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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Little Paulina - Christmas in Russia - -Author: Mary Cowden Clark - -Contributor: Anna Robinson - -Release Date: December 22, 2020 [eBook #64103] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE PAULINA *** - - - [Illustration] - - - - - Little - - Paulina - - [Illustration] - - Christmas in Russia - - ADAPTED FROM - MARY COWDEN CLARKE - BY - ANNA ROBINSON - - [Illustration: colophon] - - BOSTON - DANA ESTES & COMPANY - PUBLISHERS - - _Copyright, 1906_ - BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY - - _All rights reserved_ - - - LITTLE PAULINA - - - Colonial Press - Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. - Boston, U. S. A. - - - - - LITTLE PAULINA: CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA - - -It was nearing the close of a short winter’s day,--the day before -Christmas. Thickly fell the snow, fiercely keen blew the northern wind, -heaping the drifts into crannies and gullies, and then whirling them far -and wide. The fir-trees were all behung with wreaths of sheeted white, -that the next blast flung abroad in scattered showers. The sky lowered -above all, gray, cheerless, and hopeless, as a man--setting his teeth -hard, and facing the inclemency as he best might--cast his eyes up -toward the heavens, and then looked around him, with an air that bespoke -his having lost his way amid the solitudes of the pine forest. - -He might have been a denizen of the place, for the coarseness and even -squalor of his clothing. The rough tunic and cloak of sheepskin, the -bearhide gloves, and wolfskin cap befitted the meanest serf. But for all -his peasant garb, it was clear he was a stranger in this part of the -country. - -With one more perplexed look about him, he suddenly shouted aloud. The -sound seemed dulled and deadened by the damp, frozen air and the -curtained canopy of overhanging trees. - -His voice seemed shut in, like himself, within the confines of this -dreary wood prison. Yet once again he shouted,--once again sent forth an -appealing cry for aid,--if it might be that human aid was near. And -then--amid the gloom and silence--there came an answering sound,--a cry -high-pitched, but dulled by distance and by seeming lack of power in the -shouter. - -The man turned his steps in the direction of the response he had heard, -calling loudly. It was repeated, and evidently drew nearer. Just then he -emerged from among the thickest of the trees, into a more open space, a -sort of pathway leading through the forest. - -Along this track he could now see, coming toward him, a small, dark -figure, muffled in fur. It looked like a black bundle, more than a human -being. The head was enveloped in a dark sheepskin cap, that fitted so -closely around the face as to show only eyes, nose, and mouth. The body -was wrapped in a cloak, and the lower limbs were encased in thick -leggings and boots. Except that the head and shoulders were plentifully -sprinkled with snow, and the small patch of face looked bright and rosy, -the whole seemed a moving ball, of coarse, dark, furry stuff. - -But the rosy patch looked cheerily. The dark leggings stumped along with -an alert, assured step; and it was evident that from this small muffled -individual came the high-pitched cry that had answered the man’s call -for help. - -The man hastened to meet the child, saying:-- - -“Well met, little one! Direct me out of this wood. Be my guide. You -doubtless know every winding of the forest path.” - -“I am a stranger in these parts,” the child answered. “I came from the -capital. I live in Kief--that is, I did live there. I am going to find a -home with my father.” - -“And where is your father?” said the man. - -“They banished him--he’s in exile--I am going to him,” she replied. - -“Going to him! Do you know how far it is to the frozen regions whither -culprits are banished, little one?” asked the man. - -“Yes; I know it is a long way off--but I have managed to come nearly a -fourth of my journey, and I shall get through the rest, never fear.” - -“‘Never fear!’ But don’t you fear? It’s a long way, and a fearful place -when you get there.” - -“I know it is; but if it’s bad for me, it’s bad for my father,--and it -will make the place better for him if he have his little Paulina with -him, to help him bear its fearfulness.” - -“I am not speaking of what it is to him. It would be more tolerable to -him, I dare say, with his child to keep him company there; but what I -mean is, that it will be a terrible place for you--you don’t know its -horrors.” - -“Oh, yes, I do. They told me of them when he was banished. They tried to -prevent my going after him, but I got away. I made my escape--I crept -out of the house--I watched my opportunity--I managed to get past the -sentinels at the city gates--I have made my way, by little and little. I -shall reach there, never fear.” And she nodded with an assured air, as -she repeated the last words. - -The man shook his head. “You don’t know the place you are so eager to -reach, my little maid,” he said. - -“I dare say it’s very dreadful; but, however bad it may be, home is -worse now,--without my father.” - -“And who is your father?” said the man. - -The child was just about to answer in her prompt, straightforward way; -but she caught the earnest, scrutinizing look of the stranger, as his -eye rested upon her, while he asked the question. She checked herself, -and said: “Didn’t you say you had lost your way in this forest? Do you -live far from here?” - -An odd smile passed over the man’s face, as he answered: “Yes; very far. -I have wandered among the depths of this forest till I’m perishing with -cold, and starving with hunger. I want food and shelter. How far -distant is the next village?” - -“They told me it was some miles on,” said the child. “But I’ll tell you -what I’ll do for you. Instead of taking you on with me there, I’ll turn -back with you, to the good woman at whose hut I slept last night. She -gave me a night’s lodging, and I dare say she’ll do as much for you. She -has a kind heart.” - -The same smile passed over his face, as the man replied: “If you present -me to her as your friend,--an unfortunate fellow who has lost his -way,--I have no doubt she will take me under her roof. And, truly, in -this snow-storm, the sooner food and warmth may be had, the better. But -in securing them for me, you are hindering your journey, little one. -Shall you not grudge the delay?” - -“It will be but a few hours. You need my help. If I turn out of my way -to give it you, my journey afterward will prosper the better,” she said. -“My father would approve of it.” - -“Your father is a worthy man, then?” - -“You seem to doubt it!” said the child, turning a flashing eye up toward -the speaker. - -“If he be so,--and his teaching his child charity and kindliness of -conduct speaks in his favor,--how comes it that the emperor banished -him?” returned the man. - -“The emperor was made to believe unjustly of my father. Enemies -misrepresented his actions. My father was too proud to vindicate himself -to his sovereign, even had he had the opportunity of pleading his own -cause.” - -Again the man smiled, and then fell into a reverie, while his young -conductress took him by the hand, and led him along the path by which -she had come. After a time she looked up into his face, and, seeing its -dreamy expression, said: “You are feeling sleepy, are you not? Beware of -that!” - -“I do find myself drowsily inclined,” said the man. “The cold--the long -fast--the many hours’ wandering--I own I shall be glad of a moment’s -rest, little one. Let us stop here a few minutes.” - -And he would have leaned against the trunk of one of the nearest trees -skirting the forest track; but the child exclaimed vehemently,--tugging -at his hand: “No, no! you must not rest. Anything but that! Rouse -yourself! Come on, come on! Here, take me up in your arms, and carry me -for a little way. The exertion will do you good, and the warmth of my -body will help to unnumb you. Lift me up; be quick!” - -The man laughed, but obeyed her peremptory order. There was such an air -of decision in all she said and did,--as if it were the only right thing -to be said or done,--that it was difficult to resist her commands. In -the present instance, the course she had appointed was certainly the -best that could have been hit upon for averting the threatened danger. - -The effort of raising her helped the man to throw off the overpowering -sensation of drowsiness that was fast seizing upon him; and when she was -in his arms, she nestled close to him, and hugged him around the neck. -She was a slight child of her age, so that she was not inconveniently -heavy; yet, had she been even heavier, the man, though unaccustomed to -bear such weights, would have willingly gone on carrying her. - -“Do you know, I have just such a little girl of my own,--a little -daughter,--perhaps a year or two younger than you, with whom I was going -to spend the Christmas Day, when, owing to an accident, I became lost in -the forest. I should like my little girl to thank you for your care of -her father. I wish she could see you. What say you to coming with me to -my home, and making friends with her?” - -“I should like it very much; but you live far from here, and I must not -let anything interfere with my journey to my father.” - -“But my home--at least, the place where my little girl now is--lies all -in your way. You must pass it going to your father. We’ll journey -together, as far as we can. Our first concern is, to get back to your -friendly peasant woman’s hut, recruit our strength, and afterward to -devise some means of getting on. Perhaps she can provide us with a -guide.” - -“Trust to me, I’ll guide you,” said the child. - -He laughed but made no reply. - -“Now you’ve got over your drowsiness, you can set me down again,” she -resumed. - -“But you’ll be glad of the lift. You must be tired,” said the man; “and -I don’t mind carrying you, if it rests you.” - -“Oh, I’m not at all tired. I’ve learned to walk a good long way, now, -without wanting to rest. Set me down, please. It will do us both good to -be in sharper exercise. Here, let’s run! It’ll warm us. Come! One, two, -three, and away!” - -The man hesitated. “I’m not in the humor to run,” he said, laughing. - -“Nonsense! It’ll do you good! You must!” she replied. “The less you feel -inclined to stir quickly, the more necessary it is you should exert -yourself. It’s only the numbing effect of this bleak air. You feel -chilled inside, don’t you? But, never mind! Nothing like a race to cure -you. Now, then! Give me your hand! Let’s start for that clump of low -bushes, yonder!” - -She planned several of these running matches, fixing the starting-posts, -appointing the goals, arranging and deciding all the particulars. And -when they had been successively achieved, she turned to the man, and -said with an air of satisfied triumph: “Well! wasn’t I right? You feel -warmer now, don’t you?” - -He returned her nod with another, smiling, and highly entertained. But -she, quite gravely, rejoined: “Of course; and yet, if I had not made you -take a good run, you’d have kept creep-creep-creeping along, till your -blood had become as stagnant as the surface of our Dnieper, when it’s -frozen into ice a foot thick. Besides, the race has not only made you -warm, it has beguiled the way; for here is the good woman’s hut close at -hand. Now, once more. Give me this much start, and I’ll beat you!” - -[Illustration] - -The good peasant woman received her little guest of overnight and her -companion with much hearty kindness. - -“’Tis a wild place,” she said, “and when one of these sudden snow-storms -come on, ’tis hard for us--let alone a stranger--to find the way out.” - -“I’ve given him a helping hand as far as I can,” said the child with -her decisive nod. “Now it’s for you to do your share, and kindly give -him a meal, as you did me last night.” - -“What I have, he shall be welcome to,” said the woman. - -“Thanks, mistress,” replied the man. “I sha’n’t forget you; and one day -or other--” he paused; and Paulina finished his sentence for him. “One -day or other,” she said, “it may be your chance to meet with some poor -body even worse off than yourself. Do what you can for them. That will -be the best way of returning this good woman’s kindness to us.” - -The child said this while she was bustling about, helping the woman to -spread the table, and prepare the meal. She trotted about diligently, -seeming to know where everything was kept, and making herself quite at -home. - -She still kept the poor stranger under her immediate protection, -providing for his accommodation and comfort, pointing a seat out for him -near to the hearth; relieving him of his outer cloak, and hanging it up -on a nail; lifting the fur cap from his head, and beating the snow out -of it, before she replaced it; hovering about him, and paying him those -little fondling attentions, half-cherishing, half-deferential, which -mark the conduct of a child toward an indulgent parent. - -Presently she came and sat down beside him on the settle. “What a -curious ring you have upon this finger. It’s something like one that my -father used to wear. But his was an emerald; and this is, of course, a -bit of green glass. Still, it’s very pretty,--it looks almost as well. -Indeed, it’s larger; and here are some curious characters engraved upon -it. Who gave it you?” - -“It was my father’s,” said the man. - -“Then, of course, not in the worst poverty could you part with it,” said -she. “It is a false stone, isn’t it?” - -“Having passed from father to son, for many generations, and from my -own father’s hands into mine, it possesses a value for me beyond the -most priceless gem,” answered he. - -“And it really is pretty in itself,” said the child, “and very curious. -These characters are like those I have heard my father describe upon the -imperial signet; he said his own ring was very like the emperor’s, only -smaller, and quite plain. Yours is about the size,--and with just such -characters. Perhaps it was made in imitation; but, though it’s an -imitation jewel, it’s very bright and pretty. It’s just as good as if it -were real.” - -[Illustration] - -“Just,” said the man. “I’m quite satisfied with it. The emperor’s own -signet-ring couldn’t content me better.” - -“Ah, but it would me,” said the child. “If I had that, I’d soon use it -to some purpose. I’d affix it to the deed which should repeal my -father’s sentence.” - -She turned the ring round and round upon the man’s finger, as his hand -still lay in hers, sighed thoughtfully, then looked out toward the still -falling snow, saying: “But I am dreaming of what I should like to -happen, when I ought to be working at what I can do. We stay too long. -Come, let us be going.” - -“The afternoon is set in for a continued fall of snow,” said the peasant -woman. “Best not to venture into the forest now. Nightfall will overtake -you before you can reach the village. Abide another night here, and set -out to-morrow early. You will be all the better for the rest.” - -“But even if you are so kind as to let me sleep here again, and share -your eldest child’s cot, as I did before, how can you manage for our -poor friend here?” said the little girl, pointing to the stranger. - -“The good man can lie upon this settle, by the side of the hearth. -’Twill be a warm, snug berth for him; and if it be a little rough or -hard, he has lain upon many a rougher and harder, I’ll warrant,” said -the woman with a good-humored smile. - -“The field of battle is a harder couch. Stretched wounded upon the earth -in the open air is rougher lying than upon this good settle,” replied -the man. - -“You are warm now, hands and all,” said the child. “I will leave you for -a little while, that I may help our kind hostess. While she and I are -about it, you can rock the cradle with your foot.” - -While thus busily engaged, Paulina was struck by a sound in the outer -room, as of talking. She listened. She could not distinguish the words, -but she felt certain that she heard another man’s voice in reply to that -of the stranger. The talking was carried on in a low, whispered tone, -but talking she assuredly heard. - -When she returned to the room, however, the stranger was alone, and -sitting in precisely the same attitude as she had left him,--bending -over the wood embers, spreading his hands to catch their welcome warmth, -and with one foot resting on the rocker of the cradle. - -“You see, I am obeying your commands,” he said, glancing with a smile -toward the cradle. - -[Illustration] - -“I’m glad to see you can profit by good example,” she said. “I fancied -you were neglecting your duty, and so came to remind you of it. But it’s -all right. I made a mistake, I see.” - -The next morning, at daybreak, Paulina was astir, and preparing to set -out. She went to rouse the stranger, whom she found still fast asleep on -the settle. - -“Awake, awake! It is time we were off,” she said, as she shook him by -the shoulder. - -“How now!” exclaimed the man, angrily, as he half-started up, -half-opened his eyes, and looked around him in surprise. - -“It is a fine morning. The snow has ceased. We ought to be on our way. -Come! up with you!” said the child. - -“It is too early,--by and by,--another hour’s rest,” muttered the man, -as he let himself fall back upon the settle. - -“I can’t afford to wait an hour longer,” said Paulina. “If you prefer -another hour’s sleep to my guidance, stay behind. But, take my word; you -had much better go with me through the wood. Remember how you lost -yourself yesterday. Well, what say you? Decide at once; for I am in a -hurry to be off.” - -“Since you will have it so,--I suppose I must,” said the man, yawning, -stretching, and rising reluctantly. “But what a terrible tyrant you are, -my little protectress.” - -“It’s all for your good,” returned she. “I want to set out early, in -order that we may reach the village on the other side of the wood before -evening.” - -The man laughed; while she alertly set before him the black bread and -the warm milk and water, which the good woman had provided for their -breakfast, and brought him his sheepskin cloak, and helped to fasten it -under his chin. - -The weather had quite cleared up. For a Russian climate, the day was -fine; and the two wanderers made their way through the forest with such -good speed that it was still early in the afternoon when they reached -the village. It was a very small hamlet, consisting of a few -wood-cutters’ huts. At the door of the most important looking among -them, which served as a sort of post-house, there stood a sledge, -surrounded by a small retinue of attendants, as if awaiting the master. -Paulina lingered a moment to admire the pretty trappings of the vehicle, -its soft cushions, its fur and velvet linings, the bright harness, and -the elegant shape of the coach itself. - -Her companion asked one of the men standing near, whither the sledge was -bound. - -“We are going to take it for our master to Igorhof,” replied the -attendant. - -“The very place where my daughter is.” - -[Illustration] - -“As the sledge is going empty to Igorhof, I wonder whether these people -would allow us to ride in it,” said the man. “I should dearly love to -reach Igorhof on Christmas Day. I’ll tell them I’m not so poor as I -seem, and that, if they’ll trust my word and allow us to ride, I’ll pay -them for their courtesy when we arrive at Igorhof, where I have friends -and money.” - -“But is that true?” asked the child. - -“Perfectly true,” answered the man. - -“We can but try, then,” said Paulina. “It would help us on our way -delightfully. But I’m afraid they won’t believe such shabbily dressed -people as you and I; and perhaps they will object to our riding in the -fine coach, lest we should soil it, and they get into disgrace with -their master. Still, we can but try. After all, if they refuse, we are -but where we were.” - -“To be sure,” said the man. “Besides, I can offer them my ring as a -pledge for the money I promise them, until we reach Igorhof.” - -“But as it’s a false stone, they won’t care to take it,” said the child. -“And if they believe it real, and accept it for such, that would be -deceiving them.” - -“Never mind, I can but try,” repeated the man. - -“Well, you can try if they’ll take it, when you have owned it to be -false; but tell the truth.” - -“Never fear; I’ll say nothing but the truth--the exact truth,” said the -man, as he advanced toward one of the attendants. - -Paulina could not hear exactly what passed between them; but she saw the -stranger show the groom his ring. She saw that there was an -explanation,--a request made,--and, at length, acquiescence given. - -The man returned to her side. “He has consented,” said he, “and has -undertaken for his fellows to agree that we shall occupy the empty -carriage as far as Igorhof.” - -“That will be charming!” exclaimed the child. “I hope they’ll not be -long before they set out.” - -“Well done, eagerness!” exclaimed the man. “But you forget that I’ve -fasted since daybreak, and I must have something to eat. I’ll go into -the house, and see what’s to be got.” - -“Well, be quick,” said Paulina. - -“Won’t you come in and have some, too?” asked the man. “You must be -hungry.” - -“Yes, I’m hungry; but I don’t want to come into the house. It’ll only -take up time. You can bring me out something to eat.” - -By the time the two wanderers had partaken of some refreshment, the -equipage and retinue were prepared to start. The man helped the little -girl into the luxurious coach, took his place beside her, and the next -instant they were off at a smart pace. As the sledge glided smoothly -over the frozen snow, and the dark objects that skirted the way seemed -to be flying past, and the road to be melting before them,--as she felt -herself borne swiftly and easily along, Paulina could have believed -herself in some pleasant dream, so wondrous did it all appear. She sat -breathless, fixed, and perfectly upright, unable as yet to yield herself -to the full luxury of her position, in the bewilderment of its novelty. - -“Presently,” she said. “I can hardly