, 1875-02-27

Tho o,l,cr, the aoitlinr WHO mounted guarI ove.
thon,. To % avoid the indienity Of ehas!lacmcn.
-ho bo1t hls whnlo force 10 his task, .wlthoa:
raising hs load, CT eren hia eyea hut tho
Iron entered into HIS soul and lio wopt.
Tho or1'or Of hls days knew no variation.
o'clock. when they breakfaated. thon until sl,els
ainner et noon. and ngaln from o'clock until
dark. Ills tasks wcrt. ''tching wood anil water,
splitting aud png logs, md soavengcr-work Of
all Borts It wnR al out Of doora and iu every or
trema Of lilo siboran climate. lis companions
wore niI tuaia,la OF desperate chRto: burglary,
highway robbery. rApo. murder in every degree,
wetn common catcs. Ono instance will suffice,
man. clerk Of wino-nerel.ant In st. Petersburg.
tio had miatreAH whom he loycd. but suspected
OF intdclity; he took Ler and another girl
into tho eoMntsy for holiday, and na they
at his r%cethcarl'a ,oad; il only wounded
her; the friend rushed away shrtektug for
helm; Tho victim foil on her knees and criod,
Forgive me but hc plunged knifc ur 70
feet l1e gave himself up 10 justice roeoivod
the knont, and was transported for life.
This tlai1y contact with Ignorant, british mon,
made woraa than brusos By l!fo Of hid
vrstel,e,i existence. ilo had ae.ormlnoa mover
TO- submit. to blows. should tho for
fnit be l,ia own lifs or another's. and
tia ineessant apprchonsson kops his mind
iii a state Of frighsf4l tonsion;. Is slno
norvod him to physca! exersions beyond hla
etrength, and to o moral les.taint OF whlcl, l.o
ltal not deemed himHelf capable In tho way Of
endurance and aoIf-oommand. hut la tho onl
ho was tho gsiner. After the first ycsr ho waa
taken Into tho ollos of the establishment, aud
iocoived salary Of 10 francs mouth. uo waA
also SLOWED to ieayo tho bsrracIa where lie had
boon heriled with the convic:s nnl to lodge with
two fe!low.couuttsmeu In littio houso wlicn
theY built for themselves, and which thoy sharel
! WITH tho soidiors who guarded tlom. It waB q
privilege gtanttd 10 tho most exemplary OF tho
| cunvcta 10 lodge with ono OF other Of the pri-
va:e Inhabitants Of tile village; but, bayilos
s7ldier detailed to watch them. In tha cou,so
! Of tho wintcr they vera comforsed by tho visit
OF Polish priest A cortatn number aro par-
m,tt=d to srnveI through Siberia yearly. stopplng
wherever there ars Polish prisoners 10 ndr,im,a-
ter tha haoramonta mid consultations Of shoir
Chufc, to thcu1 thoro In to hardship which tllcso
tsroio n1eu will not encounter In performing
shoir thrice holy mtBaion. posrowski, who, Ike
all lolcs. was sn ingsanod Rou.a' Cltholio, ar.
belief had returned to q torvaus o,tl,doxy-:hla
spiritual gnccor WAS most precious to linaolf
mud biz brother-exilos.
Ono !dea. hovover, was never absent from llls
coiying his sonsonoo at Kiow lie Ind resolved to
DO FREQ. and his resolution lsa mol faltered. lie
had neglected no meana Of acquiring inioyna-
tion about Siboria and tbs aajacont countries.
| HQE kLk4 A6 uRI l4tGtl4Q tu tE6 tSFQikInR EOhU-
doucos Of tue mnlefaeto.a At the batraoks-for
this lie Hoard With nnfagging attention. yet With
no sign Of ,atuteBt, tho long atorins Of tho trad
era WHO came 10 tic distcrJ from all parts OF
office in wl,ic, be passed Ills TINS from In tic
| morning until ID or II At night WAS tloir
| rendezvous, and, by concentration Of
| hts mental powers. no acquired thorough and
Frozon Ocean to .hc frout!ers OF roraIa and
China, and OF all liz manners and customs. The
prisoner wI,o meditation escapo, 10 anyg, Ia MI
eolboa IN an in!ip!:ude OF "details and calctt-
lasfouc, OF wl,icl, Is only possible to give tile
littc, 1lo accumulated tho Indispensable
ars.c1ns-daglisc, money food, a etpon, rnss.
ports. Tho last wcrs tho most essential and tic
most dttflcult: two were required, boil, upou
paper with ths Government ssan,p--ous =
slnpls pass Tor shot distances md nbsetcoa,
usoless beyond certain limit mud da.o; Tho
o,hcr, ths piakasny. or rcal passport, = t.ocu-
mcnt OF vital Importance. Ha was ablo to
ABSTRACT the paper from Tho olco, ail co,,n.or-
foitor in sllo coinmauity forged tho formula aud
signatures. Ills appearance he hal gradually
changed by allowing Ills hair aud beard
to grow. and hc had studied tho tauo
Of thouaht aud peculiar phrase2logy of
better pass for q n,tivc. More than Nix months
wont by IN propatA,ion; then hc MAIDS Two faIse
starts. 1le hai placed much hope on tittlo
boat. whicl, was oftOn forgotten 1t eyoning
loosod it and bsCan To row away: suldsuiy ths
moon b,oAo through tho clouds. and At the saluo
instant tho voices uf tho Inspector and some OF
lia suLordiuntcs wero heard ou tho buaks.
riotrovski was furtuua.o enough to get back un-
! perceived. On Tho second astcmpt douso fog
rose aud shut him In: ho could NOS SEQ yard
butore him. All uight long no pushed lie boat
hithor mud tliithcr, trying 1t east 10 roeatn tho
shore; at tlnybreak tho yapor began to liaporso,
but it was too late to 70 on, lie again had tho
rood luck to land undiscovered, Five routes
sere opon to hlnl--all long, aud each besot With
its o~,i peris. Io decided to 80 northwsrd.
way to Arcl,angol, nearly a thousand miles
%, whero. among tho hundreds OF foroigu
to:and one which would bring lin to Ausrica.
Nobody know hIs aucrst, he hsd vowed 70 parish
liz reckouod on eestine over tho lint daurcr of
pursuit by ,t,,nal'us With tue crowds Of peope,
rnall,. in February, 1910, be aot ont on foot.
uin costume consisted Of three attrts.-a COL
side hla tronrcrat which .ore Of heavy