The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-07-09

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Chep him-qaitei certain n y t \; he =
In every orm Of misery s'.@,
And when thou meetest him up on high,
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MISCELLANY.
A PEASANTS REVENGE.
1.-THE schoolmaster who WAS commission
ed to procure me night guardian, sent
me- the prince of protectors, man Who
it appeared WAS afflicted with a. little
need Of sleep IS possible. You will soon
know the reason Of this rare virtue. He
spread upon the ground, near the fire,
his,sshes 1skins cloak, filled his pipe and
lay down. This was the real Carpathian
peasant, with turquoise blue eyes and
long auburn locks, wearing still the ma
tional costume, a kind Of sleeveless tunic
reaching to tho knee, and = coat ordinar.
lily Of plain blue with arabesques' upon
tho seams, living upon buckwheat bread
and, cheese, drinking water, bathing
never limited to his cottage and zinclo'
sure, to his right to fish in the mountain
streams, respecting his lord, his, priest
and his uermi1s., n His hard toll, like that
Of 3 beast Of burden, ceased only upon
:, Sunday, when he shaved, went to mass
J and got dead drunk. I talked~o of liberty
ito ,Stepan:--this was the name of my
guardian. But the impassiveness Of Ste
pan, to my discourse upon liberty was
c changed sto lively emotion Is the evening
advanced '"Batko" (little father), he
then said, sit; is damp, tonight; you
ought to 60 in :, or. ""Batko the stars are
sleeping; do likewise." - ~. g
IL At last; every evening it was tho same,
with the finale, "Allez-dormir.' Evil
IDENTIFY disturbed him. What did he
. do, il; he did not sleep !: One night !
made . pretense Of retiring, and posted
myself behind the curtain which closed
my tent, and watched him through the
opening. I saw him at first going and
j.: coming, picking up dry branches. I'm
perceptibly he approached the wood and
disappeared in the shadow. WAITED 4
few moments there was no sound.
took : few steps in the direction which
he had taken. and ! stopped. The sound
of words reached me. Stepan was talk
ing with some one. A herdsman, doubt
less, who was asking for the hospitality
Of DUR camp fire. l re.entered, went ia
sleep, and thought ne more about the
matter. Two or three nights later was
in bed, unable to sleep. The night was
mild, very mild, with . moon whose fan.
tastic beams defined, lighted, and con.
.:oealed everything in misty halo: Its
silvery softness was more beautiful than
light in its harmony. turned, and
turned again upon my couch; it Was i'm
:, possible to sleep. 4. /, drank some water;
I counted = thousand; no sleep came
even the desire togo to sleep departed
;. and opened my eyes vide What had
infamed my blood !. | instantly noticed
that: the moon WAS opposite me, and that
she was regarding me strangely With her
round ssulphurous face, as if distilling 4
luminous poison: Oh, wicked moon! II
pMaa. the < same G, which hung above me
while I slept asa child. in the CRADLE, j
shut my eyes, but 7 felt her envelopine
merlin 81 haze; I could have. xannhilated
her, Why should she, the sorceress,
come to, revive the inexplicable home:
sickness, the ,implacable craving for ex.
citemsht, which followed me everywhere
Ny heart beat heavily i arose, ind. went
; Out in order, to breathe.
! stopped suddenly. A few steps from
the fire, by the side Of Stepan, woman
was sitting. She, was q peasaat-in the
:, dress Of peasant-yet her features had
nothing Of, the type. The two hahdker.
chiefs, placed Y in: j. contrary directions,
forming the head.dress Of tho women Of
this valley, were united. In; tho peculiar
light, her head WAS outlined with the dis.
B.. tinctness Of an antique cameo. There
was an indescribable something in her ex.
preston, ,half:resolute, halfthoughtful,
which is rarely seen, among her class.
Her face WAS pale, large eyes Of . yellow.
ish, cast. like. the eyes Of cats, her grace.
fdl figure in o. scarlet bodice. - Stepail
WAS looking 1t her, and she was looking
at Stepan, and in the magnificent and en-:
ia,ervating glory of the summer night, it
gwas no more than rustic idyl,, but the
eternal, the brilliant. the magical poem Of
The moon went down, and about tho
hdJMg Ars long shadows hoversd. The
xomanhsdd disappeared sIcalled Stepsn,
and after having ordered him to rekindle
the FIRE, 1 began to walk about. DAY
dawned, laughed, and equally rejoiced
and complimented Stepan upon his b au.
stitul sfia.ces., a He sighed and, turned
'away'his head without replying. These
dull mountaineere speak only when |thev
viii. I respected the silence and the
sigh. ss5s n >est ttrfsfTssf fer,is .,.1..
w ':Batko, it 4vas Lonba, the wife Of IN
'.1 e not speak q her in thsvaf:
4 I was surprised Morals arc verv p ;, :,
4hsre, whes the barriers Of custom separ.
ate the sexes. They never minele. In
the held, in tho public house, and It che
:uhlrcl, the men eronp themselves On
sa,s sileSandt ND tsmdn upon the other !;
the children, even youths and maidens,
submit to this custom. Chance, or per-
haps the inconsistent desire to invest.
gate to the bottom sof things, induced me
E11fate ~ read to the cottage Of steban.
twas at the declivity on the north side
OF the mountain, and separated from the
msQket tev4 hy the torrent. There swas
aid 1Sf ions 6esids Il, Which, until nov.
i TN snot observed, With :. court veg.
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