Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-01-12
HATRED UNTO DEATH.

Drive faster, Nicholas" he shouted
from the depths o! mis- heavy fur coat,
that devilish storm will overtake us
here, if we don't hurry"
Il am doing all [ can" replied the
coachman, without turning his head.
The horse himself is as eager as i am
to get home"
"Not as eager as / am" murmured the
count. Heaven only knows how far the
uprising has started May be the peas
ants have already organized, and my own
estate is perhaps in danger. 1t is just
like those scoundrels to make revolution.
1t is absolutely necessary that | get
home tonight and make ready to receive
them"
With the speed of an arrow the cutter
| flew over the hard, frozen snow. The
snowflakes came down heavier every no
ment, and it began to grow dark and the
cold wind blew the snow into great drifts
wherever there was the least sign of
shelter.
Only by exerting the utmost energy
ard will power had Count Boroff been
able to ride home in this weather. Under
ordinary circumstances he would have
postponed his trip, no matter if dozen
| NOuCllIIth WClC WdlltAR lOL Hill dI llc
station and might freeze to death before
morning. On Vladimir's day he had no
ticed that revolution was in the air, and
he was ridsng acres the immense snow
covered steppe toward his country es
| tate.
The railroad officials had told him that
there was every reason to suppose that
the weather would grow worse The sta
| fiOV, hoA ~ 10
would be better if he would spend the
night in the station, but he only shrugged
his shoulders and had taken his seat in
the sleigh next to Nicholas, whom he
knew he could trust in spite of his dark
and anything but kind features And
master and servant We're in the midst of
the blizzard and made only slow progress
through the snow drifts. The storm con-
tinued to grow worse and soon the coach
man had to admit that he no longer knew
his way and stopped the horse
eve are lost" he said.
"What did you say, you seoundrel ?"
cried the count furiously. 'Drive on in
the devils name that we may get home"
1T is of no use, count" repeated
Nicholas, there is not man living who
could see his way through this snow,
and the drifts have wiped out every trace
OF the road, besides the horse is tired
and must have rest. If we wait, maybe
the storm will STOP
The count wrapped himself up in his
big, warm fur coat and placed himself so
that the broad back of the coachman shell
tered him from the icy wind
Trembling with cold, his teeth chatter
ing, Nicholas sat like statue on his seat.
His brain was working with all its might
to think of way to escape. That he
might go home-hCme to carry out his re-
Venge.
For he was thirsting for revenge. He
thought of his father, whom the count
4 during the former uprising had ordered
| knouted to death. A friend of the count
! had during the execution laughed at and
, tortured the old man, and the count him
self had made cruel remarks which he
could never forget. And that night he
: and his two brothers had sworn to take
: revenge over the count and his whole
t family. They had sentenced him to die
4 the same death as their father.
q The three young fellows were strong
Q and patient. Always thinking of their
n revenge, they had taken service with the
h count
b Without complaining they had endured
4 all kinds of brutal treatment. Often the
= count had danced on their backs and the
- other peasants had called them towards
: because they never complained, but the
three brothers had patiently waited for
e the hour when they might carry out their
o plan Nicholas thought of Paroff, who
4 had laid the plan out and prepared the
y uprising, while he had even excited the
o peasants and he himself had killed q
it traitor who intended to sell them to the
I count.
Il When the counts telegram came the
4 three brothers felt that the hour of their
" revenge had come. 1t was decided that
Parott and Ivan, who stayed at home
n while Nicholas was to meet the count al
n the station, should wait for them. When
y they returned it must take place at dawn
t because the peasants would then have
II partly recovered from their drinking OF
: the night before without being entirely
- sober. The count was to be knouted as
n had been their father few years before
# NO mercy was to be shown him under
i any circumstances.
r But how was the plan to be carried out
d now, II he could not bring the count
J. home in time? Of course, he could mnr.
( der him-nothing would be easier thar
that. All he had to do was to take hold
of his throat with his big, strong hands
but, no. that would not be right. The
It count must die as his father had died
It and Paroff and Ivan must be there tc
d ENJOY his suffering He had sworn a holy
n oath that it was to be so.
y After while the weather cleared ur
and the snow was not falling as heavily
as before, the clouds parted and soon the
II iuIl moon shone down on the white snow
= Now hrst Nicholas saw how the sleigh
was buried in the snow drift. Only few