Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-31

ily upon the question OF receiving Anna.
but had been rebuffed and had accepted
the situation. Generally Anna was ig-
nored by her former friends. but the Prin-
cess Betsy called IT know they will
blame me-" said Betsy. but would come
and see you. How about the divorce? OF
course am not foolishly pretudiced. But
I warn you that others are not so liberal.
You leave Thursday. YOU say. I am
| sorry shall not see more OF you" That
night at dinner Anna suddenly announced
| that she wanted to go to the opera. II
was a subscription night when the society
of the capital would be there. Wronsky
was aghast. but Anna insisted, and the
Prince Toushkewitch. who was dining
with the couple politely said he had a box
at Annals disposal wronsky said he had
an engagement for the evening. Anna
| said the Prince would escort her and she
would take along her aunt-an elderly
| spinster with sad reputation-as
| chaperon Warning was useless: Anna
would go.
wronsky entered the theatre late and,
seeing his mother in her box. went 10 her.
| ''I see little OF you OF late" said she. sn1il-
ing But why are YOU not in attendance
upon Nine Karenine? There she is over
there But what is taking placer
wronsky looked and turned pale. In the
next box to Anna were the Kartasofs.
Nine Kartasof was standing up. talking
hur~iedly and angrily. while her husband
was adjusting a cloak for her and looking
now and then at Anna, who was biting
her lips and staring straight before her.
All eyes were turned from the stage to
the little drama. Kartasof had bowed to
Anna. and his wife had made scene. ut
| ahnmf Anna in
loud tone of voice. In a minute the Kar-
tasof box was empty. The count fastened
to Annals box ut seems to me- said
Anna, that you have come very Late
You have missed the best piece" II. am
a poor judge" replied he. looking at her
seriously.
When they reached the hotel Anna burst
out with: TT is you who are the cause
of everything. It was horrible, She said
she was dsgraced by sitting near me- II
live to be hundred l cannot forget
it." 1T begged you not to CO." said
wronsky And why should I not have
gone" replied Anna '1f you had any
love for me-you have driven me to this :
In short Anna was utterly unreasonaoi~S =
and made wronsky feel angry and bitter
toward her. Two days later they left st.
Petersburg and went TO live at a small
, place of the counts in the country.
Here for a time they were happy again.
, but Anna soon began to be haunted with
, the fear that wronsky had ceased to love
her. While he in spite Of himself. well
, coined any excuse to absent himself from
/ home, and felt that things were getting
into an impossible state, A divorce and
: his marriage to Anna he thought might
make matters smoother. Anna herself
1an a7d urrn
I to Karenine-but received no reply
Wronsky had to go to Moscow on busi-
ness. Anna insisted upon going with him.
There their euarrels broke out afresh.
wronsky's mother was in Moscow. and
staying with her was the young Princess
Sarokine, whom the countess wished her
son to marry. Anna somehow knew of It.
7 and her fears and capriclousness In
, creased. After a violent scene with Wron-
5 sky ne left the room. saying to himself:
"I have tYied everything. I will now see
! what a little Indifference will do" From
|. one OF the servants Anna. suddenly re-
pentant learned that he had gone to the
] stables. She dispatched a note after him
{ asking him to come back He had left the
r stables and gone to the station, taking
\ train for Mini. Anna wrote another note
o and said TO the servant: Here, take this
e to your master at his mothers country
S home at Mini" 'I am afraid" she had
E written; come back. All will be ex-
E planned" The last words she had said 70
, him were: "You will be sorry for this"
Now, the idea occurred to her that the only
g way to make Wronsky sorry was to Kill
k herself. She could not get the idea out OF
: her head She hurried to the station and
took the next train for Mini. The man at
: the station told her that Wronsky was
+ not at his mothers but at the house Of
:, the Princess Sarokine. near by.
d Just then the man whom she had dis
d patched with her note appeared and de-
5 Iivered a message from the Count. 1t read:
v Sorry your note did not reach me in
s Moscow. Will return at 10 o'clock" She
r walked down the platform. My God,
l. she thought. where shall ny to? l will
E not permit him to make me suffer like this
t again" heavy train was approaching.
Suddenly she thought OF a man she had
n once seen run over. In an instant her
= resolve was made. She threw herself be-
t meath the wheels OF the train and life was
q crushed out of her. Wronsky. coming to
n the station, saw her body. all mangied ex-
/ cept the face. lying in the freight shed
d where they had carried It
g Two months later the terminus of the
i Koursk Railwsy was crowded with troops
e going of to the Turkish war The old
3 Countess wronsky was there. come to see
10 OFF her soA who had volunteered ana
It equipped q battery at his own expense.
J. you have no idea what we have been
q through" said the Countess to a friend
e For six weeks Alexis would not speahI
o and 4 was all could do to make him eat
g anything. Yes, that woman died as she
II haa Itvad-aha m afaaHiy. She ruined the
It lives of two men. both Of exceptional
d merit, and went 20 perdition herself. What
: did she expect to prove by her dsathf oh.
. believe me. she vas thoroughly bad"
wronsky came up to his mother. He
0 showed the effects Of iilnea1 and despair.
: ct CO." said he as the train moved OF. "ts
0 lose honorably life whioh has been spsn
d dishonorabiy."