Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-10
CITING OUT OF russia.



A Travellers Anxiety Concerning noou-
msui= Sent Through the Malt
Upon the advice q some Of my friends
IN Minusinsk. decided 70 get rid OF all
my note books. documents, Letters from
political convicts and other dangerous
and discriminating papers, by sending
them through the mails 10 friend IN
Sc. Petersburg. To inirust such ma.
torial to the Russian postal department
seemed a very hazardous thing 10 dc,
but my friends assured me that the
postal authorities In Minusiuak were
honorable men who would not boirty to
the police the fact that had sent such
package. mud that thoro was little prob
ability Of IT. boing opened or examined
IA st. PotcrshuTg. they thought thni
the danger ~ l1s.uy my uotc aud p,p.rs
On the mails waa not nearly 20 great ~
tue danger Of having them takon from
me a. the result Of a police search
The material 10 question amounted 10
weight TO about forty pounds, but a.
packages OF all sizes arc commonly sent
by mail IN Russia, mere bulk Ia itself
was not suspicious circumstance. ]
had box made by an exiled Polish car
pcnier. took It to my room at night, put
into u the results OF my whole Siberian
ex.criancs-mosto Of tho dangerous pa.
pors being already concealed IN tho GOV.
ers Of books and the hollow sides 81
small boxos-tewcd II mp carefully 10
strong canvas, scaled II with more than
twenty seals and addressed 1t to friend
In 81. Petersburg. whose political trust.
w0rthiness was beyond suspicion and
whose mail believed would not be
tempered with.
Thurday morning, about half m hour
before the lefhi.weekly post was 10 leave
Minusinsk for ~, Petersburg. carried
the box down into the courtyard under
the cover Of an ovorcoat. put u into .
sleigh, throw u robe over It, aud went
with It myself to tho postofice. The
officials asked no questions, hut weighed
the package, gave me written receipt
for II aud tossed II carelcssly upon pile
OF other mail matter that clerk was
putting into largo leather pouches. |
gave one last look AZ II, and left the
postoflce with heavy heart. From that
time forward | wa. never free from anr.
ic,y about II. That package contained
all the results Of my Siberian work, and
its loss would be simply irr.parable. As
week after week passed, and | heard
nothing about IL, 1 was strongly tempted
10 telegraph my friend and find out
whether It had reached him, but knew
that such telegram might Increase
the risk, aud refrhincd.
We reached the Russian capital on the
10th u March, aud ~ soon ~ had left
Mr.. Frost az hotel with our baggage,
called droshl,y, drove to the house. OF
the friend 20 whom had sent my pre-.
cious box Of note books and papers. and,
with fast beating heart rang the bell
and gave the servant my card. Bciora
my friend made bis appearance was In
u perfect FOYER of excitement and an1.
iety. Suppose tie box had been opened
by the postoltlco or police officials aud III
contents scirsd. What should have o.
show for almost yrar Of work and
suiIorngi How much could l remem'
Der Of all that had seen and heard
What should do without the written
record Of names, dates, ami all the mul
tiiudinous aud minute details that CIV,
yorisimilitude to n story
Ny friend entered the room with ~
calm aud unrutiiod countenancc a. u
he had mover heard Of box Of papers
and my heart sank. had half expected
TO be able TO SEQ that box Ia his face.
cannot remember whether 1 espresso
any pleasure at meeting him. or mad
any inquiries with regard TO his health
For one breathlels moment he was 20 IN,
merely tho possible custodian Of box
think he asked me when arrived, AM
remarked that he had some letters fOl
Inei but all / am certain OF Ia that. afte
struggling with myself for moment
until | thought could speak withou
any manifestation OF excitement, IN
qu.red simply, "pid you receive u boi
from inof'
"a boxf he repeated intcrrogatively
Again my heart sunk; evidently he ha.
not received H. "Oh, yes" no con
tinued. ~ n with a sudden flash Of com
prehension, "the big square box scwe,
/ w VI fAAANhHs vs. AAAA NfNfs
/ was told afterwari that there wa
no perceptible change In tho gloom.
March weather Of ~. Petersburg at tina
moment, but l am confident, neyerthe
le.s, that at least four suns, Of the larg
est size known 10 astronomy, began i'm
mediately to shine into my friends iron
windows, aud that could hear robin
and meadow larks singing all up an
down the Neysla prospect.
sent the precious notes aud paper
out OF tho empire by special mes,en
ger, In order TO avoid the danger Of
possible search OF my own baggage a
tho frontier, and four days later Nh
Frost and were In London. --GeoTg
KEENAN, in Century.
iiow some Men Waste Time.
The trim STONED al a little town.