Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-05-06
HOPELESS LOVE.


Fal OF the year, sought to outriva
other in the spirit with which
accomplished the work.
unggirls in handsome attire, and
begarlandei, were hurrying tc
ch in joyful bands. They tool
places at the further end behind
vouth and old men. Their rec
Ices, their blue or checkered petit
Is, their long tresses falling below
waist, and interplainted with null
lored ribbons-all formed O
ngely effective picture. And mer
ent, the merriment OF youth, =
X as the freshness OF their com
lions. shone in every face. All the
ers we're lighted. 1t was indeed
Great Day,-the day that the Mar
b, who suffered for the triumph o.
BIZ, and who died for our redemp
b, arose from the dead.
therefore il was the day of universal
the day of forgiveness of injuries
day that every one becomes kind
it was the feast of truth and Of
ristian love-and peace entered into
3 souls of all.
ftChrist is arisenl" cries the priest.
'Truly He is arisen!" reply thefaith-
And everybody kisses.
1t was in Little Russia. | had been
Wv two months in the country, and
5nsequently knew very little OF the
kstoms, or rather OF certain pecul-
|rities in the manners of the Little
kissians, which distinguish them from
De populations of the central prov
ICES. In Little Russia they are more
|ank in their ways and much merrier
b joyful occasions than We other
hlssians are. Women have neither
Be prudery nor affectation ofprudery
nr Muscovite women have. There
IRE felt quite surprised when the
aughter oil my host, the Cossack Lee
lea, came to me and gave me the pas
bal kiss.
'"Christ is arisen" she said.
"Truly He is arisen" | responded,
her kiss.
But as had purchased a littlepr
ut for her Easter gift-a very modest
tile present, nothing more than a
tile gold ring,-I slipped it upon her
niger and put an Easter egg in her
and.
aSeei my little hostess" Iexclaimed;
here is an Easter egg-a red egg-and
ere is ring for a souvenir"
She looked at the ring. She seemed
} be surprised, dumbstricken. and
My after long minute she asked:
is it real gold?"
"Pure gold" / replied.
"But then-why dost thou give it
Ie?''
so that thou mayst remember me
hen / am gone away"
"But real gold ring
al bought it expressly for thee--keep
as souvenir of my gratitude for
he hospitality have enjoyed at thy
ouse
"Well, if it is that way, / am thank
4 to thee, young gentleman"
And she left me that she might adore
lie holy images.
The priest-preceded by the deacon,
no carried in his hand a huge taper,
with bright colored ribbons
passed through the aisles. The
REST paused before the images to
srform the incense ceremony; then,
irning to the faithful, who at his
pproach separated into groups, he
yune his censor, and saluted them
it'll: Christ is arisenl" And all the
cups, one after the other responded:
Truly He is arisenr" The priest S
indie was decked with a great bouquet
flowers. The Easter hymns rolled
ut in a burst OF JOY.
Christ is arisen Death by His death
vanquished; and to them that were
the tomb hath egiven life! Let the
eayens praise Him with joyful praise
let all the earth be joyful--let all the
inverse, visible and invisible, celebrate
lis great day. Christ has arisen from
he tomb-O Joy eternal. .
Mass was over. And the bells began
, swing. The Easter cakes were bless
|.
'sWilt thou come to eat the Easter
ikes with us, or wilt thou go to the
RESTS house?" asked Mariana, as i
as leaving the church.
"At thy house. my pretty child.
hou knowest l like not to eat with
hose whom l know little OF.
Half an hour later | was seated at
ne table in the house of my excellent
ost, the Cossack Levica, and the
Imily repast was merry indeed.
Day began to dawn, and the sky
romised us a lovely spring day. No
ody thought OF sleep. Mariana pro
osed to me to go with her to the vii.
ICE, where she wanted to give some
her girl friends an Easter greeting,
ie thus made at least a dozen visits,
! company, and then, instead OF re-
the house, we took our way
oward n rather remote farm, where
err elder sister lived.
The road We took, which followed
ne banks of the Desna, was marvel
usly picturesque. Ii was little
ath, which sometimes skirted rich
nd beautiful fields and sometimes
st itself in wiDdings through shad-
wy thickets. The trees were don.
ing their youthful garb of spring.
he acacia had as yet only n
W leaves, while the chestnut and
he sycamore, much more pre-
,cious, were already strutting in their
nulent greer robes, as if proud of the
Igor of their sap. The hawthorne,
hich grows here among other trees,
OF IN hedges, as it is made to do in
Iore civilized countries, was all cover
with a snow OF flowers that waited
, us long breaths ofperfume. All this
savage nature spoke to the
,ul and seemed to promise unutter-
ole Joy.
AT last the sun rose. 1t was magic
! 1t daintily gilded the hawthorne
ossoms, the trunks and branches oil
he trees, and flung rosy light upon
leir foliage. And the same roseate
cams sparkled in the clear-blue
aters OF the river, which flowed all
llmly at our feet.
A charm that | cannot explain came
owly over me. My sensibilities seem
strangely intensified; / thought that
Y perceptions had become more del
ate. more subtle than they had been
fore. Perhaps it was the beautiful
1T sleepless night that had excited
y nerves; | fancied so at the time;
1t be that as it may, / know that
,ver again during my life did the
yht of a fair landscape under the ris.
z sun fill me with such emotion.
It like one about to weep.
Then / looked at that beautiful
oung woman, who, during two long
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