The wageworker., 1910-12-02


atta' he'd. 1t read:
Lieutenant Pau Nevinsky at the battle
| OF the Yaiu distinguished hinlseIf. ina
charge the japanese fire was SO deadly
that all the officers OF MS regiment who
had not been picked OFF were driven pack
before the storm OF bullets except Lieu
tenant \evlnsky. who stood MS groupd
rallied "a small! nunner OF men and with
them kept the enemy at nay till the Otn-
erS mad returned. then competed the
charge. winning all tnat II was intended
| to accomplish. But IN the moment OF
victory ne was struck Dy outlet and
carried of the field dangerously wounded
/ nave attended MIN ana extracted the
pail. He Will not survive. He mas asked
me to send II TO you. saying that since
ne cannot I'VE To receive decoration to
send you ne gives YOU what ne denomi-
mates his ieaden medal.
So many wounded men need my atten-
ton that teei am taking time that be-
longs to them to fulfill my promise.
| This hriet message written by one
who WAS called away from his patient
TO other mutifariou$ duties was alt
ever received from Paul. l mad nn hope
thai he lived. aud when the returns Of
the killed and wounded came his name
| was among the dead.
| would indeed have been hard heart
ed if this devotion had not affected
me. ! had admirers. hut all their ad
| miration seemed trihiug beside that OF
| This young man who faced death that
| he might send me medal and had
instead only had time to send me the
bullet hat had killed him. Rut
kept my leaden decoration to myself
No other knew of it ar that the mas.
it had struck loved me. Nor did
intend that others should know Of il.
rSIm tally those men who were h"nor
ing me with their devotion and their
offers of marriage. | had before me
IL career. and / did not propose that 1t
should be blighted by the blue eyed.
beardleSs boy who had been killed by
the japanese.
When Count t:ravienieff. noble Of
high rank offered himself ! would
have accepted him at once but for tive
reasons. First. did not wish hin
20 think ] was nvlranXiouS for him
sn.unu. | wished to complete Il year o.
mourning: for my young soldier lover.
! few days before The expiration oi
this period card was sent up to me
bearing the name ot i'aul EevlnSky.
Was glad OF sorry:
/ don't know. only know that
hurried down stairs There, stood the
young soldier. his cheeks. which had
been round. now hollow. his complexion.
a pale yellow. his eyes sunken III his
head. I wished to he taken into his
arms that my heart might beat against
his. But l controlled myself 1 showed
my delight at receiving him back from
the dead. hut gave no indit.atiOuS that
it waS from love (;ravleneff was Il
means ready to permit this condition
OF sent iH,enr to interfere with ray TAX
ing advantage of what it would bring:
me
This was I'auIs story:
He had disappointed the surgeons by
recovering from his wound and far
more quickly han could have been an
ticipated. He had taken part In the
subsequent battles ct The war fought
by the army with which be served and
had returned general Of brigades,
covered with decorations.
! asked him why he had not inform
ed me ut his recovery. He replied In
Shamefac4d way that. having sent
ME the h,lllet that Killed him. he had
felt that to- announce hat he tlad not
been killed after all would have pu,
him i'll a rifitult,Hs position Before me
He had therefore put off the announce
ment Of his centinned existence from