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Show I cTke Divme and cTke Human. Or Xliree More Deatl By Leo Tolstoy. Vriuislatcd by V. Tchertkoff" nm T.. A.. (No rlzhta reserved.) 'The tlllo "Three Morn Dentht" nlliiilen to another, "Three Death." written by TolMoj 1 In the year ISr.p- nml which Hncllsh readers 1 may find In Vol. III., works of Tolstoy, by DnL & Co., Iyiiulon: nnd nlio.!n Mr. V'. Hcmerfinnn's edition of Tolalhy'a worke. Ml (Trans.) Kdllor of tho Frto Ako Press, Chrlet-church, Chrlet-church, Ilnnts. a j " (Continued from 1n.nl Sunday) One ot the leaders of tho revolutionary terroristic party, Ifrnntlns Mejenctsky, the ono who attracted Svotlogoub Into thin activity, wn.s belnp transferred from, tho province where ho v.-as arrested to St. Petersburg. In tho snmo provlnclnl prls-on prls-on in which he halted wax nlso blnp de-lalnod de-lalnod tho old sectarian who had wlt-ncsscd wlt-ncsscd Svotlopoub'a doparturo for his ox-ccutlon ox-ccutlon Ho was shortly bclngr .nnl to Siberia. Ho never ceased thlnklne of. tho 1 true faith and how and from wlie.ro ho could learn all about It and sometimes ho recalled to mind tho bright youth who Ml had gono to his death with a Jovful 1 emllc. Hcarinpr that In tho same placo thero 1 was coiitlned a comrade of this youth, a man who shared Ills faith, tho (sectarian was delighted and persuaded the chlof 1 warder to let him havo an interview with Mojcnetsky, notwithstanding: tho ctrjet-ncss ctrjet-ncss of prison discipline, had not ceased to maintain communication with hjs 1 party and was from day to day awaiting 1 news about a mine ho had Invented and prepared for tho blowing tip of tho Czar's train. Now. recollecting somo details ho had overlooked, he was arranging tho means of transmitting thorn to his cc-workers, cc-workers, "When tho chief warder came - to his coll and, cautiously and In a low -voice, told him that one of the prisoners wished to sqo him. ho was glarl, hoping that this Interview would be the moans of facilitating lntcrcourso with his " friends. HI "Who in he?" "A peasant." "What does ho want?" "Ho wishes to sneak about faith." Mcjenctcky smllod. 1 "Well, sond him In," ho said. "Theso sectarians also detest tho Govcrnmont. Perhaps ho may bo of uso," thought ho. j Tho wardor went out and In a few mln- utes opened tho door and lot la a llttlo nhrunken old man with thick hair, a thin, grayish board and with kind, weary looking blue- eyes. 1 "What do you want?" asked Mejonet- ..sky. Tho old man glanced at him and nulck-Jy nulck-Jy dropping his eyes stretched out. a small, active, dry looking hand. "What do you want?'' repeated Meje-cetsky. Meje-cetsky. j "I would like to have a word with you." "What about?" "About faith." I "What faith?" "They say you ar of tho samo belief as tho vouth whom tho sei-vanls of Arttl-Ghrlst Arttl-Ghrlst strangled with a rope at Odessa," HI "What youth?" "Why tho ono who was strangled at Odessa last autumn." "You probably mean Svetlogoub"'" I "That'B tho one. Was ho your friend?" The old man with overy question koen-I koen-I lv searched Mejonotsky's faco with his kind eyes and Immediately looked down HI again, 1 "Yes, he was very near to me.' "And of the samo faith?" j "Apparently so," said Mejenctsky. smiling. "It la about this I wish to speak to you." , ,, I "What Is It oxaclly you require? "To ascertain your faith." "Our faith well sit down," said Mejc- nelsky. shrugging his shoulders. "Our faith consists In this: We bollevo that the power has been usurped by some who torment and deceive the people, and that ono should, without sparing ono's self. HI Btrugglo with these men In order to do-liver do-liver tho people whom ttiey exploit" ilojonetskv. from habit, used this foreign 1 wbrd "torment." ho. added correcting himself. "Therefore it Is necessary to HI destroy them. -Thoy kill, and they should J bo killed until they bethink themselves " The old sectarlan.-wlth Ills' eyes on the ground, kopt sighing. -HJ "Our faith consists In overthrowing tho -despotic Government, without sparing ourselves, and In establishing a free rep-Tcscntatlve rep-Tcscntatlve national one." J Tho old man sighed heavily, got up and, smoothing the folds of his coat. Wfnt down on his knees and stretched HJ himself out at Mejonotsky's feet, striking 7 hls'.forchead against the- dirty floor.-"Why floor.