Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-29
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so much that he would never be any
thing else but conspirator.
Late in the afternoon message boy,
who was delivering groceries ut the
door, left at the same time a note nd
dressed to me, which turned out to be
from Raoul. 1t was signed with the
initial "R," only, and contained moth
ing but an address in respectable
quarter of the city.
After dinner went to the place and
found Raoul in small sitting room
that locked like students. The eter-
nal cigarette was in his mouth. He
threw it away when he caught sight OF
me, and. selling me by both hands,
shook them warmly. rs If he wished to
atone for the coldness Of his manner at
parting with me- He told me that he
was anxious not to compromise me In
any way. and had, therefore. taken care
not to appear too friendly. especially
as he had reason to think that he was
being watched.
And now" he said. "tell me how in
the world you come to be here"
l told him, going over in detail all the
vain attempts l had made to learn
what had become Of Kropenski.
And you mean to say" cried Raoul,
"that the chief Of police told you moth
ing:"
Nothing. And for the very good rea-
son that he knew nothing himself. The
case is 4 complete mystery
I'm a sense it u.s." said my friend,
gravely: 'but, none the less, the Gov
eminent knows, perfectly we'll, what
has haDDencu to the Prince"
You do not mean to tell me that he
has been secretly denounced-that he
is now in one of the prisons Of the
Czar?"
Nothing of the kind. 1 dare say ne
wishes that he WERE"
"Raoul, for Heavens sake, tell re
anything you know-anything you sus-
pect. l have pledged myself to find
the Prince if it be possible
Keep your mind easy. then. my dear
Raymond. 1t is not possible!'
''How do you know?"
Il do not know where he is, but l
know what has happened to him, as
we'll as though had been with him all
through the night when he disappeared.
He has fallen into the hands of his en-
emies-of those who will avenge the
cruelties upon helpless people OF whlch
he has been guilty. In one word, he Is
victim Of The Black Terror
THE Black Terror! What is that"
''You never heard of 1t? And vet the
chief Of police pretends to have told
you all he knows They know well
enough at the Bureau Of the Third Sec
ton what the Black Terror is! Aye,
and they will know better yet when we
are done with them.
There was something so ferocious in
the Russians voice and manner as ne
said these words, that l instinctiyely
shrank from him. He noticed the IN
voluntary movement, and thought 1t
was worth while. apparently, to try to
regain my good opinion.
Listen to me, my friend" he said,
calmly. "You, who have lived all your
life in happy England. no man daring
to make YOU afraid, have simply no
conception Of what it is to live under
despotic government. such as that OF
the Car. For the crime Of struggling
to be free; for the crime of trying to
persuade other men that they have
natural right to be free. and that Tree
dom is not unattainable: for the crime
Of aiding this propaganda by even the
most innocent means, our property, our
liberty, our lives, are at the mercy OF
perhaps as barbarOus set OF seml-clv-
ilized savages as exist on the face OF
the Garth. Hitherto the spasmodic acts
Of vengeance which have fallen on
few of the worst Of our enemies have,
freely confess, done little or no good.
In fact, they have done harm, By alien
ating the sympathy Of good men from
our cause, and b making the creatures
of the Car more severe and more care
full to avoid exposing themselves. The
era of assassination, I admit, is
passed"
But were we, then, to lie still, and
he slaughtered, and see our wives and
daughters condemned to all that awful
word, Siberia. means? No, thou
sand times, no!
when our society abandoned the
idea Of putting to death the Car, as
the head of this execrable government,
or aDy of his servants who made them
selves particularly obnoxious to us, we
did not abandon the idea Of terrorizing
them-the only argument to which they
will listen. We resolved to try q new
plan. And we have succeeded Yes,
there is not one of the thousand un-
scr,1pulous or cruel emissaries Of the
Car that sleeps in peace tonight! He
cannot tell whether he will not be the
! next to vanish from the sight Of men.
silently, without q sign or cry, as
though the Angel Of Death had called
him! Nearly score Of Russian Off
| Gals, some Of high rank, some of low,
have already disappeared. None can
tell whether they are living or dead.
Even the rank and file Of our own soci-
ETY. do not know-only the committee
the Committee of Public Safety. None
| can guess how they fell into the far
reaching hands Of the committee; none
can say whether they will ever be seen
again.
The Government, struck with con-
sternation, has tried to conceal the
truth from the outside world; there are
plenty Of men in st. Petersburg who
know what the Black Terror means
well enough-aye! and there are not a
few who go in fear of it from morning
until nightv'.
land what is the general theory, in
the official world, as to the fate OF