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

ran through the village Sheszn asked
the master for a knife. cut a rosIrsn
Piece cut OF a board. fastened spokes %
Il IKE wheel. featAercd them with MS
knife On the end OF each spoke ne
fastened a doll The girls Drought nfrn
sy1se bits OF stuff and he dressed the
dolls alternately one as man and one
as worran. and fixing the wheel IN
running stream. the water set II go.ng
and the dots 20 dancing.
The whole wage. boys, girls, women
and Tartars gathered about. ciacking
their tongues and calling out:
-Ah, Russian all Ivan"
Abdul owned a Russian clock. which
was broken. He called Sheifn. showed
him the clock, clacking his tongue. She
lin said:
let me have II: III mend it."
He took II TO pieces with small
knife. put n together again and return
ed Il. Ire clock was going The mas
ter was delighted. ard made him pres
ent of an old coat al IN tatters.
Sheiin began 20 understand their IAN
guage a little. and some or the Tartars
. grew familiar with him. and when they
wanted anything would call out:
ivan. ivan
Others still locked on him as Wild
animal The red Tartar never liked She
lin. and when he saw him wculd scowi
and turn away. or begin 70 scold.
"
Shelin lived on in this way for an
other month. walking about in the day
time or occupying himself with some
work; but as soon as night came and
all WIS quiet in the house and he was
alone he began 10 dig under the shed.
! II was hard work on account OF the
stones. but ne filed away until ne had
dug hole big enough 10 crawl through.
He chose the time one day when his
master was away 70 walk UP the noun
tain to see il he could discover from a
height the place where they were.
Whenever the master went away he
gave orders to his son 10 keep a watch
ON Sheiin and not let him out OF his
sight This boy ran after Shesia now.
saying. Do not go. Father has for
b.dden IL I will call the others
sheIin began to coax him .I'il not so
far" he said. only up this mountain.
You come with me. Anyway 1 could
not run away with these stocks on.
You a bow and some arrows"
He persuaded the boy and they walk
Ell TO the mountain The ascent was
not long but difficult on account OF the
stocks He walked and walked, but
could scarcely reach the top Sheiin
sat down and observed the country
around Towards the south behind the
shed was a mountain pass. Lower down
| could be seen herd of horses and an
other Aoul. Beyond that was another
mountain still sleeper and behind that
rose another. Between the mountains
lay the blue color of some woods, and
back OF al mountains rising higher and
higher. Highest OF all. with top as
white as sugar, was a snow-capped
mountain. To the east and west more
mountains. Here and there smoke from
Aouls could be seen rising from the
passes.
Well" thought he, this is all Tartar
country" and looked about for the Rus
Sian side. Under his feet lay his own
Aoul surrounded by little gardens and
the river. On the river the women
washing looked like birds Beyond the
Aoul lower down was a mountain, and
| beyond that We're two wooded noun
tains. Beyond these mountains a pla-
teau could be seen. rom whence far,
far away smoke spread out There
is my way" DE thought, between those
two mountains
He wanted 10 go that very night; the
nights were dark, for the moon was on
the wane. But. as luck would have II,
the Tartars returned that very evening.
, Ordinarily when they returned they
brought home plumber of some kind.
and We're in a good humor This time
they brought nothing OF that sort and
instead a dead Tartar on a saddle,
brother OF the red Tartar. They ar
rived in bad spirits and made ready for
the burial. Sheiin also came cut to see.
They wrapped the body in linen, but
there was no coffin. They laid him OF,
the grass under the trees The muezzinl
CAME. The old men came about with
linen towels bound round their caps.
took off thel.. shoes and squatted down
81 a row in front of the dead body. At
the head was the muezzini. the three