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In 1851 serfjom was abolished. The twenty;
sly Gessants OF the Village Of Poostoyfa, ot
,heir iibstation. Tie msnnr u their master.
who had inherited the village from distant
relative. stood always nnoccupied. Their mas.
and tho serts that RS owned. ThY serfs were.
sat ss %S1 they Tt they
were free. they hardly knew what II meant;
Goyernment surveyors came aud anporti2nci
TO tor ess Ta wns sss ssaa
had mad when their master owned the estate;
lone them more harm than good. They. were
told. moreover. that. as y community Of FREQ
Government authorities. They called y meet.
ng for tat rpo:s lyan Was ,a SnIy E Mas ma,
ton. He Begged hi. fellow Villagers to let hin
Ss mSre aa% NJ tHan he to f ""t as SIT
they shout I'd elect another man. The brandy
they drank. but his request was not needed:
the community had elected him. and he must
serve. His PRINCIPAL duty was to- 70 collect tho
's:t We're p"or. and N eond not T nay % them in fSii
When the natchalnik tGorernmcnt, agent
cnme in the autumn and tho staro,tl had not
in prison for month. or still longer. for the
neglect of duty" Ivan ,scryod as s,arosta nine
in prison because he could not collect from his
nelghhors tie tnil amount Of taxes which the
In the meantime Ivan's children grow ur.
His eldest son WAS taken into the army AMI
lost sight OF. leaving a wife and child at home.
volga. as his, father had done in Ills younger
days. One daughter married aud another
wh9 his f9" ony not d hep Wss farU hs IS
Al tie age Of 80 years, Ivan's strength gave
around the house His wife died. Five years
attend to the work around the house with the
usual energy u son petro. who now was the
recognized head ot the household. came to the
for nothing and must get out OF the house. For
imnnt.ly tuna the rector Of IL the p parish required
able to attend to that. and he was EN- mpioyed
Grandpa Ivan. as he was called. felt good as a
hcekeeper. He could stretch himself and
summer day lie could inhale the iragraiics
of the woods and meadows and listen to the
bees. But his happiness lasted only five years
He grew too feeble to attend even to the bee
Year later his eyes Erew si dim % Il. coTd hards
From that time his life was srent between
stool ut the door Of his hut. In the m morning
when the weather was c!enr. lie felt his way to
tie fresh air. air. Wien tired Of et sttn. @ outse %ena Ha
felt his way back to his couch behind the oven.
II, was ; t%Ieraed with IL grace BY hi. son. who
Vert den" How i"ns viii tSse 'sM . eat
ing bread for nothing. old devll' Very little
a day. Which lie soaked in water. but even that
ps9ins the a. st avs EssH e I lis life ysn WAS in
felt rather Good-restiul In the evening. when
petro ct ei came home. he sterped up to the couch
So s% fsa%r Stfs" 8!
dsvi and he sat down to his s'iprer per- with an an
air Of Disappointment. Ivan passed away
%nettiiy tiy Nst1sr his AXenja
was dead They sat in the dingy hut doing
their needlework by the light Of tho pine link.
Nor did Ivan himself know that his life roasod.
The same mntionless thought which was in
him while he lived hovered over his old bones.
The door opened. and Petro entered. The red.
smoky smoky name me Of the pine link tlickered in the
Is grandpa still living" Tetro asked, and
stepped up TO the old man $ couch. He pulled
the coverlet-no groan Of recognition. He
shook the oil nan-no sign Of lif.. That time
his father did not disappoint him: he was
We'll. women Petro said coolly. "he is
dead, Tomorrow we will bury him. We must
cal the parson'
The women began crying aloud The child
in the cradle awoke up and cried also. The
mother took lin to her breast and fed him.
He fed Greediy: he wanted to live. He knew
Petro. and like his own fnther.
now young man OF about 20 years. he must
L i Dor Dor an his Iife and die at last as one who