The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-18

/ | learned from the suave. obliglng
I Russian chief of police, that a few weeks
I after / had seen him in Geneva. Ceneri
had been arrested in St. Petersburg. A
/ deeply laid plot, involving the assassina-
! ton of the Gar and several members
of the government. had been revealed
T through the treachery of confederate.
The police, fully cogniZant of every
/ thing, had waited until the pear was
nearly ripe, and then struck with dire
results 10 the plOtters. Scarcely one of
the principals escaped, and Ceneri, one
of the most deeply implicated. was
shown scant mercy. He certainly had
/ few claims on their consideration. He
was no Russian gT0aning under oppres-
sion and despotic government. AL
! though he called himself Italian. he
was. in truth. cosmopolitan. One of
those restless spirits who wish to over
! turn all forms OF government. save that
of republican. He had plotted and
schemed-even fought. Ike a man-for
Italian freedom. He had been one of
Garibaldi's most trusted workmen: but
, had turned tieTcely against his master
when he found ltalywaS TO be a kingdom.
not the ideal republic of his dreams.
| Latterly he had directed his attention
to Russia. and the plot he was engaged
in having been betrayed. his career. in
all human probability. was ended. Aft
CT living many months in the fortress of
1t. Peter and st. Paul. he was tried and
condemned to twenty years hard labor
in Siberia Some months ago he had
( been dispatched to his destination, and.
my informant added. was considered TO
have been dealt with most leniently.
Where was he now? That could not
be said for certain. He might be atthe
Kara gold washings. at the Ustkutsk
salt works, at Troitsk, at Nertschinsk.
All cOnyicts were first sent to TobOlsll.
| which was a kind of general rendezvous;
thence they We're drafted of. at the
pleasure of the Goyenor-General. to
various places and various occupations.
Ii | wished, the Governor of TODOl5k
should be telegraphed or written To:
but. as | was bound any way 10 go to
that town, it would be Just as well if l
made my inquiries in person. To this
| | quite agreed. mistruSting the speed of
the Russian post or the neWly-opened
telegraph. l was ready to start t0-nor-
row.
So. after getting all the hints and in
formation | could. | thanked the chief
for his courtesy. and with my preg .Ous
papers in my pocket, went to complete
my preparations for my journey; d
journey which might be a thousand or
two thousand miles longer or shorter,
according to where it had pleased the
Governor of Tobolsk to bestow the
wretched Ceneri.
Before | started | received a letter
from PriScilla-One of those labored
and rather misty epistles usually writ
ten by people of her station in life. 1t
told me that Pauline was well; that she
was willing to be guided by Priscillas
advice, and TO remain with her until tbs
return of her unknown relation or
| friend. But. Master Gilbert" the let
ter went on. Il am sorry to say believe
she is not quite right at times. The
poor young lady talks wildly about an
awful crime; but she says she is content
to wait for justice to be done. as some
one she has seen in her dreams during
her illness is working for her. She
| doesn't know who it is, but it is some
one who knows everything"
This intelligence made me feel easier.
/ Not only did il show me that Pauline
would wait quietly until my return, but
| also that some gGmmering OF the i'm
mediate past might be daWning upon
! her. The closing lines of Pauline's let
/ ter made my heart beat with hope.
! This afternoon, Master Gilbert. she
| seemed to discover for the first time
| that she had a Weddmg-ring on her fin
/ ger. She asked me now 1t came there.
| | told her could not say. Then She sat
/ for hours and hours twisting it round
and round, thinking and thinking. l
! asked her. at last, what She was think
| ing of. Dreams | am trying to remem-
| Der. said she, with that pretty quiet
smile OF hers. | WAS dying to tell the
| dear young lady that she was my own
masters lawful wife. was afraid she
would take the ring off, but she didn t
! thank God"
Yes, thank God, she did not! As
read Priscilla's letter | yearned to turn
hOmeward and fly back to mywife. But
| conquered the inclination, although
felt more and more certain that my
meeting with Ceneri would be happy
one for me; that | should return, and
if necessary, once more place that ring
on her finger and claim her rs my own
knowing that she was purer than the
gold of which that shining circlet was
! made.
Paulinel my beautiful Paulinel my
wife, my love, we shall be happy yet!
The next day | started for Siberia.