Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-11

here; You think en- a bunGle Of Fatalities.
J dessay, Welt when the news was
brought us, his poor old worm lifts his
hsI up 10 the sun an says, God do so to
me IN more also, he says, If ever falls
across RooshianH An God send me a
Rooshlan Just enc. he says, meanin that
Rooshians don't grow on brambles here.
aeonis. Now, tie boy was our own flesh
Well, sir nigh 10 year went by. an
we two were sittin', one quakin's night
beside this very FIRE, hearkenin to the
bedlam outside; for twas the big storm in
severity, an even indoors we must shout
TO make ourselves heard About 10 as we
was thinking to alIeycouchey, there comes
a bangin' on the door. an Isaac gets OPP
an lets the bar down, singin out Who
is it?'
There was a big young man twixt the
door posts drippm wet, wi smears O.
blood on bis face, an white teeth shown
when he talked Twas a hult-furrin talk,
an he spoke a bit faint too, bat fairly
grinued for joy to see cur warm tirc-s2
his teeth were white rs pearl.
All, sir, he cried, You will hep?
I Our bark is ashore below is poor
bother,. You viii send for help? YOU
will udy'
Then Isaac stepped back. and spoke
very low-'What nation? he asked She
Is kuss-we are all Russ Is poor brothers
from Archangei' said the young man as
soon as he took in the question My man
slowed round on his heel and walked to
the hearth here; but the sailor stretched
out his hands an saw the middle finger
of his right hand was gone You viii
aid, Ell? An, yes, you viii aid. They ere
clingin Sob poor brothers and many
have wives. But Isaac said, Thank thee,
God, and picked up log from the hearth
here. Take 'em this message, said be,
facin round; an runniu on the sailor,
WHO was faint and sway in beat him forth
wi the bunin stick and boted the door
upon him
After that we sat quiet, he an i, all
the night through, never takin our clothes
off An at daybreak lsaa. walked down
TO the shore. There was 10 hin to see
but two bodies, an ne buried them an
waited for more. That eyeniu another
came in, an next day two, an so on for a
se'nnight. Ten bodies in all he picked up
and buried / he meadow below, An on
the f urth day he picked up a body wi
one finger missin', under the Mare Head.
Twas the young man he had driven forth,
who haq wandered there ana broke his
neck. Isaac buried him too An that
was ALL except that the coastguaTd found
an held an inquest over an carr d off to
churobyMd.
so it befell an for FIVE year neither
Isaac nor me opened moth pom il, not to
each other even. An then, one MONDAY.
a sailor knocks at the koor an goin out,
/ see be was "A iurrier. wi great white
teeth showin' dro' his beard. i be come
to see Mister Isaac Lepine, he says, in
his outandish English So J called Isaac
out; an The stranger grips EN- 10y the
hand an kisses EN- sayin, Little father,
takes me to their graves My name is
Feodore Himkotf, ard my brother. Dimitry
was among the crew Of the Niatka. You
would know his body if you buried it, for
the second finger was gone from has right
hand. ! myset--wre.ched onel--chOpped
it by bad luck when we were boys an
played at wood-cuttin' vi our father AK
| have heard how they persisted far from
aid and how you gave EN- burial in your
own field and ! pray TO all the saints for
you. be says
so Isaac led EN- to the field and show
en- the grave that was siaked off long WI
the rest God help my poor man! be was
too big a coward to speak So the man
staid wi us till shutdown an kissed us
pom both cheeks an went his way, bless.
in us. God forgive us-God forgive us
An ever since he's been breaking our
hearts dro' the post-Cfice wi such like
precious balms as these here. She broke
off to settle Isaac more comfortably in his
chair. Ills all we can do to get rid Of
en- on poor trampin fellows same as your-
self. "