The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-20

for usually he was Laden with them, ant
he carried his prizes in them. Now b.
came with only one. Immediately b.
showed his nose Mrs. Loyets darted il
front of him and said, Where are tht
bags"
Il attest my conscience, began Lovets.
Il ask, where are the bags"
Il attest my conscience" repeated Low
| cts.
Very we'll, let your conscience procure
your food till next market day. As To-
me, have no dinner TO give you.
Lovets hung his head. because he knew
| his wife's words were unanswerabie. HI
took off his ovcrcoat. Immediately trans
formation took place in him. The con
science remained in the pocket of the coat
which now hung on the door, Loyets sud
denly felt himself relieved and free as here
tofore. 1t seemed to him again that moth
| ing in the world belonged to others, that
everything belonged to himself. The apti
| tude to appropriate and to devour every
thing reappeared in him.
| He, hei now you will not escape me
| my good friendsn' he cried, rubbing hi:
| hands, and he rapidly put on his overcoat
In order to return in haste to the market
! But, oh, miraclei scarcely had he put on
this garment when his eagerness was cut
short. He seemed to be two men-the one,
when without his greatcoat impudent and
void of deiicacy; the other, in the great
coat, timid and modest. Notwithstanding
that he felt himself filed with the most
benevolent sentiments, he did not give up
his return TO the market place. Per.
haps," he thought. ~ shall be able to con.
quer this ailment"
But the nearer he approached the mar.
ket the more his heart beat and he felt the
need of showing some kindness to this poor
crowd, who toiled from morning till night
in rain and in mud in order to gain two ko
pecks. He had not thought of others
goods. Far from it; his purse became a
trust, because he realized that the money
in it was not his, but his neighbours.
Here are fifteen kopecks, my friend, " he
said TO peasant, giving him the money.
why do you give me that, great simple
TOM"
1T is indemnity for my grievous injus
tees. Forgive me, for the love of God"
"Ehi may God pardon your
Thus he went through the whole market
distributing his money. The thing done,
doubtless he felt himself relieved of a
great weight: nevertheless he remained
extremely pensive.
Il have certainly contracted some i'll
ness" he said again. Il had better &c
home, and l will take the occasion to call
all the poor that meet along the way and
/ will feed them"
He did as he said. He collected large
number of poor and led them into his
courtyard. At the sight his wife lifted heI
hands to heaven asking what new extrav.
agance this was Lovets approached her
gently and said, Here are the people, my
little Theodosie, whom it was my duty to
bring to you. Feed them, for the love OF
God"
But he had hardly time to take off his
greatcoat when he again felt himself freed
from the bondage. Seeing from his win.
dows all the poor OF the town collected in
his court, he could not understand what il
meant. What was the motive of this gath,
ering? Must he feed them all?
WHO are all those people?" he asked,
pointing to the court.
What; those people there9 Those are
the vagabonds that you told me to feed"
replied Nine. Lovets, sullenly.
LET them be chased away by the shoul
ders" he cried in fury, and he rushed
into the house like mailman He paced
up and down the room, saying, what has
come to me?" What! he the punctual
man, ferocious when it concerned the full
fillment of his professional duties, had
suddenly become as limp as a rag?
'Theodosie Petrovna. my little mother
let me be bound for the love of God! j feel
that today shall commit some absurdity
that will not be undone in a year." he said
in supplicating tone
His wife recognized that there was some
thing seriously wrong with her husband
She undressed him, put him to bed and
made him drink hot potions Then the
idea struck her to go to the anteroom and
rumnlage in the pockets of his greatcoat
The one contained an empty purse, the
other a piece of dirty oily paper. When
she unfolded this paper she exclaimed
with shudder: Here is the trick he has
played us, the wretch! He carries his con
science in his pocketn
Then she meditatad how to get rid OF
this conscience and ON whom TO palm it
1t was necessary that she should not crush
her chosen victim under the blow, but
merely cause him some unimportant incon.
venience. Finally she decided that it
would be best to locate the conscience will
the Jew financier, Bzjotski, the originator
of many important schemes, the creator OF
sundry railways. He, at all events, has
strong neck; he will be able to support it,
she thought.
She then prudently slipped the conscience
into stamped envelope, on which she
wrote Bzjotskis address; then she threw
the letter into the letter box.
Nov" she said to her husband on enter 1
ing her house, you may safely go to the
market"
Bzjotski was seated at dinner, surround I
ed by his family At one side of him was
one of his sons. aged ten years. The child
meditated on the operations of the bank.
What happens, little father, if place /
at 20 per cent. the money you have given /
me2 How much shall have at the end OF I
the year."
AT simple OF compound INTEREST,"" de
manded Bzjotsh.
AT compound interest, little father. Of .
course"
AT compound interest 1t will be forty. /
five ruhles and seventy nine kopecks, with ,
out counting the fractions"
Then, little father. shall invest them 1
that way"
DO so. my Roy, but make sure it is a safe /
investment"
On the OF der side OF the table sat Bzjot-
skis other son. a child of seven, and he
was occupied in resolving an elementary /
problem of arithmetic in his head. Oppo-
site to Bzjotsh sat his beautiful spouse
holding her little new born daughter in he:
arms, who instinctively stretched toward
her mothers gold bracelets.
In a word. Bzjotski was happy man
He was preparing to taste an extraordI-
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