The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-15
PRINCESS lara @ Ross s.,:easa

found you TO be killed by the nihiI-
She sazed at me a moment in 81
lence. and tho slowly she added
DO not e Ia that 7 sought to
ITlgnJen w what ] just said I
already kIs II much TO well for
JEat- NY Ia OF was 10 warn you"
II UuuersTa"-. you. dear. perfectly
She turned "a. from the window
again and faced me, and her eyes
were glowing with the light OF love
<ASa4n Tor the mo neut We were face
70 race with the DeTilS that meuaced
US from the outside, and before that
consideration, all else faded 10 moth
lngneSs with cara A little while ago
quering love had stepped i'm again
had oFeTpoWered her. enthraIIed her.
eAo could see hat she was more
ina never mine own now
For space we looked into each
others eyes across the short distance
Islat separated Us. We were reading
eacu Others souls, and both saw and
understood all that the heart Of love
could desire It was an uudfscovered
country 10 each OF US upon which
we tTod Just them a new creation that
strangeness.
I love your' cara whispered. and
she came nearer until her hands rest
Cd upon my shoulders. until her face
was close 10 mine 50 that I could feel
her. sweet breath against me Her
lips were parted slightly in a Ealr
smile. and I knew that she had for
gotten the waiting karetta with its
freight OF assassiuS-
] took her in NV a-rr- z1ou-7y- ton
Derry, firmly / held her pressed closely
against me for a moment and then nv
Ups sought hers, and hers sought mine
~ vs. oneness OF desire a siHEIeness
or purpose that brought us together in
The Kiss Of perfect love and vTa re-
nained so while minutes g0na c7oea7
my eyes and held her the more tightly
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thrObbinE Of her heart and the rr1fy-a--
ing eagerneSs o. her 1.-THE body warm
against my own We fOrEof the dan
gers and perils that surrounded rs
forgot the world and all it Conta med
forgot lie and death cars and +1,r5-|
empires, nihilistS and their pIots ~a-
mem ber1nE nothing. I'm that great eT,a en-,
OF aooralon- We did not speak There
was no occasion for words There came
no opportunity TO utter them F45- NE
Dreathed. and breathed together. Orr
hearts throbbed In unison our souls
Conmuned, tntermiugled. blended into
one We sighed together rbr7, NJ -
Eether- until my own senses reeled 110f3a-
the strain OF II. and I knew thar 80
was more than hsIf conscious OF an
Things save her present contact ,-f.r7
me All. heaven the greatness az f+,
The m1SnIhcenCe or that moment The
rapture or her caress, and the great jov
OF mine to her.
Presently I felt her cIfnzfnr arms -.
lax and I guided her tenderIT toyvsr7 .
/ huge chair I lifted her as If she were .
! chlid ana put HeT softly down among the
cushions. and dropped 20 nv kneez
still holding her stfTI with nv g,-,,-s
wound tightly around her
For long time after that We v-ere
silent and lara was the first to ro1Ise
from our mutual reverv.
DuDTaynik, she said. and Won can
| have no idea how sveetIv that as-,r
was made to sound by her utteranra Of
! II ! nave not vet completed the story
l WsS teIIns YOU; but there is only
niue more, and you must hear il -
Yes I replied. As vo, VIII a.,
] ana content. But need we so more
oeerIy INTO the sorrows Of thai poor
| girl and her suffering brother Let us
rather talk Of the great lOv that has
come 20 US. There seems to he nofh-
| ing but JOY IN the world. when I look
| INTO your ewes Alb. little one, It is
sweet. indeed. to be loved by YOU
| And SWeeter still to love vOu.' she
/ TetoTteC- smiling and rOuSing herself
/ sit mere in this chair" she added
rising and forcing me to do the same:
/ large hassock toward me. and seating
| herself upon It while she rested one
! sSapely arm across my knees. with
.sr race upturned to mine. she con-
4 Shall I continue to represent you as
| 6einE the embodiment Of the character
l am describing2T she asked
! If Won prefer &c So
Listen then. for I think 7 do prefer
/ y so want YOU to hear the story TO
] the end for it viii make YOU under
stand many things which are now OBJ
I scured; ana II give YOU the part Of
I the great actor in this tragedy, that
| also IS for purpose"
| yes. dea-''
You returned to st. Petersburg in
/ tent upon two things. and only two.
/ After those two duties should be aC-
/ compiished. you meant to take your own
! lie. and in that purpose YOU were up
I Dc nh
knew Your stOr-.
You meant to Kill the man who had
| betrayed your sister into the hands OF
| the police. and after that tn destroy the
real author OF al her misfortunes and
yours-the Gar"
| The COnfinuztIon of This story VIII
1 Be Found In TomOrroT,E
! Issue OF The Times.