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І^шШ^ рр (5)
(Ukrainian Bureau In London)
Character of the Kiev Empire
The Rise of Halych-Volhynia
During the .century preceding
Dear Editor:
I observe that once again the
Higiijij votaries of racial purity seek to
? 5 f e JUir of the North {""LOSELY related to the court the fall of Kiev, the Empire was indict Hymen for reckless knot-
^ nobility (the Boyars) were the divided into something like 64
principalities, .with no less than
tying. Once again Cupid is warn
WEffiW Peter I of Moscovy con- local aristocracy—the landed Bo ed against misdirecting his shafts
f eluded a treaty, of peace with yars—who formed the highest class 293 ruling princes of royal blood, at hearts that respond with great
Turkey, whereby he received Azov of the city and country. The who enraged in 83 civil wars, er verve to swing than to "Kolo-
and the whole northern coast of middle-class consisted of the towns mostly for the central or subsi meyka," or fail to swell with
the Sea of Azov, the great War men, the яццПег traders, artisans, diary thrones. This state of affairs patriotic devotion to the strains of
of the North was already raging. and lesser landed proprietors. Be was by no means exceptional at "Ne рога." I fear that Baba Yaha, .-,v
It was brought about when Fred low these two classes were the that period, when the whole of the cackling crow of Our Ameri
erick ШГ of Denmark invaded peasants, those who tilled their Europe able
was divided into innumer
factions, more or less con
can Page, would brand your senti
Schleswig-Holstein, which, step was own land, and those who, though ments as un-American.
the beginning of hostilities against freemen, were themselves landless. stantly at war with each other.
Sweden by the rising coalition Your ' propose that the matri
Lowest ~of all were the slaves, The development of the western monial sphere of the Ukrainian-
r Qpinlpfeyfli of the Danish king Fred originally prisoners of war and American should balance eternally
erick, Augustus the Strong, Elector principalities of the disintegrating
their children, but later also Empire, and their unification under on a purely Ukrainian axis because л
of Saxony, the. King of Poland, debtors, and those who had mar intramarriage enhances the chances
and Peter I of Moscovy, the new centre' of Halych was:" due
ried slaves. They had no legal mainly t$> their situation, removed of marital happiness, and minimizes
The duke of Schleswig-Holstein rights and could be bought and from the sphere, of nomadic in the tendency to neglect our Uk
was a brother-in-law of the Swed sold. The Church developed into vasion from the East, on the rainian .cultural heritage.
ish King, Charles П, who had but a special estate, consisting of the threshold of the Holv Roman Em I am not prepared to admit that
recently ascended the throne. clergy and church officials, and'the pire, and in close relations with as applied to the first generation
Charles was a born soldier, and had 'church people'-^ retainers who the West, and the Apostolic See. of our hyphenated citizens, the "
taken Alexander the Great for his were usually slaves acquired by first and primary reason is true as
favorite hero. He was fond of dar the ecclesiastical authorities. The formation of the principal a general rule Our youth has
ing sports, military tactics, indif ity of Halych, later to become the/- adapted and adjusted itself so well
ferent to exposure, and unsparing As early as the Xlth century, the Kingdom of Halych-Volhynia, may
so-called 'Rusk a Pravda' (Rus be said .to have commenced in the to his American environment that
ftfi fifthjii^ffingi'.;О^ЩЙГ^^ЗІ^; jZ Right) provided a codification of his Ukrainian background is nei
11th century' when the territory ther ah embarrassment nor hin
When the appeal for help ar the laws of the realm, civil and was presented to Rostyslav in 1054,
rived from his brother-in-law and criminal^ The first edition consist drance, socially or culturally. Nei
by his grandfather Yaroslav (1019- ther resentment nor prejudice
with it the news that the coalition ed of одіу 17 articles ascribed to 1054). Rostyslav's three sons Rurik,
was: being directed against his King Yaroslav the Wise; the third exists in any appreciable degree
Volodar, and. Vasylko, established against the youth of Ukrainian
country, the young monarch wasted appeared in the time of King Volo- themselves in their heritage against
no time in indecision but attacked dimir Monomakh, *$$*»* 135 ar descent in social spheres of his
great odds.and when Rurik died ear-, own level. Here in Michigan, we
Denmark. In a six. week's cam ticles. Sp^2^*^^ ly in life, the two others ruled their .
