The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-10

one Of his daughters Fag15 LIE neaa
body which was tina. Of 4 very Old
woman. cut into the night The staros-
u had retired 70 The doorway when
,he lamp was lighted his courage har-
ing failed hin. The air IVES foul with
tn rees Of smoke and filth and infec-
ton
We are starving. eIcellency." Tula
sad. Il can get no work. ! bad TO sell
III horse IN the winter, and cannot
plow my little piece Of land. The gov
e-umenr vEl not help Us. The prince
curse E.ln,-doe~ nothing for Us. BE
lives In Petersburg, where ne spends
al his money and has food and wine
more than ke wants.
PAU turned round sharply and shook
the maj Of.
Go" he sad, with the srarosta and
get what tell you. a great. strong
fellow Ike you has 30 business on his
knees 10 any NAN. ! viii not help you
unless you help yourself. You are q
lazy ood-tor-nothi1g. Get OUT
From hui TO hut Paul went all
through that night on his mission OF
mercy, without enthusiasm, without
high flown notions respecting mankind,
but with g simple sense OF duty that
was his. This was not the first time by
any number that he had gone down
into his VI village insisting IN a
rough and ready way on clea nllness
and purity.
The Moscow doctor was looked up-
on in Ostecno and IN many nesshbor-
Ing villages as second only 10 God. In
fact, many OF the peasants placed him
before their Creator. They were stu.
pid, vodka soddened, hapless men. The
Moscow doctor they could see for
themselves. BE came In. q very tangi-
Die thing o: sesh and blood. built on a
large and manly scale. He took them
by thes shoulders and bundled them out
OF their " houses. kicking their bed.
ding after them. He scolded them. he
rated them and abused them. He
brought them food and medicine. He
understood the diseases which from
tine TO time swept over their villages.
No cold was too intense for him 10
Grave should they be in distress. He
asked no money, and lie gave none
But they lived On his charity. and they
were wise enough to know il.
PAU Alexis. half Russian, half Eng.
Aish, understood these people ver
thoroughly. He took advantage a,
their ignorance. their simplicity. their
untsthomable superstition. He COY.
erned as no other could have rnle,
ehen, by fear and kindness at once He
mastered them b, his vitality Tho
lonesome strength Of his nature, his
nannlle superiority. He avoided rho
'eF5lo!e mistake OF liz. nibjIts,s ~
'Eeaahs them as children to whom al
ocaIoh must be given little hy ur,,a :,
s'eau OF throwing down before them
. mass OF dangerous knowledge whioh,
'ae!f minds, u~naccustone,l 70 sol,
strong food are Incapable of lipes,inc
az was a simple minded man ~.
was not afraid of the RusSfan
eminent. Indeed. he cultivated :. ~.
npt o that august BODY. Rn, ha
was distinctly afraid of being <ornI
ou'' Iof that discovery could orrr
neaA an incontinent cessa,in, . -
happy. MS lie
IT,
ine lear Of being deprived Of This
Interest III existence shoula ca,..;a,-
nafe oeen lessened, if not opita a,,ar
81 " ne fact that a greater in.sr.
e' haa been brought into his ufo
.he pleasant form OF a nrosna..i-e
we. When he was in Iondop ~.
LA sydney Marlborough he dis ~
however. forget Osterno u ho'
.ohsed for the time when he oo on,s
~ Et'a freely into his confdsna1
anu engage her interest in the go.
MS amoition-namely, 10 nal ~
huge osterno estate into ,b.. "aAe tue
49, winch might in time leay.n W.
"noie Of the empire. eh .he
think" he said ono
hmetz, that l will write ana :"
this place" all abou,
metz should m,ls . do that" replied Stein.
.Wb WIN a %leisurely promptituds' ZEN
mhS not" asked PAM
oh principle. Never ,a,,
to tom ma winch is not interesting e Human
began turned over his newspaper !,
ne looked up. men suddenly
Observed sy are ne engaged to be married. !.
00intedly But / am not ~ E,