. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across ^ from a hotelwhere he has contracted a large bill, and leaving nothing but a trunk filledwith straw and stove-wood as security, do you f Frank inquired. Such a thing is unknown, the Doctor answered. I once toldsome Russian acquaintances about the way hotel-keepers were defraudedin America by unprincipled persons. One of them exclaimed, What ahappy country! and how cheaply a man could live there, with no policeofficers to stop his enterpris
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across ^ from a hotelwhere he has contracted a large bill, and leaving nothing but a trunk filledwith straw and stove-wood as security, do you f Frank inquired. Such a thing is unknown, the Doctor answered. I once toldsome Russian acquaintances about the way hotel-keepers were defraudedin America by unprincipled persons. One of them exclaimed, What ahappy country! and how cheaply a man could live there, with no policeofficers to stop his enterprise ! ATTEJ^DANTS ON A HIGH OFFICIAL. (.i3. 64 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE EMPIRE. When you go from one city to another, said the Doctor, the for-mality to be observed is slight, and the hotel people will attend to it foryou without charge. When you are going to leave Kussia, a few daysnotice must be given at the jiolice-office; and if any creditors have filedtheir claims against you with the police, you must settle them before youcan have your passport. If any one owes you money, and you have rea-son to believe he intends leaving the country, you can stop him or getyour money by leaving your account with the police for collection. Ab-sconding debtors are nearly as rare in Russia as absconding hotel-patrons,for the simple reason that the law restricts their movements. In spite ofwhat our English friend said of the passport system, there are some ex-cellent features about it. Another thing is— They were interruj^ted by a servant, who came to ask if there wereany friends in St. Petersburg whom they wished to find. The co
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