Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-28
sTll hask her this afternoon and let

sTll hask her this afternoon and let
you know right away"
He left me, but at 5 O'CLOCK or there
abouts in the afternoon he came again.
"See," he began, "she ave written her
answer for you to read"
He handed me visiting card. Upon
its face was engraved "Miss Sophia
Paulovna Eczardy." Upon its diverse,
in pencil. was written: "Miss Eczardy
thanks Mr.. Eliot for his kindness in de-
string to meet her father. But DR..
Eczardy is on the eve of leaving New
i York, and as he will need all his strength
for the journey he is about to take Miss
Eczardy fears that the excitement Of
making new acquaintance might be.
bad for him She regrets, therefore, that
the visit so kindly proposed by Mr.. Eliot
must for the present be deferred
VOW to you that as l held this card in
my hand and saw her writing on it and
realized that she had written it for me
Il vow to you that, cold and formal
and disappointing as the message she
had written was, my heart was pierced
by feeling so Like the thrill of love that
can think of no other name to give it.
| Next instant, however, "What!' ex-
claimed, turning to the exterminator.
"They are on the eve Of leaving New
| York;"
"Oh, nun-nun-no," he quickly reas-
sured me; mot they. Only him. 'E go
to Bermuda to pass the winter. e start
on Wednesday morning. She only tole
me today, or else had tole you before. ;"
''Oh, see," said relieved. "He goes
alone And she'-
"She will remain ere. She go hon
living Upstairs alone by herself. Her
father leave her in my charge. tex
/ good care of her, don't you be afraid"
"Tm not afraid" l answered. II
think her father has left her in very
/ Trustworthy hands, But should think
it would be pretty hard for her to stay
on here alone, with her father away i'll,
perhaps dying. 1t will be rather gloomy
for her, won't it?"
"Eh, wat will you ave? She must
stay ere to do her work and gain their
bread. The doctor ave ordered him to
60 were it is warmer for the winter; and
since she is not rich enough to go wiz
him e must go alone, and she must re-
main alone behind"
eyes, understand" said.
On Wednesday morning heard q
carriage rattle up to our door and stop
there. Then, looking out Of my win
dow, l saw Miss Eczardy issue from the
house, with her white haired old father
leaning ON her arm. l did not succeed
in catching glimpse of the old mans
face; his back was toward me from first
to last. All saw was his feeble, totter-
ing body, and his long white hair escap-
ing from beneath his hat and falling
down almost to his shoulders. The ex-
terminator followed them, bearing the
impedimenta of shawl straps, bags, etc.
He got into the carriage with them, and
the carriage drove away.
"Well, 'e's hoff at last, he told me that
evening. 1--WE had a fearful time down
at the steamer, she felt 80 bad. She
cried and cried, and would not be COM
forted. Bot at last the steamer sailed
and q was hoff. Coming back in the
carriage she cried hall the way. She
tole me, Mr.. Muselle,' she tole me, 4
am sure never will see my fazair alive
again. l tole her bet her feefty dol
lars e come back aw right. Bot between
you and me shouldn't wondair eef e
die down there. 'E's fearful sick
man, no mistek."
/ On Saturday evening l went to get
my dinner at Maraschini's, that little
Italian ordinary in Second avenue of
which mention has been made before.
l found the place crowded to overflow
ing, as it was pretty apt to be ON Saturday
evening; and having looked around in
vain for an unoccupied table l was
on the point of going away to seek re-
treshmeiE elsewhere when the enterpris-
ing wife of the proprietor, observing my
predicament and reluctant to lose my
reckoning, came up and exhorted me to
remain. mo placer" she queried. "Oh,
that's all right. make place for you" "
| She led me into small back ROOM
properly sort of ante-chamber to the
kitchen, which served as armory Of the
stronghold. its walls being lined with
dressers containing pots and pans, spits
! and skewers and such other weapons, Of
fensive and defensive, as are required to
complete the accoutrement of q belted
cook, but which, ON occasions like the
present, was thrown open to the public,
and there she kept her promise to make
place for me by ordering a chair to be
brought and planting it at one side of a
tiny table, the opposite side of which
was already in commission.
"Set there" she bade me. You'll be
all right"
obediently seated myself there; but
did so with beating heart, for the occu-
pant of the other side of the table was
Miss Eczardy.
Well, there we sat, faci : each other
across that tiny table throughout that
long italian table d'hote, and ate our re-
spective dinners in solemn, unbroken
silence. l wanted desperately to begin
q conversation with her. but lacked the
hardihood to speak the first word, and
of course ! could not expect the first
word to come from her. thought out
q dozen possible maneuvers by which