Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-11
Gypsy AND QUEEN.

BLESSED is the life of the solitary
for they live under the protection o
God"
Tho beatitude in question. if thus i
may be termed-why not call it smpl,
"blessing?''-is quoted from one of tn,
very oldest litanics, still employed
however, occasionally, in the ritual o
the Greek Church.
The words in question still rans
plaintive!y, and also dream:ly. in tn,
ears of the dark Muscovitish woman
now vending her way silently on
ward.
She had heard them only that morn
ing chanted-although in Sclavonic, a!
a matter of course-in that curiously
ancient church in Moscow-that called
1.-The Little Ascension s
small circumscribed corner at the low
er end of the Chernichefsky Perevuloh
and they had not ceased to haunt hel
wellnigh ever since. Why? it may be
asked.
| Perhaps she, too, vas alone. rs are
so many other women in this wide,
however beautiful, world.
Alone-as God and themselves alone
know how. Only that He helps such.
Have not the words already been sung,
and also placed above, that He protects
| them?
The woman now quilted the long
road lying Immediately past the spac-
| ious barracks by the side of which the sen.
try duly kept his patrol, pacing up and
| down resolutely, as if already stoutly
] resolved that no foe whatever, whether
in the shape of Turk or anything else,
should, at any rate during his special
reign, invade the garrison.
She had turned sharply to the right,
quilted, as it seemed, with a sense OF
keen relief, the wellnigh scorching, i'll
paved way, and glanced wistfully and
gratefully toward the broad and spark
ling river, now lying all at once within
view
The burning heat had indeed bid fair
throughout the course of the day to
enervate and weaken every one-''no-
BILE as well as now emanclpated serf
yet tenanting holy Moscow.
les, lhls was freedom indeed. Here
IN, also, was sense OF blessed-how
earnestly desired-rest.
The woman liked the picture we'll;
this fact was only too self-evident. for
hot tears rushed into her eyes; nor did
she apparently deem 1t needful to
uflve them pack whence they came.
Thank God! She was free at last;
alone, TOO, by the side OF the calm,
beautiful on: now untrouoied, water.
wv ait' oa'0"ote@'s! the latter
Word peing expressive II the meaning
De taken h'eraily' OF ehaearment' only
lha' II Is aPpiieu somewha. lnulscrlml-
iaieis: III iasiron' .oo' 'nal at 'ilnes
Is curious ana aiihe insNphcapie' TO
"ara rich an" poor, oiu ana youn s;
whist dealing, too, IN not repuke or IN
hiSh dissputation.
lie MuscoVite woman. Vhose course
we are now following, had aiready
chosen her path; passed by several
the monstrous clusters OF cleveriy ana
artlstlcally piled-up logs, lying ready Tor
sale mere; as IN how many other dlrec-
tions OF the: II once seen. never-to-pe-
torgotten MoskVa River.
one now, however. turned back an-
ruPtiy' as II aroused from some DIM
cult, horrible dream.
"Welle This question sternly and
quGstlonlngIy.
the driver OF the, drosky which had
served 10 transport her to these, the
very western, although not the most
aristocratlc, regions OF Moscow.
but what makes tins TACT: Moth
ing.
II Will glance at 1t once more, ex-
CANNED Natalie AleXandrevna, hauSht-
lily and yet brokenly, glancing steadily
and earnestly at a miniature gold
cross, richly enameled, which she now
removed from veiVet case; put 1ot
the last time. Sold me, DID ne! ana
That IN spite OF my beauty-the beauty
winch God In heaven above had gwen
me! For cash, too-as II L had been
cattle!
The next moment her face had sud
denly blanched. Was it spirit that
stood before her-or what? A figure
had crossed over sWiftly-from hiding
1t might wellnlgh be supposed amongst
some of those marvellous piles OF wood,
and stood exultantly facing her:
lie blocked her path, and she had
fallen helplessly-s -senselessly y-at his
feet.
A quarter OF century ago, however,
this the scene. Listen. then.
Yes, foot it bravely, Gdiou6tchik.
We all like to see you dance
The child obeyed-danced on and on
but, oh. how wearily!
No task SO difficult as feigning gayety
when the heart is in reality heavy, and
the young limbs are in reality alike
weary. Only that such task has to
be accomplished sometimes.
An old crone now came forward in
Russian gypsy attire, her head envel-
oDpH in a mOnStr dirty crimson cot