The Dickinson press., 1892-01-09
"Wny slouldI?"
4 "Berausc | love YOU"
"Think ofall I have suffered at the hands


Think ofall lave suffered at the hands
ofyonr 'ather."'
II orgct nothing. Would to Heaven
could. i;lt lot us fly rom here. Escape
may be impossible, but ut least we can die
together"
She laughed again like one be-ett of
reason. aud said pas>ionatcly:
Think you can forget my fathers
wrongs, my fathers s',ilcrings, and his cruel
death? When you volunteered to accom-
pany me across Siberia, saw in You an in
strumrnt of vcnseance, and l extracted
from You solemn oath that You would
render me a service. Now, after long,
weary mouths of waiting and painful sus-
ucn>r, and in this supreme moment when
the lives of so many of those wrecl;d cN-
lies are at stake, | call upon you to fulfill
your Vow, swotn on the ikon and sworn on
the Cross. the sacred emblem OF your
Church. Dare you break that vow?"
"No, he !atcred mot if you will not re-
lease me-"
II will not release you. l demand the
sacrifice"
For some moments he seemed to endure
n terrible struggle with himself; then a
change came over him. an unnatural calm
ness; and approaching her, he said:-
$50 belt. You are ptiless i'll your hour
OF triumph. l cannot blame you. My
father has intl ,ted upon you
anG yours irrerarablc wrong; and though
he he father OF mine | CONFESS that he de-
serves death. But l, at lcas', who have
loved you, who have endured hardship
and made sacrifices for your sake, am sure
ly worthy of Il better fate than that you re-
serve for me.
''Su. like moth that Filters around the
flame, dazz'ed and bewildered by its brill
liancy, SO have becn daZzlc;l and bewil-
ed by your beauty. and: :now like the burnt
moth can only writhennd die. Farewell
Rachel Arama. we Shalt meet no more but
SO !on., as you draw thebreath oi life think
of me with some pty,somc kindly thought
| for have been true to you to death"
| He could say no more. Emotion chok-
ed him, aud turning from her he hurried
away. She made movement rs ii she
would follow and recall him. but checking
herself she murmurcd "No it is Fate"
On he went out inlo the darkness of the
night. and made his way to where the s,rug-
gle still ragged, and where the heap of slain
and woundr'l--riend and foe mingled to
gethcr-showcd how fierce and ptless the
struggle had been. Hequickened his pace
until witha rush he came between the cross
fire of the contenains parties. and fell rid.
died with bullets. The phantom that had
lured him SO far and SO long had COM
plcted ITS work, and Ivan Alexieif, rather
than become a parricide, courtcll and
found death. But even he had attempt-
ed to make The sacrifice Rachel demanded
little while before Peter AleXieif had been
smitten to death by Paul relrovna.
Peters fall diShrart ned his followers,
although they still endeavorcd to o.er-
come the rebels. But SO lar Petrovna had
accomplished his purpose. and he made
ha'i promisci his wife he would do, he
took Rachel with him. 1t seemed to her
that she had no'hinS fur her To live Tor.
hut he encouraged her. per,u ,led her. and
she went with him. About two dozen
Others got away at the same time, and
travelling with all speed they reached the
spot on the coast whore it was arranged the
steamer should be in waiting, and there
| they found her.
Catherine wclcomd her husband with
dclirious i"y and when all were embark
cd the irail craft headed ior the open,
and Il terra terribly stormy and p rilous
passage, during which she was ten in
dan er o toundering, she reached the coast
Of Jaran. There the escaped eXles dis
persrd, but Ca,harne, Paul and Rachel
made their way to Yokohama, where
Rachel got financial assistance from one OF
her race in busn IS there, and she and her
companions took passage in an English
steamer bound for London.
But Paul ctrovna was rot destined te
reach his destination. Naturally delicate
man. the suffering and hardship he had
gone throu II had so undermined his con
| StllullOn luul ne STuullHllN iaueu away auC
died at sea, aud his laithtul wife, unable tc
endure his loss threw herself overheard
md followed him even into the darknes
OF the grave.
For Rachel ArAma better fate was ir
store. tor on reaching gLondon and presenting
herself To the Rabbi there she heard. to he.
joy. that Moshka Tmanslli, who had verify
walked through the Valley ofthe Shadow
of Death. still lived, and was in London,
although scriouslyill. As may be imagined.
it was not long be ore once more they werr
face to face; once mere they were c.aspee
| in each others arms. He had managed t.
effect his escape from Siberia, though the
suffering he had endured had we'll Nigh
driven him mad, and he had reached Lon.
| don Il wreck,
Rachel nursed him through long illness
until at last she was enabled to lay he,
head upon his breast and murmur Illus
band"
Seldom have men and women-pledget
to each other as loveis--bcen called upon
to endure tor Faiths sake what they hav
endured. and yet in the end be rewarded
with iruition of their hopes. They have
been prosecuted, but they had found thei'
reward and from lana of darkness ane
| cruelty they had been delivered into lant
oflight and freedom. They had suffered
as others had suffered before them; but the
| could cxclaim with their race Throughout
the world
"Our bodies die but our faith lives"
Post nubla PhGbus!