Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-17

ernor, since he never went ont of the way
TO do any mischief knowingly in his OIL
cial capacity, and was really kind hearted
His only fault was that he conhded too i'm
plicitly In a sort Of fuctotum named Boris
Rain and delegated TO him at times too
much authority. That, however, is one OF
those things which right themselves even
tually, as they did in this instance very
finely.
The generals distractions, to which al
fusion has been made were, as he persuad-
ed himself, scientific. As everybody knows,
the newspapers OF Russia are permitted to
publish almost anything except news, and
one that came every week from St Peters
burg TO the governor of Kabarda gave
much OF its spnco to scientific expert
ments Under the hcad of Electricity"
1t taught chow to make battery with a
shaving mug and very little fiowerpot;"
under Acoustics, "''how tomakean Acoli-
an harp with threads in n window" under
Chemistry" chow 20 make crystals of
rock SALT" under Natural Philosophy"
chow to balance fork ON the edge of a
wineglass;" under Magic, n"how to cook
an omelet in a hat, ." and so on. And
the old general amused himself by doing
all those things. The one that pleased him
most was chow TO reproduce Dionysius'
ear" 1t cost him n good many rubles TO
fix up pretty little room so that he, at
his desk in another apartment 30 feet
away, would hear even whisper in that
reproduction OF the tabled chamber of the
Syracusan tyrant. Luckily he kept the
knowledge of his triumph to himself and
the one person who aided him, his charm
ing adopted daughter Maria, the child of
his friend Colonel Karatevnik, who, dying
Ia Ia L. el...1 ~ f1Il
her 10 his care.
Only one thing troubled the good gen
eral-hc vehemently suspected his nephew,
Vladimir, and Maria of contemplating
marriage, to which he would have offered
no objection had they asked his permission
before falling in love with each other, but
which stirred all mis- antagonism when he
deemed they had ignored him.
II such important matters, " he said to
himself, "are TO be settled in my own
household without my consent or even
knowledge, God knows into what disorder
and riot the rest of the province may plunge
without even thought of me IL will be
quite forgotten that | nm governor.
And he grew exceedingly impatient, for
the time was short for certain programme
he had outlined 10 himself
My dignity" he reflected, twill not
permit me to ask questions. must seem
to discover the situation by accident. Then
/ shall be furious and punish them by II
little WHOLESOME tcrror-she OF being sent
to her agonizing cat of an aunt, he of be
ing shipped off for n years journey But
at our Easter Sunday feast will forgive
them and announce the betrothal Yes,
but it is Good Friday already, and know
nothing yet of the Alphabetically.
Just then Marin poked her pretty head
in at the door OF his study, where he sat
smoking, and said timidly and hesltating-
ly, May / talk II little to you, dear father,
of something priyatey"
AHA" he thought, "the sweet child
comes to confess, ] shall be good to her.
Now 1 will not even shake at her that
grisly terror, Aunt Anastasia." And, to