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Show "ENEMY" BROTHERS MEET AFTER BATTLE , Special Cable to The Tribune. MOSCOW", Dec. 26. After tho defeat of the Germans near Warsaw a Russian detachment, with artillery, and a number of cossack. having taken a dozen prisoners, pris-oners, rested in a village. The officers were Invited to the house of a rich land j pTvner and the f?o!diera had their supper In a large outhouse. Boiling water for 1 tea, they begun to relate all sorts o Etories. The German prisoners, who had already become almost comrades, listened while eating", but seemed to understand nothing", noth-ing", not knowing the Russian language. One or" them, however, who listened more, attentively, at last joined Ui the conver-saMon. conver-saMon. "What, you speak Russian ?" cried a Cossack, greatly astonished. ""VSriere do you come from ?" "I am from Neivkia, near Danzig," replied re-plied the other. "I am a Pole; I was employed em-ployed In Russia, at Verjbolovo, In the wood trade. I have a brother who worked at Loda. He became naturalized in Russia- Now he is in your army, In the artillery." ar-tillery." Naturally, the coesacks, who were shrewd enough, at first did not believe him and an artilleryman continued to Question tho prisoner. VWhat ia your name?" "I am called Joseph Scbievsky and my brother is Roman ScMevsky." The Russian artilleryman was much as!onished- "What, Roman Pchievsky," cried he-"See, he-"See, he ie my comrade In the same battery. bat-tery. Do you wish me to bring" him here; he is not far off; he is In a neigh-borine; neigh-borine; house?" "Naturally, I "Msh it' replied the prisoner. pris-oner. "It is nccesta; y that we should ask each other's forgiveness, for in Lhls cureed war one fires without seeing anything. any-thing. Probably he has fired on me and I on him. What would our poor mother say?" In a few minutes they brought Roman Schievslcy. The two brothers embraced each other, everyone was pleased and the meal was served. |