The Washington times., 1910-02-24
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I made him wait until I had gone 10
her, anu told her Of my last interview
with the Emperor, and I succeeded in
securing her reluctant consent TO 20 TO
the palace with me- that day Their
called 10 Ivan, and when ] saw the
brother ana sister claSpcd In each 9TH
erS arms, I left them alone together
What passed between them. / have
never been told, and I never thought IL
necessary TO ask I only know that
when / was presently called into the
consultation Ivan offered me his hand,
terderlv, and ] grasped e, warmly.
on are 10 be my brother he
said, and Zara tells me that YOU two
are going 90 America, 10 live. May !
20 with you, Dubraynik2 VIII YOU
take me. also. out OF this hell OF plot
exile AMI death2 VIII YOU make an
American OF me, and let me be your
brother. indeedZ'
After that, we three passed a very
happy hour together, after which I
hurried away, with the assurance that
cara would accompany me into the
presence Of the Gar that evening.
had not told her of the death OF
Prince Michael, for the knowledge OF
il, and why he had killed himself,
could only cast q shadow over the
great JOY she was now experiencing
afterward, there would be q time and
place for the telling. and I did not
want the knowledge Of IT to come
upon her with the shock. Just now.
Weeks afterward. when we were
on the deck Of the steamer that VS.
taking us 10 my own country, as we
stood together, overlooking moon
lit sea, she reached up. and with one
Of her soft. fair hands. turned my face
, toward hers with gesture that was
characteristics and I loved H.
"Dubravnik, she said-she still in
sists that she will always address me
so, because il is the name by which
she first knew me- do not know
myself Any more. 7 am not the same
woman who was once so Vengeful.
Love has taught me how TO forgive.
Love has made me over again. I am
no longer the same cara
mo I said lightly, for now you
are Tara Darlington
Tell me-" she asked, after another
interval of gazing across the waters,
shall we see Alexis Saberevski, over
there, where your home Isl
! did not answer the question. for
upon the instant she mentioned the
name of nv friend, II recalled TO me
the circumstance of my last parting
with him. 1 remembers the sealed
envelope Ae had given me. ard the
Instructions that came with q. / had
/ forgotten II entirely. until that mo-
inert, but now, without replying to her
question, l drew the missive from my
pocket and broke the seal.
| What ! read there seems wonderfully
prophetic to me, even now, and l read
IL n
ment. Then / gave il to lara
Read I said. for there Is the an
| swer TO your question"
! And this is the letter lara read aloud
\ 10 me. while We two leaned against the
/ rail Of the vessel that was bearing us
/ 10 our home across the sea- The man in
the moon was looking down and smiling
/ upon our happiness, and shedding suf-
! fiCieDt light for my sWeetneart-Wife &c
/ see Saberevskfs written words. They
( were.
J Darlington. { csc written words are
4 lInOw1 to each other. Months viii pass
I and many OF them may do so, befor,
you will road what IS written here; anC
: it may be il likely viii be. that vol
/ are standing side by side when YOU
break the seal of the last communica
! ticu, writ .sn or oral, which I shall prob
| ably ever submit 10 You. For our paths
{ hencefOrtn viii lead Us widely apart
/ Darlington. You are a free agent, the
arbiter of your own destiny: ] am one
who can take no initiative regarding the
paths I must tread. But this letter is
not to speak of myself but is to tel
you about her. il. perchance, when yoU
! read these words YOU have never met.
Yesterday. when a ship sailed away
| from its pier in the North river, yol
! accompaT led me to the dock. amazed
| that ] s. tOuld ask you to do so. anC
| doubtless wondering all the while VIII,
| / made J effort to see or to speal
| with any person there. But when tn,
| ship had swung into the stream yo,
I saw me wave my hand in farewell &