Show THE COSSACKS STRATAGEM A L sulan tricky W avy y of up cp pa ather other peoples People 1 pocketbook rocket book during du r ng the turco russian war in which the doumanian Rou manian army played no small part I 1 spent some time in bucharest having business with the war department there one day as I 1 was wa on the dav way to a distant fort in the company of soine some friends and officials our sledges stopped at an inn on the road and while we were refreshing ourselves with a hot beverage peculiar t to 0 the country we heard cries an and d 1 lamentations going outside we baw a russian cossack leading a very lame iame horse upon which between his sobs of grief fhe he bestowed every possible poa sible encouragement coura gement to urge it onward the poor POO r beast however fell nearly in front of the inn and to all appearances died at this the Coas acles grief knew no bounds he fell upon the horses neck covered it with kisses and seemed quite heartbroken heart broken the scene touched the hearts of all and we soon made a handsome collection to compensate the poor man for his loss lie ile thanked us profusely and removing the saddle from the horse swung it on his hia back and left us we were watching him walking away when having reached is safe distance he stopped and gave a peculiar shrill whistle then we saw galloping to his master the very horse which be had left for dead it did not take the man long to awin swing 9 himself on his ted and a few moments after he disappeared at a turning in the road when I 1 returned to the town I 1 learned that the man was well known and had performed this trick on several occasions N Y weekly |