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I: B y N ICHO LAI GOGOL O n oould bay recognised this : village of our a llftl over .100 ' no a hamlet It waa, the Poorest kind of hamlet Half ' doson miserable ixbaa,, - badly thatched wer. gestured her and there over tha Held. -Ther waa not an n ' cloaura or a decant ahed to ahaltar anl ' ., mala or wagons. , That waa tha war tha wealthy Uvad; and It yu bad lookad lor , - our. brother, tha poor why. a hole- In ".. the ground that waa cabin fdf you) , -Only by tha ainoke oould yon tall that a God-created man lived there. . You ask why. they lived ao. It waa not entirely. through poverty; almoat every one led a wandering. Coaaack life, and gathered -'not a little plunder in foreign landa; it waa rather becauae ihere waa no reaaon '.' for aattlng up; a well-ordered wooden . house. How many people were wander . ing ail over the country v;runeans, Poles. Llthuanlana! It was-qults poe ' albla that their own countryman might make a daaoent and plunder everything. Anything waa possible. :- r , In this hamlet a man,- or rather a -devil a .human form, often made bis ap . pearance. Why ha, came, and whence, - no one knew. He prowled about, got ' drunk, and auddenly dlaappaarad as.. If Into the air, and thera waa no hin of i hi a existence. -Then, again, behold, be , aeemed to have dropped from the say, '.; and went flying about tha a treat a ot the ... village, of which no trace now remains. , and which waa no - mora than 100 paeea f rom . Dlkanka. - Ha would collect -to gether all the . Coeaeoke be met; then t-. thera were songs, laughter, money la abundance and vodka flowed like water. Ha would addreas tha pretty girls, give - them ribbon, earring, atrlnga of beada - more than they knew what to do with. ', It la ' true that tha pretty glrla rather ;. heaiutad aJbout accepting his preeents. Ood know. perhaps they had paaaed through unclean ...hands. My- grand !' father' a aunt who kept a tavern at that time, In which Baaavrluk often had his , carouses, aald that no consideration on . tha face ot tha earth would have Induced her to accept 'a gift from him. And ; then, aaaln. bow avoid accepting T Fear eised'evsry one whan he knit hi brlatly brown, and gave. a' sidelong - glanoa which might send your feet, Ood - knows whither; but if you accept, then - the nest night soma flend from the - swamp, with horns on his head, comes to ' call, and begins to squeese your neck. - when there Js a string or oaaas upon u or bite , your linger. If there Is a ring ' upon it; or drag you by tha hair. If rib - bona are braided In it ooa nave mercy. " then, on those who' owned such -gift! ' But here waa tha difficulty; .t was Im poaalble to get rid ot them; If you threw ' them into the water, the diabolical ring " or necklace would aklm along the sur- face, and Into your hand. - , Thera was a church In the pillage St.- Pantelel. if I remember rightly. - There lived there a priest. Father Atha- naall of bleaaed memory. Observing .' that Baaavrluk did not coma to church, - even on faster, ha determined to re- prove hlitf. and impose penance upon -s him. i Well, ha hardly eacaped-wlth hie life. -'"Hark ye. air!" he thundered In ;' reply, "learn to mind your own bualneaa .. Instead of meddllnr la other people's. If you don't wsnt that aroat'a throat ef ' yours stuck together with boiling sweet rice." What waa to be dona with this , unrepentant-., man? . -Father Athanastl contented hlmaelf with announcing that anyone who should make the acquaint- 'i a nee of Baaavrluk would be counted not a Catholic, an enemy of Christ s churoo, not a member of. the human -race. - In -thla village there) was at Coaaack named Koran, who had a laborer whom neoDle " called Peter - the Orphan par hapa becauae no -one remembered either his father or mother, me cnurcn axar oaf It is true, aald that they had tiled of the peat in bis second year; nut my 'grandfather's aunt would not hear to that, and tried with aa ner migni to furnlahrhtm with parents, although poor Peter needed them about aa milch as we ' need laat year's enow.. She said that - Walfatberhad been. Zanorosba. tepten prisoner by -the Turks, underwent bod only knows what tortures, and having, ,- by some miracle, dlagulaed himself aa a eunuch, bad made his escape.