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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-16
Mrs, Matte Evans.

Special Dispatch 10 TIL" Int"lircnc"r.
MIDDLEBDURNE W. Va. Dec b.
After a lingering illness, Mrs. Matte
Evans succumhed t. tuberculosis AT her
home near here. Ecfur" her mnrr,ar"
TO Clarence Evans Su, WIS Miss Matte
Jcrpisnn. The Deceased - %urE Id"d 10y
h,r husband and ihr"" children. Funeral
services will he held ia TIA" i.auIiSt
church here, Tuesday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-16
GREB WINS DECISION

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Dec. hillary
Greb. Pittsburgh, won the newspaper de-
cision here tonight in his trn-round bout
with Billy Kramer. Philadelphia Both
men are middleweightS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-16
CLAIM DISCRIMINATION.

ENONEII.LE. Tenn, Dec. l5.--Flaim
,hr, five thousand Nf tho $1,000 btu
oIu,us miners in tn" KCntucky- Tenn
,.ssc.. fields have been unable t. return
because Of the refusal Of operators TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
SECRETARY LANES PLEA
FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Tells Business Men President Will
sons Plan Will in Nowise In
validate Monroe Doctrine.

NEW YORK, January 17.-Appea1-
ing for the support of President
Wilson's idea of league of nations
by the business men of the United
States, declaring that the Presidents
plan would in no way invalidate the
Monroe doctrine. and that Mr.. Wilson
had gone to Europe mot as a con-,
queror but for the healing of the
nations" Franklin X. Lane, Secretary
of the Interior, in an address here
yesterday before the Merchants As
ISOLATION of New York, gave an out
line of what the fundamental
elements of such a league must be"
It's basis, he asserted. will be inter
national cooperation
Mr. Lane explained how, through
the formation of league of nations,
quarrels between nations could be
adjudicated by IAN international
court" following investigation of the
case by IAN international council of
media tom" how Delinquent"
nation could be "encompassed by a
circle of iron completely shutting
off its economic life and isolating it
from the rest of the world; how. if
this failed the members OF the league
of nations could, as u last resort. turn
TO war.
The speaker declared that President
Wilson had gone to Europe "as a rep
resentative of an ideal of the states
mon of many centuries and he re-
counted the struggles for democracy
from ancient to modern times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
Labor Surplus Increasing,
Says Employment Service

Increasing surplus of labor, espe-
cially noticeable in fifteen states as
against twelve states reported last
week. was revealed in the weekly sum-
mary yesterday of employment condi.
tons by the United States Employment
Service.
The surplus was especially notice
able in the following states: Cali
fornia, Colorado. Connecticut, Illinois,
Indiana. iowa. Michigan. Massachu-
sets, Nebraska, New Mexico. New
York. Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota
and Utah.
A distinct shortage of labor still ex-
lists along the Atlantic coast, extend
ing from Philadelphia south to Florida
and inland as far as West Virginia
and Alabama. Large surpluses of un-
employed are still reported in the
building trades. and there are also
large SURPRISES of clerical help.
Boilermakers and railroad nlachinists
were reported as urgently needed in
all railroad centers. There are still
many opportunities for semi-skilled
labor in the shipyards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
TWELVE INSTRUCTORS
AT MEADE PROMOTED
Sergeants to Receive Commissions
as Second Lieutenants-Othe
Win War Honors.

CAMP MEADE, Md, January H.
The first commissions to be announced
since the armistice was signed were
issued today to the sergeants who
came here in August from overseas to
act as instructors in the intelligence
school. There are twelve of them.
representing almost that many i'm
portant units Of the first expeditions
airy forces.
These men will receive their dis
charges and then will have handed
to them commissions as second lieu
tenants infantry section. Officers Re-
serve Corps.
Sergt Jack Madison of Paris, Tex.
won croix de guerre for his daring
work in no mans land. Harry V.
Jacoby, another of the graduates of
the school, was formerly of the Cana
dian mounted police, an organization
that requires in it's daily work
bravery of the kind displayed in
France. Another man is John O'Shea.
who caught a German spy wearing an
American uniform, and who had lived
eight years in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
Urges Continued Paw.

