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A Big Borrower

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
July
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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ïlie moiiaateriei and clmrchoi of Russia ai rich in tnoir trcasnrea of joldand gilver, tlio accumiiiulatioiis.ol cüiiiiirics, the domes of some of the churches bclnir eovcra] with platos of iolid irokl, anÜ tlte taolu (rniiui wlth .lic wciuht ot the prouious iii'MaK During tlio Oimean wnr Cmr Nioliolns dosiüiiotl to Uorrow v ist smus ot' noiioy ffotn the ve:i!iliy Russinji moiitiRtm'ies, nud aiuong othow of tha PctshersKala Laura, a rcnowim I cloistLT built ovop'lho Kiev CtitHoonibs, wliicli vvns toMlly itpstn)yutl by &vu mty a short tiniu ajío. Tito witiiotiu lVuCniiiv of PelsltorskaU lonl. liis nmjesty 'ö,000,ÜUO iMiiblu, tbr whicli they ruocivoil a Ooinl uuiiruly wiiiicn liy "liis uwh auust liane!. WImjii tlii; Einiicror Alexainlw; lust visiiovl Kiev IlL' tOok UCOllílvll In IWlMJCt HUI til III JUS Laura, wliicli coiitaiiiutl HUHtimaulu lioasuros in tlio wuy ofdociiiiiuiiLsconi:ückhI wiib tho Burly liUtory ot'Itussi.i. Tho prloiyleumiiiji tlio occusioii up[jortuneior imymulit ol'ilio lo:in giiuued somo twt'iny yt'iii-s previously to his miyvsty's iatUui', exir.icted tlio bond Ironi iliif jöWcled euskul in whicii i t. luid Loon rtvereiilly prosorved Blul hamled it to the üziir wlth a pi-otbund obeisoucc. AiuxiUilur prciuud tliu p:iicliniciit to liis lip-i, cxclaiiniu.i, "In tiiis yon nospesf, iiiilceil, i treasure vforth iLMi limos iliosum it reprwieuu," and gazed tbiully on tlie linus Lraood by liis iUUier'a pen. Xliu pnoi-'s huurt beat liigli witü tno liopo Uiat his soveroigu would. keep tlio bond :in I stnüg'htway order me paymoni ol' the loan, piTha'ps even ot' tnc auclllliUlated iiiterest npon the originul principal. To liis orUí)iiiiii;disconilÍLnrc,iiovcver, tho Bnipuror lianded him the byikl, ej;iuWlntin, in á voiee shakou Ly eiuotion, "-No, nu, 1 will not rob you ol' this priocless treasiav. Keep it as a tliiug.Uoly, ot'iar vaiuo than all your fulios of saints and niartyi's. It ÍS Uiy father's own liuiüwñtittg - you have notpurchased it too deavly."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus