The Washington times., 1910-02-11
PRINCESS ZARA @ x.-. ss.ssn.a

, autIy glorious woman. now sUayed Dy
8 only one impulse. love for me-
bUfs however euthraIiuC they may
I be- an impulses must have an end.
However complete s.av be- loves CN-
I preston There d. limit 10 It's con
. tIuuau-e- / mean that silent form of On
! preston WHICH, prorIairs itself only On
3 soui communion
20 was q period Of almost utter uu-
s ToTsgi "rS1e->- since We were DVGI CSC,
: -ouS % ONLY one thing while i' iaSre1
3 H-f the reaction came at last While S1H
was still relaxed iu uy embrace. anil
{ while -ef the uL-tEfEIE- magic induced
B Or contact with her. euyeiopeo ms body
and soul
! ~Zarz... said. half whispering she
{ word uuH SO unutreus bis sweet TO me,
/ trE ElE leave Russia now-WItH me-
( The question brought u- both ru our
[ senses, with % start. and uE princess
drew away from mo . little and SAID
with % whimsical smile
"a lizzie while ago may love you or
deEea U- tn leave Russia, alone now
Won order wn away again. but under
guard -HiusS : VIII obey yoU iu this
+ last order Ens nave given nee WHeT-
1 ever you VIII IL. ] vii 20
And leave behind you all that vuu
have hitherto thought so much about.
statement 10 realization OF The C0rIi-
l'ia~ n- which ~" were surrounded
she replied without hesitation. and with
i5naisty that was complete
Sin. what maps OF the world have
been changed HE that word yes What
histories have been written because Of
. ITS utteraGl.'r even in whispered
tone. as hers was then.
And Your nihilsts2-' ] asked her. still
. intent upon an even more complete cap
itHIariuu on her pant
. Yes, she repeated
And your brother The cause sou
have served So IuteHrE2 The purpose
or your UfeT Everything. cara -
O. = Il sri
with that same emphasis OF fiuaIity
which could not he understood and
For which there was mo- qualification
was silent and so was sine hut aftC-
little 4 heard Ser ruUTruuriug in Il tone
So low that it seemed rs 81 / scarcely
heard d. uotWif hSfaudiuE the fact that
every word was quite distinct.
--I viii leave everything for vurI. my
love. for you are an the world 20 me-
There is nothing else now bat you
NlGiiiSm and the cause it upH0idS, has
sunk into utter InsiSniEca1ce. and has
become "a mere point lu the history n
my life, like r. Vu0ctuatiU- period tina
IS placed al the end OF q written sen
feDce- N7HliIStSr great and small have
become mere atoms iu the mystery or
creation. and they can nave no further
influence upon ms life The car Of al
The EUSSlaS IS uu more parsonage 20
me now. Than the uertSt black dwarf
of central Africa. and Russia Itself has
dimiuu=t ted To- a. mere island in the sea
OF eternity a spcCk ON the map Of the
infinite creation You. DUbravnik --
She paused there and smiled into my
ewes with an iuiTnita bile gesture OF ten
deruess as she reached upward with her
right hand and brushed back the hair
nom ms temples think I Shaii al
ways call YOU DUhTaVnik- The name IS
yours. as ] have known YOU. and as
DubvavHik YOU are mine, as am
yours
ny reply to this was not q 9OkeH
word and ID needs no explanation
'EOu. Dubravuik-" she continued fCom
the point where she so sweetIy inter
rupted herself. have become the uni
space which C0mprehends all
Il was sweet TO hear her express
herself So sweerer stiII to kuOE that,
comprehensive as il was. 70 went bus
little way toward explaining all
that she would have liked 20 say,
and sweetest OF all 10 realize that
she also exactly expressed my
thought toward her, and that she
knew she did so
There was q long silence after that
broken only by her breathing. by a
mUrmUrcd word of CaTesS. by a Ees-
ture Of eudearment or an occasional
sigh but I brought Il to an end
presently by asking a question which
q start Of alright
What was it, Zara. that you saw
through the window when" ] did
not complete the sentence. i was
not necessary She understood me
Instantly. and with the understand
ing there returned to her a realiza-
Jion of all the terrOrs BY which we.
were at that moment surrounded. We
could love each other with a rhaD-
sOdical completeness, in perfect Sc
cuTItI- so long as we remained to
EetheT inside that room. but beyond
the wall or Zara's palatial home death
StaikeG Erimly, waiting, waiting
waiting for the moment TO strike
She withdrew from my en- brace
slowly and tentatively. but surely
until we no longer touched each
other and SIe Eazed appea IinElv into
my ewes willie the flush OF love for
sock her cheeks and brow giving
place To- pslior Of uncertainty and
dread for me.
mad forgotten, she murmured.
Then continue 10 FORGET, my
lara" I whispered