paign he brought it to terms and The main occupation of the po have seen a large percentage of
portions in harmony. The town of ] intermarriages without any marital
early in August, 1700, Frederick pulation, was,fishing the numerous Halych was actually • founded by
signed the Peace of Travends^iij streams and rivers, cattle-farming, casualties. It is not fair to assume
Volodlmlrko (1141-1153) son of, that as far as happiness is con
Meanwhile Poland and Moscovy їлаЯ/agriculture.. bi'the Xth cen- Volodar, -on . the river' Dniester, cerned, the ration of successful
were threatening Swedish posses tury./S^the. cereals, barley and then navigable, and under his rule' marriges is less in cases of inter
sions on the Baltic. As recounted oats were the most extensively. cul the principality rose to consider- • marriage than intramarriage. In
here last week, Peter wanted "an tivated. Land suitable for agricul able power and influence. saying so I have in mind not only
open window to Europe" through ture and endowed with working the interests.of the immediate par
the Baltic. Accordingly he claimed V hands, -le. serfs, was .'extremely were ;Wars with Hungary and Poland
valuawt-^^^ £??£ a constant feature of, the ties, but also the sentiments and
possession of the Swedish provinces early consolidation and expansion . sensibilities of their parents.
of Ingra and Carelia, while the .According to. Professor Peretz, of the principality. Prince Volo-
Polish monarch sought to exercise the Kiev Empire of tiie. Xlth to the Those of our youth who have a *
a. protectorate, over Livonia and Xinth centuries provides, a typical dymirko spent his entire reign in lively interest in things and affairs
Eethonia, whose nobility hated the rjj^g^PijfcoI the feudal system. The -defending his realm against alien. Ukrainian are not likely to lose
Arm but severe rule of Sweden and Kin**, or Grand Duke, was the head .attacks. them any faster because of mar
wished to put 'themselves under of the State, the numerous princes Contrary to the' Kiev tradition riage out of the fold. I have ob
weaker Polish monarchy. ЩШ were hft:':vassals who in, their turn which gave the royal succession to served, however, that in our Mi
gave land to the Boyars and other the oldest member of the enormous - chigan community, many of those
>By a series of forced marches, who did intermarry never did par
• Charles arrived ?it' Riga and com noblemen for services rendered or і Rurik-' family; Who was not neces
to be rendered, and the'whole, so ticipate in Ukrainian life with
pelled the Poles to raiseva'-siege sarily the King's eldest son, the more" than a superficial interest.
of jthat city.. Then by even-more cial structure was based' on the principality of Halych had, with,
free peasantry, as the producing some measure of success, affirmed. Whether the situation is. to be re
severe forced marches he brought element. іиШШ^ gretted -depends upon one's point
his army to .the 'relief-of Narva in the rule of direct succession; which of view.
Esthonia, which was besieged by Commerce was the chief business obtained-in the Susdal and Vladi I can readily* see where the
40,000 Moscovians (Russians),while of the towns. The Empire main mir principalities, (later the Grand - editor's point of view may be in
Peter himself had left to-hasten tained constant trade with Byzan Duchy of Moscow). '-^••5? compatible with an attitude that
the advance of 20.000 more troops.. tium, the Balkans, Poland, Hun encourages inevitable assimilation. •
The disciplined Swedish soldiers, gary, the German Empire; and Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl The natural process is so rapid
regarded as the best in Europe at other parts; for example the, mer . that the protagonists of the Uk
thattime, although'.- considerably chants of Ratisbon and. other Ger On. the death of Volodymirko in rainian cause are inclined to be
tired from the forced marches, man towns had their permanent 1153, his son' Yaroslav ascended alarmed. There is a good possibil
administered a very strong defeat ' agents in Kiev. Commercial rela the throne, and he it was who. ity, however, that a strict isola
to the Moscovians before the walls tions with Arabia and the East, finally established the power of the tionist point of view may tend to
of the city (Nov. 80. 1700) and It .however, were continually hamp principality. Yaroslav is termed in misdirect the energies of many of.
