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‘ rto •<;;•/! li[iliriitAßfll?6'GllßSTr r> ' n ! ‘ I n l dried: £>onß<i“why do yo«,.put tho ; k Q y, m
• V r 'A'Vi- , ' “Don’t bp alarmed, my little dear* ho
smiling, . “I’m come to pay you a
material .for. tm- TJIQ , , iplo must-have hung heavy
i'dwWswW uutlvors renown, tpat on . your hands all alone bore.- >.
' &'ibg in'tlui .world, ft..,«««,al all- But what, do you mean
e^> n & [ thatl ,j h * <J II J a Wpbcketipg the key ?!’' ,
i{B«ct»%.#^r.: Iho gold is yOur.onv instead ofanswerioghe went qp to her
/ real palace of romance ; blood is_the Qn( j patted her on. thochcck. Sho sprang
jmonade.oj’imqderft |itotature r !; \Yeßus- s jaQ^.f rt jm-.W.i»,. ~ , '■ • •
iana niustppjt .tfendain behind thp >ya, „ W hy do you lock the door 1 Give me
iftiift'flttr-% l es theikeyi orjliwUl wy out.”- ‘
••S BtnppettT *i“ r ; oThat wtU. do J Oll no good. I know
I Spdns a people utlprly! devoid of all cul-. • WQ u : jherp.>S;PO one in the house.
I ure nnd..taste, ‘for theihonpr jof our epun- . ~A p re tty, thing, indeed ! Come in with
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the,Ashton of, th R , (lw d „ or a 3 if you were in your own
lfflw;;b«Vpnii=?ndWon i , bauSe! » t; ~ . |
J llho first and last timo in my life, and that 4( j ahvoyadock floo r; when 1 hav£ (
I thchono shall a second, time; de?nan4 sacfi a lhc iuck t 0 bo nlonc with so pretty a girlj
I Sacrifice,of m 6. I'# .relate a simple an-, aB . vou> my ange l 1” and once more ho pat
-1 ¥cdotp \y|?iqhl had,orpra persons of,,un- tQC ]'.| iet: ,.cheek with his coarse dirty hand.,
ii ydoubted vpi®city, end who, mpreovei', had The ftngr y. Duna retreated into.-a corner, j
? £n excellent nack of telling a story; ,It is ugu{ w ho are you ] It is very hand-;
' fone that piado a deep impression,upon,mo,, sq g is,,to make fun. of a girl, and I
faian instance of the , marvellous ways of lense her so without any .acquaintance.”
%ivino justice-;', . “I never, visit acquaintances,” he reph-1
"tS Two.vprstp ffoip— ;, ■il i ed, with.an altered look,, and a tone that
'l-H One conditiomrqore, You must allow |. rozo l jje poor girl’s blood. • .
1 &ic to premise that my.rpbber, ls nonc ot i„ every antechamber and chancery el-
virtuous sort. . ,1 tell my tale .only for flcej Duna borp the reputation ol a girl of;
of my, readers, irit> she was no easy conquest. Manyt
ibr.iheir, inqtructiqn,, bpt by no for ai p resuro ptuous clerk had felt the print 0 ,
■ihd purpose of acquiring for myself the . )er nai | a ; n hi B face to that degree that be j
Reputation-of a philosopher of the ‘‘ypung ; ?ag nol | il{e ly to forgot it, though he should
fcchool” of moreover, I rather bv p 'to.be,a master in chancery. Cunn,
' iride myself on nptheipg ,ahle:to cornpre- i 6 f ac{( <ljd honor to the virtpp of St. 1e
- ihend their phijpsqp.hy- : i . tershurg. ; But a bashful provincial chari
i lv Two vprsts. from Yy—n,.upon an erm- with his inky fingers,, is a tn-,
■ lienee (between a wood,: a morass, and a fletoa g i r [ >vhp has been; brought up |n ,
: ;»vßr, atsopQ distance from tho high road, [hs Nevska Perspective; and unshaved,
’Viands a wooden country house with a broa d. s h PV ildered, ugly vagabond, in a
■ ireen and,antiquated roof. Here usually f reizo clpaU, with red moustaches and a
•Sirouiihout. tlit? .summer, and sometimes v j o j eut nose, is quite n .diflereut sort ot j
tfv> ; imautumh, resides Gaurila Micbailo- t ),iqg, and enough tp frighten any hod).
