The Dickinson press., 1892-12-24
CHAPTER NNIlI-CoxrlSrEp.

"tie has found peace at last. the peace o
death in the wilderness. Bm. though hi:
grave l know not. and my tears will nevcl
TALL upon it. vet in the tu.lne>S OF time We
shall meet again where there shall he NJ
more weeping. and the just and the unju +.
shall be Judged according 10 tl-ir m rits.
The Little p%,rtirs that had been sent III
in different directions To lunt tor the runa
way gradually returned but brought nc
fittings. There csraph ad also been free
IL used, to give warning to the different
villages along the rn d. Blu rs the telc
graph wire only followed the post-roac
il VS. hardly likely to avail much; or nc
man seeking his freedom would have beer
mad enough To trave!Sc thetcl's aph route
Hi, only hope was the Wilderness; hul
though til Il might ell .hlc him to clul,
the human hluodhuundS, there We're Il
many other dangers To lie faced that dcatl
was always near. and hope was only like q
sicklv s%limmeriug starth 1t seemed 10 mock
the taiuting heart and weary ewes. and t,
lure ono on to madness.
When the soldiers reported themselves
there Was a general feeling OF evaporation
among the officials that Umanski Sh"uid
have cluIed- what they would have tenn
ed-Jutice. But III many an execrutio.
on llieic lips they said one To another, "Ah,
he riots anyway, .or it is certain he is
deal"
OF course, The wish was father to the
thought.
A. was always the case when 4
prisoner succeeded in getting away,
ex ra vigi ance was exercised, al!d
increased severity Was shown t" til.
other prisoners; for, US 1t seemed, the
officers could not resist the temptation ,C
resent their spleen upon someone. 1t was
tyranny, but every Russian officer, or Off.
cial of any Kind, no matter what his grad,
MAY be, whether high OF low, is, generally
speaking, Il ,ylant; aud he seems To take u
strange, half iicEdi>h delight i'll exercising
his tyranny upon those who are unable II
resent it.
Throughout. the whole of Siberia this is
particular y the case; perhaps it j. because
they are made calt"1s by the suffering and
wretctednc.S surrounding them. And
then the power that is placed in Their
hands is 50 grca: aud they are so lar re-
moved from central control, that the brute
uature-inherent i all men-is allowed 10
gam the ascendency.
Theincica-ed Observation-Disclosures
imposed a ter tnanski'> flight aud Balak'
hin's death affected the wives, friends an
childreno the convicts. as we'll as the con
ket ito her hut. with the exception OF short
tim" devoted to exercise each dry. Pau
Patrovna, who had been promised NOR
freedom, was now in ormed that lie would
be kept q close prisoner, and the pr vilegc
his wife had enjoyed oiseeing him at stated
intervals was taken away.
OF course. there was no reason or ever
common sense in all This; but it was quite
In accord with the usual practice followed
at the Kara mines, at least, if not all over
Siberia under similar circumstances The
idea that was uppcrmost was. perhaps,
that the increased hnrshness and severity
would induce the conNicts themselves to
use their endeavors to prevent the escape
ofany more of their number. But it had
90 such effect, and when a prisoner made
= break for liberty he generally carried tho
good wishes Of his fellows with him.
AS regards Rachel, the deprivation of The
small measure o freedom she enjoyed did
not cause her much concern; but Catherine
was furious. Hers was too rough and
fierce a nature to be tanned even by means
IF bars and cha ms. She trctted and
tuned and vowed vows. Nevertheless, she
had cunning enough to tight with herself
md subdu. herSel for during that long
and tear ul journey across Siberia she had
learnt enough OF the power OF those in
command TO know that though she was
endowed with the strength Of Samson, the
might Of Hercules. and the ticrcene>s of the
igress robbed OIL her yonn., she could not
hope to prevail against the numbers who
represented the law, UGH as it was, ana
he found a measure OF consolation i'll the
thought
''rhe day will come"
She meant of course the day of yenge-
ance. But when u would come and how
il would come she could form no idea:
Yet was the thought hope to her, and
the waited and was silent.