The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-17

TIE srz<erxsrese- said. He WISHES yea
60 write a sesxax fx,rse fa- ransom. and
when the money COMES you shall 60
gFseszra rejected a whEse and then said:
How r,sscr ransom dos he WANT
The Tartars consulted and the inter-
prefer said.
Three thousand roukses-
NO said sheha. Il cannot pay 50
rrsch"
~Rsw much viii you give7" said the
interpreter
Shesin thought a little and then said:
Five hundred roubles-"
Hearing this all the Tartaxs began TO
talk ar once Asauii talked in a loud
vodce TO the rad Ta-Tar. who only
bifnkei his eyes ard ciarked his tongJse-
Fznassy they quoted down and the IN
terrreter said:
THE master declares that five hun
dred roub5es is not enough He has
himself Paid two hundred r5ubIeS. Kasi
yoG for the debt. Less than three thou
sand rosIbies be cannot take. and II YOU
viii rot write for il he viii put you IN
the pit and beat YOU
'-Yoa may Tell him that II he tries to
fright6n me he viii not get a ropee, for
wilf not write at az I was never
afraid OF you ard am not now
TIE interpreter translated Sheiin' s
words. whereupoa they all began 20
talk At last the dark Tartar sprang up
and approached Sheiin. laughing and
saying:
Brave warrior the Russian" and the
interpreter Translated for him.
ave viii accept Thousand roubles"
More than FIVE hundred / VII not
give. and If you kill me you viii have
nothing" said SheIin-
The Tartars consulted again. sent the
servant of somewhere and then Began
To watch first She.in and then the door.
The servant returned, followed by a
stout man, bare-footei. in torn clothes,
and his feet also in stocks.
SheIin exclaimed with surprise. II
was Koste.in whom they had also cap
tured. Kogtesin sad that his horse
stumbled. his gun missed fire and that
this same Abdul came up and made him
prisoner.
Abdul sprang up. pointed to Koztelin
and jabtered something which the in
terpreter said meant that they both be-
longed TO one master and that the one
whose ransom came first would be the
first to have his liberty.
You see" said Abdul 10 Shelsn, seyou
are always getting angry. but your
coznrade Is peaceabIe. He has written
horne for five thousand roubtes ran
SOM He shall be well fed and well
treated"
Shel.n answered: MY conrade must
do as he likes. He may be rich. but I
am not. l shall do as / have said, and
50 it shall be. If you want to, you may
xiii me. but I viii not write for more
than five hundred rouhles''
They were silent awhile. when sud-
denly up jumped Abdul. got out a little
chest, from which he drew pen. paper
and ink. which he pushed toward She
lin, slapping him on the back and say
ing:
Write"
He had agreed to take Ave HUNDRED
roubies.
Abdul then jumped up. slapped She
lin on the back. and said:
You good. good
Shetin wrote the letter. He was led
with Kosteiin into the shed. where they
laid some straw. left jug OF water.
some bread. two old coats, and some
worn out soldiers boots which had ar-
parently been stripped from some nralr-
dered soldier. Then they unfastened
the stocks and booked them up In the
shed for the night.
III.
Shelin lived on in this way with his
friend for a whole month. the master
keeping up his perpetual smile.
You Ivan good, l Abdul good"
But he fed them niSerably. All they
had was nlillet bread. baked In cakes
and sometimes It was nothing but
dough.
kosteiin wrote home once more that
he was expecting the money and that
ne was getting bored. For DAYS he
would st IN the shade counting up the
time when he might expect an answer
10 his letter. or else he slept.
But Shesin kept thinking. How can
mother ever get 50 much to pay for me.
She hasn't much except what sent her.
liz she has 10 raise five hundred rouhIas