Texhoma Argus. (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1913 Page: 4 of 6
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RUSSIAN JOAN OF ARC
By BESSIE R. HOOVER.
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Dmitri PrKttf had beet notified
that be murt serve ia the czar s army
This Bew* came like a Ur-nderbclt
to his mother Anna Pretzoff who Is
my dim' kinswoman and who has
cared for me erer since the itfnl
night at Pribkyr ten years a#© when
my parents were both killed.
It seemed as if Bmitil could not be
spared for his mother's little holding
to be cared for: and Anna Pret-
soff and myself coold cerer do all the
work, though I was twenty years old
and strong for a girl.
The day came when Dmitri was to
go; btit like a stroke oat of a dear
sky. a stranee sickness fell tspon him
th t rery moraine as he started on
his way to Svelk. where the recruit-
ir>g officer was stationed.
Dmitri was very sick, so sick that
he seemed near death. Of course bf
could not po to S^elk that day. but; -
that only pot or his going a little
kmger.
Then a qrulck reso'iTe came to me
and with ft a dartre plan, that though
I was only a peasant girL I formed in
a moment's time-
Fired with an unreasoning leal of .
advectare I slipped ap to the loft
where Dmitri's best clothes lay ready
for him on a cot. I hastily pat them
on and they were a good fit. for I
was about his height, and large and
stxoog for a girt. Then I quickly
clipped my hair in the fashion of the
peasant men. and went down stairs-
Calling Anna Pretroff into the kitch-
en I told her of my determination to
take Dmitri's place inarch away with
the troops and when there was nc
loreer any fear of them coming i-aes
for Dmitri I would explaha all and
come home.. ♦
At the recrniting station all went
t; jt should and I w&s soon tnarch-
trr ahoakier to she alder between two
ctalwan peasant soldiers, who toes
my pieaence as a matter of coarse.
Ou the third my name ^2 =
called as we stopped for dinner bss.de
a little stream.
"Dmitri Pre "_ro* a letter." I bad
almost forgotten my ne* name
The letter had been written by Mas-
woman. and saki that I trut'. come
home at once for Dmitri was dead
Dead* Dmitri. my old playmate:
the man I was going to marry some-
time! I had not thought that Dmitri
would die.
The old scenes and the fair 'iai
faces that had faded so quickly from
my careless mind, that tne s'.ranc-
events of the last three days had
seemed to obliterate, came back, and
I was homesick with a doll, physical
pain After all. I was on!+ a woman,
and Dmitrt had been more to me than
I had been conscious of I mast go
borne and care for his mother.
That nicht I got a permit to visit
the commanding officer's tent He
was alone and I told my errand
brieSy
"I am a eirt" I said 1 took the
place of Dmi'tt Pretic? who was
too sick to come—now he is dead
: May I bark and take care of his
, mother*"
The ofcer was astonished then
' nonplussed and abc^e a~ he was dis-
< pleased to think thai Foch a trick had
, :-:-ea r a?
*fl>d yoe do this for love of cotrst-
jjt "" he questioned.
-v0 - J answered *1 we«t to seek
adventure, then i huiig lie«u for
-he part that I *as playing d d net
i:em so heroic as it had at home:
*11 of a srdden I saw that 1 was
f. ^jfr Mik impostor.
• But I v is a woman, very ;ired
s!mo>i sick. and the officer had com-
j dssion on me. for he wrote a pass
and gave me money enough to get
back heme on
And some way the papers got bold
of the story aaJ dilated on It as pa
oer* *j*1 and it went all over the
PROFESSIONAL
O. Li V H. Altutw)
( . >. Uixi Law
TEXHOMA. - OKLAHOVA
Harris & Breslin
Attourneys at Lav*
l". S. Lan d Office Practice
Guymon. Oklahoma
re\h ma (amp >0. 12.432. M. V\. A
v -ets e*ery Fra and Third Monda
nights at Robertson .-U
ALBERT I- WIXXEY. .
j. H. M. Bennett. Cjcts
wilson silo"
CARDS
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PHOTOS
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Arc ' when I w^s only a foolis" and
ignorant gir!.
I started home, still in my uniform,
with my knapsack strapped across my
shoulders and the precious pass signec
by the commanding offeer. :n my
pocket.
Leaving the trim it the little sta-
tion at STelk I ren-?ed di^nsc^ate-
It thr^ucii the os tf *ards my
woman's hol*'tg
A peasant w.:- * "ret? in :he field
u strong Togcg f-' ^ow. 1 could t?
I by the bssty strokes of his mattock. I
it must be Jan Corecs. I thought
he'pine because of Dmttrs s ces.h
Ho. Jan." I called clad to speak
to one of my own peopi- acain.
But it was not ..an that turned
---a- v-d me a* the "and of my rcice—
it was Dmitri. TLc-n I suppo?*-2 that
! r : t be deltricus frcm overstrain,
ard - at the man I saw before me
w£s only a phantom.
But no .it was Dr. itri who welcomed
hack as one from the dead: for
v;« it other had never tele him of my
takine his place, but bad led him to
. ve that 1 had wandered away, no
one knew where.
\"ot till long after Dmitri and 1 were ;
married, did Anna Pretroff ten me
the whole truth about the stranc- ■
sickness of her sot When the cay
had come for him to join the array she
dragged him with tea made from a
poistonous herb He drank this 'iq i'.c
during the morning roeai, and shortly
after became ins erslble- Later sne
had wTsrten that he was dead think-
In* that the news would bring n>e
home.
icasrng^t tr r*ay fccnr P&b. OaJ
After forraaa baa amlied 00 a an
hi eae afford to laagfc
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LUMBER
We Keep Every Thin^ In J
Building Material <
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Fence Posts. Lime, Cement g
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OUR PRICES ARE RIGHTS
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see L"s Before ^ ou Buy ®.
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Texhoma. Oklahoma. §
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Col. C. K. Wilmeth
Betrer known --
"RABBIT FOOT BILL"
Land and Townsite, CoMmercial and
Livi Stock
AUCTIONEER
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County anv day.
fH.ake DatcS at this o ficc
Young Women
Read what Card-i did for Miss Myria Engler, of
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so weak that I couid hardiy s~r.d on rr.y itcu 1 got a
bottle of Cardui, at txhe drag store, and as soon as 1 had
Uken a few d-:«ses. ! began to feel better.
Today, 1 feel as well as anyone can."
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Are you a woman ? Then you are subject to a large
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wh;.ch, in time. Often lead to more serious trouble.
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the signs of weak nerves and over-work.
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Buckley, Joe L. Texhoma Argus. (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1913, newspaper, June 5, 1913; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth352272/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.