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thing at ALI. Yes Already 7
used to say to him. fortune has done
you and me a bad turn-there's no gooG
begging charity from her. and bowling
down to her-you must despise and
laugh at her. Then she'll begin to laugh
herself. So / used to talk to him.
We'll two years after he came. he
rides down TO the ferry in good spirits
He was rubbing his hands and laughing
1 am going he says. to Guirino to
meet my wife She has taken pity on
me, and is coming. She is a good wife
He was out of breath from Joy.
The next day he came back with his
wife. She was young woman, a good
looking one in n hat, with a little girl
In her arms. And my Vassili Sergeyitch
bustles about her. feasts his eyes or
her, and praises her up to the skies.
Yes. brother Semion. even in Siberia
people live Well | thought. he went
always think SO. From that time out,
every week. he rode to Gulrino TO ask
whether money had been sent to him
from Russia. Money he wanted with
out end. For my sake. he used to say.
she is burying her youth and beauty
In Siberia, and sharing my misera BILE
life. For this reason / must procure
her every enjoyment And to make
things gayer for her. he makes acquaint-
ance with officials and ali kinds of peo-
pie All this company. of course. had TO
be fed and kept in drink. a piano must
be got. and a shaggy dog for the sofa
in one word. extravaganza, luxury!
She didn't live with him long
How could she? Mud water. cold
neither vegetable nor fruit. bears and
drunkards around her. and she woman
from Petersburg. petted and spoiled
OF course, she got sick of it,
Yes. and Il husband too. no
longer a man. but a convict.
Well. after three years. I remember on
Assumption Eve. l heard shouting from
the opposite bank. When ] rowed across
] saw the lady all wrapped up. and with
her young man, one Of the officials.
A troixa, l rowed them across. they
got into the troilSa and drove of. To-
ward morning. my Vassih Sergeyitch
drives up in hot haste. Did my wife
go by. he asked. with a man in spec
tacles? Yes ! said seek the wind in
the field He drove after them and
chased them for five days. When | fer
ried him back he threw himself INTO
the bottom of the boat. beat his head
against the planks and howled.
laughed and reminded him. Even in
Siberia people live But il only made
him worse
After this he tried to regain his free
dom. His wife had gone back 70 Rus
STA and he thought only Of seeing her.
and getting her to return to him. Every
day he galloped of TO one place or
ant her. one day to the postofice. the
next to town to see the authorities. He
sent i'm petitions asking for pardon and
permission to return TO Russia-On tele-
grams alone he used to say he spent
two hundred roUbles. lie sold his land
and mortgaged his house 10 a Jew He
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him unfairly. and sent the three broth
ers to Siberia. while the uncle. rich
man. remained at home.
You'll get used to it," said Semion-
The Tartar. said nothing and only
turned his wet eyes on the fire: his
face expressed doubt and alarm. as If
he Gid not yet understand why he lay
there in darkness and IN cold among
strangers. and not ct Simbirsk. Wise
acre lay beside the fire. laughed silently
at something. and hummed a tune.
What happiness can she have with
her father?" he began. after a few
minutes silence. He loves her. and
finds her consolation. that's true
But you can't put your finger in his
eyes. he's a cross old man. stern
old man And with young girls you
don't want sternness. What they want
is caresses. and hai hal ha. and no! no.
ho!-perfume and pomade. Yes. =
Axis business business He sighed.
lifting himself clumsily. Vodka all gone
means it's time to go to bed. Well. I'm
eff. BROTHER
The Tartar added some more brush
wood to the fire. lay down again. and
began to think of his native village and
OF HIS wife: IL his wife would only come
for a week, for day let her go back
II she likedi Better few days even
day, than nothingt But If his wife kept
her promise and came what would he
feed her with? Where would she live?
How can you live without anything
to eat?" he asked aloud
For working day and night at an oar
they paid him only ten copecks day
True passengers sometimes gave money
for tea and vodka. but the others shared
this among themselves. gave nothing to
the Tartar. and only laughed at him
From poverty he was hungry. cold and
frightened His whole body aehed and
trembled If he went into the hut there
would be nothing for fan to cover him
self with. Here. too. he had nothing to
cover himself with. but lie could al least
keep up the fire.
In a week the waters would have.
fallen. and the ferrymen. with the ex-
ception of Semion. would no longer be
wanted The Tartar must begin his
tramp from village to village asking for
bread and work His wife was vn,---
seventeen years old; she was pretty.
modest and spoiled How could she
tramp with uncovered face through the
villages and ask for bread? 1t was too
horrible to think OF.
