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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1904)
By Order of the Czar A Story o( Russian Power By MARCUS EASTLAKE CIIAlTItR II. CMtlaard.) I past Dr. Schleeman'a pitta and mloni; the NevskL, shrinking under the occasional jlare of a street lamp, and Cftuplnc vrlth relief each time I leave one behind met ami can proceed for a space under cover of the darkness. Meanwhile the black, rolllas clouds discharge them selves, whilst the thunder growls aud mutter after the fHckerinc flash. 1odc may the storm last, for if It should cWr before I haTe reached my place of refuse, faint Indeed will be my chance. It the ateon should shine out and Illumine my still waaderius- feet I am lot- Soaked through, with my shirt cllnng te wy body coat I have aoac the wat er running In rivulets from mj hair, stacrcrinc. from side to side, almost bMad and with a sickening dread of fall lax In a fainting fit. I at length reach the narrow doorway which leads by a flight of stairs to Maruscba's lodging. Luckily the narrow stone passage has no door to the street, so I stagger la somehow. The mounting of those steps U like an Interminable nightmare. I drag nty self Hp with long agoettJag pause bo twees; step by step. There is but the oae hope left aae sow, that of kxtking once again oa Maroscha's face ere I die. At last the topmost step Is gained, and I see a bar of light streaming frotu be neath the door. I lay nay head down on the landing and listen. Her light feet are pacing the floor to and fro. now faint, bw near. 1 hear the sweep of her aktrta against the door as she turns. Now she sights, ah! so drearily. Is she living throng again the awful scene of my executions? I'erhaa she U ntetHtatiag self-deMnse-tle. Mantscaa cannot Hve without her VlaJtaalr. I rake nay head and try to aN her name. The sevtad I make startles and affrights ate; H Is Hke the croak of a rare! I haTe no voice where wltt to call Mantschal I am lying at her deer, where I cannot remain. I crawl close to It. striving to summon an courage to knock. h la near me again. I hear her cry m de spair. "Vladimir! my Vlidlmir! Oh. my murdered love!" I breathe a prayer for her asd knock. She has paused in her walk and ttsteos. "Maruscha open It is IT I croaked desperately. I used te hare a man's trag. deep relet; this could ncTer be recoginized as preceedtec from any hu man being. Within I bear a gasp; but stIH she or-ras sot. I must get it orer at once at any cost! I strike the door with my fist. She make a moire. Takes a quick tep forward the key tarns In the lock, and the door opens wide. I cannot e ber dear face, but O, she see adae! She see me when I crouch oa her threshold, a ghastly risitaat from the dead! I feel her eye oa, me. I hear ber catching breath. She recoils, asd catches at the table for aspport. Tear me not. Maruscha! It Is I. Yladinalrr She carers her eyes to shut out the sight of me. "Maruscha 1 am no ghost. I am indeed thy Vladimir In the fieshr I croak in my despair. I feel xay seaes fearing me. "I would tM thee aM the wonder of H hut I die I I sty Maruschar CHAITBK III. I wake from a mug. long steef a flees which hat been troubled with strange dream, sometime gracious one. fall of the areeee of Maruscha. w-Uea - I hare fok the soothing touch of her bauds. looke4 mto the dee blue weiU of her eye, and ragueJy seen, fathomed there, a wealth of love, and patience, and pitj. There ia a detteious perfume of rose ia the air, reaalndiag f of the rosea ia the air, reminding me of the bwue Ut Kiel. Iiut I am not at home. My eyes haTe began to wander from on detail to an other of my surroundings; the dainty toilet tabic with its gauzy drapery tied with knots of blue ribbons; the hanging book sheirea against the wall Ued with brightly bound vohinet: the erinwoa curtain of the portiere that runt along one entire side Maruscba'a room U di vided by a crimson portiere! The rase with roses oa the little tabic by my bed. I gare that rase to Maruscha! There it a stir at the other aide of the portiere", and instantly ber sweet face appear at the opening in the cur tains. I see the light of a great Joy leap suddenly te ber eyes. "Vladimir!" There is a whole world of Joy In her Btterance. She hat my hand lu hers, and our eyes meet in oee loBi, look of uautterabU satisfaction. "Jljr dore!" I murmur. She puts her finger on her Hpt. Tier face is radiant with smiles, and shining Ilka the moraine star from the goidea setting ef ber hair. "My beautiful oner "Thou must not talk, bet sleep again, ray Vladimir!" She is withdrawing her band, ami I feebly catch at it She will Tanlsh, this angelic vision, and leare me In darkness. "I go but to get thee thy medicine," bo says, and stroking the back of ray hand with ber disengaged ae; "Tblnlieat thou I would leaTe thee? I cannot if I would thou knowest I could not!" I release her liugeringly, ami watch her elide away, throwing back at me a tender glance, aud a nod ere she dis appears. I Ue quite still, listening to the rustle of ber dress aa the more about. There ia the faint chink of china and the it at ray side again, raiting me with her aft anna about my shoulders, whilst she ruti a cup to my lip. "Sow you must drink this, nor leave a drop!" the says, with a little air of authority. 