was generally expected throughout ered by the incursions of-nomads the Chronicles ' "A wise and elo our. youth into activities which
Europe then* that the young Swed into EasternAJkraine. quent prince, who feared God, was :circumscribe their chances for- ";
ish monarch would brine the whole •Credits were used extensively; renowned for his army, and esteem personal, advancement, - restrict-,
Russian' empire under his sway. . 'Ruska Pravda' even regulates the ed by foreign lands." Again, in their opportunity to accomplish
rate of interest which, by the way, the famous epic of Ihor's Cam .-something worthwhile for the Uk
і Of the 20.000 troops that Peter was very high, owing to the great
had expected to give him greater paign, be is lauded: "Yaroslav, rainian cause, and .make their
risks run by the merchants in wise pqpce of. Halych! You are vision so narrow that they reduce
strength at Narva, 12,000 consist their travels. The money unit was
ed of a4 Kozak corps from.Ukraine. >vt$i¥ .Hryvnia, originally equal to seated high upon l your golden the character and quality of Uk
The distance to be negotiated by throne; your iron, regiments sup rainian cultural heritage to the
one third of a pound of silver, but denominator of a social or com
the Kozaks, however, was too long in the Xinth century equal to port the Hungarian (Carpathian)
for them to arrive at Narva in Mountains barring the way to the munity nuisance. On the whole,
only опд* quarts-of a pound of it is to be noted that .that portion.
time to be of any assistance against siiv^^liready.'rli^.'the Xth and (Magyar) King. You closed, the
<"hartes. And even j l £ they had gates of the Danube and your law of our Ukrainian youth which has
Xlth 'Centuries 'stamped coins of been free from super patriotic in
arrived on timer they probably gold $$dl p^tver were in circula- is proclaimed upon its banks. You
would have been of little military fluences, has achieved a remark
are feared by the neighbouring able success of disseminating and
value for their ranks had been г^Щ' У- а^РШ^Ш^^йШ?'' Qlte lands. You opened the gates of
greatly decimated by the rigorous ^««tae chiefly to its constant, rela- fostering Ukrainian culture among
Kiev, and from your father's gold themselves, and have presented it
northern climate -to which they i tions with the whole civilised world, en throne, you shoot sultans in far
were- not /Uncustomed, and even -:tbJs':jcity'-.of-lS^.itt:the^3QSm>ahd tastefully and artisically to the
.more so by the complete disorgan- XHth centoriesi became an impor JandsJ.."; .. _^ nation at large with a marked ap
ization of the commissariat depart- tant cultural centre, and the whole During the reign of Yaroslav, preciation of its inherent cultural
ment which failed to provide them Empire was covered with beautiful quality.
Halych became an important polit Apropos this general proposition
with the necessary food and supr examples of architecture, some of ical and comercial centre, and the
plies during:Ahe terrible march.' wjich! still survive *(ie the cathe- which was so vehemently debated
Pater, therefore had. to send this •• , dral of St.. Sophia, and. the Pe- court was* visited by many distin-. at the Youth League Convention at .