Mr.. Morrison urged that Congress
pay soldiers until they get work: thar
provision be made for work on public
buildings, and that money be provided
so that secretary Lanes land devei-
opnent plans may proceed inue-
dIately.
n few years ago government sur
Fey OF unemployment was made at the
request OF the federation MIR Morri
son said. and it was of such a nature
that the republicans, then in power.
did not dare to publish it, and the
democrats, coming in power. realized
the situation. and did not dare to pub
lish it"
Referring to employers refusing to
deal with employees in wage disputes,
he said Postmaster General Burieson
had refused to meet with representa-
tives of the tefegraphers' union.
Mr.. Morrison said that much irnmi-
grafton could be expected from Latin
and Slav countries, and that his desire
for immigration prohibition was only
to care for the workers now In
America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17

with which she was doing business
heard no more from her until NoYem
her. when letter from her said she
had forwarded some months pre-
viously the other parts of the bills,
and demanding explanation of why
her order had not been filled.
/ The redemption division Of the
Treasury was appealed to by the New
York house. whidl forwarded the
halves of the bills it had received
with an explanation. Chief Gates
looked up the numbers of the bills
in his files, and found that the other
halves of the bills had been redeem
ed at half value of the fun bill on
representations made in July by a
New York commission merchant in
poultry that he had lost the missing
parts of the bills.
This information was forwarded to
the concern that had received Senior
ita MendeZabaps order. 1t proceeded
to take the matter into court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
MORRISON WOULD
BAR IMMIGRANTS
Tells House Committee That
Labor Faces Bread Lines
by May |.

Warning that unless immigration
is prohibited the demobilized men of
the Army and Navy Will be without
employment and that there will be
bread lines by May l, was given by
FRANK Morrison. secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, testi-
flying before the immigration commit
tee OF the House yesterday He was
speaking in support of a bill to forbid
immigration for four years.
He gave statistics on unemployment
IN number of large cities. Hope
that building operations would be
pushed in the spring. taking up a
good percentage of those then unem-
ployed, was expressed by Mr.. Morri-
sou
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
WOMAN IN PERU CUTS MONEY
IN TWO IN PAYING HER BILLS

Signorita Juana Rosa Mendezabal is
a resident of Chopin, Peru, who exer-
cises caution in forwarding money in
payment for purchases made by mail
in the United States. She changes her
Chilean pesos into American paper
currency cuts the bills in half, mails
one-half and waits for acknowledge
ment before posting the other part of
the money
Signorita Mendezabal forwarded an
order for some feminine finery to
cloak and suit company of New
York city. which does a mail
order business at home and abroad.
This she did in January of last year,
sending along the halves of one IS
federal reserve note and OF three 81
silver certificates.
This was duly received. The concern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
Survey of Conditions.

Surveys of industrial conditions in
many cities showing unemployment
were presented by Mr.. Morrison La
Dor leaders. he said, made the survey
Tuesday at his request.
The estimated number of unem-
ployed given by the survey included:
Clifton. Ariz., $50: Los Angeles, 5000;
New Britain. Conn., 1000; Chicago,
10000; Rockford. ILL.,. 600; Fort Wayne,
Ind, $50; Louisville, KY. 1900; New
Orleans, 10000; Boston. 10000: Grand
Rapids, 5000; ST Paul, 5000: St
Louis. $4,000; Kansas City. 1000;
Paterson. n. j.. 1900: Trenton. $500;
New York city. 10000; Cincinna tt,
5000; Cleveland, 10000; Portland.
Ore, 5000; Toledo, 1900: Youngs-
town, 5000: McKeesport. Pa, 500;
Scranton, Pa. 900: Aberdeen, Wash,
5000; Wheeling, w. Va, T50; Mil
waukee, 1000, and Superior, Wis.
100.
Charleston. S. c., and Wilmington,
Del, reported ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Jer-
sey City said there was mo notable
distress because of unemployment; ;
Newark N. j.. reported 1--WE men<for
every job" Duluth. Mimi, reported
fair demand, and Jacksonville, Fla,
that supply and demand were equal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
Paper Quality Criticised in House.

