Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-10-20
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| ''Oh, no, Little rather. come 10 you III
TIE name OF the all -merci III God to crave
you to restore my father to me-"
II am but servant the State" he an'
| swcrcd.
"But you have power"
| "Ave and know howto use it. This Sly
| nitic nty.
'Then use it in the interest of him who
what we have suffered. He who was to
have been my husband has been taken
| from me- my mother IS dead. my father
for having attempted to defend his home
and the honor OF his child is a prisoner,
while am as waif drifting on turbu-
lent sea- and despair is stronger than
hope"
She had grown eloquent, and looked
beautiful in her grief but he who sat there
was fanatic; he had a heart Of steel on
which was deeply engraved eternal ha-
tired Tor the Jews" But she, being una
ware Of his applicability and knowing not
to what length his terocious and cruel ma
ture could carry him, stood almost breath
less hanging ex pectantly on what he would
say. and her dark glowing eyes filled with
IL passionate yearning for pity, for SYM
pa,hy, for friendship. She was a picture
upon which no man blinded by ianaticism
and not imbruted could have gazed I'M
sentiment, without soul-in the worldly
scnsc-and utterly impregnable TO any ap-
peal for pity for those whom he hated and
de>pised.
Woman" he began, then with an ex-
preston of intense loathing he added,
''Jewcss, YOU are either mad or q fool.
You ask me to use my interest in the favor
OF man who has mutilated and disligured
me. Firstly, have no interest that would
| prevail in such case. | am but SER
want Of the law. The law is stern but just
This man. who is your father, has shed the
blood of a subject Of the Gar. Therefore
the law must deal with him, for he is guilty
OF MURDER
Rachel shuddered, and exclaimed
mo. no; it is false He bu, defended
his life and the lives of those who were
dear to him. He was the attacked, not the
altacker. And the law that would punish
him for what he did would be barbarous. y
1.-The law will punish him. sneered
Alexeif; therefore the law is barbarous
by the rule YOU lay down. Again. Irepeat
| that YOUR father is murdercr-' Rachel
shrank away and hiding her face with her
hands, she sobbed. But the Chief of the
Police was pitiless, and he went on:
Secondly, surprising that had interest
upon what grounds and by what reason
could you expect me to use it in his tav-
DIP"
Rachel drew herself up The tear-wet
face was pale now. and her eyes glowed
with indAnation and rising wrath. She
spoke with emphasis and cxctedly
| thus
II should expect you to Use it on the
grounds Of common humanity; and for
the reason that he who shows not mercy
here may expect none when having passed
the portals of the grave, he stands
at the Great Gods bar of judgment on
high"
Alexieff laughed scornfully as these
words fell from her lips, and he made
answer
Between the Jew and the Christian
there Is little in common. IL Christ
Christ has said. He who believes
not in Ne cannot be saved Christ is the
Son OF g ID, and spoke in the name Of God.
in Him. Therefore is the Jew damned.
How then shall 1, Christian, be called to
account for hating the Jew, who is an out
cast from Gods mercy?"
Ale1ietf seemed to think that his sophis-
try and false logic were unanswerable, for
he paused and looked at her and in his
look he seemed to say: ''There, that sets
no reply to that
But she did not attempt to repy. She
had come there not to argue points of
theology with him, but to plead for her
fathers happiness and life She saw now.
however, that she had made mistake, and
her racial pride caused her to feel that it
were better that both she and her father
obligation to such a heartlesS tyrant as
Peter Alexietf. And SO she remarked, as
she drew her veil about her face again:
Mercy is not in you. So be it. l will
go, and III Heavens good time the wronged
shall be righted, and nayhap your eyes
will be opened to Your errors
She turned. and in the doorway still
| stood pavlof barriNo her ayit
stay" said Alexie1i, commandngly
and with q low chuckle as of triumph.
Rachel turned to him once more. and now
for the first time thrill OF tear swept
through her, for she realized that this man
was her Toe and her fathers Toe. "Iou
saw" he continued, THAT some day may
hap my eyes may be opened to my error.
l claim not to be free from errors. but my
j eyes can see them not, for has not your
father deprived me Of part OF my sight?
That is wrong that all your tears, all his
repentance, and all the wealth he could
hate your father with nate that not even
his death could crafty. God forbid that
he should die yet for l would rend and
crush his heart, and torture him as he has
! tortured me-
| Rachel uttered suppressed cry. and a
rising sob choked something she would
| have said. Alexieff struck a bell that stood
upon his desk. Pavloff moved on one side,
and two gendarmes entered, their swords
| drawn.
This woman" said Alexieff "has utter
ed threats against me and used seditio Us
language. She is your prisoner"
He had been writing as he spoke, and
handing to one OF the gendarmes an order OF
conmiltal which, as Chief OF the Police,
he had full power to do under the despotic
laws of Russia he added: You are re-
sponsible TOR her until you place her in the
safe keeping OF Litoyskiv Zamok. Go. You
know your duty.
For some moments Rachel looked as
though she had been suddenly turned to
stone But as the gendarmes laid their
hands upon her shoulders she shuddered.
and with that shudder a strange change
seemed to come over her. She drew her
veil on one side with movement of pas
I sion. and with eyes of fire she looked at
Alexieff until he quailed.
"Yon are traitor and dog. she Kissed,
exci,edly. But vengeance will overtake
you. or Heaven itself will be unjust"
Remove her." cried the Chief OF the
Police. hoarseIy; and. obeying the order,
the gendarmes led her out Then, turning
to Paylof, who waited his chiefs pleasure.
Alexieff said: ''My son is safe, any way;
and If can prevent it, it will be long ere
the prison doors swing open to let her
free"