- Little cared -the black-browed youths and maidens about bis parents, -They merely . remarked that. If he only had a) new coat, a red Bash, a black lambskin cap. with a dandified blue crown on his bead, a Turkish saber banging by his aide, a whip In ana hand and a pine with hand- . some mduntlnsu in tha other, be would surpass all the- young men. But the ' pity was that the only thing poor Peter bad was a gray svitka with more boles In it than there are gold pieces In a v Jew's Jacket. - V; -'' - -, '" . And that was not th worst of It, 1ut thla i that Korsh bad a daughter, such a beauty aa I think you can hardly bava chanced to see. My deceased grandfather's aunt used to say and you know that It is easier for a woman to kiss tha Evil One than to call anybody a beauty, without malice be It aald that this Coaaack Maiden's cheeks were as plump and fresh aa the plnkeat oooov when Juat bathed In God's dew: and. glowing. It unfolda Its petals and co quets with th rising "sun: that ber brows were like black cords, such as our maidens buy nowadays, for. their crosses and ducats, of th Moscow peddlers who visit the villages with their baskets and evenly arched as though peeptmt Into her clear ayes; that her- little mouth, at alght of which the youths ' amscked their lips, seemed mad to emit the aonga of nightingales; that bar hair, black as tha raven's wing, and soft a young flax,' fell In curia over her waist, j Eh! may I never Inton another alle luia In the choir If I would not have klaaed ber, In spite of the gray which i ISy m. w. Oaaflsld, Been Xxsewt, V. - Separwaent ef Ag-rloultur.) " EXAMINATION of th . conditions - thafvexlat In Multnomah county affecting th .' propect for . .... . . . , ouiiaing gooa rosas, s.v7f m to" offer som suggestions to th people, based on somewhat extended ob servation and considerable experience. I have It la mind to present som funda mental fact that will bear on th situa tion hre in this, county, and. Indeed, are applicable to most of th count! f Oregon.' -.- - - ' - . a ; v - Th us of prisons or bom pise ef confinement ' to punish' thoe who break tie laws of'thelr country, state or mu nicipality have been In vogu from time immemorial, and for-th protection and welfare of tha people neceaaarily must continue to exist The people today ar seeing this matter brought to a acienc. The system that permitted th Innocent end guilty silks to b entombed In dark and dreary dungeona la now only a tra dition of an age that ha paaaed away never to be resurrected. The grueeome Bastlle, dread instrument of absolutism, o'umbled befor th fury of an aroused V'. " Is making Ha way all through the old wool which .covers my pate, and my old woman beside roe like a . thorn In, my side! , Well, you know what happen when - young men and - maids live side by side. In the twilight the heels of rert boots were always visible In the plaoa where Pidorka chatted with her Petrua But Korah would never have suspected anything out of tha way; only on day- it la evident that none but the evil on oould have Inspired him Petrua took it Into bla head to klas th -Coaaack maiden's roey lips with all - his - heart In the passage.' without ' first looking wall about him; and that aama evil one may the son of a dog dream of the holy cross caused - the old . graybeard like a fool to open 'the eettage door at the aama moment. Korsh waa petrified, dropped , hta Jaw, and clutched at the door for support. Thoe unlucky klaaea had cempletely . atunned him. It sur prised him' more than tha blow of a peatla on the wall,' with which. In our days, the mushlk generally drives out his Intoxication 'for lack of , fuses and powder. t iA, y - ',,:'' s--' Beeoverlng'Wmaelf.'TIi took hie grandfather' a hunting - whip, from - the wall, and was about to belabor Peter's back with it. when Pldorka's little sis-year-old brother Ira rushed tip from somewhere or other, and.- grasping his fathefe Jega with his -little hands, screamed out, "Paddy, daddy) don't beat Petrua!" ."' " -. .'..,.':,...-;.