The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-03-23
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About the heoinninsy ot Navemhor.,;; Il.
he xear l8--.,in the milale af the 'dsvs
: .siedae drawn bv,.s' hone. .dssl,eti
ihroupS 4 small VILLAGE in g. |ss;a md
stopped N the courtyard OF one, Of the
largest horses The horse shaa evident. I
N ma AWAY, and the sole oceupant ,of
the sIedee, 4 Young woman was clesrly
unable TO guide It in; The least.
, Inless than . minute q preat MANY Of
thesyillagers, who had been sattractedaby.
the Gathering of the inhabitants. of me
house, ,.roused blythe, appear ance, OF the
sledee.in the courtyard, surrounded the
ypupg WOMAN III vas evident she was
poEerless TO .distina aish. auy one around
her. sbefa xs6<Iost = ;fniat sten a. s1if1,.
and that was all; but to the msiorily 81
the hystanders she looked far more dead
than alive. ~ ee;sss.
She was carried into the. house and
were administered. She had
hardly recovered her consciousness .wher,
questions of every sort and kind we're
put TO her from all sides. She was ask
ed who she was where she came from;
where she was going to; who was pur.
suing her, and how the horse bad run
away, The room in which she was
placed was full of villagers, who had
come in to satisfy their very natural Gu.
riosity.. i - :. - s.@ -
Among the most. excited of the oues-
tioners was young serf about twenty
years old, who. held in his hand the
hatchet with which he. had been Telling
wood when the sledge. dashed through
the quiet village. The beauty and pain.
fnl grief OF the woman, seemed to have
made rathef an effect upon this young
serf.. He was ce,tainlv,. more anxious
than The rest TO bear her story. and was
very pro ninen, in his attentions, and
put himself forward il epdeayorino to
of, II her consolation.
Al last the Object Of all this excite-
ment had 40 far recovered as 10 be en-.
abled to yield to the entrea,ies of those
who surrounded her, and in q broken
voice and amid yerv general. silence she
spoke as follows:
al had heard that an old relation Of
mine. who lives in a neiehborinq village.
was dangerously i'll, and / determined to
set out and see if / could be OF any as
sistance. Early this morning. har.
messed onr horse to the little sledpe and
set cui." s,se
"Alone 2 asked the young serf, poin.
tedly, still swinging the Ratchet in mis-
hand. -. 800
The bystanders we'll understood the
meaning Of the question, and the same
word seemed inyofuntarily to escape
from their lips.
"Alone r.
ltmay be as we'll here to give a short
explanation, which will account in some
way for the exclamation. ..ss.s 1900,
When the Russian troops which had
conquered Finland under the. command
of General Buxoyden were returning
home again, they were followed by
countless troops OF bears and wolves,
who ragged and quarreled over the bodies
OF those who from time to time died Of
cold or fatigue, and howled for the
scraps Of food ae!t behind by the con-
quering army. The province which the
army passed through was infested by
these fierce animals long after its depar-5
ture. and they soon became the terror OF
the humble peasantry who lived 10 that
district lhey were not content with
the verious domestic dogs and
cats that came 10 their way, but hercely
attacked any human creature that cross
ed their path 1t became impossible to
travel 10 safety atiany hour Of the day
upon even asirequented road without z
very strong escort. Any one who neg
iec'eo lnese necessary precautions paid
.ne pehsi,y " nls. .carelessness ny 2 MD
sous uss.u. ~ we course ol1 me pfeee-
e'nss WINE, 'o.1 nun sa oe'nes q LUIS
ps...cI,a. = 'na. o.s.a,s. M "a' 'aeen prey s''ner
W WIVES y YEATS g z5
? "Alonep z answered the young woman
in strange, unnatural voice, half chok-
ed with sobs; "unhappily for me. ! was
not alone! Whysin heavens name, did
| risk such journey2 Don't compel
me, / beg Of you, to relate the horrors l
have gone Through and all the miseries
Of thai awful morning: 81. 8 4.
"What.has happened TO your Who
went With your still asked many Of
those who surrounded the woman, and
whose attention and curiosity were now
thoroughly roused figsE y sss IL
miserable woman thai LAM" answer
ed she, 81 took with me my three little
children, the Oldest OF whom was; about
Eve years old, the Youngest little dar-
ling only six months and still at the
breast" .sss 4 a7sa Is aes
An exclamation OF horror ran through
the circle of bystanders, and each one
a. last seemed to guess the hideous truth.
And then, amid more awful silence
than before. the Young woman went on
with her storv. - ~ :. -, !,
sIt was a lovely morning.. the road i'm
tolerable good order. and The old horse
trot,ed merrily along. NV two little
bows PLAYED at NV feet and the little one
slept on nv bosom. was in high spir-
it's and happy at the thought that /, was
able to get away, and 90 perhaps be OF
service 10 INV moor old relative NV
hovever WAS, not of verv