Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-10-20

Three days later he went to 10 Svsiky
Iamok with his friend and patro3 cunt
Suvorof, who. amongst many otherk 1hcial
duties he undertook, was that of in Rector
OF prisons. The coward, Peter SieXietf
was determined that Rachel should be
hogged, tlogginS being one of the commop-
est punishments in all the prisons, and ~
sorted to on the slightest provocation. He
had told the Count that Rachel had not
only threatened him but had used the most
violent language in speaking of the Car
against the Jews, and, as his mind had
been greatly intiamed against Arama, he
rejoiced WHEN he heard that Rachel had
been incarcersted.
"What of your new prisoner. the JeweSs?"
he asked ofthe governor ofthe prison, who
bore the reputation OF being particularly
brutal person.
'She is refractory, answered the govern
Now, it should be explained what was
meant by being refractory. Rachel had
been dclicately nurtured and brought up.
and her whole being revolted against the
dirt. the filth the coarse fare, and hardship
OF the prison. Suddenly called upon to do
the most laborious and degrading work not
only was her strength unequal to it. but
she protested that it was all outrage to ask
her 10 undertake it, since she had commit
ted no crime. This was what the governor
termed being refractory, and it afforded
Alexieif the very excuse and opportunity
he wanted; so, turning to the Count, he
| said
ut seems, almost difficult to teach these
people lesson, but surely there should be
some means ofgiving this saucy Jewess to
understand that, having broken the law,
she must submit to the law" y
The Count was not ObtuSe. He cOmpre-
Io1 Nd Ton hal inf
1.-The rod should do it, " he answered.
you hear exclaimed Alexictt exult-
ingly to the governor. Let the woman
be beaten at once and fit please his great
ness, the Court he and will witness the
punishment"
please him. and the governor gave orders
that Rachel was to be prepared.
In ten minutes time they were notified
that the prisoner was ready. and then they
went forth to an enclosed courtyard,
where in thu centre the unhappy
Rachel was fastened by the wrists and feet
to q wooden Triangle Her shoulders were
bare and beside her stood a goaler with a
rod in his hand. This rod consisted OF two
1.-THE willows fastened together from the
middle upwards by thongs. The victim
was as pale as death, and seemed indeed to
be almost in state Of stupor. But when
she beheld Alcxietf the blood rushed into
and fell rapidly by reason of the passion
that surged through her. Then in the
presence of this man who stood and
gloatcd while the punishment was
administered she received twenty-four
strokes with the rod until her shoulders
and the upper part Of her breast-where the
ends Of the willow twisted round--where a
mass of veal and blood. Quail she did and
finch she did, for who would not have
done so under that cruel torture? but no
sound escaped her lips. She set her teeth
and endured in silence. But when she was
released and rug was thrown over her
bleeding shoulders. she cast one look at
| Alexieif as she was being led away and that
look ought to have haunted him to his
dying day. But he was not man who
concerned himself much with thoughts
about the future; though, whatever the
future might have in store for him, the
present had given him his revenge, and tor
the time he was satisfied.