The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-02-10
FIRST KISS OF MAXIM CORKI

Written by the famous Russian
Novelist Who Was oucc a tramp
Once In the late autumn my alt.
uatiou grew decidedly unpleasant
arrived in Moscow. where had
neither home nor friends without a
coprtk
After sslllnF all parts % my ward
robe that could possibly be SPARED
without the least lntcFfrpt cc. 1
went to the ahipyaria
A. this time. the beginning of No
yemhef the ueiEhhorhpod Was Dc
serted NOT a nuul o. be- ssen. not a
Gog or eat even
trampst about ia an dlrec lions
looking far remnants 81 food Ia
deod In spots / dug up the weg
ground With my feet. hoping aKaiaat
hope "a flna perhaps aomo canned
goods or A little barrel 20 salt fish.
nit Yaa ever reflect bow much
easier Il Is u satisfy tho soul thea
The body
Eyenlas came u began 10 rain.
The north wind vas blowing
Abamiasble vlnd. Il vhiuiiod
through the empty haxea aud shan
ties and kuas kei al tho riosei
shutters at the deserted salloff
tAverna
unapeakahla deaolalluu. unfath
omahle shadows all around. rvery
think and every budy dead or dying
I alone retaining a gllmmcr uf Tie
I Vas Is then
tfamnsd and tramped over The
cold wet ground. singing an Al
them 70 huuEeF With my ghalisdns
teeth.
Suddenly as I bent over a ta2
10 make sure that nothing yaiabia
escaped Hse. ! sas a female figure
much the eofss Tor rain and mud
The woman. Nho turned her back
upon me. Naa dikElns With her hare
hands Al the site ~ Tn snoda raas
When she sin0f up regarding me-
with hlK gray. anxious eyes. I Haw
eouaslY lass ~ my own age. With
face full ~ aNuetneas and poetry
bat disfienrud BY thrcc biz black
marks. one uuaeF each eye. another
IN the center Of tho f1Fshsai
oaly Al artist could DO Il 80
sYmmeififaily. said 20 myself
with The brutal humor OF the trama
usri 70 suffer b. bis own kini ana
others.
A. the siFi studlea mY face nnd
taNxed appearance. the lrok % alarm
gradually faaeA from hpr uyua Neat
she wiped the art from her. haaaa.
adjusted her raiieo hrateioth. Hua
said
SO faa are huuxfy. too Wen a.
on dixNinx believe that boa there
- fail Il sosa thtnxs SCENE arsY.
man must have dropped a. Harry
up. hoY. ulaYbs there u sausage la
81
Dusk found Us sful ~ work. with
the enid the damn and the flood q
heavens tears Increasing fauisr
end loudsf TIE raindrpps aramusa
on the boards 81 the Knods cans
Somewhere ia The distance q watch
ntan'a rattle waa EuiuH
Let's hreak OF tho iork -Nr
uHisbt as weti - 20 Iaii for ous thing
as for the ether ahs said.
I broke The ioek vtth a ssnns an1
mY friend rFawisi o.. SudasniY she
cried ut here q la
what. The sausage =
The bread relied 20 the ground
ard after 1 ny enmradn.
seeing that ! was snunrhinr b.
fore she had hsd show herself she
cfisf imuatieHgtY let me have q
! bit. too. greedy And then. we
can't sfav here and tive what ahaii
We 40 ? she Looked inauirinwlY o.
al directions SothiaR but dark
ness ard vet
4 saw an upiurned huat on the
shore. I think I raa find u again.
dhau We Try thai
Instead II answer my companion
took me - the arm. had hnid ~
the bread. hneakinE or CHUNKS a.
auf mouths got empty
what's your name - asked az
last. ashamed u working my jaws
without interruption.
@Nataaeha replied the rirl with
mouth fun uf bread.
The rain bent inresnantiY upau
the beat ihat shattered us. the water
trickiinx IT. through numerous
cracks. the iHy wind. too. made b.
self felt Nltb cutting severity
At times II sounded 80 if tire aieha
~ au evil spirit Nafied pest the
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