Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-22
COUNT TOLsTOI.
INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES OF ms
YOUTH.


Russians, one Of them being Count
Lei Tol.toi. In the fortie. the writer
was studying at the University Of
kalan, aud when Leir rolstol entered
his name Oh the books " the Uniyets.
ity. The frat time they met was At
the house " one of the prDfc~s nrs whom
IOlstoi had requested to coach" him
IN Russian literature, and the impre-.
sion made 10y the future novelist was
anything tut favorable. "i. to-, oc.
chsiOnally came 70 these lectures, Keep
ing al oof from the Count, who Ind r..
PEELED me the very inst time We came
together by his assumed frlgidlly, hi.
bristling half. aud the c0ntemIituous
expression Of his blinking eyes.
This was the first time IN my
life that hal sven n Young
man pnncl up with such u
strange an incampreheusibl, feeling
OF his own imt Ortaucc, aud such *.
aggcrale sslf..stis'i'tiOn Ia, prl.
lessor, always In the sans female Goa.
tune, aud perfectly ut his ea,e I'm
spite OF tie presence OF the con.
ccited Count, would pace the r ION,
with heavy stops, nagrating some event
In the history " literature. ia n loud.
whlstling tono VI v5lce, lust NJ N hs
were IN the lecture room a lIf..,lnr
his students The le.ture over. the
Count would leave the house without
wasting n word On taking his leave.
Ho csmo up for cxa. ninntlDn q pvcnipr
dress, accompanied by relative or
tutor. The Count got In with
the so'callcd arispsrit!r set at tho
University, aud would scairuly Ielgn
10 acknowledge my salutati1us Il. II
desirou. ofptOvlng that even there we
were far from equal, seeing that lac lin /
been driven ny u courier, whesca. /
had come on foot.
AFTER having failed & pas lis OK.
aminatious, the Count rnterri the Law
Faculty, and 80 We mrt In the corridor
almost every day. | continued with
tue sumo feeling u curloUty and Der.
plcxity NJ before 10 ohsuryr the ha,,yh.
" figure Of the Count, who was %.
viously emhlltcrci by his failure tp
pass. Atthls conjunctIrc the Duke OF
Lelehtenberg paid n visit TO Hogan,
and his arrival was celebrated with
balls aud other festivities. The au.
thoritics Of the University drew 40 u
list Of students who were 20 be Invited
10 dance AZ the ball given by the Mar.
sha OF Nobility, nni fols,ol was one
OF tho number. After the Dukes de-
p1rturc, when the hall was the theme
OF lively dlscuslonamong the students
Of the atistocfatlc vet. the Count kept
aioof, taking no part In what Interested
the other. 10 profoundly. II was pvi.
dent that his comrades pot him down
as o great original and philosopher. -
Tho writer then goes on g. describe
how they mot again, this tim, In the
prison OF the university, u the lookup
deserves such Formidable name, where
they were condemncl 10 lnngui-h only
very short time br being late tor one
Of the lectures aud disturbing the other
students Ia the lecture room. The
Count had obtained permission 10 have
his private attendant In the corridor 10
walt upon HIN.
Throwing Oh bis cloak, aud Without
s..su s~st--r ssts sses-s " &nihR Wv
slightest notice Of me. tho Cout Mt walked
TO and fro, now looking out OF the win.
dow, now buttoDing and unbut,oning
his cont, aud generally giving unnis'
taxable outward indlr lii0n, OF the
lmpatlunco aud irritation he iclt at his
ridiculous position. Profoundly lndig-
nant ut hts behavior, lay there, my
face hidden with u book and EN-.
delvoriug 10 show that had not
noticed tho Counts presence. lie
suddenly opened the door aud
called his servant Ia loud command.
Ing voice, n II In his own house.
Tell the colchman,' (who was prob.
ably waiting nj the door II drive past
the wlniows.' AN right replied the
servant, aud the Count took his station
Mt one Of the windows with the intcn.
ton Of killing tins ~ best he could,
~ continued 10 read, but yelling nj
last - the impulse within me got up
aud went also b. the window, aud saw
the coachmin Ia the street, his hand.
stretched out In font, now trOttlng
the horses, now mixing them gallop
madly ON.
ave exchanged n few words Mt first
about llie horses, but before an hOui
had elapsed W. were engaged In u
warm, endless discussion, Ia which the
subject matter was Of Infinitely les.
i'm por,auce than the strange hairud
that at once manifested itsell
between ul. several decade, have
passed away since the mvmor .hle
iour.and.twcnty hours | involunt lily
passed In the same room with Count
Tol.tol nud | ardent
liz wish could call to mint every
word spoken during our incarceration
but my mind retains only the general
impression. "a
mrmber that Tolatoi, noticing III,
Demon "a plellcal production Of the
poet Lermont0ifl, spoke safcstlcally 81
poetry generally, aud then soolng o
volume " kartmlecn's history lying
near me, delivered himself ofa philip
pic agains, history, describing II rs u
wearl-ome and almost useless study
History he maJestlcally proclaimed
lis but u collection Of hble- and good
for.nothlng details, beslulded with
number VI figures aud proper names
The death OF Il igu, or the snake tina
stung Olvg-what arc these but myths
aud who cannot got along withou
knowing that VANS second marfing
took place ON the list August
1862, and his fourth IN the year l6I2
And yet am required 10 know al
that, TO cram II into my head, aud II
don't know II they'll give me uni
tor my examination mark, And hos
II history writtenr IL Is all squeeze,
and fitted into the mould devised Lc
forehand by the historian. Ivan g.
Terrible, on whose reign Proigs'o
lvanolI Is l,olurlng this term, flom th
virlious and wise ruler that he 10
been, was suddenly mutAm1rphosed IN
10 a crackbralned, savage tynut. Hos
and why? These nre questions yo'
had better never put IL WI
Ia these words, or words 70 that eilet
that my fellow prisoner gave EXPIRE
sion TO his We've"
Tho discussion and conversation
went on all night. Among the othe
sublects discussed was the university
Toistoi poured out the vials OF hi
wrath on this Institution and ON aca
IDENTICAL sciences generally.
"rhe expression, Temple OF seience
was pcrpetually ON his lips. itemalI
Ing US serlousas an undertaken lac dre'
for me In few words the portraits
our professors, making ihem cut sue
| A..neas thut In anitn nl IN