1 do not object. If It were poison aud held to tny lips by Maruscha, I would swallow It; but It Is bouillon, and the fumes recommend It to my stomach. When I haTe drunk It. she deftly turns no pillow and lays me back. "Now thou wilt sleep." iter mice Is like the coo of the teck dare! She takes up a bit of needkuerk from the easy chair, but gwe and sits where she Is out of the range of tny vision. "Where I can se thee, I pray thee, Maruscha!" I plead. She bends forward. "Wilt thou not be content, willful one?" she murmur. Yet she goes to her easy chair, facing me, though she shake her head. At she sits before me, leading orer her work, ami I gating at her. I see a shy set come orcr her, such as I hare nerer seen before. The rosy bludte dye her fair 'kin, and, as If to bide thorn, her head droops lower. Ia my tore I am cruel anil think nut? how the Mushes are for me, and bow lovely they look. At length they fade, aud I note that she look pale and worn. and that there arc anxious line about her aweet mouth, and violet marks un der her eyes, Thec. too, are for ate! Itcfore me hotantlr. blotting her out from me, rise a rMoa from somen here in my past. I lie panting, bruited, half naked, voiceless, with a ghaMly mark about my nock an object to turn from with shuddering horror on her thresh old. And after? Her brave heart Aurod her dread' Sht took ax in. put me la her own white bed. named mo. A creat sob lifts my breast, and break a the stlllne. She looks up startled, and the needlework falls from ber Bnaer. I try to strrtrh my hand toward her see her I cannot for tears but It falls powerless oa the counterpane. "Maruscha." I falter, "let me lot me kbM thy hand!" She file to me. "My hand, my ti! What thou wilt; but weep not. Vladi mir!" She kivet me wildly, not thinking what she does, but only of poclfyiux mo. "Thou hast bee ill very 111: thou mutt not excite thyself it U bad for thee. Think not of the past, h Is orer all over, and thou art with ! Think how I have striven to nurse the well, and thou wouMtt undo all! 1' c i thee! Thou hast no pity far me!" Talking thus, she take her handker chief ami drie my eye, sweeps the hair from my braw and lota her fingers rest oa it caressingly.. She seata herself oa the side of the bed. I possess myself of her hand, and holding It against my Kps, my spirit slips away Into the aweet oblivion of dreamless sleep. CHAPTEIt IV. My life Is a sBcceslea of deep and tranquil sleeps asd bNssfal awakealagt to the discovery ef Maruseha'a pres ence. And she it my willing slave In all things save one. I may not even bold her hand for long, or carry It to my lip. If I Tealar oa the bitter, she gently bat firmly withdraws It, easting oa me such a look of fond reproach that I am fain to blush Hke a school girt at my temority. Maruscha avoids all mention of that awful chapter la my life, the subject man so aalefal to her that I have abstained from questioning ber, though I am consumed with curiosity to know how my sodden appearance out of the grave, at k were, bad affected her. She evidently fears, ton, that the dis cussion of so painful a theme would In jure me la my still weak state, for I caa see that she has enjoined Iran the only member of oar section beside r-er-seir who knows of my existence not te lot me talk of it to him. Wheu I would speak ef It, he has different ways of eluding me. lie will ri4 hastily, as tbouah something had Just occurred to him about which be mut coosuk Maruscha; or he wilt pre tend not to hear as, and pat a sudden question, at: "Hat Maruscha road thee Pushkin's latest poem? No? Then I mutt bring It te thee; it i glorious T I feel inexpressibly sad to-day, and Maruscha share my feeling. Aa she sits betide me. her sweet, fair face, downcast, orer ber work, I guess that It I only ray presence that keeps ber from weeping. Her swift needle glance la and out of the linen she has on her lap. She Is finishing a shirt for me to take with rae, and there is not much - time left bow. Ivan comoa tor me this even ing, and we leave together wheu the darkaest falls. It bat been heaven te me, thb calm, blifcsfal period of convalescence all too short, and here la the end ef it. and the beginning of fresh struggles with the world. This move bat beea talked of for tome days past, Iran hat been urgent, and m) soul responds to bl wishes. What ever Maruscha may aay, there la danger la ray sojourn with her. Though the situation wat forced oa ut by necessity, ami accepted Joyfully by ray pure-minded love, we feel that It it oae that mutt be pnt an end to at soon as possible. A sob escaped her, and In ray desire to comfort ber I assume an air of cheerful ness I am far from apprehending. "This It no parting, Maruscha. I go but to Iran, aud whilst I am there we thall c each other dally. Let us not meat trouble half way. And when the , parting comet there will still be the pros pect of our reunion. The world It wide, aud surely I shall find som spot under a free sky on which to build n modest little nrtt for thro and me. Think of that time, dear heart. Hope for the best." "Ah, If thou wast but safely out of this terrible land, then I might hupel" Maruscha sighed. "I have great faith In tho future!" I cry. 