Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-07-08

fatner ana some OF the Ulru sSecrlOu
police officials. Your name attracted
my attention and listened. Well some
spy or traitor, 1t seems, has given the
Third Section list Of the members Of
it's Revolutionary Fraternity, as they
call it, the place and hour of It's meet
ings s-in two words. all the details ne
cessary to accomplish your capture. A
hundred gendarmes are to surround this
building between one and two O'Clock
this night. They must be at hand al
ready. Quick, quick, if you have any
care for your SAFETY, disperse in all
directions SO that you may escape
them
She looked up at the cloc'> in the hall
then in an affrighted tone reiterated her
warning.
! The youlg man was dumbfounled for
! a moment, but he quickly realized the
danger which was nigh, and bounding
into the room from whence he had come
made the facts known to his comrades
The Sc were men Of every age and of
every class of society. Students with
long hair and eye glasses, mechanics
with brawny arms AID rough hands,
| clerks and business men, in faultless
attire; yes, even the army had its repre-
sentatlves there III two young officers
| whose shoulder-straps bore the insignias
of sub -leutenancy; They were seated
around a long oal en- table, on Which
stood two petroleum lamps, sDnsOrar IA
Rus sian tea-uln), several glasses, and IA
bundle Of documents. Nicholas an
nouncemcnt created no little confusion
among the conspitators, and this was
only increased when the clatter of hor-
ses' hoof5 Oh the flag g-stones suddenly
reached their ears.
keep steady, brothers," cried Nj
cholas, who seemed to he leader of them
all; escape as quietly AS you can. one
after the other other, through the door. :"
in saying which he pulled back a green
curtain, hiding the entrance to a secret
passage The lights were quickly ex-
tingulshed, and the cons. traitors began
retiring in regular order. Nicholas now
rushed into the hall, and, gras ping Olga
by the hand, bade her seek safety IN
the same manner as his companions.
'And you, Nicnolas?'
81, be replied, haughtily. The
| ClptulI lIlC " ACaNC hAo
v, ,ssel. am the chosen leader of these
men. and not until they are secure will
| begin to think Of myself.
At this Juncture footsteps became au-
dible on the staircase, aud seeing that
his sweetheart hestated, Nicholas, be-
SIDE himself with anxiety, began draw
ing her toward the secret passage into
which the last few cOnspir:,tors were
disappearing,
Meanwhile an officers voice outside
the apartment was demanding the sur
render of the inmates in the same of the
Isar. Not word being deigned in re-
ply, several hammers were brought to
bear on the doors, which soon yielded
beneath the heavy blows of the soldiery.
Nicholas and Olga were prisoners. The
others. though hotIy pursued, were not
overtakcn.
The commanding officer of the gen
darmes. colonel of the Third Section
scrutinizel his victim closely by the dim
rays of lantern.
This is strange, he murmured,
a woman here-and a pretty one. too
y,i Boga, (my Godh There was nc
thcre?'
The last words were addressed to ar
} elderly man, who being second in com
} mand, had remained behind his superior
} until them He stepped forward N,
ment and glanced at the girl, who stood
pale but undaunted by the side Of hel
lover. Uttering an exclamation o
horrihed amazement, the captain stag
gered backward, while Olga, with
l low cry of anguish recognized her ia
! ther
, Justice-lf the system of persecution
which thrives III the Tsar's empire cal
, be called lustice-was relentless. Nelthc,
the fathers position nor the service h,
: had rendered the state could avail tn,
/ daughter. She was dragged to the cit,
: prison. and thHre' closely confined.
But if Olgas lot was sad, what mus
5 have been her lovers, with the knowl
. edge that her devotion to hlm hae
: caused her ruin? How wildly he re
called their first meeting u year before
: and the vows Of uRdyiug affection the,
soon after exchanged. He was bu.
/ struggling student at the time. Will
s she was the daughter of q wealthy otfi
5 cial. This inequality IL their respectiv
stations induced Olga 10 defer disclosin;
: the matter to her father until Nichola
had been admitted Ia the bar. Mean
t while loving eplstles neverceased to pas
i. between the police captains handsom
E r. .sidence and the humber lodgings O
Il the law stu lent. But, unknown 10 hi
$ sweetheart the young man was suddenl
5 drawn into the current Of nihili-u
i which finally led to the above relate,
i catastrophe. Olga, who had overheas
Il tbs plans Of hl, capture. rlsked all. All
a lost all. III her efforts to save him.
II was III valn that Nicholas sought t
j, exculpate the girl before the instructln
r magistrate Olga would say nothing
: in her own defence. She knew tha
u Siberia stared her lover In the face, an
5 she had but one thought to- join II hi
exile.
e The case was soon transferred 10
e special tribunal, and three months ate
u their arrest the two prisoner. were sen
fenced, as dangerous revoiutonists al
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