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In a couple of days he was at horeat astonishment of the soldier's ho had been put in there After praying before the holy pictures, he set off at once to the village elder The village elder was at first surprised; but the haycutting had just begun; Gerasim was a first-rate mower, and they put a scythe into his hand on the spot, and he went toso that the peasants were fairly astounded as they watched his wide sweeping strokes and the heaps he raked together

In Moscow the day after Gerasied about in it, and spoke to Gavrila He caed his shoulders, and decided that the dumb man had either run away or had drowned hiave information to the police, and inforave orders that he was to be found whatever happened, declared she had never ordered the dog to be destroyed, and, in fact, gave Gavrila such a rating that he could do nothing all day but shake his head and murmur, 'Well!' until Uncle Tail checked hi 'We-ell!' At last the news ca there The old lady was somewhat pacified; at first she issued a ht back without delay to Moscow; afterwards, however, she declared that such an ungrateful creature was absolutely of no use to her Soon after this she died herself; and her heirs had no thought to spare for Gerasim; they let their mother's other servants redeem their freedo still, a lonelyand healthy as before, and does the work of four men as before, and as before is serious and steady But his neighbours have observed that ever since his return froiven up the society of women; he will not even look at theood luck, though,' the peasants reason; 'that he can get on without fe? you wouldn't get a thief to go into his yard for any th