Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-11-24

stars, but :,ad been beatehGiawn to the
sar. I and &c, thi S,, npc< ne had fS'yhed had lad
h nnS 'fr on ais eshoSs
ed 'n hs sv OF sna sf1 eo@.
tort in her presence, niV, equrnd OF her
voice often lifted him ouS ,ro az; gloom that
cnwraprcd him. But noAl"wl housht and
hope as that which sustained her upheld
believed that the only freedom he would
know would be that which death would
bring.
At first he showed no disposition to be
| friendly with. UT even courtcousto. Rachel.
| He had been imhucd with the dislike so
general amongst his countrymen, for peo-
| l'le OF the Jewi h persuasion. His d slike.
| however, had been rather of passive
| character. lit found expression at all, it
was in Il. silent and con'emptunus bear
ing ct towards Se 1nat Of ferha rood his n pTS
more was unrcasonins: that is. he never
| troubled himself to inquire why he dis
| liked the Jews In so 'ar as Rachel was
concerned however, his prejudice gave
way. He had found an opportunity to
| ask his wife WHO Rachel was and Cath
| crime had answered him thus
| SHE is going to her father and her lover
They are i'll Sakhalin. She is y voluntary
exile. She may clip VS."
| Help us! How" Paul had asked in
surprise. ;,
| was GATHERINGS strange answer. "rwo
desperate women may do much.' AS
Catherine uttered this little speech. Paul
saw III the future some great possibilities:
| 1.-Two desperate women may do much"
| Y, ey will dare much and suffer much, and
for sweet loves sake they may 1in.lly
| conquer.
| II pondcred on these wor Is. They af-
| foried him food for reflection for many
and many a day. And he shaped them
this way. and lie shaped them that and,
| finally, he came to the conclusion that two
| desperate women. actuated by common
cause. might find q means to crcunlvent
even TIL" vigilance OF mercenary Sentrics
and if they dd-tlere was an ''if' in the
ca>c-wh" could tell what might happen?
III that 'ii" he found Il something thai en-
| Outraged him to iuster a faint hope.
| Except i'll the winter months, when snow
and ice render navigation Impossible, the
convict route from 1iunlcn i by convict
bargr down the great river Irish. and then
VI Oh, to the town Of Tomsk, q distance OF
| seven hundred miles.
| During the day the cXiles. VIII" are never
freed from their chains, arc allow d to
promenade about on the UPPER
deck in Il sort OF huge cage, VII ch
is su divided by wire partition
Sc, aratin~ the men from the women
though through the me~hes of the wire
! they ca" converse with each other. Blu: AS
sentrics are constantly patroliing up and
down. the converse ion has to be guarded.
| Nevertheless Ca her ne d Il occasionally
find "pnort nifty to speak cheering wo' DIS
to her husband; she told him rs much as
she, lad learnt f,om ache, and spoke
| highly of her. and by The time ToWSk was
reached he looked on the Jcwess with cnn-
saerahly less prejudice.
Now UP to rhiS pint Paul had in q GER
tain sense cen sulenly Indifferent to his
future fate. Possibly. ifit had not ben Iu1
death bv bre king from the ranks "h the
tir.t opportunity. knowing that before he
had & 'ttcn many wards away he would all
riddled with bullets from the rit1 : o the
convoy guar y. But at T"m>k all incident
occurred that brought about great change
in him. He was ia king Ia his vile one
day in the courtyard of the forwar ing
prison where the convic are kept until the
t me comes tor re>umiug the jour ey tC
f s'ern Siberia, which is still over two
thousand miles away. the road beng tray
er>ed on loot, except by til" sick and i'll
firm. As he 20 talked All officer OF the con
vOy guard cau,e along. ami rs Gather nt
happened to be standing IN his direr
lin. o W Tx. he instead ct Swerving little
to the right or let. pushed Il rou ynnt
ru ely out OF his way, SO that she reelet
! and nearly cit to the ground. The hlo"'
Quivr.ing with passion Ire xclaime.l:-
Beast all fool! such an insult rs tina
offered to my vile. under any other cir
cum>tnnces than those II VIII CHI am nov
placed. should cos, you your life"
"Y"u threaten. do your" cried the off
Ger. stopping suddenly in his course Il
turning roun like fierce " ma that wa
making ready to spring upon his p"ey.
AYE, l threaten. aud may even carr,
! ont my threat il YOU lie not more polite"
'Hn. guartl!' cal ed the ntfi er. and TIVE
.. gend.rmes stepped forward; seize thi
man and take him to the punishment
ground
With a great scream OF agonizing DIES
pair. Catherine sprang to her husband ait
threw her arms about his neck. Bnt an
!. drag ed ruth! es~y away and hurled
the earth, where she lay stun
ned. Paul knowing the uSel.~~nesS I
Resistance made none. all walkel wit
.. sullen mien and compressed lip. hetwee
the guard to what was known as tho. p,u
hment round. There his rag ell shil
was stripped nom his back and h We
> mercilrssly beaten with the ku,ut, the o
. ticer who l,atlor er.'d whipping admir-
istering several bows himself.