The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09

open beside small fires and without airy
protection from the wind and cold.
The temperature had gone down &c 10
degrees below freezing and here we're 1000
men and women exposed &c the cold and
| the biting wind. cad In nothing warmer
than cottons. most o! them hungry. and al
worn out with their long tramp But
pitiable as their condition was. WEAKNESS
Lecame master of the crowd. and although
a few groups remained av akeoal. night.
chanting and praying. the majority we're
soon asleep. and the only sounds besides
| the devotions were the occasiona, cry of a
| babe and the low moan Of women In pain.
One infant was born during the night
| and the mother marched In the procession
the next day. carrying 1t.
In the meantime alarm spread In the
village Of Yorkton. There was no element
| Of fear for personal safety. for the Doun-
| hobor is a non-comL atant, but 1t was felt
| that II the pilgrims should decide to quarter
themselves on the town it would mean
| psstilsnce.
/ MARCHED WITH BARE FEBT.
The first solution Of the difficulty sug-
| gestcd was to persuade the wanderers to
| give up their search and return. and ac-
| cordingly the immigration officials. in
| tcrpretcrs and a large dcputation OF citi-
zens went out on Tuesday morning and
met the army as it was entering the village.
| IL became manifest Immediately that
there was no hope Of restraining the on
| ward march of the fanatics. swayed as
they were by their crazy leaders. Beside
| Simeon Tcherninkov marched another long
| lem asoetic, with unkempt beard, dis
| hevelled hair and bloodshot eyes.
| He was protected from the wind by long
fri.zs cloak, but many of his followers
had not sufficient clothing to prevent them
from pcrishing should a snowstorm set in
lie wore no boots. his naked brown feet
| testifying to his insane zeal
where are your bootsi' asked by.
| stander.
.Jesus's boots he replied, holding gu,
his foot for inspection
After IA short parey the Doukhobors
became restless and pressed their wa,
forward. seeming TO care little whether
the horses. on which tho Engi.hmen were
mounted. trampled them down or not
They answered. every question and every
argument with almost the same words;
I'VE have received message from HeavcI
and are looking for Jesus.
The English people saw the futility o
their efforts and returned to the village
whittier they were soon followed by tn,
mob.
THE VILLAGE INVADED
It was a motley crowd that entered tn
public square First came the men bare
headed. clad In the coarsest cotton gar
ments, and not very much Of even those
Most of them walked in their bare feet
but a few wore rubber boots and som
wore short boots made from braids Of binde
Irvine. A they marched along they chante,
weird. rhythmic hymn, which at time
rose almost to a martial strain
So ludicrous was the general appearance
Of the mob that smiles were seen on the face
of the onlookers The pilgrims then re
cited in Russian the twenty-second Psalm
They that Soc me laugh me to scorn the
shoot out their lips, &c.
Next In the line came the litters on whic
the sick were being carried and at the end o
the procession the women and chldre
dragged their feet YEARLY one after th