Avimh a retire - captain ’v pdntprcs ' Hurm hegnp lo P r y- , , ~ , ~ ,
• justice, a very worthy a? (lDon >t /C ry, my little duck ! I won tdo
dtstriqt. ,in Ihq depart* vou any ,harm,” he said in a softer tone,
Jpemi "yiu.r: , t : -k. * n s ho drew near her. -Now, this solte.
; Rirlvonp Sunday morning m.tfifi nionth tone . a i armQ d:l)eV even more, and .she in
l .'' : S('»Au<mst,.;‘ls3Qi,| bis ..Worship ■J&'ffM voluntarily stretched out lief arins to keep
; uMichaitowiichi Avith his honored lady s{f t .-i • ... * •• « : i
! Spra'skpvya .Yegorovna,-sot off for thp city . iiVVho.nreyou, 1 say 4 she cried, in
■ Rn'a hrttschka (o transact,.Sundry, .urgent d S scauvbay!ii‘Jv aI tft 83U y‘P u I ? DQf^
"Matters of business, yiz.,'tO go-to church, ; wilh a fi re ,. that was.gradually. extinguish
to drink with his reverence and prototype, e( j bv ber gpsh’m.g tqars. , .
to C cat‘ and' he convival with the disfrict ~ uy ou tell mo on the spot who you
hdiitthe town from the afo » , ;i . .*
cdmmah'dftht’s 'lhdy, to read the . St. I o • «Wholan>r
iershdrg papers at, jhedisfrict trcasqfer s, „ YeB> wh(J are yon?. Your calling ?-
' "an'R'to play ! bdston; at fhe .govefnoivs. .ypu.r name ?”
•i'Scarceiv had' the master'and mistress dViv- »] ap(l a mief.” , . . , '
MriTrdmWieiMoprywlieh'all the servants , h i e f!” she echoed falteringly, turn
:; ‘fSi!ovied r fheif ’ exAmplo arid quitted ; the ■ aß , wbite 0 » snow- ■“ f
J >{ouse 1; i 'The butler went to see. Ins cousin , 4< j nrn a thief bv name ,anu n ropber by
l in the village i, the cook Bfeloblc himsbirtb slal i on) ” he said with a smile, and looking
f.fhV'piihiic-liodse (6 drink brandy'; tfijefcopk- w „det:ly,in(p her blue oyes ; but the smile
> the river to catch crayfish ; Procli- L n j li4 f acv , .resembled the ghast y glim
' ijr 1 and tvent hutting in the' wood ; | roer ing of the naopn upon the foul waters
■ Vaska and Natasha strayed to the heath, pf |ho morasSf . This.is the approved style
' tb-'&AhrcrifAbfiWes, &c-! Duna alonei; Jn robberrUilqs, so. you see tbqre was no
’ Wained in : Rehouse; Duna, the pearl of;- ke U 1 lhe nqatter; after such aphrase all
Ify’Wt-a department, fiords a lily,' sorls . Q f horrors may ho expected. Duna
b fresh ns a :rosq v graceful as a cedar., a ;. wa9 t ,, rr if ic q. {not pt the phrase, hut at the
': JMYfyr virlublis damsel, by;her* calfing and n fold trempr.-rpn through her
§B ; hte*ft»aid,'.iy;her'nafura! good quplt- ’ fra(De , but seeing that hpr visitor
r%j, IfHh liivqritedf her mistress, the grand , nak i n g sport.of;.her uneasiness,; qhe,ro U
lujjjeil hf the'Tr'equent visits of the music)- eJ herself a little, and, cried out bqrrioqty,
fwrthe feW td‘the woman’s apaitments, ut . w j lh „ tremulous voice, . ill.. ■ n
lh6’*vYctiin oNIi 1 indrdinato propensity .of »«a robber? Poll! whqt a iiorrid.hfe- .
