The Dickinson press., 1893-01-07

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Rachel that she would have to leave in two
or three days, but in order to gain time sil
teigncd illness, and the journey to thu
coast was postponed,
1T CHARGED at this inc that in .Sikcla-
evsk there was an exceedingly small gurri-
son. altogether not mole Than twenty
s~ol1ier>; and the garrison of Sakhalin was
much below even in its winter strength,
while the convicts numbered nearly three
brought its Influence to bear, and with
such success that the plot gathered
strength, and mci Eound themselves hv
solemn oaihs NOT to tc,:ay each other,
and to make Il bold fight Jor liberty wiicn
TIE hour came.
Paul, having money. managed ny means
OF II bride to get Il message, which he wro'e
in II prc-arranged cipher, conveyed tn his
wife that ut n given hour on II given day
the inhabitants OF N~ikoluvcsk, or such o.
them as could he trusted, were to rise. and
seizlng the steamer proceed tn the island
anuWait tvcntsthcre. 1t waSadesperulc vcl-
tmrr, but what will people not do when situ-
a'cd rs them hal Ply convictS of Saihalin
We're? To utter .hc word "frecaom" 10
them was To at once arouse in them the
fierce desire for 1t, and that being
done, nothing would seem inn possible.
FurioGs Us Catherine was II Icing sena-
rated rom her husband. and at t:'c treat
mcnt he had been subjected 10. Size WAS Il
most in he sci and Si!e INSURED Others with
| her feeling. silrntiy, steadily and secret
L. she lnatu'ca her ilan> and enc evening
she atd Il number of other w"men wlio.c
re alives pipei and l,borcd on Sakiialin
lurrd Il lar-c proportion of the .arr!son TO
Mko.ucvsk 10 the one drinkins-place
there was in the town. and when these
men were more or Jess da2cd with vodka.
and Nterly without any suspicion OF dam
ger, they were suddenly ST upon Ivy the
women and their male friends, ami being
deprived u! their arms. some were slam
and Others were bound hand and DOT, and
thus rendered help cs$.
Then the whole town was reused 10y the
%roitelS. and the excitement spreading, q
rush Wis mad for the ta"fa:kS. which
readily ell into their hand, before amy de
fence could lie made, thong some of them
uaid for their temerilv with Their lives.
But in the course o. an hour from the ont
~ ak tho little place was entirely i'm the
hands IT the mob, :;nd It the head OF them
was Catherine, who havin wl.c,ted her
ftn.s so To speak. Was no. likely to he easily
restrained. The arn,ory was forced, and
Il quantity of arms and Ammunition was
seized, and then the desperate vcuturers
rushed on board the steamer and stcesed
her tor the island.
So far then the revolt had been SUCCESS
III. But this was only the initial stage,
and there was vet much t, he done, and
unless similar success attended the attempt
that was to he made on the island, the
the penalty that would be cXac,ed.
At the station on the island most of the
convicts were employed ut some coal
mines, though vii Vt the coal was extracted
for no one seemed to lkHow. 1t could not
he shipped awav. it could not be used; but
il thc cxiles had not done this they could
not have done anything else, for coal-and
a very infe ior qualify it isis the only
mineral the island produces. The coal is
largely got ont by blasting, and for some
time the miners had been >ecreting small!
quantities OF The blasting powder until the
amount bee tnic formidable.
AT nighttime Very li:tte watch and ward
was kept over The prisoners, tor the author
titles never dreamed of revolt, and escape
seemed ont of the question. l olated
escape, were, comparatively speaiing, ire
quent, but the convict was generally
brought back, or killed by the
n%ativss. +. who We're %enrourasc4 there:
to pass that o nlsht WAS chosen that cor
responded with the rising in Nikoiarvsk
aud Il little band OF desperate men carried
the powder they had saved. and asgregat-
ing it, they filled a large empty Oil can. to
which they attached Il fuse. and then.
against the barracks occlp ed by some of
the garrison, and in such n position that
the explosion could not TAIL to work meal
calablc mischief.
The explosion was terrific. The building
wa shat'ere and wrecked. and nearly all
VIII" We're %"ceupying it al the tinne were
killed or manned. Then in the panic that
ensucd the successful rebels possessed
themselves OF farms. and those WHO could
not get firearms got stones. sticks, iron
bars anything, in fact, that would answe'
si.c llllpo.e of weapon, either of defence
or attnck.
-, a fight. free and sangninary, ensned.
crjcs and oaths, and the desperate strug-
Cling of men, some who fought for rec
dom, Others tn restrain them from regain
ing their freedom. But the spirit OF revolt
had seized like y ever upoA all the CON-
ylc's, young and Oil ike: and
na. whn seemed for the nnnce to be
endowed with sipcrhuman strength and
energy, they hurried themselves aguins. the
soldiers again and AGAIN.
lnt though the soldiers Eurel badly. Sand
numbers of their comrades, dead and dyir.g
sircwe the .rouni, they wrre emcoura ed
to per>cvvre bv Peter AleXietf. who showed
that, bad and Infamous rs lie was. lie wa
not lacking in courage OF Il kind, and,
though he seemed to take care not to OK
pose %llii,'sel! to the storm OF passion tina
ragged, he kept his men to their posts by
threats or promises of reward.
For hours the bait e ragged. AT one time
fortune seemed to favor the rebels, and al
another it was on the side of the garrison.
1t was a terrible scene, and the p, lc- aced
moo locked 'ear.uliy through a veil %
mist. For many days Rachel Arama
had hccn an inmate of The hospital
a wooden building that stood apart
from the others. But she had not beer. in.
active, though she had but one hope. ono
Object. She hoped FOR the death ot Peter
Alexief1: and her object was accomplish
in his death. And She had aske of Pau
Petrovna that lie would make an effort tc
have the Governor seized and bound, aIG
tha' done she might be intornc,. oft.
As the ti.h: progressed. she WA ted Will
ANXIOUS lpeatiny heart for news OF the re
suit, and when she heard how the Govern
o. was insp:rin. Iii, men to deeds ol ey
traordinary v,lor while he himself KEEP
out of harms way, she grew $ ok with til,
fear that after all the purpose OF her Ion.
journey would be u~nacrolmliShed, and al
She had endured, would go unavcn.cd
The suspense was fearful. tnc strain upor
the mind all hut c%ndnrablc. But SUDDEN,
q voice exclaimed in her cars:-
'Rache my beloved
And the II Xxi Nom ut she was elias, ed il
the arms OF Ivan AleXicif.