-"Why nro you bowing?" "Do not deceive me Tell mo what your faith ls7" said the old man without rls-Hj rls-Hj Ing or lifting his head. Hj "I have told you what It Is.. But get up or else I won't talk with you." The old man got up HJ "And this was the faith of that youth?" he snld. standing In, front of Mcjenotsky HJ and" from tlmo to tlmo looking-into his faco with his kind eyes and again dropping drop-ping them. "That was his faith, and for that ho was hanged, and I am now being sent to 'solitary confinement for tho same cause " Tho old man made a low bow from his wnlst, and silently withdrew. "No; that waa not his faith," thought lie. "Hm knew tho true faith, wheroas this ono either boasts of being of the samo belief or elso does not wish to disclose dis-close It. Well, then, I shall havo to persist per-sist In my search. Both hero and In Sl-borla, Sl-borla, God Is ovorywhero, and thoro aro men everywhere. 'Oncn on the- road, oak your way.' " thought the old mall, and again took up his . Testament, which opened Itsulf at Rovclatlon, and putting on his spectacles he soated himself at tho window and begun to read-IX. read-IX. Another seven vcars passed. Mfjenotsky had concluded his solitary conlUiemmt In the J'otropavlovsky fortress and was being be-ing transferred to penal labor. Ho had undorgono much during thoao seven' years, but his opinions had not changed or his energy ahatod. During tho examinations before his confinement In tho fortress he astonished tho prosecu-toru prosecu-toru nnd Judgea by hln firm and contemptuous contemp-tuous nltltwue toward thofi in whoso power he waH. In the depth of his soul his Imprisonment and his Inability to completo tliu taBk he had commenced caused him much surforlnsr. hut ho did not show this. As booh as ho caino In touch with others a tlercp dollanco aroM in him. To tho questions put to him he was silent, and only answered when there was an opportunity of spiting those who cross-oxamlnod him tho gendarme ofllccr or tho proseoutor. When the usual statement was mado to him, "You may alleviate your position by a sincere confession," he smiled contemptuously, contemp-tuously, and after a silence, said: "if you hope to forco me by advantage or fear to betray my comrades ypu .are Judging mo according to your own measure meas-ure Can vou really Imagine that In undertaking un-dertaking "the work for which "you aro Judging me I had not prepared myself for tho worst? You cannot either astonish aston-ish or Intimidate me .by anything.' Do with mo what you may, what you like, but I will not speak." And It was pleasant, to him to sco tho way ihoy looked at each other In confusion. confu-sion. ' ' When ho was taken to tho Petronaylov-sky Petronaylov-sky fortress and placed In a small damp cell, with a dark pano of glass In a window win-dow high up, ho understood that It was not for month's, but for ears, and was ovcrcomo with horror. Dreadful was the regulated, lifeless sllenco of this placo nnd tho consciousness that It was not him alone, but that here, behind theso Impenetrable Im-penetrable walls, other prisoners wore conllned condemned to ton, twenty years, committing suicide, being executed, execut-ed, going mad and gradually- dying from consumption Here were both women and men and perhaps friends. "Years wilt pass and thou also wilt go mad or hang thyself or die. and no ono will know about It." thought he. And in his heart there arose hatred against all men and especially tjioso who were tho cause of his incarceration. This hatred demanded tho presence of its objects, ob-jects, demandod motion, nolso. But here was lifeless sllenco and tho soft stops of silent men who did not answer questions, ques-tions, tho Bound of doors oponlng and shutting, the arrival of food at regular Intervals, tho visits of silent Individuals, and through the dim glass the light of tho rising sun, darkness and tho samo silence, si-lence, tho eame soft steps and the samo sounds Thus it was today, tomorrow. And haterd without finding an outlet devoured his heart. He tried to communicate by knocks, but received no answer, and his knocks elicited elic-ited again the same soft stops and (he even voice of a man threatening him with the dark cell. His onlv period of rest and refreshment was tho tlmo of sleep, but after this tho awakening was dreadful. In his dreams he always saw himself at liberty and mostly absorbed with Interests which he regarded as incompatible with his revolutionary revo-lutionary life Ho played on somo kind of strange fiddle, paid court to young