The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-23
CHAPTER NJ.
A HE'LL TpOS EARTH.


! 1t was midsummer when | left st.
: Petersburg. The heat was oppressive
! and quite disturbed ny idea of the Rus
san climate. went by rail to Moscow,
by the iron road which runs straight As
4 line from the one large city to the
( other. The Gar ordered it 10 be 50
/ made, without curves or deyiationS.
! When the engineers asked him what
| popular places they should take on their
way. his Imperial Majesty took a ruler
and on the map ruled straight line
| from St Petersburg to Moscow.
Make it So" Were his commands. and
! 50 it was made. As rigid aad careless OF
: the convenience of other persons Il his
own de>pOtiSm "A railway for some four
hundred miles r,.::-i.ng siuIcly to it
destination, not daring. howevas much
tempted. TO swcrvc aside and G.sobey
the aUtocrat's commands.
Al Moscow, the colossal, fingered .
couple OF days. 1t was there | had set
tied to engage guido and interpreter.
As spoke two or three languages be-
sides nv own. | was able to pick and
choose. and at last selected a plcaSan ut
hammered. sharp looking yOuag fellow
who averred that he knew every inch
of the great post road to the east. Then
bidding farewell to the mighty krcmlin
with its churches. watch towers and
ba,tleme ltS. | started with nv new com
panion for Mini Novgcrod: At which
place We must BID adigu to the rail.
way.
We passed the old picturesque but de
caying town Of Vladimir. and after duly
aImiring its five-domed cathedral /
found nothing more to distract M at
tcntion until We reached Mini. Ny
companion WIS very anxious that W.
should lin~er for Z day or two at this
city. The -rca. fair was on, and he II,
sIrci me i WAS sight not to be missed.
| had not come to Russia t. look q:
fairs or festivities. 50 commanded him
to make instant preparations for con
timing the journey.
We now changed orr mode Of con-
vevarcc. Being summer, the river:
were open and navigation pract,ca BE.
We tooh the steamer and went down
the broad Eol@a till we passed thu ka-
san and reached the river Kama. Up
this tortuouS stream we went until we
landed At the large important town Of
Perm.
We were five DAYS on the water.
think the five longest DAYS | ever spent
The winding RIVER, the slow-goilc
steamer. made me long for the land
a gain: there one seemed 20 b. making
progress. The roai there was straight,
not running into 4 hundred bends.
We Were now nearly at the end OF
Europe. 4 hundred mis- further and
We snail eros the Ural Mountains and
b. in Asialic Russia.
At Perm We made our final prepara-
ticus. From now we must depead on
post horses. Ivan, my guide, after the
pIcper amount of haggling. bought 8
ta-antass-a sort Of phaeton. The lag
gage was slowed into it: we took our
seats: our first relay of horses were en-
gagel-three in number and harnessed
IN the peculiar Russian fashion-the yem-
scirih started them with words OF en-
cJIrageIncnt and endearment which in
Russia are supposed to be more oilicl.
ciUUs than the thong, and away We
wen: on our long. long drive.
We crossed the Urals. which after al
are not 30 very high. We passed the
stone obciisk erected. Ivan told me, If
hoI.r OF Il Co>sick chief named Yer
mak. We read the word Europe" Oh
the side which first met our eyes.
AMI turning round saw Asia" writer
ON the back. | spent my first night IL
Asa 1T EkatcrineJurg; and lay awak.
the best part of it trying to calculate
how m.ay miles stretched between
Pauline and myseif. For days aud d4y:
have passed since left 81. Petersburg
and 1 have Travelled at all possibl.
sPeed: Yet the Journey seems sea, ceiy
begun. indeed. eau nos even guess j;
its length until get 10 TobolSk.
\ time of some four hundred mile.
from Ekatcrineburg - TIuInen. anothc.
of two hundred IRON Tiumen TO To-
bolsk. and shall await the pleasure OF
the GoyernOr-General and waat iafor.
NATION he Elay choose II give me.
Tie carriage and ogrs .ives are ferri,
across the broad yellow Irtui>h-tha.
river, the crossing of watch by Rua
sian officer ~ once raises him step il
rank: for such Is the inducencnt Ec!,.
out 20 serve in Siber,z: and at the e..
bank of the Irtuish Siberia proper be,
gins.
10 BE CONTINUED.