 7" commanded the commits
sioner
Good! That's right! He knocked her over
board! We saw him ~ were the cries that went
| up from the crowd.
1t required but o moment for the stout arms
to drag the boat ashore and pinion Rouskine.
meanwhile minute after minute Of precious
time slipped by. Again and again the sturdy
divers disappeared only to come empty handed
| to the surface again.
| In the vast crowd. At her command n number
| OF hot stones had been taken from the bonfire
| ana wrapped in flannel underwear. Watch in
hand, Sophie Savichna stood like an antique
statue amid the sobbing, praying multitude.
| Zone minute more and it will be too late I"
she whispered.
| Ajoyous shout, which was taken up and re-
peated on both sides OF the river, now rent the
air. The divers had been successful and were
swimming in with the frail and lifeless BODY of
Rouskines wife. The minute they reached the
bank voice soft as q womans and yet round
and trumpet-like rang out above the din of
weeping, sobbing and cheering. 1t was Sophie
Savichna's.
Fall back, fall back! can save her if you'll
obey me. I'm graduate Of the Imperial Med
lcal College OF Perm. Fall back! Give me
plenty of air and light"
The crowd made haste to obey and forming in
a huge circle around the beautiful Sophie, from
| whose eyes streamed an almost celestial radi-
| ance, they watched the movements Of the
schoolmistress and her assistants in deep and
| breathless silence.
The men and women whom Sophie sum-
| moned to aid her in restoring Tatiana to life
yielded that implicit obedience which is born
| OF perfect confidence.
To all appearances Tatiana was dead Macha
wrung her little hands and sobbed. ''Oh, dear
| little soul, come back to us, come back to us,'
| Inc slight and wasted form OF Tatiana was first
| gently inclined head downward until the lungs
had been emptied of water; then the hot stones
| wrapped in flannel were applied to various
parts OF her body and the rubbing and chatting
began, reliefs being kept stationed at hand to
take the place Of those who showed signs of
WEAKNESS. Little AIacha watched Sophie face
with an expression Of mingled love and trust
fitness that moved the schoolmistress deeply.
Minute after minute went by and yet there
were no signs of life. A silence SO deep sank
upon the multitude that the low ripping of the
river could be heard.
Suddenly there was commotion around the
body OF Tatiana and the crowd drew long
breath of relief.
| mo <ho H.
more compactly around Sophie. She was en-
tirely hidden from view. Exactly what hap
pened never was known. but it was whispered
by some that the beautiful and mysterious
being whom they only knew as the village
schoolmistress threw herself upon her knees
and kissed Tatiana's cold and bloodless lips.
But others say that it was more than q kiss;
that Sophie breathed her own pure and strong
soul into the lifeless body. Anyway. in a mo-
ment or 80 the little circle again widened and
a loud, long and joyous shout went up:
''She ives She ives!' The vast crowd
took up the cry and repeated it over and over
again.
rested an ashen pallor so death-like as to be
startling
| It was Rouskine. He was now more securely
pinioned and at once removed from the vii
lage.
In Russia justice in such matters is simple in
| procedure and swift in action.
| Interrogated as to the motive of his crime
Rouskine replied:
THE unholy passion maddened me- I had
but one thought-to rid myself of Tatiana so
that might marry Sophie Savichna. She had
said that she would have nothing to do with
me because was a married man."
Then your terrible crime was premedi-
Carefully and thoroughly premedita.ed "
was Rouskins's reply in a strange and hollow
! voice.
Introduce the victim, commanded the pre-
siding justice.
Tatiana, with her face lightened by her mild
lustrous eyes, which looked love and forgive
ness as they fell upon her husband. was led
into the court room by an officer. Macha was
by her side and held her frail form encircled in
loving embrace.
Madam" said the justice solemnly, "your
| husband has confessed everything. Such crime
| calls for q sentence that would end his life in
| the Siberian mines, but the law in its great
wisdom DEGREES that certain crimes prompted
by unholy passion may find expiration in the
| forgiveness of those who have been wroneed
Can you solemnly declare before this tribunal
| that you have fully and completely forgiven
| the prisoner for his terrible deed?'
'Fully and completely" answered Tatiana in
deep. soft voice, as she rose from the chair
and fixed her beautiful eyes upon the Judge
| ut was but a sudden gust OF passion. It un-
| fixed his reason; he has always been kind and
good to me. For his childrens sake as well as
for mine, give him back to me-"
| Since your victim sues fer your freedom -
spoke the presiding justice. sin accordance with
the provisions of the 1496th article OF the penal
code we withhold sentence upon the prisoner
Kirill kirilluitch and restore him to liberty
with full possession of his civil rights"
The crowd which filed the court room broke
out into the widest plaudits as the manacles
were struck from ROuskine's wrists and he
turned and caught the gentle Tatiana with his
strong arms in a long and silent embrace She
| saw that his old-time smile had come back again
and she knew that she had saved his soul from
its awful peril.
| Teeth and Hair Not Indispensable.
| Edward p Jackson in North American Review
With US there is, to say the least. a strong
and decided prejudice in favor of luxuriant
tresses and pearly teeth. BUTT is only u preil-
| dice, and by no means universal. We see no
lack OF beauty in the infants naked. rosy scalp.
or in its sweet little toothless mouth We even