Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-10-02

reliant American citizen were weigh
ed by the same experts, to whom
Grabowsky was only the last conner in
a long procession of stowaways.
On one hand lay the freedom to
walk through the forest of skyscrapers
that is visible from the iron-barred
| Ellis Island window-on to whatever
lay beyond for Grabowsky. On the
other, the freedom to ride safely
back to the port of Libau, whence he
came.
The lad waited for two long weeks
In the detention ward of Ellis Is
land after he had told his story to
the board. Twice he was refused ad-
mittance, and each time his case was
appealed to a higher authority by the
Russian society, which looks after it's
own In this country, with unexampled
care, well knowing in what sore
straits thousands of Russians leave
the fatherland. On August 8 the
answer came in one word: Admit
ted" His mothers sisters husbands
brother--a remote family connection,
who knew the Grabowskys only by
name-had refunded his steerage fare
to the Kursk's purser, and supplied
the necessary $25 for entrance. Grab
owsky left for the home of his bene-
factor in Newark the same night
Now that the bother that was made
at the gateway of the Promised Land,
about the disposition of Grabowsky's
short body and his adventurous soul, Is
over, his eyes are no longer frozen.
The dead look came into them only
when the lad heard that, after months
of blind struggling against odds that
became greater and greater as he
went on, his fate still hung in the |
balance. 1t was his story of those |
odds, which stood out as unique even |
to officials who untangle strange knots |
In scores of lives daily, that was his
strongest recommendation to the
board.
Tragedy In Life In Russia.
Julian Grabowsky began life in a
comfortable home. His small, erect
'ody, his quiet gravity, his careful
Russian speech, still show his early
breeding. Ten years ago his father
vas tho employer of 300 men in a
annery in wilma. Perhaps it was
'oor management that caused his fail
Ire. Julian can not swear that 1t
wasn't. But his business began to
lump at the precise moment that 1t
ecame whispered about the town that
q was voting with the socialists. Aft
r the elder Grabowsky had the te-
1erity to speak in public for the rad
,al party his failure became swift
nd certain. Not only did the czar's
overnment withdraw it's orders, but
ne banks refused him credit With
| year, in short. he was penniless. i;
hat isn't an unusual story in Rus +,
"a.
Twice after that the elder Grabow- l
Ky tried to commit suicide. Twice he
as discovered and prevented. These |
re the only episodes that changed a t
uscle of the boys face when he 4
Id them to the board. His eyes fill t
with tears when he related what d
month after the last sui s
dial attempt. Grabowsky disappear Y
--unaccountably and for good. His e
n does not believe he went away c
his own accord. Siberia lies con- 8
near to Russia, especially to a
e homes of the socialists. 8
Julian (aged nineteen now) thus be- r
me at twelve the head of family n
one invalid woman and four chill e
en-. Two of them-the two next il
to Julian-are geniuses. Is
leir emigrant brother says SO, with 81
ide. One Of his reasons for com Il
3 to America is his desire to send ii