Ihd'iiiStric't cleft's for kissmg, the joddass ..jEvery man W.-hip. calling. I hud an-
S>r ; whose'sajtfe‘the governdr’s valet, who ql h er once i but now, I say, my pretty lass,
'lke"tferself had- lieen brought up in the ■ iva mo ■ something to eat. 1 have not put
‘cretit \yo ; rld, in the .ftevska Perspective, | a bit in n)V mouth these three days. We
ifenlected the poiishingof his, masters : w ili:Havo breakfast .together, and then—
' *Ldtb' to the great hcaiidai and indignation With a sudden gestjure he threw his arm
< 'Art'fic' , 'wilhie provincial administration.;— aro und her necli, t{> kiss The sigpt
ilidiio' l b'ill; , hh'boUld' ] k l her flings, 0 f b i s bristly'chin and fonpioablo mous
ittoriy huf'she estimate -the grace tacbes charging fo' fiercely upon her, the
i6PhlS^pbrtmeht'': ; Thoy I 'ihntuttlly 'adorn r sight c f his ugly red note,
ed each Hearts- can adore touobe d her chbbk,.pusher in a dow g
. fthtt fiavoatakett; fire bji the Kasan Bridge i Wsion.ji and with the'strongth that .wake*
- AviSt Petorsburgpandlhey wero aßhappy .herOes of us'in mdments of oxtrema.pon ,
: B he pushed the;uudaciouBfellow ; badk _ (
rdslfißta'tfn'fh'i . :‘fHhnds*on, if youiplpasc, Mrjltohbe .
fwavslfrSlSScS. ;©;nha, W ltd thankyou notlto ftighten »fcjdotb-
fiiter, doors, ing. I know what you a, *■ •
*&*SSM tegtt SA !-i «*.buuno» r ,0
'iri'ilil'tfiM ! hW'illksler bufl tell you iyiu ulUory grout shuofc. • '.*•
Ssmu“)jSoWS, hove yo» Jl| iu.:^ r i .l'«
atb'S« s&. s» I*. *°r S£S3
;b.iißithQrei cautiously!dntordd throVigh far?akfast.nlrea y-. { . mut t ero( 3
, open: door a’ fdllbiv itt' ti ttfflot- /‘WhatJ hoiMUWO,
ilfrloaii 1 Iciloak ; toUtidg hid brow,t a ” < {.^thisiri igt hand
«thy facdm'tfch Ihi warn Of the harbor’d glatute.tih tlmigirhp 1 _ P gccihis?’
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1 UcaHicl'l, f».i„ Fctoai’y I KISS9.
“Shotf me into tfie'Wrlori’ put'dvery
thing you Have got on tho tabic, arid stjr
yourself.” ■■'■■■■
Pale bewildered, she trotted to the
cupboard iri'the antechamber. fife stuck
tho knife in 'his 1 boot and follbvVed her step 1 .
Bread, brandy, salt, butter, cheese, and
cold roast veal, were placed on the table
where the proprietors of the house had re.
cently breakfasted, before setting oil for the
I town. ' He seated himself, seized Duna s
jnrm, nhd forced her down beside him.
“\Vell,Tsay/’‘fiaid he, bolting,the Jat
veal with raVenous verocitv,’ Mid'squinting
sideways at'his companion, "1 gave you
a jolly start, didn’t I!”
“Ibelieve you did! ■' I wpndcr who would
not be frightened so'!”
“You did wrong to stand out against me.
If you had done what I wanted at once
| . Your health. Drink a little drop
! to keep nte company.”
“I never touch brandy.”,
“That’s h pity ; its capital brandy.—
What’s your name 7”
“Catharine Nicola.”
•‘That’s a lie,” he Said, with his mouth
full, and scowling on her, I know your
nnfme is Avdotya Ycrcmeycvna.”
“Then why "do you ask, ifyouknoW?”
“To try your candour. Capital bran
dy to be sure ; is thefe'nny moro of it!
' “There is another bottle in the cup
board.” „
“Have the goodness to bring it here.
“There it is.”
“Thank you. By your leave, I’Wgive
you a kiss for it.”
