The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-30
THE STOLEN. T.. p SPORTS.
An Incident Of Nil zry Life on
the Russian Tr tier.


wao ;rst s,,t,nr don., ,or o,,ot
.aa.in. ", ~ s,oao -, ordar1,,
tbraw the door oman and j lad into tho
.aas,
s.rant.in S.oh, a,on,tol,. Ia or,od
handing mo ono Of those littlc, oficiai
blue enyelones which I knew so we'll.
+ tore Il omen and read the contents
ITO Captain SASHA Commander Of Frontier
Station on the Vistula Detain Ivan Brosky
and Vladimir PROGRAM. they VIII reach you
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tier station,at Dana which los On tho
great biobroad between Russia and the
anstrtan cttv of Cracow- and only a half
milo distart~--was- ttse-river VistuIa
witch dividos tho dominions ~ the En-.
naror Francis Josenh from the dominions
81 tho Car
n wac INV dntv ~ examine tho .nass.
ports Of all travellers coming either way.
and to sorutinize their luggage. to see
that no Russian nroducts were smikpled
into Austria. or vice versa
For tbo loet faw dave tbera had hoen
rtt1o 70 do Warm ,ye.tbar-.nnusuol
~ tbts ,;n,a.of tho vear-bad sat IN and
The roads vera in had condition for
travelling.
THO d;snotcb T had iust raoa;vad had
hear bronabt ON horsahacl1 from -tha
naarest teierranh station nearly 6va
n,,Ias dfstont and from, tho sirn.+rre
! tho hottor 7 knew q mnst he nat.
tor - COVE ir,nortanco a., corora,
Tnrpo vas tho Ministor ~ police ond
his varv nama was n terror tn OWL doers
,nstruotod NV man 70 watch tho
Goods 9TH ovtro caro
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.san sao Nd aithar haan annrahandod
hosora thsn raachod tho froptiar or bad
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anmmoned mo wn!stoirs 7 dressed
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p"V gu. piioo vas III seoio wi ne.
men shey hanueu oSer sheir passports
! louha' 10 my conservatism 'ha' ehey
-pore sie' NAMES y, Aie Ais-' 1'aihose anu
oerRlus meiihon' anu "ero properly
Sta'hpeo anu sigheu'
10 hide my CONFUSION 1 made some In
qulrles, and theyvery frankly informed
me that they were merchants OF st.
petersburg who were gong. to Cracow
on business.
HAD they met any person on the
roadT inquired.
Yes" said the smooth-faced man,
WY A"A peooSN WV iASh SotAy Al WV
evening, but their horses seemed to be
lame and they were moving very slow
ly."
Ihesitated q moment and then ordered
an examination to be made Of their
baggage, proceeding to which they
made no objection. Every thing in
their yalises, however, was all right
and their linen and toilet cases were
stamped with their initials,
l felt that l had no authority to de-
tain them, and yet hated to see Thorn
go, for had presentiment that all was
not right. To add tony suspicious the
man with the beard was nervous and
agitated, fact which he did his utmost
to conceal. q
! knew too we'll, however, what would
be the result of blunder committed
through excess of authority, so 1 deter
mined to he ON the safe side, and after a
delay, which l stretched out as far as
possible,I told them they were free to
proceed
l escorted them to the door, where q
low. one-seated sleigh awaited them,
drawn by pair of horses, which l saw
at a glance had been hard driven.
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