--' What was . to b 'don. A father's heart is . not made of atone. Hanging the whip again upon, the wall, be led him quietly from tha house. - 'If you ever show yourself In my 'cottage again, or even under the windows, look out. Petro! ' By heaven, . your black - mua tache will disappear; and your -black locka, though wound twice about your ears,, will take leave jot your pete,, or my name la not Terentiy Korsh.". Bo saying, he gar him a little taste of his flat In the nape of the neck, so that all grew dark before Petrns, and be flew headlong.' Bo there' waa aa end of their klaalng. ;. - - -';, Borrow seised upon- our doves; and a rumor was rife. In the village that a certain Pole, all embroidered with gold, with mustaches, saber, spurs, and pock ets jingling like the belle of the beg with which our sacristan Taraa goea through the church every day, had be gun to frequent -Korsh a house. Now. it Is well known why the father Is vis ited when there Is a " black-browed daughter about. Bo on day Pidorka buret into tears and clutched the band of her Iras. ' "Iras, my -dear. Ivas, my love, fly to Petrua. my child of gold Ilk an arrow-front a bow, TelUlm-alL I would bar loved his irown eyes. I would have kissed bis. Whit face.' but my fat decrees not so. Hot than one towel -have I wet with- my burning tears. ' I am sad. I am heavy at heart. And my father In my enemy., X will not marry that Pole,-whom I . do not love. 'Tell him they are preparing a wedding, . but there will be no music at our wedding: eecleslsstles will sing Instead of pies and kobsaa. -1 ahalt not dance with my - bridegroom: - they will carry me out; Dark, dark, will 1m my dwelling of maple wood; and. Instead of chimneys, a eroes will stand upon the roof." .5 - - - - , n Petre stood petrified, without moving from the spot, when the Innocent child lisped out Pldorka's words to blm. "And unhappy man.' thought rogo to the Crimea and Turkey, win gold and return to thee, my beauty! But It may sot be. The evil eye ha seen us.: Z will bava a wedding. The black crew will. caw. Instead of tha nop. ver met the smooth Held will be my dwelling: the dark blue clouds, my roof -tree. - The eagle rwtlt caw out my brown aye th rain will wash - th Cossack s . bones, and in whirlwinds will dry them. . But what am IT Of whom.- to whom, am I com plaining 'TIS plain. Ood willed It so. If J am to toe lost, then SO be It!" and be -want straight to ths tavern. . My late grandfather aunt was some what surprised on seeing Petrua la tha tavern, and at an hour when good mm go to morning maaa; and she stared at him as though In a' dream, when be de manded a lug of brandy, about balf a Dillful. But tha poor fellow tried In vain to drown his woe. . The vodka stung his tongue like nettlee, and tasted more bitter than wormwood. . ...... j .4 .'S. K. . 1 i people, and. In Its ruin waa buried a system that has n kinship with th age that Is seeking to apply the prin ciples of Justlc and humanity to th solution of ths prison problem. ' t That " w"fiir fsr short of a aatls- faetory solution cannot be denied, but that -we ar, step -by step, working out this great problem Is evident t all stu dents of prison science. . , ; - There are certain principles er factors that must b observed In . working out fthl ' great problem of , convict labor. They are: first that society should be protected by reforming th criminal, or by taking away his power to Injur so ciety by keeping him confined: eecond. thst . punishment . should - be sever enough to serve the purpose of deterring ether from th com mission of crime; third, that habita of Industry and so briety should be Inoculated In th crim inal, with th view thst h may reform and. become Industrious and self-sup porting; fourth, that th burden of coat t th state, - county or municipality ' should, b lightened aa far as can b ' . Drawing from th London Illustrated News how bow the; Russian The upper left band panel thowa occupied by another family.-1 The municipal lodging house, -for sleep! Ing from one bowl In soup house, ."Tou have sorrowed ' enough, Coa eack.7 growled a base vole behind him. He looked round Baaavrhikl . Ugh, what a face Hla hair waa Ilka a brush, bla ayes Ilk those of a bull. : 1 know what you lack; here It Is." s Then be Jingled a leather purs which hung from bis girdle, and smlled'dtabollcaJly. Pe tro ahuddered. T,. J ' ' , "'. ' . : "He. be, be! yes, bow it ahlriea!-.- he roared. . shaking out . duoats into ' hla hand; "he, be. ht and boar It JlnglesT And I only ask ens thing -for a. whole pile of such shlnera" ' .t i, " "It la th Evil One!" exclaimed P tro. - "Olv them her! ' I'm ready for anything!". They struck hsnds upon it "Be here,- Petro, you are rip Juat In time; tomorrow I Bt John th Bap tlst'a day. Only, on this one. night la th year -does the fern blossom. Delay not I will await the at midnight th th Bears ravine.