The Dickinson press., 1893-01-07
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q SIopIlN, MCiIu IeSloH, NiSAo
F., cultivation is impossible.
licrc in this sterile spot are two huge
barracks, or prisons. There are also Il few
wooden houses Tor the accommodation of
the soldiers and officers. and all beyond is
wilderness. On $ klialin God Gems to
have Sc, His curse, but to Sakhalin the
miehty Car OF Russia sends many of hts
subjects with Il refinement of the cruelty
I at might he the invention of the com.
mon enemy q mankind. And there they
rot while yet alive. there they go mad.
there they die. there they are buried, and
! i'm little while no man knoweth their
grave.
The next morning Rachel was brought
| before the ~Comlnaudant by his orders. and
once more She and Peter Alexicii were lace
to face. He had changed materially since
! they last me-. Climate and rough living
had u.cd him. His hair had grown white,
his eyes were %Sunkcn, and the miaSma OF
the swamls had withered his kin and
turned ii yellow.
so, Jewr>s We meet again. he said, as
lie iixe his eyes uloY her and evinced SUR
rris" rs lie noted Unchanged that had taken
pluenln her.
I'VE do she answered, with a suppress
| cd iiercencss that increased the habitual
trowu his face wore.
"Yon have come to see our iather2" hi
remarked with Il cruel, callous smile.
81 Sc. out from st. Petersburg with that
object. As he is dead | shall see him no
NOR" in this world.
"IIow know you that he is dcad?" cried
AlcXieif, with II sharpness tllaiseem to con-
ccal n menace.
81 learned it,'>he answered with Il sneer.
''I'roni whom
81 WILL tel you not
"IIavr care, woman
'tjl din ppt thrrui on mo nm here in
your lowe-. know it, and you may tor
turc me and ilay me IS it So plcases o
Hut, lc cr .Alcxir i'll the name OF the
Great God on high. the God of jew and
Grn'ile alike, | say beware. Human lite is
but Il span. a d the LORI has said, ''Ncn-
rcaucc is Mine
She spoke so solcmnly and strangely that
his cowardly. supcrstitious nature caused
him to shrink within hIm~cli, but raising
his voice, which was harsh ami discor,l-
ant, he exclaimed: woman, ] brought
you no here to handy words with you,
cursed face he has lost his reason. and he
has followed you across Siberia. You have
bcwitchcd him. | do not say th.t you
have done thus purposely, but it is SO, and
he is powcrless l." resist you. The end of
t;:i> has come. The intatuation that has
held him so long in thrall will pass away
wlci, tine object that provoked it is far
uN'ts' rs wa no Nt7oA 'A'' '''>''
VIII lie be my son again, and will come TO
hat. your race rs | llnia en-. Now mark
vou this. You are Il pr.scner here. Your
lite is in my I;an.!-;b but | give you that life,
! give You I'LL rriy Oh condition that in my
pres nee you tell my son that under no cir
further, and tina, lieGcci"rtll your path
will be widely a>unde". When got have
done tina, ! will give you fact itics for lrav-
ing this place and reaching Nadivostock
on condition that you swear TO leave Rus
sia and go to France or England, or any
where you like. Say, do you accept the
condition."
al do" she answered, with a disguised
snccr.
Peter Alcxicif sm.".sl to himself as he
rang his bell. and gave the attendant who
came some Instructions. And a ,ew min
u,cs alter tina: Ivan was brough; t, his
fathers presence, guarded by two soldiers.
"Soy, sad his ;ather stcrnly, "bellold
this Jcwe>s whom like one distraustit you
Here now from her ow. lips that the pas
sion you have is a hopeless IL Speak
JewcSs. is that .o?"
at is"
and nothing on earth would induce
You TO accept him Tor your husband?'
"NothHng."
"You hear that. boy. This Jewess de-
81 es you, and yet ynn, a Christian, have
pursued her across Siberia. Now then.
Shake Oft You madness and be a man. Let
this in atuation influence you no longer.
Surely you have more ambition than to b..
de>p sel by a Jewe->. Go. aud wileE you
next Sc me let me know that You have
come 10 your senses"
Ivan sIuke no word, made no answer
gave no sign that he was influenced hy
what lie had hear . Wicn lie had retired
in company with the soldiers Peter once