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Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

A. sAs s4rly IL ths A.. bas already
IAs As2ss ~ss rlis4 s81A nslxk bsrs
$50 1A4 es1s froza allies aFsana s. a.
ss1 rs sale 4ns - Nr Eeaaalp lasys2
sn1saE sara aIs eAss ~ers constantly
EFsets1 ~lsa rsassks 90 tAe faollshnsss
et lgGin ter PeQgls
Sle4 a. hears es sptsre3 ths lits,s
kisc1en h8Sk ~ tbe Aoase. ~hick sSs
as sss snsee plea. ave - Ars. Blakxs
fslthfel Cd o9lorea csok. AaHt Nancy
sic 32s situEg en . split togteae4
ch.ir, rSekiRz hsrsslf 70 sad ffa saa
occasionally ~ipias hsE eyes sIta ksr
elge-eheckea apron
~ acre Is your mistresS sumter
Mr.. kom4in asked.
There w4s kiadiy ring n his voice
that unlseked ne ed somAns bur
denea heart. zad sss sOhhea aloud a.
she ans werea
''Oh. mEssA she eone took de chill-
ans an goa to her cousins Mas
Rachel it jest broke uy po' ole heart
10 soc en- go Bat Miss Blake say she
couldA'I stand Is here. al dey have 70
60 soon sure. Pc shiEgs! only De good
Lord kAOw what's 80 come OF dem. she
say
oh, mssss. hits awful hard or
missis. dis Is She went all over dc
house ais msFnin' tryia' 10 say good
bye TO IT, Tie littis ones a-elAgin 20
her kep' a piokin' up tkings Mamma.
dey won't take nay wockin- horse. VIII
dey? Mamma. vial de nauclion man
det my little chair? dey ask. Missis
tried ~ hoP back de tears an speak
ehirk 10 dem ohilluns. but when she
come 70 her own room she say. You
stay out here, darlings; mamma wants
20 go in here alone. took de chiliuns.
but presently peek In de room. an
dere was my pc missis, a knseiin' 'f0re
massa's big armchair. wild her head
lyin' on de big family Bible dat she'd
put on do chair; she had her arms
around dat, an she was cryin' softly.
- oh, my husbspdP she whispered
over and over an deh she say:
- A fader 10 de fsderless, husband
TO de widow. Dear Lord. let dis cup
pass from me-
Il shet de do den. By'm by she come
OtNs al VII % al hiSui b1AH bNt oLt
tried 10 smile on de chilluns as she led
dem down the walk.
Dose po' little thingsl Rosy was
huggin' her rag doll an tryin' 10 hide it
under her apun, an Roman was totin'
Pickle, de ch cken, clost in be arms.
DE nsuction man can't take mammals
chilluns an so be can't take ours, dey'd
keco z-vin,"
"Romain?" repeated her visitor.
Eyes, sab. Roman: dat's for frien'
OF Massa Toms. Massa not see him
for years. but he talk heap o. Mr..
Romain."
Thank Cod Tom forgsve me, whis-
pered Mr.. Roman. as he left the kitchen
in response to the business-like tones Of
the auctioneer that now rang out clear
and cold as he began offering the parlor
furniture.
Great was the indignation of one spin
ster when the first bid of a tall, hand
some stranger carried the price far be-
yond the sum she had mentally decided
on. and he secured it without opposition.
Her feelings were soon shared by
most cf those present, for similar
scene took place over almost every
article offered for sale. from Mrs. Blake's
piano to Romans rocking horse. The
stranger outbid every one, and was soon
sole possessor.
He even became the owner of the farm
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

Eutmegs and mace. two o. the prinol-
pal spices of oomnoroe. grow in tbs
same pod. The tiny Tree upon which
they grow Is almost identical with pear
tree two 70 three years old The nut~
meg is the center OF seed of the fruit
which is about the size - "a ordinary
hens egg. The best comparison q tie
fruit would be With tie hickory nut. IN
ripening, the outside cracks open. show
ing the nutmeg incloseo IN thin. lacy
covering. which is the mace. Do IS
found ia al the tropical isl suds ~ ArEser-
lea and hsis. the most fruitful trees
growing in Jamaica, some q them
yielding as many as ZOO nutnegs n =
year.
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

