The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-20

very world seemed to swim away from
me as tainted.
When | regained my senses it was
night. The stars were twinkling above
us, and ID the wash and ripple of the river
were the trst sounds which reached my
dulled ear. y How my head ached! The
throbbing pains it occasioned me made
me try to lift my hands to my brow; but
| could not stirs | was bound and help
less, and | groaned aloud. & F1kEk-
/" Is it you, Capt. .Burton?'' said a
lugubrious voice near me. g Deed, then,
but I'm glad to hear ye speak, though it
is that a way, for [ thought ye were
! VIVA. has ha happened; Macqps i asked
feebly. "Can you not help me to get
up? Whe boarded US pirates, Or
'sNae~ pirates, captain" Interrupted
the mate. " The jobs a pelectical one,
nae doubt; and Sharpe himself was a
saint to you fause-tongHed loone o. bish-
OPP as be 'caed himself, the ring leader
O. the gang. And as for helping We, lad
die, how can l do it, seeing [ lie here,
tied neck and heels. like a calf for the
shambles? Brown, and the fireman, and
the rest of the crew, are all in irons be-
low. with the matches battened down
upon them. The. overseer. and. the raft
laborers have. run ! off, frighted, pnir
chiefs out. O their bits q wits, and the
majorsan his Cossack drivers are about
as comfortable as oursells Our best hope
lis in the corningo o. the police.
But alas! when the police and mill
tary, in the gray dawn, came tagging up
in obedience to the summons of the soli-
tary Cossack who had ridden off I'M
harmed; we found that from the Polish
frying-pan we had been promoted to
the Russian fire. The major, who had
passed some hours in impatient durance,
tied to a willow tree, with gag between
his teeth, and cord around his wrists,
actually foamed with rage when we were
hustled into his presence.
But for your help, English hounds"
he reiterated, "yonder rebel scum could
not have interfered with the Emperor's
justice. Prisoners have been rescued,
loyal soldiers have been bruised, dis
armed, and deprived of their horses. |
myself. Here, corporal, take the
scoundrels away. They shall suffer for
the successor their rascally accomplices.
81 Macgregor and Brown, being able to
walk, were sent off to Kew, each with
his right wrist chained to the stirrup-
leather of mounted policeman, while
|, on account of the weakness cuused by
a severe blow on the head inflicted with
the butt-end of a pistol, was conveyed in
"a Joiting, country cart to Tehernigov,
where | was duly lodged in prison.
Very bitter were my reflections as /
lay on my hard pallet-bed, watching the
scanty sunbeams that played upon the
barred window of my cell, and listening
to the shrill squeaks and pattering feet
of rats, distressingly tame, that haunted
the Jail. What was | to do? My en-
ployers would probably supersede me as
commander of the Fair Helen. OF
Siberia had no serious fear, but long
imprisonment might end only in expul-
sion from Russia. Annie was lost to me-
l. knew the rooted .preiudices of her
father too we'll to believe that he would
ever accept a son-in-law who had con-
spired against the imperial authorities.
And who was to persuade Mr.. Clements
that | was blameless in the matter
could fancy him in his armchair, stolid-
ly declaring, in reply to Annie's plead
ings on my behalf, that there was no
smoke without fire, and that as / had
made my bed, SO I must lie. And SO
weeks went by. -ra.tfse-,
"Mr. Burton, or Captain Burton, you
are freeP' 1t was an officer of rank who
spoke, pleasantly enough, tapping his
with hic cro III tod rid wi hi IN,
as he stood on the damp stone floor of
admitting welcome air and daylight.
" Your innocence, and that of tie other
British subjects confined at Kew, has
been at last fully proved by the confess
sion of the principal rebel, Count De-
metrius Sobieski, wounded and taken at
Wilma. All, l see you do not know of
whom | talk. Well, he was your Episco-
pal passenger.
"The bishopY'' | asked, half stupefed.
g Yes, the bishop" replied the general
with laugh "The students and the
last batch of raft-laborers being, all of
them, disbanded Polish soldiers, who
were willing to risk their lives for the
rescue of the. Minsk,, prisoners, an ex-
plot in which they succeeded only too
completely. As for the nuns, two of
them were men in female apparel, and
the others were simply Polish ladies of
noble birth, whose husbands were among
the exiles, and who were resolved to aid
in their deliverance, or to follow themto
Irkutsk. Your vessel, the. Fair Helen,
you will find at Kew, with your mate
and engineer ON board of her. And
now, Mr.. Burton, it only remains for me,
on the part of the government, to express
our regrets, etc"
Annie and 1 are married, years since,
and command ship of which I am
also part owner; but we do not live.
within the range of green-and-white
frontier posts, that mark the Cars do.
minions.
81 DR.. Mary Again on Deck.
DR.. Mary Walker has left the hospital
and appeared in Pennsylvania ave. in a
new suit of clothes. A Washington
correspondent of The Cincinnati Consnsey-
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