ladles, la-dles, rowed' In boats, went shooting, or else, for some strange scientific discovery, ho was endowed with a doctor's degree by a foreign university, and In roturn I made speeches of thanks at dinner. These j dreams wore so vivid, while the reality ,vai so dull and monotonous that the memories of thorn wero with difficulty distinguished from actuality Tho painful feature of the dreams was that for Iho most part he awoke at tho very moment when somothlng was Just going to happen toward which he was striving, which he desired Suddenly, a shock In the heart and all tho plonsant environment disappeared; there remained onlv tho painful, unsatisfied longing, and again this grav wall, with damp Mots. lighted with a llttlo lamp, and under his body the hard planks with the straw bed, xjres&od up on ono sldo. Sloop was his best tlmo But ns his .conflnomont went on he was less and loss ablo to 8lofp. Ho sought sleep as the greatest happiness", and tho nloro ho do- sired it tho more wakeful he becamo. it was enough for him to say "Am I falling asleep?" for sleep to be dispelled. Running and Jumping about In his llttlo llt-tlo cell gave him no relief. From this offort hi only became weak and excited his nerves more and more. A pain came in the crown of his hoad and If ho closed his eys thero would appear on a dark speckled background weird faces, dishevelled, dishev-elled, bald, big-mouthed, crooked-mouthed and each ono more awful than tho others, oth-ers, all making tho most horrlblo grimaces. grim-aces. Afterward they appeared to him even when hln oyos wero open, and not faces alono, but whole figures, and thev began to talk and to dance. Ho would bo filled with terror, would Jump up, hit his head ngalnst tho wall and hcream: then the llttlo slide in tho door would open and a slow, even voice would say: "Screaming is not allowed." "Call tho governor'" shrieked Mejenel-aky. Mejenel-aky. Ho would got no answer, and tho slide would close. And Giich a despair would seize him i.VV..,V - that he desired only one thing death. Once when In such a stale he decided to tako hl3 Hfo. In tho cell there was an air regulator, to which one might fix a ropo with a noose, and mounting on the bed hang oneself. But thero was no rope. He began to tear his sheet Into narrow strips, but they proved to be too few. Then ho decided to starve himself to denth. and for two days he ato nothing, bul bocamo s5 weak on the third that a scvero fit of delirium look hold of him When his food was brought In ho was lying on the floor, with open eyes, unconscious. un-conscious. The doctor came, put him on the bed. gave him yomo ruin and morphia, and he fell nsleip. Whon ho awoke next day and found tho doctor standing over him shaking his head tho familiar oxhllaratlng fooling of hatred which ho for long has not experienced expe-rienced suddenly surged up in Mejonet- sX- . . 1 "How Is It you arc not ashamed? ho I H i. H - x s !:.. . s-' '" ' y " h Haiti to the doctor, while the latter with bended head was listening to his pulse, ' of serving here? Why are you treating mo In order to torlure me again? N hy It Is the same ns being present nt a Hogging Hog-ging nnd allowing the operation to bo repeated." "Bo good enough to turn ovr-r on your back." snld the lmperturbed doctor wlth-put wlth-put looking at him and getting his stethoscope steth-oscope out of a side pocket. "The other doctors healed tho wounds In order that the remaining live thousand blows could bo Inllictod. do to the deuco, to tho devil!" he suddenly Bhouted, dinging ding-ing his legs off the bed. "Get away! I'll manage to dlo without you!" "This Is not well, young man; we havo answors of our own for impertinence." "To tho dovll with you, to tho devil!" And Mcjenotsky was so terrible that tho doctor made hasto to leave. X. Whether It was tho renult of tho m'l-clno m'l-clno or that ho had passed the crisis, or perhaps the wrath aroused In him against iSta-ndin by his door, Vdjsns&3f listened. the doc-tor had cured him. however, from this time ho took hold of himself and began be-gan quite another life. "They cannot and will not keep me hero forever," ho said "They will sot mo free some day. Perhaps, and this Is tho most likely, tho form of government will change (ours aro continuing their work), and thereforo one should preserve one's l.fe in order to como out healthy and ablo to take up the work again " Ho considered for a long tlmo as to tho kind of