sna stsck. the oaly srtlse t41Aes ag4ingt
sln beng tAe representative - ar
bro~a log tAs rsla ~ ialAlHE has oa&l-
Eine.
AT hroNu A42 nss sxpecte4 g Rect
~lta any eEpaslsaoa. Nad - fAa set the
hzalt Als representa- ave - ~ pay 81 ;
tery Do4Sr4ls hE9re. fAla Mr keAAln
Instantly 0uIe44. 4Aa se seeatea tAs
Naole.
As sooa ~ the 1uepenssr announced
the close - tas sale Ar koWssn ASKED
t1s GStenisass saa disappointed oxo~4
- please s4case ne prsHlises IS soea -
pessi tle. @s 30 h4d boaSht every tAing
FER lAdy shs woaid tAks possession -
kef property that nlzht
ias people nlsd slowly oeb ana AE.
komAln Nas a. l.ss leig sleae Wlgh =
l@~ysr he had breaghI tie sacteaesF
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

Roman turned and saw two little chill
dren standing on the steps, a chicken
held tightly under the arm of one OF
them.
They were pretty children, too-a boy
and a girl, exactly the same size. Blonde
eurls crowned each shining head; brown
eyes. with long, curling lashes. looked
frankly out from under straight, clear
cut eyebrows. and two little pug noses
turned up merrily from the little rosy
mouths that we're always smiling be-
meath. No, not always; Cor there was
frigh htened little culver about them now,
as their owners looked up timidly at
she stern, handsome man who was so
earnestly regarding them.
Come to your what?" repeated Mr..
Roman.
TO our nauction," the boy explained.
"Papa's gone TO Heaven, and we's goin'
10 have nauc1lon; it's to det money,
you see; we's goin' to sell all our sings.
Mamma says We more We foikes come, ye
more well det money; and if dere's
enough, we's not goin' 10 sell my wockin'
horse. Ise dot Pickle, dis here chickie,
safe-me and Rosy take turns holdin'
her-but We tan't hole Ye horse. i dess
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

%sA ~ sew
-Da yeos 1sn1. ssna soaf- ssAes
NJ koaa2iR
0h. nes sheis essiB' as' ~s a.
io4xbs se'8 bsip asa t9tkeS f4~&ss
tgn. AE Aaa
Aa4 salliag IA frssR4lY eas haif.
frixstsas1 fasklea. ste shiarea trette1
as~n IAs .aik as taeif lissle g sres
xsnlshet. Unsls PslsF sans sreaa& tas
hoass.
who are tksss ehiiareR, eneisfN
gseFisA Ar. ken alu. s@<ias after thea.
DSys 20 Mzssa biAss enill1nss sA1-
~ 'uasutsrs tols yoa ho~ Asssa tom
doae die l4s Nesk ~sli asy ais t~ins
Dsy % 49, its ss4n'l0as how hiss'
Blakss bsiR treated. A4ssa Iom eoAs
sign a aots Tar gennslass. an he s~At
pay. aH' dsy - Ter be sgeuon dSso 10
morrow. an Nzssz Tom not dead week
yea ssassly. Pc Ns=s' Kiaks
Ihat nixht Mr. Roman sat- up late In
his library. re4ding over letters &ha
papers hs had not seen IA Ten years
not since the day he al had that guar
rel With Tom Blake. for IL Mas that
same morning be bad received . cable
grsm calling him % Europe 20 take
possession Of large estate left him.
and yesterday he had reaehed home for
tho hrst time since his hurried depart
ure.
was Just beginning my battle with
the world then" be musedi now
feel like warrior. battle-scarred and
lonely. How enthusiastic Tom and /
we're theni how close our friendship
Was si'
And taking up an old letter, a low
laugh burst from his lips As he read its
witty illusions 10 an almost forgotten
college serape.
A very different look came into his
face as be glanced down the pages OF
the next letter which met his eye, and
read.
MY DEAR FKILow: After all, ind can
lead you that money. ] have seen old Brown,
and he Is willing 70 give IL II ! mortgage the
Meadow Farm / don't like mortgage but we
must save your home Brown imagines there
Is coai under that land. taink not. I'll tell
you a secret though ! know there is under
tie Geld adjoining
IN ten years hope 20 have money 20 open
my mining land; meantime I'n use my Meadow
Farm 20 save your home. ana you can repay ne
before the mortgage fails due. 1 had intended
u settle both farms on Nellie soon IS We
were married, 50 II any thing happens 10 me.
ms dear boy, you may consider Nellie and her
interests your legacy from
Yours as ever. Tom"
ITO think threw away a friendship
like that" almost groaned Mr. Roman,
IS he laid down the paper. Then a sud
den thought struck him, and he hastily
rang the bell.
Uncle Peter" he said. "who owns
what used to be Mr.. Tom Blake's
Meadow Farm"
"Old Mr.. Brown. sab; he got power
ful rich on dat farm. Yo' see. sab. hits
got a coal-mine in it. Oh, yes, sab, he's
rich"
And Tom mortgaged that land to
save my old home,' thought Mr.. Ro-
main, sOrrOwfully. al wonder il it
could be that the check / sent from En-
gland did not get TO him in time? In
any case he's dead, and Nellie and the
children penniless, and" glancing at
the letter again-''a legacy TO me-"
"An auction almost at Christmas evel
Why, it seems fairly barbarous,"
thought Mr. Roman, Indignantly, as
he entered what had been the pleasant
home of his friend Tom, and was so
soon to be left desolate under the hands
OF the aUctioneer-
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

