Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-16

general aid.de-camp into the Imperial
presence. 'An excellent breakfast, his
Majesty condescendsd to say; the veal
outlets in particular most toothsome. Let
him be paid one hundred imperials" ian
imperial is ten roublesl that will cover,
l should say, the whole bill let him have
my stop watch as a recompense for his
punctuality and good cookery" The
dog is in luck" murmured the general
aid-de-camp, as he prepared to hand over to
! Fedor the glittering horologe. which he had
fondly hoped to keep for himself; for
when sovereigns ever part with anything
that is valuable they rarely get it back
again. But Fedor Fedorovich was above
ali things an honest man. Plump on his
knees he went; and again raising his hands
in duplication, he calculated Oh, my
father Oh, my Czarl Oh, my sweet lord
and master-I cannot take the money,
although Heaven knows | need it sorely
enough; cannot take the watch, although
it would shine bravely at the waist of my
wife. Let me have five hundred blows of
the stick let me have the knout this very
moment; let me be branded on both cheeks;
let my nostrils be slit and my ears be
cropped send me to Siberia and chain me
to the wheelbarrow-for / deserve 1t all y
SIS the dog % exclaimed his Imperial
Majesty of All the Russias. What does
he mean p ''Are you mad, son OF
measly pig?" asked the general abide
camp, pointing his interrogation with a
kick. g am not mad, blubbered the inn
keeper 81 am only an imposter and
cheat The outlets were not made OF veal
there was no veal in the house there is no
veal in the village; and the aid-de-camp
said veal or the knout-veal or Siberia. In
despair it occurred to my wife that the
flesh of four chickens, carefully minced and
arranged. in the form of outlets, with
little sharp shankbones carefully egged and
Predetermined, and accommodated with a
piuuant sauce. might serve at a pinch in
lieu of the veal Outlets demanded by your
Majesty, when veal there was none. But
[ am-at least was-an honest man.
abhor deception. You Majesty's NUM-
tfcence disheartened me, and confess the
fraud OF which have been guilty. Now
send for a knout and wheelbarrow, and
have me executed on the spot.
But, to the establishment of all present,
the Car did not even frown. He burst,
instead, into a hearty fit of laughter. "a
capital ruse, he said, land a most sue.
cessful one. Let him have another hun
dred imperials for his honesty, and this
diamond ring for his wife to wear on her
saints day. What is his name besides
Fedor Fedorovich ?" "Pojarsky, may it
please your Majesty" ''Then. continued
the Emperor, ''we grant him permission
publicly to announce his stimulated veal
outlets as Cotellettes la Pojarsky, as
pasronized by our Imperial self. Ten
minutes afterward, amidst renewed clatter
and hustle, the Imperial coTtege swept on
ward on its way to Torjok, leaving Fedor
Fedorovich Pojarsky with the two hundred
imperials, the evening stop-watch and dia-
mond ring in his pocket, for the moment
probably the happiest man in Russia. OF
course thenceforward everybody who
passed through the village of Ostashkavo
stopped at the sign of The Three Golden
Angels of Kiev and partook of cotellettes
a la Pojarsky. Of course Fedor Fedora
vich made little fortune through the
preparation of the delicate Wand. OF
course the price of chickens went up, while
the price of veal proportionately decreased
in the market. [Genevieve Ward in the
Theatrel