, 1881-03-27

The very thing should not know!''
AIack for all your mothers carel
| Il bird Of the mir,
| 4 wistfui wind. or II suppose
! Sent by some hapless bDy> Il rose
/ With breath too sweet, will whisper low,
Tho very thing you should not know!
COTELETTEs Il LA POJ.&RsKT.
Miss Gttterlcr< 1Ftsnl in The Theatre.
| Many years ago, sometime during the reign
Of the Car Nicholas, the vast Russian En-
pire was ruled entirely by the will of one
man, with the aid of the bayonet and the
stick. Long before the vast regions between
st. Petersburg and Odessa were traversed by
railways the old post-road to Moscow ran
through village of some 1,500 in
habitants, called Ostashkavo, between
Spirovo and Torjok. There were two
houses of entertainment for travel
ers in the yillage,-one, a wretched little log
cabin, Of. which the proprietor was the star
ostA, or iead-man of the community, and
which was mere cabaret or draln-shop; but
at the other end Of the village street there
was really conely, cleanly, tidy little host
elry, by the sign Of The Three Golden Angels
Of Kiey, the landlord Of Which was one Fedor
Fedoroyich, who had pretty little wife and
a apreutier daughter of a marriageable age. The
starosta who kept the tra,l-shop, and who
was an unconscionable old hunks, hated
Fedor because his house was clean, and be-
cause lie was sober, and Industrious, and
free, for Fedor had been u Crown peasant,
who had served long il the army, and had
made enough money as a Sergeant attached
to the comnliSsary to start an inn Mt Ostash-
Kayo. Unfortunately his landlord was the
noble absentee proprietor, and that landlords
agent was the avarlcions starosta.
lie began his plot for running the landlord
Of The Three Golden Angels Of Kiey by
allowing hin to get behindhand with his
rent, and even BY lending him small Sums at
eSOrbitant interest. In the course OF 4 couple
Of years nearly all poor Fedor'' possessions
were lnortgaged to his merciess creditor,
who Threatened that, OIL the first occurrence
of failure of the interest due. to him he
would seize upon Fedor.s chattels, send
him rs prisoner to the debtors, jail
the street. To meet these continuous de-
lnands the unhappy. Fedor was obliged to
part with the few articles Of jewelry in the
possession Of the fami1y. lie sold his two
horses, his pigs; and on the morning this
story-this very little story-opens, the poor
wretch had sold his remaining COW and
calf, which had been driven off to the mar
ket at Torjok. Three hours afterward, just
about noon, Il cavacade Of horses and car
riagcs, escorted by M pulk OF C!ossacks, their
pounding (if II body may use so sporting an
expression) through the village street and
drew up with u tremendous clatter before
tile door Of The Three Golden Angels. Cos
sacks dislnounted; courlers, aides-de-camp,
amidst Gathering OF sabres and clnK-
ing Of spurs, a tall, almost colossa1{tigure.
in Il long, gray great-coat, and wearing {:
helmet surinounted by. golden spike,
al frtn tho inn fntf1WaI nv q frrf1t
crowd of officers III splendid uniforms, and
all bareheaded. 1t was his Imperial Majesty
NicoIai AIcxandrovicil, Gar of all the
RaSsas, R King }7,, Of Poiand s, +Ri,; and Grana
had happened that the ,,Czar felt
Hour, ilos's and tiiat his Autocratc VIII was to
breakfast at Ostashkayo instead Of Torjob,
where the Imperial repast had been ordered
by couriers in advance.
The miserable Fedor Fedoroyich felt as 4
man might be expected to feel who was go
ins to be hanged when Gen. Count Coitov,
a1nicably seizing him by the collar, informed
him that he was ab,ut to appear n the Enl-
lis knees, aud thus awaited the Imperial Or
lers.
lis this the man of the house?n asked the
Car, speaking at Fedor, but not looking at
him. 1T is, your Majesty replied IL the gs ge9-
alnicabIe little shake, as II he had been dog.
''Tell him, continued the Autocrat. ~ pre-
pare breakfast for myself and suite-eight
persons-and to proylue suitable reireshment II
the horses. AS regards breakfast-olnelet !
(there's no fish, suppose?) and veal outlets |
for eight; breakfast to be served at O'Clock:
General, take my stop-wateh, and see that |
strict military time is adhered to. Let him J
begone." Thus spoke the terrible Nicholas, !
,yhnse word VaS law,
The general aide-de-canp courteously con- j!
Quoted Fedor Fcdorovich downstairs, even !
to tile threshold of the kitchen. He had re-
quite in caressing manner BY the left ear.
Son Of NANCY cur,'' he smllingly OBJ
served, you've plenty Of time. to cook /
breakfast; his Imperial Majesty |
is, particularly tond Of veal outlets"
keeper, there's not So much :.s, bit Of
veal III the whole village; the last calf we |
was driven off to Torjok this morn
ing" You'll particularly see to the egg
5 9oatog Ba Sf s sss sste no Vsa
Shined Fc,lor Fedoroyicl., LET there be
mplacable aide-de-canp. But, Oh deari oh
lear! can't get any yeal!,'' sobbed Fetlor,
nr u brsps seas d9WR Wh And ts vsa ssIve ces emon
!. and let it be very fresh yeal!n Fedor Fe-
loroyich sank on his knees 'Mercy, mer-
VI" lie cried, clasping his hands in suppli-
,ation; "for the love Of the Three Golden
Angels of Kiey. mercy! Oh, little father,
AXE mutton. beef, pork Il can get some at
he starosta's,'' he said to hlmselD. 'Oh, !
pare me the veal. for veal I have none"
'Omelets and veal outlets for -eight," re-
lied the imperturbable Aide7de-Camp, lat
O'Clock to the minute BY his Imperial
rajesty's stop-watch," which he held in
lis hand. 'FIve minutes late, 100 blows Of
he stick; ten minutes late, 200; failure in
NY essential particular, especially rs re-
ards the veal outlets, tie knout, branding
n both cheeks, Sitting Of the nostrils, and
immediate deportation to the mines Of
siberia, there to be chained to q wheel
arrow for the term of your natural life; and
ct the veal be very tender.'' So greeting the