| Show Strange Cl Story tory of or C a Serf err Who Became B Valet V alet to an Emperor lal lee leer T r 11 r nS 10 as a 51 Russian history is I of ur romance of who rise lisp 1150 at t a ti abound bound to 10 IH iii ol of provInces as us large as I Prance of end who of cooks ls who die ministers pis le n nu are mad it I hs ty roCc sors and tuSh of gypsy g ps girls sills who will olo Lomoff tIle the carerI of oC Alexis ex en nus lun with Us its Is raph change and 11 Us Its Is rii First t a in II ii I tIle Hit I I It I palace thin then thina I a ol ut limo Iho czar vir II 11 I now now ow a h neb urh is tIlts tho Ih lilo tot attested him told lold to tilt the Ih polli Who vho 11 fur for alms aldus n in tile the of St C ind lii what I is I 1 s moie i found to bo hI ii Hue Unc Alex A Alexis x Lomoff I 14 olorf bigin Ii If in ill II iL a i eJIU I 1 Cc t ella I lea I I y 11 village 5 lla I I huge whet e ethe the tho inhabitants l live 11 on OIl 01 black blaek b Ia I loi IOl one alliS halt hal m Ill of tite oai NI and U ld on un Itt roots loots dining d II Ii hg till the 01 Ii er Hoing BellA a It I I sort son of box the Hie of 10 the tile ll lCd which V pait parl pal L ot o i f lie tho t I domain took 1001 hint Ii I lit ts tiC a it Ii t Ilo no I I e I I I 1 for toi somo years veal there when h n at last In t the Ile Un CZI then I II n vIsited I it for foi 01 shooting Lomott attracted his ills attention bj hI b his ills blight bri olo eyes eves ye and a det Idt and alIt WIdth when the tho tiu visit vl lt was ho followed suito to 10 tile the capital In ill the tile tle For some time it I as 15 I though the tho joung hail had been qui for foi forgotten forgotten gotten by hy ii his ill hl nt tol for h lIe wu set et ct to sleep and anu dust du l In Ill II some paris of the Ilala 0 tint 1 ha t as ns fat aI a I as ns an any y notice tho tile tOol took of them was as I far flom the l I iii penal family fa lull y as Lomoff s nati village Ono 1111 ever chinco hanco throw threw him into tIle the em Im icily U Tie nl was walking Iown one olio UI of or JerO when whon his ills foot fool slipped 81 p P 11 and 1111 he lie would have base fallen ralen lint hid not no Lomoff who hail been out nt on a ii im fron rm OlIn Coll to tI I the thi th t nt I 10 ft I y i hi ii his Ills arm arlu and filli th fall fal Alt II 11 I who to to be bo alone looked at tit him hlin 1 BY TilE THE CZAR it Where here llie ha C I f ion cn theo 1 ho lie asked fed foi fol his hii for faces was sins IS sall SC said I ii to hi be bo At A t X N was the prompt reply Yom 01 lilt Most tl oat Brilant Illi I I and a lili i Ill ii I rol 1 nd cl to take mo Inc 10 Into Inlo your our service And wl win sill h then do ii 1 noel see co theol thee the tho Ih aI l again iga I Ii alluded di I t ed 1 by h tho tIle bright ghil voting you ig and all load ansei anSwel hero do you ott OU servo serve SOI The rue bo ho boy tin Ow namo lIano of tIle the and aie was told tol I to leave ICe him antI and ald antIgo go 10 1 III lately to the tho thi e Impel I in lal ments men ts This ws not all ul els s pel valet ale who had Ind been r a cloud fob fot some COllie time tI ole was 1 1 at a t omo 01 ICI and nn bj hY Alexis Lom olf off Ho Ito Io in 11 this though place for foi fol over 20 O Ca ii Such a mans mal foi tune IlL Is he made tIe Fow Io who havo not III tt any an tillS Ii eel iou with sri tho t lIe cats un Ilat I lal diCe can cai CC II guess IrUS at the tho Sf of who present to his hl valet and ald pay pa largo large sums inns so Ins of money 1111 to tu have a iL petition given to ti tIle the ili hands Alexis Lo mo ft tilt dill not lot waste wasil his o I Les il Tho rho Mr zar za r Incline to ill talk lalk 10 lo him slon soon made him hll lIlt his hl C Lomoff I twe what wa going III u to t 1 in the im imperial before the tile themselves I the COll was vas that thai the they bowed bosted low him hll and paid him hll well Weli in ill il ordel to tu