The Washington times., 1910-02-02
PRINCESS ZARA

I waiting upon her serene pleasure, ana
! yet IF one had looked past hiIn 70 her
! one might have ceased 10 wonder anc
| have thought ltetiue OF VAIN ;
] would be a. nothing If possession Of
| her at the end OF it could be its reward
/ 1T was kind of You TO come 10 me
/ 50 quickly after my aT1val, she Saia
| 10 him in a low voice that was per
! feetly nodu-2ted-
/ IT was kinder OF you TO receive me,
! princess" he responded stepping pack
again to the center Of the room and
! standing tall and straight before her in
. his commanding manhood He was a
! handsome man. past 1Tty, distinguished
and. Ike the princess ne Sreetcd, had
I about him the uEqueStonable air OF
authority.
I Il am afraid I kept you waiting"
| zone does not consider moments of
wa fting, If Princess lara be the object
, Of it, he retorted, smiling
! Won't you be seated
/ Thank YOU yes
: He drew a chair forward so that they
| sat nearly facing each other across q
low table upon which many Of the
princess personal effects had already
been arranged Among them was a box
( OF Russian cigarettes. which she noW in
dictated by & gesture, while with smile
which lighted her face wonderfully and
gave TO II that added charm that IS in
desCribs bic, she said
There are some OF your fsvOrite
cigarettes, SabeTevski- had YOU in
mind when I Included them among nv
personal baggage having no doubt that
arrive in this country but little think
ing that Won would be the first 20 greet
me You viii pardon me for not indUlE-
ing one Of them myself for you know
that 7 have never acquired the habit.
Nevertheless, they viii perhaps suggest
10 YOU the favor OF home and may
transport YOU for tire moment 20 the
scenes which know yOU are longing
for"
Thank you. princess ne replied,
and lighted one Then he leaned back
in his chair closed his eyes and for a
time there was utter silence between
these TWO. The man seemed indeed TO
have been transported in thought. to
his native environment not so much
ny the door and favor Of the cigar
eITe he pulled with such calm enjoy
ment. as By the presence OF this mag
nlhCeDJ Crea rGUe VINO confronted him
so daintiIy, and who received him so
simply and vt 50 ETandiy- You knew.
then that was here in New York.
princess he asked Of her pleasantly.
peeTlug az her through the smoke he
was making and he smiled comfort
ably across the distance that separated
them
II knew YOU were n America. Sa-
berevSbi. and to me America mean
New YORK I believed that you would
not be lcnE IN making yourself known
IN me after nv arrival for knew that
me papers would announce Il. and
that yOuT-sEall I call 20 your duties =
would require that you should not per
nit my presence here TO pass UanO-
ticed."
The man shrugged his shoulders. in
dulging himself in another smile as he
replied
1T Is hardly kind OF you to attribute
this call 20 duty on my part When
an in your presence 7 End myself wish
ing tnat there we're no such things as
duties 10 be performed When I look
Al YOU. Lara- I wish that were Young
again. and that might throw duty 10
the winds and enter the list against all
others who seek you
An expression OF annoyance as feet
ing as lit was certain came into her
eyes. and she replied with q little show
Of impatienCe-
spare me that sort OF thing. saberev-
ski one does not always wish 10 hear
such expressions as that: and coming
pleasant
Not even when you know them 70
be sincere Zard2 7 spoke IN the nast
tense. and only Of what might have
less and n the environment bv which
We are respectively surrounded could
have been different
In other words she smiled back at
him now recovered from her inpa-
thence If the world had been created
a oinerent one and r We were not
ourselves. as we are
Precisely he replied and laughed
y did not even look at your card
when Il was brought 10 me-" she said.
with an abrupt change OF the subject
had 7 done so T would not have kent
YOU waiting 50 long Tell me something
about yourself, SabeTevslEi- and why Il
IS that you have deemed II wise. or per
naps necessary TO become an cxnaf-f-
ate and 20 deprive ST Petersburg and
all who are there Of your presence and
your wise coU0seIS'
am afraid it IS TOO long q story
and hardly worth the telling al that
St Petersburg has tired Of me 7 am
better away from r.. End it is u7urr
better with me away believe me-
And his M joSry- the CZar@ Is ne
also OF that opinion my friend -
his maJeSr-- the Gar does ne the
honor princess to approve Of nv --ez-
ent plans and conduct replied Sabere--
ski with slow and low toned emphasis