Duna no longer dared to resist; she sub
mitted with the best grace she could to the
rude kiss, contenting herself with wiping
tho place whero his sharp beard had
scratched her tcnder.skin till it almost bled.
“To let you sco that 1 am up to a thing
or two,” ho went on, after he had gulped
his third glass of brandy, “1 will tell you,
that a clerk brought your master 1500 ru
ble? yesterday from Ivanovitch F ,
who/e case was brought last week before
| tho district court. Is not that true 7
“Mnv bti 56.”
“Well, where does your master keep
his money
“Really I do not know,”
“But Ido ; we shall soon find it. Av
dotyn Yererneyevna, my pet, my darling!”
“What is your pleasure 7”
“I wish, my love, you would be socia-
bib.” , . .
Poor Duna was forced to mnke a snow
of bfeiug sociable. Tho gucsi was in the
happiest humor ; he laughed and joked
with her. Duna gradually forgot her ter
rors, grew bolder,,defended herself'becom
inglv, nay, laughed aloud, and endciyor-1
ed to disguise‘her. intense anxiety under a j
show of cheerfulness, whilst in secret she
prayed fervently to Heaven'that the red,-
noqed gubst/ might soon cat and drink his
'(ill, anil take His leave, and the incompara
ble* Ivan might soon arrive to indemnify
her sensitive heart for litis fearful torment.
' ‘ Alas! Ivait, who had got leavo of the
oov'ernOf, left the town, and sped with has
ty steps, and with a heart brimful of ten
derness -and hopO, to meet her. He walk
cd not, lie flew. Cupid had tastened his
own wings to his hbots. lie flew like an
urrow. %dt on his way lay a brandy
shop • there Is n 6 road Without them. He
would have passed by it; but in the shop
were his acquaintances,his beloved friends,
pfe made a halt with them for a moment,
only a moment, awl got tipsy with them.
It happened quite against his will; he was
cvc-n in dispair at it.. Altogether it was
one of tho most memorable victories ever
achieved by Friendship over Love.
Mennwhilo tho ugly vagabond had.emp
tied his sixth glass of brundy. At tho sev
enth he grew pensive, pursed his brows,
bit his lips as if a pang shot
vitals'; a daVk shadow! passed like a clodU
over his countenance; suddenly Hq spi'ahg
■from'Kid seat, aid' it,
pilshed so feii-pngly against Kis combamori,
tkLt-'kh'e almdbt fell' betwebn tnB #t.. Hb |
looked' round uneasily,-.took tho'brahdy
-bfc ihd Wend, and a piece'of fheatij-oln
the me, ■ pdt tWe'hv alt in tb thd‘ rathofnleds
pickets 'Of .KispblOak, and' said;;“Thank
you'fdr bread apd hd?6jfa].
itv Gaurila, Miihailovitch keeps his.mo
!h’ev id' this'tecretary/Jdh 1 Why don t;you
snnkk Ydtifsee I nlh hot -such a bad fei
'low'as'ybti tnWughtat fiWj^tty'pgk.
i I tevb‘ / y6u^l‘you'* do* inoCh, ,
: At Jr trib' , « ll sdH'qra‘ death v 9 u.
r wouldtikb bbst to diet Shall y™'
I -h&WW 01 ?
I hah«Vou'V beam foV ldslako?
S&'ttirtftdfonlfsby^hafyou;^
Kke'Kfestl'bhamiingDaHa. ‘
■ 41 What‘.pleasure' can 'you takd m pla
gui ««“m l ap 1 ri :w.dJuph, ribt
crediting the' tlSVy'jester with the red nose
cbjlld'Uuih'eawi'est. " ;. ; ...
•““Why ddA’t yoivhhsvVcr V’ .ho*said, fax--
: S3niiAing'tho''sedreta'ry ,ajid;'the Ibdk- ‘‘l
! (Should bd' gVad <to youTj-
Avduld trdthbrf bo ,l hahgbd;
•Waarilit 1 Michailoviteh’; lTbepd:'his, mqhby
•uh , dbt't,wd3bckdi;doed'bß : T ( d’.bit: it
' f riot‘^i‘^e‘ ha;v© foaked pppO. .So
'Savlhd, ‘h'otObk'an if bn msdrumebt put Of
ithpontlip ml- '‘Ohphstoddlad if sp6lf
in all her frapne.
