| Show Polish Gipsies Ruled by Their Own King Recognize No Laws But His Strongest and Wisest Man Chosen by Delegates Dele ates of the Tribes to Guide Them and Dis Dispense Dispense Dispense pense Justice Must Give Up His Wandering Life and Settle Down in it i One Place Where His Roving Subjects May M y Always Find Him I u correspondence lt KB Sept To the th WA W WARSAW and nd stilt more to 10 foreign n In territory the RII ar are a II lI oo o of wonder w From Prom tb tM the th born bern until the day d when i C teat rest In tn the depths of the forest they Ihy obey other rulers ruler and have other Ideas Idea td III and mi Ideals Ideal from the Ih rest rent of three those th who own th tb the eanls sovereignty t T Tot Te MI bm U lr own awn kin king dictator dicta I Ills His word l la is law Jaw and d no ap appeal appeal peal peI I Is Ie ever er maul male to 10 the civil court courts of or the tM kingdom This Thi king who Is III elected for fur life by bythe II bythe the male gipsy population need not be bI berich bIrich berich rich The rhe great t plea Idea to is that tbt Im Its should be Iron because b a 1 man mn may maydin din young youn and ami causo SUIO all the trouble of oC a new election ami hav Nava a II around round rough sense of 0 Justice Neither In let h he supposed to live In on one particular place pia piat set act t apart BJ for tur kings king After his hie election le he go e oh oft living where WM he h was WAa be before funs fore PV For r Instance fl the lest but king of oe the Russian 1 liven lived near neMr Aa As the th present one lives at al two towns town aa as far Car apart an as a Quebec Qu and anil ten Nan People who Mho want to 10 get gel Mm him to 10 marry or di dl divorce divorce vorce them to settle tU a great gran dispute that hae bI tap been beton brought bro t before one of the smaller consuls consul In III the tile encampment have to In go BO several ml weeks journey joU to 10 him Then Thero I la is one n condition ll he lie must mut ao ar cede reds to and that In Is to be lie always In Inthe Inthe the Ih same place Encampments come lOma and go 0 but he 11 remains ELEC INO A KINO ICING AN Au A soon noon M as II the tM old oki dies I me tries npr are alt sent Bent to the th moat most Import Important ant encampment In each coach province to toll tIll the th that In a year and nd a anay aday nay day a now nw king III will be elected elect and nd that thatah earn each encampment I la Is to 10 send Mild Its vote volel and aneS the tho name of It its Ita candidate to tn the place where h th the late lale king lived This Thin encampment then sends lie its It own me mes messengers i to all II the tha other encampments In the province The Tb voting take takes place P after many ss I a hex hive v been mat ma mule and after every Ivr candidate ha has been thoroughly Inspected by tin till voter ot Wrestling matches grid and nd atene t contests take place ao so that all alt can In Judge Jud of the strength of the candidate Then rb the different cases rase ca that have hav arisen nine the Ib last kings kill death dalh are brought brucht be br before t fore the th who vho I must judge Jud them by way WItY of or showing their heir Ideas Idea Id nf of Justice All thi hits take a long Ionic lon time null th the elections election often last hut a month H le at tug that a wedding wd or nr taut lath r a series ernes 11 of weddings ass to It be he beheld held recently lItI near the town ton of ff Plot knit kolf I took look train for tor or that place plair that lea Its II between Warsaw and Vienna 1 and nd arrived one tine One HI at ih th gipsy encampment which wa was W planted on a flat hut waste waat of or ground round near ii n big lilii III forest Hundred of ot tents tent nil all moil or less lean ragged and mule mode of every W Y o n r I patch under the th sun un were acre m at nd d together against Int the deck daik dal k kII II ti h 1 background of pine pin firer tr The Th note nn that went nt up u upa a mingled ml