learn who WT was 1 to be bo the tho favored and who wIlli not hut lut Warn Warned arn arned ed ind tinny high had time to save ot or 01 ii tt least put b by a U fortune before theli fall fal by 13 little Itlo by h limIt ot Of o tact and alit found common SlUiCe sense he hc al to t give Iv his master advice FREEDOM 1 Ol OP 0 SERFS It was A II 1 who freed the thc serfs I and alit ant abolished Ilet Though he had hat tl t the and filth would woud probably have it I out Olt In allY 1 case caFe many of Ills his hl Hs thIs him and ant thy th ukase lay In await awaiting lag ing his hla for fot a long It ItIs ItIs Itis Is said salli salt that Alexis himself 1 a peasant and alIt therefore the a n self da d much to hasten tho the completion of this thiM plan not Oi only by advocating it I hut bv ily b stories of the tIlO U In 1 which serfs welo treated the starved condition so soman mai y of them lived iu in II and flIt their filth fth and ald Ignorance Why did nobody tell tel me life IC this be before b fore foro tho emperor ol r once exclaimed d when Lomoff Lonoff hail had hat told old him some somo de tie details de tails of t sort life tf i Because they ho are afraid rid to wn the tl 1 lIe al a wel and tho t ill SIr set aie Il ii 0 too tot itt tar f r Uhf Olf lf though thov Illey su Shy IY that jou ou and alit Got Goei Got m then ott ij I lS rl ii s And AlIbi An then thel l to ono of or his hK saying flaying sa mg I l wIlt will wil IK lx their I friend tilen ti Nobody shall ohal I ii ma mo ft III StIll siKh subjects from Irom HI ES TO eo POPULARITY leX I I was it 11 i mini Ii who wl when he glo gave gO lat laige ei l IA lof cohe man Inn III ally I presents him hlll which hiGh I 1 with Ui tile the I mono given gi Volt by b those who II wanted II the tile Ci II lOtS fa faVOl a xoi VOl soon Jn him a It riCh lich nun ia 1 HI were as a with wili atil suitors as a Ill I I I Ii Thu rhe news of If his Ills nee ud full all al nier oler t 5 II iii It and as UH usual i got von VI much mich Ill lIch I ill bIt bly lit li h did 1111 d Iii not 1111 about aholt nth 11 pait of uC thin Iho ChIli ohn Ii tm t I Sinie we tint pUt I down un 10 S I It to tl I I him III Ill by hy h but hul when his 1115 in Iii fluellen tailed his Illi hl tact Lirt tIl camo In ill II did undo eol lolay he ilS h lias that thai I gift git ii II of blat 1111 I lii 11 v which sili is I 1 s ill all HI I that lint I rOll ill I ha of ol his hi Ii l old oll lift If l t I ho hv In l little ft I I I t I I t the tho I lIe wins itI Hll H ind leis tI I of o high II mis w wore were ic to 10 bo li lj seen In III II IIII his I I i C dl pit It t his Ii ha wie itI I e a n iii simple xo wu mUl hall had but to I It sa CitY ay and pla 11 I i I 1 Sill II Ii pa it in II I II tle I lJ Hut But Alexis gave e good and nut gambled high Ii ugh M su tint t t little lile I 1 t t Ic cc o suns wn taken of ot his lila s want of tf His ilis lIlly chIld a girl gill 1 was elt away to t 0 school Mid a I I hi Until l tn lii Pails ris When fh lt h cime CanH C out Olt lii I bill bet I I 1 u Lit ide he l I iC I I red into inlo I Ii to and alit was scon seel Carl Cards and all parties 1 1011 it nt t than ex ei at al tile tho Ih Lomoff and aad ho illS lost u It t good gool deal But Hut this madi him mote 1010 popular and us as II his Ills and alit fn fl f vot VOl in II I I I the tIle Impel I Ill il II II unimpaired II I pal reil mono Ill SillS IS icier I wanting TIde The he of ills his lis was sius wa lh a shoil time timo before his nH s tragIn end ent ho ilcI 10 his hi to lo a high of o the hit lw coIl rt hot hm as n a Tills This lady still sill sUI holds a I good position In lii 11 St though hoi her husband Is 1 1 dead lead LOOrI FALLS PA Fi FlOI FAVOR F von VOlt Soon aCel hot hel malla the blow to vas was Iel Alexander II Ti T who had millions of nt subjects by b a I at of his libi pen pOl was wa blow n up 1111 1 bv ily ilya bya a bomb hOlh thrown by hy a n man of or