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True Amount of a Russian Horror. Husband and wife jumped up. ”It must be a mistake, gracious master.” cried both. and Mischa added: ” My passport is in order. master; 1’ have paid my taxes, though they were ex- tremely heavy. Still. I paid them.” read nor write." ? "That's a moth-eaten excuse. which1 may be reversed under pressure of the ' knout. Meanwhile, you. Dnschk'm. try’ and rout out the stuff; if there bei any suspicious articles we must find them. Search well, and spare not their 5 rags." ' i The: fit down together. she munch- ing with every evi’dence of relish, he watching her white teeth work and sip- ping from his bottle. They were the picture of contentment. Suddenly the door was opened with a crash. The po- lice lieutenant and Duechkin entered noisily. “You are a liar, Mischa," cried the young woman with good-natured blunt- nan-fl why should such great people want to look at you t" “ I don’t know, I’m sure, but perhaps they were attracted by my new boots, I had polished them till I could see my face in than." Alexandroff.” ‘ ‘Noineod of telling me that you find no pleasure in giving the Bumperor what is the Iknperor's..We know all about you. rascal. Have you any printed or written matter in your cabin? Better contents. for we will surely find every- The officer exevuted the order to the letter, leaving no piece of furniture. or firewood, either. unturned, throw- ing the contents of the cupboard and bed on the floor. and ripping up the mattress despite Maacha's wailings. Of course. he found nothing. nothing ex- cept the half-emu "Niki bottle. and this he placea carefully: out 9! slight. OI ‘YAAL3_.. A- X A They had been married seven months and already owned a little cabin where they livedâ€"the cabin, a table. cupboard. bench and a bed. More still. The gildâ€" ed shrine that occupied the place of hon- or on the principal wall of their hut. was all paid for. And how did this come about ? Mischa had given up wodki as a steady diet when he took unto himself a wife, .and if the little strange er they expected noon was a boy. he would give it up entirely. Yes. indeed, he would. ”.Pllnw you just want to makeme laugh; but inasmuch as you bm1ght me morbread allow me to eat it in “Nothing to be founa, master LTeu- tenant.” Michael Alexandra“, called Mischa. {or short. was one of the regular train hnndn. employed at Kornoff. This had! been a red-letter day with himâ€"enwen- 1 lion of work since noon. double pay and l talk and nonsense, “I've seen a real Princess," he said. “ and what is more she has seen me. She came to the win- flow to do it. and pointed me out to the Governor." the unique experience of seeing a real live Princess! Ah. that was worth eel- ebrating. So, before going to his cab- in. he purchased a quarter of aliter of wodki and a bag full of ginger-bread {or Maachinka. Poor little Maschinka. Ihe doted on gingerbread. and got her {ill of it only once or twice a year.- "Never mind. they probably have root: enough in St. Petersbnrg. any- go»: to trauma-t him for life. Now handcuff the mandrel. but so that he feels it. Quick." “ Great God,” cried the woman . ”par- don him. little lather. whatever he has done he cannot have sinned much, or his constant companion. would know it. Release him. gracious master, for this tune only. All we own in this wgrid 311341 by yours." Michael until then had remained seemingly apathetic and silent. But see- ing his wife maltreated, all his manhood rose to ferocious exasperation. With a cry of anguish and defiance he clutched his long arms round the officer’s waist, lifted him a few feet and (lung the body heavily on the floor. simultaneously throwing himself on his proctrated enemy and throttling him. sAt tht moment. the uint’a shrine. detached tram the ”.11. by the com- mtion that about the «bin from root A; ‘_II__A . Schelinnky looked down upon the. kneeling Mancha. as if she was a dog awaiting punishment. His eyes swept the} 'disordgrgd noon: contqmptuously._ “Don't lick any boom. has age!" he cried. “and consider yoursel lucky if I do not report you for offering brlbes to the police. Dumhkin. I order you a. aeggnd‘time, to hgrryfi’ _ “"" Mascha's tearswflowod freely. In spite of Schelinaky's haughty injunction, 3.110 embraced his knees again and agam. and kissed his dirty-boots. crying aloud for mercy.