Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-11-24
CHAPTER XIX,
THE BONDS ARE STRENGTHENED.

Between Catherine Petrovna and Il 'chel
Arama the intimacy grew and trengthen.
ed; it became a kuil-trirndshir. be.otten OF
common sorrow and toStercd oy d COM
mon hope. What that hope was neithe.
would have cared to have shaped into def
mite words. But when Catherine watched
choly lace OF her husband, as YEARLY
subjects, that dark hope-dark as yet,
for it was SO uncertain gave her
courage; and when she listened to the
clanking OF his chains her heart be mad
ly with u fierce de>ire-a desire to make
desperate b d for liberty. But how it Was
to be done she could orm do idea. She
coul,i only watch silently and patiently Tor
the opportunity, should it ever arise. And
tEen-we |, then it would be liberty or
death. But she AIRED not or death if she
could die with Paul.
Such were her II oughts; they came and
went like phanours. ut times hlilng her
with a feeling that all would be well. that
all would come as she hoped, and en
anon, hope was changed t" despair until
she .el as il her heart g bursting AMI her
brain was on fire. and she was tempted TO
Course God ana die So these tits . hope
aud despair alternated. and days wore on
The reks grew INFO months. and the terri
bl, journey was coming t. an end.
Two women could hardly have b." n more
dis>milar than Gather he and Rache E.
The one WAS rugged, cuar-e. rou.h by NJ
tur", lacking the finer n'inents
al d the high intellectual qualities
which subdue and, in some cases, almost
entirely crush out the mere animal fa'ul.
ties And y Cat crime loved Pau with a
love In WIS capab e OF swaying her to 10
the most desperate deeds, 10 dare danger
and de Y death tor his "a e. Thee wa no
oc,ry in her love that is, there were
none % tho.e fine and subtle shades of >en-
OF EvangeliEe as she wandered through
the prlmeyal forests in search o. her lost
Gahrlei.
GATHERINGS love was passion the PAS
sion OF the igress Tor her lord All this
ass On was da " kent alive br the sight OF
Paul and the prese CT OF Paul; and by the
ocra- onal pr s>ue "f his Ii md and lips.
tives were allowed to n,in.le with them fol-
| a brief lime
How different was it with Ra.
| che tile delicate gentle, fined
woman whose lie. UP to little
while ago, had heen a. dream o!
ru,eS. lu-, ALA! the roses had failed. and
Tie dream had h"come :, reali OF tI."rns;
! a SENSE .. unItte,uhle lionel ueSs turtu Ell
| her, while the u>p.n-e she had to endure
was almost ma,l,iening For. alter all
| might not be when the weary thou and:
OF miles had been lrav-r>ed, am, the desc
| lat region Oi The ar east was r veal
| III .lit it not he that she would find her>el
: III ioreiier in he wo',d. il The s'rrows %
| tn re she loved were ended in the gr We
But still, III ngling with susl.en was
! hope that grew >'r"n aud reb bv urns
| and her gre WRONG upheld her; and in thu
rough, friend hi. of at .,erne she Ound 1
n.as.re of coi,<n alton hat t..ntled to MAKE
her Sen.c ., loneliness less keeE.
AS I'll re " $ u striking cOnrr .st betw ,er
Catherine ard Rachel, so there " ~ he; weei
Cat crime and her hu band Paul
p ys,c lily weak man. though a strOnyl.
in eliectuul one. h. had hid am
b iiou. but his ambition had berl
killed: he t.u looked upward 70 til