The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-19
THE GREAT WHITE CAR.
PRETTY STORY OF HOW HE CON-
QuERED A NitllLlST,
Got an Interview with Him and Heard
His List OF Grievances. and Then Had
Him Fiogred to Dsath-spain Halls u
Very Young King.

LONDON, May IAN occurrence is re-
ported from Iivadia which illustrates the
GOODNESS and physical courage of the car.
One morning recently be started out to
hunt, and was leaving the palace by rear
door, which he seldom used Just at the
moment of the cars appearance number
of soldiers of the guard were rushing up the
stairs af er a half savage. brutal looking
n:ou tx, whose arms and hands were bound
ty straps OF leather The prisoner was
struggling furiously to escape, AMI his
struggles became even more desperate when
he saw the car The guards tri ID 10 take
him away from tho cars sight, but bis
majesty ordered them to halt, and asked
Who is tho man" They explained that
he was leader among the local Nihilists
and had boon prominent i'll kidding the
forest fires which had lately occurred
around Livadia "Let him be unbound
while he is in our presence" was the anex-
pected order given by the car.
The moment tho mans hands were freed
he crouched with his fingers clawng the
air as though he would throw himself
bodily on the car and attack him with
his nails Some OF the officers Of The
cars staff threw themselves between
the Nilhilist and tine ozar, but the latter
motioned them aside, and without a weapon
in his hand OF on his person, calmly awaited
the attack. 1t came in an instant Tho
Nihilist made desperate spring towards
the car, but while ho was still in the an
his ina jesty caught him by the right arm
above tho elbow and with combiaeI g1I
md twist, we'll known to wrestlers, threw
him to the ground with apparently as mucf
ease as he would have thrown a boy. The
Nihilist scrambled to his feet and aaaii
| made a similar spring. This time the c4al
caught him by the left arm with the samC
grip and again easily threw him 10 thu
floor The Nihilist had by this time go
enough of it and be lay painting, but motion
less The car took a seat close by AM
| said TO tho vanquishsd Nihilist: Now, tel
| Us what you dogs complain of"
The PROSTATE Nihilist at once began
long and bitter arraignment o. what he ant
his comrades considered crime for which
.hs car should die He told the car thai
he had violated the memory OF his owl
| father by declaring the emancipation Of tn,
ssrfs a terrible mistake; that he had dom
| his best to restore the common people o
tausSfd w a bLdbo VI bhhL AH bhe
| made thousands of unlustihable arrests &C
| companied by circumstances Of the utmos
| brutality; that he had kept innocent pri
soners confined in loathsome dungeons with
| out charges or trials until death or insanity
| had come to their relief and tina
| be had many times promised Russia a con
| stitution, but had never fulfilled his pledge
| The last accusation made by the Nihilist j
said to echo a complaint which is very pre-
valent among all the troops in the Crimea
| He said the car had taken all the best mer
! away from their farms and had kept then
| idle until seed time was past so that they
| would have nothing to live on i
| they went home They had, b
said. been promised that they woul'
DO led against Constantinople where plum
| der enough was to be had to make then
| rioh for life, but instead of this they ha'
Teen kept useless by drilling until Their
seemed TO be NO prospect OF war IN an.
| quarter.
The car listened to all these accusation
calmly, and with the exception of firml,
ses expression about the mout
| and fierce CLEAN in til
eyes, there was no hing to indicat
| that he was In the least degre
affected by the NihiIist's harangue Whe
the Nihiliss ceased, the car arose and SAL
quietly to the officers nearest him: Nov
we will resume our hunt, and the imperia
.,arty left the palace.
The Nihiliss was again secured and takeI
to the le Is in the basement OF the palac'
1t Is understood that he was afterward
legged 70 death.