corps back home and - call out an- tchersky (Cave) Monastery at guished foreigners, amongst whom Philadelphia, without any decision
other. 7,000 in number, which un- Kiev, "and five churches of that were Adronic, son of the Emperor having been reached, it may.be of
der the^cOmand .of Colonel Danilo period at Cherayhiv). The culture of Byzantium, and the envoys of interest to the League members
Apostol was dispatched to the ' o f the age had, inevitably, a strong Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, that two of the very popular for
n o r t h e p f e f r o n t . ^ ^ ^ ІІЛС',&*£ } к § | ecclesiastical flavour,, for the mon the King of Hungary, and the mer officers who had voted against
asteries in "Ukraine,* as elsewhere, the pr^osed resolution favoring
Meanwhile Mazeppa was com-- were the chief repositories of learn King of Poland. Yaroslav establish intramarriage — are now on the
manded ^j^Peter to go to the* ing and art. The many ancient Uk ed a bishopric at Halych, which verge. Soon. t h i . former League
aid of Poland, which had agreed,'4 rainian writings extant .show- what later attained archipiacopal dignity secretary from Detroit and the
to join forces 'with Moscow .in'. і a jgjreat part the Church played in and became the seat of the Metro ex-treasurer from Hamtramck will
return- for those fragments Of the'* .' the fostering and. evolution of Uk- politan. The remains of the cathe speak the: vows that will sadden
lower Right Bank of Ukraine which; |^fflranfflt*|fif;t,il'* 'ffi^.'ffiffi?1 hfe dral, which was the mausoleum of the hearts of many a girl delegate
up t o this time had still beeto * ^•^Btfcfa.'were'Uie conditionawhen, some of the'most famous Ukrain attending the coming convention.
under Moscbviah rule. ГМаюрра-.| < towards, the^ose of the Xltth cen- ian princes, - have been recently Yes, girls,': Steven G. Danieleon is
protested against this trading with | tury, Kiev ceased to be thejtjcapital unearthed on the site of the an .not likely to attend the League
' Ukrainian lands but was powerless, ^rf . ^ "Jbnp&e^ and its tradition meeting this vear.
cient capital. A
to d0_anything about it*-.>,.1* - was - taken "up by Halych in the a JOHN PANCHUK,
/ ( T o be continued) a-.. v West (To be conticned) Lansing, Michigan.
N o . 33 U K R A I N I A N W E E K L Y , S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 12, 193©
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We drove to the Royal Garage .Jfifte I wasn't thinking about "thit 5»
can. then
in the cab, thn hiuu got
then the^boss m f hie-'.
his « п л п ;^He
$5,000. тх. „^.„
was »u_ ?. me
observing _. L_'J7^
withi Ǥ
car out. Even in the pre-depression that funny crooked smile. I didn't -'i
days I never had a chance to ride .want him to see in my eyes what g
in a bus like t h a t We drove three I knew was. there and I tried to g
hundred miles that afternoon,: but look away but I couldn't J. ШеДЦй
£*OULD
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anything be more dis- me. Somehow I delt a physical dis the car went so smoothly t h a t I to-smile bnSfj:couldn't smile eitherW&k
couraging than -to find your- comfort mixed, with mental fear did not even know that there was as my lips and facial nerves w e r e « | | |
self after graduation in a strange under his boring look. a motor under the hood. . paralyzedi^felt my whole bodyjfcal
town, without a dent to your name, ; He smiled but only with, his , It's strange what a difference a was slowly going through а Р г о - ^ Ш |
lonely, hungry, disgusted and all lips as he motioned me to a seat. square meal and a suit of clothes cess of petrification. But my m i n & j i ^ S i ^
tired out mentally and physically, The man who had come out of will make in a man.&I;felt better was still conscious of the fact that{§Sga
looking for some means by which the room with him passed me and than I ever remembered before. there, somewhere among the rate^^2
to earn a few cents for your daflv went through the door into the We talked how and then in snatches. guinea- pigs, bed-bugs and dead
bread.? Only those can fully ap- hall. Evidently, these other men Sometimes there wojild(fije^1kmg; animals, and probably hidden from
preciate the .extent of such mental had been waiting their turns, and spells ot suspicious silence and" I. me, there was a chance to т а к ^ ^ Щ Ш
torture who have suffered them- now he took me into a separate would try and think what I would the required $5,000 which wouldVV-
selves under similar conditions, and ' room. Seated there, I saw others do when I got the five thousand eventually start me in my Л а # - Ш | ^
who themselves endured the con- passing one at a time into the in dollars. Five thousand dollars \ practice. fe^-'Жрт
