Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

this is the endv' lie covered his face
with his hands That's all"
Mischa, Mischa, listen TO me. Have
pity on me! You might think Of me. too.
I've been awake the whole night, waiting
and frightened-0hd this Is what I waited
tori Tell me q. least how much you have
lost"
so much that ean't-no one oan--pay
st back. The entire sixteen thousandl 1
am ruined. might disappear, but
where am ! TO goT' lie looked up at
her and quite unexpectedly for him. she
drew him towards her.
How beautiful she is" thought he,
and took her BY the arm. she freed her.
self.
For heavens sake, be sensibis,
Mlscha! How could you lose all that
money ?"
81 hoped to win II back" lie took out
his cigarette case and began 70 smoke
feverishly. YES, OF course. am a
scoundreL I'm not worthy Of you; leave
me II YOU will--only forgive me this last
time. I'll go-rn disappear, Katia; j
couldn't help this. 1t was like being In
a dream-I did not mean TO do ~"
| She frowned.
What can do? It's all up with me
now-that Is oertain-but you might at
least forgive me-" He wanted to kiss her
again, but she drew away angrily.
"Oh-these miserable men! You are all
so brave while all goes well-and the mo-
ment things go wrong you begin to
despair, and can't do anything" She sat
down on the other side OF the dressing
table. Tell me everything from the be-
ginning"
Played and Lost.
And he told her. He told how he was
on his way to the bank with the money,
whom he met NekrRsQff. Nekrasoff in
vited him TO his house to play. There
they had played, and he had lost. Now
he meant 20 kill himself. So he said at
| least; but che saw that he had decided
nothing, and that he was In despair and
ready to catch at any straw. She listened
till he had finished, and then said, "Ail
| this is absurd and disgusting. 1t IL inn.
possible to lose so much money aoci-
dentally. 1t Ia too idiotic."
"Reproaoh me II you llke-do what you
will with me-"
II am not going to reproach you or
want to save you--as /, have always
done. no matter how pitifut or despicable
| you have seemed to me7"
go on-oh, go oni It isn't for long
now"
'Listen-this Is what 1 think YOU had
better do--oh, how mean, how cruel to
| torture me sol I'm H. and you know Il.
l have been dosing myself with
and now this surprise and your silly
helplessness You want to know what to
do~-well, II Is very simple Go now, imms.
diately-it's o'clock slready-to Frsem
and tell him."
"JuHt as though Freem IL likely to
spare mel II is impossible to tell him"
How stupid you arel Am likely to
advise you 10 tell the director Of the bank
that you have lost the money entrusted
to you at cards! Tell him you were driv-
ing to the Nicoiaevsky station--no, better
go at once to the police--no, not now
30 about 10 o'clock. Say you were walk
ing along the Nechaevsky Lane, when
three men sprang out, one with a beard,
another quite young with revolver--and
they got away with the money. Then go
at once to Freem, and tell the same
storyI'
Yes, but he lighted another ciga.
rette. ''rhey might find out from Me-
krasoff, Oh. I'll go to Nekrasotf and tell
him firet-rn manage all right"
Misoha grew calna. and by O'Clock
was sloeplng like q log, At 10 che woke
Linn.
Another scene.
Ali this happened early one morning ir
an upper flat. In a lower flat OF tn,
- A. -.
the Ostrovslsis, the following happened II
the evening at 6 o'clock: Dinner was JUS
over. and young Princess Ostrovski beck
oned to the butler who had just served
everyone with the dessert--en orange
jelly. She took clean plate and turned
to her children. They were two, the eldei
a 6-year-old boy-Boka--and the younger
girl Of 45s-Taniaehka--both charming
children, Boka, a serious, healthy, sol.
emn little man, with a delightful smile
which showed his uneven teeth, and Ia.
mia. a dark lively and energetic child
tall;atlve, amusing and merry, always
good tempered and kind.
Now, children, who wants to take
nurse some jelly2'
ITO nurse?" asked Boka. 'I do"
! mo! Me- metz shouted Taniachka, and
jumped off her chair
''Who spoke first--you BolSa?' said
their father, who invariably spoiled Tanis
and therefore always welcomed an oppor.
tunity to prove how fair he could be
Come, Tania, you must give In to your
brother" he said to his favorite.
"All right, Boka, go--Im glad TO let
him. Come on BoSa, you take 1t.
never mind giving Boka anything"
Tempted and Fell.
Usually the children thanked their par
ents for the meal before rising and now
| everyone remained at table drinking cot-
fee and waiting for Boka to return; but
some time passed and he did not appear
''rania-run to the nursery and see why
Bokas 80 slow"
Tania jumped off her chair, knocked
a spoon off the table picked it up, and
pushed it on to the edge OF the table
The spoon fell down again. Tania begar
to laugh, and picking IL up once more
flew off on her stocSinged little legs
down the corridor to the nursery, beyond
which was their nurses door. She wa,
running through the night nursery wher
she heard q sob behind her. She looked
around. Boka was standing by his cot
looking at a toy horse. In his hand h,
held a plate, and he was crying bitterly
The plate was empty.
"Boka, what's the matter, Boka? And
where is the jelly?"
Ill ate It accidentally on the way