The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-19

uCAoIc tue N4ISlH AS SOUH DIS lllcoC
women saw us and recognized the
equipage of the Governor, they dis
persed like a flock of crows, with
frightened cries. Feodor laughed so
hard that as we passed under the vault
of the Virgin his laugh seemed to shake
the stones l felt reassured, monsieur.
Our promenade. continued without any
remarkable incident The city was al
most deserted. Everything lay pros
trated under the awful blow of that
battle in the street. Feodor said, 'Ah,
they give me wide berth; they do not
know how much l love them, and all
through that promenade he said many
more charming and delicate things
to me-
"As we were talking pleasantly under
our furs we came to la Place Koudrin-
sky, la rue Koudrinsky, to be exact. 1t
was just o'clock, and light mist had
commenced to mix with the sitting
snow, and the houses to right and left
were visible only as masses of shadow.
We glided over the snow like boat
along the river in foggy calm. Then,
suddenly We heard piercing cries and
saw shadows of soldiers rushing around,
with movements that looked larger
than human through the mist; their
short whips looked enormous as they
Knocked some other shadows that we
saw down like logs The general
stopped the sleigh and got out to see
what was going on. l got out with
him. They were soldiers of the famous
Semenowsky regiment who had two
prisoners, young man and a child.
The child was being beaten on the nape
of the neck. 1t writhed on the ground
and cried in torment. 1t couldn't have
been more than years old. The other,
the young man, held himself up and
marched along without single cry as
the thongs fell brutally upon him. l
was appalled,. I did not give my hus-
band time to open his mouth before l
called to the subaltern who commanded
the detachment, You should be ashamed
to strike child and Christian like
that, which cannot defend itself The
general told him the same thing. Then
the subaltern told us that the little
child had just killed a lieutenant In the
street by firing a revolver, which he
showed us, and il was the biggest one
l ever have seen, and must have been as
heavy for that infant to lift as small
cannon. 1t was unbelievable.
"'And the other demanded the gen.
eral; what has he done"
"'He Is a dangerous student replied
the subaltern, who has delivered him
self up as a prisoner because he prom
ised the landlord of the house where he
lives that he would do it to keep the
house from being battered down with
cannon
"'But that is right of him. Why do
YOU beat him?'
Because he has told US he Is
dangerous student.
THAT is no reason Feodor told him.
He will be shot If he deserves it, and
the child also, but l forbid you to beat
him. You have not been furnished with
these whips in order to beat isolated
prisoners, but to charge the crowd when
1t does not obey the governors orders.
In such case you are ordered Charge
and you know what to do. You under
stand" Feodor said roughly. am
General Trebassof, your governor
"Feodor was thoroughly human in
saying this. All, well, he was badly
compensated for 1t, very badly, l tell
YOU. The student was truly dangerous,
because he had no sooner heard my hus-
band say, I am General Trebassof, your
governor than he cried, All, is it you,
Trebassof! and drew revolver from
no one knows where and fired straight
at the general, almost against his
breast. But the general was not hit,
happily, nor l either, who was by him
and had thrown myself onto the student
to disarm him and then was tossed
about at the feet of the soldiers in the
battle they waged around the student
while the revolver was going off. Three
soldiers were killed. You can under
stand that the others were furious
They raised ME with many excuses and
all together, set to kicking the student