The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current, July 30, 1897, Image 2

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    THE STORY OF ULLfl
/ i i
Told at the/Edge of the Northern Sea, and
Written for This Paper. o
LY i5I>\VIN LESTER ARNOLD.
CHAPTER IV.
We cTept out by tl - green Island d
Thymy;*>i*i,, where the white sheep wen
feedieg to the water’s edge, and pas)
God/io on ur right, and the long, blael
shore of Bom me Is on the loft, and so b
many a green oelaud and <lark rock on
Into the , pray and fresh salt wind wen
Joyfully lurching the old fiea Wolf. Th
frothy pillow of the foam giltterin/
under her prow, und behind 1he gree*
wail of the Norway pines, and the gra;
rocks, an 1 the sweet sea surge tlia
tumbled forever at their feet ami thru’
Its white arms up as though, lover-likt
it would enlace its sliver fingers wit
the green hair of the nodding brache
overhead. Gown won tour gallant shore
down peak, and pine, and point, und a
the great black bosom of our motho
'proudly sea opened to us, tier firstling sons
we turned our faces west
ward and each eye grew bright a'
thought of the plunder to come, an/
each heart boat high as wo smelt tin
Incense of fight in the strong breath o
the son. Oh! nut I was proud as, ra;
hand on the pulsing tiller that throbbo*
under the racing surges not less loudl; j
than my hi-nrt., I stood by the high sterr
and led the wild, free song to Odin
wherewith gallant ’
my company rnocke/
the waves proud! Oh, tho salt spray j
rises again in these old eyes of min*
but. to remember the fierce wine of ,lifi j
that usurped my blood ami flew horr
and there in my young veins that day !
this cold mind of mine burns again bu
to recall the ecstasy of the unfotterer !
passions that then besot me; but ti *
think for an ungodly minute on thus* 1
splendid vistas of unbridled Just an/ j
cruelty and rapine which dazed mi "
soul.
AVoil! it is over, and I do wrong evci
to remember. No more the salt win/
takes the war song of Ulla, like a her
aid of death, to the land of tile stranger
no more for him is the joyful rattle o
the ranged shields clattering on lit
vessel's Hide as she stoops to the stoe|
blue valleys of the midland non; 1)1
more the old viking's plough shall tun
that, frothy furrow ho did onoe deligb
in; no more the lovely smoke of burn¬
ing thorps shall rise from Ella's torcl
to Odin's no more his
heart shall melt, to pleasure as his ves
sol staggers homeward through tin
yeast and spuino, and every swirl d
the cold dark water spinning enviousl;
ugulnst her laboring side tell of riel
! >lunder hid within. It is over for me
tut it was a noble frenzy while
All that noon of our settlo w
plunged b- f',’-- 1 ,, J*tiai
~ a aUTWater. nTTW liy the second even
lng the wave began to wear another nolo
ae the sea shoaled up to tho Britisi
shore. At the untno tlmo tho breow
gave out with the sun and wo took h
our sweeps, and all night long undo
tho starlight tho Soa Wolf crept silent!;
awl secretly info the land. In the gra;
of the morning that followed a Imz
grew up and under tho curtain of* th
■white sea mist that lay soft and hoav;
as wool on tho gently rocking soa w
Bo uni the sound of tho waves beatln,
on the dim North Umbrian shore. W
approached ns close as wo dared, am
then waited for the sun, rolling an idli
hour or two on the smooth, long heav.
of tho swell, and, in the dead silence
listening to the chatter of the wild few
and the laugh of the klttiwako on th
unseen cliffs; or the chafe and i reak o
an oar now and then In tho rowlock
and tbe hins ot tho water swirling gen
tly /igjiinnt our sides. So still lay th
8e» Wolf in tho shadow of tho niorninj
mist that tho shy grobos and speckle*
divers came paddling nil about he
and stored with eyes bead black wili
wonder to see the silver mist; turn on
sudden Into a painted damp gall hulk with ranko
oars, and great affap agains?
the ruddy mast, and golden dragon hea
snifllng the chill morning air aloft , an
grim warriors loaning on battle-ax an
spear crowding her de k. Ami strung
fish swam lapping pinions lound, and the Hafdnn' swif
gannet*s white stirred
listless Hag as she swept unheeding am,,,,; b;
through tho milky haze Neman
un spoke until on a sudden the curlin.
wavelets in the cast sparkled with whltenes Uqui
fire, the hang ug shroud or
flushed with a yellow radiance,
strange, bright light shone through th
green-created waves, un i as tho frc<
sweet breath of the morning drift*
down upon us, aud each man drank of '
deep and silently, the curtain of th
night was lifteil ami the vellow feet <
the sun came striding over the blao
plains of the restless northern sea.
