San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-28
THE EXILES.
RUSSIAN STORY.

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Tsey, therefore, made ne further resist
ance. ra esr.
TIE day for the departure arrived.
1t was a fine winter day, entirely clear.
not too GOLD, and, in fact, all that travellers
in such d~esolate regions could wish.
Yermac wa radiant with satisfaction; al
last he was about to resume in regard to the
fugitivesl all his advantagesi. His final or
ders given, he paid a farewell visit to his
sons grave. ytti3z JIsJ,t 80 yiGf6 !
Bat when he returned what was his sur
prisei Little Ladislas was there! The
: child, already informed by the Yakoutes OF
the impending abandonment Of the hut, had
Immediately commanded them in the name
Of Yegor Semenoh not to- obey aYermacI
He feigned that Yegor had sent them or
ders by him to rejoin him with the marta.
at the Bay Of Kolioutchiie, bringing with
them the chief Of police, peaceably or foroi-
bly,.
1t was in vain that Yermac, seeing all his
trouble about to some to naught, strove to
resist. He was obliged to yield. The dogs
Of the nartas, already turned in, the, .direcI
ton Of the west, were brought around to.
wards the east. The loads. of the sledges
wereyiudiciously kept as they were by the
little Pole, who thought that the tobacco
and powder would be valuable articles OF.
exchange. He added only a few light
garments belonging to Nsdege and several
objects by which she set great store, not
forgetting the manuscript of Davidoff's last
poems.
The white reindeer was abandoned, q
trife foundered it is true, but out of all
danger Of being sacrificed by the Tchoukt
CHS.
The nartas started on the journey. Wax
once more seemed to wish to act as guide.
It was necessary, In the first place, accord
ing to Ladislas' account, to reach the Bay Of
Tchaounsk without going too far from the
coast, Then, with the aid Of the dog, they
would, perhaps, lind the tracks of Yegor
snd M, Lafieur.,
: Nadege, unhappier than ever since the
disappearance of ,Lsdislas and the white
reindeer, was subjected to all kinds of i'll.
treatment. She passed, her days over
whelmed with the most repuIsive tasks, and
;her nights in tears She suffered from hun
ger and cold, disguised by the unsavory
food offered her and refusing to take place
in the common alcoye. Night and day she
remained1n the exterior tent, where the
cold made itself terribly felt. The poor
girl saw herself wasting away and she
thoughtthat nothing but death could end
her woes:
One morning, the daughter Of the poet
Dayidoff, become the servant of a savage
with the near prospect Of being his wife,
was cooking reindeer meat in q cast-iron
pot, placed, over the fire in the centre of the
little circle # stdnes forming the. hearth in
the midst Of the tent. While she watched
the boiling, with her delicate hands she
emptied the intestines of the animal, to OBJ
tain from them and put,aside as delicacies
certain green particles resembling minced
splnaehyl FGup4qsV hnr1rlg-.Js az
She was aided in her toll BY a greasy and
ill-smelling old domestic, who suffered from
very acute pains in her left side and back.
The old woman at length drew her long
Jacket over her head and, Seating herself
On the ground before the young girl, begged
her by gestures to rub the Affected parts of
her body The tawny skin of the invalid
could not be seen for a'thick coating of filth.
Nadegs was forced to- comply with her re-
quest, while serving the breakfast to the
three principal persons of the tent, the
kamakay and his two wives, whose heads
and breasts alone protruded from the hang
ings of the alcove, the rest of the bodies.
very hinly clad, remaining within. ',.'
The breakfast was composed Of raw seal
1ivers a bowl of blood, yet warm and
smoking, from the same animal, and a dish
OF saur-krout m ade of fermented willow
leaves. - 1.iay.J Ius,r Hra
One of the wives, the'least tattooed, whose
name was Nuketou-the other was called
Kokeriabin-was quieting with a resonant
"Ah-la-YahI~ a weeping infant at her
breast,
While eating the polar sauerikraut, she
washed its face BY Licking y prrercifsealy as
uoeS an animal. ~ S-tiiuH UsE ~ siGi
Three warriors, armed with. pixies pointed
with wairus, tusksy were preseutas visitors
Seated on the ground upon skins, they ex.
changed with the inhabitants Of the lalcoye
their reflections on the tall white stranger
with fiaxen hair. .siaYii Is - hGgf
In a corner, a second servant-aatslave-
with arms bare and red with blood 10 the
shoulders, was engaged in cutting slices Of
seal fish.
Near her, smother wssmanla neighbor,
perhaps-was chewing a reindeer skin to
give it pliancy and render 1t iftfor the man.
ufacture of boots and gloves.ebiRiz 9aU 80
Beside the platform! dozed a2islnt! tsura
rounded by alitter Of pups, the plaintive
cries Of which mingled tremendously with
the bowls Of the frightful infant the wife Of,
the chief was consoling.
The snow was falling without, sitting
every sound and scattering occasional flakes
about the hearth through the opening at