‘ _ White with rage the uniformed brute tried to shake off the'miserable crea- ture, but Mascha hung on. until. fin- ally. beside binself with fury. Schelm- sky struck her a fearful blow that sent her reeling toward the floor. In falling the poor giri struck her head against a corner of tho iron bedstead. A stream of blood gushed from the wound in her temple and she sank down with a [owhioam unconscious. am looking for you, Michael could Inn '1 iron (:0 - â€"â€" vwâ€"_-J w ”WV‘VQVW v-- v wâ€"â€"._ \ . Maschimka's body was carried to the station. and from there to the cemeteFY- a'I'hne master of pom» swore great, big oaths When he found he hard ‘9 bury g her. There was no appropriatlon for ;su0h purposes, and it made. necessary 'it _1<_>p‘of yvrgting and reportl‘ng- o 5 I use. no doubt. ' t. bottle was gone. and thin did not .search for itâ€" cezfamly 9 suspiqiws “mums???“ “kn. _"" '-â€"v-v vâ€"v Shut the cleagmt of dying hie epbed I slower and slower. One! 01 the neLgh- xhors asserts that otnly‘once, towards flight. a Vague noise brdke the awful stillness that hovered over the unhappy ‘roof. Th8 listener th ' ht. she, had , heard the name “Mischaâ€" ischa,’ pro- ‘noumced once or twice. ' In. When the police me next mormng i to again inspect the premises and : search for hidden evidences of lawless- ; Possuthey found only a dead body hold- 3mg 11 the right hand a. small much . Worn crucifix. ¢ 5 Had any 0f the {oaks living near dar- ”Ed dPToffer assistance after afihd aft-1d. , m 18 all earthd hopesvanis e , nx’ ed the symml at {he mined land be- tWeem the fingers of t dying woman? ! .Duschflkirn might perhaps have en- 5; hghtened his brother officers: .It W111 !f____L ; This hard usage was far from gelling to Mischa. Since he had been torn . from the bosom of his beloved wifeâ€"left ,her in agony. dying. perhaps. on the : floor, a feeling of unuttemble distress Ihad overcome him. It. penetrated to ‘ his soul and numbed. his senses. Ab- ;solute quiet. was all he craved. The neighbors, of course, were con- anions of what had happened, having witnessed the affair from the windows. but though Maschiinka was now alone. none was bold enough: to come to her aid. That red-haired Michael was a. criminal, perhaps a nihilist, wae quite clear to his former friends; and they also knew that to assist “that scann- drel’s” wife, was tantamownt to incur- ring the displeasure, or even the sug- Dicions. of the authorities. Ah, if there were no eavesdroypers, no infom- ers about, every one in the crowd would have been only too eager to help, but as things were it would to like putting one's head into the noose. While drinking, or in court, no one is master of his tongue. Michael Akinâ€"rider’s coimnitment was made out the same night. It read as follows: ”By order of his Excellency, the Gov- ernor General: “Send to the Peger-Paml fortress. ”guard carefully; treat severely. ‘apecml reason: Mmderously as- samtlted the officer commanding the ar- rw .DD ”Well," said the sufblieutemant in Whose custody Mischa was to make the Jqurney, "in conformity with regula- uoms I ought to chain! you to the car. hu't I will not act meanly. Just ut F011! hand in your pocket and see w at there is in it.” "They have cleaned me out at. the station," replied Misc-ha, with a sad smile. “Even my boots they took gnyay claiming they were, in all probablhty, lined with revolutionary literature. The sergeant gave me. these sandals 1n rattan) before I was brought to the de- po . .' of "Goa wm assmt her, for he is grac» DUB." whispered men and women amqng themselves. .Then making the .sngn 0f the crws, each went about hiS'Ol‘ her business. In the cabin all. was quiet as death. From time to ume a. drop