The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-13

His whole past life seemed to
pass before him like dream.
"Wretched girl! wretched girl"
he repeated, tomorrow l shall
take care that none of these Fed
eroffs remain longer on my estate.
Give me the key of the gate!"
II will mott" answered Wanda.
The prince held a stick in his
hand; Wanda knew this well. She
was frightened-not about herself,
but about Raymond.
What are you going to DOR
she asked, in beseeching voice.
open the gate, tell you'll"
mo, will mott" repeated Wan
da.
The moon was shining full up
on the young girls face. Her re-
semblance to her mother was
Curses upon herr" cried the
prince, beside himself with rage;
''it Is Alexandra herself--her own
devilish, Internal self"
He raised his hand to strike,
when he was seized from behind
by powerful arm. II was Ray
mond, who, hearing this violent
Ialtercation, had climbed the wall
to find out what was the matter.
The prince turned, and olsen
gagged himself, brought down his
|stick upon Raymond's head with
great force. The young French
man sprang lightly aside, and be-
fore the blow could be repeated,
Wanda threw herself between
them, and Selling her fathers up
lifted arm, cried out:
do not strike him! Do not
strike him! He is my husband"
"Your husband" shouted the
prince. II do not believe word
of It! Get out of here, sir! Get
out of here, l tell you!"
Wanda quickly unlocked the
gate. and pushed Raymond out.
go on" she said, land tell the
Federoffs that 1 cannot come to
them tonight
1.-THE Federoffs! the FEEDER
loffs!" roared the prince. II shall
punish them"
Wanda turned away to go
back to the house, her father fol-
lowing her, wild with rage, and
|tottering from side to side like
la drunken man.
Wanda began to regret the step
|she had taken. AS she saw her
father in such distress her heart
|softened towards him; but the
thought of his violence, rage and
injustice kept alive her rebellious
feelings.
Wanda" he said suddenly, 81
have right to insist upon an ex-
PLANTATION. What is the meaning
|of all this?"
well, 1 will tell you," said
Wanda. For a long time I have
been striving to awaken In you
a sense of justice, and to make
you understand that you are in
no wise superior to other men. /
have wished by this marriage of
mine to humiliate your pride, and
Iavenge those whom you have
wronged and oppressed. I wished
Ito avenge my own noble mother,
whom you tortured. l wished to
avenge Michael FederofE whom
lyou condemned to the most in
famous punishment. These are
mot your only crimes: daily you
loppress the poor, strike the
weak, outrage the defenseless.
How often have I tried to check
lyou in this criminal course?"
| Criminal! criminal" NUT
TERED the prince. Eyes, Wanda,
Iyou are nihilist like your
ImotheI!"
81 am exactly like her." replied
wanda; "and that is why l mar
Tried Chabert. You desired as my
husband a Russian nobleman,
powerful and naughty, imbued
with all your ideas of authority.
Ii, on the contrary, desired poor,
honest man, kindly and gener-
ous; and l have found him in Ray
lmond Chabert.
Hush, Wanda; hush!" repeat
ed the prince; you will drive me
crazy! You dare to pass judg-
lment upon me and my actions?
Come home at once. Tomorrow I
will talk this over with you. I
cannot allow this marriage. nor do
entirely believe in 1t. Why
have you kept 1t from me for four
months? Tomorrow two or three
hundred persons will be here;
after the fete is over I will see
you again about 1t. But no scan
DIAL. Wanda, I conjure you. If
you knew how to treat me, you
Icould do anything with me; but
you shock me all the time"
Father, you do not know how
loften you shock everyone about
| you. Look at that stick In your
hand, that was raised but little
while ago to strike me and Ray
|mond! Yesterday, when the work
women In the paper mill sent to
ask you TO raise their wages, what
was your answer That instead of
Ito kopecks extra, you would give
them 10 blows of your stick ex-
Itra-"
my child. you did not read
their address! It was insolent be-
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