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the cord around his waist. The baby was look

thAo VI. Dubh blaNNAs bO"NNf
"Spassccbo. barln, we thank thee; Good-by."
"Good.by, little mother and children
They turned 70 cross the square, cnG 9T ,SS Of h0 the
SSJIyiSS Il its o" facc ''1 nye =. im9 shoulder. That was
the last | over saw OF them. Whom 1 heard q
tho thousands of men,, women. and little chll,
and trnmplcd into n mass of unrecoEnizable
humanity on the Hondinsky FIELD my nrsS
hought vas of my bdbd and her litlo Ones
We're they among the lUst2
While sitting at home in the evening OF the
samo day enjoying, my nftor;dlnner cigar !
Minerva. and Vyera, the housemaid, standing
bowling before me. would not nave Deer
each came in many times during the day. hnt
to see them together showed that something
knew that SIashtn and vycradiG not harmonic
nj all; in fact, their disagree nents we're ire
aucnt, loud, and long, IL vas hut a Few asys
r or | ever had dreamed Of, had rushed IN
early one morning and given her an outrageous
that she was TOO free with her smiles for other
men. yyera swore that the COOK had ileu hoout
her to her husband. we knew only that NSy"rs
anything else. so u police nan was called ana
the indignant husband was hustled out.
other low bow, with the request that you
kindly intercede for us with the bnrin. Enoch
morning to the HoudinsEy. long before you will
DO up. II you will be so good ms to ask the BARN
to let us 60. and you can manase 20 nhhe ons
tea'-thec ~offeewhich drank mornings always
made m~yself-..we will always 10 SO mueh
AZ this each made another verv low DOW.
The BARN has gone out" said l. and will
not return until ycrv late. 1 can promise, how
ever, that lie will not refuse; so go ahead. only
have tho samovar ready to light and we VIII
attend to the rest. But what DO you, want 70
go to tho Houdinsky so carly ,for?, There VIII
sau sage can't be much Of mn attraction to YOU,
and as for the cups. you VIII, be able 10 BUY
them later for less thar the dr"skhy Iase wW
last all day. so you need not hurry on account
of Them" ,o ,oo, ,,,.s mot
the cups so much as what's in them That we
want. We both feel that. We need verv nuch
draw n horse and ] n cow
"There it is again ! exclaimed. that stu
hid nonsense about "I-rouhlc 0illets anu cows.
can assure you that, there Will bc neither
Who told you about theE';"'
Dro nhp t, I; n nsri NV nv 5 }aSg' Say cN pT TS, EGIf W say soy %"
who are they said, except yon stupid
babas. moqiiks, and elho i, = isi, y NS096y, oil
even went and got Il morning paper ana
large printed programme and read 20 'hein, as
neither Of them was able to do tor herself. the
detailed programme for the day from y to T..
To this the cook woman, with o plying. son
tcmptuous smile and in a whecdlinG tone, sucn
ms only Il Russian peasant tan assume. replied;
lust as IL the Gazette people knew every
thing. How can one nan, who writes tle pa.
nEr ana hLbIltT wiz VI lHtS a. hi'N SNNSA
than the people. all the people: Whence can
they know"
tone. and in accord with the cook. That set
tied IL. 1 gave 1t UP and said:.
a right. 90 ahead: only DOM get drunk
The next diy. the day o. the fttc. dawned
very hot. Not n breath Of air was stirring.
/ had Thought II good many times OF the Old
laha and her children and wondered how they
hal got through the night. After lunch L
and | took A carriage mud start d 70 drive out
square near which tho eveaiu. before | had
hidden my bahia ro5d-by. | was not struck 20
much with the great number Of carriages Of
every description or with the throngs OF all
classes and n2t:onalities, most OF them going
toward tho lioudinsky Field. as was with
the appearance OF the peasants on foot. There
was Il steady stream Of them passing us. evil
IDENTIFY on their return from the lIoudih.ky. us
they all carried in their bands tho mrch-coy'
eted handkorchiefs. a more weary. detected.
silent. and gloomy set OF men ana women
those in It. men and women alike. walking
along with heads down, not speaking a word.
and utterly unlike Russian peasants In their
view OF the fact that they had had free beer,
and ] remarked to my co3;panion:
early from III the fate. and Why DO they ali look
as II they were going to a iun"rnlt" A.,
crowd. ! hniled a passing peasant with:
Ale, little brother. why dost thou return
He looked up Mt me sadly nnd said "Eitchcvo"
that word which gays so little. means 30
much-"bnrir." He shook his grizzly old
head ard passed on. Tho whole business
reasant and the lower classes so we'll that |
felt there must I've something wrong.
After we passed she lyerskoye Arch. tho
crowd became so great that the horses OF the
long line OF carria -os were obliged 10 proceed
Look there. they are c~arryiugaway Corpses."
"NNhat? Where are theirs corpscs."
Il speak, the truth, har!n. Look at tho
wagons ut the fire brigade that are p.ssing."
i had already noticed several wagons pass.
ing from the opposite direction. but had not
looked at them closely. l looked again Just
tarpauiin had been blown to one side. expos
Ing 10 view the face ot n dad man. Between
the stats OF the wagon was sticking an arm.
Lower down the long hair OF II woman was
trailing toward the GROUND. l was Mortified.
are five wagons containing. sny. eight bodies
each, or forty ir all. IL is frighttul: but when
dreIs OF thousands crowded together during
the close. hot night. probably with nothing to cat
or drink. and then in the hot morning with beer
I'D Hbitum. it is not 50 bad. these forty dea, hs.
We at last reached the place where We had
secured seats. overlooking the Field and near
the pavilion INTENDED for. the Emperor. Asst
WAS early in the day and the march past Df tho
troops was to take place Mt 4 o'clock we took n
walk to thu open-atr theatres where perform
nncrs were going on. We stopped To hear the
gyp~ies sing, looked at the carousals. and
watched the dancing. pole climbing. and so on.
there were considerable crowds. but as tho
Houdlnsky Is an immense plain ther" was
plenty OF room over Wlllch fhc thrOngs might
spread. We wandered down by the booths and
turnstilcs where the handkeTchirfs were dis
trIhutth md noticed that they seemed 10 he
rather d!lnpIdatcd. but the flags were flying
gaylv. as il everything were all right.
Still could not help noticing that largo
numbers or the thousands we met looked down
cast: however. IA the Russians are not n Joy
Gus people. | attributed the depression Of
spirits 10 tho heat and fatigue. After walk
Ing about for m hour or so we voted the whole
thing very stuIid and dylftcl back to tho car
riage. starting Mt 0rco for home. and on our
way meeting tho Emperor. who was driving
out TO the Field.
Ne dincd ut O'Clock. still in completc iGnn-
rance OF the fact that ANYTHING uf unusual ian
pOrtaucr had happened that iav. AS we wore
having our nftrr-dinncr chat the servants came
In. Both the cook and the houscmaid began
Mt once to newail the terrible disaster which
they said had happened On tho lioudinsky
Field. Wa THOUGHT Nt first that they were cX-
RRgerating. peasant fashion. the deaths of tho
forty or nifty whose bodies in the Wagons OF tho
fire brigade Ind passed. us on our drive. No
ridiculed them for their stories that thousands
had been killed IN thu mad rush for the pres
ents Mt tho booths. Nevertheless they cOntin-
ned 10 Rroan and wall over the horrors OF tho
early morning. They werc so earnest. SO hor-
ror.strickcn. that WI eventually began 10 think
perhaps "A few moro had been killed than wa
had gucsses from seeing the demo wagons. But
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