The Dickinson press., 1892-01-09
V' BY j. E.Nvoooe".

gloomy, weird region, where
the ground is so swampy and boggy that
cultivation is impossible
Here in this sterile spot are two huge
barracks, or prisons. There are also few
wooden houses for the accommodation of
the soldiers and officers, and all beyond is
Wilderness. On S,khalin God seems to
have sc. His curse, but to Sakhalin the
miphty Gar OF Russia sends many of his
| subjects witlia refinement of the cruelty
I at might he the invention oithe com.
mon enemy o mankind. And there they
ro, while yet alive, there they 20 mad,
| there they die, there they are buried, and
| ina lt;.c while no man knoweth their
grave.
The next morning Rachel was brought
before the Commandant by his orders. and
once more She and Peter Alexi eff We're lace
to face. lie had changed materially since
they last me-. Climate and rough living
had ased him. His hair had grown white,
his eyes were snnkcn, and the minSma OF
the swamps had withcred his skin and
lurned it yellow.
So, Jewe>s We meet again. he said, as
lie tiXe his eyes ll,on her and cvinced sur!
prise as he noted the change that had tax Ell
| place i'll her.
I'VE do,' she answered, with suppress
ed iierccncss that increased the habitual
| trown his face wore.
"You have come to see your iather?" hi
remarked with j cruel, callous SMILE
81 Sc; out from st. Petersburg with that
object. As he is dead shall see him no
more in this world.
'llow know you that he is dead?" cried
Alexicff with sharpness that ecm to con-
ccal menace.
| Il learned it. " she answered with sneer.
| "From whom?'
| "l will tel you not"
| "llavc cire, woman"
| ooh, do not threa'en me- am here in
| your power. j know it, and you may tor
| But, l'e or AIeNic.', in the name of the
Great God on high the God of Jew and
Gentle alike, say beware. Human lite is
but span. a.d the Lord has said, "Ncn-
.cance is Nine"
She spoke SO solemnly and strangely that
| his cowardly, supcrstitious nature caused
him to shrink within himself but raising
his voice, which was harsh and discord-
ant, he exclaimed: woman, ] brought
you not here TO handy words with you,
but to speak OF my son. Through your ac-
cursed face he has lost his reason. and he
bewi,ched him. l do not say that you
have done th,s purposely, but it is so, and
he is powerlcss tn resist you. The end of
this has come. The iniatration that has
held him so long in thrall will pass away
when the object that provoked it is far
|
will lie be my son again, and will come to
hat. your race as | haze ten. Now mark
| You this. You are a Prisoner here Your
life is in my hands: but give you that life,
/ give you Liberty on condition that in my
pre-, nccyo tell my son that under IL" Cir
/ further, and that Lcnccnrth yoar paths
will be widely nsunder. When you have
| done that | will give you taci iticS for lcav-
ing this place and reaching Vladivostock
| on condition that you swear to leave Rus
sia aud so to France or England, Or any
condition?'
II do" she answered. with disguised
sncer.
Peter Alexieif sm:...A to himself as he
rang his bell, and gave the attendant who
came some instructions. And Il lew mini
u,cs after that Ivan was brough; t, his
fathers presence, guarded by two soldiers.
"Boy,' sad his father sternly, "behold
this Jcwess whom like one Histraught you
have followed SO many thousand, of miles
Here now from her own lips that the pas
sion you have is hopeless one. Speak
Jewess is that so?"
''It is.
"And nothing on earth would induce
you to accept him or your husband?"
| "Nuthing."
"You hear that, boy. THIS Jewess de-
sIv,es you, and yet you. Christian, have
| pursued her across Siberia. Now then
shake Oft you madness and be man. Let
this in:atution influence you no longer.
Surely you have more ambition than to be
dcsp sed by Jcwcss! Go. and when you
next sfe me let me know that you have
| come to your scnses.'
Ivan spake no word. made no answer,
gave 10 sign that he was influenced hy
what lie had hear :. Wncn he had retired
in company with the soldiers Peter once
more struck his bell, and told his clerk to
make out a passport for Fachel Arama
which would not only entitle her to ,rav-
cl to Vladivo<tock, but give her the right
when once there to ship without let or him
drance to any port she might be disposed
to 20 to.
The passport ready. he handed it to her,
saying: 'In two or three days time con-
voy will be going down to the coast and
thence to the mainland. You shall go with
them. And ere you go will give you
money enough Tor your immediate needs. "
Rachel took the passport, and as she fold
ed it up and placed it in the bosom of her
dress she merely remarkcd:-
For the present our greatness has done
with me?"
"Yes. You may 90"
Without another word she turned and
left the room, and then Peter AleXieti
laughed to himself as lie thought that he
had done very clever thing.