Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29

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so much that he would never be any
thing else but q conspirator.
Late In the afternoon a message boy,
who was delivering groceries Mt the
door, left at the same time a note adj
dressed to me, which turned out to be
from Raoul. 1t was signed With he
initial "R," only, and contained moth
ing but an address in a respectable
quarter of the city.
After dinner l went to the place n
found Raoul in n small sitting room
that locked like a 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. as If he wished 10
atone for the coldness Of his manner at
parting with me. He told me that ne
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 III
the world you come TO be here"
told him. going YER in detail ali the
vain attempts / had made 10 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
ease is a complete mystery
"In a sense it is" said my friend,
~gravely; ''but, none the less, the Gov
eminent knows, perfectly well, what
has happened 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. / dare say he
wishes that he were"
'RaouI. for Heavens sake. tell me
ANYTHING you knoW-anything you sus-
pect. / have pledged myself to find
the Prince IL ii be possible"
keep your mind easy, then. my dear
Raymond. 1t is not possible"
How do you knowF"
81 do not know where he Is, but |
know what has happened to him, as
well as though | had beeh with him all
through the night when he disappeared.
He has fallen into the hands OF his en-
emies-of those who will avenge he
cruelties upon helpless people of which
he has been guilty. In one word, b Is
a victim of The Black Terror
1.-THE Black Terror What is thatg'
.'You never heard of it? And yet 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,
- - LII t-,4ox, Io+ta,. vol xyhnn NVa
are done with Them
There was something so ferocious In
the Russians voice and manner as ne
said these words, that / ~instinctiveiy
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 1t is to live under q
despotic government, such as that Of
the Gar. For the crime of struggling
to be free: for the crime of trying to
persuade other men that they have a
natural right to be free, and that free
dom is not u~nattainable; for the crime
of aiding this propaganda by even the
most innocent means, our property, our
liberty, our lives, are at the mercy or
perhaps as barbarous a set OF semi-cly-
iliZed savages as exist on the face or
the earth. Hitherto the spasmodic acts
of vengeance which have fallen on a
few of the worst of our enemies have,
/ freely confess, done little or no good.
In fact, they have done harm, by alien
nting the sympathy of good men from
our cause, and b making the creatures
OF the Car more severe and o care
full to avoid exposing themselves. The
era of assassination, l admit, IS
passed.
.But were we, then, TO lie still, and
be slaughtered, and see our wives and
daughters condemned to all that awful
word, Siberia means? No, a thou
sand times, no! &
"When our society abandoned the
| idea of putting to death the Car. as
the head of this execrable government,
or any 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
VIII listen. We resolved to try a new
! plan. Ard we have succeeded. Yes,
there is not one Of the thousand un-
scrupulous or cruel emissaries of the
Gar 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 a cry, as
though the Angel of Death, had called
him. Nearly a score of Russian OIL
Gals, sume CT high rank, some of low,
nave already disappeared. None can
tell whether they are living or dead
Even TIE rank and file OF our own soci.
feiy do not know-only the committee
the Committee of Public. Safety. None
can guess how they fell into the far
Eeacli!ng hands offhe committee none
a say whether they wili'tver.bt seen
agai1.
The Government, struck with con
sternatien. has tried. TO conceal the
truth from Ike outside world; thGresars
plenty of men lin, st. Petersburg whs
know what the Black Terror means
well enough aye! aud there are not !
few who go in fear OF 1t from morning
until night..'
ARD what is the general theory. II
the Official world as to the fate o.
these men:"
II fancy there is no general opinion
4 Some think one thing Somp another