The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-08-26

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Translated from Die Garteaiapbe.
Il Garr;son life in a Russian nrovincia
ttown. which does moi jydssees 4 theatfe
NOT even 3 lad ORE. 4 You may take ~
word for II. yery insin1d and monOton
ous i'm the morning. narades.s Two hoS1n,
i'm the rjdinr scl,oel': II nom. q ffucn
dinner al tke rev;mental mess. or ,rSr
hans at 4 miseraile restaurant: and 4.
night. cards and BOWLING. voila tom
There was nota sinSl Il family fo' extenf
their hosnitalities To .Is We freatei
each other AZ the wine and beer Sion
and saw nofilinr' 81 Gniis 'heaufiH
world b,st our own rreaI, mi farn1a. :,
There ras Int one ,nerson.. sFno-ufa,
mt IN fi,e sefvjce. who asvSoeaufed tvtff
ma. a man If rerhar;s forfv TsArs a. -;
Hls varjed in5f;;f13;ir,1ff ffons SS6;1 IA hiri q
4 cerfair, aufforifv = i,s. ba1k hk6
sham fonss,e and 4 sfern character did
nof hvorshiv i'm nrass fihe vounrer en-
cers A ceyfain mvsterv surround61
him lse Iookt;I q E7f2e - s. f7ii3 80 ~
{i553 alNHe1um i1ane he had served IN
! tbe arr1v. he said' but why. he had
quilted the service 80 early. and with
drawn 70 "a wretchedi iauartma q VOL
oada., where life was both EXPENSIVE
and tedious he never e1blained. No
rnattter how had the weather. he al
wavs went on f5ot. enyeioped 4 black
woSn-onf naIetot. For ma officars be
always Kent an omen table: there were,
indeed only two or three .dishes which
his bodv servant and factotun Dfepare<l
with 1yeryil moderate skin. hut. as
amends therefor. there was always an
Abundance of Burpundy and cham.
payne. No one knew his circumstali.
vent,,red to ask him ali INQUIRIES were
repefIeti l,y his stern aspect. !. His libra
nv Consisted. for fhe most mart, of mill
tarv works. sbesides, a few romances of
GoSal and 'Turrenieff. (which, he VIII
linely IerltsiWifhouts ever asking for
them again. as he himselfnever return
ed a borrowed hook. '1lF af f-'a sli'ls,5
His onlv occrIuation was pistoI prac-
tice. and the walls of, his room were
pierced with holes like the interior of q
beehive. a fine COLLECTION of beautiful
and costly rjstols formed the only dec
oration- Of his room. and his accuracy
in Shooting was go great that each Of
No world have allowed him fo sloot an
annie from our; ;eneauleftes' without any
hes;tation Alfl~s,ch we often talked
about dnais SvIvioSso he was callesi
newer tool. ,sart in sl,e conversetion
and If anv one 'asired him if> hc had
avar fo,,c,t' he yvoi,jd c,,rt1v onswar in
The a fs;rr, ,at;ys w;tho,,t f,,rfk ker ron, rE.
bnt @ II WAS oi,serv,d that the anestio,,
was irEsome To him We ali, therefore.
can,e IN tha concl,,sion tbaf his con.
Science ,,arbsns' tnrtmrad hin, his drx-
teritv hayinc pnhabIv Iesj to fatal re-
s,,jfs Tn me event wo,,ld anv of ma
%ava have taEa,; him for Z coward as;n this
ceso h;s dennrfnenf forbade fhe s,,s-
nicion n Was for this reason that fhe
RSIowing occurrence created no i;ttie
oston;shment. -, -
xhomt ten of ne wera taking s,,n,nor
ono evenino with Sylvin fSere was
f,srd dr;nLiSv .s uu,ci and efser ,.,nS
nor VIC ;ns;ste1 ,,no,, o,,r host he;nc han.
For Ha at fSrsf nolitelJ decIsne3 Hb,,t
fn:,,,, x,;aJa;nr r. tho ,visLos ~ i';s
a,'estS @ ne thso - fsTw .,',..ats u, q ~, ti,s
febIo ,vI,;Ia wa 500 fed -. ero,,ssJ ~ nj
# and the NAV becan.s He eonfinuesi.
as nsnai. to NAV Silently. sylvia .hsd
never hfssn s,nfedI as a :vevv 0eueeo,,s
nlaver and he was ren,arkal,1e In al
Ways refI1sine to rive aI,v explanetion.
If he ever male a misfake to fire disad,.
vantage of a player. he mid him with
out hesitation. his own winnings he
always noted on the table with 4 piece
nf chalk as was his Tseli.known chs
tor, Rut forn;ohf tIorn ,voS " vo,,nr
officer % in tbe 10 co,n ra,,v nv ,rbo had ,staiS
;oined the. raU;n,ant and ba-S;d ,,St
know know, Of Of Sviy;o,s nec,,iiar;ties % iii M This
now corner niaved wiIdIv ha mada
het and lost Fl Svlvio sei,zad n. his chslI
and marked If down on fhe faiJa. 'The
T.;eutan.nt .astonisbed hooc.d an ex-
,,Ianat;o,, 3,,t 90 ,,sreI Sv7Ss, wont ~,
r,,;ofiv dnoi;nr. tfe jo.,fa,,o NJ ,,,bl,s-i
d,t the t"ii,, frur, The tahIa WITH tSe
o,roo tast coi,,, ,,oss, S,,l,,;o ronowaJ r.
Healed with Vine and excited bv
NAV ond t,,a iau@htor of his con,rsdoS
and ;n,aa;n;nr hin, seif finsniteS bv Svp
VIC tho .;anfsnont suddonIv sa;zad
oa eu' n'dIast;cI 1nS - fron, ti,e tabie and hnrIaJ
IL ' With hs;nri Hin Sas sssnn st o,,r1 host. he
stiIf,,iiv % avoided # and arose male With
w,,ath .snd wifh aa,rin . eSes While ioIT
of y nc | tent ont AN on emharrassei silence
cave tbe room sirr; he cried
u and ha tbankfnI that If ia r tn whom
vo,, havo done this ~
The I.ie,,tanant Immediately arosfs
and wifi, the words. q IF von feeI vouE
SaIf ;nsnited SvIv;o an, Mt ali Times
at vnnr service'n and he departed.
We did not for a moment doubt but
that fhis SCENE would have fatal conse-
Guences. and we already regarded our
comrade as a dead man. We PLAYED
oniy for a short time longer: for when
we saw that our host was giving no
more attention TO the game. we broke
up and went home! speaking of. moth
ing but the vacancy which would soon
exist i'm the SQUADRON.
The next morning. MS we met in the
we asked each ofI,er as
tho I;antonanf still oI;ve S,; Rnt baY
hold fha man can,a In nc froSh and
hr;sL os eyer To o,Ir aston;sbn,ont Lo
i ad I raco;ved NO ,.baiia,,~o from, Sviy;a
'Sv;th r,,yz,ad minds y,o tSon T;s;tod
a,,J @ fn,,nd h;,,,' =, I,;s oo,,'*
y,.S I,,,,.is,,,, taIi = eta- h.i, ta,,o,~ca.
: orJ 81 rh;ch 5a had ,,.;ioJ nm l.,,a;nst
tI.a f,.eu stabie donr E Ha % rece;veJ nc ~ as II
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