sequences of the world-wide cha- ner room, but none of,them stayed sounds like a lot of money for a
otic economical depression (or re- more than a" few minutes. They І When the emotional fit of petri*i^S|*
poor university graduate, who fication left me he was holding h i f t ^ j p
pression, whichever appeals to you all looked disappointed when they since being awarded his. law de
better).^ hand upon my left shoulder and'
left. I had waited about an hour gree five years ago continually looking straight at me with t h a t
Five long years I had spent and when the last one felt, the worried how to begin to practice mysterious crooked smile on his
amidst unbearable conditions, con- man with the hard steady eyes his profession. Such thoughts face and said, "Is it worth 15,000-
ditions that have driven many un- came to the door and motioned me were passing fast through my
fortunate graduates to mental and to .come in. mind again and again. while the -й#ювШ? шЗ&
physical, destruction. One < July af- "Sit down," he .said. "I suppose car was smoothly moving ahead. "Mister," I said, trymg^My best
ternoon I was sitting in the beauti- you came down in answer to the About four o'clock he turned to bide my fear and the trembling ЙЦ
ful park opposite luxurious Qeens ad?"
I pulled the paper from* my off the main road to a side-road, of ,my weak limbs, "you are the
boss. Whatever you say is О.їЬіШйв
Hotel in the city of Montreal, com- and from this to a drive. I didn't
pletely exhausted. Turning around pocket as I sat slumped with fa know where I was and I did not with я й ж
to my left, I noticed a discarded tigue in my chair.* care. It was getting dark and I "Ten hours," he said, "ten hours
newspaper on which the words "This," I said pointing to the could see a large- house about of -.a beautiful,' unknown journey j
stared at me in big black type: words. The man smiled again.* three-quarters of a mile away, for you, a journey that you have "^ЧШ
„"Wanted: An ambitious worker. "What kind of work can you roughly outlined in the gloom.. never had in your life, nor ever**B»5
Apply room 413 at Queens Hotel." do?" he'asked. • With a crooked smile-on his face, experienced such a sensational
I don't think I would bothered to • "Mister, Г11 .do anything, .if my boss stopped the car. thrill. There will be other т е т й М
apply if I hadn't been sitting so you'd only give me the chance!" here to assist me. If the ер^гі+щШ*.
near to the place. Having rested . "That covers a great deal of ter "I want you to run from here ment is successful, as I hope it will.;,
awhile and regained some strength ritory," he said.LStill smiling. By to the house as fast as you can. be, you will be richer, happier and$Rsfe3
by taking a few deep breaths of now I noticed: that there was ГП wait for you there," he said, will be in a position to materialize^fe
fresh air on an empty stomach, I something about that smile. If his voice now spiced with com your professional dream, if notJpft^K;
went over to the hotel, trying my other men had smiled at me that mand. That "if not" struck me like ji-Ж^
utmost to act as if I didn't see the way, in my ragged, dirty and I . immediately thought he was German bullet hut down deep, Щ^/^Ш-^Ш
hard look the doorman gave me. starved condition, I would have crazy, but on second thought I determination. and desire to prac- Щ Ш
Once inside, I glanced around cussed them out, but this time, reminded myself j that his mental tice my profession were s t r o n g e r k ^ ^
for a stairway, for Queens Hotel before I knew it, I was smiling condition should not concern me, than the indescribable fear of t h e ^ ^
is a "classy joint" and % didn't too, without any reason whatso so long as I could make the $5.000 unknown journey. ШЩ ^^^M§ffl3
want to attract attention by cross- ever. which would help me to establish "Sur-j^se you .make a- mistake,?*'jsM
sing the lobby to the elevator. Un- "Honest mister, I mean. it. I myself in my law practice. So I said taintiy. f %~$$Ш
fortunately, I did not see any stairs, don't care whether it's straight or without any arguments I got out "If I fall," he said in a tons' -|p$j||i
so there was nothing else left' for' crooked, show me a chance to of the car and politelv said, "What Napoleonic declaration, as if, а ' і .ШчВ -
me to do but to make a brave' make money and I won't think ever you say, boss," and began the field of battle, "Well, no ' о й ' ; ш
break to the elevator. I tried to twice before Г11 grab it!" I running after the car. will be the'loser but уоигаеШ£р|5щ|
pull my all-worn-out hat lower, pleaded. Three-quarters of a mile was a That was no encouragement for -
and was also conscious of the hole He pulled a little yellow, pad to little too 'far to run for .a man me at all but I determined to gory!?