When next the Tartar looked up il
was dawn; the barge. The willows. and
the ripples stood out plainly. You might
turn round and see the clayey slope,
with It's brown matched hut at the bot
tom. and above IT the huts of the village
In the village already crowed cocks.
The clayey slope. the barge. the river,
the strange. wicked people, hunger, cold.
sickness-in reality there was none of
This al all. 1t was only dream,
thought the Tartar. He felt that he was
sleeping and heard himself snore. OF
course. nc was at home in Simbirsk. he
had only 10 call his wife by name and
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ing with tie servants for her all the
afternoon. We found her shawl on the
river bank Indeed, ] fear she has
thrown herself in
could stand IL no longer, bus dashed
through the window No. you wretch
cried Il am alive to punish you as a
murderer Then 1 tainted
For some weeks I was III. When I be-
came convaiescent ] heard that Liffey
had escaped. He had taken the train to
London and had vanished.
From information supplied by my raw
ings while delirious a search had been
made in the room OF death. and the
whole horrible apparatus vas revealed
1t must have been planned and con
stFucted over hundred years before.
as the machinery was quite rusty. Iifey
learned about Its mechanism from an old
family record. and had used the trap to
XIII Tregarth and his wife.
The thing worked from the outside.
and when the death was accomplished
the floor could be rendered firm Il was
terrible trap. and I was the only one
who ever escaped from II alive I at
once left that horrible house and vent
home. ] read IN the papers later that
Arthur and Maud We're married, ana
then heard that the tower with the
haunted room had been destroyed
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COMPRISING his thick fingers. and when
the driver asked permission to smoke in
his presence. ne answered nothing. as IL
he had not heard. Semion. lying on his
stomach across the helm. looking at him
maliciousIy. and said:
Even In Siberia people live. Even in
Siberiat
Wiseacre's face bore an expression OF
triumph, as II he had demonstrated
something. and rejoiced that things had
turned out as he had predicted. The
miserable. helpless expression Of the
man IN the foxskin cost evidently only
increased his delight.
IT'S muddy travelling at this time.
Vassili Sergeyitch. he said. as they
harnessec the horses on the river bank.
You might have waited another week
or two till 1t got drier. Indeed. you
might just as well not have started at
all II there was any sense in
going it would be another matter, but
you yourself know that you might 60 on
forever and nothing would come Of Il.
WeH?"
Vassili SergeyItch silently handed the
men some money. climbed into the cart.
and drove OF.
After that doctor again. said Sem
ion. shudding from the cold. Yes.
look for a real doctor-chase the wind
in the field. seize the devil by the tail.
damn him. Akh. what characters these
people are, Lord forgive me. sinnerr'
The Tartar walked Up to Semion,
looking at him with hatred and repul-
sion: and trembling, and mixing Tartar
words with his broken Russian said:
He Is a good man. good man. and
you are bad. You are bad. He IS good
-
He is living. but you are dead.
God made men that they might have
joys and sorrows. but you ask FOR MOTH
ing You are stone-earth, A
stone wants nothing, and you want
nothing You are a stone and
Cod has no love for you. His He loves.
All laughed; the Tartar alone frown-
ed disgustediy. shook his hand. and
pulling his rags more closely round him.
walked back to the fire Semion and the
ferryman returned to the hut
.'Cold.' said one ferryl7an in a hoarSs
voice, stretching himself on the straw
with which the floor was covered
Yes. it's not warm" said another. "A
galley-s slaves Hfei'
All lay down. The door opened before
the wind, and snowfakes whirled
through the hut. But no one rose to
shut it; ali were too cold and lazy
II. for one. am all right said Sem
ion God grant every one such life"
You. It is known. were born a galley
slave-even the devil wouldn't take
you
From the yard came strange sounds
like the whining OF dog.
Whats that2 Who's there37
Its the Tartar crying.
We'll what character"
He'll get used 10 il. said SemiOn.
and went of 10 sleep
Soon all the others followed his ex-
ample. But the door remained unshut.
