Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-03-03

founding progress he has made. /
could hardly believe my ears when
heard my friend speaking Russian so
well, MI. Hardy, is there a Jew con-
cealed in the store?'
"Nyet," replied Hardy.
He says No. and that convinces
me. Nevertheless, you shall come in
and see for yourselves, and If you find
a Jew here, | will agree to eat him,
without pepper or salt. Mr., Hardy,
come down and open the door"
Hardy complied with the request,
and Emery jumping briskly from the
carriage, entered, calling out cheer
fully:
"Vladimar, Anatoli, Sergei, come in
and look about, and then you shall
take out a barrel of vodka and all the
friends shall drink to my safe return
to Holy Russia"
The three men entered shamefaced-
ly, protesting that they would take
Mr.. Emery's word as to the Jew, but
he slapped them one by one heartily
OF the back, shouting:
Come in, brothers, come in"
Twenty minutes later they went out
with a barrel Of vodka, announcing:
Christians, there is no Jew here.
Let us drink to the health of Fred
erick Emery"
The mob dispersed.
"Well!" exclaimed old Emery, as he
slammed down the iron shutter, what
in the devil does all this mean?"
"Tt means" explained Hardy, that
there has been a massacre of Jews,
and that Mordecai, whom | employed
to teach me Russian, fled here for
shelter. Wang, here, my Korean er'
rand boy, and | disguised him as q
priest and sent him about his bust
ness"
"Good!'' exclaimed Emery, good!
Blamed %clever!" He sprang to his
feet and paced the store. He was ar
excitable man. But I got here JUS
in time. / came up IN the Ingoda
Those bl%ood-thirsty devils might have
set fire to the store and perhaps have
killed you. l think I'll stay here fol
a month or SO, and help you out. MY
boy, I have great news. Good news
Glorious news!" Here he jumped upor
the counter, and, sitting there, looked
tr"iumphantly at Hardy, pulling fierce
ly meanwhile at his side whiskers.
/. What is it?" asked Hardy.
War, my boy; wal between Russi;
and Japan!'
"And do you call that good news?
YES, for merchants, for commerce
I fear you haven't acquired the com
) mercial spirit yet, my boy. Big con
| tracts, tremendous sales, high prices
An unparalleled demand for every
. thing on earth. Business! business
i business, till you can't rest-that'
what war means! Well have tremer
. dous shipments OF goods sent over t
. v~ladivostok. and every steamer tina
!. comes up the river bknging them t
our stores. It'll be a big war, a grea
4 big war, for little Japan is going t
il give Russia the fight Of her life!"
~Do you think SOL" asked Hard,
~wonderingly. do you think Japa
y will be able to stand UP against Rui
STAG"
Stand UP against her!" shoute
" Emery. why, she'll make her tren
q BILE to the very foundations. N
9 friends out there will have somethin
n beside J%ew-baiting to attend to whe
a that war breaks out. I've been !
9 Japan, looking the ground over, and
know what I'm talking about. Did yo
ever see a mother cat pounce 9
b a big clumsy dog? Well, Japan is
& whole nation Of wildcats, 100000
v wildcats, and Russia is the clumsie'
it kind Of a clumsy dog"
"By the way said Hardy. Il wol
% der what became Of Mordecai's mot,
Is or? forgot all about her in the 9
s. citement.'