yet make myself believe that it is -all real; that I am actually flying on thus, speedily and delightfully, -instead of toiling along on foot. It is like magic. It must be a fairy -car.” - -“In truth,” said the man, “it does seem a marvellously well-contrived -sort of affair, this sledge coach. See here, what commodious pouches in -the side! Well stored, I dare swear, with comforts of all kinds. Ay, -here is a shawl for the throat. Truly, the owner must be a fellow of -some taste to provide thus for his accommodation in travelling.” - -“The credit for the arrangements may belong to his servants,” said -Paulina. “But, at any rate, I think he would not be pleased to see his -private comforts appropriated by a stranger,” she added, as she observed -the man, to her great vexation, twisting the shawl around his neck. - -“Let the things alone. Take off the shawl. Give it to me. I’ll put it -away, on this side, out of your reach.” - -The man laughed, but did as she bade him. - -“You think I’m not proof against temptation, little one,” he said. “Do -you doubt my honesty? What sort of man do you take me for?” - -“It is difficult to make you out exactly,” said the child. “You said -something this morning that made me think you had been a soldier; yet -you didn’t say so, absolutely. You may be an honest man,--but I don’t -know. You say you are not so poor as you seem. What is your profession?” - -“Profession? I don’t profess anything--I--make no professions,” he said, -smiling. - -“You are evading my question,” she said, gravely. “I mean, what is your -trade,--your calling?” - -“I am no tradesman,--and as for my calling--” - -He hesitated; and the child, looking steadily into his face, said: “You -avoid answering me directly about yourself, yet you wonder that I don’t -tell you at once all about my father. Let us each keep our own secrets, -and be good friends. Come, tell me a little about your daughter. How -tall is she? Is she pretty? And is she very fond of you?” - -“You will see her soon, I hope, and judge for yourself,” answered the -man. “But in my eyes she is very pretty, and she is certainly very fond -of her father.” - -“Yes,” answered Paulina, gravely. “But,” continued she, “I dare say your -daughter seems pretty to you because she has a kind and loving face. I -can believe that she is really pretty, as well as pretty from -affectionate looks and from being fond of her father.” - -“And pray what may be your reason for believing this?” rejoined he. - -“Because you have rather a nice face yourself,” she said. - -“Rather a nice face!” echoed the man, still laughing. “Is that all the -praise you can find for me? I assure you, I am accounted passing -handsome; nay, I have been told a thousand times that I am the -handsomest man in all my--in all these dominions.” - -“Absurd!” said Paulina. - -“The handsomest man in all Russia--the handsomest man of my time--they -have actually said, over and over again!” - -“Ridiculous!” exclaimed she. “And impudent! They were either -joking,--laughing at you in their sleeve,--or trying to wheedle you.” - -“Humph!” responded the man in the tone of one who half assents, half -feels posed. “But, here we are at Igorhof,” he added, as the sledge drew -up at the gates of a large mansion but indistinctly seen now through the -gray twilight of a Russian evening. - -“You are getting out, here?” said the child. “Have you much farther to -go before you reach the place where your daughter is?” - -“No; ’tis close by. Give me your hand. ’Tis my turn to guide you, now.” - -He led her on,--she could not see exactly where, by reason of the -deepening darkness; but it seemed to her as though they crossed a -spacious area or courtyard, in the direction of the grand mansion -indistinctly seen. - -They stopped at a small side door, which he opened, and entered. Within -was a kind of vestibule, lighted by the softened light of a lamp, that -hung at the foot of a winding staircase. - -“Have you a right here? Are you not making your way into a strange -house?” said Paulina, hanging back, as the man prepared to mount the -stairs, still holding her by the hand. - -“Trust to me--as I trusted you, in the forest,” said the man, smiling. -“Trust to me, and,--to use your own word,--never fear!” - -As he finished speaking, they reached the top of the staircase; - -[Illustration] - -and, throwing open a door which stood opposite to them on the -landing-place, the man led her forward into a spacious room, richly -furnished, hung with tapestry, and lighted by a large silver lamp -suspended from the ceiling. - -The man threw a hasty glance around, as if in search of some one; then, -muttering, “She will be here soon,” threw himself upon one of the -cushioned couches, as if thoroughly wearied. Presently, his eye rested -upon some papers that lay piled upon the table. He drew the heap toward -him, and began turning them over, when his hand was arrested by -Paulina’s exclaiming: “How can you? Don’t you know it is dishonorable to -peer into papers that belong to others?” - -“Humph! You keep a strict eye upon me, my little guardian. This is one -of my doings, I suppose, that you don’t approve of?” - -“It is,” said Paulina. - -“And the others, pray? What may they be?” he rejoined. - -“I didn’t like your meddling with the articles in the sledge pockets; I -didn’t like your creeping into this house without announcing yourself. -It makes me sometimes suspect--” - -“Well?” said the man. - -“That you are,--in short, that you are--a thief.” - -The man was still laughing at this uncompromising reply, when the door -of the apartment opened, and a little girl entered. She was very young, -but there was such ease, grace, and high breeding in her air, that she -seemed older than she really was. - -As she advanced into the room, she gazed with a quiet wonder at the two -strange figures there; but, looking more intently at the man,--whose -coarse, rude garments at first prevented her recognizing him,--she -sprang forward, and threw herself into his arms, exclaiming, “Father! -dear father!” - -He embraced her fondly in return, and for a few moments they were -wholly engrossed with each other. Presently, he turned to where Paulina -stood in mute astonishment at this scene, and said: “But I must not -forget my little preserver. Thank her, Hermione. I owe her my life. She -helped me out of that confounded wood, where I might have wandered on -till now--or perished, starving of cold and hunger. She saved me from -the snow sleep, in which I might have been frozen to death. She guided -me through all these mortal dangers, to say nothing of her keeping guard -upon my morals.” - -[Illustration] - -He was laughing heartily as he concluded, but Paulina never altered from -the serious look with which she regarded him. She kept her eyes steadily -upon his face, with the grave scrutiny with which from time to time she -had observed him, ever since she had had doubts of his being the poor -destitute creature he had seemed at first. - -“Well, little one, have you made up your mind yet about me?” he said. - -“I have heard of robbers going out prowling in poor shabby clothes, and -having a rich home, with plenty of luxuries to come to,” she said in her -straightforward way; “so you may still be what I took you for,--a thief. -But somehow I don’t think you are, now.” - -“And pray what may have altered your opinion?” said he. - -“Your daughter,” she replied. “Since I have seen her, I think you must -be an honest man,--an honorable man, a gentleman,--for all you are -meanly dressed. Perhaps that may have been from some chance--some -accident, and that you are, in fact, some great lord.” - -“Well done! Well aimed!” he exclaimed. “Come,” added he, “I’ll make a -bargain with you. If you’ll tell me your father’s name, I’ll tell you -who I am.” - -“As I believe you to be honorable,” she said, keeping her eyes upon his -face, “I will tell you his name. It is Vladimir Betzkoi.” - -The man’s brow darkened, then contracted into a frown. But after a few -seconds it cleared, and he muttered, “I will not believe it. His child’s -artless speeches and conduct bear proof that he must be a man of worth -and probity. At all events, I will have it looked to.” - -Then he added aloud: “You did me no less than justice, little one, in -believing me a man of honor. Now that you have trusted me with your -father’s name, I will use all my power to have his case inquired into.” - -“You will interest your friends! You will use your influence with them -to have my father’s case properly represented to the emperor! You will -do what you can for us!” exclaimed Paulina, her eyes sparkling with joy, -and fixed eagerly and hopefully upon the man’s face. He nodded and she -went on: “I remember. You said you knew the master of this house. He -must be a rich man--a powerful lord--you will interest him? You will -speak to him in my father’s behalf?” - -Again the man nodded; and again Paulina went eagerly on: “Will you let -me see your friend, and tell him myself? The master of the house! -Perhaps he’s at home now! Come, let us go to him at once!” she -exclaimed, starting up, and seizing the man’s arm. - -“Softly, softly, little one,” answered he, smiling. “You forget how -tired I am with my wanderings.” - -“I am thoughtless, selfish,--I forget all, in my one concern for my -father; but you will forgive his daughter for her sake, won’t you?” said -Paulina, pointing to Hermione, and then proceeding to bustle about, as -she had done at the peasant’s hut, drawing off his gloves, and helping -him remove his cloak. - -His daughter joined her in her ministry, with her own quiet, gentle, yet -decided manner. She had stood by her father’s side the whole time, with -one arm upon his shoulder, as he sat; while he held her in one of his, -passed around her waist. - -“You have fasted, then?--you have been delayed on your journey?--some -accident?