Hfo best suited for hlo purpose, and this Is what he doclded upon. Ho went to bed nt 9 o'clock and compolled himself to stay there, whether asleep or not, until 5 in tho morning. Thon ho got up. washed and dressed, did some physical physi-cal exercise and then, as ho called It, went to business. In Imagination ho walked about 8t Potorsburg from tho Novsky to the Nadejdcnskaya, trying to plcluro to himself all he might meet on tlm way. shop .signs, houses, policemen, carriages nnd pedestrians. In tho Na-dcldenskaya Na-dcldenskaya ho entered tho house of a frfond and co-worker of his. and there, together with other comrades who had assembled, thoy discussed their forthcoming forthcom-ing schemes. Arguments and controversies controver-sies took place. Mejenotsky spoko bolh for himself and for others Somotlmes ho spoke so loudly that Iho warder admonished him through the slide, but Mcjenotsky pnld no attention to hlin and continued his imaginary St. Petersburg Peters-burg day. Having pnssed .two hours at his friend's, he returned homo and dined, first in fancy, then In reality, eating tho meal which was brought to him, and al-wnvs al-wnvs ato In modoratlon Then ho te-mnlncd te-mnlncd at homo and studied ejther hls-torv hls-torv or mathematics and sometimes, on Sundavs, literature. Tils historical Ptu-dlos Ptu-dlos consisted In first selecting a particular particu-lar epoch and nation nnd recalling to mind tho facts and chronology. For his mathematical lessons ho solved in his mind calculations and geometrical problems prob-lems (this was his favorite occupation). On Sundays, he recalled Poushkln. Gogol, Shakespeare, nnd composed a little hlm- hClf. Before bed ho made another little, excursion ex-cursion In his Imagination, having with his comrades, mon and women, morry, humorous and sometlmos serious conversations, conver-sations, which had e.lthor actually taken place or clsowcre Invented by him for tho occasion. And go It wont on "111" night. Boforo going to bed hu nftOa " reality 2vOO stops, lor ths sake of exur-clae, exur-clae, In his cage; then lay down on nis bod and generally went tp sleep. On tho next day It was tho same Sometimes Some-times he traveled to tho oouiU. to Inciu tho population, or coinenced a pcUion and. together with tlnj?,l0S0,SS tho lanu ownors, distributing tholr 1 and nmong the peasants. All this, 0f' he Imagined not all at once but coiccu-tlvely coiccu-tlvely with all tho details. In lfimB-natlon lfimB-natlon tho revolutionary ptiv triumphed everywhere, tho power of the Government weakened, and It was compelled to call a legislative assembly. Tho Imperial tam-lly tam-lly and all tho oppressors of . l io people disappeared, and a republic was Instil itcd and he. Mejcnoiaky. chosen pros dent. Sometimes he reuciU till. P Vn ' tho and then ho commenced n" t,Y, beginning and attained his ooject l otiit.r methods. ,., ,.,ori Thua ho lived one two, three ' "" sometimes dovlatlng 'rom this fltrtct ordor of life, but for tho most part reimnlng to It. Controlling his mind, ho irecd . hlm-self hlm-self from involuntary hallucinat ons , and only rarely was ho beset with attacks of insomnia and visions of dreadf i faces, and then ho coutemplated tho u r rj-tu lator and decided how ho would attach tho ropo. prcparo tho noose and MB himself. But ho overcame thoso attackd und thoy did not la.M long. Tlius ho passed almost eoven years. When tho Term of his confinement confine-ment camo to a closo and ho was bo ing removed to ponal labor ho was quite well, fresh, and In complete possession of hla montal faculties Ho was being conveyed alone as an especially es-pecially Important criminal allowed to communicate with 0tnf' Only in tho prison of Krasnoyarsk did he havo an opportunity of lntcrcourso with, somo other political prisoners on their May to penal labor. Thero were six of. t hem-two womon and four men. Thej wero 1 young pooplo. of tho now school, with which Mejcnotsky was not owuun ed They wore revolutionists of tho generation gen-eration after hlm-hls ossors-and theroforo of special lntorcst to nlm. jue Jcnotsky expected to find thorn following In his steps, and consequently bound to M y appreciate all that had been done by their predecessors, especially by him. Mcjenotsky. Ho was PrePar??l P rftl them affectionate y and patronizingly. But to his astonishment and annoyance iheso young people not only failed to regard re-gard him as their forerunner and teacher