The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-14
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sa@ CAsExN1e5 51iSgH Fase xesssssa chanee kim a Yoa coaid haf gfake him awav frura tham2 nszxihln men in whose hands he Is ano pliank a hool. $ l think sour infiuence oyek hiEn is sufficient to slfer him fnr ahe heafer This was all she said; but the poErowfal earnesmess with which she spoke went to my heart.
 went Go the cOlUnelas directly. Alter our 6Est kreeaingS 1 said to him: Col onel, Rear veEy bad ness of young Dolomski." A sas'f t's-
 The old soldier shook his head con- 6rmingiy.
 IcoSdnued: sI want you to do me an extraoedinAry tavor-"
 @Ifif is b release him, 1t is impossi- bie,' interrupted the colonel.
 &But reznembeE,~ ! went on, if he had not told me about that attempt on your house, | coala bot Aave warned you. If you had not thus been given fisns to go elsewhere, nothing ~could have saved you and the other of6cess.s
 "That is tEne,S said the officer; but it was not out of affection tor me that he did it,ramezaher.,
 While we were conversing, q servant brought in . message. The coienel read it and changed color. He tran$lzted 1t aloud thus From the Governor of the Citadel to Colonel Koltorf Chief or fcer of Police The prisoner, Dolomslxi, has been aetaeked by fellow-prispnef, and Is dyinf" .a, ts 2, .s.., s.s.s ' v
 The col0nei aud I hassened to tue Cita- del, that huge fortress built by Peter the Great as protection to the city, DOW used as state prison, and were shown into the cell wherein Ivan lay.
 He was deadly pale, and his head was bound with bloody rags; in his eye still burned that energetic fire which had led to his destruction. He said wit. diff fculsy: "I have just asked for you, colonel, so that l may leave you and every one else with a better impression of me than you can have had hitherto. Three years ago l bound myself by the most terrible oaths-oaths that cannot be broken-to serve and stand by the peo- ple's cause. l was a red-het enthusiast. ! hated the government and would have risked any danger te subvert it. Then, when 1t was too late to repent, cooled down. It was my lot to place that ma chine against your house. The machine was of my own invention. l tried to evade the terrible duty, but could not was able, however, hy the accident of meeting and warning my old friend, Mr. Cornell, to minimize the chance of awful results as much as possible. The hroth- erhood suspected me, when it was known that you and the other officers had es- caped and by way of further testing me, they deputed me to cast the bomb at the CHAT. escaped. The government and the brotherhood were equally in pursuit of me, and l was captured by the gov ernment emissaries. In the brotherhood there is but one punishment for the req egade--that is, death A man recog- nized me as was being conveyed hither to-day he got himself arrested and at- tempted my life. He has succeeded P His voice was faint nov, but he gathered his strength with sn e9e=s and said |: Do you forgive me2 Ten Olga" Then his head sank back, aad he was dead. ., ea-- egts fi.r&
 l had to break the news to Olga; and hearsrending scene snsued. However, l did my best to mitigate her grief, and to enable her te bear more bFavely the loss of a brother whom she loved in spite of all his mad ways, by reminding her, firstly, that he had been wicked latterly from terror rather than from evil design and secondly. that in me, whom she had blest with her love, she would possess more than brcsher.- Ckans5e1s' /cSyHal.