of blood oozed from poo; Mas- chn'mka's wound to join' the big 9001 Phat was eating, its why into the, boards, - _I-L_-J “All that emphasizes the seriousness of your case.” said the sublieutenant stemly. “If those fellows in Kornoff were not sure that you will never have occasiom to testify against them, they would not have treated you so badly." The-n turning to the guards. the official shouted: “Chaim the scoundrel to the Mush. and keep him short. and who- ever talks to him One simgle word will renew acquaintance with my corpor- al's cane." Whem you am walking in a very guist place and hear a faint sound tom afar. you wonder how great the distance is between. m whistle of a locomotive is hard 3.3% yards through the air; the noise of a. rail- way train. 2,800 yards; _the re;- gort of a musket and the bark adog, 1,800 ards; an omheatra. orthemll ofia. rum,1,600 yards; the Man voice reaches to a distance of 1,000 yards; the Min of frogs .900 yards; tho chirping crickets, 800 ysrdn; W speaking is heard in than: from Wu to this distance of I10 .10.; from above it. is understood vo:.tmootonl'y 100 much (To Be Continued.) SOUNm. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, August 1 2, 1897. A new: or “flu- Wlll Swear Against Ila. But the use One lee-all: True. There is incarcerated in the Spring- field, 111., Jail 8. mam who has undoubt- edly earmd for himself the title of the champion polygamist of the nineteenth century. His name is William Six. and. he is held awaiting trial on a. clarge of bigamy. Six succeeded in marrying Bo {mummy within the past 12 months that the local authori- ties have found 13 Mrs. Sixes. Most of the women are in Missouri, but there are a. few in Kansas and several in In- dialia. Six is known to have been in the Indian Territory for some time. but this section of the country has not been heard from. One of Si~x’s wives in Missouri writes shut her husband had six wives living and undivorced when he married her. Six was arrested several weeks ago at the instance of the irate brothers of his last wife. She was Miss Kate HOI‘nung, living at Berry. 111., and the daughter of a well-todo farmer. ‘Vhen he had spent ALL HIS WIFE'S MONEY He tried to sell her horse amd buggy- When all the money was gone Six be- came repentant and permitted his wife to take brim; to her father’s home. The bride's brothers learned that Six hailed from Missouri, and they wrote there and learned his real character. Six left the house one night, Mrs. Six had him arrested at. Logansmrt, Ind. linrle linury's Way of Making Things (fame 0m. Right. “What is an ‘optimist,’ father 3” a. farmer’s boy asked of his father, who, though far from being a. learned man, had always been found by the boy cap- able of giving an intelligible answer to his questions. The farmer reflect- ed a moment beforre replying. Then he said: “Now, sonny, you know I can’t give ye the dictionary meanin‘ at that word. no more’n I can of a. great many othâ€" ems. But I’ve» got a kind of an idea; What it means. Probably you don’t re- member yaur Uncle anry, but I guess it there ever was an optimist, he was one. Tidings was always comin’ out right with Henry, and. especxally any- thing hard that he had to do; it wa'n’t a-goitn’ to be hnr(Iâ€"’twa.s jest kind of! Balm-pleasant. at ’em. instant of to get ’em.'. “That somehow didn't gtrLke my fancy. but we'd had p13; Instead of wart. and amt lot oatonea had basal-outed out. of that held. a "An’ 39 .Inid balmy. Icm't in yo “1! mph deflmtion' of ' II!!! M 11, Mr anry wa'n't an Several days after his arrival at Berry. Sheriff Baxter begwn receiving letters from all parts of the Western country from women who claimed Six as their legal husband. One letter from a Mrs. Six at Lamar, Mo., stated that two days after she married Six he left her, taking with him $100 of her money and a gold watch. Anoth- er letter from Missouri stated that Six had married a woman near Joplin, and lived with her a short time and left. Still another letter from a Mrs. Six 1m Kansas read that Six