in the heel of my right sock that wards him and took a green pencil who hadn't had a square meal ahead with it and though this сот^Ш^
showed beneath my* almost-all- from his pocket. "Tour name," he since he was told that- his earnest plicated matters, still my determi-.;3^gf§
worn-out pants that were too short • said, "Is John Smith," He looked . studies' fully justified him to be nation compelled me to strive and., '"Щш
for me.. I gave a satisfied orphan's up them and I opened my mouth to awarded a university degree, but I геасЬЗЦЬе objective which was j$fc§
sigh--when I was in the elevator tell him that that wasn't my name, kent on. going just the same. в staring at-me from afar, from t h e ^ a ^ ^ ^ H
cage. The elevator man glared at 'but I caught myself in time. He When .1 got to the house I was ••: store Of ,my • ї и і и г е і * ' Й Й ^ й ^ ^ ^ Ш І а Щ ^ »
me me in disgust and in return I was waiting for me to do just t h a t all in, puffed out perspiring and i --^stayed there five days with just Ь
gave' him as good as I had. - .«. "Relatives ?" my feet trembling under jny J the doctor and the colored man wmV,- ЗмЩЗ
"Fourth floor," I said, still hold- "Whatever you say,- mister," I starved body. He was already jj did the cooking. On the afternooht^^j
ing my breath. told; him. x .• :•' waiting .for me with some kind of I of the fifth day, a car arrived withfJEj »-'
"Anoth:f sucker," he said un- I thought, of my brother and instruments. He took* my.-pulse, ' three men |tt.^&-They all lookedAgg,
der his breath. sisterSj as I- said/.'None." listened,to my heart again, "pulled as solemn as judges.-1 was-'watch- '••
I felt like a fish on dry land Agam he smiled, and I smiled up my eyelids and looked at my .ing them from my window. My.Щїіга
or I would have let that pass, for back at him. Somehow I liked that eyes. I glanced at his face and . boss said. when.I .came down, to
he really looked like a good kid, man. I had had. a pretty hard again noticed that crooked, mys supper that4 night, "John these андо^;
but almost without thinking I came time the past five years.and I was. terious smile on his twisted lips. j the friends 1 mentioned."'-*рШ
back at him, "Who are you calling glad to find someone who had "Youll do," he said. "We'll get : I '.smiled "Glad to meet you gentlemen,"f^^W|
a sucker?" stepping closer to him. some use for me. I "waited hope a bite of supper, then we'll talk." . looked atpolitely.: Thev nodded and^SS
me as lf>vl might have^r. гЩя
He looked at me-then as the cage fully. I had never been in such a house ! escaped from an asylum. фШШ
came to a stop. He got up and .went over to a before. I don't know yet how many My boss remarked that theyiftf&
"Don't get hot," he said. ."I little black bag in one corner of. rooms there were,- but he showed: would go through with that matter •
have been, taking them up and the room and took out one of those me a bedroom with a bath next in the morning. I thought he waej?
