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tobacco plants. with a shambling palmetto
shack at the back.
Faith" l said. you've queer notions
of a pleasure resort"
I'm a man." he said. with an magma
ton. Consequently I make most comfor-
table hermit. Come in and take nam
mock
He was a Harvard man. 1t was wonder
full what lot of people we knew IN con-
mon when we began to talk things over,
and it turned out that we had ro"eo
against one another on the Hudson.
are the MacHinnie who swan down in your
clothes the last night of the races because
YOU said you hadn't been allowed decent
dip all through the training.
Whereat we both laughed. and knew one
another extremely we'll. After this / asked
him if he ever ate.
"Why. YES" he said I'D forgotten.
There's some boiled fish and some sweet
spuds and molasses. The fish is on the floor.
in the far corner there. and the rest Is;
mixed ready in the saucepan. Ihere are
no plates. Help yourself.
"Candles?" l suggested.
Haven't such a thing. Can't you feed in
the dark There will be moon above the
tree tops directly If you want light.
Il say am l to ladle up this stun with
my fingers?
He laughed. I'm not going to lend you
mine Why what a luxurious sybarite you
must be Climb back, MacHinnie, down the
centuries and enjoy yourself as primitive
man. Feast and be filled. There's tin
down there somewhere with some water in
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it, or coffee. 1 forget which. Drink when
you're dry"
l began to have strong idea that the
man was mad; but | stopped my hunger on
his victuals for all that; and then relit my
pipe and went on with the talk.
From the other side OF the clearing came
the noises of the night-the chatter of katy
dds and the rustic of jarflieS, the love song
of tree crickets and toads, the deep reed
notes OF frogs in their patches of marsh;
and through all mingled the heavy diapason
of the surf.
l am the most practical creature in the
world. as a general thing. but the influence
of it was too heavy for me. / started on to
chat again about the boats and about wo-
men and yachts and books and the other
interests of the outer world; but presently
the talk died out of altogether. We lay
there, hung in silence, senSuously drinking
in what the night gave up.
Then Atcheson spoke. That is my usual
concert he said. 'One gets to like it,
did not answer at once. l could not. A
sort OF mesmeric doZe pinned me down.
When l managed to 1 felt angry
with myself for weakness, and spoke with
a sneer. You must find it mighty monoto-
nous" L said.
"A mistake, an utter mistake. 1t is full
or infinite variety; it never repeats itself;
and l know, because / have listened to it
now for three years in calm. in cyclone. in
every Kind of night
Another pause Then, care you going to
write about this Walden Pond of yours?'
L asked.
Il am no Thoreau with a pen Besides
| am selfish and if l could set this down
L would not One man in ten thousand
might understand. The others would either
yawn or deride. and 1 take it this is no
matter to be profaned. Listen to the gulf
SURF rumblinS on those beaches"
II is like the roar of the Prater or the
strand the Rambla, or Broadway, as 1t
comes to an upper window"
You can hear that; l can make out more
because my ear is trained l can hear the
voices and what they say-the tales of
love and hope and hate. l can revel in il
all without being mixed in the dirt and
the pains and the squalor. And it is very
beautiful also. What picture did you ever
see like that?'
He waved his hand to where the red
moon and patch of purple sky hung
framed in a black arch of the pines In
the foreground the lake lay twinkling be-
You'd great fan of palms. On the flank
was spread a thick magnolia tree full of
scented blossoms.
raised myself with effort and swore
Tor relief "Atcheson." 1 said, Il believe
you are either the devil or Gree with a
changed sex. Be merciful and speak no
more. If L listen / shall forget the place
from whence L am come, and stay here
and become as one of the swine"
Il am sorry" Atcheson said land be-
cause | do not want converts or compan-
ions | VIII say no more. Therefore sleep
YOU.
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bred by the wandering tribes of southeast
ern Russia and beyond the Caspian sea in
Asia. They number about 10000 in mares
alone: they are noted for their cavalry
qualities The Kirghiz. who live over in
Asia, but are governed by Russia, have
something like four million horses. and the
peasant farmers of Russia have horses
which will serve in time of war. Even the
commonest of the pillow animals are good
trotters and they are made to go like the
wind.
The chief race horse here Is the Orlofr
trotter, breed originated by Prince Orion,
who imported Arabian and English stall
lions and crossed them with Dutch and
Danish mares.
The Gear as Horse Breeder.
The car spends vast sums IN the i'm
provemept OF the Russian horse He has
board Of horse breeders which takes charge
of the government studs. The finest OF
Arabian and English horses are imported,
and also British. French and Prussian draft
horses. The best Of these are sent to diff
ferent parts Of the empire. In addition
there are thirty-one state stables under
the management of the chief of this board.
which furnish stations to the farm districts
free of charge. There are many private
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man. And how much do you think she
ought to have?