Quality of paper used in printing the
Congressional Record was criticised in
the House yesterday by Representative
Moore. of Pennsylvania. He said that
while the House was told that it was
in possible to get better quality. of pa
per on which to print this permanent
record of Congress, George Creel and
the committee on public information and
the other government bureaus seemed
to be able to get an unlimited quantity
of high-grade glazed paper for their
press agent work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
D. C. FOOD COUNCIL WILL
ADOPT NEW CONSTITUTION

council to be held in the Municipal
building tonight new constitution for
the council Is to be adopted, embodying
number of features made necessary by
ress son of changed conditions.
An executive committee for the
council also is to be announced.
The bill now pending in Congress
making cantonment buildings and
other government structures Of SINH
lar character available for use az
food storage and distributing centers
and 40 centers Tor motor truck col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-17
RODRIQUES ALVEs DIES
President-Elect of Brazil Succumbs
to Illness From Which He Had
Suffered for Some Time.

RIO JANEIRO. Brazil. January 10
DIR. Rodriques Aives, President-elect
of Brazil. died today. He had been
critically i'll for some time past. DR..
Alves last night received the last rites
of the Catholic Church.
Under the constitution, an election
will be held to choose new president.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-23

IpAbiiNS - libllloA A1illo ClSl Opi(t
nil Sc mne rozpacity nepokoj:
lCo reknou rodice al Sc vrati?
Hosi me upokojovali jak
mohli:
"No, vycinkaji nam, co z to-
ho! Hlavu vam neutrhnou.'
"Tisic hromu !" chvastave
rekl Vanka. "Dotknou-li Sc
tebe jen prstem - jen at to
!zkusi! To bych jim nedaro-
Ivalr'
| Gnu, mne Sc to netyce -
Iale vas, holoubci, YAM nafezou.
lZakazou vam koureni strelbu
Ii toulani."
"Co ma tom, Miso!" chlacho-
iii me Lelka, popleskavaje mi
lpo plecfch. - "Za to jsme ne
co uziliw
i Ma vecer prijeli z mesta ro-
|dice, Nemka a prave ia "hlou-
|pa tetka", s kterou Sc ozenit
Imi deti tolik zrazovaly - pro
|ty mysi.
Del Sc poschovavaly pod di-
vany a postele a Vanka dokon
ce zalezl do sklepa.
Vyvlekl jsem je re vsech
techto ukrytu, uvedl do jidel-
|ny, kde sedela celia spolecnost,
posilnujic Sc po ceste, a rekl
ljsem:
"Muj mily! Pri SVEN od-
jezdu projevil jsi nadeji, re Sc
Isblizim S tvymi detmi, a ze ony
oceni druznost me povahy. W.
konal jsem to. Nalezl jsem ce-
stu k jejich srdcim.... Tu po-
hleG. Deti! Koho vice miluje-
lte = otce a matku, nebo mne?
/ "Tebe!" odpovely sborem,
ldrzice Sc mne a pohlizejlce ma
Imne vdecnymi zraky.
"Sli byste Sc mnou Ma lup,
Ina kradez, ma drancovani, do
zimy a hladu?"
"Pujdeme!" zvolali vSichni
Itfi Lelka mne dokonce cho-
pill "a ruku, jako kdybychom
Imeli hned, bezodkladne pusti-
|ti sc do dobrodruzstvi mnou
|navrzenych.
"ByIo vam veselo po ty til
dny?"
"Ohow
Stall okolo mne radem, SLIM,
|muzni. s kOurem zacernalym
|tvaremi, obleceni V utahane ca
~, ktere ma sobe pfidrzovali u
mounenyma rukama, zakopte-
nyma prachem a dymem hra-
nice. -
Otec zachmuri brvy a obra-
til Sc k malemu Lelkovi, ospale
mrkajicimu ockama:
"Tak ty bys mne opustil a
sci bys "a nim?"
"Ano!" rekl neohrozeny Lei
ka - vzdychnuv. "Zaklinam
Sc svou sedivou bradou. Sci
bych.'
LeIkova brada rozehnala
Imraky. Vsichni Sc rozesmali a
, Ineivice re vsech, hystericky,
amala Sc teta Liza, vrhajlcl
Ia mne zarive pohledy.
kdyz isem odvadel detl
soat, Griska pronesl hrubym,
t oDovrzlivym hlasem:
"Chechta se.... Bodeit. Tax
= il pustit mys pod sukni! HUI
| SAP
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-23


