The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-07
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mother; 'In the wheat field father.
said ten-yeur-old brother, but lit SIN
year-old Olga whispered, "Nay, nay, in
the marshes. father. with the
Northumberland they found him. And
when the father, crunching the dry stems
angriIy beneath his heel, whirltng a
knoutkjen sternly about his head, came
upon him. he was seated beside a little
artificial pool that he had constructed and
protected from the geriska with a net
work of weeds. feeding his beloved
kIkjuenck-"See father. he cried jubi-
lantly.: there are seventeen Of them, six
teen beautiful silver, kukjuenek and one
proportion of sixteen to one. my little
Samuel Queried the father '.Oh, father,
that cannot say, but feel it is right"
And Samuel bowed his head and wept
The father unused over it, and an ODD
man, who had approached, ponder
ed over it-but they solved not the prob
lem sixteen to one-f,e should be 4
statesman said his father silver
and gold. he must be merchant" said
the old man. And so, he became mer-
chant But both were right.
The years went by. No longer did
the father wander from JerosiaE to
kostroma and from Kostroma to Vologda
and thence to far krasnoi Ufimsk, but
the winter OF his days was come. and he
good book and smoked his peaceful
pipe as betitted q pious moujik, and his
stalwart son did business in the village
under sign that was composed of three
balls, and The old people were happy.
Samuel Stern, money lender. and
banker. prospered. From Vologda and
Eostroma. even from krasnoi Ufimsk
and Berditchiev, those who needed money
came TO him and We're accommodated
when they could pay it back and when
they had it not, they departed as they
came, for Samuel was q good business
man. Not merchant only, NOR those who
cultivated estates, bur even mobiles came
to- Samuel. the money lender And MS
fame went abroad through the land.
LOANED MONEY TO A PRINCE.
But upon an evil day it came to pass
that n great. heavy travelling carriage,
with 4 crest upon each of its panels
drove over the bridge and through the
narrow streets OF Jaroslav and stopped
at The door of Samuel Stern, and gut
of the carriage alighted i great noble,
Prince Sergius Dernichev. He. like the
rest wanted money. Atmonth at Monte
Carlo, and then another month in gay
Paris and Dcrn;chcy had returned
to his estates all hut ruined.
Having heard of Stern. the money lender
Of JarosIav, ne resolved to apply to Tim.
and SO, after an hour of hard bargain
ing. DerTlcHeE departed Win more tnall
sixty thousand gold rubles in the boot
Of his carriage, and the money lender
deposited in his iron safe a paper that
pledged the great estates of the Dernichev
| family that stretched around Tchivilsk
as far as the eye could see.
LEFT HIS HOME.
Now, negotiable notes have disagree
| able habit OF maturing almost while We
can say Jack Robinson" and to no one
| is n notice Of non-payment more unpleas-
ant than to ruined Russian
nobleman. IN due season the
| notes that Dernichev had given
| 10 Stern became due and payable. Sam
/ politely requested payment. and. with
| equal polteness, was told TO go to the
| devil. Dernichev, 40 doubt, laughed over
| the matter with Mile. Fiji. and told her
| how easily he had cancelled the debt; but
! he forgot the deed of pledge. Samuel,
, however. was less forsetfnl. and when
tie time prescribed by law had expired.
came to Tchivilsk. attended by the
! Tchoupul1a of the district, to take pos
| session Of the estates Dernichev laughed
| at the crowd Of them. barrcaded himself
| in his great chateau. and sent hasty word