--these clothes?” she now said, in her tender voice, full of -affectionate interest, though so gentle and low. “Dear father, tell me -what has happened. But first you must need refreshment. They shall bring -supper here.” - -“Ay, let it be so,” he answered. “And, Hermione,” he went on, beckoning -her to lean down and listen to something that he whispered in her ear. -She looked in his face with a smile, as he concluded, and then glided -swiftly from the room to give her orders. - -Presently Hermione returned, followed by a train of servants, with -preparations for the meal. Some spread the table; while others drew near -to the couch where the man sat, bearing a furred dressing-gown and -slippers. - -Paulina put out her hand for the latter. - -The attendant would have withheld them, but, at a sign from the man, -gave them to her. She put them carefully on his feet, saying: “Now for -your wrapping-gown.” - -The other attendant stepped forward, about to hold it ready; but Paulina -took that also from his hands, with “No, no; give it me. I’ll put it on. -I’ll step on the stool, on tiptoe; and I shall be able to reach.” - -“Let her do it,” said the man, and with his amused smile. - -“You have not yet told me your name,” she resumed. “If you’re not a -thief, you do not keep your promises, and that’s nearly as bad.” - -There was a stir, and a look of amazement among the attendants; but the -next moment it subsided. - -“Is not that rather a rude way of reminding a person of his promise?” -asked Hermione, with her calm smile. - -“I don’t mean to be rude, but I speak the truth,” said Paulina, in her -grave way, which was too sincere, earnest, and straightforward to be -insolent. “I observed my part of the bargain at once. I put myself in -your father’s power by trusting him with the name he asked; and I -expected he would keep his word with me in return.” - -“He will do so, be sure,” said Hermione, smiling, and looking at her -father. - -He nodded, saying: “But let us have some supper first.” - -He chatted gaily, and seemed in high spirits, and very happy, as he sat -between the two little girls, his daughter Hermione on one side of him, -Paulina on the other. - -“How came you to tell me such a fib about your daughter?” said Paulina, -suddenly. - -“How do you mean?” was the reply. - -“You told me she was pretty, didn’t you?” - -“Yes; don’t you think her so?” - -“No; she’s very different from pretty. She has the most beautiful face I -ever saw. It’s like what I fancy a queen’s must be.” - -“You hear how plain-spoken she is,” said Hermione’s father. “She told me -just as openly,--but far less complimentarily,--what she thought of my -face.” - -Hermione gazed fondly upon the face in question, and smiled. - -“Then you wouldn’t like to know you were never to look upon it -again,--for all its ugliness; eh, little one?” said the owner, laughing, -and turning to Paulina. - -“‘Like to know!’” she repeated, with more than even her usual gravity. -“It would make me very unhappy. I have taken a great fancy to your -face--to you--I should be very, very miserable if I thought--” - -The child stopped, with a break in her voice that was even more eloquent -than speech. - -The man was touched with the artless evidence of liking in this sincere -little creature. After the pause of a minute, he said: “Come, give me a -kiss upon this ugly cheek of mine. I’ll promise you that you shall -hereafter see as much of this homely face that you’ve taken a fancy to -as you could wish. You and I are friends for life; for you saved mine, -remember.” - -“If she don’t remember it, we ever will, will we not, my father?” said -Hermione, as Paulina stood on tiptoe beside him, and gave him the kiss -he had asked, heartily and affectionately, saying at the same time, with -playfulness: “I trust to this promise, though you broke the other. I’ll -believe you will keep your word, that we shall be always friends, -though you have not yet kept your word, and told me who you are. I ought -to have held back my kiss, till I knew who claimed it.” - -“I have a father’s right to it,” answered he. “I am your father, while -your own is away.” - -“My father!” she exclaimed. - -“Your father!” he repeated; “the father of all my subjects,--the father -of my people. I am the Emperor of Russia.” - -Paulina stood gazing at him fixedly, in utter astonishment. Her face -worked eagerly; her breath went and came. Then she dropped upon her -knees, flung her head on his, and clasped them around, as she exclaimed: -“My father! My own father! Think of him! Grant him his freedom! Pardon -him! Remember the Christ-child, whose day this is! For His sake pardon -my father!” - -The emperor kindly bent over her, and spoke soothingly. - -Presently she started up. “Yet why do I say, ‘Pardon him.’ He has done -nothing that needs pardon. He has been ever loyal and faithful. Do him -justice! Redress the wrong that has been done him, and restore to -yourself a devoted officer and servant!” - -“If only for his child’s sake--” the emperor began. - -But Paulina interrupted him with: “Not for mine! Not because I happened -to do you a service! But because he himself deserves to be freed--he who -has been punished as a traitor, when he was none.” - -“Never fear, little Conscientious!” said the monarch, laughing. “Entire -justice shall be done. Your father shall have the benefit of a close -investigation into his case. Will that satisfy you?” - -“Quite,” she said in her grave way. - -“And now, you will tell all your adventures, my father, will you not?” -said the calm, sweet voice of Hermione. - -[Illustration] - -“I will tell you the whole story,” said the emperor, drawing her within -his arm, as before, while he left his other hand in the grasp of -Paulina. “I was on my road hither from Kief to keep the Christmas time, -when the sledge was by accident overturned, just on the borders of the -forest. My people helped me into a sort of miserable cabin,--the nearest -at hand; and, as my clothes had become wet with the snow, when I arrived -there I donned some of the good man’s dry apparel in place of mine own, -until they could be dried. While this was being done, feeling stifled -with the smoky atmosphere of the cabin, I strolled forth into the open -air. The snow-storm had abated. I wandered on, striking into the forest, -until, at length, the snow beginning to fall thickly again, I woke up to -a sense of danger,--that I was losing my way,--that I should be unable -to retrace it,--that I should find difficulty in making my people aware -of my situation. I shouted, but in vain. I plunged desperately on, but -felt that I only involved myself further, and that each step but -diminished the chances of rescue. In this perplexity I encountered my -little friend here, who kindly took me in hand, and managed for me, when -I could not have helped myself,--Emperor of all the Russias as I -was,--and bit of a thing as she was. While we were housed at her -friendly peasant woman’s hut,--whither she had conducted me for food and -rest,--it happened that my faithful Ivan joined me, having found where I -had taken refuge. He had set out in search of me, the instant he learned -I was missing, and had succeeded in tracking me there. It was while -Paulina was in the inner room that he entered the outer one where I sat. -He could hardly restrain an exclamation of joy when he discovered me; -but I made him a signal of silence, and in a low voice rapidly explained -my desire that he should go back to his fellows, bid them meet me on the -following day with the carriage at the village post-house, and observe, -with them, the utmost care in avoiding any betrayal of my identity.” - -“Ah, I thought I heard voices!” exclaimed Paulina, who had been -listening breathlessly to this account; “low as you spoke, I heard you!” - -“Your instructions were obeyed, my dear father, and you were able to -remain unknown for any other than the poor man you seemed?” said -Hermione. - -“All went well,” replied her father. “The sledge met us at the place -appointed, and the men played their parts to perfection. - -“Well, when we arrived here,” he resumed, “Little Scrupulous must needs -take it into her head that I was a burglar, stealing into a strange -dwelling-house, and roundly she took me to task for my evil deeds, and -for endeavoring to make her an accomplice. But I found means to pacify -her suspicions, until your appearance did them all away, teaching her to -confide in the belief that your father was an honest man, as I have come -to the same conclusion respecting hers, through a like guarantee. Well -is it for a parent, when his child’s ingenuous face vouches for his own -integrity.” - -Paulina’s father was recalled from exile; his innocence triumphantly -proved, while he himself was reinstated in all his former possessions; -the emperor graciously and distinctly signifying that it was a simple -act of justice, and that he himself rejoiced to have a faithful subject -restored to his service. - -On his return, he found his little daughter in high favor at court. She -was encouraged and indulged by the emperor, who took a strange fancy to -that familiarity and blunt sincerity in her, the least approach to which -he would have so strongly resented in any other being. Hermione took a -great liking to Paulina, and had for her that firmest and most enduring -of regards, an attachment founded on confidence, esteem, and respect. -They grew up together, less like princess and dependant, than friends. - -Her father’s military duties taking him away from home a great deal, -little Paulina remained with the princess, eventually becoming one of -her ladies in waiting, and finally marrying a Sicilian nobleman. In her -far-away home she often entertained her children by telling them tales -of the fatherland, not the least interesting of which was the story of -the happiest Christmas she ever knew,--the one on which she rescued the -emperor in the forest, and obtained her father’s pardon. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE PAULINA *** - -***** This file should be named 64103-0.txt or 64103-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/1/0/64103/ - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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H. Simonds & Co.<br /> -Boston, U. S. A.<br /></small> -<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_5" id="page_5">{5}</a></span></p> - -<h1>LITTLE PAULINA: CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA</h1> - -<p class="nind"><span class="letra">I</span>T was nearing the close of a short winter’s day,—the day before -Christmas. Thickly fell the snow, fiercely keen blew the northern wind, -heaping the drifts into crannies and gullies, and then whirling them far -and wide. The fir-trees were all behung with wreaths of sheeted white, -that the next blast flung abroad in scattered showers. The sky lowered -above all, gray, cheerless, and hopeless, as a man—setting his teeth -hard, and facing the inclemency as he best might—cast his eyes up -toward the heavens, and then looked around him, with an air that bespoke -his having lost his way amid the solitudes of the pine forest.</p> - -<p>He might have been a denizen of the place, for the coarseness and even -squalor of his clothing. The rough tunic and cloak of sheepskin, the -bearhide gloves, and wolfskin cap befitted the meanest serf. But for all -his peasant garb, it was clear he was a stranger in this part of the -country.</p> - -<p>With one more perplexed look about him, he suddenly shouted aloud. The -sound seemed dulled and deadened by the damp, frozen air and the -curtained canopy of overhanging trees.</p> - -<p>His voice seemed shut in, like himself, within the confines of this -dreary wood prison. Yet once again he shouted,—once again sent forth an -appealing cry for aid,—if it might be that<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_6" id="page_6">{6}</a></span> human aid was near. And -then—amid the gloom and silence—there came an answering sound,—a cry -high-pitched, but dulled by distance and by seeming lack of power in the -shouter.</p> - -<p>The man turned his steps in the direction of the response he had heard, -calling loudly. It was repeated, and evidently drew nearer. Just then he -emerged from among the thickest of the trees, into a more open space, a -sort of pathway leading through the forest.