ld if d t II t I wing In children screaming a women umea nn laughs huah snatches snatcher nf of songs song 80 the ta Jingle of r and end the th regular cUn clang of hammers hammern and the tha th ann nna of ot i Million 11 reminded one of the th Ku ian I pois 1 H l of nt a oak on i k feast as that begins begin and H to lose lone I It its end nd In III II a few feu fo a burly burl men mea emerged ed fod from flom the tha crowd row thul that hemmed u us In la Inand laaneS Inand and aneS the Ih driver d him In ire H a d manner aa u of i f t the I h I He H I a eyed giant with Ith strung white whit teeth MId 1 t otial Jm lal laugh h home lome years year a e Ii h i wan ana I king kin by b all the I lb Iw In lu He UP Jive hiu 1 a mall 11 e of land near he tie i 1 a 4 t a uvular popular end and shua hOl tb Ib the peasants horse hor or vr Wt ii around amund He Ke performs perform moat m of thi th r I i fur for 1 It mean insane aa u much h ht to t b a It polish or II wen even v Hu Russian lI to 10 toU U 4 III Id by b a as aa It Joe to to 10 to 10 bs b mart INAn snarled led by b an arch ar h b in tit fl the thus pope pop He lie II ant m PIu i Hi ld lied 1 hi h his In hind hd id on learning my myn n II 1 Hit ti i 1 iI It II I t rY i ti tl u us UMIO ere are s gning 1 on JU Just Juet I nun Iwo hi he Af Ac c cO O 0 ti I rust olD only one take lakes plan in II i t li du old uil t tin It Ir tiit 1 gul gurl le la to b be beI 1 I ll t to I l 1 lint Mr we 01 duel t l 1 I 11 a Ii It I II jig 61 s m n i r t i Ills 11 5 II 1 I l 1 1 I MM t I II M n 1 t t tI u uI I I thin 10 II I ll ll 1 f I IK 1 h II 11 IIII IIII II I I 1 IK I iv II ll 1 r Iel tP Ir 1 I Ij si j lug K III 14 a Ji ad 1 vita 1111 idler All li I by WILY way of nf persuading her and offered to ti to show enow mn inn 11 the encampment UK as the part party w WIt wee ni not nol t yet ready Iy A little later evidently proud of the taw taY favorable orble Impression his bIll domains domain had made iliad upon a II stranger ho h lw began to talk proudly proud I about the peoples people customs We ive am TO quiet enough It If they let letus ue us alone he hi said d Ids hIli dark eyes eye Iah Ina In once nce we get tret a man tx h t en ent n nowr t our owr ur teeth we WI make ake little Cel en with him trim He pointed point to a tout font outside In III which a of or men melt were e mending some r lu JI na You see that family there thre The Ther Y Yn n were r In the th province of ot flock for tor time Ume and anil left It because of or the th peasants One of their lid ad d a 1 bare norae hor from a II poa without with without without out asking of course The Tte farmer fanner telU the this police poll who pat Iut the th Into prison for fot PIx fix montha lily Ills family naim lilt till tun the fernier farmer ha has haa taken lit hh trope In III end fill has ball nothing on tit the fields field and alIl then out one night they III CO set et ore lire to hi his hie trotter II UH and all ell his hla buildings The kinK king gave Kave one ne of tut 0 III his hla Jn laughs aral added Before JI o many hun lumm were acre ere over oer till nil he had left of hi his for Cor fortune tune time were nero nix Mx turk tf his Mil wife wl woe wn u fattening for th Iha next f fair Calr lr Then a little patine Inter Interrupted interrupted by a 1 very stout woman up In Iii a wonderful medley molley of or bright ht colors and a n old nets num wh h both bath talked at Rt ores one The Th king kine turned to me rte III with will a R K gesture of ot ThU woman fI I la Is always fl about something he hili said Come omIn me In mat front of ot my m t tent tet nt You Duty B nee 0 I thing better than a that thata M H wedding broken ors off PRICK IRICK OK OF 0 A BRIDE Cn On ht the th way to his bin hi tent he explained that the glory rustom wa was aM fi for r the tM parents parent n of th the bridegroom to pay pity th the bride wants a certain awn aum of money mony monyon on the Iho of or the tta marriage Tout That ThatIs IK Is I