hui cisti dale" septa, "nevim
co je mi"
Olga vysla ma okamzik ma
nasep, pax Sc vratila a nalila
.caje. Manzel jeji nespousti
$ Mich Okla; mezi tim, co sc zda
.e je zabran ctenim novin,
pozoruje, ze vymenily pohled
Ihorouci nehy.
Zaroven citil, re sc noha ze-
lima dotyka nohy jeho. "To
je ma noha," povida kratce, -
pax vstal oblicejem hrozne
vrastelym a pomalu vysel ven.
"Tys mas prozradila," povi-
ia Vladimir tise.
"Bojim Sc sama, re ano. Tim
hure, on xvi vsecko. Cd teto
;hvfle jsem tva, celia tva!' Via
l;mir wal il "a ruku a polibil
meme. Zach, jak te miluju
isis tn zdstat, mann ii mnoho
ricl..." SiaK.t y 49,
"Dnes noci ne, prosim te +;
IN zlou predtuchu."
Michal zakaslal drive nez
lstoupil. Prisel vypit caj 8
)ak 81 narikal ma bolest hlavy
Pujdeme spat," povida hlu-
.okym hlasem.
Vladimir Sc rozloucil a no.
titel sci do sveho pokoje, kde
ulehl uplne oblecen ma po-
Il. Chvili po pIlnoci zaslechI
ma terase selest satu. Otevrel
okno a nevidel niceho. Najed-
nou vystoupila Olga re stinu,
v nemz Sc skryvala a vzala jej
"a ruce. "To je Ia tva fla pred
tucha," povida Sc smichem.
Vladimir neodpovedel, u
vedl il do vnitr, podival Sc me-
duverive po zahrade a zavrel
okno. Olga 81 sedla. "Coz sc
mne bojis? Mluv."
A pri tom hodila mu ruce
okolo krku.
"Mne je zde uzko," povida
po chvili, "otevreme Ease ok
no."
Vladimir zakyval hlavou.
"Co pax je ii? Zda Sc, re Sc
bojis meho muze?" Pri tom
dala Sc do smichu a bezela
sama otevrit.
"Prosim te, Olgo, odejdi,' %
opakoval Vladimir. "Mas-li
mne jen trochu rada, poslechni
mne." Ona potrasala hlavou
hrala 81 jeho vlasy. Ma
jednou udelal pohyb a ona Sc
otocila; muz jeji stall pred nj
mi. Ona zdesena ucouvla, Via
dimir poskocil, aby il branil.
"Nemusis il chranit," dl Mi
chal ledovym hlasem. iona
Sc nema echo bat. Jdete do.
mi, PAM; my 81 musime neco
iici beze svedku."
Olga vysla ven, uprevsi dlou
ny bolestny pohled ma Vladi-
mira, jehoz oci salaly zvlast.
MIN ohnem. Olga sc zavrela q
padla ma postel v hroznem zou
falstvi. Slysela jak muz jde
do sveho pokoje, slysela klu'
sot kone; pax bylo dosti dlou'
no ticho. Posleze oval Sc pe>
ny krok Michaluv znovu ne
chodbe; slysela riceti vraniks
jeho We dvore a "a nekolik vte
rim ma to byl ma silnici.
Nastal den. Sede, blede svt
Ito vniklo do pokoje. Olga O
tevrela dvere. "Neni tn nj
kdo?" zadna odpoved. Vysls
ma nasep a volala opet. TT
.vylezl kozak re dvora. zlvai!
a protlraje 81 oci. "Kde il
vladimir" tazal Sc. "a kdt
je pan?"
PAN zanechal tn psani," oc
Vetil kozak lhostejne okusuj'
kousek slamy; "pak 81 sedl n;
k&. Pan Vladimir odeJH
pred nim.''
Cna vrati.a SO ga d. swell.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-23