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“Well, what isifthon? Speak out Av
tfotva Yoremoyoria. Can’t you make up,
your mind? Cut's© the lock. Avdo ytx
YeremeybVnn, I wait your answer, my
precious. This' is the strongest lock Ivo
seen this many ft day. Will you speak or
not?” " ' „
The secretary was burst open wgn a
CTash. ~ ,r> i
“Who ! what a lot of fine things ! Rank
notes, and ducats, and watches! They
don’t go: spoiled riiost likely. A ring,
don’t' wan’t it Oh, I’ll take these dm
monds. ‘ Ate these all crumbs of office'
Chatting in. this fashion with himself
and with'Blind* he crammed his pockets
with money, ’ Watches, and tnekets, and
then turned abfbplly to the half dead girl.
“Well, my love, your choice"! Waste no
time; but tell me, what death will you
die?” ,
“Well, I’m sure, arn’t you ashamed,
sir? It is a very ugly joke this.’.’
i “1 nm not joking at all, my sweet one.
| “What I done to you ? You have
| taken whatever you pleased ; 1 did not
! hinder you."
I “That’s very true; but do you see, 1
Irun’t bide ‘leaving eye-witnesses behind
! me: I wash mv hands of them by all
means. With others I don’t stand on cer
emony ; but as you, my love, are such a
nice good-natured, amiable little dear, 1
will «ivc you your choice of death. 1 love
politeness : I 100 have been brought up in
St. Petersburg —”
Still sho would not believe that ho was
in earnest. ■ . .
“Now then let’s have it at once ; 1 have
no timo to lose. Let us put compliments
I aside. 1 urn extremely sorry, but you
| must die by my hand. lam not going to
•be such a fool as to let you live, to te
• what sort of mouslachcs,eyes,nose,clothe?,
,&c, I have got —what I did here, and
•which way 1 went. Now Avdolya fere
i meyevna, answer quickly.
livery word of Iter cold-blooded torturer
(was a dagger-stroke to ber: her wholo
I bipod, all the warm current ol her lilo,
• curdled back upon her heart; her limbs
! irrew icy cold, and floods or tears poured
I over her inanimate face. She tottered and
foil to the floor. In her fall she caught
the robber’?-foot, and kissed it. “Have
mercy ort me!” sho shrieked. “Oh, spare
mv life, I .implore you 1 I swear to you
i before the holy Virgin, I will not say a
! syllable' to any one. May I never see
Heaven, if I do ! For the sake ol the b.uss
l ed St. Nicholas- —have compassion upon
mu ! I will pray all my life for you, as lor
mv own father, my brother— ’’
'The inexorable miscreant shook her ott
from his foot, kicking her in the breast,—
In vain sho raised her imploring looks and
• arms towards him ; in vain she sought to
touch his stony heart with all that intense
despair—and ihe clinging lovo of a youth
ful, joyous existence —could brealho into
the wordt, the voice, und the tears ol a
helpless being. The villain harder than
granite, grow every moment more cruel
and savagp. Paging with impatience, he
caught her by, the hair, forced hack her
head, drew his knjfo from his boot, und,
was about, to plwngo it in her throat.
“Oh, oh! for the love ol Heaven I ;
sobbed tpc unfortunate girl, beside herseli
at the sight of the terrible knife I “hang
,me I—hang mo! No bloody death
Mercy! —mercy- Ilang me, rather I
t “Ay, av,” he said, with a hideous gf,n ;
(“so you can speak at last,, Why did you
,not say SO at open. 1 have lost a deal
of time already ; still I can’t rcfitso you
Itho favor; you are such a nice girl, L)u
na ! You shall dio, in the pleusentest man
i nor - It is on ugly, death, that ol the knife.
