The sun., 1881-07-17

OF their rights and to assist them in establish
sry y pro w"s ar" Begun We orasqsd
from abroad proclamations and pamphlets. In
london and Geneva there were several Rus
alan revolutionary jnurnrs-the Pperei e. For
ward"L Nabot e. Aiarm'1. Rdbotnik Work
man, and Obschina E. 'Commune'0. These
were brought to Russia and widely circulated.
NV vspeca duty was to inform tho provincial
krooki lcrcles) of what was going on in tho
found out concerning our propaganda. and
what measures. IL any. were contemplated
against aga in the conspira,or.; Our spies brousht m
ticular in nformn,on was most needed. AS we
we're aware that all letters were read at the
our own In cases when il was nee
essary to use tho utmost rrccaut!on. private
messengers were sent with letters written
in cipher that could not be male out Thus wa
might agree in advance upon n certain page of
the New Testament or OF some other common
would ba written In fraction. tho numerator
showing the line from the top Tor the bottom
inator showing the letter counting from the
beginning tor from the end) Of that line. For
icia. 7.23 5.2. "a. i,2i is. 2-s which means M
Spies look for YOU. In TINS sentence the let
ter 10 represented by four different fractions.
and so every letter might be.
Among our spies were persons who perform
ed double duty; spyipg at one and the same
they served us and tricked the Cars officers
But the most substantial police service was
rendered us by young ladies. daughters OF the
highest officials. Certainly the Car never had
such educated. titled. and skiful spies in his
pay as worked for us without any ,remunera-
and we made blunders. The result was that
hardly year passed before a large number Of
1t was past m iinight The bell rang jumped
up at once. With trembling hands lit a lamp
sE Trsp rass IN nraa
old andladv was very slow in getting up. thus
giving mo an opportunity to burn up all these
OF burning paper reached tho nose OF tho
Gnptaln nor OUTSIDE with r ,s uddsn crash
nshs door savf Ths way hs
hat by order Of the Government. he
had come to arrest me They took my KEYS s and I'd
every nook md corner. carefully collecting
every scrap Of written paper. II took them
length they put me in their carriage and hur-
red m. to the Third Section. The heavy iron
words: Leave all hope ye who enter here
indeed. how many young life has perished in
the cells OF the Russian inluisit,ion ,
weary week passed. No officsr came near me-.
| A servant appeared three times day. bringing
my meals. That week was the longest in my
life. AT last ! was brought before the Chief of
Gendarmes. who sternly told me that l was
agandn. and OF pronouncing the sentence OF
death on an alleged spy. who was afterward
killed ty some OF my comrades.
You have to prove your accusations" said.
while. will stay at the Petropavlovsky Fortress"
L
| glad to haar tn. naws any news, Tor now had
something to think about.
Behold me. then. regularly installed in the
fortress. Soon ths number of guests at our
hotel reached 100. and yet IT. was not full. A
situated on the shors Of tho wide Neva. Just ope
posite the Winter Palace. Its walls are SO thick
nn; insds Of them hsrs are Two. two roM: Of
walls @ around were were inoun,.d heavy cannon.
Aafr ric loy,f In h..I-
days and on 1.-the Cars days salutes OF from
q to lo1 guns were fired above our heads.
| our cells was broken. and we were treated to
the smell 81 the Cars powder IN the thun.
Of vess hSs. to hssF n:
rreatarSss feel nSuES, my pSw'! h Bewar. Car
the Bastlle they called it. stronger than yours.
and yet hey ara M, No more, Your turn and that
| Though the chief OF gendarmes promised to
soon prove my quit thou1h the Car in his
Hsass had d.fa.n ,nn sysry Grmna should
brought into the court. A horrible thing it is,
ias sSas from p. @ dsspo; and and is ahu%aa h;
.n 'Esa se the 6i SP' mssTy In
the, Central Park. Tor instance / cannot
mails pacing TO md FRO in their narrow cages;
for they remind ns too vlvidly OF myself and
my cOmrnGeS. mus moving Tor mDutGS and
years from one corner to another IN the cells at
the Pe,ropavloysky Fortress. | cannot endure
tho merry pealing OF the Trinity Church helIs
Tor that sud .leny brings back 10 mo that prison
where had TO listen every hour 70 the tower
clock playing God save Ihe Car" The ring
ing OF u door bell At night canno, hear without
an Involuntary shud!rr. for that reminds mo
of the midnight visits Of the gendarmes. was
alone in my cell twenty four hours day. How
Ilongsl TO see a human lace and 10 hear q hu-
man voice! dead silence reignei. An inces-
SAINT question tortured my mind: Is life worth
A an N | n at
and as many times No." Repeatedly caught
my, brain in tho ac! Of blaming some device for
to myself in alarm. But | saw plainly that
loneliness was maddening me. Something
must be done.
"Eurska |" exclaimed in ecstasy, "I am
and IL. left brain. wo vii! talk discuss. aud
;;ompany." And 1 began to talk to myself.
Every mnrnins. on rising. used to shaSs one
Petrovitch." Good morning. sir" " How did
you slsep last nightr And so on sometlmes
darrvl1a ts Is {ss Pissy chEs my p rTa.
yitch. YOU arc crazy. w. How dare You ins,tlt
ne?" - beg pardon for the expression out
the fact is that you don't behave as sane pcrs
do. and am ready TO Drove H." Then long
arguments aud counter arguments. My con
know then that probably tnat sort OF amuss-
ment had brought four OF my friends TO tho
death from the gaoptng CONSUMPTION.
hottI OF 81. Peter aud Iaul, yet there were
some things. remembrance OF which even now
sends a riii 10 my heart. For n half year con-
versed with myself. ami tnen-oh. great JOY i
| began 10 converse with my cOmritdes. | had
been transferred 10 another cell. In the night.
while lying quietly on my cot | heard a ryth-
mical tick-tlck. The idea that IT was telegraph
ing flashed through my brain. But. alasi /
did not know how TO read the telegraphc signs.
let gr-ediiy .iavs TO the place whence came
that sould. | was afraid to miss u single
tick; | infinitely enjoyed listening 10
that delicate rapping. | would have given
my right hand TO have understood il.
Ny head burned. my pulse BOUNDED: lost ap-
petite and sleep. | had a fever. For three days
strained my mental power to its utmost ca
pacity. and at last | solved the problem. The
trouble was that AZ first | had counted the tap
pings and then transferred them 10 "A phabet-a
hrrrulean ami useless work since IL WIS nee
essary only TO read alphabet along with rap
ping. and WHOM the latter is interrupted for
moment You nave the letter required
:. c. and so 50 on on iii 4'd o-tfsnp f94p stop;
a. b. C. and so on ill No.; n. D, TIL =; a: n.
b. C. d; a. b. q. a. T.. Now you have comrade"
IL is very simple. We made a great improve
nent in our telagraphy. abrlIgiEg the words
aud substituting tha letters nearest IL the al
phaOet for thoss far distant ones: for instance.
using always iusteaI Of p. Il instead Of I. and
50 on. soon yas in regular communication
with ali the guests Of our Motel and nv life was
lasal H..