jako ochoceni cizkove lazly
j po vlasech; ona znala hniz-
da konopek, penkavek a slavi-
ka. v lete tekali spolu polmi
u vecer sedali ma kraji lesa
pod sirym. .nebem ozarenym
hvezdami. Vladimir prednasi
val kousky re zamilovanych
svych basnikG. Pc znich de-
lali vychazky do ,Karpat. Mi
chal Sci napred Huculem,
jenz byl v1dcem, Vladimir
vedl kone Olzina "a uzdu. Wy
lezli ma Cernou Horu, videli
bezedne jezero, jez lie ma jeji
vrcholi, a nejvysich vrchold
divali Sc dolu do, ohromne pla
ne, jez Sc pod mimi prostirala.
Kdyz pax zima zas v dim
je upoutala, stlala Jim laska ri
zemi mirtou stare zdi, mu-
zy svetlem a melodii naplnova
ly maly salon, v nemz vecer
sedavali. Michal sedaval s det-
mi ma pohovce; Olga sedla 81
k pianu a Vladimir wal 81 ma
lou zidli. Ona hravaly sklad-
zpivala Vladimirem melan
by znamenitych mistrG anebo
cholickou nejakou pisen malo
ruskou. - A kdyz rybnik "a
.mrzl, stravili mnoho hodin pfi
JENNIE ma zelizkach Vladimir
ucil il delati arabesky v lede.
Avsak .ona ma tez svou trap
nou a smutnou chIi,i, kde 81 to
vycita, kde by povedela vse
svemu muzi, ably vytrpela trest
"a trestuhodnou lasku svou. O.
ma sc trapi, vini Sc. zoufa 81 );
avsak vsecky ty r1raky zmizt,
jakmile ocitne Sc opet v Earuci
Vladimirove a pax je stastna
zdplna...
Vsak ne zlplna, Vladimir
.mlGi; ale ma zamraGenem jtho
cele cte casio horkou litost z
poklesku, iimz stal Sc zradcem
pritele sveho. A nedosti IA
tom. Lide 81 povsimli, re do
bry soulad mezi nj a muzem
je ten tam, oni j lituji; litova
nj to il drazdl. Ona jest tax
chtela rozhlasiti vsude; ona by
hrda Stestim svvm, ze by jej
chtela, aby il no zavide!i {; pie
devsim, aby zavidel iVladimi-
rovi, z nehoz udelala ona boha
sveho. Proto neopomine zad-
ne prilezitosti, ably iej vyzna-
menala. On drzi j trmeny. on
pomaha il re sani, on svleka il
kozesin; jej voli 81 tanecni-
KEN, on must il nalevati k pitt
odkrajovati pro nj kousky
drubeze. Ona Pile jeho skle
nice anebo nabizi jemu svou.
Jeli pritomen, nespusti neho
ami Okla; prichazi-li, a bledne a
rdi Sc. Ona chvali jej nahlas
pri kazde pricine; uz i tt nej
alepejsi musili roznati, re Via
dinir Podolev je stastnym mi
lencem krasne Olgy.
Dvojsmyslna slova donesla
sc Michalovi k sluchu. On
nechce pochybovat o sve zene
avsak podezreni zapousti kore-
ny on 81 dava ma ne pozor.
TAX uplynul rok. Jaro hazi
prvni sva kvitka otevrenymi
dvermi maleho salonku, V
nemz sedi vsichni tri pri cali.
Vzduchem nese Sc vonny "a
pach, hvezdy zari ma nebi, V
zelenych zahonech ozyval Sc
krepelka a nezna unylost ma
plnuje duse. Male zlatozele-
ne musky poletuji okolo lampy
q bill motylove vrazeji do kou-
le krista love.
Vladimir otevrel seSit Shake
speara, a Olga cite mu pres ra-
memo:
Julie: Zach! myslis, re sc
kdy shledame?"
Romeo: "Nepochybuju {
tom a vse ty melody budou
nam prd lmetem milych roz-
pravek "a dnl budoucich."
