Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-02

how he married the girl; how he moved
over to the city to live; how he was
taken on as man'of all work; how he
served the governor; how he built the
cathedral; how he made the river with
the vessels on it, and how the governor
had ordered him to go there, without
knowing where, and bring that, without
knowing what.
The old woman listened and stopped
to weep. She began muttering to her.
self.
"All right" she said; "sit down, lit
tie son, and eat"
| Emelyan ate, and the old woman
started giving him instructions.
"Here," she said, ''you have ball.
Roll it before you, and go after it
wherever it runs. You will have to go
a long way--to the ocean. You will
| get to the ocean, and there you will see
a large city. Enter the city, and ask in
the farthest house for nights lodging.
There you must search for what you
need"
"But how, grandmother, shall know
what it is?'
"When you see what people obey bet
ter than father or mother that will be
the thing. Catch hold of it and carry
it away. You will bring it to the
governor; he will tell you that you have
not brought what was needed, and you
must then say, If this is not the thing
it must be broken in pieces Beat upon
it and then take it to the river; break it
and throw it into the water. You will
then get back your wife"
Emelyan bade the grandmother good
by and departed, rolling the ball before
him. The ball rolled and rolled and
brought him to the ocean. By the ocean
was large city. At the far end of it
was big house. Emelyan asked for
leave to sleep in the house and was ad-
mitted. he lay down to sleep. Early
in the morning he awoke and heard the
father going up to arouse his son that
he might send him to chop wood. The
son does not obey.
"It is early yet" he says; "there is
time"
Eme1yan hears the mother getting
down from the oven, and she says:
$50, my little son; the fathers bones
are aching. Must he go himself? It is
time"
The son merely smacked his lips and
slept once more. While he slept there
arose terrible noise in the street and a
beating, as of drums. The son jumped
up, put on his clothes and ran out into
the street. Emelyan also jumped up
and ran after him.
"What is that which the son obeyed
better than father or mother"
Emelyan ran out and saw man go
ing along the street and carrying round
thing on which he beat with sticks and
which rumbled. This thing the son
obeyed. Emelyan ran toward it, began
to examine it and saw-a thing that was
round, like barrel, and had both ends
covered with skin. He began to ask
what it was called.
"a drum" the man said.
Emelyan was surprised and he asked
that it should be given him. 1t was not
given. Emelyan gaze up asking and
commenced to walk after the man. He
walked all day, and when the man lay
down to sleep Emelyan snatched the
drum away and ran off with it. He ran
and ran and came home to his own city
He thought that he would see his wife,
but she was no longer there. She had
been taken off the next day to the gov
ernor.
Emelyan reported to the governor:
"He who went there, without knowing
where, has brought that, without know
ing what"
The announcement was made. The
governor ordered that Emelyan should
come the next day. Emelyan started to
announce himself again.
~ have come today" he said, "and
have brought what was ordered. Let
the governor come out to me; If not,
will myself go in"
The governor went out.
Where" he says, shave you been"
He answered.
"You have not been there" said the
governor. "But what did you bring?"
Emelyan wanted to show him, but the
governor did not want to look.
''That is not it," he said.
eff it is not" said Emelyan, sit must
be broken, and the devil with it."
Emelyan went out with the drum and
beat upon it. AS he beat upon it all the
military of the province collected around
Emelyan. They saluted him and waited
for orders from him. The governor be-
gan shouting out to his soldiers that
they should not follow Emelyan. They
paid no attention, but all marched after
him. The governor saw it and ordered
that Emelyan's wife should be brought
ont before him. He asked that Emelyan
give him up the drum.
81 cannot" said Emelyan; II have
orders to break it and throw the pieces
in the river"
Emelyan went with the drum to the
river, and the soldiers followed him.
Near the river Emelyan broke the drum
skin. He broke the wood into small
fragments and threw them into the
river. And all the soldiers ran away.
Emelyan took his wife and led her
home. From this time the governor
ceased bothering him, and Emelyan be-
gan to live comfortably, gathering
around him the good things of life and
Kidding himself of the bad.-Count Tol.
stoi in New York Sun.
Arrested by His Wife.
els the officer in command inr" asked
women in the Twenty second district
station after she had pushed large
sized man up the stone steps from the