The Washington times., 1910-02-24

some person among those who thrOuScd
Aer decks That person was cara de
EcheVerla, the princess TO whose pres
ence IN New York YOU lately called
my attention. but respecting which
was already Informed, for at the mo-
ment OF your communication 1 had al
ready seen her and talked with her
and we had parted as YOU and / Will
DO when ] place this letter in your
hands-fOrever
You are going upon a mission. Der
rlnSion, although 10 may be that YOU
have not decided in your own mind 70
90 so. but The decision is there. await
Ing your recognition OF IT. Your mis-
sion VIII take yOu 70 Russia. 10 accom-
pllsh the great work l have suggested
10 you. I have willed IL that you must
20. and 90 you viii. Yo3 will serve
the Car as faithfully as / have done .
but better, because YOU are not a Rus
sian, and YOU have not the Unborn awe
Of title and rank
And YOU have been successful in
that mission when Won have read
these written words for / shall in
struct you not TO break the seal until
YOU are ready 10 take your departure
from that country, which you win never
do without having attained success.
You are to serve the Gar. and for him
and in his name. Will achieve the dis
rUptlOn OF the nihiliSt societies OF St
Petersburg, anC therefore Of the empire.
! know your tiOrouEhness. and I anti
inent revOlutionistS will soon be known
10 you. Among them YOU will find the
name have written here-Zara de
E,CheyeT1a
I present her to you, Darlington. by
this letter. as If We three were stand
inG together, IN the form Of formal In
PRODUCTION. 7 am a fatalist. and know
that YOU two viii meet, and read your
destlnies in each others souls II YOU
are already together. there will be no
need Of this letter, save 20 tell you how
Thoroughly and how we'll I love you
both. God has written your futures on
the same page of the book Of destiny,
and I have read the writing. You are
created for one another, and as surely
as Gods love watches over US all. Just
so surely has He put the seal Of en-
during human love upon you both. Why
II will be so, and how II will come
about. I have lot the skill 10 tell, but
my prophetic vision looked into the
future of you both, when I talked with
you, one after aT0ther, yesterday; and
L saw you passing down the declining
years Of life, hand in hand, and heart
with heart. like one.
If lara be not with YOU, seek her.
The name viii be familiar to You, by
reason Of your late employment, even
though she may have escaped your
personal recognition till now Therefore,
J repeat, II lara be not with YOU now.
turn about and seek uer- ] charge you
so"
But something tells me ilaL you viii
be together, standing side by side.
happier in the great love that has come
10 you both, than all your dreams have
ever promised Therefore, / bless YOU
and may the good God who made YOU
for each other hold YOU in his keep
ing always SABERENSkI-
cara and 7 were both strangely silent
/ after the reading of the letter, but I
I took her quietly in my arms. and she
/ pillowed her head against my shoulder
! while we looked out across the moonlit
! sea, praising God, and insensibly calling
down blessings upon the name OF our
/ good friend
| ''Sabervvski knew me to be Q nihilst.
I and warned me asainS u that day."
/ she said to me
He was the dearest friend I ever
B had 7 replied; and she murmUred:
He was a sSod man
/ Who can tell how Alexis Saberevski
could have fOreSeen this meeting of the
/ ways, between cara and me2 What was
7 il that directed his prophetic vision
/ across the mystery Of many months 10
I discover us two. standing side by side,
: when we peTuSed his letter? What was
/ 1t that told him that We would love and
3 we'd
Many years have passed since that
night on the steamships deck, and we
/ have never seen ror heard from Sab
/ erevski since.
He was a mystery 20 me when ]
/ knew him: he remains a mystery still.
/ But the greatest mystery Of all is love
! THE END.