Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-10-20
A Russian Legend.


,,to ,..'s Voc ' o ypuns RUSSIAN pl,uoe
oo,,Id bo no uo a.L;,s !. ,nues a'one
sbns;rg ann ona. ha s monsd rn,SInsaI,s i "nJ
&c ohsSss 80 sass az saiSa - sa ,eau
which were ,ba ,'aasa,',,s I'll, s oo
s;s,enco and ,n.,;no notb;nny of ts. ~ uo
49, ,,,o,',o,, 1919 IA . y. t;f1p
thay vara il, lie no., -
X, ono oooaa;on Go;, uo ,b. h.,k; =.
toxicated be saw q beans;fni ob;id , nSn
L, Arc road heforo ,bo 49, sc - snt
ants bnt and rode de,;bora,eIn a1 o. peas aS
1hor lie ,on,har ,,;tS fra',t;:y 80 ~, an1
forth and lifted n from the aromna IL zoe
on;te dead Tho Moor woman,s Sriof wa a0
40 great tho dead child was 90 5e.n,ifnI
and the wrath If ,hosa ,yho .1;,nossa5 ~ ~
SCENE WAS 60 ;ntense ,bat avon tha or ,uI
prince oonld not he on;te Indifferent 10 what
be bad done W ""''
Uav;no a,a,ohad ,ha ,,o,,,o, TO- .t,;io
ba dreu, Re ,,ursa sro,,, he 49,, IL -
toward ber
=" Here !" said be dronn;ro !, into ber Ian
&c hero Ia rnonev enongb 10 maLa yo,, r;nh
among other neasants Douhtless yon have
other cb;Idren or will have Tbey are al.
wavs nlentv ono more or jess what docs II
matter ? See now you arc r;cb e,on
crying 'F
Rut no ba snoke tho wouar ,;ftod tho
nurse in her hand ara ,,rg IL in bic faoo
" Take hack vonr blood money . sbe said
q Nv child ros worth moro than al, ,ha roid
in Rpss;a Rut ,;atan ;nsolant nr;noe e''a
noor neasant woman can do No harm hnt
sbe can see tbe harm that 10 com;ng Nv
motber was u;oa womon. alec O., coo
into eternity The horse that has bean tho
death of nv darling will he the canse n
vours before long. Yes he will rid tho
world of Won. thank heaven. II ia written
read II. 10 and Leave mo with nv deod y,
AS the woman smoke the nrince turned
pale. He was verv superstitious and the
belief in pronhecv was strong in those davs
Without making answer he rode awav. His
followers at his bidding scattered Tie con.
tents of his purse among the crowd who at
once changed their curses 70 cheers and the
broken-hesrted woman was left alone.
As for the prince he rode home as fast 40
he conld. and 90 great was the immersion
made by the words The moor peasant mother
had uttered. that he at once ordered bis
horse, a great fayorite. of which he had
been fonder than he ever was of auy living
being. to be sent awav IN n distant norton
of the country. The animal was IN he cared
for as though it were a human being a
house was to be built for him and he was to
be closely confined therein. II he the nrince
himself. ever visited that norton Of tbe
country. OF course those orders were strictly
obeyed. The favorite steed went into a
sort of roval exile and the nr;nca used N
ride other horses when he trampled down
other peasants corn.
PEOPLE remembered the nropbecv. how
ever. and MANY secretly hoped for its fulill.
ment. The nnhappv mother had the rem.
tation for sort of second sight. believed in
by those of her nation.
However. time passed on. A wear went
by-two-tbree-fou The ffth came.
During this time the prince had heard no
tidings of his banished fayorite, At last he
inquired about him. and heard that he had
been dead for a long time. Laziness and
oyerfeeding had killed him.
$50. cried the prince !" he will not he NV
death. at leastl"
And then as though the animal were an
enemy who had been tbwarted in come evil
intent. the desire 70 see his dead bodv and
trample over IL. seized mon his master
Attended by a great train he set ont for
the place where the horse had lived and
died. The remains had been laid with re.
spect in a sort of tomb bnilt for the nnrnose