If l miMit choose myself, I would rather
be hanged than knouted, when my time
( coniesf We. will lopk about, for a,cord. ,
' ' The wretched girl, powerlcs? in mind
and‘.'body, through , terror, wo,
trembling, and almost ltlejess, subnptted
\Q: hi? .conjmapds.j.The t ppe ty»,s ; soon
found, Jnd the vyithhts
victim tQithb satne.rqont Vrliere the remains
of the breakfast still,.stood upon the table,
tie threatened to : kil|>:r instantly U she
stirred from the spot where sho stood—
placed on.itha tahlc“r-and sprang
nimbly, pnon’it. Having.fitolepcd the rope
around' Hie boTOv he drow flie kmle lVom
his,boot, cut ofrf.hdTrpjectipg part pf the
rope, stuck theknifp jnlQ the beam,.and set
4out making a rioublja nunning,kn.ot on the
mpeV- Bqna.stpod'pwjipn.lflss.ni the, pud
dip of the room :■ heatnnd cold rusjffid .al
ternately , through hpr, framel: m
fire danced before her eye? ; she saw noth,
incf.j the did ndithfhg biit pray, confess her
Sins, ,corohie«d' herself to, all the.skunts,
aod-. irtentnlljr; bid fiibewellito all,Unit: was
dpa.ritdiher life.- .',,''- ■ | »- , » ■'} "V'.„
up.respntly myVpreciaus,
said tbd murderer.; going on with his work,
“you shall iseo how:nicely Lwill hang.you..
I am not a new hand at.th9>jobl: ißaydu
see now, all is rpady.only i’ll try v/heth-'
er the ropo is stfttig enpuhh. I .would not
tbr‘lfid : woirld yoTJ'sho'nlii toll totlieground
bnd break your ’ribs! 1 ‘lt-is/for yoiir 'in
terest 1 'arid-'" ni'y own : .ibat ; d—f Braw ■ the
«hhir Way fthmuriddr my.-feel.
•A jDilkd.' uWcb'h^oßSW went' tiji to the ta
blfcri arid 'dreiv’dVilay 'mb cbaib tf whilst ln e
robbfeb K6ldf:iijd"Vb^o ,!!j ia3t'iri ,; botK hkpds,
havipg slipped it over-one arm,up to ‘the
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elbow, to convlnco him'Self of its strength,
by swingingdn’it with tlie whole weight of
his body. * i ' ■ •
“Push tho table Aside.’’
Duna did so.
“ All right; it is ncapital rope ;it would
boar more than you—yourind me together.’
He now let go tho rope, intending to
jump to the ground. Apparently, it was
his purpose to startle the poor girl by the
bold nnd sudden leap ; but the noose in
tended for her, gliding along his dim,
caught him fast by tho wrist. Duna’s
executioner had, in fact hanged himselfby
the hand.
Though experiencing the most ncuto
pain, ho o wished to conceal his critical po
sition from the girl,that she mightnot avail
herself of it to.escape. Ho tried to .reach
the imprisoned hand with his lo(t; but the
weight of his body prevented his bringing
his '’shoulders parallel. Suddenly ho bo
gan to whirl and: fling himself • wildly
through the air, hoping tho rope would
snap: but in vain! If he had but the
knife in his boot, he might havo severed it,
or at the worst, lie could have cut oil 1 his
hand, and saved himself by flight. But,
unluckily for him, the knife was sticking
in the beam. How was ho to got at it?
lie thought of one means —a desperate
one—-the laßt. Ho collectedullhis strength,
to shake the knife out with a powerful
spring. The effort failed.
The weight of his heavy frame dangling
in tho air by ono hand.only, his violent
efforts, the pressure of the tight-drawn
knot, occasioned tho villain intense torture:
the joints of his arms cracked and began
to part; the blood oozed out under the ropo
from "the lacerated skin, and trickled into
the sleeve or his cloak ; while that of tho
rest of his framo rushed from the extremi
ties to his head. Every moment it seem
ed as if the hand would be torn ofl. lie
even wished that it might. His anxiety:
lest the people ol the house should return;
his dread of being taken in this predica- 1
ment; impatience, rage; he thought of his j
misdeeds, of his punishment ; all hisguil-j
ly life; all this possessed nis tumultuous,
imagination, and brought his dark soul to;
despair. Cold sweat broke from his fore-1
bend. In spite of his tiger liko endurance, |
a cry of agony burst at length from his j
iron bosom. j
JDuna, petrified, and thinking only of]
death, had hitherto looked on with an idi- j
otic indifference. For. a long time she
did not understand what he was doing,
and made no attempt to understand it.—
True she was still standing upright like a
living thing, but living she was not. The
involuntary cry of the murderer tvaked
her, however from her trance. She saw
'him bleeding, as if it were half a dream :
| she saw blood on the floor —a hideous ga
ping mouth, with great misshapen teeth,
1 red fiery eyes stuHihg from the socket;
' she read his anguish in h'is ghastly distort
! ed features, and guessed at last what had
happened. 1 Hope unimated her; she be
gan to think of delivcraticc.
