The Dickinson press., 1892-12-03
CHAPTER NN.
AT The KARA MINES

CHAPTER M.
AT THE KARA MINES
As soon as Kara was reached, Paul Pet
rovna-againSt Whom q black report was
, presented, owing to the incident at IONS X,
when lie threatened a brutal officer who
had in>ulted Catherine-wa> ordered INTO
Close confinement in the jealous y-sutided
prison. while Catherine and Rachel were
0uartered in the houses of SONG so-caiied
ir, e convic,s--,lst is, convic,s Who were
ALLOW ed to build hutS 10. themselves and live
IL comparatively free lite. free iron the INK
some restraint %; the prisons. The on
ward journey sill further, I" the east Tor
those who We're destined Tor the lower
Amoor and Sakhalin would not be com.
! luemccd until the spring had opened the
| roads again. 50 that those who had not yet
reached their final destination had many
months to get over before doing SO.
CatherimeS separation from The husband
she so adored was a great blow. but just be-
lore parting he had managed to say TO
her;
shall meet as,in. ior cannot think that
God las forgotten us; and do not desert
Rachel. She is lonely ana iriendess.,
Even without This expressed p,,y wish o, OF
desert Rachel she would not, have
done so: for they were more closely and
firmly knit thar ever by the suffering AMI
the sorrow they had endured.
Rachel had borne up bravely through it
all. but il WAS with an lneNpreSSlbie sense
oi thankiulncsS that she found herself at
last freed from the horrors and the restraint
of the etaprs and the forwarding PRISONS
and vet the accommodation OF the hut i'll
which she now obtained shelter in Kara
was of the most measre kind. The hut was
built OF tlriitwood, tho er>t ces OF the
, =. "A tn log
ont the wind and the CO There was no
other bed than that viii medirty skins
and rugs on the floor atfor. and warmth
was obtained by logs burnt III hole i'll one
corner of tie hut, the smoke finding its way
out through an opening in the root, III
Rachel had come suddenly to tins place
rom her once luxurious homein ST. Peters
burg She would have shrunk with loathlng
from her surroundings. but what she had
gone through during the long journey
through Siberia made this wretched place
seem almost like Il little palace
1t was still terrible trial to have to
wait there inactive amidst the Artic snow
during the long, long weeks that would
havcto eiapse before the first welcome notes
OF The cuckoo would proclaim that the
roads were open again. And then the sus-
pense was we'll nigh madden &. There
| was scarcely a minute OF her waking hours
hut what she thought OF her loved ones,
s.. Si,a vnnii.rad whnt thcv We're doing. how
,hnv lived if they thought as much of her
as She thought OF them
\ And sometimes there was wordcss
prayer in her heart that if God had not
already taken MoShka to his rest He would
do so; ior rulhlcssly torn from her as he
,,uu ,. Eu cornor. nf tho earth lila
t,'t,. ,o n,,n lf rrnttoraiIa tor
,nu to'n ,ar p f~ ue het,er v ~ ,harefnrc that he
shnmla s,.,Ii die '' Srverin her widest dreaming
,, SO M VI ,raadnn II seemaS
,o'i'u -, ". 'i",e '',, 1rt,, Il" 10 ,;.h him I.nd
,,c, w. , "r y" nt,,ar = ,vas Gonna.
IN 'he hn easu VI ci e ,,na ,rs, 'or,,ss;on to
wiz. ui.ieiem.' In, .I '"u ~. nd ha,,, ,,,,, ~,
70 10 hlil' .iiu iie. Jo"' NY NV .'rosa u
dsrtaken with that specific purpose, e.
bul !e. nol soi;is .,,", ~ s, ,,as ,,.as ,,oe
uhuerstoon as mp Sils .:,', st'e WIS ,,oo
10 70 i've Ml.h mn aiu " Viii ,'n.,
ne s,el 1 n an" or; cn,ei Of ,roen nnd ciidren
lo!is "lo laot PEI my VI amV ~, Hal.
TeSiuins wlh ine'f ie'a'iNes vi 'hc o'e"A
Island Oh oaKhallh.
In sending convicts to that lnhoS pltable
place it seemed as il the authorities. with
devili>h ingenuity, Ii aimed at rendering
the lives OF the men as utterly ~retched as
it was possible to render them. The only
modification TO that was that such relatives
,i.r u, i ,,nras of N;lolnnw>t at thn month Of
the the'' Iv,no Amnor "' ;mmna;,,eIv onnnsite the
r.ar,, nr a.mo" ami 81 sahHal:m tr,,l Which # ia
} senarn'ea by narrow Straight known as
NJ n,,if ~ ra,,ar, wonla hn .ilnwnd at
s.,u "u. ~, ,,v riof ,s;t tn ,hose
h; aa.e" =" G on
p.lo,'hi ~ 't'e'i' "'to "sA va
, the lsii'na'
FOR the sake OF TINS miserable CONCESSION on
ieM oe,o!eu ~, Mot'ien' W., ,no, =, an, \
: children, dld repair to 'hat lonely ana
ou.oi-.neIM9'lu m sho.' - -, Mneie ,,rta f o;r;I;
were ~ az tr, tl. ~ No,
zn.ini', M.iu 'sni"aut; mu,'. 'A'"
# couiu ma Ky .iie eni"auu. st o,,a chi.
nn. ioTe axes % ao e9",. @ " eost nt " - s;il
ieTnG rol e na 'oSeI ur;v,ton oe s'.Tc sh,e nnd