SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31
NEW YEARS
Copyright by Dr. Alexander Krause, Orange N J.

| q lOt OF tnlnSS 10 90 mySel1. ana
! he left us to the care of an old
servant who showed us to our
room.
Although the curious behav-
lour OF both men had aroused
my curiosity greatly, | was too
tired. in this moment. to give it
any further thought.
After bathing and delousing,
we sat in comfortable ease in the
salon of the pastor, drinking hot
coffee and eating quite a quanti-
ty of smoked breast of goose and
other delicacies. And. to top all
this. good shot of excellent
cognac made us regain our nor
NAL good and talkative mood
and forget the piercing cold out
there. And now, too, | recalled
the strange meeting we had had
| with the pastor. and | could not
refrain any longer from asking
my conrade in arms what it all
| meant. Colonel Won BarOwskv.
whose limbs seemed to have
thawed up at last, stretched his
body with apparent relaxation
and yawned with abandon. For a
while his fingers were playing
with a medallion, looking at it
dreamily and adoringly.
"Georgie Nikolaiewitsch, would
you like to see herr" he asked
at last.
Il should feel highly honored,
my dear Konstantin Alexeie-
witsch,' | replied. | went over
to him. and there. in his hand,
beheld the picture of the head of
a most beautiful women.
My mother, my dear friend"
he said with an awe-inspired
whisper.
How beautiful she is. how
magnihcient!' y | exclaimed.
Yes, my dear, she was won
derful and so lovely" he said,
turning around and stretching
himself full length on the divan.
| grew afraid that my friend,
usually rather loquacious. would
fall asleep without satisfying my
burning curiosity about the mys-
terious pastor.
''konstantin Alexeiewitsch.
could and would you tell me who
this pastor is" | asked my over
tired friend urgently.
"Oh, with pleasure. my dear.
but not now. Colonel. you have
to dress and inspect the regiment
hope that soldiers and horses
are taken we'll care of. 1t is al
most unbelievable what they, and
especially the horses. have per-
formed during the last days."
and he turned his head and fell
asleep almost instantly.
Somewhat angrily and fretful-
| ly | put on my uniform and my
heavy boots to dive out into the
icy winter-air. ! passed from one
squadron to the other shaking
the poor devils of soldiers out of
their lethargie sleep. The horses
were eagerly eating their oats
and appeared to feel quite fresh
and recovered. the horsemen,
however. almost all of them,
seemed pretty much exhausted,
/ and a good many of them were
suffering from frostbitten feet,
hands. noses and ears. The con-
tinious rubbing with snow and
straw did not enhance their spi-
rits. | made up my mind to OBJ
tain god, warm quarters at last,
owing to the kind assistance OF
the villages headman. 1t was not
before 3 o'clock in the afternoon
when | finally returned to my
quarters to repair to my bed
where. we'll ducked in between
manw downy blanpets. my weary
body came to rest, and a deep,
dreamless sleep overlook me.
About 8 o'clock | was crudely
awakened by the energetic shak-
ing of Colonel Won Barowsky.
George Nikolaiewitsch. get
! up at last. Don't you remember