'A Man Is not snatched from ! very waters of death only to be cast back again like a worthless weed. There la some special end lu these sudden acts of rrovklence. Theu wilt see this, my aeoottd life will Hot be w rwtol from me." 1 sit down again and draw Maruscha te my side. "Maruscha," I continued, "I have lccn thinking much of our future whilst I lay there, and ef bow thou would! help me to make It worthy. That other life was art wrong. I made nothing of II." "Vladimir!" Interrupt Maruscha, and ber eye shine Hke star. "Thou gavest thy life for the groat cause." "A1 what hat It availed? Is the work! the Itcttcr for my sacrlHre? The tyrant still pptvc. Liberty still lurks la secret place, and will continue te do so. Ami why? llecae a a nation we are not ripe for liberty. Oae half la asleep, the other Is In the thrall of consuming pasahms, and iMithlng at tempted In the heat of pahin can have gxx reHlt. Conviction must have ma tured Into steady calm ere action Is pro ceeded to. It has ever been a mad. blind ruh at the enemy." j "Killed with a noble enthusiasm!" imta la Maruscha. "Oh, Vladimir, thou art lmlic.1 changed. The cause, then. It With lag to thee now?" She leoka mournrully up at me. "Not so. Maruschn. It Is as ever, ev er) thing to me. 1 hire liberty more than life only my opinion as to how to attain h la changed. Hitherto I was at the wrong end. Mistake thou not the lurid Marc of pion for the pure name of en-. thaiasn? I rear It I so." Iran's knock and tigtial Interrupt us. ' Maruscha I tearing me to open the door. I detain ber. "Thou art disappointed In me, sweet' lore?" I whispered, watching her face with anxiety. Her eye seek the ground. "I I un derstand thee not." she falter. "Yet thou cant trust mtf I breathe. The blue, bewildered eye turn an me, ami our glance meet. 1 see hers clear i and kindle until naught shines la them but pure, unmixed love. Then suddenly, a If by an uaocrosmlable ImpstUe. she puts her two band on my shoulder and sHurmur, "Thou art my lery soul and my cowciettcr. Vladimir! Thy thoughts, ' thy asftlratieos. thy Wed are surely miner ; She stoop and pree ber Mps to my forehead, and leave we quickly to ad mit Ivan. He enter with a coat ever bl arm, ami after greeting us, produce from bit pocket a soft felt bat. which he throw a oa a chair. Now he route and stands before me, regarding me critically. "How king hast thou been up to-day?" he iBquirr at length. "Only about an hour. I have hus banded my force far Ibis evening." Maruscha make us some tea, and whilst we take It Ivan tells us the latest newt. Fifty men ami women have been arretted en suspicion of being Implicated with the Nihilists. Three a..lutkws of tyrant bar occurred lu dllTerent part ef the country, ami erer)l"dy 1 talking of the daring "leader" In to-day's isottc of the "Yoke of the I'eople." Ivan produced the newspaper and read It to u. And all Ihl fK fiat on me. No long er can I rejoice at these things, they oaly make me and. The day ha rfn by wbeM the walla of a city could be made te fall at the btaat of trumpets. My heart I full of the approaching leate taVing. and gloomily I watch Ike twllulit shedowk creep np and close around us I teem to see the roteutieM angel uf fate pointing to the gates of my 1'arad!, and bidding me depart Into the dark uftlnewn region without, ami, alas! I may not crew take with me my live! Maruscha scarcely speaks a word. Sho stitches away at the shirt, ami when she has finished It, bude herself park ing some things for m In a bag. Aa the shades deepen, Iran also becomes silent. He g ever to the window and stand with hi back to u, bluwlug a tune through hi lip. Maruscha cornea to me. I fold ber si lently in my anas, aud this we reutiiu, heart te heart, cheek Ip rheek. At length Ivan says, but without looking around, "We had better not let It get too late, Vladimir." One long, silent kls I press en Maru scba'a lip ere I release ber. "When ever thou wtlt, Itsh," 1 reply, clearing my roice, for It sound strangely husky. Hearing Maruscha stir about the room, Iran Judge that he may return. I begin to get into the coat he has brought forward fur me, while Marutcha stand and straighten the hat. He take it from her band, ami puts It on my head, slouching It down In front to almost conceal my face. Maruscha puts up her face ami we solemnly kls each ether. Ivan drawa my hand through hi arm, and Maruscha precede u to tho door. ' "Adieu, Maruscha." Ivan extends bis band toward her. She take It am awlflly, eye he It aware of her Intention, she lift It to her lips. "Adieu, and Ood blest thee, my broth er" she murmurs, with eyes brimiuiug with gratitude. I. holding hit arm. feel the shock that thrill hit body, I t hit voice Is clear and calm a be replies, "God bless thee alto, my titter!" Manitoba standi watching us a we slowly descent) the stair. 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