Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-12-22

III st. Petersburg or Moscow, and ahey use .
it like tyrants. In this respect they do but I
is, the Gar; and all they do, andsll.<the
cruelty they practise, they ,io "Fon6Dd and
the Gar; which is parrot cry heard faA,n
one end o the country to the other N
The persecution OF the Jews, the wh6te-
sale arrests that periodically take place OF
young III and women who clalm the
right TO speak the thoughts of their minds,
the sutferings caused to the wretched exiles
everything is done 'For God and the
Ca. J" What the Car, clothed i'll purple
and fine linen. thinks, "a he sits i'll his
gorgeous lace, vi fully deaf to the vail
no man knoweth. But-it would be-
reverence for the God on high to sup.
pose that He looks iavorably OH the bAr-
barities l:,t are carried out III His name.
And yet "Fur God and The Car" comes trip
pingly off'he tongueof every Russian who
wears lie uni orm and who IL the execu-
ton Of his duty is called upon to torture
and break the hearts OF Ii tellow-men.
ivan AlrXieii. bang son OF the Chief of
Police, had n fair kno wle,Ige Of the power
which officials possessed; and when the ex-
sell an inmate OF Il cell in the Perm prison,
lie began to ret ct ser ouslv upon his posi-
tivn. And the more he reflected the more
II became cow. cti"n with him that he
was in q dilemma from which he would
not by any ,nrane find it easy to extricAte
himself.
He learned, too before he had been many
hours there how suprrm was the power
OF the petty Governor, whose pride had
been So wounded by the threat OF beating
him TO jelly that it seemed as j. nothing
short OF the lhreatener's blood would APP
fed on the coarsest TOO! subjected
to all sorts of ind. gnilies lncIud-
the CALLING leg letters, Ivan realized that
for his hastily uttered words weighty
penalty was to I've exacted. But these
at1ect,d him not Il jot as compared with
the anguish h !: suffered in being separated
fro!>, Rachel.
The influence that she had exercised over
him all unwittingly was SO enormous
that he was irresist bly, swayed this wav
magnet. He could not shut her out OF his
dreams; could not exclude her from his
waking thoughts. Her ace of exquisite
beauty WIS as ~: etfu,Sent star that. shin
ing nl into his eyes. so dazzled him that
he was bli"d TO all else. For her
gone through fire and water to
use g homely phrase-at her command.
There ore. il was doubly harL now, when
he had discussed llls own identity, to find
himself u prisoner in a Siberian prison on
a charge that mi lit end in h ) being sent
All exile to one o the lonely stations in tho
Arctic Tundra. Aud every day tn 1t passed
brou Int him the agonizing though. that
she was farther from him. 1t was like a
hot soaring iron burning into his
brain, while his heart seemed to be grip
Iun,rd until he felt tempted to burst his
chains and make a furious break Tor liber-
ty
But when the first heat his anger and
passion had burned itself out and he was
enabled TO reason ca mly. he could not tail
to recognize that his Only hope Of escape
was by the .xerci of cum ng. by patience,
by waIChluine>s, 10y waiting without COM
plaint fnr the opportuue moment; and even
then there were thousands of chances
against hi success. For The Perm prison
is one of,he bes1 guarded prisons ON the
stern and rigid are the rules that a pri oner
QUO shutup there might abandon hopo
entirely.
But Ivan was not aware Of all this, and
instead OF abandoning hope he fed upon it.
1t nourished him. 1t brought him
sleep ut night; it cnminrted him by day. It
kept him, III short, from going raving mad.
And yet. as the days began to stretch into
weeks this hope hickertd AID grew dim,
for he was forced to the concl usion that the
chance he yearned Tor was not likely to
come. When he did fully realize this, he
almost broke down with despair. and it
was while in that condition that he be-
thought him OF 4 course that would prob
ally free him rom lis cha ns and open his
prison door. 1t was desperate venture;
but as the losing gambler stakes his last
coin on the hazard o the throw that is to
decide his fate 81 did Ivan stake his whole
on this haz ,rd Aud having made up his
mind, he sent @ short note to the Governor
In which he said
II crave that your great nobility will
grant me an in ervi"w. can make a reve-
lati"n, Tor my name is not Paul Turnigieft
and am not a fur merchant"
In such country OF treason and plotting
as Russia is. note Of that kind was bound
to attract attention. and Ivan had not mis-
calculated its power. for the Governor sent
Tor him almost inmc lately.
during the interview the prisoner made
known who he was. That is, that he was
Ivan Alexietf, son Of Peter Alcxictr form.
erly Cniel OF Police of St. Petersburg, now
Governor offs ,khnlin.
his story very naturally caused the
Governor Perm to open his eyes in
astoniSllmens. tor he knew Peter AleXietf
very well. having formerly held Il subordin-
ate pc -iti"n, in the secret police of ST.
Petersburg. and to some ext ut lie was be-
holden to Peter :or lille services rendered.
Therefore having sitisI ell himself that
Ivan really was he person he represented
himself to be, he was disposed to deal !cni-
emily and kind y Will, Il III. But he ques-
TONED llm closely as to his reasons Tor
tiavrlin under an n stunned name, and in
coulralE with a Jcwess
(Tu BE CoNT1NUED
ALL FOR LOVE,