Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-11-17
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| ME how you will, for AM your Slave. and
the slave must obey. You have blinded
ME. Give me your hand and lead me where
you will, even though it be to eternal de-
| struction."
Destruction may awsit Us BOTH" she
| answered sadly.
LET it be SO. The prospect appals me
not"
I'VE will go forward then together. and
yet never forget that l tried to dissuade
| you, and warned you Of what might hap
| pen."
II shall forget nothing"
Not even your OATH" she said, signiH-
cantly.
Not even my oath"
1t was the day after this conversation
that he said to her.
"Rachel, is it not rosSible that you can
our Journey"
No, it is not possible" she answered,
with unusual emphasis.
When may l HOPPER no asked with
II know not Certainly not before you
have made the sacrifice you have sworn to
He had come by this time to un.
derstand that her will was, inhex.
idle, and that she could not be
persuaded out OF = purpose and argued into
course against which she had turned her
face; and SO he resigned himself to what
was now inevitable and remarked with \
sort Of moan
LET us so then. For when once we
have start Il it will seem to me Us feyery
step brought me nearer to the consumma-
ton OF my hopes"
And yet hope may turn to despair" she
remarked.
LET us 60" WAS his only answer and
that answer revealed his frame oil mind,
and told how powerful was the in iluence
she welded over him.
And SO it came to pass that two days later
they were travelling by rail to Nizhni
Novgorod. 1t was the early summer, so
that they would be we'll on their Journey
across Siberia before the winter SHOWS
came down.
The brie est possible stay was made at
the renowned FAIR City on the banks of the
Volxa. Rachel elt as i she could not re.
strain her impotence which prompted her
to move on and on and on until her goal
was reached and her great purpose accom-
plished. And tho first steamer leaving
alter they arrived bore them down the
stately Volga and up the lonely Kama,
with tswild and savage scenery. until,
alter y"vsge of 1.0O1 miles they renched
Perm. at the foot Of the Ural Mountains
nus III! LAc AuO UceN WITHOUT Ill
cident but at Perm, their passports were
demanded and their papers examined.
In Rachels passport she was described
as
THE daughter o. Aaron A-ana a Jew,
and convict telon, transported to Sakha-
lin."
The chief Of the police young man of
about thirty -four. read this Out aloud.
Then he looked at her with leering
glance, and said con emptuously:-
"a Jcwcss! Umph! Nature wasted beau
ty when she made You, and yet woman, if
yo, name your price may buy you"
Burning scarlet went her face, and words
Fly Ivan thru.t himself forward and
tioarishng his fist in tine chiefs face, and
carried away by the passion Of the mo-
mcnt, he exclaimed
.'lnsolent dog! Apolog re or, in hon
orr name, I'll beat you into jelly"
The Official started back. and, drawing
bis revolver, he was about to take aim when
Rachel threw herself between them, and,
st etching out her hands towards the chief,
she cried:-
Hold man, ifyou be a man, or if you
spill his blood curse will rest upon you,
and the spirit Of the murdered man-whose
only offence is rebuking you for your in
suit to me--wil haunt you night and day,
and drive you into raying madness"
These passionate w0rd-, evoked BY the
deslerateness of the situation, had their
effect on the ignorant and superstitious Of
flc'a!. who said with severe sternness:-
Woman. his life shall be saved But
know that it is crime to threaten an Of
ficial of the police" As he spoke he
struck o bell and messenger appeared
Send the officer Of the guard here with
four gendarmea.' The messenger retired.
Ivan looked at Rache! with o look of de-
SPAR. and she turned appeaIingly to the
chief. and said
what does this mean.
"Itinieans that this rutfian shall find
lodging In our convict prison here until
have found out more about him, and re-
ceived or'ie.s concerning him."
"Are you pitiless?" moaned out Rachel.
from Moscow to ether, AID he has pledged
himself to escort me to my destinatian."
II ain pitile,s,' answered the chief ofthe
police with coarse laugh; your beauty
na k, 8 me So"
before Rachel could say aught to this the
drawn sword and revolver in his hand, aud
at his heels were Jour men also heavily
armed.
"This person." said the shief pointing to
ivan. whose pale face wore a look OF the
most ptiable hopelessness ''who is describ-
ed In his passport as Paul Turnigief. fur
merchant OF Moscow, has inaulted me and
threatens to beat me into q jelly. Conduct
him, therefore to the prison. and see
thst he Is safely guarded. Even Moscow
sur merchant must be taught that he cam
not obstruct servant OF the Gar in his
duty with impunity."
Ivan knew the utter uselessness of re-
distance or remonstrance, and SO, yielding
70 the force OF circumstances which he
Gould not control, he obeyed the brusque
order o the officer to fall in, and. surround
I'd BY the four sendarmes. he was marched
Gus the building and conducted to tho
Convict prison. and as Rachel saw him 20
her heart sank, tor she felt as If her great
PURPOSE had thus early been nipped in the
bud, and that ah. must now 90 forward ON
she great journey alone, always pursuing
phshton; so to speak---a phantom that was
probably leading her to q cruel death.
But though she knew this she
daSe not halt, dare not turn
back, dare not paus.. because, over
and abOve everything she heard voice
!hnt called "DuTY" --aud blazing out before
ae> anxious eyes, that gazed so intcntly
and with such sad earl cstness toward the
darl, future, Duty was writ in characters OF
IRE. and towards that she was drawn as by
sotne great magnetic influence that could
not be resisted.