Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-22

It Was For the Car, and He
Wanted It In a Hurry.

Wanted It In a Hurry.
A SCARED cRlMEAN TAILOR
Whom Pounesd Upon BY His Majssty'l
General, Who cIoaksd'Ais Missien II
Mystery. ths Knight Of the Shear
Thought HE Time Had Come.
BY special permission OF the court
authorities an amusing account ID pub
llshed OF the circumstances attending
the ordering Of a military inform by
the czar from a little tailor in the
Crimea. Khaim Kurichkess BY name
who lived at Simferopol. the headQuar'
tiers Of the Crimean dragons.
When the imperial family came t.
Lividai. and some days before the an
nual fete of the Crimean dragons, the
car told the colonel that she had ~
store n gift for him and the regiment
the czarIna had consented TO become
their chief. His MAJESTY added: II
shall be there when you, and your Of.
fcers are presented to the empress
and shall wear your, uniform, The
only thing Is, T believe I haven't the
uniform Of the regiment. But that
doesn't matter, there is time. y you
hurry. to have one made. You seem
to have an excellent tailor. Your. uni
form fits beautifully. Who made. .ltf''
The colonel gave the name az Klrich-
kess. whereupon his majesty asked him
to arrange that Kur1chkess should
make a uniform for himself. adding.
smiling. Tell, him to, do bis best and
to urn It ont as well as yours" j
There ia next given . sertocomic do,
scription Of the alarm ,occasioned
among the Kurichkess. household. con
sisting Of father, mother and nine chill
dren. when a handsome motorcar stop
ped outside their door and a cloaked
general officer descended.
The general said In stacceto sen
fences: You must come with me.
Don't be frightened; You'll know
later where I'm taking you. I can't
leave without you. We've lost much
time already. Get dressed quickly"
The tailor obeyed.. went with ,shis cap
tor and was absent FOR four days.
Nine. Kurichkess was doubtful wheth'
er she was a wife Or a widow.
Eventually the tailor turned up safe
and recounted bis adventures. The
drive with the general had lasted two
hours and q half. During the whole
journey the general did not address q
single word to him. When they reach.
ed their destination. Yalta. all be said
was. "Khaim Kurichkess. get out and
follow me"
He was assured that be need not .be
alarmed; he would beS provided With
lodging and with food. and the next
day he. would be told why he had been
brought to Yalta and what he had %
do. He was told he need not try To
escape. as be would be watched.
His fears were dissipated when q
colonel entered the room. and the gen.
eral Of generals addressed him to the
following effect:
Great. good fortune has fallen upon
you. His majesty the emperor wishes
you. to make for him a uniform Of the
Crmean dragons. But 1t must, be al
good as that Of the colonel Of the regi.
ment. hope You won't, make q mess
Of it. l, will take you ut once to the
palace. where you will be admitted to
the cars study to e bis majesty'a
figure"
When the general Of generals" took
Kurichkess to the cars study his maj.
esty was standing reading a document
with his back to the door. Some min.
utes elapsed before he turned around.
In the meantime. K~urichkess was root
ed to the door.
The car on realizing his presence
faced him and said: "Oh. you are here
already: You are Khaim Kurichkess,
the tailor. I want you to make me a
uniform of the Crimean Dragons, Do
your best and e that It is a good At.
Get to work 1t once"
Kurichkess went on. to describe how
God had helped him In bis work and
how satisfied the car had been with
the uniform and thanked him for 1t.
Kurichkess refused to accept any
thing in payment. but his" general IN.
sisted that. according to law. he was
obliged to receive 50 rubles for his
expenses. Moreover. the general added.
the minister Of, the court was aware
that Kurichkess was, in debt. and he
gave the, tailor an envelope containing
800 rubles from the minister to dis
charge bis obligations.
Kurichkess was driven back in q
motor to simferopoL and ZONE days
later an imperial messenger brought
u his shop a cas- containing a gold
watch and chain. The double eagle
was engraved on the watch. which also
bore the inscription. ITO Khaim Ku.
reckless for Zeal"-Argos. I
aLadys II Defined.