The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-14
A LESSON FROM ToLsToI.

; In playing children found in a ravine
something of the size Of a hens egg,
with little hollow running along the
middle Of it, and looking like grain
This was noticed by traveller, whs
bought it from the children for i've
copecks.
He took il over to the capital and
sold it to the car as a curiosity.
|, The car summoned the wise men
and gave orders TO find cut what the
thing is-an egg or . grain
The wise men thought and thought
over it and were unable TO give an an
swer.
The object was lying on the window
sill, when hen few into the room and
began to peck at it. and pecked through
it hole that proved to everybody that
It was grain. /
The wise men came then to the car
and told him that the thing was grain
of rye.
The car was astounded and he o.
dered the wise men to find out where
and when this grain was thriving. The
wise men thought and thought over It.,
looked over the books, and could not
find any elucidation-
They returned to the car and said.
I'VE canLot give any answer. In our
books we cannot find anything about 1t.
We must ask the mouzhiks tpessants)-
Perhaps somebody has heard from their
forefathers where and when such grain
was thriving"
The car sent for and ordered TO be
brought before him every old man Of
the mouzhixs-
J An elderly mouzhik WIS found and
brought before the czar.
I There came an old meuzhik, shriveled
and toothless, stepping In with DIM
Guilty on two erutches.
] The car showed ham the grain, but
the old man is already without sight,
and only somehow could he examine 1t
by the touch of his fingers
/ The car questioned him; "Dost thou
not know, little grandfather, where
was such grain tkriving? Hast thou
not sowed myself such grain on the
fields? Or hast thou not bought DUR
ing thy lifetime somewhere such
grain9"
The old man in deaf, and with ex-
IRENE difficulty he could hear the ques-
tien. and also with extreme difficulty
comprehend it.
Then he answers NO on mp
fields have never sowed such grain,
never moved and never bought IT.
When we bought our rye II was al
ways small grained Bat I must ask
my father, perhaps he has heard where
such grain was thriving.
So tie car sent for the old mans
father 70 be brought before him
The father of the old man was found
and brought before the car. He was
an elderly man, walking with one
crutch.
The car showed him the grain. The
old man saw with his own eyes and
examined it thoroughly
Then the car asked aim: "Dost not
thou know. little old man. where such
grain was thriving? Hast not thou
sowed thyself such grain, or, perhaps.
hast thou bought somewhere such
grain7
Though the old man was a LITTLE hard
Of hearing, be heard better than hls son
NO said ne. "on my feids ! have
neither soyn nor moved such grain. and
also have never bought l.. because "a
NV tine usorsy was Rot established
Everybody subsis.cd on his own bread. |
and IN need we shared il each with an /
other do not know where such grain !
was thriving. thoGsh our rye was 81 /
larger grain and better yielding thaa |
this of the present ti1ne- have never 4
seen one Of this size. I heard rom ny /
father that IN hi& time crsys were large I
grained. better and better Yielding "a 1
tarasaiag- We Esust BE Questioned
The car sea. Tor the father Of this
old MAJ AID The grasafx1her Of the
FIRST old MAJ mas been fo-Bd AID
brought before ise ear.
This old nan appeared before TIE
ear without crs-c.-es. gsz-ki.z easily.
his eyes s~rsae. hearing well. And
speaking distinctly AMI intslllzsolJ
The czAr szo-<ed ne grz.z % the
grzadfs.her.
TIE old .esssx looked .. =, turned =
over and said
II. a long time sinns have seen
his ssden-tEzs< grsin-T BE sss snail
piece % il. esewcd Il htsie. and said
Itself !: Is
Tel nc. ist.ie TrssSfs.ker. where
md xhea this gran ~zs thrlsiz<s
.zaz. thou .ss sc<es % ~ Assa ss<a