</p> - -<p>Along this track he could now see, coming toward him, a small, dark -figure, muffled in fur. It looked like a black bundle, more than a human -being. The head was enveloped in a dark sheepskin cap, that fitted so -closely around the face as to show only eyes, nose, and mouth. The body -was wrapped in a cloak, and the lower limbs were encased in thick -leggings and boots. Except that the head and shoulders were plentifully -sprinkled with snow, and the small patch of face looked bright and rosy, -the whole seemed a moving ball, of coarse, dark, furry stuff.</p> - -<p>But the rosy patch looked cheerily. The dark leggings stumped along with -an alert, assured step; and it was evident that from this small muffled -individual came the high-pitched cry that had answered the man’s call -for help.</p> - -<p>The man hastened to meet the child, saying:—</p> - -<p>“Well met, little one! Direct me out of this wood. Be my guide. You -doubtless know every winding of the forest path.”</p> - -<p>“I am a stranger in these parts,” the child answered. “I came from the -capital. I live in Kief—that is, I did live there. I am going to find a -home with my father.”</p> - -<p>“And where is your father?” said the man.</p> - -<p>“They banished him—he’s in exile—I am going to him,” she replied.</p> - -<p>“Going to him! Do you know how far it is to the frozen regions whither -culprits are banished, little one?” asked the man.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_7" id="page_7">{7}</a></span></p> - -<p>“Yes; I know it is a long way off—but I have managed to come nearly a -fourth of my journey, and I shall get through the rest, never fear.”</p> - -<p>“<span class="lftspc">‘</span>Never fear!’ But don’t you fear? It’s a long way, and a fearful place -when you get there.”</p> - -<p>“I know it is; but if it’s bad for me, it’s bad for my father,—and it -will make the place better for him if he have his little Paulina with -him, to help him bear its fearfulness.”</p> - -<p>“I am not speaking of what it is to him. It would be more tolerable to -him, I dare say, with his child to keep him company there; but what I -mean is, that it will be a terrible place for you—you don’t know its -horrors.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, yes, I do. They told me of them when he was banished. They tried to -prevent my going after him, but I got away. I made my escape—I crept -out of the house—I watched my opportunity—I managed to get past the -sentinels at the city gates—I have made my way, by little and little. I -shall reach there, never fear.” And she nodded with an assured air, as -she repeated the last words.</p> - -<p>The man shook his head. “You don’t know the place you are so eager to -reach, my little maid,” he said.</p> - -<p>“I dare say it’s very dreadful; but, however bad it may be, home is -worse now,—without my father.”</p> - -<p>“And who is your father?” said the man.</p> - -<p>The child was just about to answer in her prompt, straightforward way; -but she caught the earnest, scrutinizing look of the stranger, as his -eye rested upon her, while he asked the question. She checked herself, -and said: “Didn’t you say you had lost your way in this forest? Do you -live far from here?”</p> - -<p>An odd smile passed over the man’s face, as he answered: “Yes; very far. -I have wandered among the depths of this forest till I’m perishing with -cold, and starving with hunger.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_8" id="page_8">{8}</a></span> I want food and shelter. How far -distant is the next village?”</p> - -<p>“They told me it was some miles on,” said the child. “But I’ll tell you -what I’ll do for you. Instead of taking you on with me there, I’ll turn -back with you, to the good woman at whose hut I slept last night. She -gave me a night’s lodging, and I dare say she’ll do as much for you. She -has a kind heart.”</p> - -<p>The same smile passed over his face, as the man replied: “If you present -me to her as your friend,—an unfortunate fellow who has lost his -way,—I have no doubt she will take me under her roof. And, truly, in -this snow-storm, the sooner food and warmth may be had, the better. But -in securing them for me, you are hindering your journey, little one. -Shall you not grudge the delay?”</p> - -<p>“It will be but a few hours. You need my help. If I turn out of my way -to give it you, my journey afterward will prosper the better,” she said. -“My father would approve of it.”</p> - -<p>“Your father is a worthy man, then?”</p> - -<p>“You seem to doubt it!” said the child, turning a flashing eye up toward -the speaker.</p> - -<p>“If he be so,—and his teaching his child charity and kindliness of -conduct speaks in his favor,—how comes it that the emperor banished -him?” returned the man.</p> - -<p>“The emperor was made to believe unjustly of my father. Enemies -misrepresented his actions. My father was too proud to vindicate himself -to his sovereign, even had he had the opportunity of pleading his own -cause.”</p> - -<p>Again the man smiled, and then fell into a reverie, while his young -conductress took him by the hand, and led him along the path by which -she had come. After a time she looked up into his face, and, seeing its -dreamy expression, said: “You are feeling sleepy, are you not? Beware of -that!<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_9" id="page_9">{9}</a></span>”</p> - -<p>“I do find myself drowsily inclined,” said the man. “The cold—the long -fast—the many hours’ wandering—I own I shall be glad of a moment’s -rest, little one. Let us stop here a few minutes.”</p> - -<p>And he would have leaned against the trunk of one of the nearest trees -skirting the forest track; but the child exclaimed vehemently,—tugging -at his hand: “No, no! you must not rest. Anything but that! Rouse -yourself! Come on, come on! Here, take me up in your arms, and carry me -for a little way. The exertion will do you good, and the warmth of my -body will help to unnumb you. Lift me up; be quick!”</p> - -<p>The man laughed, but obeyed her peremptory order. There was such an air -of decision in all she said and did,—as if it were the only right thing -to be said or done,—that it was difficult to resist her commands. In -the present instance, the course she had appointed was certainly the -best that could have been hit upon for averting the threatened danger.</p> - -<p>The effort of raising her helped the man to throw off the overpowering -sensation of drowsiness that was fast seizing upon him; and when she was -in his arms, she nestled close to him, and hugged him around the neck. -She was a slight child of her age, so that she was not inconveniently -heavy; yet, had she been even heavier, the man, though unaccustomed to -bear such weights, would have willingly gone on carrying her.</p> - -<p>“Do you know, I have just such a little girl of my own,—a little -daughter,—perhaps a year or two younger than you, with whom I was going -to spend the Christmas Day, when, owing to an accident, I became lost in -the forest. I should like my little girl to thank you for your care of -her father. I wish she could see you. What say you to coming with me to -my home, and making friends with her?”</p> - -<p>“I should like it very much; but you live far from here,<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_10" id="page_10">{10}</a></span> and I must not -let anything interfere with my journey to my father.”</p> - -<p>“But my home—at least, the place where my little girl now is—lies all -in your way. You must pass it going to your father. We’ll journey -together, as far as we can. Our first concern is, to get back to your -friendly peasant woman’s hut, recruit our strength, and afterward to -devise some means of getting on. Perhaps she can provide us with a -guide.”</p> - -<p>“Trust to me, I’ll guide you,” said the child.</p> - -<p>He laughed but made no reply.</p> - -<p>“Now you’ve got over your drowsiness, you can set me down again,” she -resumed.</p> - -<p>“But you’ll be glad of the lift. You must be tired,” said the man; “and -I don’t mind carrying you, if it rests you.”</p> - -<p>“Oh, I’m not at all tired. I’ve learned to walk a good long way, now, -without wanting to rest. Set me down, please. It will do us both good to -be in sharper exercise. Here, let’s run! It’ll warm us. Come! One, two, -three, and away!”</p> - -<p>The man hesitated. “I’m not in the humor to run,” he said, laughing.</p> - -<p>“Nonsense! It’ll do you good! You must!” she replied. “The less you feel -inclined to stir quickly, the more necessary it is you should exert -yourself. It’s only the numbing effect of this bleak air. You feel -chilled inside, don’t you? But, never mind! Nothing like a race to cure -you. Now, then! Give me your hand! Let’s start for that clump of low -bushes, yonder!”</p> - -<p>She planned several of these running matches, fixing the starting-posts, -appointing the goals, arranging and deciding all the particulars. And -when they had been successively achieved, she turned to the man, and -said with an air of satisfied triumph: “Well! wasn’t I right? You feel -warmer now, don’t you?”</p> - -<p>He returned her nod with another, smiling, and highly enter<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_11" id="page_11">{11}</a></span>tained. But -she, quite gravely, rejoined: “Of course; and yet, if I had not made you -take a good run, you’d have kept creep-creep-creeping along, till your -blood had become as stagnant as the surface of our Dnieper, when it’s -frozen into ice a foot thick. Besides, the race has not only made you -warm, it has beguiled the way; for here is the good woman’s hut close at -hand. Now, once more. Give me this much start, and I’ll beat you!”</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image011.jpg"> -<img src="images/image011.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p>The good peasant woman received her little guest of overnight and her -companion with much hearty kindness.</p> - -<p>“<span class="lftspc">’</span>Tis a wild place,” she said, “and when one of these sudden snow-storms -come on, ’tis hard for us—let alone a stranger—to find the way out.”</p> - -<p>“I’ve given him a helping hand as far as I can,” said the child<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_12" id="page_12">{12}</a></span> with -her decisive nod. “Now it’s for you to do your share, and kindly give -him a meal, as you did me last night.”</p> - -<p>“What I have, he shall be welcome to,” said the woman.</p> - -<p>“Thanks, mistress,” replied the man. “I sha’n’t forget you; and one day -or other—” he paused; and Paulina finished his sentence for him. “One -day or other,” she said, “it may be your chance to meet with some poor -body even worse off than yourself. Do what you can for them. That will -be the best way of returning this good woman’s kindness to us.”</p> - -<p>The child said this while she was bustling about, helping the woman to -spread the table, and prepare the meal. She trotted about diligently, -seeming to know where everything was kept, and making herself quite at -home.