hE 1Alh A htAf q hk hoAAiN
and the holder OF Mr. Bl4ke's unfortu-
na4e obligation. Al the claims agains.
the property were very soon met aud
thd n, after seeing the gentlemen depart
Mr Roman FASTENED 70 the little
klthhen.
Go for your mistress, aunue." he
saih, and ask her 10 please brAng the
chi ildren and come back al once There
is d paper she must read.
When Aunt Nancy delivered this mes
sage. few minutes later. 70 Mrs.
Blake, she was greatly surprised; but
with the patience born of deep suffer
ing, she at once called the children to
accompany her, and went home, won
dering as she walked along, how she
was to endure the agony Of seeing her
home despoiled OF its treasures
She had dreaded the sight OF wagons
and people moving her goods, AMI, Is
she entered the gate. was astoHished 10
see no one. Only Rollo. the old dog, lay
basding in the last rays Of the setting
sun, and bounded up 70 meet them.
The children ran ioyfully mp the walk,
anu a. bLo siRAt VI tho lDolHol "o'A
they entered, cried gleefuiy: Why.
mamma, may be dere wasn't no nauo-
tionl"
Mrs. Blake gave herself no time 20
think, but fastened from one room 10
another. seeking the lawyers, until she
came 10 her own room.
How pretty and homelike it still
lookeol There was her husbands big
armchair, still drawn up 10 the table,
just as she had left it; the family Bible
still lay on its seat but on it lay some
thing she had not left there, and as she
picked IL up she read her own name on
the big envelope. With fingers trern-
bling so she could hardly use them. she
tore ii open and read.
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

! Issssu e. siaA ii 80 ever a ssas laf asosasF
fe4F
A 1 ss~ tAat p. uaz sesasssa as'a sseh "a
anv4zs sag
a. ss slsas ehaasos shs sa1Eo if t1s sahne
elz CARS m4s tag,
bsF - EsQ 4tsi.iz' eonat.As sast re 9tEss
eafs "a 81.
Aai h u.ade ae feel - ssfel asAa 1 hsaz's s0t
ever J Flss
fli a. ASS segiaat stand Il. "a tAs day sfsrs
tla 1ky
! s1S8sa asas sstsl quiet, a ] laA ths kssrs
aaas
Cisar 1s8ea - ths Sre4t 30 citg, Iist paeked
"a psfgsa sifA fglks.
IEs haA sl4a' 81 az9py aa iaasaia an
masns' .ehes
1 ssms - 8 aae.s bgildia' ~fth popcorn strung
ia strings
Aa' bi7 i.a tsras an go-csrts al seers al
erlHs sn ralaEs
4ce fsi.sE Hg1a't elagatT pcold 0ut rad huns
a. serf sn naIt
AZ llid eat rbua shliin' a. ny aFns xuz
mHa h.A
Wa-a gos Back ham ia re sveain' ne
naonae sas CARA IA stIl
but ta. ll42a alz "a r-sla aooie over to old Tug
hA
Useks4 ~ sof 20 Jas's room an siid the latch
aa u.s. te4r
" aen siye o l.'np az u.y paekla's vent nyla'
90 .ls ns1r,
tsr there Euz % 3 ssanei1' In frontof painted
sled
An ~ hserd seot an there wuz Joe squat
t.l sp Ca bed
he give a iuue an landed a. / .n11saI ny
eoaas ~ -sss<.
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

