Telegram-herald., 1889-06-29

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ris1t kz1a1 eas1 a. - 7ssaszE e--1e~ - Fas~-
L. az zay iz-S-Te ss-n - y ls-G f-~9 ae~Tc
- ll1zs, sss1 se.ss n-als sia I've - tEss
hlstary - kess-z - is,s e. sbs E1ra1 i2sls-
A. 1 taea sz~ Am 10 ths Erss l1E2s ts-Ea.
A. auso.f lookad every l4ch : :. i1lsF :" All
Ii s4sAre. t.,seEf1l fs4als Alai tsl-1. I-aanly,
ssub-rael fGes. ss4lh - t1-1s ulusE--cise aIsd
s1art. lavish trosa b-lr. ssoSls1 bsse mae
Z fsA.sless st1Iy ioI . FalZteT sh9 sAs tbrn
Jlst 49, -s1l-ziy u achieve tlss Tezo~s @1lea
u lAs sis.,s otL2llls1 - f.lI ilss>1s.lIe asL1
NsEs=satcaasla-
A tlack Ska4 cap eovered the cid warriors
sIlz-s,lss Gosst lilSssl-.s s2plas scar more
glEaoos th-Aa tAe cro~u Il E.lssiA. The sLS-
t>fy Of thai @olnd ~hlch / sLoaA never
haze ieariei from TIE hero himself bad
alroaly bard fron 0sLsgs-a0~ Abr4niod
eft a.iLo-t zloas su4A tne Gyiax aud The
Ces-i shen ths Russians Aegs falling like
leaves besleath tie 1sadly fire thas "ltheFed
Their rash and III coslcertse attack 0n kTtab,
As stiA cheering on hls rAlatlng nien, alid
watching IA van ior tie supports which solns
miserable tiunder hAd tel8 cd, wton bs was
STRUCK GA lAe sofeAead by bullet which
pl0aed rs ~ay along ths - h0ls crown of tho
haai from front - hack, though happay
without penetrating The s%al
'.Its l1ckF = 10 tainted Or We could never
have got him away" said the Officer who told
nle thu story. But when ne praised hiIn -
ths bravest u ~ al. he shook lis hesad, and
saii there was "a far brayer man among us
AMI tLaa he toll Us of a grena iier whou 10
had seen carry ing away a wounded man In
his arDs. when six or Tho enemy came rush
Ing upOn hlu az once. Then tho Russian laid
down lbs wounded cOmrado as te2derly az &.
mother with hSr child, ard, clubbing his
empty ri1e fought the whole siK of them
single handed; ami when our fellows cams
up L. tho rescue they found this man, with
three wounds in him, still standing over bis
friend and keeping i've of tho SIX at bay,
while the sixth lay dead under foot, with his
skull smashed ia like an egs shell "
All went of merrily, and have seldom had
pleasanter meal than this haphazard picnic,
far away in the grim deserts OF Asia among
men whom the world regards Is rnerc Aavages
thinly lacquered over with an outside show Of
civilization When dinner was done my host
produced FOR my amusement number Of
sketches of local military positions, executed
with such admirable clearngSs and precision
that eagerly asked the authors name.
lus here, replied the general, little thinking
that thu unknown name which ho uttered 80
car'iessly was destined 10 shake tho whole
world with its terrible rcnown barely four
years later.
"a smart officer. whoever 10 is said !;
Central Asia seems u iino place 10 learn
both war aud diplomacy. When l was ut
Fort kazaIinSk last month, on the other side
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allowed mo TO watch him dispensing justice
70 tho Tartars, and they seemed 10 50 away
quite satisfied, though il struck Inc that his
judgments were rather harsh, and his way Of
giving them harsAer still But when hinte,l
~ much he Ouly answered: when u native
comes To me with complaint let him tell
his story right through 10 the end, even If he
takes an hour to it; and then, when he's had
his talk fairly out (which is what be wants
be don't 50 much mind being oppressed a
little. Now, an Euglishnan in the same case
would stop him short in the first five rin-
utes and tell him u hold his tongue for a
cursed, pratins fool.
That's just wherc we have the advantage,
beyond q doubt, said AbramoR The Eng
lish persist in treating every Oriental as a
European and Judging him from a European
point Of view, while we, being half Asiatics
ourselves, treat him as an AsiGtic and judge
him from an eastern point Of view
And moreover said /, when John Bull
has any underhand work 10 do he comforts
his conscience by always doing it very badly.
When he has 10 bribe he invariably bribes
the wrong man. When he must tell Lis
be tells il 50 clumSily as to deceive no one,
whereas the Russian gives his whole heart to
the duty of dcceiying his neighbor, and does
IL thoroughly wei There is verso Of an
old English psalm which just photographs
the modern Russian dipl0matist:
"Moro soft than butter were IFS words
While in ais breast was war;
His 9Je-r-hes Were more smooth than oil
And ye; drawn swords they are
The general bowed as II acknowledging a
high compliment for such it probably ap-
IeaFcd 20 him, and turned the talk upon the
battle OF Chepan-Ata, the scene of which
had travcrse,i that morning on my way to
the city AbramoT himself bad figured prom
inentiy in that famous fight as a colonel of
Cossacks, and he needed little pressing to tell
tho whole story over again
In the old warTior's stirring words every
feature OF that memorable struggle lives be-
fore iDe again. There stand the little hand
ful OF Russians on tho river bank. with the
rushing stream before them, end beyond IL
the great mountain ridge, all ablazs with
polished helincts, aul Aashing swords, aud
embroidered TUNES. and crimson scarfs. and
snow white turbars, and all the barbaric
splendor Of al eastern army. Then comes
the shout II Forward the plunge into the
whriiur waters the hlazc and crash of can
non and Inu-ketry from above-the ha-f n
forms 4 the daring aSssnilants strugglic Z
through foanIny water aud pelting SHOT and
rolling smoke. Then. all a. once. The glitter
ing masses overhead br.in % waver ard
tremblc, aui suddenly the great host breaks
and scatters IKE sock Of shr~p, and plungcs
IN ONE great cataract Of hcadloug fight down
The farther slope of the ridge toward lost
Samarcand.
'IIl you Get hit in that business, gen
eralf asket s. thu story ended.
Indeed did. replied the veteran. with a
Smile. ! Was the oillF man wounded iu f1v
regiment. ct least. II YOU can al II beiuy
ouaGct,' for I ct my hurt mt from snv
II rhe e1eIuvs S0idiers. but fTou "a cT9zv al
rascal - deTvish who cGaie Yelling out ci a
holo IN tbe biilside dashed a lump - mud righi
in my eye, snntchei up Stone and knocked
ouf twe "a nay feeth with ir, an3 then. afts-
Streaming and dancing about IKE q 7raldod
ca. a y be meant 20 ro1t fhc Rboic HI-sis a
arrug single haniel. changed his Blal ~
pan taos into his 6ole And. for All I know.
D. NAV BE- there set. for our = ldiers wouidn 2
tou-h him saying TINT II ali the Basunn4li
theafhaal bad fought Ike hlru TIE EuSia 5
would rot have seen SaraarcauI tiat aaV~
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