- - - y-: I do not believe that ' chickens await th hour whan- th woman brings thalr corn with as much- anxiety as Petrua awaited . tha avnlng. And. In fact ha lookad to. aw whether the shadows of tha trees - war not lengthening. If th sun were not turning red toward jaet-thumnd-thalongerTh watched., tha more Impatient he grew. - How long It wast Evidently, God's day bad lost Its end somewhar. - : r .-. - - ' And now th sun la gone.- The sky la red only on . one side, and It la al ready growing dark. It grows colder In th fields, v It gets duaky and more dueky, and at last quit dark. At last! With, heart slmost bursting from bis bosom, he set out on tils -way.' and cau tiously descended through the dens wood Into the deep hollow called the Bears ravin. - Baaavrluk was already waiting there. It was so dark that you could not see a yard befor you. Hand In band they penetrated the thla marsh, clinging to th luxuriant thorn busbea, and stumbling at almost every step. At last they reached aa open spot Petro looked about him; h bad never chanced to 00m there befor. - Her Baaavrluk baited. A ' - i - ::-'.-, "Do you aee before you three hlllockat Thar ar a great many sorts of flow ers upon them. But may som power keep you from plucking vn on of thenv But aa soon as tno fern blossoms, eels It and look not round, no matter wbat may seam to b going n behind thee." v.yM.. -,r'. . ..-:,-:- Petro wanted 1 ksk end. behold, he was no longer there! He approached the three hillocks whr were the flowera? H aaw nothing.- Th wild steppe-grass darkled around and atifled everything In Ita luvurianc. But th lightning flashed: and befor him stood a whole bed of flowers, all wonderful, all strange; and there were also th slm pi fronds of fern. Petro doubted bis don by compelling the prisoner to pro- duo by his labor sufficient to com pen sat for ot ot maintenance. . That th convict shouldwork sad that such work should b productive, as far as practical, ha hmgstne -hn"dtrmlnd and legislation In on form or another with this end In view la now almost universal. The practlo of leasing th convict to contractors for apeclfled sum has been denounced aa being open to th worst of abuses, becauae under It th atate hag ho ear f th convicts and shirks th r aponelblllty. leaving th temptation Ot excessive' gain on tha part of the con tractor unchecked. Th contract systam, by which th labor of th convict 1 awarded to th highest bidder, has been moat . severely condemned by th New Tork state commission of prison In thalr report for lltl. Th plan prloe system Is als condemned. a In all these caaea the-prlc paid la barely aufflcleht to par cost of maintenance of th eon vlct leaving ' sll profits to go to, th contractor and the good coming In di rect competition with free and hont la bor, and to meet this unjust competi sA 'MAY cT half a room, the home of a worUnepnanV 'JamUy. "The other half 1 upper right hand picture showa bos alalia rented by the month in the ?ing quarters. The picture at the bottom shows a grpup of workmen et- senses and 4 stood thoughtfully, before them with both hands upon his sides. , - "Now is th time,' thought Petro, and extended hla hand. He sees hundreds of Shaggy hsnds reach from behind blm, also for th flower; and there Is a run ,nlnr about from place to- place. In' the rear. . He half shut his eyes. . plucked sharply at ths stalk, and tha flower re mained In hla hand.. All became still. Upon a atump apt Baaavrluk, all blue like a eorpaa, It moved not so much aa a 'fmger.- "Hla eyes wer Immovably nxea on eometning visible to him slone. His mouth waa half open and speech lass. All about nothing stirred. Ugh It .wee horrible! - But then a-jehlatle was beard, which mad- Petro' -heart grow cold within- him; and It seemed to him that tha graae whlapered, and the flow re began to talk among themaalves in delicate voices. Ilk little allver bells; th trees rustled In waving cntotlon; Basavrluk's face suddenly became-full of life and Jils aye sparkled. . -"Th witch has Just -returned," he muttered between hie teeth. - "Be ' here. Petrol A beauty will stand before you In a mo ment; do- whatever ah commands. If not you are loat forever." Then he parted th thorn-bush with;' a knotty atlck. and before aim, atood a tiny laba. on cnicaen a legs, ss tney say. Baaa vrluk sraot It with his fist and the wall -trembled. A large hlack dog ran out to- meet them, and with, a whine, transforming Itself. Into - a- cat--flew etralgbt at bla eyes. .