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nue. laboratory for a week OF so he
might be able TO make few ve-y good
meals of the supply Of samples at hand
Butter is known To be nOurishing. and
there was once an old Kentucky noun
taineer who said that bread is the stan
OF life. but whisky's life itself" IN
view of the fact that there are several
gallons Of whisky on the shelves Of the
laboratory. of various kinds and ages.
from the innocent looking. limpid. new
ly-distilled liquor that will make man
break open his trunk or murder his own
child. to the mellow. brown-tinted va
riety which bears the ten-year label on
its bottle. there should be plenty of
life at hand. Then tt-re is a can or
so of opium TO make him see rose-col-
ored visions of a golden ioored Para
disc. Last, but not least. in point Of
Ndgor and self-assertiveness. are several
choice samples of cheese. There is not
much cheese according TO the standard
of bulk, but the tensile strength" OF
that little bit is worthy of the utmost
respect. Tobacco samples of various
sorts, too, there are, even down to a few
cinnamon cigarettes. and an after din
ner smoke could be had with little trou-
bic. One would have to use discrinina-
ton in his choice of drinks, however.
for there Is alcohol, benzine. naphtha.
and ether In the laboratory that might
te taken for new whisky with dire re-
suits.
Since the passage OF the oleomargar-
inc bill DR.. Champion and his assistants
have been overruI. with samples of but
ter and oleomargarine sent them by
revenue officers in the field. who sus-
pected manufacturers of attempting to
evade the payment OF tax on coloring
matter in their products.
There are two classes of butter and
oleomargarine that are taxable. A tax
of a quarter OF a cent prevails on reno
waited butter, 10 cents on aduiterated
butter, a quarter of a cent on un-
colored oleomargarine, and 10 cents on
that which Is colored. On account OF
this heavy tax on adulterated butter
and colored OleOmargarine. IL often hap
pens that manufacturers OF these arti-
cles put adulterated butter on the mar
ket which they claim TO be renovated,
and colored oleomargarine which they
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CTranslated from the Russian by RE. C. Long)

TRANSLATED rom the Russian by X T. Z. bong.)
~ LID sEMIoN. nicknamed Wise
acre. and a young Tartar,
~ whom nobody knew by name,
sat by the bonfire at the side Of
the river. The other three ferrymen
lay In the hut. Semion. an old man Of
sixty. gaunt and toothless. but broad
shouldered and healthy in appearance.
was drunk; he would have gone to sleep
long ago IL It had not been for the
fagon In his pocket and the fear that
his companions in the hut might ask
him for vodka. The Tartar was Ill
and tired. and, sitting there, wrapped up
IN his rags. held forth on the glories Of
life IN Simbirsk, and boosted of the
handsome and clever wife he had left
behind him. He was about twenty-five
years old. but now in the light of the
campfire his pale face seemed the face
OF a lad.
Yes. you can hardly call II paradise"
said Wiseacre. you can take IL all IN
at a glance-water. bare banks. and clay
about you. and nothing more Holy
week is over. but there is still ice feat
ing down the river and this very morn
ing snow"
Misery, misery" moaned the Tartar,
looking round him in terror.
Ten PAGES below them lay the river.
dark and cold. grumbling. it seemed. at
itself. cleaving a path through it's steep
clay banks and bearing itself swiftly
to the sea- Up against the bank lay one
of the great barges which the ferrymen
call karbases. On the opposite side. far
away. rising and falling and mingling
with one another. crept little serpents of
fire. 1t was the burning of last years
grass. And behind the serpents OF fire.
darkness again. From the river came
the sound OF little ice foes crashing
against the barge.
The Tartar looked up at the sky.
There were as many stars there as in
his own country; just the same black
ness above him. But something was
lacking. At home. in Simbirsk Gov
eminent there were no such stars and
no such heaven.
Misery. miseryi'' he repeated
You'll get used to it." said Wise
acre. grinning You're young and
foolish now-your mothers milk has not
yet dried on your lips; only youth and
folly could make you think there's no
one more miserable than you. But the
timell come when you'll say: God
grant everyone such life as thisi
Look at me. for instance. In a week S
time the water will have fallen; Wei
set the small boat here, you'll be of
to Siberia TO amuse yourselves. and Ill
remain here and row from one side 10
another. Twenty years now I've been
ferrying. Day and night. Salmon and
pike beneath the water and ] above it.
And God be thanked, / don't want for
anything. God grant everyone such a
Hfe,'
The Tartar thrust some brushwood in
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NE OF the Official guardians Of
the health of the people Of the
United States is DIR. c. A

~ NE OF the ofnclal guardians OF
the health of the people Of the
~ United States is DIR. c. A
Champion. chief of the division
of chen ystry of the, internal revenue
Office. AS chief of the chemistry divis-
ion. DR. Champion has charge of the
testing of all food stuffs that are taxa
BILE under the internal revenue laws.
