| Show V PI 1 4 I 1 vt rl a iiii i i cl jr 1 L fik kii 9 f ona L E MI A i englant way biti of opening up other people during the turco hussian war ivar in which the Rou manian bemy played no small part I 1 spent some time in bucharest haring haiar business with the war department there one day asi as I 1 was on the way to a distant fort in the company of some friends and officials our sledges stopped at an inn on the road and while we were refreshing ourselves with a hot beverage peculiar to the country we heard cries and lamentations going outside we saw a russian cossack leading a very lame horse upon which between his sobs of grief he be bestowed every possible encouragement coura gement to urge ge it onward the poor beast however fell nearly in in front of the inn and to all appearances died at this the cossacks grief knew no bounds he be 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 it a handsome collection to compensate the poor man for his loss he thanked us profusely I 1 and removing the saddle from the horse swung it on his back and left us we were watching him walking away away when having reached i i a safe distance he stopped and gave a peculiar shrill whistle then we saw galloping to his master the very horse which he had left for dead it did not take the man long to swing himself on his steed 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 |