- "Don't b angry, don't be angry,' you old Satan!" said Baaavrluk, employing auch word aa would have made a good man stop bis eara. Behold! tnatead or a cat an old woman, with a face wrinkled Ilk a baked apple, and all bent Into a bow; her noee and chin war Ilk a pair ot nutcrackers. A stunning beauty! thought Petro. and cold chills ran down his back. ' The witch tore the flower from bis hand, bent ever and muttered ever it for a long time, epiinkllng-H-wtth aorae kind of water. Bparka flew from ber mouth. froth appeared on her lips. "Throw it awayr.ab said, giving It back t Petro. - ,..'',.' - " Petro threw It away, and wbat won der' was thlsT Th flower did not fall straight to ths earth, but for'a long time twinkled like a fiery ball through the darkness and swsm through tha air Ilka a boat At laat It began to sink lowsr and lower, and fell so for away that a little star, hardly larger than a poppy- seed, wss barely visible. "Here," croaked th old woman. In a dull vole, and Baaavrluk. giving blm a aped, aald: "Dig here, Petro; ber you will see more gold than you or Korsh ever dreamed of." ...... v -1 , Petro apat on bis hands.' 'seised the spade; applied his foot, snd turned 'up th earth, a second, a third, a fourth time. . . .... There , was - something hard; th spade clinked and would go no farther. .Then hla eyes began to dls- tion the prloe of free and honest labor Is often forced ' down far below the point It would otherwise be. '., .- - 1 Ther can' b 'no question ef th In justice of permitting prison labor -to compete with fre labor , under any of the abov kystama . . . How ' to ' utllls this great' army . of criminals, numbering, according te th laat cenaua, over 71,000,. and have their work productive and yet not com In direct conflict with fre labor, has long been a perplexing question. , How . to produc th moat beneficial reaults to th people at larg with th least dtrl ment ta . th onvlct, naturally 'sug gest th application of this labor upon public works, so that no prison manu factured article of commarc wlll.be allowed to compete with th product of free labor. ' Th labor should not b ap plied to th construction of public buildings, which would stherwls be built by fre Isbor. ' 1 " -' , -.: How, then, should It b applied? Th a newer naturally suggests itself apply It to the lmprovameat ot pubUc high ,. , .i . . . . j- ' 7- , - - - : llveaJJI mechanic In St. Petenburj tlngutsh a small. Iron-bound coffer. ..He tried to seisa It; but the cheat began to sink into ths earth, deeper, farther, and deeper still: snd behind him he heard a laugh, more ilk a serpent's bias. "No, you ahall not aee th gold until you pro cur human blood," said the witch, and led up to him a child of t. covered with a whit sheet Indicating by a sign that hs was to cut off bis head. ' - Petro was stunnetr. A trifle. Indeed, to cut off a man's, or eyen .an Innocent child's head for no reaaon whatever! In wrath, he tore off the aheet -enveloping hla head, and behold! befor him stood I veal , And th poor child ' crossed' his little handa. .and hung his heed. - Petro flew upon the witch with th knife Ilk a madman, and was 09 th point f laying- nmnaa on ner.. . . , - t . "What did you promts for th' girtr .' . - v -thundered Baaavrluk; and like a snot he wss on bis naca. The witcn stamped her foot; a blue flame flashed .from the earth; It Illumined It all In- aide, and It. was as If molded of crystal; and all that waa. within the earth became visible, aa if In the palm of the band. Dueati.pf eciOua- Stones Ta cheats snd kettles, were piled in hesps beneath tha very apot they stood on. His eyes burned, . , . his mind grew troubled. . . , He grasped 'the knife ltke a mad man, and tha Innocent blood spurted Into his eyes. Diabolical laughter resounded on all aides. : Misshaped monsters flew paat blm In herds. ... Air went round his hesd. . Collecting all hia strength, h set out to run. Everything turned red before hint. The trees seemed steeped In blood, and burned snd groaned. The aky glowed and glowered. Burning points, like lightning, flickered befor hla eyes. Utterly ex hausted, ha rushed Into bis miserable novel, and fell to th ground Ilk a hog. A. death-like sleep overpowered him. Two dsys snd two nights did Petro sleep, without once awakening. When hs cam to hlmaelf. on th third day. h lookad long at all th corner of hla hut; -but In -vain did he endeavor