WELL" said the colonel with hem and
a haw, 1T seems to me she ought to have
about hundred thousand roubles S50eOO),
but two hundred thousand would be bet
ter"
Indeed" replied the old gentleman.
that is good round sum, and such things
are net customary here, but l will see
about it. He did see about it. and as the
story goes he raised $4,000 and put it in
the bank before the wedding took place.
I am told that most of the higher officers
are rich They are the sons of mobiles or
well-to-do families and they constitute to
a large extent the aristocracy of the coun-
try. They are spirited fellows and high
livers Many of them gamble and some are
very extravagant. The social standard of
military men is very high all over Europe,
especially in Germany, where they are fast
building up a military ariStocracy. 1t Is
less so here, and there is more chance for
the ordinary soldier to rise to good posi-
ton.
The Russian Cavalry Horses.
Russia has some excellent cavalry. The
men ride like Texas cowboys and their
horses are among the finest in the world.
The common cab horses of the Russian cap
ital better than the swell carriage
horses of Washington They are Orlof stall
lions black coal, with fine action and
great speed.
There are splendid horses all over the
country, and indeed the empire has more
horses than any other country in the world
According to the statistics of our Agricul-
tural Department all the horses earth
number about g. 0O0, 600. Russia alone has
&c, 900 900, or, estimating four persons to
each family, about one horse to every fam
lily in the whole empire.
The most of the Russian horses belong to
the peasants. but vast number are found
on the steppes or high plains and in the
lowlands. The steppe horses are speedy
and have unlimited powers of endurance.
There is breed along the River Don pro-
duced by crossing the native horse with
the English thoroughbred. which is famous
for its riding horses. The car takes five
thousand of then. every year for the
cavalry.
And then there are the Kalmuck horses
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CHAPTER I.

AS a matter of accuracy my yacht mate
VAS far more guilty than l. He had gone
p-fshing one day with his trousers rolled
10 his knees, and had spent eight hours
eandwiched in between wind and water
md had naturally returned with his calves
bitten red raw by the sun. He developed
a temper in consequence that would nave
made him Stunned in the Pit. and was
driven into a deed of temporary separa-
ton.
But first as 1 am standing here on my
nefense. let 1t be clearly understood that
i found Atcheson before l knew Miss VII
roxn was yachting with the Van Sciaks
In Mobile Bay l had seen her last in d
Fifth avenue drawing room, and III the
complete truth be told had slipped her
from my thoughts with perfunctory hand
shake.
Being ignorant of Atcheson's existence.
] naturally did not seek for him specially
He lived two days deep in swampy coun'
try which is not yet charted in the United
States maps Our yacht was then In the
bayou of Bon Secours (Which opens off
Mobile Bay). and the Man with the Sun
burnt Calves said, with many adjectives
that movement for him was out of the ques-
tlon He remarked that he would stay
on the sloop and fish for gafftopsls Gas
they call the catfsh), and caYallos, and
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cent higher wages in almost any pursuit
than those who have not served
Military Schools.
Russia has large number of military
schools. 1t has academies which will rank
with West Point. and also subordinate
schools for every branch of the service.
There are three such schools In st. Peters
burg and one in Moscow. St. Petersburg
has a cavalry school. an artillery school
and a school for military engineering.
Some OF the best of the recruits get into
these schools. and they are also attended
by the sons of the nobility and military
officials. About 5000 new officers are
needed every year, and the increase of the
service owing to the pushing forward of
matters in Asia gives many chances for
advancement.
One Cent a Day.
On the whole, however. there is little In
ducement for a poor man to go into the
Russian army as officer. and none what
ever for him to serve as a soldier. The
common private does mot receive, all told.
more than 1 cent a day the year through,
although his food and clothes are found
His regular allowance Is little more than
rouble a year. but he has other extras
which bring 1t up to little less than 81
Think of "a year for spending money
including cigars and drinks and you have
the condition of 100000 of Russia's million
men. OF course many get money from
home, but the families of others are too
poor to send them any. Do you wonder at
the occasional extortion? l don't. The OFF,
GERS are little better paid, but not much.
A lieutenant In the infantry gets about
800 year, a captain about $500 and
major $3.50. The officers are expected to
receive support from their families. and IL
they marry it must be with girls who are
rich.
$50, 900 for Russian Husband.
An instance illustrating this occurred
some years ago when the daughter of one
of our ministers to st. Petersburg welded
Russian officer. The officer came to
America and before the wedding called
upon his prospective father-in-law and de-
manded settlement
What settlement do you want?' asked
the old man. who was rich
81 want settlement upon my wife," was
the reply. Il suppose that you intend to
give her something to support the family.
