The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-11
Gayety and Dynamite.
kkD AR1NIA, the young stranger
has arrived
Where is he?"

"Oh, he is waiting at the lodge"
81 told you to show him to Natacha's
stting-room Didn't you understand
me, Ermolai?"
Pardon, Barinia, but the young
stranger, when | asked to search him,
as you directed. flatly refused to let
me-"
Did you explain to him that every
body Is searched before being allowed
TO enter. that 1t is the order, and that
even my mother herself has submitted
to it?'
q told him all that, Barniai and l
told him about madame, your mother"
What did he say to that?'
THAT he was not madame your
mother. He acted angry"
We'll, let him come in without being
searched"
"The Chief of Police won't like it."
do as / say"
Ermolai bowed and returned to the
garden. The "barinia" left the yeranda
where she had come for this conVersa-
ton with the old servant of General
Trebassof, her husband. and returned
TO the dining room in the datcha des
Hes where the gay Councillor Ivan Pc
trovitch was regaling his amused as
soeiates with his latest exploit at Gu
bats resort They were noisy com
pany. and certainly the quietest among
them was not the General, who nursed
on sofa the leg which still held him
captive after the recent attack, that to
his old coachman and his two piebald
horses had proved fatal. The story OF
the always -amiable Ivan PetrovItch "a
lively. little. elderly man with his head
bald as an egg was about the evening
before After having, as he said, re
cure la bouche"--for these gentlemen
spoke French like their own language
and used 1t among themselves to keep
their servants from understanding
after having wet his whistle with a
large glass of sparkling rosy French
wine, he cried:
"You would have laughed, Feodor
Feodorovitch. We had sung songs on
the Barque and then the Bohemians
left with their music and we went out
onto the river bank to stretch our legs
and cool our faces in the freshness OF
the dawn, when a company of Cossacks
of the Guard came along. | knew the
officer In command and Invited him to
come along with US and drink the En-
peror's health at Cubat's place. That
officer, Feodor Feodorovitoh, is a man
who knows vintages and boasts that he
has never swallowed a glass of any
thing so common as Crimean wine,
When ! named champagne he cried,
'Vive rEmpereurv A true patriot. So
we started. merry as school chlldren.
The entire company followed, then all
the diners playing little whistles, and
all the servants besides, single ille. Al
Cubat's ] hated to leave the companion
officers Of my friend at the door so
invited them in, too. They accepted,
naturally. But the subalterns were
thirsty as we'll. | understand discipline
You know, Feodor Feodorovtch, that
J am a stickler for discipline. Just be-
cause one Is gay of a Spring morning
discipline should not be forgotten.
invited the officers to drink in pri-
vate room, and sent the subalterns into
the main hall Of the restaurant. Then
the soldiers were thirsty, too, and /
had drinks served to them out in the
courtyard Then, my word, there was
a perplexing business, for now the
horses whinnied. The brave horses,
Feodor Feodorovitch, who also wished
to drink the health of the Emperor. /
was bothered about the discipline. Hall,
court, all were full. And ! could not
put the horses in private rooms. Well
] made them carry out champagne IN
pals and then came the perpleXlng
business ! had tried so hard to avoid,
a grand mixture of boots and horse
shoes that was certainly the liveliest
thing ! have ever seen in my life, But
the horses were the most Joyous and
y