Ivan the Serf

Ivan the Serf by Austin C. Burdick is about the Emperor Nicholas of Russia who condemns one of his best soldiers to death after a beautiful woman tricks him into freeing her convicted father. Excerpt: «BRILLIANT was the display of soldiers who were assembled upon the wide parade ground in St. Petersburg, on one mid-day in summer. They had been called thither to exhibit their skill in arms. The sunbeams danced upon their bright trappings, and the gentle breeze played with their floating plumes.»