tIle the velT sery class eliss lie hue hUll hal so 50 benefited a ii test few years before His favorite lost IQ t thu 1110 th chief sOI e of if hi 1118 Income with wih hi masters lentIl A I I j In IX n a astern stern terl moro o man mall 1001 that thai th tile tho thE tern lie assassination lon of or his U was sili a due d to tn t Ii l whilSt for fOI III tile the tie abolition of si if lon was WitS well 11 known felt fell trout from frol fa faO faVOr VOr O at Itt once No Nii post 1114 Jw t way was lIttered to td t thim him about 1 tho tl t itt louit 1011 Ho ITO 1 how ever evoi 1 allowe il to with wih tile tho llo fortune he ilL bath hael a Only On Ills his i aut t ft lends Kin kuo x how ho f 1111 until ii that fort ii TItI laud had grown rI 1511 The rile ho change go I n Ills his position posh Lit ni Lomoff palled alet loHoff a I to MJ fu men mel who ho laud had lull on 01 mo 11 Ill yesterday tiltIl their theli backs to toda tolay da lay lio lItI h ex when tellin his tOI I r know that mono would do titi much and fHI f 1111 determined to make it I begun began bl to tl ti gamble mote than ever For Forono Mime ono time UI was IH with me lile 1 MX daughter arranged fur toi 1 mr 1110 1 ant alIt I J still till 11 hael 11 n a ot Ut o hou hoti e where I 1 sins a Hut this did not Slot lust King Ing 1 lile he h in I i ti i inot not diet ShiV 1 gambled mull t hut but I drank HIs Ills 1 foi tuno hi tIlde awn liway till tl til I he lIe Sill IS 5 ili 11 1 to Ii I t t become II a ael in I II ou tilt oC Ir i I f the Ile At itt II ii cow cost gambling hells Iw As s ho lie louV not him in ili tl t lt lil ll goi I alit ami ali he lie went I lt from one Cne den to till ti tin tIlt lh da iY can cal e ewhen i when ho hI found himself without c is 1 1 J nt t 1 to mi l h II 1 ro I hi Ills old vi Ii ic CI g rut Put not only lc not see nu I ut M her hot fathel was ss a as dead long 1011 av avi 11 i r had 1111 nothing to do uit hut hilt bog beg h T I h have ivo been bogging Ic gln for tor e I T am years old now 10 and alit sloop sleep s ep in ill JI a corner bv by tho stove in a n by b four fourteen fourteen teen people I 1 Alexis who uril IH to have a suite of ot rooms it II the till II tel palace I am mn glad tho thc 0 have haxo hao arrested me 10 at lust last for mv my 11 Story will wi get known alIt nm they wIlt wi force my tny 1 cruel whose I made to 10 glue give Ie mo me 1 a i lIttle soup fOUP and ald J a few old oW clothes n POLICE Wiott 01 tile the th police tha the name lame they refused to so go o to tt bet hei StylI ayli s 11 that he lIe le cull riot not be he the thu h of s a f fashionable a a t lady us hiS luck havo It fill ait al old ola l of tho police polie who had ler her story declared it was as true tro that she as horn born li r antI and d do o 1 It i 5 i w i L 1 offered to go nn l FCC fe lifer At first she sh d tl that lieV icI fattier wa 1111 1 Imi h ilia confronted J r arid lii d diF I iF hor several 0 1 1 questions the police io that hl wan 1111 t Ill J h who II the thi days IH I of oC Alexander also do lIe lIeI I Olare I Alexis this th beggar bJ fI to l be bu bethe If the th 1 Sumo man as UJ Aluis Iod llio h czars te t 1111 mIl confidante I ISo So yon von pl IJ whoso spirits H no O dampened It does a H latin iw n At good to ho hI taken Jn to prison rj on in got gol more In it II fowx Ol days by hy d than I gained during the th t yours lIH by In trying to remind old of my l Now my l by h provided people raided ed n troll for fOt the tho old man on that th t for CIlI the present nt III tin In te be IM r l III ft 11 Hill Bul hn Iw cays lie II is too hh a II 1 III to keep k op the thc for fOl lung lohi The only nil thing N for Cor hl daughter dau lo 10 allow a II pension paid weekly w by h Ills appearance lir hT weakness fi elegant o of tills world wort l she Is I n it likely lo to have him in her lieI house Hut p o lilo 1111 HIT III trying to p her to give Ic Ichim him a Used nC oC |
