The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-20

cholosy" OF their being alone together
IN so isolated a situation.
All the characters attended when
Semenoff died Of a hemorrhage in the
hospital. After q quarrel with his
father Youril went out in the garden
and m the darkness stepped on a
little frog. A cold SILVER ran along
his back. He sat down on q bench.
sad, dismal thoughts drifted through
hts brain. He looked across TO where
n the dark grass that poor little frog
was dying or perhaps after terrible
agony lay dead We are told that by
his ways OF thinking Yourii had sense
lessly woven a complicated net be-
tween himself and the universe. and
this seems wholly probable. In re-
fleeing on chastity and life later as
ne lay IN bed this young man decided
hat both were folly, and SO deciding
he ground his teeth with such fury
hat yellow stars flashed before his
eyes. We think II was the next day
hat a melon field looked To him like
human skulls strewn upon the
ground.
We have Ida In despair upbraid-
ing the handsome but dull military
officer Sarudine. Cant YOU really
SEQ how intensely stupid you are?'
she Kissed through her clenched teeth
as h looked straight into his eyes,
What words 20 USE he said, sur
priscd and annoyed II was after
this bitter interview that Ida. having
made up her mind TO cast herself into
thu river. was ~d!ssuaded from that
extreme purpose by her brother. whose
philosophy soon satisfied her that her
trouble was unimportant. The same
philosophy also satisfied The troubled
physician Novikoff OF tho same thing.
and SO he and Ida were married. but
they We're not entirely happy.
The suicides come on. Youri! doas
not klll himself at page l72, though
he com~s very near II. The contact
of cold steel on his heated brow was
at once pleasant and alarming" He
was practising; going through the
motions. lie thought OF the beautiful
school teacher, What about Snao'
he asked hlL-.f All, well, shall
never get her, and 50 I leave 10 some
n else this enjoyment" He pulled
the trigger. but tho pistol nd not &C
off. He to bed and dreamed OF
something gigantic bent over HIM and
~eNhaitng fiery breath. Though the
fatal business was delayed in his case
in W.T. other Il suffered no post
ponement. After the unhappy youth
Soloveitchik had explained his menta.
troubles to San,ne and after that per.
fectly frank philosopher had said e
him, You are a lead man and
for n dead man tho best plac.
Is the grave Good-by,' Soloveitchil
promptly hanged himself by tho do,
kennel in his back yard. and in tn,
same dark hour Sarudine, the ph!lan
derIng soldier. s9lot himself through
the head because there had been pub
llcly put upon him an insulting an,
very painful injury which he could no
avenEe.
Autumn came. Many Of the char
acters looked out on gardens strewl
with yellow leaves. Yourii stood 4,
such u garden. The sickly hue O
death confronted him at every point.
Through this garden the family coach
man passed, hearing a pail of water
In It there tioated leavcs-dead. vel
low leaves Yourii watched the fam
IN Nhls NUlAi hINIlfil llN bdfk an
purrod. The maidservant appeare
in the doorway and said that lunc
! was ready. The idea OF lunch nile
HIM with horror, Stepping behind
| tree, he shot himself, II was though
10y those who went TO the funera
that there was something beauti
T ful about suicide. There wer
l tears and flowers, and noble word
were said San!ne boarded a railwa
. train and rode away. When he ha
~journcyed for several hours he wer
out upon the platform at the rear c
. the train and jumped off. Rising fror
. the s%andbank upon which he had faller
I ne uttered a cry Of Joy, The ira
had carried on his valise. Unhurdenet
fun Of the zest Of life, ne moved or
= wsri to meet the sun,