The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-06

derstnnd how could havc done SO then.
Forgive me and remember only the good,
If such there was in me.
Death does not terrlfy me, To tell
YOU the truth. L do not understand 1t
do not believe in II. If death annihila-
ton, does exist is IL not Indifferent
minutes sooner or later IL death docs
not exist, then it is quite the same
whether II happens earlier or later"
thought he Il must say what was In the
other letter-something good at the end
Yee,
thcm, especially the one who was the
unwilling cause OF my death. Kiss Nat
nsha for me and tell her l always loved
her.
vereG to ehfa his position Mhae T thin &c No
not nothing But what then?
All at once 1t became quite clear TO
him that for living man there was and
could he no answer to these questions.
Then why do l question myself about
h,sThy ono f&S st T3K onf Ved mGSf imSt mSt
now when writing this letter. After all.
every one Is condemned to dio, long ago.
alwsys. and yet We we i've we @ i've VEL Vel
when we love, Here was L writing this
letter. ! loved and was happy; So
should wo live II Is possible to liys so so
and in prison, today, tomorrow, and to
the very end"
He felt tho desire Immediately TO taIk
lovingly with somc one He knocked at
tho door, and when the guard looked in
he asked him what time II was and
whether he was soon going 10 be re-
lleved. but the guard did not answer any
thing. Then he asked him to call tho
governor. He came, asking what was re-
auired,
"Here ] have written letter to my
mother please have II delivered he
said, and tears filled his eyes at the
thought OF his mother"
Tho governor took tho letter and. prom
sing to transmit IT, was about to leave
when Svetlogoub detained him,
Look here you are kind man, why
do you engage In this cruel service7'' he
said tenderly. touching tho governor on
his coat sleeve
The governor smiled unnaturally and
pltifully and. droppins his eyes said
Well. one must live somehow
You had better give up this service.
One can always find berth, and you
are such kind man. Perhaps 1 might"
The governor suddenly sobbed, turned
round abruptly and went out, slamming
His agitation touched svetIogoub still
more and, restraining joyous tears, he
began pacing UP and down his. cell, no
longer experiencing any fear, but only
an exalted state which lifted him higher
than the world.
The same question, What will happen
with me after death?" which he hnd
ried so unsuccessfully to answer now
appeared solved for him, and that not
by any positive reasoned answer. but by
the consciousness of the true life which
was in him.
And he remembered the words of the
Gospel. Verify, verify, l say unto YOU,
Except corn OF wheat fall into the
ground and die II abldeth alone; but
II It die it bringcth forth much fruit."
2 Here am I also falling into ground
Yes, verify verify" lie thought
IF l could sleep" he said TO himself,
in order not to become weak later He
lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and
Immediately fell asleep.
He awoke at o'clock In the morning
under the impression of bright, happy
dream
He saw In his dream that, together
with some little light-haired girl, he was
climbing among the spreading branches
OF some trees covered with black ripe
cherries. and collecting them into a big
brass pan The cherries miss the pan
and fall toward the ground and somo
strange animals or other-somewhat like
cats-catch the cherries and throw them
upward and catch them again And.
looking Mt this the little girl screams
with laughter so contagiously that Svet-
logoub also mcrrily laughs in his dream,
himself hardly knowing at what. All ut
once the brass pan slips out Of the girls