to recollect; his memory was like a misers pocket, from' which you cannot entice a quarter of a kopek. Stretching himself, hs heerd something clash st his feet He looked. - . . . two bags of gold. Then only, ss If in a dream, he recol lected that ha had been aeeking some treasure, that something had frightened him In the woods. . . . But at wbat price b had obtained It, and how, he could by no mean understand. ' ... - Korsh ssw th sacks snd wss molli fied. "Such a Petrua, quite unheard of! Tee, and did I not love him? Was he not to m as my own sonT And tha old fellow carried on his fiction until it re duced him to tears. Pidorka began- to tell him how some pssslng gypsies had atolea Ivas;' but Petro could not even recall him to such a degree had the devil's , influence darkened als mind! way, th property ot. th people, used by, th people and for the benefit of th people, th natural avenues of com. merce, as nlns tenths of ' th product of th world must first be transported over tha public highways. . , Statietlce show that ; where It .' haa been tried, th coat of Improved road construction la about on half that" of fre labor. Th objection I ralaed that thla plsn offers too many opportunities, for escape. Profeaaor X A. Hohmea, la an article . on , "Road Building With Convict Labor.", atatea that th annual cap of eonvlcts la lee than two -per cent; In fact, leas than from our Jalla. Many excellent roads have been byllt by convict labor at a minimum of cost thu proving th feasibility snd econ omy of th plan. ; It gives th convict a healthy employment la tha open air, Instead of shutting him up In a stuffy, dusty, dlaeaae breeding shop. - It also encourages the .budding ef- Improved roada throughont th land, la a direct benefit to th state and a saving to th taxpayers.- -.'t v. - There 'wss no reason for delay- - Th Pol waa dismissed, and the wedding feaat prepared: rolla ware baked, towel and bandkercblefa embroidered; th young people wer seated at table; th wedding-loar waa cut; bandurse, cym bals, kobsl, sounded, and pleasure was rif. ... .'.-. .,. V !;A..-. - V'V: A wedding In the olden time was not like ne of the present day. My grand father's aunt used to tell what doings! how the e maidene in featlv head dresses of yellow, blue and pink ribbons. above which they bound gold braid; in thin chemisettes embroidered on all tha seams with red silk, and strewn with tiny stiver flowers; In morocco shoes, with high Iron heels danftd th gorlltsa -as swimmingly ss peacocks, and aa wildly aa tha whirlwind;, how the youths with their ship-shaped cape upon thalr heada. the crowns of gold brocade, with a little slit . st the nape, where th hair-net peeped through, and two horns projecting. one- In front and another behind, of the very finest black lambskin; In huntushas of the finest blue silk with red borders- stepped the gopak; how tha lads in tall Cossack caps and light cloth svltkas girt with sliver-embroidered belts, their short pipes in then- teeth skipped befor them and talked nonsense. .Even Korsh could not contain hlmaelf, as he' gased at the young people, from getting gay In his old agev Bandura In band, alternately puffing at hla pip and singing, a brandy glass upon his bead, th graybeard be gan tha national dance amid loud ehouta from the- merrymakers.:. What will not people devise In merry mood I They even began to disguise their faces. They did not, look like human beings. , Pidorka and Petrua began to llvs Ilk s gentleman and lady. There was plenty of everything, and everything waa hand some. . , .' But . honest people shook their heada ' when they looked at their way ot living. "From the Devil no good can - com," they unanlmoualy agreed. "Whence, except from the tempter of orthodox 'people, cam'. this wealthf Where else could be get such a .lot of gold? ' Why, on the very day that he got rich,' did Baaavrluk . vanish aa If Into thin air?" Say, If you can, that people Imagine things! in fact a mpntn naa not paaaed. and no one would have recog nised Petrua. - Why. what had happened to blm? vOod mows. H slats In' en spot and says no word to sny one; be thinks continually, and seems to be try- Ing to recall something. ; When Pidorka succeed In getting"' hlnr to speak , b seems to forget , himself, "carries on a conversation, and even grows cheerful but If he Inadvertently glances at the aacka, "Stop I Stop! I have forgotten," be cries; and