The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-27

II - Il, sti - N "a .--
should be nisntfoasl that tBs osssp pants
thought Of Socialist in rather fsntas
tic light
Il Would like to gaze at oneof them
says some servant. ITO meet him On the
'5strset o. ansahsre.'' -,
"How would you know il" asks Chat
oorine. "Is there any mark on Social
ist 2" he continued.
ITO recognize q Socialist Oh. you
village fellow; in moment You recog'
nIze him! When he steps he makes you
give him wsy; else, you are lost. He is
afraid Of nobody. holds himself high,
and his looks are fearfhl--you recognize
him at oncessn
Such an understanding had they o.
q Socialist, and Chatoorine, knowing i,
fearlessly continued his work, having
earned general confidence. and he also
received 100 roubles as Christmas
present.
Meanwhile the end approached rap
idly. About three pools (120 pounds
trov) Of dynamite was now on hand in
the trunk. From technical estimate
that quantity was deemed sufficient to
blow up the dining room, doing damage
to other parts of the building, as that
was considered useless. Geliabof in
sisted upon doing less harm, to decrease
as much as possible the number of vic
TINS. Chatoorine, on the contrary, con-
sidered it inevitable and showed that
the explosion was bound to result in q
large number of victims fifty people
would certainly be killed.; "why then
not add more dynamite and make sure
that it will reach him. Let us do it at
once and have no use for another con-
spiracy." Such was Chatoorine's opin-
ion.
The great risk in carrying dynamite
into the palace while the watch was con-
tinually being increased, and also the
rumor that the carpenters were to move
to some other place. compelled Chatoo-
rine to agree to have the explosion take
place, with the means at hand, as soon
as an opportunity occurred.
| A favorable opportunity meant a CO.
incidence of two things: the czar to be
| in his dining room and Chatoorine-in
his room. in the absens of others. The
cxar was in the dining room daily, at a
certain time-half an hour earlier or
later. As to the carpenters and the spy
ing gems d'arme, their presence or ab5
sence depended partially upon the or
ders of the watch and partially upon cir
cumstances.
A favorable coincidence could not,
therefore, be expected 80 readily,
and when at the BEGINNING of February
Chatoorine was prepared to "acp it tsev-
eral times resulted in failure. During
that time Chatoorine used to leave the
palace daily and meet Geliabof, commu-
nicating to him the result of his work
and in case the explosion took place
Chatoorine was to hide himself with
the assistance of Geliaboff. Thew met
on the Admiralteisky lot. in the dark,
rarely greeting each other. Chatoorine,
gloomy and illfeeling, passed near Celia
boff, murmuring nervously: "Could
not, failed" Such information Celia
boff received for several DAYS. At last.
February II. Chatoorine, in most tran
quill manner, saluted Geliaboff, and, like
a phrase in an ordinary conversation
pronounced "done.'
A second later and wonderful explo-
sion corroberated the news. The lights
in the palace were extinguished. The u.s.
ually dark Admiralteisky lot seemed still
darker. What happened there, on the
other side of the lot? Was he alive, for
whom so many lives had been sacrificed +?
Neither Gehaboff or Chatoorine could
know that, their great curiosity notwith-
standing. Masses of people ran to the
palace; the fire departments lmmedi-
ately arrived. They saw many things
being carried out of the palace; it was
the dead and wounded-thev were so
manyl But how was he, the cause of
all this tutchery Alexander II?
Geliabofr and Chatoorine soon left the
scene of horror. For the latter safe
refuge had already been prepared; as
safe one as was possible in Russia.
Only upon his arrival there did Chstoo-
rine feel the weakness of his nerves.
Tired and sick he could hardly stand on
his legs. He made inquiries, however,
whether there were sufficient number
of weapons in the room. "I shall not
surrender alive" he said. He became
quiet when told that the house was pro-
tected with dynamite bombs. =.
The news that the czar escaped death
worked badly on Chatoorine. He felt
completely broken down, and only the
assurance of friends that the explosion
had created a wonderfully good sensa-
ton was to him kind of consolation.
BE never forgave Geliaboff though for
once applying to him the name of "fail-
ure."
hava added dates and nlapea of eye.