~ telt two teht AIMS swim bear.hug
'ra1unt my neck
Sech tne cs 20 had-ssch hollsrln'l you
could hear rs FAR an ncar-
I'll nefcr have ositsr-n i've till hunderd
year
o., uelsa oorsi doat b stingy Easn 10 comes
% Caris mus day;
Ee eius tts hun year taro, but tn, put savin'
thoughts away
Lets have ons hearty laughin' time an let the
troubles CO.
Ferg,t your p9cEctbsoxs al give your heats
g-alce 20 grow
-Flsronce T. Pratt, 10 Judge.
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21
A hearty LAUoHla TiME
So Ns sst~a Sss - hsse Casis4 .a-s.
N11 as@ ~ k4llsa

- aas s4arca
t4at Cara 4. -
~ 1aa4t = ee8E
- IA -
EaF faeli85 sf
sas1ef1i - $40 d
t1a Hassit - sa<
. 4s
p a. earxll 4tEi -
E4assed Is Naz
- s4 -
s4s @asa tAaaah1
~ tA sa.4liaaa1
at case y Ektis
Isa
Ga p 80 CMs ksp
NFea aRta "a .
Cans maz 80 AZ
usss asfa
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21
ROMANS LEGACY.
rs Christmas Present % Mns
5lzxs aaa Her Ch4agsn

My tso days
aatlltArlstn4s
he~ al1ereas
shis ~nl Be sfEon
t1e e1s tleoked
for<ard - this
ysag the2RhE
Mr Remain ss
b . FestlsssIY
paced the eide
Eereh of his
= : a Z : . ~ .
keEa
H0s pleasant
tha air l. a
- ar m = a q
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

"An auction almost at Christmas evel
Why, it seems fairly barbarous,"
thought Mr. Roman, Indignantly, as
he entered what had been the pleasant
home of his friend Tom, and was so
soon to be left desolate under the hands
Of the aUctioneer-
Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

o4t1y - s9riasl E1q qsisits. n one b al
soas ons - saioy Il xith, bat L "a lone
sone Poor fsni How hoped 60 see
yea again, - tell yos shat the fault = "a
Hlne Ia that quarrel; and you sse dead
- buried oniy lass week. thsY tell me
4Ad | Am back IN Old Virginia With
nsseg > child or a ehick - nd me vel
come
'D0od- NORMA Mister Man will you
please tam % % nauction7'
As these w0Fds fell on his ear, Mr.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
African wit.
New York Sun,

Stanley told friend story which
illustrates the Africans qniclness of re-
tort. Il was talking with one of the
Ugangas," said Stanley, while monkey
the native had tanned was jumping from
limb to limb of tree near by. In a
spirit of fun said: You are not so very
much unlike monkeys. You Ugangas
speak to each other after a fashion, and
the monkeys make signs to each other
They understand each other, and that's
all you can do when you talk. Neither
you nor the monkeys know anything
that is going on outside of these great
forests.
"The Uganga man thought for mo-
ment, and then ran up to the monkey,
that had perched ON low limb near us.
Bending over the monkey, the man blew
on the monkeys back, separating the fur
as furrier does in exhibiting askin to a
purchaser. Then he turned to me and
pointed with triumphant gesture to
the monkey, saying, Monkey skin white;
UgaDga mans black"
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
TINE SONG OF the MARKET
PLACE.
ny .IAMEs BUCKHAM.