“ Avdotya! push the table nearer, said
the robber, in altered, but still harsh and
commanding accents, that terrified her,
a<rain and compelled her to blind obcdi-j
once. Once moro she ■ lost her presence
of mind, and pushed the corner of the ta
ble towards him. The villian reached it
with the toes of one foot 1 lie raised him
self up a few lines. It was for him' a mo-,
ment'of heavenly enjoyment. Never in |
•his whole lift: had lie known one like it— i
riot oven after tho most successful ttfur-j
dcr. His agony was less intolerable ;he |
drew breath again; but Ins left hand, which , .. N 0 p France, ncconJiPS
* »,-*» i >eo “ USE#SKm-wU
' MS tonuro touched tho parried..in Xibcrtv - county,,^P r @WP‘
been said a thousand fimea 'since the in-, fhQ., | Bh|t}C-, U i rp.'; , ... > ..w>
vention of 'printing.- In Duna’s bosom,. ' (jogs, mtlW‘'dS«ts,
compassion prevailed over,War. and ptlftcd, Attend a concert" tahd
'the. voice or siiran Wnd the only ‘person Wh'b W^jfes
rnptoA tho table; and labored lohg and ht * W bis boquefs'iuto early ftoiicf, will
JttVtox*' a*"** n, „„ ,-li&pS'A Mow vihi
—Do mu die lavor/ jJJkn to inmp over a porn cot*. 4
Fetch q knife—cut the curiW ftp-la™ on a smn p __... -j p-.f
dyini'Wifh ppin.” ' V 0 ’’ .‘' ' iri fferlfyouiloa’llitiBh'tdgot angryfmev
'• T|id ; girl;3uffjped off tho table,'and ran orjarguo w j t |,..ja blockhead. Remember,
‘td/thfc.'!pitniryvFobr ct-dature! she little (he -theu razbr tho' moro ypdicnl
k'hew i! the' retiirh.'Ui’b'red-ilo'sed gdost was y ol ( rsß if an d,swear. ! iio '
WrepaVed. Hb'.'hihkb Tor ' hep kiddness o ,
hbiirt 1 . "She Tound U khifo; sho hurried
! back ;'she'Was’ bn tho' ’threshold;o| tho ge
iceridoFtorturp, when the, table on which; Vst
Wfolfe ted rested his loot turned over a i
l ( tvifli'd , lddd r bois'e,’ ‘Ho had upset it in eh
deaWrihg Wchange 'his feet. • Onbe rnbre ... n
'HlJ'Wsi swidging Witlrall Ins weight ihtho , Bjlt
; aiF ‘'A plerbitig "Veil told thb'renewal or lfS> .
bis former tortures. 1 ’ Dlilia stopped short ,hall
dFtho'dodr/- 1 His hideously .distorted. face lbnn
btrtibli her’ With ’ involuntary hb^' or s , s n° .trial
thought-it was Sated’k 'own'feature’s she .
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who advoitiro bythorohr.l v io
‘.Our paporcircalatn* in every ueiahborhood.anp >4 C2?r%JfS,
nearly ovcrr tamlly In Iho coontyrand thfrelore omird* »
convenient and clieno meant for the.boil «*« men of oar
county—mb merchant, mechanic .and all <*her*-(d ojttoajJ
tho kncwledyo ot their I oeril ia an d btuinei• ~, VV • eliooid
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"CLEARFIELD'REPUBLICAN.•
She lookeii round! and sqw a window
open: Tho thought'flashed upon her that
she 'might' avail herself of the circurn
stance. But ho suffers so dreadfully',?
