The Washington times., 1894-08-12

| sneak named Gorski one of the newly-made
order of barristers, and, as before mentioned,
Borodin. the most demonstrative of the
three was certainly the barrister. Miiutin
| maintained n certain reserve from good taste
while Borodin kept comparatively in the
| background from timidity.
Col. Miiutin had never paid much attention
to Borodin. whom he regarded with absolute
| Indifference; and now, in his green uniform,
his helmet. and his cropped hair, there was
| but little chance of the new recruits being
recognized by his commanding officer. For
some time they did not even meet. Borodin
was not yet sufficiently trained to do duty
with the battalion, and he would not, per-
haps, for many a day have been brought into
contact with his battalion chief but for the
| accident of his being placed one afternoon on
| sentry duty outside the left wing ot the bar
racks. 1t was a fine day, and as the officers
strolled about the open space in front oftheir
quarters they conversed with one another in
the French language never pauSing for one
moment to consider whether any one might
be within earshot who could understand
them.
Borodin was not much astonished at what
he heard, though hc was little surprised at
the freedom with which it was expressed
Again and again such things had been said in
his presence at Gen. Gohtcharoff's. But to
talk liberalism, iacendiarism, progress, revo-
lution-wharever name might be given to
such things-in barrack yard; this, indeed,
made him wonder. Among tho takers was
Col Miliutin himself, and Borodin listened
with the greatest attention to every word that
fell from his lips. He uttered nothing which
was reprehensible in itself, but much that
could DO so considered were it reported in
certain quarters.
Why not denounce him? This was tho man,
or, Il. least, one of the men, who stood be-
tween him and Eatalia. Pondering over the
matter. Dorodin could not make up his mind
what to do until he heard in the evening that
next day Col. hIiliutin was to marry Gen.
Gon:charofr's rich and beautiful daughter.
Col. bIi'iutin's battalion was to furnish a
guard OF honor for the occasion, and Borodin,
IN his bitter modification, was one OF the men
told off to line the church.
All Borodn had heard Col. Miliutin say
was that as long as soldiers were brutally
treated they would behave like brutes, and
that the first thing for the officers to do toward
their elevation was 20 establish schools in
every barracks. This had already been done
in the barracE-room of tho artillery OF the
guard, and Col. ATiliutin declared that he
would not rest until it was dono in the bar
racks of the guard generally, or, mt least, OF
the regiment to which he himself belonged
This WIS not much to report, but it was
quite enough for the secret police, and Boro-
din. whom, after the wedding. he was relieved
Of duty, hurried, sick at heart and full of
hatred. TO the offices Of tho Third Section"
ard declaring that he had important news to
communicate obtained an interview with ono
ofthc chiefs. In his rage he made such exag-
geratcd statements rs to what Miliutin was
planning and plotting that he fondly hoped
the Colonel would be arrested that very night
But the practice OF seizing without accusation
and sending into exile without trial had been
discontinued since the accession of the liberal
minded kiad-hcarted Alexander II, emanci-
pator of the serfs, and thero was nothing in
Col. Miliutin's utterances, oven as magnilcd
by his denunciator, to make them the subject
OF n formal charge such as could bc brought
before jury. Borodin, however, was COM
mended for his loyalty and zeal, and tho po-
lice official who had received him cnjoined
him to observe carefully all that was said and
done by the officer against whom no had al
ready raised grave suspicious.
The "Third Section" was somehow able to