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Show OUPERSTiTIOUS RbbSlA. fh Cruel Murder of a Womaa Suppos te ' Be the "Cholera Devil." Another form which the devil a fames in Russia pretty often of Jate i that of the cholera, who, of course, is female. In the district of Barnaul the other day the peasants were determined to make short work )f the "cunning one" in that odious role of his. Thej clubbed together and fay in wait One day they despried the spirit of evil o Ms way to kill people with tho terrible epidemic. Ee was riding in a tarantasd a sort of springlejs cart covered with aanvas disguised in the form of a female. fe-male. .. The watchman refused to allow the tarantass to enter " the village of Pras-loukha. Pras-loukha. The woman inside protected, but had to turn back. The peasant a lembled, gave chase to the tarantaasj surrounded it and called out to the "cholera devil" to disappear. The poot woman said she was human like them selves and could not vanish miraculously, miraculous-ly, but they shouted,' prayed and closed eround. A few hots were heard, followed fol-lowed by a piteous moan and then a deafening e bout of triumph: 'Pray to God, brotlers, and thank him. We have killed the cholera" The woman's name was Rondratieff. Her corpse wan sot allowed into the village, -Londxs Telegraph. |