Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-12-26

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we're pale and .tearssthfned Her brown
eyes told as plainly Of q hard dhy'b
journey a. her mudlatained skirt md
mSddy shoes
what ID IL my cEiildf" demanded
Sonia, diminishing ths. attendant with
q nod.
"They are going to hang Ivani mH
sweetheart" cried the girl. HE Is i'm
nOcRnt Noble DrincesA save htmi"
His manner"
"Ivan Lupinslxi. He4-"
''He assaulted the governor Of him
province with intent to KILL" said
Sonia, sternly.
There is some mistake. He could
mott"
"IHe received fair tdal. There. y.
mo- doubt of his guilt
Mercy, gentle princess. and spare
hiB, Incl"
''Xs woman forgivee him his cow
aUdiE attack upon my life But as tina
czar's representative att Kimamsk 4
must enforce his laws.
at ouAALoOy AAOSNGAOW
the girl, turning away; ne will"
She stumbled and fell hNlf-fainting
towards the princess, win supported
4er' to the couch.
"You poor thing! You arr all wOTn
out" she said. sympathetically.
Il have been walking since mid
night" the other answered, attempting
to, rise.
There, there" said Sonia. Lie still
and rest for few minutes"
She rang for her woman, who
brought glass of wine, which She
made her patient sip. Then, ordering
more wood thrown on the fire, Sonia
dismissed the servant and from her
favorite chair watched the girl, who
vainly struggled to keep awake.
AS the wood caught and blazed up
tine princess turned out the lamp, for
she loved the glow of an open fir+
The pet angora cat, which had vanished
at the girls entrance, reappeared and
rubbed itself against Sonia's chair; and
ut length sought her faVorite place on.
the hearth, where she crouched, blink
ing at her mistress.
The latter's heart was filled with pity
for the sleeper. In vain she tried to
think of some way of alleviating the
others grief. Pardon Lnpinski, she
conscientiously could not. Moreover,
had not Providence saved this young
woman from an unhappy marriage wit
a desperate! Nevertheless Sonia wa.
certain that the girl would I've neart-
broken. Again she looked with pity
at the figure on the couch, motionless
save for her breathing and the even
throbbfng of the artery at her throat.
The wood was consumed and tie
light grew dim. The dropping of a
half burned chunk with its accompany
ing fare aroused Sonia Looking up,
she was startled by the greenish ra-
dance of two orbs that blazed with
the intensity of lamps Sonia smiled
at her fright and looked curiously at
the cat, whose eyes did not WAIVER for
q second. Instinctively thinking of a
mouse, she drew her skirts closely
about her. Following the direction of
her pets gaze, she discovered to her
nmazement that the green eyes wers
intently fixed upon the pulse in the
sleeping girls throat. AS Sonia looked
the cat balanced and sprang.
Screaming, the girl started from the
couch and supporting herself on her
elbow, stared wildly about, as ii awak-
ened from a nightmare.
"Your lover is saved!" cried the prin-
cess, joyously. Il have found the
guilty one"
Then sounding the bell for the cap
tain of the guard, she gave the order:
"Set free the prisoner, Lupinski, and
bring him here. He is innocent"
downright. 1906. by Daily Story Pub. Coz