A RUSSIAN BROTHER
"Vorwaerts" prints a pleasing storyf ■ of a Russian 6oldier and vouches for its • truth. It is told by a German peas- . ant in East Prussia, and is as follows: ;• —Wo were terribly frightened ono day, ' when a Russian soldier entered' onr room, rifle in hand, and began to gaze around him, and especially at my old :> mother lying ill ( bcd. 110 said to me, , "You arc a Prussian —lama Russian. Give me bread and somo money." I told him that I possessed neither bread nor money. "Have you nothing <to ; oat?" be asked. "Nothing." Ho again gazed round the room, and again demanded money. In fear I showed him my empty purse. Ho carefully examined the purse, and asked, "What have you got?" "Nothing," I ; replied, "but a sick old mother;" 'Ho -j shook his head and departed, saluting v ( with his hand-to his cap. Towards i evening he returned, and, addressing ' me, said, "Thou hast nothing. Hero, j take this money." ■ Ho laid a Gorman mark piece on the -table, "and besido it : a tui-can of jam and a loaf. I was so astonished that- I could not utter a word, lie; Russian nodded in the most ; frieacftx -Isftc^hajomn,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2387, 17 February 1915, Page 5
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203A RUSSIAN BROTHER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2387, 17 February 1915, Page 5
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