the tha girl ctrl la ii I practically bought by b ht m tar husbands family am end the tha aw Mue awl l Is III the th ph more morl money quay give dve for tor hoer her herIn In where whore the gip Ip ales le I earn un a u lot It of money mme by slitting 1 an as much h aa pa a IM is I given h for a R pretty prett bride This Thin money mouy la I often y the th girl pints Ir a iamb family rami I to buy M H a wife wit fur for forone furon one un on of ot her hr bi other rs The brIl or of the day Iky ass the fM tat K ona and lid the tbt old oil roans III K hi lit The father lather war w deed l tul aud sud the III family poor pant r All their hop ho hops Were wen hound up III u In the thi eldest I Ir who was a great according to y Iduas l t To Tu T mine she h wa ass too for foi im JU though h her bier r vyt tYL Nr WIK re 0 II t and h her hor r tt shuns abo lilt like p U against the UM dark km shun When Whop a Iloh who ho had hadon sung auna on In a r In III Odessa Ode for sonic y torts i t a asked k ked d her In n the lire grandfather demanded 0 nail Tha parent agreed at first fI but Sane ent lit a III on the wedding to ln that t would nut give moro mor than M aa a tusk time were w bad bail and k so many man girls Irl had ltd tome coin for tor the weddings wedding l that the I the prk of brill was waa un airy a to so go d duan I M n In Ina Ina Ina a day dB or is two tao I o and aad their lIOn eon would find And cheaper be Ut fit meeting broke up News New Ne at ut this UlU bitch In the tor day days had bad evidently spread through th the Iut for fer crowds acre 1 vr gathered round the king kings tent nil all II blue tho Ih wonted women dressed aad for the theand II and tn the mon man and laughing They mad made way Hy f for tor Kamin kl cud and nd the bridegroom OO parent told toUl theli tbell verl version n of ot the tory aWry The bridegroom a gu g boy Y with a appearance ll acquired In lit by b th the lady lIdy of ot hk hili okolee hie h head 4 tout bent t abe he Ilk tike like a virago vi At ai everybody rOOd In turn tum and k her flat fist In her tier future mother la kewi face tact with a e I 0 that promised IN ill for Cor domestic Ur l 1 pawn H as soon a em ah she he enters il her bar r newly I tic family An As It wa warn to III understand a word ward IUd and denly roared to tu to b be quiet thu those most nio t nearly concerned nned r Into Ito hi huts trill tent t lIt eloped It ami Jett the oth M Mra t r rs ra to discuss dl II a th tit thus tUen In la th u the op 0 open n sir Ir He lie II 1 la Is 1 1 a foam Of 01 decision for hr t lr h II his i Iera 4 II f few w MAU later lU in III In x II veto that t tu II ul is pae tN plat after all alland at alland and a as I quickly a all se mJ to Ie t avoid old anymore any anymore all allmore more stupid questions III 1111 KINU I Nt H j J I 1 Mi Jh s a I IS i i It II i 1 i il i vent ant I Iol 0 end 1 He tile HeI s1 OJ I t II g I I thill Its ut 1100 II l Mi Seal I a sett lt upI IM I 1 II tl II i o did nl 1 III li ode I tin Ih lIlT n r I i if in t n tf Ir They Jh mil n tit III r pat for thu hl gut is ia lII enough MU h for tor anybody and Ret get t them there married and ami ant lone dona with withA A shout of approve approval went up at this tali and the men man from th the hare family begun began n to beAt baat on cop copper copper per r saucepans saucepan tl aa as I a sign that the c care cere ceremony re many mony w ai to about aboul to begin llE ln Th The bride m rg d from the tent lent laughing and dragging her groom by the hand and somebody Homebody Y put a rough Tough table before th the king who produced a tattered taUerN notebook from the depths of or his nether The king spoke or rattier rather em om every ry few words by bringing his liln hi muscular oular down on the table It thou T toy y for thy sons eons son bride bride he Ire began h lIn A voice answered something thAt was Interpreted iia UI You IWO thou tike taus and lx ho II NUll fled fied WB was the kings nett to which the name mm