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sc v cello zatatymi pestmi. Pd-
sleze oval Sc ma silnici dupd
konsky, pax We dvore. OnA
nasloucha nachylivsi hlavui;
tepny il tepou, ona Sc ami nd-
HYDE. Nekdo jde nahoru 1
ona by malem omdlela. Je tb
jeji .muz. e
"On je mrtev," zde je psaHi
pro vas. Ted mazete ,odjeti.i
Ona uz neslysela; v usich j
Izahucelo ona padla ma podlt
hu. i
Kdyz Sc zas vzpamatovala,
Ilezela ma. temz miste. Prvni j
il pohled padl ma UkrizovnehP b
ma stene. Nevzpomnela 81 nb
mic, CO Sc udalo, citila jen y
hlave jakousi prazdnotu a jd-
koby ranu srdci. PAX shled-
la psani a divajic Sc ma ne, pa
matovala Sc pomalu; ale bold-
Isti byla jako zmamena a otd
|vrela je temer bezcitne. Tan
stale:
"Draha milenko! Tys mi
byla vsim, mym zivotem, mym
stestlm, mou cti. Pro tebe jsenl
klesl, zproneveril Sc svemu pre-
svedceni; to, co jsem ucinil, I'd
slouzilo potrestani. Az bude$
cisti tyto radky, bude mGj Of
sud skoncen. Neplac pro mneI
rok, jejz isl Ty mne dala, std
il "a dlouhy zivot; dekuji II
zan. Bud stastna a nemGze-li
stastnou byti, pricin Sc, abys
plnila sve povinnosti. Mech
mne ziti We I've vzpomince.
S Bohem. Vladimir .
Vladimira naSli v lese Tulal
skem; jet to ma deset mil '
okoli nejklidnejsi misto. Pol
nj hlidac, vyslouzilec Balabar
nalezl jej pri sve obchuzce
Lezel ma znak S kouli v srdc5
a s pistoli v ruce. V kapse me.
list, jenz dokazoval, re Sc "a.
stfelil sam, a proto pochoval
jej vedle hrbitova.
Olga nesla cd muze. Ma.
lem byla by pfiSla o rozum
caste nabila uz zbran, jez Zs
bila Vladimlra, majic v umyslu
pomstiti jej; nechtela Sc ale
srici pekelneho toho pozitkG
videti jak trpi Michal, jenz j
stale miloval, jenz ved6l, re M
nalezi re je pro neho ztrace
ma. Zivot jeji byl z tech dot
zivotem bez slunce. Oblice,
ieji zbledl, srdce jeji je nemof
no "a noci, kdy je mesic ,
dplnku, must vstati a chodit
bez OdpOcinku.
Baryne Sc ma chvili zamlce-
la. A ted, povida posleze {
dojemnym oddanim Sc, budoI
mne lide posuzOvat... a nikdd
mne nezradi. Oh! ia vim, We,
ce pri posunku, jejz jsem u
delal, re zachovate me tajem.
stvi. S Bohem, kohout dvakr;
te zakokrhal, zora uz vroub.
ma vychodu nebe mlecnou pas
kou. Muslin odejit. Odesls
pomalu, protahujic krasne svt
tidy pozdvihujic 81 vlasy, Z
nichz pri dotyku prstu jeji pa
daily jiskry. Ma terase Sc je,
ste jednou obratila a polozils
81 prst ma usta, po te zmizela
Ia nekolik minut ma to VISTA
Ijsem a sci k otevTencmu oknu
Nezrel jsem lee krajinu drima'
iici V stribroleskle zari hvezdA
nocni....
Kdyz jsem druheho dine pri
sci do jidelny, pozval mne Go
,maci pan k snidani. "Pak vas
.dovedu ma pravou cestu," po
vida ochotne.
"Jak sc dari vasi pani?"
"Zene me neni dobre,' odpt
vedel dosti nedbale; "trpiVat
caste bolesti hlavy, zvlastl
kdyz je mesic V uplnku. Ne
vite zadneho prostfedku prot
tomu? Baba jedna radila j
