III.
"Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand
hills * * * for the world is mine, and the fulness
thereof."--_Psalms 50:10, 12_.
The King of Poland and his counselor lodged that night in the city.
Early next morning, Paulus came again for them.
"What do you wish to see, today?" he asked.
"Take us to some or your workshops and mills," replied the King; "we
would like to learn more of your social and industrial conditions, about
which we have heard."
A car soon took them to a part of the city where the workshops were
situated. The buildings were not great, black-looking structures with
rows of small windows in the walls; but they were handsome, spacious
buildings, resembling somewhat the finest of the public buildings with
which the visitors were acquainted in their own country. Remand noted
the absence of smoking chimneys, and inquired about them.
"We have done away with all that," explained Paulus. "Pure air is one of
the essentials to life.
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