again plunge Into reverie, and again strives' to recall' eomeiMng. Sometimes when be haa sat lonf In a place It seems to blm as though It were coming, Just coming back to mind, . . and again all fades away. It seams as If hs Is sitting In the tavern; they bring blm vodka; .vodka stings him: vodka is repulsive to htm. Some on comes along and strikes him on the shoulder; . . , but beyond - that everything- is - veiled in-darknees before blm. The perspiration streama down bla face, and he sits ex- hauated In th same place. What did not Pidorka do? Sh consulted the sorceress; snd they poured out fear, and brewed potions but sll to no avail. And ' so tha summer psased. Many a Cossack -had mowed and reaped: many a Cossack."' mora enterprising than the rest had set off upon an expedition. Flock of ducks war already crowding our marshes, but thara waa not even a hint of Improvement " , - .. . .- It was red upon th steppes. . Rick of grain. Ilka Coaaacka' cap, dotted th field here and there. On the highway war to be encountered wagon loaded with brushwood and logs. Th ground had become more solid, and in places wss touched with ' frost. Already bsd th anew begun to besprinkle th aky, and the branches of the trees were cov ered with rime like rabbit akin. At laat the snow becan to. melt and th ic rind sunned awav: but Petro remained th same; and. th longer It went on, the mora morose be grew. He eat. in the middle of th cot tare as though nailed to ths spot with the sack of gold at his feet. He grew ahy, bla hair grew long, h became terrible; and atill he thought ot but on thing, still he tried to recall something, snd got sngry and ill-tempered because, he could Multnomah county has a chanc to ex emplify this syatem and set an example before th country, Mpectally th state of ths Pacific northwest by utilising her county, convicts and taking advantage of her great natural reeourcea an abuadance of th finest road material. Nature hss don her shar In giving you som of th grandest aoenle drive west of th Rockies. Why not do your part and Improve them, make them a thing of beauty, aad pleasure, . ss wall aa of uUlrtyt ' - j--,1'- ,.".-; ' -.- ' .-.What can be snor entrancing than to drive over a' beautiful boulevard, "with mountains towering abov you a n side and en th other a beautiful river reaching away- to th saa, a grand ave nue of . commerce, with vessels laden with th products of your factor! and mills, steaming away to th porta of dlatant lands; In th dlstaac th grand ummlta of your moantaln'peaka rapped In verlaatlng snow, making a picture never to be forgotten? . Al wattor. ef travel have r -y r' ' -oluatloa ' " not recall Itv ; Often, rising wildly fix his seat h gesticulates violently, fir ; hla. yes on Something as though ' slreua of catching It; his lips mevq'aa though desirous f uttering som long- -forgotten word and remain apeachleea. Fury takes possession of him; b gnaws and bites bis handa like a man halt crasy. and In hla vexation, tear out hie hair by th handful, until calming down, y he fall Into forgetfulness. as It were, . and again begina to recall, and la again ' seised with fury snd freeh torture. . . . -. What visitation of Ood 1 this! i Pidorka was neither dead nor alive. At first it waa horrible to her to remain alone In the cottage; but in course of . time, th poor, woman grew accustomed to bar .Borrow. - But it waa Impoaalbl to recognise th Pidorka of former day. -No' blush,, no smile; she ' wss thin and worn with grief, snd had wept her bright eyea swsy. Once, some on wh evidently took pity on her, advised her ' t go to the witch who dwelt In th Bear ravine, and enjoyed tha reputa. ' lion of being able to cur every dlaeaae : In tha; world.. -', "-' .-;v'v, :,. -'. She ' determined td 1 try , thla las remedy;- word by word -she. persuaded ' th old woman to coma to her.. Thla . waa St John's eve, ss It chanced.-; Petro; . lay insensible on th bench, and did . net observe th new-cower. Littl ay little he ; roae, and looked about him. Suddenly he trembled In every limb, as . though h wer on th ; scaffold; hla hair rose upon hi head. ,'.,... and her ' laughed auch a laugh aa pierced Pldoka a heart with fear. "I have remembered, remembered!" be cried In terrible Joy; and, swinging; a hatchet round his head. . h flung It at th old woman with all1 his might The hatchet penetrated th' oaken door three Inchea, Th old woman disappeared, and ev child of sawn in a white blouee, wil1 covered head, atood In th middle of the cottar. - . . . Th aheet flew off.) "Ivas!