kysele okurky octem; co my
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C;zinec: "Nebyl iste zde ilz
,onsk6ho roliu. kdyz .isem zde
hvl ma prazdninach? ?'
Cizinec. PAX &e mIllm Y
oSoba. Ale podobny jeden ne
motora zde byl."
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al kurniku ukradeneho ko-
.outa a Griska nahy, ia jak
vi .po koupeli teple ricce, po
kakoval kolem ohniste.
Ke mne pocitovali deti nez-
lost lasku, hranicici ma zboz
lovani.
Lelka drzel mne "a ruku a
,eze slova, pohledem plnym
bozneni dival Sc mi do tvare.
Jeocekavane Sc Vanka roz-
\ :hechtal.
g "Kdyby Sc tax tatinek . ma,
ninkou> ted objevili. Co by RI
lali?"
"Chi, chill" zapistel nahy
Iriska. "Ulohy jsme nedeIali
pusky jsme strileli, kourili,
7ecer jsme Sc koupali a ted lu.
,ame rybi polevku misto ODE.
Ia
"a to vsechno Michail Petrc
Iic", rekl Lelka S uctou, celuje
Y noji ruku.
"Nezradime vas"
"Smime vam rikat MiSa?'
;eptal Sc GriSka, namaceje
,rst v kotliku rybi polev.
l ,ou. eau, ia je horka!'
/ 81 smite. Cert vami. Je
j am dobre Sc mnou?"
I "Velkolepe!'
PovecerevSe, zapalili jsme
,igaretty a rozlozivSe Sc ma pr
1ryvkach, ktere Vanka pri,
4 1lekl 2 domu.
"a coz, abychom spali ia.
i ly", navrhl kdosi.
Gale prosim vas, bude chlao
I 10 cd reky. ylhkoN' namita
sem.
i 81 certa! Budeme udrzovat
i hen. Vystridame SCI"
"A nenastydneme?
"Ne, me-" zive protestova
7anka. "Prisambohu - nena.
tydneme!"
"Vanko!' varoval Lelka
Ease klejes? CO povldals
Iemka?"
! Boha Sc dovolavat a Xii
leni hezke', fekl jsem. "a
llavne = tax neomalen6. JsoJ
)fece mnohem meme zavaznt
mnohem zvucnejsi kletby =
"a priklad: 'Zaklinam Sc svoj
\ 'radour, 'Tisic hromu!' Pro
late neben
"Tisic nebi!" 'zarval Griska
Pujdeme sbirat suche chrast
IA oheh."
Sli jsme vsichni. | nehybnl
1riska, drze Sc mne "a nohu
ezce supaje.
Spali jsme u hranice. Acko
ohen pred usvitem pohasl, II
'1do toho hespozoroval, tin
] piSe, ze brzo slunce zaprazi
i O, ptaci zacali Stebetat a my
e probudili k novym rado
tenn a move praci.
Tri dni a tri noci probehll
V.
ako sen. Koncem tretiho dnt
/ Itratili moji svefenci vsechel
4 idsky vzhled a podobu...
4 Namoricke Saticky promeni
y sc V hadry, a Griska b6ha
lokonce bez kalhot, ktere ztrs
il nevysvetlitelnym zpusoben
Tece. Nam no V podezreni
to udelal umyslne - toh,
ednducheho duvodu, ably 81
bavil namahaveho jich svle
ami a oblekani pri koupeli.
l Tvare vsech tri zarudly. hla
Y zdrsnely nocovanim ia GERS
/ EN- vzduchu, tim spise, jeli
! zoz po cely ten cas- Sc neVyJa
/ lfoval ijinak nezli V kratkyci
4 yraznych vetach, jako:
| "Proklate nebe. Ktery nj
| :cema ukradl moi ciGarettu
\ aka 10 Gei-toyina, 2Ia DUSK.
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Professor David Todd, riditel
amherstske universitni hve-
zdarny, jenz odplul do Montevi
dea, ably pozoroval zatmeni
|slunce S namorniho aeroplanu.