The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-10

NOR "ulCu wac - A~4a
lei US drag him beneath that pine ~" ~
and ride on to Tver. we snai ~
good. my dear Alexis, wasting our
over the possible antecedents Oh d g. =,
- rbo for reasons of his own Is
silent on the subJect u,o
Paul rose from the grouno' h
movements we're those Of a strong ahu
s-,nlo man. one whose muscles hau
never had time to grow sdf. He was
an active man, who eve nufiieu'
standing thus upright he was very .ai'
nearly a giant Only in St p~etersou,s'
~ all the cities of the world, could ne
expect to pass %unnotced, the Guy Q,
tall men and plain women. He ruooeo
his two hands together in a slnguiaris
nrofessiopal manner which sat amlss
on him.
"What do you propose doingT ne
asked. You know the laws OF tns
country better than do ,
steinmetz scratched his forehead
with his fore6nger.
"Our theatrical friends, the police
be said, ARE going to enjoy this. Sup
nose we prop him up sitting against
that tree-no one will run away with
htm-and lead his horse into Tver. !
will give notice to the police, but Will
not do so until you are In the ST. re
tersburg train. l will, Of course, give
them to understand that your princely
mind could not be bothered BY such
details as this; that you have proceed
ed on your journey"
81 do no like leaving the poor beg
gar alone all night" said Paul. There
NAV he wolves-the crows in the early
morning
bah! That is because you are SO
soft hearted. Ny dear fellow, what
business is it of ours if the universal
laws of nature are illustrated upon
this unpleasant object? We all live
on each other. The wolves and the
crows have the last word. Come, let
Us carry him to that tree"
The two living men carried the name
less, unrecognizable dead to a resting
place beneath a stunted pine a few
PAGES removed from the road. They
laid him decently at full length, cross.
ing his soil begrimed hands over his
breast, tying the handkerchief down
owe his face.
Then they turned and left him alone
in that luminous night-a waif that ha(
fallen by the great highway without
q word, without q sign; a half u race
q story cut off In the middle, for he wa!
q young man still. His hair, all dusty
draggled and blood stained, had n
streak Of gray; his hands were smooth
and youthful. There was a vague sus
picion of sensual softness about hi
body, as If this might have been
man who loved comfort and ease, VIII
had always chosen the primrose path
bad never learned the salutary lessoI
Of self denial. The incipient stoutnes
OF limb %contrasted strangely with tn
drawn meagerness Of his body, whic,
was contracted by want Of food. Pau
Alexis was right. This man had die
Of starvation within ten miles Of tn
great Volga, within nine miles Of th
outskirts Of Tver, a city second t
Moscow and once her rival. Therefor
1t could only be that he had purposel
avoided the dwellings of men, that b
was a fugitive of some sort or another
Paul's theory that this was an English
man had not been received with e1
thusiasm by Steinmetz, but that phi!
losopher had stopped to inspect tn
narrow, telltale fingers. Steinmetz, b
It noted, had an infinite capacity fo
holding his tongue.
They mounted their horses and rod
away, without looking back, but the
did not speak, as If each were deep /
his ownlthoughts. Material had indee
been afforded them, for who could te
who this featureless man might be
They were left in a state of hopeless
curiosity, as who having picked up
page with "Finis" written upon it fall
to wondering what the story may hav
be~en.SsAsa
Steinmetz had thrown the bride q
the straying horse over his arm, an
the animal trotted obediently by til
side Of the fdgety little Cossacks.
THAT was bad luck" exclaimed tn
elder man at length; bad luck. [
this country the less you find the les
you. see; the less you understand tn
simpler Is your existence. Those n
htllsts. with their mysterious ways an
their reprehensible love of explosive.
have made honest mems lives a burde
to them"
Their motives were originally good,
putin Paul.
THAT Is possible, but a good motiy
- no. excuse for a bad means. The
wanted to get along too quickly. The
are pigheaded, exalted. impractical I
. man. ! do not mention the wome1
because when women NEEDLE In Dol,
tics they make fools Of. themselye,
sven in England. These nihilists woul
have been all very well IL thew ha
been content to SOW for posterity. Bu
mey wanted to see the fruits Of tbei
labors IN n generation. Educate,
does not grow like that. It REQUIRES
couple Of generations to germinate 7
has to be manfred by the brains .
FOOLS before It Is Of any use. In Ems
!and II has reached this stage. Her
Russia the sowing has only heonn
Now. we were do;nn o~eun