The Dickinson press., 1892-12-17
CHAPTER NNlII.
THE MYSTERY OF THE rxKNowv.

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FROM pont tp unlht lic huSle> l'eaie' as
the alarm spread, ana then the drums
beat Il tattoo aS the soldiers We're summon
ed to muster and prepare for any contln-
eerry. Or always npperMo>t ~ the OF
iicial mind was the profanity, Ola sener-
e, al revolt "i the eohv!ct>; there'orea a busic
| warin, nj might seemed suggestive oil
sonnet thing serious
In the terrible distress which ,h!S alarm
| occaSl"ned !icr, karhcl eohiided IN Arr
friend Catherine telling her all that had
happened; and Rachel derived mort
from What her Trend SAID III reply, which
"ns .hiS;- ..,,.,.. r.,.,.,.;,
concern not yourself lhouSh l'aiaS''h
be dead. You did not slay hlm. And how
/ could they blame You for IL ! told you at
hr>t that you should play With nm uhti
NE hour was rlPe TO shake NourSeil iree OF
him. He has been OF use to Us; but he WIS
one o! tbe enemy; and why should we
Trouble about hlm; .,
1T is not about hlm trollble, moaned
Rachel. wringlng her hands III her distress,
| iii Is oi MoShka.
| An And yet perchance II he had Sue
eeeded III getting beyond the iihes he may
escape entirely, But let not your heart
droop chance mas iaNorcu us so lar Shahce
may favor lis still.
Fer the next hour or TWO Rachel leel-
lngs underwent many changes Now she
hoped; anon she de'paifen. Ana then she
had to endure inca OF suspense; lot sue
| uare not venture OUT 10 aiHci'a II Wh.l WAS
being done for there was ari.iG rule in the
settlement that when an alarm was sound
Ell every convict liust Keep wl'hih ms
hut on pam OF death. anu so checpiE was
convict I'VE hc'u IN the Set'!e'neht tia' lhe
soldierS Wou'd nave sI'ol down anyone
without compunctlon VINO vehlured TO as
obey the Torder' ~ wou'a hot haye mat
tered to them that the person was woman
Their argument would nave peeh
we are ordered 10 SHOOT, and we Will
shoot. irlkaZ-lt Is the command.
me Russian soldier IN convex s'atoh
OF siberia carries out ms orders "l'h
brntish unfeaSonlng ana IN me present IN
stance he would not nave heSitatea 10 put
bullet INTO chlld oil tender years II IL
had gone 1orth INTO the open al ,hat mo-
ment.
Now let us see now me alarm came 10 oe
raised. II has already heeh pointed out
that during me WINTER me settlement was
scarcely guarded al an bS sch'flcS' 'or IL
was Wen Known 'hat no conIict' III pro-
v!ded as he Won. q ne WIN ciolheS anu pro-
VISIONS, could possibly ilVe IN me WOODS
during the AItlc coid, when the tlefmone-
ter continued lor weeks lar p'low zero. hul
when the temperature rose ana 'he SHOWS
nSAS A''S si''F, e'',A ''N 'eNA - 81
the cuckoo proclalmeut that SOUTHWARK tIe
iron rule OF the frost h'hS was over lor 1he
year, attempts al escape became lfeqoeht,
and extra precautions were taken by lhe
authoIltles ,.,
AT the time OF Mo>hka II ut. althouSh
the SHOWS We're melting, the weather wa, wa,
sun severe. ana 50 me ou'iSilis seh'rie> iiiu
not been placed; pu' at certain hohrS dur-
inS the dar5ness pa'iol wen. 'hroush me ,,
village, ana inns Prac'lrG,e was lep1 up III.
through 1nr winter lh", ~ came 'oo,i.
that Balakhin t was ionnn lyihE on tha
grouhu peri e,iS l.sensioie. !, see,,'eo . e'1
ciear W InI "i'lee. y, ,u a'au. , m l,'i a az
sounded the wcil-knowh notes oil alarm OF
hls bugle. ,,-.. -...-
IN very snort time 1lierealter a slronf
oody.o'Folu,ers i,lea.ou. ~. vi .ile paliaeks an.
. were posted Dy lheir oilleeis AT various com
!ha.iuiiis ioin.s III ny, Va o'ue ~,
70 s'ahu T sura Mi.n s ,.el' ai.,es "a ~ tn' in
leauh. lnae a9i't s.IPs VIZ 'iAei' ' w mn.
o"t .ne ca'.se u e''c a., ai,a, ail,, j.
was t,'t ~ nr ,'h ~,
was oolie iaIlu'A ~ 'ne va. NAV, 'aeAs' ''lu VI
surgeon sullnlpneu. anu lhe,l plee IN ,.'u, ~
1he sllehce o. ..ie n'S'I was pIahHn t,i, pN W
neanh a ,a oa nuets .i in , ,ha r c % .m1
rs aai .he e9',lces ~, t, ~, rti
were ordered 10 come lol.n 10 muster roa
Attms coihmanu every man anu Monia
haa 10 turn out lis.af'iN' hot even Mal.,i, !,
70 put on lheir cio'lles y .'ies i.hpPenea. |.
pe ularessea' anu i.Ea.i W., ~ .no l.. n!o"'
"nere corool. VI soiulef9 Mas uiumn' ,,,o
5 by this means IL was astei'1rnsu VIZ .is
:, Moshka uinanski Mas iliiss.i's. mere wv WI
ne! NO one coulm ai'SMri, ,: a!'u ~. one
scouts were seiiI on III 'li o.'e
u the village. men every pei,pn m"s que
:. honeo as 10 Mll;a' heA'e" oi''ic oul'"s'
~ ~ as II was termed
= Rachel suffered many ranss during IN
y ordeal. But she had now gone through
Il many ordeals that she comported herse
- with outward composurc. but as IL WI
u u known that Balakhln had been paying ~ ~
% attention, she was questioned closely. 81
=, declared however, thae She hao h;1o
u hand in the outrage which Was true; al
all the questlohlHs ana an tne sciut 81
was supJected 10 co'io pr'hS hothlhs
light as lar as she was concerned.
-, 10 the o1hclals therefore, the analr "
= a mystery, but necessarily they connect'
the injury from which Balakhln was suite
ing with MOshka's escape, and it W
rs the convict i'll his preparations for higt
e, had attempted to stop him, and been owe
come. Fortunately for Rachel, no one II
he seen her and Balakhn together that eve
l.. ing except Catherine, and she was staune
le So much having been ascertaned by t
officials, orders were at once ven to
take the fugitive dead or alive. But 1T
vs. all in his favor that night had fallen.
or P.isue ' t"'!an"y S,: Wv ~
10 hlsIt Was q useiIno l'ioeeeua.: l', d. ~ !,
no so it seemed to those concerned, But
pursuit vas to be commenced with the We
t." first gleam of daylight.
ne If, however, Moshka made good use
his opportunities, the chances. were in
~ iavor. ne co9!u Dress p,. ,,, a.. alsi'; !,
~, pei't u:ti,S .!e uaE, a.t at -, NJ u;
nef again Ml.,, ia, '; ,it ~, H., u
mcnse extent of ,racklcss forests which
be forded safe cover to i'll ,itivc, and an
,cn certainty as to the way lie would ta
ict =. ~ WAS Mel' h.oMii .i;at nc "uuu ',oa 49, -
,bo SOUTH
'es, IN most es runaway was not ptrs'
ate inr lor thefe was common saying a.lo! 81
rds 81 when u man had got away, that Nat
Us would bring back The tscaued prisol