The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-22

she asked.
"Mademoiselle," l replied, 81 have
met young man who is your very
Image"
"Oh, dearl When shall cease having
to explain this matter? l have a twin
brother. Doubtless it is he you have
met. People are always mlstaking me
for him.
was he at Interlaken year ago?'
"Let me see. Yes; think he was
am sure he was"
"And at Paris during the visit of the
carp
Her expression changed. She seemed
to be trying to master some emotion.
"Did you meet him there?v she asked
in a whisper
"I did"
She gave me look as much as TO
say, LET us change the subject"
l respected her wishes, but my curl
osity struggled with my pollteness. for
burned to ask more about this myste-
rious brother.
When | went home that night nv
brain was in whirl. Few people have
thus come under sudden dominating
influence as did. and words are made
quate to express or explain 1t to those
who have not only know that l was
on the verge Of being madly in love. I
met Mile. Zabriskie several times dur
ing my stay In Geneva, passing rapid
ly from one stage of inthrallment to an
other.
One fine afternoon l went to her
house-she was boarding, but did not
learn under whose chaperonage-
keep an appointment with her to saun-
ter on the banks of the blue Rhone. To
my astonishment, l was told that she
had left Geneva She had left no word
where she was going or any message
for me. l called at the house where 1
had first met her, and they told me that
their acquaintance with her had been
short, and they could not, or would not,
tell me how they had made 1t. 1t SEEM
ed to me that l must find her or life
would be unbearable; but, having Sc
cured no clew, did not know where to
look for her. l visited different cities,
going often to theaters and gardens,
but never in two years met either her
or her brother.
During that memorable Sunday when
the workmen marched to the Winter
palace and to slaughter l was in ST.
| Petersburg. For weeks after saw
persons almost daily marched to prison,
and one morning while standing at my
window a band Of men and women
passed that l was told was starting
for Siberia. Among them saw again
the woman who had inthralled me.
There was the same expression on the
face 1 had so often seen there, and
now recognized 1t as voluntary martyr
dom. What became of my faculties for
the next few minutes know not, but
when came to myself the throng of
exiles had disappeared.
/ learned from a revolutionist that
Zabriskie was an assumed name I'M
der which the young devotee had gone
to Paris to try to assassinate the ear.
| There was no twin brother. The Of
Tense for which she had been exiled
was melting the laborers to action-in-
deed, inspiring them behind their bar
ricades.
And now, after drawing on my bank
I ers in America for the half Of my for
tune, l have secured permission to go
to Siberia to examine into the condi-
ton of the persons there with the pre-
tended view to counterfeit the effect In
the western world of unfavorable state
ments of others All l ask is that
shall find the officials as ready to ac-
cept brides as they are reported to be-
II so shall bring back my love to life
sss. liberty. F. A. mitchell