How frightfully bo screpms! The rop®
must bo cut. Duna ' advanced a few
steps. That horrid, gaping mbuth ! Dpuo
tottored back, and mechanically, '.uncon
scious of what'she did, she raised herself
to tllb window-ledge,‘and dropped (VornU
into the courtydrd; !
When she was in Hie court-ynrd, ahe
knew not what she had done, or
wus to-do. She had eSca'pcd the" s'lght of
that ferocious Satanic mouth, but not
influence of hor tormentor. Ho had fas
cinated her. Ho was still lord of her ljfc.
Her knees trembled, she dared not to with
draw from the window. "
“Ha! devil’s jade!”'howled themiscra.
ant, savagely, “you have done cleverlj’j
I’d have slit your throat like a chicken’s.”
Theso words, uttered in unspoak&ble
agony and despair, suddenly rallied thd
gfrl’s energies. Shiran to tbo'gato, tho
monster’s horrid jest'hod proved his hor
rid punishment. Could he have supposed
that he tied the knot for himself 1 Could
he have supposed that that awful ntiOpnerit',
in which her foot hung ovet the grave,
should be the moment of deliverance to
j the innocent, and of exemplary punish
ment to the guilty? Hero was the finger
of Providence. It is a falsehood |Hat Vice
and'crime alono prosper in this world.
She ran, hnd ran, until lief strength
was nigh exhausted r no one was in sight.
Sho ran further; her breath failed ; per
i limbs tottered ; she dared not look rodtld,
; lest she should again sea that fearful
i mouth, lest she should again fall into the
: hands of her persecutor. Nowhere a liv
ing sdul. , ...
She struggled up a rising grbutid.
“Ah ! there is our butler ;
Vaska, and Prochor. Ah! he too Ik wi,th
them.” ‘
He, to wit, the incomparable mo, tpo
governor’s valet. They were all return
ing home from the brandy shop, careless
and happv, singing lovo songs, cracking
jokes upon their masters, with their caps
set jauntily on one side, and tacking along
the road in easy zig-zags. Dutta ran to
wards them, pale, with staring eyes’ttnd
flying hair; her neck ■uncovered—her wit*
bewildered.
“Come along! quick! quick 1 she
screamed. “He is banging! hanging!
hanging !—the villian is hanging!—faster!
faster!”
“Hey, darling little dove of the woods!
they all cried to her. with a laugh ; “who
is hanging? Whftri? ts he
Give us a kiss, Ouhushka. ’Tis a merry
/ • > rt , .
“Ho is hanging, I tell you! DOtft
laugh. Ro<{ te thfe house.'' Take forks,
hatchetsyguns— a thief—a murderer, With
great rnoustaChes and a red pose! 'Ho
said Ke wojild slit my throat like a chicit
cn’s —thoVhe’id hang me 1”
They hastened their 9teps, hrmed them
selves as well as they could-, brokd Mo
houso door open, and went into the- parlor.
The robber had fainted; bibod streamed
from his mouth and nose; the arm by
which ho hung had grown nearly a fcot
longer. They took him down and boimd
him. After the return of tho master ahd
mistress or the house, ho was convoy*l
the samo evening.to prison, ahd delivered
into tho hands of Justicel and Jatttico
could, not but own, with that
novor till then had 6o lnng uri arm coma
before her.
lobsters,npji aliirge.portion,,fu its,^ope».
jivlibri be. w'enf * n,, }p A?.% ®P
1 qvor ,(i! 'Jipg ffMUg.li>,
Ohio in speaking olf'the
road to'Heaven, -sayant is aii 'avflnue or
blue,; pa ved i with 'Sttt rs.' i VVimt tho f*We
walks consist of. w-e shall probably be nt
formed in ; tho - next ebnnel.- Mt»U)er ; ol
ngarb •: perhaps, • 'With' • owning
.post*; • "" •- ' \ .■ -
O^rGenoineipoliteness^is tho first bora
and^mbdesty. 1 ' <
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