II had not thought of that" said the old
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CHAPTER II.

The miasma of the lotus was in my veins
and l knew it and feared l awoke with
the first lift of the day. and l got to my
boat. AtcheSon came after and cried a
pleasant auf wiedersehen, and 1 answered
with a scowl and threw out the SOULS
was very angry with myself. 1 had been
in that kind of temptation before, and
knew what 1t was to wish afterward that
1 had fallen
Consequently l made up my mind to get
back to the yacht without a halt. and so
put in day of savage toll. And when l
made out the sloops riding light dancing
on her forestry l knew there was an anti
dote close at hand The Man with the
Sunburnt Calves was a very carnal and
practical sort of person.
He received me affably.
THE Van Sclaks have come in with their
schooner" he said. land they've a girl on
board who says she knows you-a Miss
Wilcoxn."
"Ah." said. II know her well enough.
We used to see good deal of one an
other once"
II you mean that you were spoons on the
lady" said the Man with the Sunburnt
Calves. Il guess you'd better forget that.
She's engaged to a man from Massachu-
sets now, person with culture and dol
lars-heaps of dollars-about ten millions of
EN-. 80 believe. And being twenty-eight.
she knows what Is soft thing. and Is not
likely to chuck 1t up. Put on something re-
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against invasion from Europe. The from
tier guard now amounts to $1,000 men,
and in addition vast numbers have to be
scattered throughout the various states and
the Russian territories in Asia.
Soldiers From Everywhere.
These Russian soldiers come from every
where over the empire and they serve
everywhere. Some of them are sent to
Russian Turkestan, where they form part
of camel troops taking long marches over
the desert Others are Cossacks serving
in southern Russia and different parts OF
Asia and also with the regular troops In
other sections There are Films from Fin
land, great Russians and little russians,
Tartars and CircaSslanS and lnoeeo SO
many different races that some regiments
could not possibly make themselves under
stood outside their own army division.
l see many of the different characters here
in st. Petersburg The uniforms are Oh
all colors. Here is a long-haired ofncer
from the Caucasus with a coat reaching
down to his feet there a Cossack with
can of black astrakan making his mead
like that of the MeduSa, and farther along
a noble Russian in the swell uniform OF
one of his majestys pet regiments.
Among the Cossacks.
am much interested in the CoSSackS.
They are dark faced. rough-looking fellows
from about the Black sea. There are about
5000. coo of them all told, and they furnish
10000 men for the army. They are sent
out by the various COssack states, each or
which equips, clothes and arms its own SOL
diers They belong mostly to the cavalry,
and are among the finest horsemen of the
world Indeed, it is said that the average
Cossack can ride bareback, standing up
like the athlete of the circus.
These men are professional soldiers, and
the car keeps as many of them as he can
in the army. They are loyal but are very
independent, and are better treated than the
other soldiers. They know but one thing:
that is, to obey, and they will fight to the
death 1t was these Cossacks who gave
Napoleon SO much trouble when he re-
treated from Moscow. They hung about
him and kept up a continual attack. When
the French soldiers threw away the gold
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and silver they had stolen at Moscow. the
Cossacks gathered it up and gave it to the
Kazan Cathedral of st. Petersburg. 1t has
been nodded into a silver fence and it now
surrounds the altar of that church.
Among the Recruits.
AS 1t is now every family in the Russian
empire has something to do with the army.
There are in all about twenty-five million
families They are recorded and a record
is kept of all births and deaths The ages
Of the boys are watched and every year a
call is issued to those who are twenty-one
to come forth for inspection They draw
lots and two hundred and fifty thousand of
them are put into the regular service. while
the most of the others are assigned to the
militia. Those in the active army serve
five years and later on have eighteen years
In the first and second reserves.
The Russian army IS one of the great CIV
ilizing forces of this country. The peas
ants are very ignorant. and there are but
few schools. Those drafted in the army
are taught to read and write and they are
sent back home with new ideas gotten
through their service in different parts of
the Russian world. Indeed. the change Is
SO marked that a man who has had MILL
tary service can command twenty-five per
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THE RUSSIAN ARMY
Worlds Greatest Military
Establishment.
OVER A MILLION MEN
THEY ARE DRAWN FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE EMPIRE.
Small Pay for Officers and Privates-
The Police and the Spy
System.
OVER A MILLION MEN
Copyright, 1903. by Frank G. carpenter.)

Copyright, 1908, by Frank G.. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ST. PETERSBURG.