Silent and deep w«* laughed wit
pleasure, and my grim, stout follow
shook the mist-beads from their lawn
lips, then —muttering n prayvr to Odl
— again the white wattr fretted unde
the stern of our ship and the long, slot :
din of the oars fell with a pleasan
sound on the calm of the uioruin*
Bound under the rugged knees of grea
cliffs crept i ue Wolf, so secret an
sw'ift that tii,* speckled i,H>ns stoo*
agape in rows to watch the guide
dragon head go dipping bv their lonel
evries. and the blue pigeon on her eav
era s o,! astride of her white egg
stood wonders truck and forgot to tty- ,
thus she went across tho mouth of love
iv bavs and under grassy headlands an !
-
big bights fringed with endless lomd
meadows and past fair estuaries wher
rank fields of westral crops were a' I
a waste between neglected woixiland |
and southward constantly for many sai a
hour, but nothing could we see to
or burn. Noon came and went, and th
warm sweat glared the sinewy for.
-v. of ZI i^Uat - rowers until t
• --------- —
last I saw them begin to turr the
bronze fa'-es ovi-r their filth *i
shoulders shore and and angrily scan the ruinei
white swear deep between theil
strong teeth; swear at the Dan*
j who had swept this fair country ;
clean, swear at liiom Grlmear, •up.
: Hakonson the avaricious, and Inge th#
j bloody, and Gutbern of Hagbard, wht
had pillaged here last autumn am
wiped out maid and matron, croft an<
'astle, and left nothing for any honest
viking who came after them. Ay! i
was sad, we thought, to see so sweet i
country so void of life, and we pullec
on southward for many miles, looking j
now on the sunny shore made by natur«
to be rich and happy, and yet had noth
big on It to burn or plunder, and thei
trning sadly to our piles of blooJIesI
words and battle axos, our empt;
reasure boxes and untenantod rows o!
ron fetters for the white anklos of fait
fritish girJs. We had rowed on like
this, cursing Biorn and Inge and Ilakon*
son uli the morning, arid had seer
nothing but the blackened ruins of i
low villages upon the hillside, when
Hipping by one lonely promontory, w*
taw upon tho rocks a mad ok
woman, sad-eyed and lean an/
pinched, solo remnant of somr
pillaged English hamlet, wh<
tnew ns for what we wer<
ipon tho instant as she gathered hei
poor harvest on the beach and leaped
ipon a rock aud cursed us fiercely ou'
if the black reservoir of her despai;
mil hatred, cursed us for pirates ant
yrants, asked where were tho two-yel
ow-hnirod girls we stole ten years ago
t here lior two tall sons, where her bus
hind and her kin, and tossed her tangle/
ticks upon the wind and yelled am
tried until, as we crept by, Thoralf o
rtsund took a javelin from the hea;
ipon tho deck and mocked her. “Where
pu foul old sea hag? Where? Why
lown In hell. Go thero and look.” Am
mm^> '-r>‘ n
r2:3.v " \ A'v'x -
'* ■'.{ -"'mv
fuiMirvii;: Ju fit
\
i t
“TUB JAVKI.m VI.KW XSD TOO TRUE.*
is ho spoko tho javelin flew, and, tor
(rue, struck its mark and pierced dec|
nto the old crone's withered bosom,
md with hatred a scream she of surprise an/
leathloss spun round upot
ier heels and grinned and staggeie/
md then plunged headlong into the set
it her feet, and as we passed her erim
ton blood was spreading in a great re/
mol upon the dark heave of the smooti
lowing surf.
I know not whether it were true, ai
ome among my comrades thought, tha
hat thin old blood spilt so would brin/
is luck, but presently it is true enougl
re had another sign, for a raven can;
lying off from the land and circle*
omul us and foil into our wake behind
md as the black wings of Odin's friem
nd messenger went Hupping overborn
i new spirit was born in my fierce crew
They stretched their hands to heavet
md shouted with one voice a vers*
rum out tho raven war song, then dowt
hey went and with new eourag*
tret hed them to their oars unti
he red viking flag streamed brave I j
*ut astern and the shields rattle.