</p> - -<p>She still kept the poor stranger under her immediate protection, -providing for his accommodation and comfort, pointing a seat out for him -near to the hearth; relieving him of his outer cloak, and hanging it up -on a nail; lifting the fur cap from his head, and beating the snow out -of it, before she replaced it; hovering about him, and paying him those -little fondling attentions, half-cherishing, half-deferential, which -mark the conduct of a child toward an indulgent parent.</p> - -<p>Presently she came and sat down beside him on the settle. “What a -curious ring you have upon this finger. It’s something like one that my -father used to wear. But his was an emerald; and this is, of course, a -bit of green glass. Still, it’s very pretty,—it looks almost as well. -Indeed, it’s larger; and here are some curious characters engraved upon -it. Who gave it you?”</p> - -<p>“It was my father’s,” said the man.</p> - -<p>“Then, of course, not in the worst poverty could you part with it,” said -she. “It is a false stone, isn’t it?”</p> - -<p>“Having passed from father to son, for many generations,<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_13" id="page_13">{13}</a></span> and from my -own father’s hands into mine, it possesses a value for me beyond the -most priceless gem,” answered he.</p> - -<p>“And it really is pretty in itself,” said the child, “and very curious. -These characters are like those I have heard my father describe upon the -imperial signet; he said his own ring was very like the emperor’s, only -smaller, and quite plain. Yours is about the size,—and with just such -characters. Perhaps it was made in imitation; but, though it’s an -imitation jewel, it’s very bright and pretty. It’s just as good as if it -were real.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image013.jpg"> -<img src="images/image013.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p>“Just,” said the man. “I’m quite satisfied with it. The emperor’s own -signet-ring couldn’t content me better.”</p> - -<p>“Ah, but it would me,” said the child. “If I had that, I’d soon use it -to some purpose. I’d affix it to the deed which should repeal my -father’s sentence.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_14" id="page_14">{14}</a></span>”</p> - -<p>She turned the ring round and round upon the man’s finger, as his hand -still lay in hers, sighed thoughtfully, then looked out toward the still -falling snow, saying: “But I am dreaming of what I should like to -happen, when I ought to be working at what I can do. We stay too long. -Come, let us be going.”</p> - -<p>“The afternoon is set in for a continued fall of snow,” said the peasant -woman. “Best not to venture into the forest now. Nightfall will overtake -you before you can reach the village. Abide another night here, and set -out to-morrow early. You will be all the better for the rest.”</p> - -<p>“But even if you are so kind as to let me sleep here again, and share -your eldest child’s cot, as I did before, how can you manage for our -poor friend here?” said the little girl, pointing to the stranger.</p> - -<p>“The good man can lie upon this settle, by the side of the hearth. -’Twill be a warm, snug berth for him; and if it be a little rough or -hard, he has lain upon many a rougher and harder, I’ll warrant,” said -the woman with a good-humored smile.</p> - -<p>“The field of battle is a harder couch. Stretched wounded upon the earth -in the open air is rougher lying than upon this good settle,” replied -the man.</p> - -<p>“You are warm now, hands and all,” said the child. “I will leave you for -a little while, that I may help our kind hostess. While she and I are -about it, you can rock the cradle with your foot.”</p> - -<p>While thus busily engaged, Paulina was struck by a sound in the outer -room, as of talking. She listened. She could not distinguish the words, -but she felt certain that she heard another man’s voice in reply to that -of the stranger. The talking was carried on in a low, whispered tone, -but talking she assuredly heard.</p> - -<p>When she returned to the room, however, the stranger was<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_15" id="page_15">{15}</a></span> alone, and -sitting in precisely the same attitude as she had left him,—bending -over the wood embers, spreading his hands to catch their welcome warmth, -and with one foot resting on the rocker of the cradle.</p> - -<p>“You see, I am obeying your commands,” he said, glancing with a smile -toward the cradle.</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image015.jpg"> -<img src="images/image015.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p>“I’m glad to see you can profit by good example,” she said. “I fancied -you were neglecting your duty, and so came to remind you of it. But it’s -all right. I made a mistake, I see.”</p> - -<p>The next morning, at daybreak, Paulina was astir, and preparing to set -out. She went to rouse the stranger, whom she found still fast asleep on -the settle.</p> - -<p>“Awake, awake! It is time we were off,” she said, as she shook him by -the shoulder.</p> - -<p>“How now!” exclaimed the man, angrily, as he half-started up, -half-opened his eyes, and looked around him in surprise.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_16" id="page_16">{16}</a></span></p> - -<p>“It is a fine morning. The snow has ceased. We ought to be on our way. -Come! up with you!” said the child.</p> - -<p>“It is too early,—by and by,—another hour’s rest,” muttered the man, -as he let himself fall back upon the settle.</p> - -<p>“I can’t afford to wait an hour longer,” said Paulina. “If you prefer -another hour’s sleep to my guidance, stay behind. But, take my word; you -had much better go with me through the wood. Remember how you lost -yourself yesterday. Well, what say you? Decide at once; for I am in a -hurry to be off.”</p> - -<p>“Since you will have it so,—I suppose I must,” said the man, yawning, -stretching, and rising reluctantly. “But what a terrible tyrant you are, -my little protectress.”</p> - -<p>“It’s all for your good,” returned she. “I want to set out early, in -order that we may reach the village on the other side of the wood before -evening.”</p> - -<p>The man laughed; while she alertly set before him the black bread and -the warm milk and water, which the good woman had provided for their -breakfast, and brought him his sheepskin cloak, and helped to fasten it -under his chin.</p> - -<p>The weather had quite cleared up. For a Russian climate, the day was -fine; and the two wanderers made their way through the forest with such -good speed that it was still early in the afternoon when they reached -the village. It was a very small hamlet, consisting of a few -wood-cutters’ huts. At the door of the most important looking among -them, which served as a sort of post-house, there stood a sledge, -surrounded by a small retinue of attendants, as if awaiting the master. -Paulina lingered a moment to admire the pretty trappings of the vehicle, -its soft cushions, its fur and velvet linings, the bright harness, and -the elegant shape of the coach itself.</p> - -<p>Her companion asked one of the men standing near, whither the sledge was -bound.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_17" id="page_17">{17}</a></span></p> - -<p>“We are going to take it for our master to Igorhof,” replied the -attendant.</p> - -<p>“The very place where my daughter is.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image017.jpg"> -<img src="images/image017.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p>“As the sledge is going empty to Igorhof, I wonder whether these people -would allow us to ride in it,” said the man. “I should dearly love to -reach Igorhof on Christmas Day. I’ll tell them I’m not so poor as I -seem, and that, if they’ll trust my word and allow us to ride, I’ll pay -them for their courtesy when we arrive at Igorhof, where I have friends -and money.”</p> - -<p>“But is that true?” asked the child.</p> - -<p>“Perfectly true,” answered the man.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_18" id="page_18">{18}</a></span></p> - -<p>“We can but try, then,” said Paulina. “It would help us on our way -delightfully. But I’m afraid they won’t believe such shabbily dressed -people as you and I; and perhaps they will object to our riding in the -fine coach, lest we should soil it, and they get into disgrace with -their master. Still, we can but try. After all, if they refuse, we are -but where we were.”</p> - -<p>“To be sure,” said the man. “Besides, I can offer them my ring as a -pledge for the money I promise them, until we reach Igorhof.”</p> - -<p>“But as it’s a false stone, they won’t care to take it,” said the child. -“And if they believe it real, and accept it for such, that would be -deceiving them.”</p> - -<p>“Never mind, I can but try,” repeated the man.</p> - -<p>“Well, you can try if they’ll take it, when you have owned it to be -false; but tell the truth.”</p> - -<p>“Never fear; I’ll say nothing but the truth—the exact truth,” said the -man, as he advanced toward one of the attendants.</p> - -<p>Paulina could not hear exactly what passed between them; but she saw the -stranger show the groom his ring. She saw that there was an -explanation,—a request made,—and, at length, acquiescence given.</p> - -<p>The man returned to her side. “He has consented,” said he, “and has -undertaken for his fellows to agree that we shall occupy the empty -carriage as far as Igorhof.”</p> - -<p>“That will be charming!” exclaimed the child. “I hope they’ll not be -long before they set out.”</p> - -<p>“Well done, eagerness!” exclaimed the man. “But you forget that I’ve -fasted since daybreak, and I must have something to eat. I’ll go into -the house, and see what’s to be got.”</p> - -<p>“Well, be quick,” said Paulina.</p> - -<p>“Won’t you come in and have some, too?” asked the man. “You must be -hungry.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_19" id="page_19">{19}</a></span>”</p> - -<p>“Yes, I’m hungry; but I don’t want to come into the house. It’ll only -take up time. You can bring me out something to eat.”</p> - -<p>By the time the two wanderers had partaken of some refreshment, the -equipage and retinue were prepared to start. The man helped the little -girl into the luxurious coach, took his place beside her, and the next -instant they were off at a smart pace. As the sledge glided smoothly -over the frozen snow, and the dark objects that skirted the way seemed -to be flying past, and the road to be melting before them,—as she felt -herself borne swiftly and easily along, Paulina could have believed -herself in some pleasant dream, so wondrous did it all appear. She sat -breathless, fixed, and perfectly upright, unable as yet to yield herself -to the full luxury of her position, in the bewilderment of its novelty.</p> - -<p>“Presently,” she said. “I can hardly yet make myself believe that it is -all real; that I am actually flying on thus, speedily and delightfully, -instead of toiling along on foot. It is like magic. It must be a fairy -car.”