Arizona republican., 1891-12-06

worthiness was beyond suspicion ana whose mail l believed would not be tempered with.
 Thursday morning, about half an hour before the seini-weekly post was to leave Minusinsk for St. Petersburg, carried the box down into the courtyard under the cover of an overcoat, put 1t into n sleigh, threw n robe over it, and went with it myself to the postoffice. The officials asked no questions, but weighed the package, gave me written receipt for it and tossed it carelessly upon pile of other mail matter that clerk was putting into large leather pouches. l gave one last look at it, and left the postofiice with heavy heart. From that time forward was never free from anx- iety about 1t. That package contained all the results of my Siberian work, and its loss would be simply irreparable. As week after week passed, and l heard nothing about it, was strongly tempted to telegraph my friend and find out whether it had reached him, but 1 knew that such telegram might increase the risk. and l relrained.
 We reached the Russian capital on the 18th of March, and as soon as had left Mir. Frost at hotel with our baggage, called droshky, drove to the house of the friend to 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. Before my friend made his appearance l was in a perfect fever of excitement and anx- iety. Suppose the box had been opened by the postoftce or police officials and its contents seized. What should have to show for almost year of work and suffering? How much could remem- Der of all that had seen and heard? What should do without the written record of names, dates, and all the null titudinous and minute details that give verisimilitude to story?
 My friend entered the room with as | calm and unrufiled countenance as If | he had never heard of box of papers, and my heart sank. had half expected | to be able to see that box in his face. cannot remember whether 1 expressed any pleasure at meeting him, or made any inquiries with regard to his health. For one breathless moment he was to me merely the possible custodian of box. think he asked me when l arrived, and remarked that he had some letters for me; but all am certain of is that, after struggling with myself for a moment, until l thought could speak withou, any manifestation of excitement, l in. quired simply, Did you receive box from mel"
 "A boxg' he repeated interrogatively Again my heart sunk; evidently he had not received it. "Oh, yes," he con- tinued, as if with sudden flash of com prehension, "the big square box sewed up in canvas. Yes; that's here"
 was told afterward that there wa' no perceptible change in the gloomy March weather of St. Petersburg at that moment, but l am confident, neyerthe less, that at least four suns, of the larg est size known to astronomy, began i'm mediately to shine into my friends iron windows, and that I could hear robin and meadow larks singing all up anC down the Nevski prospect.
 sent the precious notes and paper out of the empire by special messen ger, in order to avoid the danger of { possible search of my own baggage a the frontier, and four days later Mir Frost and l were in London.-Georg
 Kennan in Century.