Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-05-18

II smoking lamp, Of which the
chimney is broken. The greasy
4 u curtains drawn across the
small windows exclude the faintest
possibility Of a draft.
There is also the smell Of vodka,
which bottled curse is standing in tum-
blers oil down the long table. The
news has spread in Osterno that vodka
is to be had for the asking at the inn,
where there is a meeting. Needless to
say, the meeting is a large one.
Il tell you, little fathers" an orator
was shouting, that the day Of the cap
italist has gone. The rich men-the
princes, the mobiles, the great mer-
chants, the monopolists, the spies -
tremble. They know that the poor man
is awakening at last from his long
lethargy. What have we done in Ger
many? What have we done in Amer
lea? What have we done in England
and France"
The speaker, q reckless, broad shout
dered ruffian, looked round, with tri-
umphant head we'll thrown back.
"And now" continued he, "let us get
to business. I think we understand
each other"
He looked round with an engaging
smile upon faces brutal enough to suit
his purpose, but quite devoid of intel
ligence. There, was not much under
standing there.
THE poor man has only one way of
making himself f%elt-force. We have
worked for generations, we have toiled
In silence, and we have gathered
strength. The time has now come for
us to put forth u strength; the time
has gone by for merely asking for
what we want. We asked, and they
heard us not. We will now go and
take!"
A few who had heard this speech or
something like it before shouted their
applause at this moment. Before the
noise had subsidized the door opened,
and two or three men pushed their
way into the already overcrowded
room.
"Come in! Come in" cried the ora
tos. "The more the better. You are
all welcome. All we require, then, lit
tie fathers, is organization. There are
800 souls in Osterno. Are you going to,
bow down before II man? All men
are equal-moujik and prince. Why
do you not go up to the castle that
frowns down upon the village and tell
the man there that you are starving;
that he must feed you; that you are
not going to work from dawn till eve
While he sits on his velvet couch and
smokes his gold tipped cigarettes? Why
do you not go and tell him that you are
not going to starve and die while he
eats caviare and peaches from gold
plates and dishes?"
Again the ~interrogative unwashed
list. AS the orators wild and frenzied
eye Travelled round the room it lighted
on a form near the door, a man stand
ing a head and shoulders above any
n in the room, a man enveloped in
an old brown coat with a wollen shawl
round his throat hiding half his face.
who is that?" cried the orator, with
an unsteady, pointing finger. HE is
no moujik. Has he come here to u
meeting to spy upon usY
"You may ask them who 1 am" re-
piled the giant. 'They know; they will
tell you. 1t IS not the first time that I
tell them they are fools. I tell them
again now. They are fools and worse
to listen to such windbags as you"
"Who is it," cried the paid agitator.
who is this mann"
1T is the Moscow DOCTOR" said a
man beside him, "the Moscow DOCTOR"
Then say he is no doctor"! shout
ed the orator. "He is a spy, q govern
ment spy, a t%chtnovnik!. He has heard
all we have said. He has seer you all.
Brothers, that man must not leave this
room alive. If he does, you are lost
menu
Some few of the more violent spirits
rose and pressed unanimously toward
the door. The agitator shouted and
screamed, urging them on, taking good
care to remain in the safe background
LIVERY Au4u III d room rose
to his feet. They were full of vodka
n fury and ignorance. Spirit and
tall talk taken on an empty stomach
are dangerous stimulants.
Paul stood with his back to the door
and never moved.
"Sit down, fools!' he cried. "Sit
down! Listen to me. You dare not
touch me: you know that"