</p> - -<p>“In truth,” said the man, “it does seem a marvellously well-contrived -sort of affair, this sledge coach. See here, what commodious pouches in -the side! Well stored, I dare swear, with comforts of all kinds. Ay, -here is a shawl for the throat. Truly, the owner must be a fellow of -some taste to provide thus for his accommodation in travelling.”</p> - -<p>“The credit for the arrangements may belong to his servants,” said -Paulina. “But, at any rate, I think he would not be pleased to see his -private comforts appropriated by a stranger,” she added, as she observed -the man, to her great vexation, twisting the shawl around his neck.</p> - -<p>“Let the things alone. Take off the shawl. Give it to me. I’ll put it -away, on this side, out of your reach.”</p> - -<p>The man laughed, but did as she bade him.</p> - -<p>“You think I’m not proof against temptation, little one,<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_20" id="page_20">{20}</a></span>” he said. “Do -you doubt my honesty? What sort of man do you take me for?”</p> - -<p>“It is difficult to make you out exactly,” said the child. “You said -something this morning that made me think you had been a soldier; yet -you didn’t say so, absolutely. You may be an honest man,—but I don’t -know. You say you are not so poor as you seem. What is your profession?”</p> - -<p>“Profession? I don’t profess anything—I—make no professions,” he said, -smiling.</p> - -<p>“You are evading my question,” she said, gravely. “I mean, what is your -trade,—your calling?”</p> - -<p>“I am no tradesman,—and as for my calling—”</p> - -<p>He hesitated; and the child, looking steadily into his face, said: “You -avoid answering me directly about yourself, yet you wonder that I don’t -tell you at once all about my father. Let us each keep our own secrets, -and be good friends. Come, tell me a little about your daughter. How -tall is she? Is she pretty? And is she very fond of you?”</p> - -<p>“You will see her soon, I hope, and judge for yourself,” answered the -man. “But in my eyes she is very pretty, and she is certainly very fond -of her father.”</p> - -<p>“Yes,” answered Paulina, gravely. “But,” continued she, “I dare say your -daughter seems pretty to you because she has a kind and loving face. I -can believe that she is really pretty, as well as pretty from -affectionate looks and from being fond of her father.”</p> - -<p>“And pray what may be your reason for believing this?” rejoined he.</p> - -<p>“Because you have rather a nice face yourself,” she said.</p> - -<p>“Rather a nice face!” echoed the man, still laughing. “Is that all the -praise you can find for me? I assure you, I am accounted passing -handsome; nay, I have been told a thousand<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_21" id="page_21">{21}</a></span> times that I am the -handsomest man in all my—in all these dominions.”</p> - -<p>“Absurd!” said Paulina.</p> - -<p>“The handsomest man in all Russia—the handsomest man of my time—they -have actually said, over and over again!”</p> - -<p>“Ridiculous!” exclaimed she. “And impudent! They were either -joking,—laughing at you in their sleeve,—or trying to wheedle you.”</p> - -<p>“Humph!” responded the man in the tone of one who half assents, half -feels posed. “But, here we are at Igorhof,” he added, as the sledge drew -up at the gates of a large mansion but indistinctly seen now through the -gray twilight of a Russian evening.</p> - -<p>“You are getting out, here?” said the child. “Have you much farther to -go before you reach the place where your daughter is?”</p> - -<p>“No; ’tis close by. Give me your hand. ’Tis my turn to guide you, now.”</p> - -<p>He led her on,—she could not see exactly where, by reason of the -deepening darkness; but it seemed to her as though they crossed a -spacious area or courtyard, in the direction of the grand mansion -indistinctly seen.</p> - -<p>They stopped at a small side door, which he opened, and entered. Within -was a kind of vestibule, lighted by the softened light of a lamp, that -hung at the foot of a winding staircase.</p> - -<p>“Have you a right here? Are you not making your way into a strange -house?” said Paulina, hanging back, as the man prepared to mount the -stairs, still holding her by the hand.</p> - -<p>“Trust to me—as I trusted you, in the forest,” said the man, smiling. -“Trust to me, and,—to use your own word,—never fear!”</p> - -<p>As he finished speaking, they reached the top of the staircase;<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_22" id="page_22">{22}</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image022.jpg"> -<img src="images/image022.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_23" id="page_23">{23}</a></span></p> - -<p class="nind">and, throwing open a door which stood opposite to them on the -landing-place, the man led her forward into a spacious room, richly -furnished, hung with tapestry, and lighted by a large silver lamp -suspended from the ceiling.</p> - -<p>The man threw a hasty glance around, as if in search of some one; then, -muttering, “She will be here soon,” threw himself upon one of the -cushioned couches, as if thoroughly wearied. Presently, his eye rested -upon some papers that lay piled upon the table. He drew the heap toward -him, and began turning them over, when his hand was arrested by -Paulina’s exclaiming: “How can you? Don’t you know it is dishonorable to -peer into papers that belong to others?”</p> - -<p>“Humph! You keep a strict eye upon me, my little guardian. This is one -of my doings, I suppose, that you don’t approve of?”</p> - -<p>“It is,” said Paulina.</p> - -<p>“And the others, pray? What may they be?” he rejoined.</p> - -<p>“I didn’t like your meddling with the articles in the sledge pockets; I -didn’t like your creeping into this house without announcing yourself. -It makes me sometimes suspect—”</p> - -<p>“Well?” said the man.</p> - -<p>“That you are,—in short, that you are—a thief.”</p> - -<p>The man was still laughing at this uncompromising reply, when the door -of the apartment opened, and a little girl entered. She was very young, -but there was such ease, grace, and high breeding in her air, that she -seemed older than she really was.</p> - -<p>As she advanced into the room, she gazed with a quiet wonder at the two -strange figures there; but, looking more intently at the man,—whose -coarse, rude garments at first prevented her recognizing him,—she -sprang forward, and threw herself into his arms, exclaiming, “Father! -dear father!”</p> - -<p>He embraced her fondly in return, and for a few moments<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_24" id="page_24">{24}</a></span> they were -wholly engrossed with each other. Presently, he turned to where Paulina -stood in mute astonishment at this scene, and said: “But I must not -forget my little preserver. Thank her, Hermione. I owe her my life. She -helped me out of that confounded wood, where I might have wandered on -till now—or perished, starving of cold and hunger. She saved me from -the snow sleep, in which I might have been frozen to death. She guided -me through all these mortal dangers, to say nothing of her keeping guard -upon my morals.”</p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image024.jpg"> -<img src="images/image024.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p>He was laughing heartily as he concluded, but Paulina never altered from -the serious look with which she regarded him. She kept her eyes steadily -upon his face, with the grave scrutiny<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_25" id="page_25">{25}</a></span> with which from time to time she -had observed him, ever since she had had doubts of his being the poor -destitute creature he had seemed at first.</p> - -<p>“Well, little one, have you made up your mind yet about me?” he said.</p> - -<p>“I have heard of robbers going out prowling in poor shabby clothes, and -having a rich home, with plenty of luxuries to come to,” she said in her -straightforward way; “so you may still be what I took you for,—a thief. -But somehow I don’t think you are, now.”</p> - -<p>“And pray what may have altered your opinion?” said he.</p> - -<p>“Your daughter,” she replied. “Since I have seen her, I think you must -be an honest man,—an honorable man, a gentleman,—for all you are -meanly dressed. Perhaps that may have been from some chance—some -accident, and that you are, in fact, some great lord.”</p> - -<p>“Well done! Well aimed!” he exclaimed. “Come,” added he, “I’ll make a -bargain with you. If you’ll tell me your father’s name, I’ll tell you -who I am.”</p> - -<p>“As I believe you to be honorable,” she said, keeping her eyes upon his -face, “I will tell you his name. It is Vladimir Betzkoi.”</p> - -<p>The man’s brow darkened, then contracted into a frown. But after a few -seconds it cleared, and he muttered, “I will not believe it. His child’s -artless speeches and conduct bear proof that he must be a man of worth -and probity. At all events, I will have it looked to.”</p> - -<p>Then he added aloud: “You did me no less than justice, little one, in -believing me a man of honor. Now that you have trusted me with your -father’s name, I will use all my power to have his case inquired into.”</p> - -<p>“You will interest your friends! You will use your influence<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_26" id="page_26">{26}</a></span> with them -to have my father’s case properly represented to the emperor! You will -do what you can for us!” exclaimed Paulina, her eyes sparkling with joy, -and fixed eagerly and hopefully upon the man’s face. He nodded and she -went on: “I remember. You said you knew the master of this house. He -must be a rich man—a powerful lord—you will interest him? You will -speak to him in my father’s behalf?”</p> - -<p>Again the man nodded; and again Paulina went eagerly on: “Will you let -me see your friend, and tell him myself? The master of the house! -Perhaps he’s at home now! Come, let us go to him at once!” she -exclaimed, starting up, and seizing the man’s arm.</p> - -<p>“Softly, softly, little one,” answered he, smiling. “You forget how -tired I am with my wanderings.”</p> - -<p>“I am thoughtless, selfish,—I forget all, in my one concern for my -father; but you will forgive his daughter for her sake, won’t you?” said -Paulina, pointing to Hermione, and then proceeding to bustle about, as -she had done at the peasant’s hut, drawing off his gloves, and helping -him remove his cloak.</p> - -<p>His daughter joined her in her ministry, with her own quiet, gentle, yet -decided manner. She had stood by her father’s side the whole time, with -one arm upon his shoulder, as he sat; while he held her in one of his, -passed around her waist.</p> - -<p>“You have fasted, then?—you have been delayed on your journey?—some -accident?—these clothes?” she now said, in her tender voice, full of -affectionate interest, though so gentle and low. “Dear father, tell me -what has happened. But first you must need refreshment. They shall bring -supper here.”</p> - -<p>“Ay, let it be so,” he answered. “And, Hermione,” he went on, beckoning -her to lean down and listen to something that he whispered in her ear. -She looked in his face with a smile, as he concluded, and then glided -swiftly from the room to give her orders.