The czar is in favor of universal peace,
but he has the largest army of the world
He has more officers than we have
officers and men in our regular army, and
even in these piping times of peace his
troops exceed one million. Should war be
declared he could increase them to five
millions, and could put into the field &c.,
600 of the best horses in the world.
For the past thirty years military serv-
ice has been obligatory upon all Russians.
Every boy on becoming of age is liable to
service and there are $4,000 new recruits
every year. OF these 219.OOO are taken into
the active army and fleet, and of the rest
the majority go into the militia. They serve
off and on until they are forty-three years
DID, and are always ready to be called
out in case of war.
1t takes a vast number of troops to keep
this great empire in order. The frontiers
are enormous. During the Chinese war
200 600 men were sent into Siberia and
great wall of Qualifications has to be kept
up along the western frontier to guard
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societies for horse improvement and about
$500 private stables.
Many of the cavalry horses are bought
at the horse fairs, which are held every
spring and fall in different parts of Russia,
and especially in the stock-raising centers.
The horses as rule are cheap an ordinary
one for general purposes bringing $50 or
$50.
Russian Fortifications
The Russian empire is well fortified.
Poland is defended by four strongholds and
there are numerous other forts along the
European frontier. Finland has many for
tifications. and the great forts at Kronstadt
guard the capital. ! passed the latter forts
as l came here. They are on an island at
the end of the st. Petersburg and KRONE
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ART NOTES

The Shepherd Memorial committee held a
meeting on Wednesday, with a view to
taking farther preliminary steps in regard
to that work. Nothing definite was done
and nothing decisive is likely to be done
for some time yet. inasmuch as the belief
IS entertained that the fund now in hand
may be considerably increased. At pres
ent it amounts to about $4,000 and the
committee entertairs the hope that this
sum may be increased to $4,000, or pos
sibly to $4,000, so that something more
important and appropriate than a mere
portrait statue may be secured Up to
this time three sculptors have asked and
obtained permission to submit a model or
design, and 1t is understood that other
artists who desire to do so will have like
permission, the proviso in each case be-
ing that the model or design is to he sub
mitted not later than the 18th of October
next, when another meeting will be held
and more decisive action taken.
*
The equestrian statue of Gen. Joseph
Hooker. by French, the sculptor and
Potter, the architect intended for Boston,
is to be unveiled in that city next Thurs
day This is the second equestrian mon
ument in that city. 1t will stand before
the state house. the side looking down
monument to Washington, by Thomas BAN.
stands in the public gardens
The three paintings executed by Mr.. Colin
Campbell Cooper during his recent brief So
journ in this city were informally exhibited
in Mr.. Moser's studio on the afternoon
prior to his departure last week, and were
found to be of unusual interest Two of
these were of the Capitol. the one pictur-
ing 1t by day. the other by night, and the
third gave an extended general view of the
city. looking east from tae top windows of
The Evening Star building. Both views of
the Capitol were painted from a point op-
posite the north wing. and pictured the east
front at short range. With such theme
1t Is not easy to get away from the guide
books familiar interpretation-to be literal
and at the same time poetical yet 1t is this
which Mr.. Cooper has done. Accurate in
craftsmanship. true in color. and somewhat
detailed. his pictures show more than the
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stadt canal. and near them are the head
quarters of the Russian navy. From this Is
land to the mainland are a number of
smaller islands. each with fort upon IL,
forming a string of fortiications rising as
it were out of the water The islands look
like mighty floating batteries.
Within the past few years Russia has
been building great forts in Asia. 1 was
in eastern Siberia just before the war with
China and Japan. There were something
like fifty thousand men there at that time
and enormous Notifications had been erect
ed about VladivoStock. Port Arthur Is now
strongly fortified. 1t is about ten miles
from Dalny the Russian commercial me-
tropolis at the Manchurian end OF the
Trans Siberian road. and is the cars naval
station in the far east. There are forts
about the Black sea and in the Caucasus.
so that there is little danger of the empire
being surprised.
The Police and the Army.
Every one fears the Russian police, and
the average tourist who comes here
imagines that spies are always tagging at
his heels AS far as L can see neither the
police nor the army are anything like SO
prominent or officious in st. Petersburg as
they are in Berlin. The German policeman
is everywhere. The Russian policeman, pro-
vided you have a passport and register 1t
properly, does not bother you. He Is
very decent fellow and minds his own busi-
ness. He is more polite than the New York
policeman and more gentle and kind to the
people. Indeed. one might go all over Rus
STA and hardly know that the police exist
/ have travelled thousands of miles here at
one time or another and have had no trou-
BILE, and that at the same time that other
Americans imagined they were being per-
secuted One correspondent claimed that