Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-03

sance, Believing he would do all he
could. waited patiently and in silence
until I received letter asking me to
call at the embassy. Lord - received
me kindly.
1T is all settled" he said. You
will so TO Siberia with authority which
the most ignorant taller or soldier will
recognize. OF course, / have pledged
my honor that in no way will you con-
nive at the oonvict's escape-thst your
business is purely private"
/ expressed my thanks, and asked for
Instructions.
First Il Ill" he said. "my instruc-
tons are TO take YOU TO the palace. The
Car desires to see the eccentric
EngliShman who wishes to make such
3 long journey in order to ask q few
questions"
would right willingly have declined
the honor, but as there was no chance
of escaping from it, nerved myself TO
meet the autocrat as well as l could.
The ambassadors carriage was ut the
door, and in few minutes we were
driven to the Imperial Palace.
l retain confused recollection of
gigantic SentrieS, glittering officers,
grave-looking uSherS and other officials;
noble Stair-caSeS and halls; paintings,
statues, tapestry and gliding; then. fol-
lowing my conductor, entered large
apartment, NJ oae cad of which stood 8
tall, noble-loo&ing man in military at
tire; and | realized that l Vas in the
presence of him whose nod could sway
millions and millions of his fellow
creatures Emperor of sill the Rus
slss-the White Gar Alexander III. The
sovereign whose rule stretches from the
highest civilization of Europe to the
lowest barbariSm of Asia,
Two years ago when the news of his
cruel death reached England. thought
of him as l saw him that day-in the
prime of life. tall, commanding and
graciouS-a man it does one good 10
look at. Whether-if the whole truth
of his great ancestor Catharine the Sec
ond's frajltieS We're known-the blood
of peasant or 4 King ran in his veins,
he looked every inch a ruler of men, a
splendid despot.
To me he was particularly kind and
condeScending, His manner set me as
much at my ease As il is possible for
man to be in such august company.
Lord - presented me by name, and
after proper reverence waited the
Cars commands.
He looked 1T me for a second from
his towering height. Then he spoke TO
me in French, iiucntly and without much
foreign accent:
Il am told YOU wish to 90 to SiberiaP"
with your Maiesty's gracious per-
mission
TO see 4 political prisoner. Is that
SOP"
| replied in the affirmative
ut is long Journey for such pur-
pose.
My business is of tha most vital i'm
portance, your Majesty
Private Importance, understand
from Lord 49,
He spoke in quick stern way which
showed that he admitted of no prevari-
cation. l fastened 10 assure him of the
purely private nature of my desired in
terview with the CT minsl.
as he 4 dear fr end OF yours?"
Rather al enemy, your Majesty;
but my happiness and my wife's happi-
ness are at stake
He smiled IT my explanation. You
English are good To Your wives. Very
well. Mr.. Vaughan. It shall be rs you
wish. The Minister Of the Interior will
provide you with the fullest passports
and authorities. Bon roydge.'
Thus dismissed, l bowed myself out,
praying mentally that no red-tapeism or
bureaucracy might delay the transmits
sion Of the promised documents
In three days | received them. The
passport authorized me to travel to the
end of the Cars A>iatic dominions if |
thought fit, and was woried in such
way that it obyiated the necessity of OBJ
tanning a fresh passport whenever a
fresh Government district was to be
traversed. 1t was not until found the
trouble, annoyance and delay l was
saved by this magic strip of paper, that
l fully realized how much favor had
been shown me. Those few words of
writing, unintelligible to me, were
magic spell, the potency of which none
dared to resist
But now, armed with power to travel,
the question was, where must l gop
To ascertain this, was taken to one of
the heads of the police TO him l ex-
planned my case. | described Ceneri,
gave him what l supposed was about
tho date of his crime and trial, and
begged for information rs to the best
means to adopt to find him in the place
of his Punishment.
/ was most Willy treated Indeed,
for courtesy commend m, to the Russian
official when YOU II e properly and pow
erfully accredited. Ceneri was at once
identified. and his right name and secret
history given to me. | recognized the
name at once.
There is no need to make it public.
There are many men i'll Europe who be-
lieye In the disintnres'e ed character and
noble aims of the unfortunate convict;
men who mourn him rs martyr. Per-
haps In the cause of liberty he was
single hearted and noble minded. Why
should distress his followers by reveal
ing any dark secrets of his private life?
Let him be, so far as | am concerned,
DIR. Cenerl to the end.
| learned from the suave, obliging
Russian Chief of Police, that few
weeks after l had seen him in Geneva,
Ceneri had been arrested in st. Peters
burg. A deeply laid plot, involving the
of the Gar and several
members Of the Government, had been
revealed through the treachery of con-
federate. The police. fully cognizant of
everything. had waited until the pear
was nearly ripe, and then struck with
dire results to the plot:ers. Scarcely
one of the principals escaped, and
Ceneri, one of TIE mos. deeply impli-
Gated, was shown scant mercy. He
certainly had few claims on their con-
sideration. He was no Russian groan-
ing under oppression and despotic gov
eminent. Although he called himself
Italian, he was, in truth, cosmopolitan. |
One Of those restless spirits who wish |
TO overturn all forms Of government |
save that Of republican. He had plot
ted and schemcd even fought like a |
Italian freedom. He had |
been one of Garibaldi's most trusted |
workman. lint had turned fiercaly |