'‘-'fuily . and the . water . , lay m a wht ... ,
the low -dipping gumial,
,l ’V, 0 ol d ^' a ", '‘i" 1 bay ai }'
ieadland , slipped by. \Ve had come mt<
‘ Peopled 1 country, kept when fore-watel on t
" }° our
flapped his hand upon his thigh an.
-'Tied: A burgh, a burgh, and not ye
dundercil. And there, following th,
/omt of his eager finger, we saw, thre,
tiiios away, a strong hall upon a rockj
promontory, with trees and meads about
t green and fair, and sheep upon th*
liIls an,i clustering huts lot-*w al
iweet and , peaceful, and a little harooi
-everything, indeed, that could g.a i t
'iking heart; and, truly grateful, ",
hanked the bird that had brought u;
ortune, and paused in a little creek U
‘ait lor nightfall.
Allthe afternoon the longsutp lay om
-f sight m the little cavern l ax Witt
green-tasseied with hanging
trasses, nearly meeting oxerh, nd, an
the smooth swell of the wate
«‘»ving the long tangles of sea gra-*
md weeds, and idiv reflecting the stori
aces and golden mail of tftat grim erev
*» board lolling about upon the deck o
tangingover the loaded bulwark to watel
h '’ shining fishes at play deep dowr
*«lbw. Mho would ha-.e thought thai
fretty shadow listlessly rolling there ol
he heave cf the wave was bent on suet
*“ errand? It was so still as we lay
creened in the cover that you coulc j
lPa ’' the .arks sing ng to themselves
*‘k h “P n blue over the cliff grass
,he bubw * of ‘ ho wat er 11 ;
he crevices of the rocks allround , us
| was *o suil that presently (ius m,> !
lOtrmy grew wearisome to my fierce ant
tented spirit. I chafed and turnec
impatiently watched the sue
h seemed as though it would
set, until at iast a happy
MB entered into my head—1
testei so and spy this burgh we were it to
tlan r gee how big and strong was,
' o «r many men held it and how much
roiflt wo were like to come by in th<
enlture. With this fancy in my mind 1
....
ouped my handsome sleepy fellow's,
vhA at my voice stretched their great
imibs where thev had lain sleeping on
he rowers' benches or turned their eyes
rt gazing on the shining sea to look
jlil % another and say wholly “Ulla is mad!’ mad)
yo |Ula Erlingson how is the madness
‘i pointed out
Itl vantage us, how greatly it would
,* to know the lie and nature of .
' h 4i§bd, y’mother how I could should disguise not know myself sc
me,
mis? ’earn and see all I could and b«
H In with them safe and sound,
ling on a gibbet above the
of cave them something no*
■**j_I ag Sarp of Keyr said—be
tori wilight fell.
f I j 1 CHAPTER -- v.
i fellows that they were
jjXy wrave
V pleased them, and forth*
* (disguised as a ragged out
U slouch hat and sorry coal
Btered legs, with worn wolf
" my yellow hair was knot
« ridden in my can. mi- fac<
VI ■th ■pay and lean w:th good ash Yed- and
H>re a little paint
or two upon my naked
1 ^S, HBhs might come by want and
and with a touch of red and
I nano to iook most hideously d had new
i J.’jm, i healed seemed wound or when two it upon don/
_________ I was
fcy&M , .srable and lean ami put so pititu
into my voice ami leant so
ffUMvikings t Ylfon my long ash a-laughing, staff tha - ail ami my
fell
“riiS'wAd 80 loud they hushed the dr her nt
0 the blue pigeon brooding on
md started the shaggy, green
yed 1 ha crows from their rocky pin
iacla iwe'.ll '1 a mile away, and then they
I me to a landing, and with jest
nd Re advice sent me on my danger
us band. fas
It | a sweet place, that Englist
mrg Even now, long years after, I
•id jl wrinkled, still dream in the win
er Utts of the warm incense of tha;
tftei Ron, and how the grateful sui
ire' fragrance from out the earth,
.nd hi >w sweet the yellow meadow flow
irs dk’lA smell about it, and how the ap
eross® ies bifiossomed on tho hanger; and thu
my evening vision even now then
omes lathe Hand black reek of its burning
hatch the hot steam of the blood it
he htfLH by tho banquet tables—ay, 1
on jut 1 f* again all these years after ir
estlesHR slumber the shine of its many
oofs H fi-basking in the April sun, the
ilue-ev Led children rolling in frolic sport
ibout £ !e grassy court—the twittering
ove i ?s i . -* ot the new-come swallows on
he i IfSfe * ; ridge—and then athwart mj
black column of av’eueiiu
m WT '* Y? iuthe star- .ef.ping lit midnight
U----Tofl^i *■ &x crim
■
! tom f e spring up, and the fierce,
;asp ig cry of stricken men, the plerc
ng a frek of women, and affright the low wai ole
*f butchered little ones my
md unstrung cars!