- crld Pidorka, and ran to him;l but tha apparition became eovered from; head to foot with blood, and illumined' th whole room with rd light. ... ,f Sh ran Into tha passage In her terror.! but on recovering herself a llttle.j. wlehed to- help him; In vain! th door; had alammed to behind her so securely that aha could hot open It . People ran up and began t knock;' they brok In th door, aa though, ther waa but on mind among them. Th' whole cottage .was full of smoke; snd Just (n ths middle, where Petrus had atood. was a heap of sahes, from which moke was still rising. They flung? themselves upon the sacks; only broken potsherds ley there Instead ef ducats. The Cossacks stood with stsrlng ayes and open mouth; not daring to move a hair, a if rooted to th earth, auch, terror did' thla wonder Inspire la them. I do not remember What happened next Pidorko took a vow to go upon a pllgrlmag. collected th property left her by her father, and in a few days It was aa if she had never been in the pil lage. Whither ah had gone, no en could telL Offlclou old woman would have dispatched her to the earn place, whither Petr had gone; but a Coaaack: from Kief reported that he had seen, in a cloister, a nun withered to a mer skeleton, who prayed- uncesalngiy; and her fellow villagers recognised her aa Pidorka, by all ths signs that no on had ever beard ber utter a word; thut she had com os foot, and bad brought' a frame for th Ikon of Ood' mother -set with such brilliant stones that all wer da asled at th sight v Butthis wag not lha end. . if . you) pleas. - On th same day that the evil on made way with Petrus. Baaavrluk' appeared again;, but all fled from him. They knew what sort of a bird h was none else than Satan, who had aaaumedl human form In order to unearth treas ure; and, sine treasures do not ylAi t unclean hands, he seduoed th young.) Thst same rear, all deserted their rtl utSf-and collected -la-a, village; but,! even ther, there waa no peace on ao-' count of tha accursed Baaavrluk. . I Another time, th church elder him self, whe was fond of ,an occasional prt-i vat Interview with my grandmothers! brandy glaaa, had not succeeded in get ting to th bottom twice, when b beheld' the glaaa bowing very low to him. "8a-; tan take you. let ua make the elan ot ther eroa over your .... And the same, marvel happened to hia better half. 6n; had Juat begun to mix th dough In a huge kneading trough, . when auddenly! the trough sprung up. "Stop, stop; where ar you going?" Putting ita arms akimbo, with dignity, It went skipping;, all about th cottage.- .... Tu saay-; laugh, but It waa no laughing matter te ur grandfathers. .And In vain did' Father Atbanaall go through all th village with holy water, and chaa th devil through all th streets with his bruah: and ray late grandfathers aunt long complained that a soon as It waa dark, some one' came knocking at the)- door, and scratching at th wall. Well! All appears to be quiet now la th place where our village atanda; but It was not so very long ago my father waa still alive that I remember how ' a good roan eould not pasa tha ruined tavern, which' a diahoneat rao had long managed for their own Interest. Front th smoks blackened chimneys smok poured out la a pillar, and rtalns high in th sir, ss If to take aa observation, rolled oft Ilka a cap, scattering burnlMt coals over the steppes; and Satan sobs so pitifully In hla lair that th startle." ravena rose In flocks from th neighbor Ing oak wood, aad flew through tha al 1th wUd erleavt ' tells us that th thrifty peopl of Bwlts erland . tranaform th allver of their mountain peek Into five franc piece and the golden glow of their aunaet Into napoleon. ' - Overloeked a rertaaa. ' - i From Harper Magastne. -' Th man with whom th ' writ bunked- a aober. induatrloua yeung fel lowengaged In working a lease wltt several partners. ' They aank a ehatt 110 feet In depth and "drifted" from th bottom In thalr search for gold, until not a penny was left la their treaa ury. . ' Ther had discovered absolutely fiet lag. The lease was abandoned, and a.l war obliged to go to work for w. Day after day they had flung their r- al acroae a monater orsil fin e r volcanic rock, out'"' t f.-c 1 near by. and given c That !- of 1.' T'-e 1e s the e . I OT to tM r-- i 1 . t i ' ft'-
