New-York tribune., 1885-02-08

instantly my whole body began to shine 90 that sl
the fields around were lighted And 10, over .ne
only 1t wasn't Vasslli, but Christ himselfI How
knew that it was Christ ] cannot tell he aan. ~.
look IKE the sod OF % sHt n
golden girdle-and He held ont his hand 20 me,
saying Fear not. you are my chosen Oriae, iovw ~,
me; you shall twine garlands anu sng ano Ws
of Paradise in the heavenly kingdom. l clasped MS
hand-and my little dog immediately seized !hs NY
feet. But now we SCARED upward. ne .ao ieu .n
way. His wings, shaped like the seaguirs; coyt ,tIa
the whole sky. followed Hun, and now the Iittlg
dog Obliged to quit its hold Then perce,u91dd
that his little dog was my sickness anu there "'u"
be no room for it in Heaven"
Lukerja paused u moment. ~ -, ,u
"Another time" she continued had the ioio"I
ing dream but perhaps IT was an apPara,ot on This
don't exactly know. dreamed was lying Oh an,1 nd
hed and my dead father and mother came ana
bowed very low before me, without u,teripg W. ,r
Father, mother | asked, why DO yon DOW
before mar Because. they replied; you have are
not only purified your OWE soul from SIN, ous G
removed q largo share of Our own guilt from Us. 20
il has become far easier for us in the other WORM.
Yon have already ceansed yourself from gow SIM sInS
Won are now suffering for ours with these wprds %
nv parents again bowed before me and-vanisieu;;
1 saw nothing but the bare walls. Atterwaiu
donbted whether | really had beheld this ever,
told Father Alexis of it in my confession. But no
thinks il wasn't vision, because they are grahten
g Another time had this dream" Lukerja went
on was sitting on a broad highway nna"r
linden tree, with stau IN my hana' rnnnd
ing from my shoulders. aud karchiet "oun'i,
around nv bead-just like pilgrim was 1ofee,'
TO wander to goal, far, tar away: No one out Pi i,
grms passed me. They walked sHentfE. ~ sama mma
direction Every face was sad. and one person
looked exactly like another noticed u woh.n
who was a head taller than the rest % crowalng u
and fro among them. She was very oddly dressed;
very unlike MS Russians Eer face was stern anu
strange as if il 5haf been emaclatcd by numerous
fssts All the otner pilgrims kept aloof from her.
lint shp turned
me- She stopped in front of me and glzed steadily
into my face with Iarge yellow: sparKiing auSd eyes
am your DEATH she answered. was not at all
frightened on the contrary l jOyfnlly made the
sIgn of the Cross! The same woman, my dcath;
then said to me: I'm sorry for you. i-mkeTa-but
can't take you with mc. Farewell! On. how
grieved was, Take mo with you.' said. little
mother INV little dove 1.-THE most atfectionate term
of endearment among the Russians The word for
death Csmertj Is feminine in Russian.l. take me
with you" But my death looked gioomily at me
and! began to reproach me. remember tnat my
Ilg blv. After the festival OF 81. Peter, lbeiore
the festival of It. Peter and ST. Paul sand my
!eath. Then | woke Yes, l have such queer
Dreams" ~
Lnkeria gazcd upward aud grew thoughtful
have only one thing to complain of; II some
sleeping at all. Last year u landowners wife
went thror III this place and came to see me- she
gave me n little bottle OF some medicine for sleep
lessneSs That helped me and was able TO sleep
hut | einptlel the vial long ago. Do you know
what kind of medicine 1t was and how IT can be
had "
promised TO get her "a bottle, and could not refrain
from again expressing my amazenent at her
patience.
replied .Do you really think my patience 80
greati Surely ST. Simeon Stylite, had far more
he stood on a pillar for thirty years! And another
holy man was buried 10 his breast in the ground
and had hIs face eaten bv ants. learned man once
told me too the following story There was once a
country on which the Agirlane lLukerla means
the AnglItschane iEnglls.il made war, and they
oppressed aud killed the inhabItants who. no
matter what they did. were unable to regain their
liberty. Then holy maiden appeared among them.
seized A sword put on a coat or armOr that weighed
a hundred pounds. took tine field against the zoe
and drove them INTO the sea. But alter she hal
chased them away she said TO her co1ntrymen: !:
Now burn me for have made vow 10 die n fiery
death for my nation And they seized and burned
her. but her people have ever since been free from
the Agarane! That T1s a heroic deed! what
are NV N ierIngs IN comparison" "
I could not help secretly marvelling nj the wide
diffusion of tho lcgcni of the Maid of Orleans and
the shane IL had here ASSUMED. Alter short
silence asked Lukerja how old she WIS.
rwentyelght-or twenty nino-probably not
yet thirty. But what does my age matterf want
Lukrria suddenly began to cough. and then
Yon ars talking too much" said: "it must be
INJURIOUS to YOU. 80,
You are right." she whispered almost inaudibIy.
" We must stop talking; where haven't W. wan
dereIs Rnt when Won have gone away shall te
Obliged ~ keep silence. Al least have relieved
nv heart"
her tue medicine. and aaain begged her to think
carefully AMI tell me whether she needed ANYTHING
y neci nothing; thank God. am perfectly con
ntmost effort "May God grant every one health
But perhans you could persuade your mother to
lower the peasants rent little hcr.-tbe people III
this neighbUrhool are worry poor Their lands are
barren aud dont yield mu u,h. How they woud
pray for you! But neod nothing-i am perfectly
content" ,c,,. ,,.I
already turned toward tho door. when she called me
back again. -, -
a strange sparkle in her fsyes-- what hair had
Do Won remember lit came down To my knees! |
coulln't make up nv mind for q long time Snch
harl Bnt how would IL have been possible Tor
me TO comb it In nv situation SO let them
cut 1t of-ycs. Now farewell SIR. / can taik any
more.' . ..t
the hailit of the farm about .LukeTja. | learned
from him that she called IN the village the
living skeleton and that she did not allow herself
t. be n burden To any one; sho was never heard 10
She never asks anything for herself. but is
grateful for everything and bow stlil and quiet she
is-it's beyond description. God has undoubtedly
punished her fof her SINS" we're the mans last
words: "but we ought not to judge her. God be
with her"
Some weeks after learned that Luxerja was
dead Death had summoned her quietly and in
truti-aftcr ST. Peters day. II was SAID that In
her last hours she had heard very loud ringing
though it was a weekday and the distance from
Alexejevka 10 the church az least five versts
Besides Lukerja had said that the ring ing did not
come from the church but " from above" She
probably had not ventured to say from Heaven
Translated for THE TRIBUNE by j. w. Perciyal
MESSENGER BOYS IN SUMMER CLOTHES
WHY MANY or THIN ARE sHIvERISG IN WINTER.
MANY charitable persons have been filled
with sion at sight OF messenger boys appar
emily xithout sufcIsnt nrotecton agalnst the cold