Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-11-18

Had not better 20 home 10 SIC ~ nave
taken leave of my senseSt" Hoping that
the ailment would pass, he walked about
the market. looking here and there. There
was a crowd of varied things. especially
much poultry, and everything seemed to
say TO him: "He has only to stoop 10, take.
The distance Is great brtween cup and
ips" Meanwhile the peNsants, seeing |
that our man wss not In his usual trim |
and that he restricted himself to directing |
his eyes To their goods. grew more daring. |
They dared Ia Joke with him aud called |
him "Booby. son of booby."
NO. AN seized with some unknown
NIuess," said I.ovets to himself. and he ~
turned home empty handed. His wife
awaited him, speeulating ON the number
OF hags Of lime bark that he would bring,
for usually he was laden with them, and
he carried his prizes In them. Now he
came with only one Immediately he
showed his nose Mrs. l.ovets darted In
front OF him and said. Where are the
bags"
81 attest my conscience" began i.ovets.
II ask, where are the bagsf"
IL attest my conscience repeated 10.
ets.
"Very we'll. let your conscience procure
your food till next market day. Az for
me, have no dinner To give you"
iovets hung his head. because he knew
his wifes words were unanswerable. He
took of his ovcrcoat. Immediately n trans
formation took place In him. The con
science remained in the pocket of the coat
which now hung on the door. l.ovets sud
denly felt himself relieved and FREE as here
tofore. Il 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 reappesred In him.
"He! bel now you will not escape me,
my good friends he cried, rubbing his
hands and he rapidly put ON his oyercoat
| In order to return in haste to the market.
hut, oh, miracle. scarcely had he put ON
this garment when his eagcrness was cut
| short lie seemed to he two men-the one,
when without his greatcoat, impudcnt and
void OF dclicacy; the other In the great
coat, timid and modest Notwithstanding
that he felt himself filled with the most
benev olent sentiments, he did not give up
his return to the market place. Per
haps," he thought, II shall he 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 10 gsln two ko-
pecks. He had not thought VI others
goods Far from IL; his purse became q
trust, because he realized that the money
in IL was not his, but his neighbor's
''Here ARE fifteen kopecks, my friend, !" he
said To a peasant, giving him the money.
why do you give me that, great simple
ton,"
at il indemnity for my grievous injus
| fnre h.4 lnva af (ttlh "
"Ehi may God pardon your
Thus he went through the whole marke
distributing his money. The thing done
doubtless he felt himself relieved OF
great weight; nevertheless he remainet
extremely pensive.
II have certainly contracted some Ill
ness " he said again. II hal better ~
home, aud | will take the occasion 10 cal
all the poor that meet along the way ans
will feed them"
lie did as he said He collected a larg
number Of poor and led them into hi
courtyard. At the sight his wife lifted he
hands to heaven, asking what new extrav
agance this was I.ovets approached he
gently and said Here are the people, IN
. little Theodosie, whom IL was my duty /
bring 10 you. Feed them, for the love q
. God"
greateoat when he again felt himself free
, from the bondage. Seeing from his Sii
:. dows all the poor OF the town collected
his court. he could mot understand what
!. meant What was the motive OF this gatl
crings Must he feed them slls
"Who are all those peoplef he asks
! | pointing to the court.
What; those people theres Those a
the vasrabonds that you told me TO feed,
{ replied Mime. I.ovets. sullenly.
.sLet them be chased away by the shou
dersl'' he cried in fury, and he rushe
into the house like mailman. He pace
!, up aud down the room, saying, What h
!, come to met" What he, the punctu
:, man, ferocious when II concerned the ia
fllment Of his professional duties, had
/, suddenly become n limp IN ragf
''Theoiosie petrovna, my little mothe
let me be bound for the love OF Godi ] fe
!. that today shall commit some absurdi
that will not be undone In year" he sa
], In a suppiicatihg tone.
= His wife recognized that there was som
thing seriously wrong with her husban
y She undres~ed him, put him to bed an
!. made him drink hot potions Then q
e idea struck her TO go to the Rnteroom al
rummAge In the pockets of hts greatcox
a The one contained an empty purse, q
N other piece OF dirty oily paper. VIII
"a she unfoIded this paper she exelaime
& with a shudders Here In the trick he b
played US, the wretchi lie carries his co
"A science In has pocketW
:. Then she mesitatxd how 10 get rid
I. this conscience and on whom to palm
- It was necessary that she should not cru
her chosen victim under the blow, b
m merely cause him some unimportant inct
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