teach-er but treated him. as It were, with a condescension, passing over and excusing his views as obsolete. . According to them-theso now revolutionists-alt that Mejcnetsky ; and his friends had dono all their attcmp te to ralso the peasants, and, abovo all. tneir System at terrorizing and tho nssasslna-ons nssasslna-ons of Governor &anotkln o Mexcn -scf and of Alexander 11 hlmself-n t his was a scries of mistakes, AH this Jed to that re:icilon which triumphed during t o reign of Alexander III., and caused t o country to relapse almost to t? condition con-dition during serfdom. The people's saltation, sal-tation, according to the now teachers, was in qulto another direction. For nearly two days and nights the disputations dis-putations between Mejenotsky and his new acquaintances continued. One, tho leader of the real. Roman, as thoy called him using his Christian name specially Irritated Alejonetsky by his determined self-asBurance In tho Tightness of his views and by his condescending and even sarcastic condemnation of all the pati actlvltv ofMoJenetsky and his comrades Tho people, according to Roman, aro a coarse crowd, and with tho populaco In their present state of development nothing noth-ing can bo done. All attempts to ralso the Russian peasant population wero ltko endeavoring io sot flro to si l stone . or to Ice Tho pcoplo must be cxlucatcu, taught solidarity, and this can only bo aUalncd by tho growth of vast Industries ard as tho outcome of this, a socialistic socialis-tic 'organization of tho people. Iho land Is not only unnecessary to tho people, but It Is the land that makes them con-arrvrTtlvo con-arrvrTtlvo and servile This 1? the easo not only with us. but also in nropc. And he cited from memory opinions of authorities and statistical data. Tho peo-rile peo-rile should be liberated from tho land, and tho quicker tho better; the more thoy take up factory Hfo and the more their I'ind Is seized by tho capitalist and tho more thev are oppressed tho better. Des-rTot Des-rTot sm and above all capitalism, can bo nbollshcd only bv the solidarity of tho worffi people, and this solidarity can be Secured by unions, labor associations. I. e only when the masses of tho people shall cease to be land owners and shall bocome proletarians. Mejenotsky disputed and got heated. Ho wii I rtfcularly exasperated by ono of th women, a good-looking, thick-haired brunette with vory shining eyes, who, slttinc on tho window ledge, and as If not directly participating in tho conversation conver-sation Introduced from tlmo to tlmo a word or two corroborating Roman's argument ar-gument or merely sneering at Mcjenet- 8?Ha reJiljle to change all the agricultural agri-cultural population into factory hands?" !?Vh?notr-kyposlulatea Roman. "It in tho universal economic law. "How' do we know that this law Is unl- V"Kd Kautsky." interpolated tho brunette, bru-nette, smiling contemptuously. "If oven ono admits,'' said Mejcnotsky--1 do not admit lt-that tho pcoplo wl all become proletarians, still, how do you know that tlioy will then adopt tho form vou have decided In advance? "Because It Is scientifically demonstrated," demonstrat-ed," remarked tho brunette, glancing Into lhBuC0whon 'Ho dlecusslon reached tho form of activity needful for tho attainment attain-ment of these alms their disagreements wore even worse- Roman and his friends Inslstod that It was necessary to convert the army of factory workmen and get them to assist In the transformation pf the pensants into factbry workers and to propagate socialism among tho pepplo. and that they should not only refrain from open strife with the Government, but should utilize It for tho attainment of their ends. Mejenotsky said It was .necessary to strive dlrectlv with the Government and to terrorise It; that the Government was both stronger and more cunning than thev. "It Is not you who will deceive thc'Govcrnmcnt, but the Government will deccivo vou. We went In both ror propaganda propa-ganda among tho pooplo and for strife with the Government." "And what a lot you have done!' Ironically Iron-ically remarked tho bruriptto. "Yes. I think direct strife with the Government Gov-ernment Is an unprofitable, loss of energy." en-ergy." said Roman. 