down all morning. Four-thirteen, things doctors use, to listen, to a to i t I washed up and when ; I
is it not?" patient's heart He made me open came down an hour laterr a short. very kind -to let me start.out on.,
"Know anything about it, broth- my shirt and coat, so he could stout negro was putting supper on і' U my; unknown journey during day-.-_;
ghtV^^^^S^flp Щ | | *&M
er?" I asked. place it against my bare skin. He the table. \щ&Шш\ Then turning^>rtthe", others," he,',
"Nothing, only that there is place it against my bare skin.. He He asked me what I had been said, "I have agreed to pay John;':'
something screwy about it." The listened intently a moment and doing for the last several years ' $5,000 for his part in our expert--
buzzer sounded and he opened the then said hopefully, "Good." and when I related "my story to
door. I would have asked him more Then he placed the'instrument him, he smiled again that crooked, ment" £ч»«І ^Ш'
about it—but- there wasn't time. back in the bag and stood look once I thought unbearable smile. Supper that night and breakfast r v
Room 413 was at the far end'of ing aimlessly out the window, evi but now it seemed soothing and . the next morning were like night
the Ьяіі. I knocked at the door and dently dreaming. Suddenly he, turn hypnotizing, and I began to like mares. Everyone sat around t r y - a y ^
waited about two minutes; then I ed. "John," he said. "This job pays . that smile more than anything else ing' not to loolfat the others, t ^ ц
knocked again and tried the knob. five thousand dollars." in' the world. In it I,.could see didn't sleep that night-very .much.'*?
The door opened and I looked into I know I went pale, for he sympathy, understanding of hu- ; ; The time set came at last and^fe^i
what was probably the living room smiled that crooked smile again as man suffering and .durability and !all of us were gathered in a huge;
of a beautifully furnished suite. he waited for me to come up for behind it- all an extreme generosity room on the fourth floor that w a s . *
There were about a -dozen and a air. and kindness. In short he domin furnished like an operating room inu$"-
half men sitting in the room, some "Don't know yet whether you'll ated me with that - peculiar smile a hospital. The.mgp all wore whiter*
smoking, some leaning against the do or not There is two hundred of his, mentally and physically^ j Uniforms and I had been asked tog
wall, while others, showing, mental dollars in it anyway." He paused remove almost all-iny clothes.
"After supper," be said, "I want; iT^lav down on the bed that Ь
and physical suffering from: the a minute as his eyes swept my you to. see some of my friendfc5|&4 been brought in for the purpose
effects of continual worries, were clothes,—'"And expenses," he fin So after supper was. over,, h e : and they all gathered about me.
pacing the floor to and fro. Al ished. He took a billfold from his led me to a wing of the5house and: Trying • to make the . best"'iot the^
most everyone of them had that pocket and took ten .fives, folding I laughed when-1'saw what he situation;. I said teasingly,,-."Any^
solemn, university look upon their them lengthwise before he banded called friends. There were dogs, E message you would like me to de*?
faces but all wore much better them-over to me. cats and monkeys., In some cages liver gentlemen?" That got underШ
clothes than I did. I stood there "Meet me down in the lobby- in he had guinea pigs, rats, even bed their ekms, alL except my boss'.;
among them undec'ded whether.-to one hour. Get yourself an outfit bugs and grasshoppers." *"*y£fc He just gave me his crooked smile«|^;j0jj&fl
stay or not The atmosphere and something to eat Never mind "You "may as well know, it, I I think he knew that I was prett^C
seemed unreal, foreboding. Just at the hair-cut a few days more exDerim^nt with these animale%^ sick underneath, but ІЙГ-he sa'dl^v
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man described them. The other from the elevator just as I entered $5,000 worked into: the picture; > ^ that the five of them, including vJraS.'.'
was about forty-five years old, with the lobby. He nodded to me, paid "All these animals .were dead at colored ссчЖ. 5»ith a butcher-kni/еШ
clean-shaven face, clear, hard hie bill at the desk and I followed one time or another. I killed:them : ip
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U K R A I N I A N WEEKLY, S A T U R D A Y , A U G U S T 12, 1939 No. 33