Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
Continued from Last Sunday.

N HY happiness didn't last long for when
MI my future wife heard Of my spending
ANA this money on clothes for myself she
was very upset and cried all day and all night
She could not understand wnat kind OF nus
band l should make. since at the start / spent
so much money on my own clothes. OLheI
sweethearts she had, she said, used TO Duy
her presents. She nearly refused to 90 on
with the marriage. but / soothed her by telling
her that the good clothes were all to make me
look worthy of her
We had a fine wedding. My wife was very
pretty and / was very proud OF her. My
parents and nearly all my relations we're at
the wedding, and numbers OF my Wlles people
as we'll. IL was great time.
The owner of the brickworks where l was
going to work had given us a room in his
house and there went to live. ! was
dreadfuly shy of my wife at first was al
most afraid to speak to her she was Just as
shy of me. had known so few women all
nv life that / did not know what TO say to her.
But after few months we got to know one
another and we became very good friends
and greatly attached.
My Job at the brickworks was a very hard
one | was foreman and hSd to keep count OF
the number OF bricks made, and also to see
that each man did his work. Besides this
] had to buy their food and serve 1t out to
them at breakfast and dinner.
My pay was only fifteen roubles month,
and never really had enough to eat al
though my employer occasionally used to lei
us have meals with his family ! nave talked
several times lately with my wife about the
way we used to manage in those days. She
reckoned that about five or six roubles
month would go on clothes and househola
necessities, about seven roubles on 1000, ana
that we could save from one to two rouDles
This state of affairs went on for two years
BY this time my eldest boy, Pinka, was born,
and we began TO feel the extra expense.
also beginning to feel the strain OF tne
hard work and long hours, because l never
had been strong after my Illness as before
Back Again to Poverty.
Then ] had a great misfortune. had
saved about forty roubles, and one day
friend came to see me and asked me to lend
him twentN ] foolishly did so, and he went
away and Never paid me back. This was
sad blow fok u.s. On top of this my employer
became tireA ~ of having us there. His family
did not Iil<k us eating with them. They made
lify--vts.$ Nard for us, and when ! complained
M employer discharged me. We were cast
out on thef world again.
NY wife went to live with her family.
gave her the twenty roubles we mad saved
for her keep, but her family would not take
this So she bought table and three chairs
with the money and gave them to her parents
left our boy with her while l tried to find
work, but with the exception Of some odd
jobs could not get any,
| was out of work for six months. and
things we're about as bad they could be-
My wife's relations had begun TO think that
We would never do any better, and they did
not want to keep my wife and child any
longer. / was half starved. and AFRAID that
should again become ILL.,
Then | heard the news that Mr. Zattser
the old partner of my father in Nescherow.
was going to open brick works in kiey.
went to him. and he gave me Job as fore
man ! remained with him for twelve years,
until | was arrested and kept in prison for
two and half years. charged with the muir
der of Yushinsky
My pay at first was twenty-five roubles
month. We also had room with light and
heat NV wife now returned TO me. We
were still very poor. but not badly off as
before. Our family began TO increase, and
began to find myself in debt TO the shopkeep-
ers. Every year / got more and more behind
and at the time of my arrest l owed the shops
~. -sU roubles. Ali this have since paid.
'Police Graft" in Russia.
! could not help being in debt. Although
after two years my wages were raised 10
thirty-five roubles month. and subsequently,
after twelve years work to fifty roubles
month, Yet with the money ! obliged TO
pay the police for being allowed to remain at
Kiev which kept increas.u- sd the time, and
the cost OF my eldest boys education,
always very poor. We should have been even
worse of but for the fact that when | went
10 buy food Tor the men. / used TO make the
shopkeeper give me piece of meat or some
bread for myself for giving him the order
This great help.
But our home was much more comfortable
One of my relations died and left me some
furniture our children brought US much
happiness. / think David, my second boy.
was perhaps my fayOrite. Nv hours were
JUST long in my new lob as they had been
before, but when l came home at night David.
Who is now twelve years old, was always watt
\ ing for me / used to look for this all day.
b lie would run and kiss me. and then ! would