The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-11-09


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TRY and ftmcmier me you kucv
no Ia " boil. nui ~ ! am new
she sid nothing more as We walked
HWar toward our respective humes
/. NnfWithaaadiuE her seeming ludrsr
ence looked far ~oHs Involuntary
cunmciousness That ehe was Relieved al
eur uarreu escape from death 10 The
sea. bat II abe felt Il she gave I've sign.
~Suwlg said 70 my~eif th.s love
must have taken d strong hn.d u hcr
slnrp she dacsni eafv ~ have leeu
saved fram death
! That she suffered MIS- mnlu hut
how nr what size suffered Was y nays
tery There were times Ghcn ~, dld
not apfear 20 suffer a. ali when
some bright ruy IT hope scemrd 10
hrcak Ia uInn her aud iifi her oui ~
her despondency into whiri u mer
IliuffA UNIV NhfH NNf hAr AN tH-"
mood ! said 10 BIER
Il know why you are happy today,
You have received news Of your lover
An will vet be- we'll
watched her closely 70 observe the
effeci Of my words, huf they had no
effect. II least none thai ! could de
text Her gay mood lasted iill ne
parted Then ! saw tears
Lisa / said give me Your rOnd-
dence. trust me
II cannot even trust myself she
replied and ran away.
There were times when she would
show tenderness for me, which ]
could only account for on the ground
that we were solitary companions in
a foreign land once when We were
walking on the beach by moonlight
she felt for my hand and held Il In
hers with her face ayerted ! tried
10 catch a glimpse OF II, hut without
avail TIL she turned and looked at me
as serenely as the moon was looking
on the ocean,
One morning Lisa and were walk
ing on the beach. The wind was
northerly, and though the sky was
rloudess the air was crisp Both
felt its inyigorating influence, and sud
denly Lisa started 10 run As she did
so she took q handkerchief either from
her belt or her bosom ! thought
saw something white flutter away
from her and fail on the sand, but
supposed Il was the sunlight on the
handkerchief. She was running very
fast, and bad all could do TO catch
her. When | did so ] had forgotten
to ask her II she had dropped any
thing
That evening the moon, which had
waned, rose late, and | concluded after
leaving Lisa 10 go TO the rocks and |
watch II come up out OF the water. |
Ii rose with its shrunken cheek, max |
ing a trudge of lighted wave crests
between me and it was chilled sit |
ting stil and concluded TO go down |
IN 10 the beach Indeed. ! missed nay |
companion and wished TO bring her |
nearer TO me by going over the ground |
where we had walked during the morn
Jag was strolling along meditatlve-
~ when | saw something white on
the sand. picked II M. II was a
letter, have strong eyes and could
make out by the dim moonlight. the
address on the back Ii was Nina
The Russian name nat
lrally attracted my attention | don't
know what II was that induced me
TO slip the letter from its
| am not used TO reading
)ther peoples epistles. Perhaps IL was
Iome working OF the brain In advance
If logical reasoning, perhaps fate. At
my rate, did so and unfolded 1t. The
light was not sufficient TO enable me to
cad the finer writing within, except
me word that stared me in the face
ny own name.
Striking q match. ] read the few
Ines of the letter. II informed Nina
Sikalovich that during the previous
pring | had been seen In Philadel-
hia
Then | remembered that had seen
lisa drop something during the morn
az when she was running on the
each. II must have been this letter
he had not come upon me by acct
ent She had been hunting for me.
What for? suddenly a scene came
p before me. a scene enacted while
WIS nt the university In Rnssln ALI |