16 ADVENTURES IN IDEALISM 



them to appear on the following day at the Police Sta- 

 tion. My husband was advised early next morning 

 by these friends, to leave the city and disappear for a 

 week or so, until the trouble should blow over, as the 

 Government suspected him of being a party to the 

 assassination. He took the warning the more will- 

 ingly that by this time all work for the four parties 

 about to emigrate was complete. 



No more efforts could be made in this line for 

 many reasons, the main one being the very strict 

 police surveillance and their refusal to issue passports. 

 By the end of May the last of the parties had left for 

 America. 



When my husband returned from his brief exile he 

 went on with his studies and completed his third year 

 at Law School. 



On April 25th, 1882, we were married. 



The first letters from the members of the "Am- 

 Ohlom" in America from men like the much-loved 

 philosopher Bokal, from Dr. Paul Kaplan and from 

 Dr. SolotarofT, came full of enthusiasm. Slowly but 

 surely the decision was forming in my husband's mind 

 to give up law, a profession in which he undoubtedly 

 would have made a success, as he was considered by the 

 faculty and the student body the most promising and 

 brilliant man in the class. He had everything to gain 

 by continuing with law, and had only one more year 

 at the University. He had my father's promise of 

 financial backing when he started to practice his pro- 