Ayj it seemed a sweet place that un
ouched. ancient English citadel and as I
lobbied out from the hazels humble
md decrepit as became me, craved itt
lospitulity. All inland stretching
rway into the dim blue distance lay
ertile fields and woods, shining greenet
han any other woods can shine, wit!
trooks and streams between them flash
ng in the light, aud splendid herds,
moiighto feast an army for a year, kne<
leep in the many colored grasses, anc
hen all this richness swept round bi
^°^°l a Siy^ihg
ho prince s castle stood. It stood up
n the very topmost flat of the hill, ant
ras approached from below by a rougi
rack fashioned of beams laid side by
ide, which circled up through tho gors.
nd fern to its outer fence. Getting
ecretl°y tone' n noang U ver,* r as and" 0 I leu! wmhstmffi "arne anc th!
of co soon to
,rst sweep of outer stockade. This wa;
, great circle of pointed timbers slopins
■utward ojver a ditch from the crest of
all earthen rampart—strong fence, in
;eed, and one that twenty men migh
old against a hundred. I enterei
1,rough the ope., gate of this and righ
n front rose another rampart and an
it her palisade that made me sigh t< ■
i ook ota—I had to walk half-way befon roun i
| 1 he grassy flat between these two j j
found a gate to pass the second tin; |
| >ers. But this latter entrance gainec
| t made nie master of the place. Thos
! two tall fences, strong in oaken tim
tors, mossy gates and iron rivets, shu
I n the whole hilltop, of which the othe
i mundary was the sheer cliffs ths j
Iropped steep down into the Hea below
j in ,j a ii thi^ space was lull of sheds an
wildings, aud huts and houses, au
canaries of corn and staeKs of t, dd •
or th» beasts, and corn for soldiers, an
iere a thrashing floor, and th* re a we
vitjj rope aha bucket, yonder a row c
| ,yens and ai drinking trough and muc
; *l a e. Then.came a grassy green an
lext, along 1 the verge, a littie aloo
so:n all, tbe prince's house. A fin
ride house it stood upon the crag, wib
erraces and; courts, doors and windows
.trong etonei outer walls and timber* <
.rches, a gaWiy p’ace, indeed, with thi
u n shining on it, a good wind-eoci
wirling ;ic• *qt. red fish-tail tiles upo;
roots, br.jss studs upon the doors
nd a colonnade round it with wide pro
joting ea •-.*-: supported by unsmoothe,
illars of oak! to which solid oak log:
jade steps all round. Partly behinf
hi- was th- toirer Strong place of the fort. ;
„[J, rough of solid masonry risinj
heer into the air on the very verge o
he cliff from j the More peaceful dwell
ng places arojmd, and grim and * th*
lowless trowupng down feet into
rhite surge tR&t broke and thundered
ar below. 1 ......
