The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-03-17

me horses to JadrinoT
"we have no horses" answered the
peasant
Gould | find a guids' win pay him
any sum be likes"
stop" said the old man, dropping the
shutter; II will send my son OFT TO you:
he viii conduct vou."
vladimir waited. Scarcely . minute
had passed when he again knocked The
shutter was lifted and beard was seen.
what do you wHntS"
"What about your SOM
"He1l come out directly; he IL putting
ON his boots. Are you oold5 Come in
and warm yourself"
srhanks. Send out your son quickly"
The gate creaked: youth came out
with cudgel, and walked on In front,
at one time pointing out the road, at an
other looking for it in a mass Of drifted
snow.
.fwhat o'clock is it?- Vladimir asked
him.
at will soon be daylight" replied the
young peasant. Vladimir spoke not an
other word.
The cocks were growing and 1t was
light when they reached Jadrino. The
church was closed. Vladimir paid the
guide and drove into the yard Of the
priests house. In the yard his two
horse sledge was not to be seen. What
news awaited himi
But let us return to the kind propri-
etOrs Of NenaradoVa and see what Il GO
ing on there.
Nothing,
The old people awoke and went into
the sitting room, Gavril in q nightcap
and flannel jacket, Praskovia In q wad-
ded dressing gown. The samovar was
brought in and GaYril sent the little maid
to ask Maria how she was and how she had
slept. The little maid returned, saying
that her young lady had slept badly,
but that she was better now and that
she would come into the sitting room In
moment. And indeed the door opened
and Maria came in and wished her papa
and mamma good morning.
''HOw Is your headache, MashaY' ia
miliar for Nary, inquired Gayril.
Better, papa" answered MashA.
"The fumes from the owes must have
given you your headac le," remarked
Praskovia.
perhaps so, mamma" replied Masha.
The day passed well enough, but in the
night Masha was taken ILL., A doctor
was sent for from town. He came toward
evening and found the patient deliriOus.
Soon she was in severe fever, and In
fortnight the poor patient was on the
brink Of the grave.
No member Of the family knew any.
thing Of the flight from home. The let
tiers written by Masha the evening be-
fore had been burned, and the maid,
fearing the wrath Of the master and
mistress, had not breathed word. The
priest, the ex-cornet, the big mustached
surveyor and the little lancer were
equally discreet, and with good reason.
Tereshka, the coachman, never said too
much, not even In his drink. Thus the
secret was kept better than II might have
been by half dozen conspiFatOrs.
But Maria herself, in the course Of
her long fever, let out her secret. New
ertheless. her words were 80 disconnect-
ed that her mother, who never left her
bedside, could only make out from them
that her daughter was desperately in
love with Vladimir, and that probably
love was the cause Of her illness She
consulted her husband and some Of her
neighbors, and ut last It was decided
unanimously that the fate Of Maria
ought not to be interfered with; that .
woman must not ride away from the
man she Is destined to marry; that pow
erty Is no crime; that a woman hiss 10
live. mot with money. but with man.
and AZ On NnraI nroS,,syl,u ars wonder,
en-, s"s,i -, - S,,,".;,,s -, -,
Iuliy useiui ~ suou OSSssiOs' Mlen W
can invent hItie or ho1nins IN our own
Justlncation.
Meanwhile, the young lady began 70
for a long time in the house Of Gayril,
30 frightened had he been by his previ-
Gus reception. Lt was now resolved to