New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15
4 NEU IINON or ATHENS.
A RUSSIAN MILLIONAIRE WHO VOLUNTARILY
CHOSE A PAUPER's GRAVE.
r-o, Tho Westminster Budget.

CHOSE PAUPERs GRAVE.
From The Westminster Budget.
The sad story tod by The Telegraph ~
Petersburg correspondent might have oeeh "Ss We
truth. 1t begins with paupers tunera ou sI
pauper once weii-kpown man "a p, - rho
scattered money TO the right and to the EFT DON!
many a generous deed never known or .SitS s nr,
forgotten His poverty and misery were OF ms o"n
choosng ngratitnde drove him TO initiate Iimon
or Athens. and to turn his back upon ma az ma
IN me rec oyty Was despaired Of He made VIII
in favor Of his wife. who was then no 1nses yyvI
sla Crisis CT Of his maady and able to NOV;
about but his death was believed 70 p Sg- o - :
watering place for the summer season n9' eHP s.s
ing him 20 return alive. ana ms VII anu '"''-
Si anna,nt r Young man who was bound 70 him
by Ike strongest ties OF gratitude TO De
Of the works he LEFT St Peersonps then
he rapidly improved In consequence OF I'm" A.
stayed on longer than nad Deen niS home as hale
and hearty as ever eager S,m 10 f shp HIS wife had
played the role OF Potphars spouse in ms n.. aS.
but the young director pGD Ds9y no and sue:
The Su IN turning Rar the children agas Their as
At first the woman had EXPECTED nj Us co,rse q
merely IN na she ease pursue Then
ing that she had gone too far TO retea sh hsrss
W demanded Large yeSSry aoT Il wac G1 terrible
blow FOR S. but he acted with promp, ae or ~
and without uttering wora Oh 'o'''p'"''
First of all he dismissed the director H :, Then os
look 'i here You know what has taken place; o,;
you don't know how It has anec,ed me;;, ~ fSsy
now reckon on my riches. and wish them u v "
disappointed still more. As long As p'S lrse,as,r,
hns to %S Sst.s msk no inf@ az .qSanicr
they will apply TO the courts 10 naNe lnV an,irtd
compos mens and ,rgsi ,Sa ~ Hf course
wha, l want. Now listen. ] am the S ,9, Nth NJ
the works etc and can do what vo,rsn T TO Srins
own. and want you 10 exert you' s.,ttasnly M
everything 10 rack and ruin so that snulT h; sus
whole concern will burst and leave h no sg7 Enrich
Yourself lei the cashiers enrich themssNss' wll
forget the workmen; do just what you nHe" And
the bookkeeper went and carried out his employs"
instructions conscientiously .,,,uo. ,srs COINS
rpbbed his hands with delight, and paid ms v sas
the covenanted allowance Al the end OF v .T trsg
vents Of which could not be gathered up p LID
family Before the matter became puO,, orsmen N.
bis wife and children The latter were conS ts 10
that his object was to hand over a tne them 70
them for he had more SAVING tHan make everyh
/ want nothing now" He opened s, rne reports
TSsv by ass sss%f as Ssor' h AZ.
in deb. that it would be criminal to Keep 20
going any yos i0n cssr on he sff said to his Sok;
"and report my insolvency" His wife and enrS sn
protested oudy and Indignantly aSan n's he would
give them the works But he was nexor'aary.hinS
bnokkeeper went, and six months later e'e''
Then addressing his family. he said: liz CA
time is come for us to separate; MY dear dear.
sst children. can take refuge under the r Mns
your loving mother: AS for me ready.
s sEverythng Hand them here T The sstv sni
gave him a pair OF top boots; an old sHsfN
haste" And the STAFF" Here. please e.. stsf
funs the wallet over his SHOULDERS TOOK and ksst
his old servant Then, without WORD Oh tTnreyes.
for his Wife children he LEFT t the and tSroa
,,han,; oil 8 remained faithful to the roe - 40
silent bessar" His wife died In Inn mlsnr himself
fornJ rest at last in the poor mans grave INV"
unhonored-nay. unnotced.