As I entered this burgh a few chiidrea
rere plav nit dboot uvon the grass auc
ome women jwere gtimbur; y-r-, -E *
tone miil at one place, while at anothei
, voung and fair serving maid was spill¬
ing flax upon the steps of the chief's
ousc. A dog or two lay basking in the
an, and as they saw me and fell a-bark
lg the damsel stopped her under spinning, the
io corn mill came to a stop
ands of the old crones, and the litth
,aes fled to cover like a flock of'startled
arlridges. But 1 looked harmless
mough, a ragged1 fellow there* by th*
ate, gaunt and humble, and presently
eeing they were reassured I advancer
iowlv and begged of the younger wit coulc wo
ia n in the meanest whine my
caster a drink of milk and an outer
ake to stay my hunger. That fair for
,1cm r got up and took me into the hall
-and a splendid hall ^ ^as-and pu
re at the servant s tressel, then calling
orne others, set milk and bread before
ae. So I ate and irank and all the time
;ept counting the golden plates and
iwers on the master's distant table and
.canning his weapons or costly furs
umg round the hail, and thinking how
nueh my ship could carry home. Ay,
md as each fair damsel filled my horn
»nd platter, asking me in gentle civility
;he while of my home and wayfaring,
(jttle did she know that I was wonder
(ng how much she would fetch at the
(lave stakes in Throndjemmarket place,
• tr whether she would scream greatly
lint night or no. Indeed, those comely,
j dvii ed-haired had English they not maidens been barbarians were so
that
aid thus to us what the hinds of tha
alley are to the hill wolves and tho
j peckleil salmon to the gray ospreys I
eight almost have rued the red night 3
j , rork that was at hand. But as things
1 rere, I should have blushed as soon to
i iiink myself compassionate as coward,
j ,nd thus I laughed and chatted with
hem, and while I finished my bowl
earned of those incautious women
ongues that all the men were away
aland; that the women and chil
| ren from all round came in and
he palisades were closed at nightfall,
nd saving some half-dozen herders
here were to be no men in the burgh
hat night. I learnt that their master
lad a fair daughter, though I saw her
lot. as she was then spinning with her
uaidens in the turret; that the master
ra 3 wondrous rich, but old and feeble,
,nd thus, having learned all I hoped for,
rith a last quick look round the place, I
| use to go. As I turned one gentle
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« tarewell,.’ she said.*
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^ a S ij ver penny that she had
a ken from a little store in the corner of
ier thread box into my hand. “Fare
reli," she said, “old man, and may the
(00 d God guide you; it ever grieves my
,eart to see one poor and hungry,” and
hat penny ¥ as put out at good interest,
or that’very Esavbd night, when the burgh was
, urnin ® her from the brief
rooiu of Vidkun the rough, and, lead
her t0 tl)e fog3j showed her the coin
md, pointing to the dark shade of tha
tickets, let her go free and unharmed,
^ ^
hem
r |to m be mwinrml coxtislld.]
—--
How Kilgore Secared Attention.
Representative Kilgore was the
aero, on a tecenl Friday evening dur
,n XH’U^hichffi « the nl « ht se8S ‘° r n - %-f mU ^ U ‘
attle bill in which his in t eat was 3
ully aroused, arid in its behalf
t-kt'd the gentleman in the chair
who, it happened, was not Mr. Crisp
-for how long a time he might oc
; U pv ',. the attention of the House. The
- lker pro tem. gave Mr. Kilgore
lrulsu;i Uy good ”, measure, telling him
■ • H<> ahead, as an an hour nour W’as was at at his ms
itsposal. the Speaker turned lus at
mention elsewhere, and the IIouso
iumined away in Its usual conversa
donal fortissimo. Then followed a
tudden silence, so out of the usual
House style that the temporary chair
nan was astonished into elevatin
*tU only to find the ____... uu ni I
ookiug at Mr. Kilgore in silent
unusement. There stood Mr. Ki -
_
;ore sawing the air with his arim
uul performing all the gestures in
!he most complete oratorical text
>ook. His Ups opened and shut as
f yards of C .ngresssional Record
;opy were is.-uing from between them,
'Ir. Kilgore was extremely animated,
yut not a sound was heard.
"What is the matter, Mr. Kilgore?’
demanded the Speaker. “I told the
gentleman from Texas he could have
in hour to address the House on thii
measure."
"I know it. Mr. Speaker.” smiled
Silgore, “but I thought the House
vould prefer a pantomine speech and
t wouldn't disturb their conversa.
don.” The Speaker, according to
•Cate Field's Washington, had to im
lair his dignity with a smile, bul
•vidently Kilgoie knew best what
he House appreciated, for when ths
>ote waa tcJsen there was not a single
.issent.
Jild.eioUA A-iv-of UMOg fMiya.
PASSING OF THE DRUM.
it Will Soon Disappear in Connection with
Army Life.
