The Dickinson press., 1892-12-31
CHAPTER NNvu.
An rNtNrEcrap pxNorsMENT.

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-. .,cn ,t.ainst those who h,I ,nr,,,r. :, L;,n
nd uh;ertrn Iii. WIS in inI;.,,;,v ,mJim.
NH. he like Rachel mrs Z ,nsi f,s,ar,"l
N iu,c,sr hatred n.r,in,1 those Win had
b,,u re,,uusil,l, 'orIhe ,ni.,rv hron"h, mm.
II those each loved.
lMt II" l'ar''ei : case the circumstances
were somewhat alie"enf. Her grievance
was aGa $ II l'a'ti'u ar individual, who ut
ma! moment was IN power there. tut to
catherine tbs man was Il stranger. Sac
knew hill NOT, ahd lie was IN no way re-
sp"nSih'e or her m's'"riulies. She had,
however. come l." retaE" everyone III au-
til"ri'N a her deadly enemy, and against
them all she was rian't' cred.
curing We terrible Journey, ana those
found a c"nsoling conn anioni in Gathering,
nm.i she haI never lost SIGHT o the ,ro ST.
h'tit!rs OF TINS woman proving a valuah!eas as
siS'ahce I" her III carving ont that purpose
whlch 'r"ln the momri oil rnNin st.
Peter hug TO her arrival ut Nikolaevsk
Sc Lad never once w;yerel in. 1t had
SGi'pnrlna her through all her d.ilicultle-:
il had given her strength when She would
have hrokch down, and 1t seemed ut times
that out tor tIlat purpose she mu have
gone mad; WET that purpose was she
liid careinliy kept rom Ivan AieNlr1i. and
she also kept from him the knowledge OF
her connection With it.
And now We must explain here that
NikolaeNsk Is IL desollte and Isolated
station at the mouth OF ihe River Amoor.
winch flows ln.o the Gull OF Iartary, and
separates the mainland from the remark
ot1i,e island rom NlKotaevsk ia n little
under six miles, and in winter that part of
tie strait is frozen over, and from this may
ne pstlit Tcu now severe Ile CIllllQlC is, In
the sum,mer communication is kept up
with the island from Nikolaevsk by means
o. n small steamer.
AS the relatives Of the convicts are not
allowed % live on the island itself. they
have to do the be.tthey can in Nikolaevsk,
where the Government has erected n bar
rack. in which tIey have TO herd like cat.
tie. AT fixed intervals they are allowed to
cross over to the Island and pay II brief
visit to their friends, but this is always
done nnsirr the s%,rictest regulations. and
the almost vigilance is exercised by those
i'm command.
Nikolaevsk itself is shut off from the
Know notlin. of what is going ON else
where. The original settlers in the place
are n low type of people. who. during the
summer. spend their tine in fishing, and
hibernate during the winter. when The
climate is so severe and the snowstorms so
able.
On arriving at this Mace Rachel felt that
her Journey was nracticalIv ended ood a
teyerish anxiety 10 ret news of her father
took possession of her; but she could hear
nothing. and when he applied at the Blu.
rear for in information sbe uos fold clio n,,st
Wait a. Tha cnmv;c,s vic % war; .o, IaIt;;Mod tor
Ma.u. rne eoisacIs Hmo were ue;.aneu lEr
aanspod' - IN ~ .ne aslanu Mgle T1solIusiy
uonddinn tbo ~ am "ihtuJns pau ~ nn NC I;ttIa
spi e t lnet woe ~ ~ na Ha.,Ut ! Il an e enu ' ~
strair wh;ia s ne ..Sro eo aviiyes I'VE war o', roIaaat'
Cd ~ tha;r o,,n nu go NJ " 1T tI'a,,
~ strintl4I u ohaw ,h WY roa mI,tau ;n f n
for the government. and well.orderlns OF
the COLONY.
In The free quarter Ivan Alexief found
lodgings or the first few DAYS, and he en-
hraced every opportunitv to renew his
ayowals of love tor Rachel. and to solicit
her to become his vile. But She babe hin
wait; babe him be patient: babe him see
what the future would brin. forth. Al the
end of the week. however. after their ARR.
val there came u sudden and startling
ed. ivan was made n nrisoner by order Of
theG Governor. Ills own father, and he was
to he conveved at once to the island.
Ivan was ilIrions when he heard this. buI
he had ~ r]ecopnise how nowerless he was
tn resist tho or5ar witch vas owinc 70 ths
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