Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-12
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Vpewrting machine intending also |; ,
 do copying l hired small room in
 st. Petersburg and advertised.
 one morning young woman cane
 to my office and room and asked for e.:-
 .loyment saying that she was a type.
 Friter She was about twentyth:r-
 ears old. comcly, but shabbily dress
 N. She seemed eager for work and
 bnered in lieu of wages to take q com
 mission on what work she would bs.in"
 in herself If there was not much in
 this for me to gain there was certainly
 nothing to lose. l engaged her.
 The next morning she came to the
 office with manuscript sufficient 0
 keep her busy for week She didn't
 ask what intended to charge for the copy, but sat down at the machine and
 went 10 work I found al once that she knew very little about typewriting
 As fo this she had deceived me, and
 had mind to send her away. but l
 didn't wish to lose the job she had
 CiouS ul III. stutl, dS Sue Sdlu tueTp NdS
 plenty of time in which to do it, bore
 with her, showing her how to manage
 the machine. which was new 10 her
 While doing this l noticed the white ness, roundness and dclicacy of her
 hands I complimented her on them and noticed afterward that she per sisted in getting them smeared with the ink of the ribbon and the dust and oil of the machine From her hands l was led 10 notice her complexion her figure and especially her foot which small. q reliable token of breeding Be 1 sides these features, there was re hncmcat of manner about her that did | not accord with her cheap clothing | told her she looked too aris stocratic for | her dress. and was much puzzled at the way she received the comment. In- stead of being pleased she seemed dis. treSSed
 Since siie said there was more copy ready for her 1 worked evenings my self on the manuscript and at the end of the Wapi; t vas finished. made the charge 70 rubles, which she gave me before taking it away, and l hand ed her back ten of them. She seemed perfectly satisfied aud the next morn ing was ready with more Ho,..;;
 She said she wished lo work nights and to be near the machine rentel ! room in the same building aS mt&,. Tn which she put |; cot and a little cheap furniture. She cooked .lel. meats tn her room and after ore being es tablished there neve! left the building except at night
 One morning while l WaS typrwri, ing came upon a paper bctween tA leaves of the manuscript hant,el | to the girl and as 1 did so the blood left her cheeks. and she gave Il littlr frightened gasp She went on with her work without a word. but present ly turned to me and said:
 You expect an explanation about tue note. There is none The secret Is mine, but l am going to ask you to , refrain from any mention of me or it :. to any one. Will you:"
 "Certainly.' said V
 On another occasion she said she ( lad a headache and went to her room. ( She had not been gone five minutes be- S ore, wishing to ask her something f ibout manuscript 1 was copying I f followed her. l turned the knob. but ound it locked I rapped, and after 'ome time she opened the door. She | vas white as sheet. l did not ask U Or an explanation, and she offered lone. 9
 I used to talk with her as5ut the a yranny of he Russian government a md contrast it with our liberty in . smeriea She said that there was as |, auch liberty in Russia as the people were fitted for and did not seem i4i- : crested in American freedom. But 0 ne evening when we were toge her a u omplete change came over her. $ You have been very kind h me, E he said, and l am going to elve yon Ii ome advice. know i can lrH<t you. f. 'F You are all American. i.eSideS. on have no reason 10 betray me. .,
 . l<, bic. \ terrible struggle is aHeut to V egn which will last for many years. p ou cannot succeed here ill what y0u al ave attempted. All these lnanu tf ,ripts l have brought are mi or my Or 1ends, and l have paid for C. " one ri them My father noble, is in Iberia. and my mother died of grief r
 hls Imprisonment. I am one of the = orkers in the revolution aboi. 10 be e> and the police are aarch- IT. 2 the city for me Within @ week re e czar will bless tue water, If the dl eva. At that ceremony the $ ,l for to Q coming strife will be sass lack SC ) your machines and si el '5,.- .4av su once and follow yours s- .- n as h. ssible. Iou must wait .e d remit r, nee: Don't wait for anything Here
 money to get you out of this country at will soon run with blood l Trusting her hand into her bosom,