New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
THE FROZEN RINE Err.


Far away where the mighty Ni'fula rolls us
turbid waters through widely extending plains ana
pIuncYaI forests the shades 81 when arr sol"",s
troddcn ny the foot Of man. and where the "Oli
and the savage bear hold unGi>'urbed sway MnS
little island oi some four acres IN extent, Wheie
an cX-troopcr Of Russian cavalry had pIlcheu ms
tent, after quitting the service on account ~ Il
wound that ne ha1 received on the trrr''Ic u'4
of l;alaliava. Ivan lpanoh was tdIi' Po"cIlui
man Of thirty years of age, whose INJURY ntd
not been Of 50 serious natuTc rs 10 prevent Ms
cultiVating the land which lay around MS sius
loc-cabn. and using his rifle with uheIIllS
dcXtcrtV against the savage dcnzcns oi the lo!T't'
which roaucd al Will upon the banks on cI'neI
side of the stream. When he had 3lH'Ss.,' -
sufficient quantity of skins, he would l"d" l"''il
upon "a hand-sed and proceed 10 the Town ol
T,rtil;of, some forty miles away. Nicr lew
days carousc, ne would return VITA tlc sIe m ,
with rcccSsaics and few Injuries 10 the cottage
on the island, where his AGED mother, Rizma lp"h
Off, awaited his return. :,
R.zma's head WAS filed with all H" WciIu
LEGENDS of the supernatural dWellcrS IN lc pi'lnS
and forests. and She was always in dcaHIN terror
lest her son might fall into tie power ol soihc
Oi The terrible creatures who haunted tl' solltiIA
place where he had taken up his residence N.e
dreaded tn" fair grec1-clad women "ho were I'D
b. met with in the forest slade>. VIII, with allur-
ing gestures. invited the wayiarcr into SOM, Sc
q,icstc1cd spot and there rent him rJ' from llhp
thc hdcous creatures, hai-wOlt and halt-huhai
being the spectral hunter. who secured the pans
at midnight and cndcavo?cd 10 tempt The pcla'cd
peasant to traffic away his immortal soul ior GER
lain advantages IL his world. Only 7" W P'I-
chased by everlasting pcrdit'on in the next hnt,
t,.3N all. S.lr uIfitt' lit S'I'lr' ''''"'
which haunted tie river, ana Of whom me super
s;itious rustics spoke with hated breath
Bn, Ivan lpaaon. during his military career,
had lost great deal Of the belief III IN" taPS ne
had imbhrd during his boThood. ana L" MS
mothers intense horror would, rs ne sat smoking
his pipe cast doubts upon them. 49,.
one night, rs Ivan was cleaning his gun ana Ills
mother occup pied WITH her disan, the old woman
IVAN ny dear boy, my heart is very sad con-
ccTIlnG Nou. ne ,
And WHY should il he So mother" returned
the nan. diaWu4 toc clc1nne-rod out "i 'Hr
barrel of his piece and gazing upon III" on
wcmaD's excited face with som" surprise surely
nave done nutiilu- 70 ven Nou'
" Ivan, answered Tie old woman, You nave
changed greatly and have become such terIIpc
nbchcvcr thai | l,Hr that some great c{ii VIII
used 10 press close 70 my knee IN tcrro: when |
told you Of the strange uHcarthly hclnr, VII" were
sometime, f. lee Seen in he pains the forests anu
Bnt now" interrupted her son, am n nlan,
and do not give full credit 70 all these silly taS
Are you ercycd, mother, that AIN no longer
wien Won have lived in the world ion> IS
| have. son Ivan" replied tie old woman I'i ~
nett lei at heI sons remark, You VIII know Del
Ter But j, is not that about which sire" 10
speak 10 YOU. | Nuppos" that y"n VIII ~ .'i"E
10 pcttkOn soon ..
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lie town and there are the tracks If two line bears
on the riaht bank and that :, TIE reason why
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