answer w was a I given Riven Then Than is the money mono AN IMPORTANT T PART Thle demand was wu followed by a n long end and much The h counting of ot th the money which wa was In gold old silver Oliver anil and notes took more than half an hour and seemed to 10 he be the thus mot court t Important part of or the whole ceremony Irmon Pint First the tho bride bridegrooms grooms father counted It a as aa lie he took It from a raggal looking hug hag and ami laid It regretfully on tho the thou then the king kin counted It declared It to be right and called the bride brid grandfather who could not count above 12 13 and gut got Into a R hope muddle from which the tat fat gluey flY aided by many spectators rescued him himAt himAt himAt At lat last however It was wan all counted arid and the little man solemnly declared that h ha WHO was satisfied He lie III then stretched out hit hands hand to 10 take tak the tho mousy money but was wan sternly reprimanded by the thO king who bade e him wRit welt aa as the marriage was wan not nol over and the th money would I not run rUIl away Ills lla Ill last It remark was waa received with loud laughter and the theold i old aid 01 mail msp brank hade back Ie though lit hla hie lit Ill little littie tie tle II b W never left ft the tha th bright heap hM After the usual signal for far sl 1 Inca lenc had hIlA l been llen een given the tho king turning to the bridegroom B said irl with a rough i dignity that thet saved even evon these thee primi primitive tin tive proceedings from Irom being anything like a farce FOIL FOll FIVE I Act Doat ot thou wear swear to take talle tU this girl Irl U to bo be thy wife for live years year ye and If It she ahe ah suits time thees and beers bear th thee o children to take her bier lo to church at the end of or that tUne time and anti have hatt her married by a priest And It If she n does doea d not lIot suit ault or hallo hano has no children BO that thou slap a Iud I want wand Wl ll to III put lut her hereld said aalde dot doat thou t swear we r to conic oom to IQ inn IIII conto lo to glue give ve you OU H a divorce and It If ahe she ha has haJj Jj his en faithful lu to thee lit during this thi wilt will thou nut not demand the money mony back ba k from Crom her parents rn The bridegroom made mad an Inaudible reply r and the tha king kinK turning tu to t the bride went want on na KaJa Oal doe doat thou swear w r to 10 live with this t la roan man M as his hla hi wife fur lite Ih Ihara ors art to 10 be faithful to him and anti If he heIta ants uita Ita thee the arid and thou him to w gu gi to church with him at Mt the e end 4 of that time and to 10 marry mil him hi And ud If It thou dat do t not want to I live lIe longer with him wilt will thou swear to come Skit arat to 10 ma me m for Cor a dIvorce T She loudly loud I and n ii l lHer Her heed head h d Then the tune king khi turned to her hr grandfather and acl mother And you and your nm and andon nd sons on 0 will you swear that if U tb the wom woman an n be bl divorced for tor su you will return half haU the awn Thy They murmured agreement and then Ihn put a ring on cm the Ih bride brides finger anger and nd on the tb b wrote rete something In fn hi bl his book told the newly married marriM hair where when wk they were to make melee ore crosses and declared them to tobe tobe tobe be man maa and ud wife It to mice DIY Only half of r the th sum aum agreed ur upon pon wa was paid paleS to the tb Old ohl man manthe the mol last remaining In the kings king car can till un the tIB lh five flye year r trial wa WN over r The he arrangement wa was made t th Ih the parents parent wished for it lb In Int mot moat t cases c all 1111 the th marriage In t ey y yM M U It I t is called l I Is to I the U Ii Id ides parents parent at St oni eons e eThen Then Th fei d In oth uth other uther Ih er r end of t th the encampment where when Ionic kume large bottles of vodka a 8 tw fw pounds of 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