Gay was tie 'hrong that poured through 10"
streets Of the Old French town.
The walls with bunting streamed, and the nags
tossed mp and down ,,.
'Tyive l'ro. Viye l'roi!n the shout OF the peopio
rent the air. IN.
And the cannon shook and reared ana the uels
were all ablare
But, crouched by St. Peters fount, oeggar with
her child
Weary and faint and starved with eyes that were
sad and Wild
3azed on the passing crowd, and cried as It went
and came
Aims, for the love of Godi Pity in Jesus namer
Few were the coins that fell In the little cup she
bore,
But she looked at her starving babe and cried
from her heart tho more:
Aims, for the love OF Godi Mother OF Jesu.
hear"
The steeples shook with belle, and the prayer was
drowned in a cheer
But seei through the rhoushtlcss crowd comes
one with regal face
He catches the begsars prayer. and turns with
gentle grace:
aims thou shalt have, poor soul.--Alas, not
sou to share.
But stay ,"-and he doffs his hat and stands in the
crowded square
Then from his heart he sang little song of the
south,
far OF cradle soay. that fell from his mothers
Eonth
And tho din WIS hushed in the square and the
people stood as mute
AS the beasts in the Thacan wood when orphers
touched his lutte
The melting tenor ceased, and sob from the
Ist'ners came
'Mariol" cried socs. and the tarong caught up
the name.
'Xerio,' and the coins rained like shower Of
gold,
fill the singers hat oerfiowed like Midas chests
Of old
SISTER" be said, and turned to the beggar
crouching there,
Take it; the gold is thine; Jesu hath heard thy
prayer
Then kissed the white faced child, and smiling
went his way,
6laddened with kindly thoughts and the joy Of
holiday
That night when the footlghts shone the
famous tenors face,
And he bowed to the splendid throng with his
wonted princely grace
Cheer after cheer went up, aud stormed at with
flowers, he stood
Like dark and noble pine. when the blossoms
blow through the wood
Wilder the tumult grew. till out of his fine de
spair
The thought of the 6eggar rose. and the song he
had sung in the square.
Raising his hand he smiled. and silence filled
the place,
While he sang that simple afr. with the love light
on his face
Wet were the singers cheeks when the last note
died away
Brightest OF oil his bays. the wreath that he won
that dayi
Sung for the love Of God. sung for sweet pity S
sake,
Song of the market place. tribute of laurel take
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
Habits Of an Old Painter.
rHarper's Bazaar.1

Sidney Cooper, a famous and favorite
English painter and r.. A, now 81 years
young, as the Autocrat would say, de-
votes five or six hours day to painting,
and possesses excellent health and unim-
paired eyesight. He rises at and works
till 8, when he breakfasts on oatmeal
porridge, bread and fresh milk. At IL
he lays down his brush for luncheon, and
at cleans his palette for the day, and
goes to walk. At he dimes, and at 10
he goes to bed, and he believes that every
man who lives with equal abstemious-
ness, relinquishing tea and coffee, and
taking little wine, may do his work as
well, and bear his burden of years as
lightly on the verge of 80 as it his own
happy fortune to do.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
Cremation at Milan,

The italian clergy, unlike the clergy
Of France-and for the most part of Eng
land-haye never made any objection to
cremation, and at Milan, where nearly
1000 bodies have been cremated during
the last thirteen years, and where at the
present rate of increase cremations will
soon reach an average Of one day, the
same funeral service is performed,
whether the corpse be destined for slow
corruption under the earth, or for rapid
incarceration above ground. Two systems
Of cremation are followed at Milap
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20

naroids whole family are addicted to
much quoting from various authors and
the little 4-year-old has absorbed manv
OF these extracts into his active little
brain.
One day when he had been unusually
mischievous his grandma exclaimed in
despair:
"There! ! never did see such a bovr,
"Whereupon the little Hamlet pined
up briskly:
"WeL, take him for all in all, grand
ma, you ne'er shall lo"l upon his like
aoainW
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
Exploring for Water.

Inc practice of American oil well
sinkers of firing the torpedo to start a
dry or increase the flow of a sluggish
well has been taken advantage of in Eng
land successfully in the case of water.
At the Herne Bay Water works a well
bored into the chalk 576 feet deep from
the surface yielded little or no water,
and upon the advice of Messrs. John
Taylor & Sons two charges of roburite
were fired-the first consisting of TWEEN
ty-seven pounds of the explosive placed
at the bottom of the bore hole, and the
second of twenty-five pounds at fifty feet
above the former. The second shot had
the desired result, and produced vol
ume of water estimated at so, 900 gallons
day, which rose to the top of the well.
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
PORTLAND & WORCESTER III.
Portland s. Rochester II. II.
STATIDs FOOT or PREBLE STREET.

