The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

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sissE Ethsy We're puzzled BY the cross.
sWhatcould itmean2 It bothered the
heads Of both the general and palace po-
lice, and though they could not como to
any definite conclusion they feared,
however that it indicated danger. All
apartments neGs IS S:sn;nRsr srocm wefe
searched and watched. The palace POI
lice force was enlarged. The number Of
occupants of the Easements. the carpen-
ter's dwelling. were increased in NUM-
Der by the addition Of spying gems
DARN. The chief Of the palace police
practiced sudden raIdsy at all hours. day
and night alike. Chatoorine, who had
already succeeded in getting some dy-
Mantle. was much alarmed during the
first sudden attack. Atnight. while all
slept, the doors were suddenly opened
and tile chief appeared with 3 company
of gems d'armes. The workmen were
ordered to get up. Ghatoorine. who was
ignorant Of the newly introduced
method of attack, tooK the visit to be on
his account. and considered himself
lost; the dynamite was Kept under his
pillow. It ended happily however.
Having looked over .he property of the
occupants and the corners Of the room,
the palace watch, with the same noise
and pomp with which they entered, left
the dwelling, to repeat the same act in
other dwellings; thus convincing Chat
oorne that as vet he was not suspected.
After that sudden raids were practiced
frequent, but they we're never very
strict. Chatoorlne was very little afraid
of them. The worst was the searching
Of the workmen when entering the pail
ace. How was the dynamite to be
brought in then? Free entrance to and
leaving of the palace was absolutely sup
pressed. The workmen and servants
were obliged to have copper signs, and
were also controlled and searched on all
occasions. Visits from outsiders were
absolutely impossible.
Under such circumstances had the dY-
Mantle to be brought into the palace and
the work done. Geliaboff Changed April
Is, 1881, at St. Petersburg), the medium
lin place of Observation-Disclosures
Chatoorine and the executive commit
tee, wished to see the work done more
quickly, but Chatoorine could not hurry
it. 1t was impossible to get in dynamite
in large quantities. Chatoorine got it
in, little piece at time, though with
great risk. In some way he avoided
searches, and once in awhile he fooled
and tricked the searchers. It was also
impossible to leave the palace very often
and Chatoorine progressed very slowly.
1t should be mentioned that under such
conditions the mine was not what is
generally called mine; proper prepar-
ations for it were utterly impossible. At
first the dynamite was kept under the
pillow, the smell of it causing Chatoo-
rine headache. When there was a
larger quantity Chatoorine kept it in his
trunk, which was covered with many
things. Thus the mine merely consisted
of an ordinary trunk, which by advice
of Technics, Chatoorine put closer to the
corner between the two principal walls,
so as to secure better chance for sue
cessful explosion. For ignition it was at
once decided to use small tubes filled
with certain composition which burns
in the absence of air even. The tubes
were to be put in few moments before
JChatoorine would be able to leave the
palace. Such were all the preparations
that were made. 1t was impossible to
even dream of putting the dynamite
into the wall at that time besides there
was already enough risk.
.Chatoorine's position was most upleas
ant. Constantly looking out for himself
and watching those surrounding him,
he was obliged at the same time to dis
guise his inner feelings and appear at all
times as though he had nothing IN par
ticular to care about. He was by ma
ture very impulsive and nervous. Con-
sumption, which had already developed
itself, had increased his nervousness, to
say nothing of the situation itself; the
constant risk, constant trickery and con-
slant trailing from fear to hope which
were of themselves the best factors for
developing nervousness. A powerful
will, mental bending and tension were
required in order to hide the inner
struggle and suffering. What sacrifice
that play cost Chatoorine is beyond any
mans imagination; only he himself
could know that. He played his role
exceedingly we'll. The air in the palace
was one of suspicion, and the feeling OF
general suspicion was ready to become
one of excitement on the slightest prov
ocation. Chatoorine was still unsus
pected. The gems darn, the spy on
the carpenters, even showed frien dship
for Chatoorlne. He taught him decent
what! do you raise your hand when
a Gospodine colonel speaks to you2 Oh
you village fellow; you must study man
ners, nv dear" instructed the spy. The
spy did it from personal motives. He