The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-11-19
ACurious Courtship
BY SARA TREAT BINGHAM
copyrlght 1910, by American Press
Association

was recently entertained by gen.
tleman and his wife, living In their
handsome country place on one Of the /
most beautiful of American hikes,
whose courtship was certainly tho
most strange ever heard Of They
were both Russians by birth and both
of the higher class The husband told
me the story one evening while we
were smoking ON his piazza overlook.
Ing the water II was this.
am now q man of seventy. and dur.
ing my long life there has been
great change In the political condition
OF my native country We're 1T not for
this change instead Of telling you my
experience would be dcathly afraid
of your knowing It, Indeed, should
be living, rs It We're, in oblivion /
was one OF the Original nihllsts The
word is no longer used in speaking OF
Russians who oppose the government,
/ FOR there is nothing II stands for
| II Is the Latin word uihll. which
means nothing, the nlhllsts believing
that nothing, governmental or social
,s'.. -, ,os.' - o''V"'' wv
800 .;, 5n o'%S .l'e'' 70 p'oN ',,'
80. D''',''"s w. l.',,',' '"' ~ v" VI.
confined to n few.
The belief OF tho circle that he.
""e'u " ""'' "'i'""s "',''' '",'E''
'""' III" Property H"o"'u u' "e'u !"
co'uu'o"' was ''e'' nu' '"'n'S years
OF age ana was caught ny TINS 'uoA'
indeed young us was l oecame
'eHuer among tue hihl''S'S SUI my
PVhHp'es underwent Suul'h 'hohEe
pt''h'r OF my l"ther nau eihlErR'eu
to America ana had nude fortune
He died n bachelor when J was TWEEN
V'tVe years old ana left mo his prop
erty. amounting 10 more than hair %
million dollars.
This acquisition of wealth Will turn
the head OF any communist from his
principles. no sooner learned that !
was heir to fortune than | saw all
the social problems l had studied in "a
| N''A'ANA'' ''N'i'' '''' Ni'' ''''l''' '''''r
possession of ne to conceal the news
Of my fortune from my associates,
hiding myself from them that |
might enjoy It, one night l left ono
Of their meetings Ia disappear from
Them forever Disguised. l left Mt
midnight for America, and In few
months my property was turned over
gr. mo
In time the cause of my ahsenc,
would be known. I should be tried
and condemned TO death | turned
over my property and the collection
of my income to nm agent, with In
structions to send the Inter TO an nm
other name than my own, which I ms
sumed, and attempted to lose my idcn
tlty I'm travelling from place to place
never dared stop anywhere NOR,
than n month at time. and bcfor,
long | began TO experience that tircC
feeling which induces crlmiunls VIII,
know the police nre hunting them {,
pivc themselves mn and sulter the pcn
pItv Of thelr crimes.
Especially did suffer from beinl
emf of from nv own countrymen.
dared pot assoc,ote with n Russian
lcs. througb him INV identify nm,
y.Loroohonfs shonId he communicate,
N tboso Who ,,,nro Looking for me. 70
ton ,oors / lIyod a lire in dcotb
! nnro Elton s,nco wondered how fin
oanr Enoninc MI ,hc wbIle tbot Their
nra ,,any norsnr. soel,lnc to lIlI him
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wv, -, ,ras,ra,ion
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c V msa ,aI ,ros introduced to u lad
,, pn,sio Yy,o an Ioa,ning fror
snmeth,n~ ! inadvertently droppod /
D roroaI tho land NJ INV nativity TINT
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