High up. on the fourth foor of the
Treasury building, is DR.. Champions
laboratory. He has three good-sized
rooms, which, by the way, are scarcely
sufficient for his needs, and a corps Of
five assistants. In addition to the ordi-
nary laboratory apparatus. which con-
sists of every sort of testing device
known to organic chemistry. there are
two or three cold storage plants, where
samples of oleomargarine, butter. cheese
and other food products are kept pend
ing examination.
DR.. Champion has been in the Govern
ment service for twenty years. the first
seven OF which he was in the Depart
ment OF Agriculture and the remaining
thirteen in the Treasury. When he first
came TO the Treasury DR.. Champion was
the whole division OF chemistry himself.
Little by little the work increased and
assistants were employed, until the d.
vision OF chemistry OF the internal reve-
nue. bureau was established and DIR.
Champion was made chief. DR.. Cramp-
ton was educated at the University of
Michigan and ranks high as a chemist.
Aside from the many interesting and
complicated devices for testing samples
which are sent to Or. Champion s
laboratory, the SAMPLES themselves
form an exhibition worthy OF the Wis
itor's attention. At present the butter
| and oleomargarine samr.es are largely
in the majority, owing TO the large num-
Der of cases that have come up since
the passage OF the new law, but there
are also many samples Of whisky. to-
bacco. wine. -four, cheese, opium, and
other materials subject to internal reve-
nue. taxation.
1t occurs to one after a few minutes
inspection OF the supply OF samples that
If he were shut UP in the internal reve-
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g - OiNI 10 iiesaIth Nadi'oI
said the old gentleman.
~ well, my dear ] hope
you'n leave it alive"
might have resented this familiar
form Of address from a perfect stranger
but that his last words aroused my curl
osity. He was fat, chubby. CHEEKY per
son. with bald head and spectacles.
and had entered the third class car
riage in which I was sitting at the last
Devonshire station. The train was now
on the Cornish line. and travelled along
alta fair speed.
After looking out at the rugged. wild
country till ] was tired. I turned my at
tention TO my companion. and asked him
how far it was TO Tregarth Another
hour would bring us there. he said. and
then he learned from me that ] was
bound for Tregarth Manor His reply
made as above. startled me. although
I am not nervous person
What do you mean. sir?" I asked.
He shook his head.
There's something queer about that
house." he said although I've never
been able TO find out the truth To be
sure. no one has been drowned there for
the last ten years. but the late Mr.. Ire
garth persisted by water. and many a
Tregarth before him, 20 say nothing OF
OF visitors. Then there's the white pi-
geon. A sure omen is the white pigeon
though. 10 be sure. it concerns one OF
the family
when a white pigeon futters through
the house a death OF one OF the family
may be expected. It's usually drowning
in the Garth. though some have died
L.
one side Of the Manor BE sure yor
don't go near it. But Mr.. Linfey car
tell you more about the family history
than ! can"
''AYho is hep"
What you might cali the librarian
The late Mr.. Tregarth was a collector
Of books ike his father before him
Liffey has been at the Manor for years
A strange man, but learned. / wonder
how ne gets on with Mrs Tregarth
She's a strange woman. But. beg YOU
PARDON: she is friend of yours
No; / have never seen her. I an
engaged 10 teach a young lady French
and music.
Miss Penworthy that must be. said
the archaeologist. she is a ward Oi
Mrs Tregarth. I believe she is TO MARI,
the young squire. He's fine lad Oi
fWffil r-IlFFs UkA more OF n = IoIASttl-ti
than a student. ! dare say Liffey hai
the library fine library II is-all {,
himself. But here i am, my dear
Goodby. and whatever you do don't ~
near the Garth.
was received AT the Manor by Mr.
Liffey. the rest of the household being
out.
He was a tall. lean man. but looked
good natured. though silent as a rule
he took me into the library. which wa
a very fine old room. and gave me tea
After pleasant repast ] went to M
room for short sleep.
When I awoke Mrs. Tregarth wa
standing beside me-a stout woman
with "a smiling face and little gray eyes
But there were hard lines about he
mouth which showed that she could b.
angry on occasions.
Il am glad TO see you, Miss Starr
Excuse my apparent rudeness. ! die
not expect you ill later
so NJ. Liney said, ! replied cheer
fully He gave me tea"
MIR Liffey takes too much upon him
self" said Mrs. Tregsrth tartly. mo
about the tea but in talking so much
Dinner will be ready in & few minutes.
I dressed myself In my best ana wen
down TO the drawing room. 1t was oc
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