left her last December. after living with her a W981i. . He took her horse and buggy WL'Uh; him and 850 in money. Up to date Sheriff Baxter has learned of 13 women who cdaim Six for their hus- The case will] shortly come up for trial. Nearly all the’ wives that hays written the Sheriff have signified thelr intention m3 coming to the trial to testify against him. “Am’ What do you. s'poee now? That yhad a kind of a. game that that there field was What he called a plasser mining field, and he: got me into it, and I could “a. swarm was in Klon- dypo all gayâ€"I had such_ _a good time. LAST WIFE TRUE. In spite at all these letters the. last Mrs. Six has never lost her infatuaâ€" tljotn for the man. After she was ad- vysed of all his umdivorced wives she first stated she was through with him. BlpIt the next day she was at the jail wuhh a bunch of flowers, begging to be admitted to talk with him. Last week Stix made his will, in which he be- queathed all his belongings to the last Mrs. Six. He claims to be entitled to ushers in his father’s estate in Canâ€" ads: which he yelluies at 85,000. 1'3 but wed hadpl a mafiaâ€"3t wag ends. greatlot Foiatoneahf: beenrootednutofthat field. « "Ah’ulmidbetme, beforelcm't mdipfi inition' 01‘ ’0 fl“ “Wow anry wa 'n't an mt I don't know, Whit one is. " "Take hoein’ corn. now. If anything kind of took the ‘UllK'KCI‘ out of me ’twass hoein’ corn 1n the not sum. But in the field ’lomg abonnt the time I beâ€" gzum to lag back a little, H‘enry hue’d Look up an' say:0 ' “Good, Jim! Whem we get these two rows hned, an” eighteen more. the piece’ll be half-done? An’ he’d say Lt in such a, kind of a. cheerful way tpnt I couldn’t ’a’ hen any mare tinklpd if the piece hawneen all done-an’ the rest would go light enough. "But the worst thing we had to do -h0eizn’ corn was a picnic to itâ€"was piekin' stones. No end to that on our old term. if we’ wamted to raise any- thing. \Vhen we .wa’n't hurried and pressed at something else, there was always pickin’ stones to do; and there wa'n't a pdowih' nor a. frosty winter butt What brought a fresh crop of stones to the top, nn’ seems it the pick- isn' all had to be done over again. “Well. sir, you’d ’a’ thought to hear Henry that there wn"n’t any fun in the world like pickin’ stone. He look- ed at it in a different way from any- body I ever see. Once when the corn was all heed, an’ the grass wa’n't fit: to ant .yet. an! I’d got all laid out to 80 fgshln’. and father be up and set us to puckm’ stones up on the west piece, an' I was about ready to cry. Henry. he says: 0 ‘ “‘Come hm. Jim. I know where We? 1038 meceets *" ”'Only,' says Elem-y, after we'd got fihrough the day‘s mark. ‘ttge way you get rich yvith these nuggets 13 to get rid at 'em. Instead. of to‘gjatjemg'" um].._a. -_.._-‘I_ A_-_ A MAN WITH THIRTEEN WIVES. OPTIMISM IN REAL LIFE. The landing of Great Inna-lads Only .- Experiment. The most remarkable experiment in recent years is the bmilading of naviea at enormous expense, when there has been no opportunity of testing the value of the new machinery in actual warfare. During the last quarter of a century there has been not naval battle worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Trafalgar or the Nile, or with Rodney's great victory in the West Indies. Lissa in the Adriatic was a small fight at the opening of the new era of naval progrem. A few ironclads have been in action on the west coast of South America. and a British fleet shelled the ill-arm- ed forts of Alexandria. There was a battle between fleets on the Yalu not long ago; but the mental inferiority of the Chinese to the Japanese rendered it impossible for experts to judge what their ships would have done if they had been properly manned and well The table of measure says that three barleyoorns make one inch, and so they do. When the standards of measures were first established, three barley- corns. well dried, were taken and laid end to end. three being understood to make an inch in length. 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