Lteiuenant Con Jlarrast . _ Perkins , . of
the United States Marine Corps writes
an article entitled ‘‘The Last of the
Drums,” for St. Nicholas.' Lieuten
an t Perkins says:
! think few know that of all the
time honored honored eouinments equipments of of war war
which these days of military progress
have left us, the drum is the oldest;
but, like the sword and the bayonet,
the drum is fast disappearing. Its
companion, the fife, hallowed bv tra
valor e y e n in our own his
tory, from Lexington to - Gettysburg,
is already gone, and another decade
will still forever the inspiriting martial
music of the drum.
What boy has not felt his pulses
thrill and his heart swell with patriotic
pride and martial ardor while gazing
upon the well known picture of the
Revolution, the ‘‘Minute Men of ’76’'
forsaking the ploughshare and flying
to take down the old flintlock at the
tocsin of war—the throbbing of th*
drum and the shrill screaming of the
fife, sounded by two scarred.veterans,
bare-headed, white-haired, and is
their shirt-sleeves, marching through
fields and along the roads, calling the
; patriots to Mew arms, England schoolboy has
Every Abigail aud Eliza
; Tea d the story of
| 3e th, the sisters of Newburyport, who
during the Revolution repelled alons
an attack of the British by beating
furiously an old drum aud blowing a
fife. The British troops, who were
about to land, hurried back to theil
ships, thinking a whole army lay io
ambush to repulse them!
Thus did a fife and drum drive ofl
the enemy and save a town from pil¬
lage and ruin.
The military drum is supposed to
have been introduced in Europe by
the Moors and Saracens, during the
middle ages, and was quickly adopted
by armies. The drum of to-day diflera
little, and in appearance only, from
the earliest form. It consists, aa
every boy knows, of two pieces of
parchment, or batter heads, stretched
over the ends of a hollow cylinder and
struck with sticks. For ages this in¬
strument has been known among sav¬
age tribes and barbaric nations, who
use its weird music to accompany their
religious rites, as well as for war pur
poses. of the Sioux Indian
The tom-tom
is a good example of a primitive
drum.
In civilized warfare the drum has
ever been connected with deeds .of
aud , . ... dear to ,
martial . , va.or, its voice is_
the hei. ojt the soldier who has fo b
lowed its puls Lug mto the dfcaillvfiH
0 { battle, o* even in reviews
military r parades, 1 when rank upon *
'
rank . sweep , up a streetkeepmgper
feet alignment aud step to the drum s
inspiring beat.
It has found place in .... history
a
through the daring bravery of more
than one beardless boy who has
so nnded at the critical moment the
F , )as fturn de charge or “rally” iust in time
f the tb]e of battle
Johnny Olem, the , n-, drummer , boy
of Shiloh,” who beat the rally without
orders when his regiment had broken,
panic stricken, and thus helped tG
aave pbe day, was made au officer for
4 ^ ^ **“
united States army,
j n fable, song and story the drum
has ever kept pace with the most
valiant deeds of men. Rudyard Kip
j- - 8 , 1 )a tbetic httle story of “The
j-,.,.,,.. t) . B Fnr „ who,’ Aft ” tw0
courageous drummer-boys at the
cost ” f their live9 - led tbe
all( f saved the honor of their regiment
when routed by the Afghans, tells of ^
deed such as is to be found in history
W eU as in fiction. More than onca
, drum claimed a place in the
: f . tank , of , stoimmg , battalions, tdot,dines or or
led desperate charges in the van of a
victorious army.
What wonder, then, that we look
sorrowfully into the future, when
battling will no longer be inspired by
the “war-drum’s throb;” for we know
that the advance of military science,
with all its death-dealing machine
guns, magazine-rifles, and its smoke
less powder, will surely sound the
knell of the drum.
Labor Uprisings in Russia, _
With the decline of Nihilism in
Russia has come an uprising of labor.
All the factory towns are having
trouble now with striking workmen,
and the authorities are unable to cope
with the difficulty. It is forbidden
by law in Russia to form trades
unions, but even Russian despotism
cannot go to the extent of making a
man work when he is not so inclined,
The place of the walking delegate is
taken by the labor disturbers, and the
ignorant and oppressed workmen fol
low these men with singular faith and
fidelity. preachers have been
Sixty of the
imprisoned and are to be transported
to Siberia for recommending a general
strike to the workmen. The Nihilists,
Anarchists, and revolutionary elements
generally the'power have been quick to recog
n ize of the labor movement.
j They are influence working the in workmen every way and pos¬ to
i sible to
make them believe that their only sal¬
1 vation lies in a general movement,—
Foreign Ratter.