On and after Monday, Oct. H. asBSs
Passenger Trains will Leave EsortIan di
For = OrcssIer. Clinton, Aver junction,
Nashua, WindhRm and Ripping at 5.3sS
n. IA. anu 1880 y. M.
Yer n1nchesaer, Concord, AND pouts NORTH
at $3.50 .. m.
Fer Rochester, sprinRvale, Alfred, VVaxer~
hero and saco HsIver at 100 =. ns., 1854
and 5.sO p. M.
For SsOrhans at 30 and 1000 a. M. 1880
800, $3.50, $40 and IA 90 D. as.
Fer SnecnrnRPa, Cum be rland N iIls, W esa-
brook Junction and Woodford,s at 7.:sSA
and 1890 a. m, 80, 500, $50, 6.20
Fer Forest Avenue (Deering), $40 D. M.
The 1880 p. nm. train from Portland connects
az Aver Junction with "Ho0.ne Tunnel
Route" for the West and at Inion Station.
WoI cester, for Providence and New yorA,
via "ProvidencS Line,o for Norwich and
New Work, via Norwich Line' with Rosfou
q Albany u IL for the West, and with
New tOrh all rail, via, "Hpringaetd.,'
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 1 80 p. D.; from colchester AT ~.:sJ q ma.
4 80 and 5.5O p. M; From G0rham at b.4O,
$50 and 1850 N. M, $50, 4.3O, $50 and
saturdays only.
For through Tickets to all points West and
Sou Sou, p, apply to s. E. CORDWELL, Ticket Agent,
fortland, Me. W. PErEFS Supt
U. j. WlGGlN, Gen'l Ticket Agent oct7dti
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
The Fatal Ring.

1 was told singular tale of a ring
while ON a recent visit to a Paris
morgue. For nearly 100 years a certain
family of working people in Paris have
ended their lives by suicide. From IA
Their to son, from mother to daughter,
has been handed a plain gold ring, and
on the finger Of each of these suicides
has been found this trinket. It has been
called the fatal ring, and only last year
it made its appearance on the finger Of
young mantle last of the race. The
ring was buried with the corpse. The
cupidity of not even the most grasping
body finder could be tempted to the pos
session of this ominous golden circlet
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20

IUls common remark that farmers,
as class, are more healthy than other
people, mean farmers who till their
own soil with their own hands. They
exercise in the open air. The word ex-
ercise contains the secret OF their supe-
rior health BY setting free the waste
particles which have become useless the
system is relieved from a certain source
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
They Learn Early.
rWide AaWke1

A pretty fan was presented to a little
girl four years ago, and she, wishing to
show her new treasure. hung it on her
finger and held it out at arms length.
A lady on entering the parlor was at
tracted by the peculiar attitude of the
little girl, and finally said to her: "Isn't
it very fatiguing to hold out your arm
in that way SO long:" Said little Elsie
with deep sigh: "Isn't it always -tigu.
ing to be elegant"
The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20
Language Oddities.
[St. Louis Republic.1

IA recent lecture professor of Ian.
guages, in commenting on the Difficult.
ties foreigners had to overcome before
they could master our language, made
mention of the following pathological
oddities; The letter changes lover
INTO clover; d makes crow crowd. k
makes eyed keyed; g changes son into
song; transforms a pear into a pearl:
changes hoe into shoe; { makes
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The Portland daily press., 1890-12-20

and she turned toward the door with a
lastagonizing look. Many an eye followed
hers. and l think that no one would have
been astonished to see Anton Petrovitch
enter at that moment. But the door re-
manned closed; and now, for the first
time, l perceived the old peddler stand
ing near it, clad in his ragged pelisse.
His small, blinking eyes wandered
round the room, his gaze resting tiInidly
upon the judges, then passing on to
Akonlina and her children. AS he look
ed at the little ones an expression of
gentle kindness came into his face, such
as 1 had often seen when had no money,
and he gave me the pictures from Souz-
dial. When the president began TO read
the sentence Uncle Fedia listened for a
minute, looked up at the crucifix and
down at the children, then slowly, and
taking care to disturb no one, he made
his way to the platform and stood twist
ing his cap in his fingers.
What do you want" asked the presi-
dent of the court as he stopped in the
middle of his reading.
20 JONi ptluOti, oil, cdtu bHo Olu
man, this woman is innocent; set the
house on fire."
Inc judges and the people looked at
him In amazement, and the president
asked him some questions. His replies
were given awkwardly, but left no room
for doubt as to his guilt. He said TINT
he had spent the first part of the night
in question in the old mill, and had seen
Akonlina going with her bundle of straw
toward Anton Petrovitchs barn. Soon
after midnight he had made his way to
lvanofka and set fire to the house out of
revenge, the owner having caused him
to be cruelty beaten year before. AS
proof he mentioned small pot of tar
which had been found at Ivanofka and
which he had bought the day previous.
A feeling of relief spread among the
audience when it became evident that
the poor woman was not to suffer I'M
Justly, and every one seemed glad to
find that the first suspicious against the
Peddier were correct. A new sentence