'Tho first of March a loss of energy!" exclaimed Mejenotsky. "Wo sacrificed ourselves, our lives, while you aro quiet- W&y . ' i ly sitting at home enjoying life and mere-ly-.C,n'ot Te oyffi SdaosW?aiA contoniptuously. f .. ald Roman, "Not much tuijoj nS '" lL ,8 lhankB and If wo aro sitting . "ei J J.ut,0ll la lhe to tho reaction, and tho reMU trchiM rc?N 1 v was silent ho felt ho wiui clSaSSTrSS. Operation, and went out into tho patJsiige. tITc duu. of tho aBM.Blnatlon of Alexander Alexan-der II. xrI endeavoring to m.let himself Mejenet-sky Mejenet-sky began W walk mx .lormltorlcs rldor. The doow nto 1 , g rolicaii. Mojonetaky. dormlton has soon y.Candr aSkcal? you In." name. Holsiu.'jUl BJ8iny0u7 slrT ho that man,' ho said, inaio means." unv ?V6ll0mx&SdatVM hair was become all pinkie u up. u b(Jnrd woa Just as n?Vrnd up. Tho bluo color. , ui McJoncUky approached mm. br.?Yohu lid not revSlt to me. then. God forgive you, but I disclose It to all ' What do you disclose? ' Vhniit tho Lamb . . . about the Larnb t rfupioVe that vouth had tho Lamb; and It Is 'said tho Lamb will overcome arVth "You must understand In the- spirit. J. no klngs lmvo received power w th the beast. vhn Tamb shall overcomo thorn. "What WnKS?" said Mejenctsky "Thero are seven kings, Five arc fallen and ono Is, nnd the other is not yot come; ana when 'ho cometh ho must continue a short space . . . and then It will bo all fin with him ... Do you understand?" leJenetsS shook his head, thinking tho old marl was raving and that his words wero crazy? So also thought the pr s-oncrs s-oncrs his roommates. Tho shaven prisoner pris-oner who had called Mcjonotsky camo up to him and, touching him with his shoulder shoul-der to attract his attention, winked at tho "HTkecpB babbling and babbling 'Our tw mnKdoin.' " he sa d. "but .what he savs ho does not himself Know. So thought both Mejenctsky and tho old man's companions. But tho old man well knew what ho tvos saying and It had for hPm a clear and deep meaning. The mean-in mean-in ir was that evil had not long to rule, that tho Lamb by righteousness and meekness conqucrfl all. that tho Lamb will wlpo every tear and thero will bo ndthcr weeping, Illness nor death. Aud ho felt that tins was already bolng ac-comp ac-comp Ishcd-accompllshed In tho who o worhl because it was being realized In his soul enlightened by tho approach of dC"Yea, como quickly! Amen I Tea, come. Lord Jesus' Como." ho murmured, with a slight significant and, ns It appeared to Mcjenotsky, lnsano smile. Thoro ho is, a' representative of the pcoplo," thought Mejenotsky. coming out from tho old man. "This Is one of the beet of them, and what darkness Thoy (ho Implied Roman and hlB friends) sa with such a people as thoy arc now nothing noth-ing can bo done." , . . Mejenctsky at one tlmo was occupied with revolutionary work among the p.o-plo p.o-plo and knew all the "Inertia,' as he called It, of tho Russian peasant. He also associated with soldiers, on, active service , and discharged, and knew all their ob- i stlnnte faith in tho oath, In the necessity i of obedience, and knew tho Impossibility of influencing thorn by arguraont. Ho wan awaro of all this, but hod never drawn from It tho natural conclusion. The discussion dis-cussion with the now revolutionists upset and angered him. "Thev say that all that wo did, whioh Haltourin, Klballoh, Perovskaya did, wns unnecessary, even harmful;, that It was this which called forth tho reaction of Alexander III,; that, thankH to them, tho pcoplo are persuaded that tho revolutionary revolu-tionary activity emanates from tho landlords land-lords who havo killed the Czar bccauFed ho deprived thorn of the serfs. How absurd! ab-surd! What a want of comprehension, nnd how Insolent It Is to say so," ho thought, continuing to pace tho corridor. AU tho dormitories wero locked except lhe ona used by tho new revolutionists. Approaching It, Mejenctsky heard the laugh of the brunetto ho detested and tho strident, assertive voice of Roman. They were evidently speaking about him. Mejenotsky Me-jenotsky stopped to listen. Roman was saying: Not understanding tho economic laws, they did not realize what they wero doing. do-ing. And tlier was her a- good deal of"- Mojenetsky could not and did not wish to hear of what thero was a good deal, and ho Indeed did not require to know this. The tone of tho voice alono demonstrated demon-strated tho complete contempt which these peoplo felt toward him. Mejenotsky. the hero of the revolution, who had sacrificed sacri-ficed for It twelve years of his life. And In Mejonotsky's soul thero aroso a fearful hatred such as ho had never before