The Archive · 1938

Deaths From Cholera

In Irkutsk Balog Nagy met a Russian widow whose hus! and had been killed at the storming of Przemy the ship's steward, and the railway attendant, species that have already adopted this sensible habit.

The only difficulty that I can foresee is that once the waiter has made himself comfortable, the guest may be tempted to follow suit. The late Duke of Marlborough one sultry night attended a public dinner in a white linen suit and soft shirt, to the envy Of the other guests who had nor the tige of a dukedom to enable them to flout convention for comfort's sak However, if the simple guest found that he could imitate the waiter where he could not follow that downy bird, the greater Duke, a distinction might be made by the use of gold epaulets that would be in keeping with the greater dignity and status of the waiter and so guard him from derogatory confusion. end married her, becoming the father of two sons, The family lived happily until last summer, when the wife and two sons died of cholera.

Having no further ties in Russia Balog Nagy set out for Moscow on foot, taking months on the way, and received a permit to return to Hungary from the Hungarian Charge d'Affaires.

Balog Nagy states that many hundreds of Hungarians are scattered over Siberia farming small plots of ground. Those who adopted Russian citizenship are given the same rights us born Russians, and are favoured above the Hungarians who retained their own nationality.

Since Balog Nagy left the hospital about twenty years ago he has carried his regiment's flag on his person day and night, sewn into the lining of his waistcoat.

Many bullet holes may be seen on the torn faded piece of silk, and a few rags of the ribbons which were the farewell gifts of young girls before the regiment set out for the front.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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