The Dickinson press., 1892-12-24
BY j. E. .r1voooen.

SoitneSS AID gentiehcs> which il is next To
Impossible OF Il man to display. And
when q woman has rtached. the maximum
oil her fury sht nnds rellc in tears. So it
was With Catherine, an though her heart
had hardened there was sti ! u tender spot
in it, and that spot had been touched by
Raci,el's word 81 that. throwing her arms
around the neck OF h r sister III sorrow.
She sohheb ptiahly: their tears mingled;
and she moaned between her sohs:-
Forgive me, | have wronged you"
Aiterali. Rach-l's nature was the stron er
one, and She had made her power and in
tiuence felt.
You have not wronsed me-"
ing to forgive. We have a COM
mon cause. Let II, be true to it and our
SELVES. Even lie WAC wal y may win; and
patience that cndurc,h triumphs in the
end"
IL learn from you. / learn from YOU"
sighed the weeping Catherine, thereby
showing how Thoroughly she ielt the int!u-
cncc at her T. ,mpani II
Now we must turn ior IL while to another
oh 'rac'cr VIA" pays no uni'np'rtant part IN
This history, ani who has I'll and still is
q !ink-nn indi>pensab c iink-w.thout
which the chain would he broKrn.
Through those DIR AIRY months OF snow
and re" during wii.h the two women were
suffering and weeping, a man wa travelling
with special padar"zhnaya-that is Il per-
mt to travel by lo>t roui. and with post
horses across Siberia. He was a Young
man, with VIII tc. hag .ard, esreworn /. &c, Gu
which was stamped IL marked and acc ~
tuaic,l expression OF anxiety. His mode Of
=, travelling was by tarantas, a large, hooded
vehicle. in which the traveller eats, drinks
and sleeps when he ca sleep. Being W H.
TER. the tarantas was OH runners. not on
wheels, and Was drawn by a troika Qhrec)
| OF horses.
This man was provide with what is
known "a "a crown padar 'zhnaya." which
is a permit OF the second class. That OF the
first class is a couri 'r's permit, which takes
precedence over all Others the courier be-
ing q Government III SSelSer. AL every
post-station the couriers demand Tor
horses takes priority, II II there be none
at the post, private individuals must iur-
nish them under PAIN OF q heavy flne 1t
doesn't matter where they come rom or
how they are got, but got they must be.
The crown permit gives way TO the cou'ler,
but takes priority over TN Ordinary travel
ler'S permit, anu anyone travelling with a
crown padaroZlinaNa can demand horses
and iam,htchik (dr ver), no matter how
many ordinary travellers are waiting Tor
hor-es to push on to their destinations.
Tc travel through Siberia i'll the depth OF
winter in the cnmher ONE, SPRING
l.. vehicle peculiar to the coun-
'"' - live -" "narsH 'n"d and Ae
comnclIed to take brief snotcbes OF rest in
The tctiJ, dirty. and discasc-inieslcd most.
houses, to endure the awful cold, the pitt
less snow storms. the ince SAINT jolt,ng. the
swinging pendulum taran-
tas as it Is drag ed by tn. powerful horses
over The frozen hummocks. now plunging
madly i'm a rayine. and anon gong almost
vertically mn snow mound. then sweeninr
wildly round a curve until the brain crows
dizzy or gliding with fearful swiitness over
a frozen river or lake with the boom and
roar of the ice thundering i'm ones ears, re-
ouires mowers OF physical endurance which
not MANY men possess.
The Young man with the white, hagsard
lace did no. seem strong. but the face cl.ar-
ly indicated q fixed purpose, a stern, de-
tcrmined purpose, that enabled him to
overcome the drawback Of physical weak