be-fore experienced. A hatred against overy one, everything, ngalnst all this senseless world in which only people akin to beasts could live, like this old man with his Lamb and similar half bestial hangmen and warders and these insolent, self-assured, stillborn theorists. Tho warder on duty came and led away tho women to tho female quarters. Mejenotsky Me-jenotsky retreated to the far end of tho corridor In order not to encounter him. Having returned, tho warder locked the door on the new political prisoners, and asked Mcjonotsky to go to his room. Mejenctsky Me-jenctsky obeyed mechanically, but bogged him n&t to lock tho door. Mejenetsky lny down on his bed with his face to the wall. "Is It possible that all my Hfo has indeed in-deed been spent In vain; mv energy, strength of will, genius (he deemed no one superior to himself In mental qualities), quali-ties), sacrificed In vain?" Ho recalled to mind how not lonsr ago, -when already on his way to Siberia, he had received a letter from Svctlogoub's mother, who upbraided up-braided him In, as he thought, a slllv feminine way for having ruined her son by attracting him into the terrorist work. When he received tho letter ho only smiled contemptuously. What could this foolish woman understand about tho alms which were beforo him and Svetlogoub' WnJll"S this letter. n,yd thinking of the kind, trustful. Impulslvo personality personali-ty of Svetlocroub. ho began to medltnto, first about him. and thon about hlmsolf. Is It ppsblo that my Whole Ufa has been a mlstako? ' Leodlntr Russian terrorists. He closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep, but suddenly ho realized with hor- IVa iSV" Ltn2 attacks , which he had had during hla first month at the Pe.ro pavlovsky fortress. Again a pain in his head, again horrible faces, big-mouthed. big-mouthed. dlBhcvelled, dreadful, on tho nST,r ??iili,cd kaS1011110- and again figures visible to tho open oys. The added add-ed feature was that some criminal In gray H&inn6,?1- And following the association asso-ciation of Ideas ho begnn to search for tho ropo whlch h0 could fasten An Insufferable hatred demanding ex- EntB8itnCM?i"Si!mcd hearL Ho could not sit still, ho could not calm hlmsolf could not dispel his thoughts. "'msoii. How?" he had already begun to' ques tion IllmSfU. "Tn T 1 shan't mnnaso th1 53 S Of courso, that j8 ? uMT Ho rememborcQ ftVirn$M bundle of wood lyn .rot tJaK get on tho wood or5nihtfiH corridor tho 0JV4 iH go to sleep or RlShB rope Into my roon LM:WH regulator," 1 an kiUiH Standing by hu ,i-tonr:d ,i-tonr:d to the 'ate of.ri HH passage, and from uihc tho warder Went to me through the onon H did not ?o awaySM MojenetsV wun' ll:u sound of hla Btiv7.p H , At that moment 'tlH n tho dormitory wZ.HI lay In the daricnen?SL P H smoking lamp, anild ."r H breathing. grimX' fM Ing. th? greatest thfn&H old sectarian wa ,u'lz m 'tlB' ual vision r &M had so panalonateiv Vl,, i sired during th whoi. g K M blinding light he ,T iprm of a bright youth. jPm tltudo of people from nlB otnndln In front of hln?1 and all wore In great J5 no longer any CVu in tSiM had takon p ace, tho m H his soul, and in th" wbluH felt groat Joy andpgg Whereas for thoso Vh. Ml mltory what took phCe man was loudlv tfamnJ rattle in his ShWf awoke and roused the otW1 no so ceased and tho Tu1 quiet and cold his coniwtr knock at the door. ,npitat) The warder opened th In. In about ten mlnuW brought out tho body .3 away to the mortuary tyft him. Tho corridor renklw! "Ick It. lock IU" thonglt following from his door alw-J ng place, "you will not rrZ leaving all this Benselw i SI Mejenctsky no lonrtr & fromy which provloutly tii He was ao completely iC thought, how to avo'.a earw the accomplishment of hli t ! With palpitating heart hi tho bundle of wood, mtu pulled it out and, looltlnr entrance, carried It lntohli, he mounted the atool and tla ovor the regulator. Hati onds ho mado a knot nnHyj ropo mado a nooBe, Th low He again tied the rox holght to his neck and, Ing and looking around jf n on the stool, pushed his neA rope, adjusted it, and, fcttiij. stool, he hung In tho air It was not until" his txn that tho wardor saw Mejty with bont knees by the ovem Ho was takon out of the tec ernor hurried up, and Itmk man wan a doctor, called l anco to the strangled man. All the usual niothods wero applied, but Mejentuir' vlve. Mojenetsky's bodj- ai ui mortuary and nut on the phi sldo of tho body of the oMj |
