Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-09-19

reliant American citizen were weigh
ed by the same experts. to whom
Grabowsky was only the last conner In
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
~ 70 enjoy an e1iiclent. tractlon ser,
fng board. Twice he was refused ad-
mittance, and each time his case was
appealed to higher authority by the
Russian society, which looks after its
own In this country, with unexampled
care, well knowing in what sore
straits thousands of Russians leave
the fatherland. On August the
answer came In one word: Admit
ted" His mothers sisters husbands
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. ris eyes are no longer frozen
The dead look came into them only
when the lad heard that, after month;
of blind struggling against odds tina
became greater and greater as hi
went on, his fate still hung in tn,
balance. 1t was his story of thos,
odds, which stood out as unique evei
to officials who untangle strange knot
in scores of lives daily, that was hi
strongest recommendation to tn,
board.
Tragedy In Life In Russia.
Julian GrabowGky began life In
comfortable home. His small, cree
body, his quiet gravity, his careful
Russian speech, still show his earl
breeding. Ten years ago his fathe
was the employer of 300 men in
tannery In wilma. Perhaps it wa
poor management that caused his fai
ure. Julian can not swear that
wasn't. But his business began I
slump at the precise moment that
| became whispered about the town ths
he was voting with the socialists AT
} er the elder Grabowsky had the t
J merity to speak in public for the RAJ
: ical party his failure became swi
5 and certain. Not only did the car
government withdraw its orders, bi
9 the banks refused him credit. Wit
t in year, in short, he was pennies
That isn't an unusual story In Ru
{ STA.
a Twice after that the elder Grabo'
/. sky tried to commit suicide. Twice /
was discovered. and prevented The
d are the only episodes that changed
;. muscle OF the boys face when
It told them to the board. His eyes q
z ed with tears when he related VIII
o happened month after the last s,
D cidal attempt. Grabowsky disappet
r. ed -unaccountably and for good. H
,r son does not believe he went aw
b. of his own accord. Siberia lies &C
IL veniently near to Russia. especially
ID the homes of the socialists.
lie Julian (aged nineteen now thus
I'd came at twelve the head of fam
of one invalid woman and four ct
dren. Two of them-the two ne
er youngest to Julian-are genius
H. Their emigrant brother says so, W
le pride. One of his reasons for CO
IL ing to America is his desire to sc