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_27" id="page_27">{27}</a></span></p> - -<p>Presently Hermione returned, followed by a train of servants, with -preparations for the meal. Some spread the table; while others drew near -to the couch where the man sat, bearing a furred dressing-gown and -slippers.</p> - -<p>Paulina put out her hand for the latter.</p> - -<p>The attendant would have withheld them, but, at a sign from the man, -gave them to her. She put them carefully on his feet, saying: “Now for -your wrapping-gown.”</p> - -<p>The other attendant stepped forward, about to hold it ready; but Paulina -took that also from his hands, with “No, no; give it me. I’ll put it on. -I’ll step on the stool, on tiptoe; and I shall be able to reach.”</p> - -<p>“Let her do it,” said the man, and with his amused smile.</p> - -<p>“You have not yet told me your name,” she resumed. “If you’re not a -thief, you do not keep your promises, and that’s nearly as bad.”</p> - -<p>There was a stir, and a look of amazement among the attendants; but the -next moment it subsided.</p> - -<p>“Is not that rather a rude way of reminding a person of his promise?” -asked Hermione, with her calm smile.</p> - -<p>“I don’t mean to be rude, but I speak the truth,” said Paulina, in her -grave way, which was too sincere, earnest, and straightforward to be -insolent. “I observed my part of the bargain at once. I put myself in -your father’s power by trusting him with the name he asked; and I -expected he would keep his word with me in return.”</p> - -<p>“He will do so, be sure,” said Hermione, smiling, and looking at her -father.</p> - -<p>He nodded, saying: “But let us have some supper first.”</p> - -<p>He chatted gaily, and seemed in high spirits, and very happy, as he sat -between the two little girls, his daughter Hermione on one side of him, -Paulina on the other.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_28" id="page_28">{28}</a></span></p> - -<p>“How came you to tell me such a fib about your daughter?” said Paulina, -suddenly.</p> - -<p>“How do you mean?” was the reply.</p> - -<p>“You told me she was pretty, didn’t you?”</p> - -<p>“Yes; don’t you think her so?”</p> - -<p>“No; she’s very different from pretty. She has the most beautiful face I -ever saw. It’s like what I fancy a queen’s must be.”</p> - -<p>“You hear how plain-spoken she is,” said Hermione’s father. “She told me -just as openly,—but far less complimentarily,—what she thought of my -face.”</p> - -<p>Hermione gazed fondly upon the face in question, and smiled.</p> - -<p>“Then you wouldn’t like to know you were never to look upon it -again,—for all its ugliness; eh, little one?” said the owner, laughing, -and turning to Paulina.</p> - -<p>“<span class="lftspc">‘</span>Like to know!’<span class="lftspc">”</span> she repeated, with more than even her usual gravity. -“It would make me very unhappy. I have taken a great fancy to your -face—to you—I should be very, very miserable if I thought—”</p> - -<p>The child stopped, with a break in her voice that was even more eloquent -than speech.</p> - -<p>The man was touched with the artless evidence of liking in this sincere -little creature. After the pause of a minute, he said: “Come, give me a -kiss upon this ugly cheek of mine. I’ll promise you that you shall -hereafter see as much of this homely face that you’ve taken a fancy to -as you could wish. You and I are friends for life; for you saved mine, -remember.”</p> - -<p>“If she don’t remember it, we ever will, will we not, my father?” said -Hermione, as Paulina stood on tiptoe beside him, and gave him the kiss -he had asked, heartily and affectionately, saying at the same time, with -playfulness: “I trust to this promise, though you broke the other. I’ll -believe you will keep your word,<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_29" id="page_29">{29}</a></span> that we shall be always friends, -though you have not yet kept your word, and told me who you are. I ought -to have held back my kiss, till I knew who claimed it.”</p> - -<p>“I have a father’s right to it,” answered he. “I am your father, while -your own is away.”</p> - -<p>“My father!” she exclaimed.</p> - -<p>“Your father!” he repeated; “the father of all my subjects,—the father -of my people. I am the Emperor of Russia.”</p> - -<p>Paulina stood gazing at him fixedly, in utter astonishment. Her face -worked eagerly; her breath went and came. Then she dropped upon her -knees, flung her head on his, and clasped them around, as she exclaimed: -“My father! My own father! Think of him! Grant him his freedom! Pardon -him! Remember the Christ-child, whose day this is! For His sake pardon -my father!”</p> - -<p>The emperor kindly bent over her, and spoke soothingly.</p> - -<p>Presently she started up. “Yet why do I say, ‘Pardon him.’ He has done -nothing that needs pardon. He has been ever loyal and faithful. Do him -justice! Redress the wrong that has been done him, and restore to -yourself a devoted officer and servant!”</p> - -<p>“If only for his child’s sake—” the emperor began.</p> - -<p>But Paulina interrupted him with: “Not for mine! Not because I happened -to do you a service! But because he himself deserves to be freed—he who -has been punished as a traitor, when he was none.”</p> - -<p>“Never fear, little Conscientious!” said the monarch, laughing. “Entire -justice shall be done. Your father shall have the benefit of a close -investigation into his case. Will that satisfy you?”</p> - -<p>“Quite,” she said in her grave way.</p> - -<p>“And now, you will tell all your adventures, my father, will you not?” -said the calm, sweet voice of Hermione.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_30" id="page_30">{30}</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a href="images/image030.jpg"> -<img src="images/image030.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a> -</div> - -<p>“I will tell you the whole story,” said the emperor, drawing her within -his arm, as before, while he left his other hand in the grasp of -Paulina. “I was on my road hither from Kief to keep the Christmas time, -when the sledge was by accident overturned, just on the borders of the -forest. My people helped me into a sort of miserable cabin,—the nearest -at hand; and, as my clothes had become wet with the snow, when I arrived -there I donned some of the good man’s dry apparel in place of mine own, -until they could be dried. While this was being done, feel<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_31" id="page_31">{31}</a></span>ing stifled -with the smoky atmosphere of the cabin, I strolled forth into the open -air. The snow-storm had abated. I wandered on, striking into the forest, -until, at length, the snow beginning to fall thickly again, I woke up to -a sense of danger,—that I was losing my way,—that I should be unable -to retrace it,—that I should find difficulty in making my people aware -of my situation. I shouted, but in vain. I plunged desperately on, but -felt that I only involved myself further, and that each step but -diminished the chances of rescue. In this perplexity I encountered my -little friend here, who kindly took me in hand, and managed for me, when -I could not have helped myself,—Emperor of all the Russias as I -was,—and bit of a thing as she was. While we were housed at her -friendly peasant woman’s hut,—whither she had conducted me for food and -rest,—it happened that my faithful Ivan joined me, having found where I -had taken refuge. He had set out in search of me, the instant he learned -I was missing, and had succeeded in tracking me there. It was while -Paulina was in the inner room that he entered the outer one where I sat. -He could hardly restrain an exclamation of joy when he discovered me; -but I made him a signal of silence, and in a low voice rapidly explained -my desire that he should go back to his fellows, bid them meet me on the -following day with the carriage at the village post-house, and observe, -with them, the utmost care in avoiding any betrayal of my identity.”</p> - -<p>“Ah, I thought I heard voices!” exclaimed Paulina, who had been -listening breathlessly to this account; “low as you spoke, I heard you!”</p> - -<p>“Your instructions were obeyed, my dear father, and you were able to -remain unknown for any other than the poor man you seemed?” said -Hermione.</p> - -<p>“All went well,” replied her father. “The sledge met us<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_32" id="page_32">{32}</a></span> at the place -appointed, and the men played their parts to perfection.</p> - -<p>“Well, when we arrived here,” he resumed, “Little Scrupulous must needs -take it into her head that I was a burglar, stealing into a strange -dwelling-house, and roundly she took me to task for my evil deeds, and -for endeavoring to make her an accomplice. But I found means to pacify -her suspicions, until your appearance did them all away, teaching her to -confide in the belief that your father was an honest man, as I have come -to the same conclusion respecting hers, through a like guarantee. Well -is it for a parent, when his child’s ingenuous face vouches for his own -integrity.”</p> - -<p>Paulina’s father was recalled from exile; his innocence triumphantly -proved, while he himself was reinstated in all his former possessions; -the emperor graciously and distinctly signifying that it was a simple -act of justice, and that he himself rejoiced to have a faithful subject -restored to his service.</p> - -<p>On his return, he found his little daughter in high favor at court. She -was encouraged and indulged by the emperor, who took a strange fancy to -that familiarity and blunt sincerity in her, the least approach to which -he would have so strongly resented in any other being. Hermione took a -great liking to Paulina, and had for her that firmest and most enduring -of regards, an attachment founded on confidence, esteem, and respect. -They grew up together, less like princess and dependant, than friends.</p> - -<p>Her father’s military duties taking him away from home a great deal, -little Paulina remained with the princess, eventually becoming one of -her ladies in waiting, and finally marrying a Sicilian nobleman. In her -far-away home she often entertained her children by telling them tales -of the fatherland, not the least interesting of which was the story of -the happiest Christmas she ever knew,—the one on which she rescued the -emperor in the forest, and obtained her father’s pardon.</p> - -<hr class="full" /> -<div style='display:block;margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE PAULINA ***</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0;'>This file should be named 64103-h.htm or 64103-h.zip</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0;'>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/1/0/64103/</div> -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'> -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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