The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-06-27

steed, rode of at gallOp, pursued by
n storm Oi pistol balls and curses.
"Help Captain Cap" gurgleC
i'm choking accents a well-knOWI
voice, and / looked around, 20 SCI
MacgregOr vsiBly struggling in tht
grasp OF three ecclesisstical students
one OF whom held him 10y the throat
Another OF these Interesting neOphy
tss was pressing the mUZZle OF re
vOlyeT 70 the forehead nf the scare,
helmsman, while five or six hsC
found their way TO the engine-rOOm
10 Judge from the sounds OF scuffiinl
that proceeded from the hatchway.
Secure him :" cried the false Bish
Op, pointing to me, and three young
fellows, all well armed, and all will
their black robes disordered and re
vealing the very secular garb they
wore beneath, rushed upon me. Be
wildered as I was, the English in
stinct Of giving as good as l go
prompted me. One antagonist, stunn
ed by well directed blow, dropped
like an OK beneath the pOle-aX a sec
ond was tripped up and the pistO
wrested from his grasp; but then {
flash OF binding fire 9lared before m
eye and the next all grew black ant
hushed and quiet, and the very world
seemed to swim away fIOm me as
tainted.
When j regained my senses it wa
night. The stars were twinklinl
above US, and the wash and ripple o
the river were the first sounds which
reached my dull ear. How my heat
ached The thrObbing pain it Occa
stoned made me try to lift my hands
to my brow, but / could not stir.
was bound and helpless, and grosneC
aloud.
''Is it you, Captain Burton ?n said s
lugubrIOns voice near me. "Deed
then, but I'm glad to hear ye speak
though tits that q way, for thocht u
were dead"
"Whst has happened, Mac ?"
asked, feebly. 'Can you not help me
to get up? Who boarded US, pirates
orr
"Nae pirates, captain" interrupted
the mate. "The jobs poleetical one
nae doubt; and Sharpe himself was a
saint to you false-tongued loon 20 8
Bishop, as he called himself, the ring
leader of the gang. And as for help
ing ye, laddie, how can do Ii, seeing
lie here, tied neck and heels, like q
calf for the shambles. Brown, and
the fireman, and the rest Of the crew
are all in irons below, with the matches
batted down upon them. The over
seer and the raft-lRbOrers have run off,
frighted, puir chiefs, out o. their bits
o. wits, and the Major and his Co.'S
sack reivers are about as comfortable,
Captain Burton, as oursells. Our best
hope Is In the coming o. the police" I"
But alas when the police and mill
tary, the gray dawn, came tagging up
In obedience to the summons of the
solitary COssack who had ridden Oft
unharmed, we found that from the
Polish frying-pan we had been pro-
NOTED to the Russian fire. The Ma
jOr, who had passed some hours in i'm
patient durance, tied to \ willow tree,
with a gag between his teeth and q
cord around his wrists, actually foam
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, dissrmed, and deprived
of their horses. l myself-Here,
corporal, take the scOundrels away.
They shall suffer for for the success OF
their accOmplices."
MacgregOr and Brown, being able
to walk, were sent of to KieW, each
with his right hand chained to the
C5ff Iao of rlannnfnh uanl1aQ-
man, while l On account OF weak
ness, caused by severe blow on the
head inflicted with the butt-end OF O
pistol, was conveyed In jOlting cOun-
try cart to TcheInigov, while 1 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 windows of my cell, and
listened to the shrlll squeaks and pat
tering feet of rats, dlstressingly tame,
that haunted the jail. What was to
do E? My employers would probably
supersede me as commander OF the
Fair Helen. or Siberia I had no
serious fear, but q long imprisonment
might end only In expulsion from
Russia. Annie vas lost TO me. l
knew the rOOteG prejudices OF her
father too we'll TO believe that he would
ever accept q sOn-in-laW who had CON-
spired against the imperial authorities.
And who was to persuade Mr.. Glenn
ents that was blsmeless In the mat
ter could fancy him in his arm
chair, stOlidly declaring In reply to
Annie's pleadings on my behalf, that
there was no smoke without fire, and
that as had made my bed 80 must
lie. And so weeks went by.
"Mr. Burton, or Captain Burton, you
are free !" II wa an officer Of rank
who spoke pleasantly enough, tapping
his boots with q gold-mounted riding
whip as he stood on the door open be-
hind him, admitting welcome air and
daylight. Your innocence, and that
of the other British subjects confined
at KleW has been at last fully proved
by the confession OF the principal
rebel, Count Demetrius Sobieski,
wounded and taken at wilma. Ah, l
see you do not know OF whom talk.
Well he was your Episcopal passen-
GER"
"The Bishop ?" I asked, half stupe-
fed.
ayes, the bishop" replied the Gem
eral with q laugh. 1.-The students and
the last batch of rsft-laborers being
all OF them dIsbanded Polish soldiers,
who were willing to risk their lives
for the rescue OF the Minsk prisoners
an exploit 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 de-
liverance, or to follow them to Irkutsk.
Your vessel, the Fair Helen, you will
find Kew with your mate and en-
gineer on board OF her. And now, Mr..
Burton, it only remains for me, on
the part of the government, to express
our regrets, "ete.
Annie and 1 are married, years
since, and 1 command ship Of which
[ am also part owner (; but we do not
i've within the range OF green and
white frontier posts that mark the
TZar's dOminiOns.