St Nicholas [serial] . THE LITTLE PAUL AND VIKGhN prisoner, who, with his wife, lived in a lonely habi-tation in the midst of this dreary region. Shegrows up in this desolate solitude, knowing onlythose tender parents and their gnawing grief. Sheknows nothing of their crime or exile, or judge, orreal name. But as she ripens into girlhood, theparents cannot withhold their confidence, and shecomes to know of their old and cherished and luxu-rious home on the Polish plains, which is every dayin their thoughts. From this time forth the loving daughter has butone controlling thought, and that is, h
St Nicholas [serial] . THE LITTLE PAUL AND VIKGhN prisoner, who, with his wife, lived in a lonely habi-tation in the midst of this dreary region. Shegrows up in this desolate solitude, knowing onlythose tender parents and their gnawing grief. Sheknows nothing of their crime or exile, or judge, orreal name. But as she ripens into girlhood, theparents cannot withhold their confidence, and shecomes to know of their old and cherished and luxu-rious home on the Polish plains, which is every dayin their thoughts. From this time forth the loving daughter has butone controlling thought, and that is, how she mayrestore these sorrowful parents to their home andto the world. It is a childs purpose, and opposed to it is thepurpose of the Autocrat of all the Russias ! Butthen, courage and persistence are noble things, and 782 TWO FRENCH STORY-TELLERS. [October,. MADAME COTTL they win more triumphs than you could will win them over school-lessons, and badhabits, and bad temper, just as surely as they winthem in the battles of the world. So upon the desolate plains ofSiberia the fair young girl plotsand plots. How should this fair,frail creature set about the un-doing of an imperial edict, and therestoration of father and motherto life and happiness once more ?Over and over she pondered inthe solemn quietude of thosewintry Siberian nights, upon allthe ways which might avail her tofind relief for her suffering pa-rents. At last came the resolve—and a very bold one it was—tomake the journey on foot fromtheir place of exile to the Russiancapital, never doubting, in thefullness of her faith, that if shecould once gain a hearing fromthe emperor, she could win hisfavor, and put an end to herfathers exile. Ah, what could she know of thedepth of state crimes, or of thebitterness of royal hate, or of that weary march ofover 2,000 miles
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