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H They address us, they look nt us H with flattering and compelling eyes. BB We arc velmoshnia boyaree (great B lords), we hare estates, and on our es- B tates perhaps thousands and thous- H mde of cattle and horses, nnd nun- .reds and hundreds of men and worn- sn. It must be so; for we are so well H, . iressed and wear patent leather boots H . I nd gloves gloves that were never H, made In Russia; and neckties, bright- H' j nued' neckties; and collars, collars H -nat shine like rarest china; and did 1 . e not light our cigars with wax m matches, wonderful wax matches that H were never made in Russia? And, H. j Mire, we must have come to purchase V" ill tho Alexandrovsky Rlnok; nil the S" .ontents of Its shops which open door- 2d stand on our right hnnd and on stir left hnnd. -y And the contents of tho shops! H boots; nil kinds of boots, M yes, even "Jack" boots with H clrculnr-corrugntcd creases; good wish to see only see the shop windows win-dows nnd .the people; nnd many are the shop windows nnd the people in tho Alexandrovsky Rlnok. We might Imagine ourselves In Con 8tantinopIe, perhnps In Jaffa, or In but oh, the din! the rattle of crockery, the clash of tinware, tho voices of the women, the voices of the men (and your Russian, It would seem, In the Alexandrovsky Rlnok lias lungs oi brass), the Jostling and the pushing, tho wnvlrfg of arms, the wagging ot beards and the odors In tho sunshine in thnt mnrket square of the Alex androvsky Rlnok, which contains all the things which you mny desire, but do not want! And again, as we do not wish at present to purchase a black donkey (which to us could only be a white elephant), nor any second-hand underllnen, nor nny lkonll, nor an as trakhnn hat, nor n hot-wator bottle, nor u melodeon, noriny fish, flesh, fowl, nor Russian red herring, nor any sticky sweetmeat, nor anything else that Is In tho Alexandrovsky Rlnok, we beat ns hasty a retreat as Is possible pos-sible In the circumstances and gain the Sndovayn. In the Sadovaya. And In tho Sadovaya n freBher air and sunshine and many peoplo who nre walking this way and that way; nnd some stand and stare blankly at tho roadway; and here a red-shlrted, long-booted rabotnlk (workman) trudging workward, and close behind a smart partootchlk (lieutenant), and there a dvornlk (porter) nnd a boolot-ehnlk boolot-ehnlk (baker), and, yes, there, stepping step-ping out of her private droschkn, Ksheslnsky, of the Royal Dallet! 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"1WnB"p BbV ill BBBJBBJBJHjjijBFrWiBjp ""- g?yX4m WhP H l pusft Hjf & f M BBB 11 SByAlaiuUttkiiifiUjHkiiMMiiHMMHHBMBiVBVBVBB Bl.'' Street Scene. Hj ' boots, too, scorn those in tho Alexnn- f '. drovsky Rlnok; for bootmnking Is a Pll thing in which your Russian excels. No Sale for Boot Seller. H Rut we do not wnnt boots, as wo B politely tell n gentleman who Insists 1 upon dragging out to us his entire B stock-in-trade. And we pnss on. 1$ Thrco puffs nt our cigars, and a lady H '7 this time. Yellow is her face, as ycl- ..J lw ns 'ho walls of tho Alexandrovsky f Rlnok, and black aro her eyes and fhnlr; nnd stout Is she as only Russian Rus-sian women havo lonrned to bo stout. Ha u ( Yes, wo have come to tho Alexan- H j) I drovsky Rinok to buy n parrot a H ( green parrot. She can rend It in our K ' eyes. Sho has tho very bird. In SI- ) berla was her parrot born, in Siberia I was hor parrot oducatod, In Siberia hj would her parrot havo died had not H . j, a groat and mnidon lady roscuod It H H nml hrought It with hor to St. Peters- H f f burg nnd civilization, A marvel! a H parrot who speaks oloquontly Russian H t Slborlan Russian ; a pnrrot who ro- H k I ponts curious phrasos yes, even ro- H 1 I llglous phrnsos, peculiar, no doubt, to H 1 . tho Siborlnns. Nay, sho has ovon H. ' S soon it "cross" Itself a dovout par- H j rot. Wondor of wonders! And moro H ? beautiful still the credulity of the vol- H moshnln boyarco; for oh! that parrot H on beholding us flappod its wings, H strotchod out its neck, and assailed us H in one nilnuto with moro cholco H H cursos than a Russian workman could H rool off In n week. And only twenty- H flvo roublos, thnt parrot! B Babel of Sounds. H i And so wo bid "prashtchnl" (adlou) H . to Madame Avolrdupojs, call hor a B U i golubkn (little dovo), as Is customary IL when we wish to ho pollto to shop- tor keepers in Russia, and pass on and Jook aorlous to shopkeepors, for wo I r BVi ' Izvoshtchlk, and say "prashlehal" tc tho Aloxnndrovsky Rlnok, where you will always find "all the things you may deslro, but do not want." |