The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-01-14
CALLED BACK.
A wen-Told Story Of Continuous
and Absorbing Interest.
By HUGH CONWAY.
CHAPTER XI.-CoNTINUED.

CHAPTER Xl.-CONTINUED.
Tobolsk at last! The sight Of my
passports renders the Governor eivility
itself. He invited me to dine with him,
and, as for prudential reasons, / thought
It better to accept his invitation, treated
me royalty. His register told me all /
wanted to know about Ceneri. He had
been sent to the very extreme Of the
Cars dominions, as his was case
which called for special severity. Where
he would finish his Journey was not set
tied, but that made little difference to
me. As he would travel the greater
part Of the way on foot, and as there
was but one road, must overtake him,
although he left Tobolsk months ago.
The escort which accompanied that
particular gang Of prisoners was under
the command Of Captain Varlenoff, to
whom his Excellency would write a
few lines, which 1 should take with me
he would also give me supplemental
ry passport signed by himself.
"Where do you think l shall overtake
the partyP" l asked.
The Governor made n calculation.
Somewhere about Irkutsk," he
thought.
And Irkutsk two thousand miles,
more or less, from Tobolsk!
Il hade the great man n grateful adieu
and spurred on at such speed that even
the good-tempered Ivan began to grum-
BILE. Man, even q Russian, was but
mortal, he said, and l could not ex-
pect to find Arab steeds among Govern
ment post-horses which the postmasters
were compelled TO furnish at about
twopence mile q horse. left the
yemschik and himself no time for re-
freshment. Their tea had not grown cool
enough to swallow before l was insist
ing on a fresh start. And as for a
proper nights rest!
Tea! Until l made that journey /
never knew the amount of tea mortal
stomach could hold. One and all they
drank 1t by the gallon. They carried it
about compressed into bricks, cemented,
/ heard with shudder, by sleeps or
some other animals blood. They drank
it morn, noon and night. Whenever
there was q stoppage and boiling water
could be obtained, bucketsful Of tea
were made and poured down their
throats.
The impressions I retain Of that long
journey are not very deep. / was not
trayersing the country for the sake OF
writing book of travels, or TO observe
the manners and customs Of the people.
My great object was to overtake Ceneri
as quickly as possible, and my endeay-
ors were directed to passing from one
posting station TO another as swiftly as
] could. We sped over vast steppes,
wild marshes, through forests Of birch,
tall pines, oak, ash, and went as straight
TO our destination as the great post
road would take us. When nature
forced us 10 rest we had TO put up with
such pitiful accommodation as we could
get Unless the place at which we
stopped was Of some Importance, inns
were unknown. By dint Of practice,
at last contrived TO obtain almost
enough sleep, II not to satisfy me, To
serve my needs, whilst jolting along in
the tarantass-
It was a monotonous journey.
turned aside TO visit no objects Of inter.
est spoken Of by travellers. From morn
to night and generally through the
greater part of the night our wheel:
rolled along the road. And at every
posting station / read on the wooden
post which stands in front Of II the
number OF miles we were from St
Petersburg, until, as the days and weeks
passed, began to feel appalled, at the
distance / had come and the distance
must return. Should / ever see Paulin,
againP Who can say what may hav,
happened before return TO Englandl
At times ] grew quite dispirited.
l think what made me realize th'
length OF the journey even more thar
days or measured miles was TO see, a
we went on, the country people grad
ually changing their costume and dia
Iect. The yemschiks who drove u
changed in appearance and in national
iss; the very breed Of the horses varied
But let man or cattle be Of what kint
they may, wo were well and slillfulll
conducted. tkttk4 NLlVE +.
The weather, was glorious, almost tot
glorious. The cultivated country w
passed through looked thriving ant
productive Siberia was very difleren
In appearance from what Is usual,
associated with It's mama The air whei
not too warm was simply delicious
Never have breathed more invigora