Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-22

shall we carry with US from the uni.
verslty? Just reflect aud answer me
c0nsoientiously. What shall we take
with US from this holy II holes?
When we return whence we came. TO
the country, what shall we be good forp
Who will have need OF u.s. he insisted.
"a martyr to sleeplessness. merely
listened, obslinaiely refusing 10 speak
"At break Of DAY the door opeupd.
the turnkey walked In, made his bow,
aud Informed W that we were nj liz.
erty ani could return TO our homes,
"rOlstoi pressed his cap down over
his cyeS, wrapped himself up in his
beaverlinel mantle, slightly nodded
~ me, aud with n parting word OF
abuse g. the temple lef the lookup,
accompanied by his servant anu the
turnkey. =.
"rhe las, time we met was at the
yearly examination that gave the right
10 pass from Unc course into the next.
Tho law students, paralyged
with fear, were waiting for the ARRIVAL
OF the DlOOdthlraty professor OF history.
"TOletOi's name was cnllei out aud
he walked up to the able and took up
a folded ticket containing question.
Manwliile moved as heaf n. could,
ani waited patiently further develop.
mcnts. was extremely curious {
Know In what way my f.llow.stuIent
wouh Iis.ing1lsl himself, for Ia my
heart ! acknowledged tina. lie was "A
nsu Of fafr intellectual powers.
IA minute passed; two crept lalliy
hyi several minutes elapsed. waite Ell
nni waltct while my heart siuk with.
iu me; meanwhile Tolstoi looked nt
tht question on his iicket, blushed and
Kept silent II was proposed that he
should lake nnothrr ticket instead OF
tue one he had; heidi 40, hut behaved
himself rs before. Thu professor also
rvmilnrd silent. lEing hi. mocEiur,
mslignant gaze Un the student. This
painful s'cru NJ last came 10 mn end,
when TolstOi deliberately nut back the
ticket on the tihls. turned right about,
anu taklng not the slightest notice Of
anyone walked slowly towards the
exit. "A cipnrf; he's got cipher
he ri them whisper around nv.
completely lost my heal from excite.
mrht, tut huhrd 10 whispered In the
group Of aristocrats standing near me,
that certain Indies " the h highest circles
had requested the professor u spare the
Count aud thai he hal promised not TO
give u unit. well, u was an ingenious
way 10 get out of tho diflculty,'
hepri some students remark; he has
only % give him u cipher, AMI Ia has
kept bis promistv
81 listened 10 tue Jokes and snllles Of
wit that Tolstoi's action provoked, but
In the depth Of my heart felt, In fact
] was prepared 10 swear, that hu knew
the subject ~ well ~ tho o,hers, and
could have answered the questions,
ut woul not. But why heacteI thus
AMI not otherwise, whether through
excess We bashfIlnees or pride, have
nuvcr been able 10 discover
zone Of r0lstol's comrades who had
served with him In Snba,topol during
the war gave NJ. Naz utlulr an Interest.
Ing account OF his life ia that city:
'Iolstoi, with his funny stories aud
hstlly composed verses, frightened
aud cheercd us up Ia the sadde.t mo.
ments VI life ON the battlefield. When
he was In our midst, the days ilew ly
like moments; when abscnt-hc would
occasionally run or TO Simfcropol-we
all hung our heads. A
day would drag Its slow
length aloug, a second, and third.
AZ last he would return, for nil the
warld like the prodigal Son, gloomy,
lie would then take me
aside and begin his confession and
contrltion. lie would tell me all about
II; how he had led y gay, dlssolute life,
how no had gsmblcJ, where he had
passed his days aud his nights, and
during all this he would condemn and
torment himself M II he were u terri
bic criminal. IL was
a plt,ous sight 10 look upon him while
he wns thus morally iligellating him.
self. That's the kind
OF man he was. A queer sort Of fell
low, aud | may say beyond my com
psehcnslon, but, on the other hand, lie
was n splendid comrade, most honest
a1ul. whom II Il impossible ever TO for.
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