Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-04-20

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Prince TO death in the event or MS w.
traying you. and my companion ana
were charged 10 put the decree in,o
execution IL we found that circuni
stances warranted u doing 50. we
learned enough at the castle TO haAc
us certain that il was you whom lne
Prince had imprisoned in the tower,
and we did not mean TO leave the VI
cinity until we had made an effort 10
SCI YOU AT liberty. AS you know, rare
delivered that prince of IN.
10 our hands. He died as he nau
lived. t~reacherous and cruel. W. VIII
speak of him NJ more.
You have not heard how matters
went after you left the Alexandra
Our plans succeeded TO perfection. No
one imagined-how could anyone I'M
agine?-that the half-tipsy under
steward whom his mates were kindly
assisting to walk ashore. in the midst
OF feeble protests from him, was the
Car Of All the Russias. He was tax
en- i'm a carriage that was in waiting
at a little distance, and driven 10 a
solitary spot on the shore. where u
boat from the Narka was waiting 10
receive him. -Four days later Ills Maj
esty was safely immured in the secret
prison.
s.Fhere he remains-well treated, ac-
cording 10 our promise 10 y~ou-thoush
we should have treated the captive
monarch well in any ease. We nave
no quarrel with him. but only with the
intolerable system of tyranny, which
he has inherited.
Il fear the ~seclusion of His Majesty
may last some time. But the sitlla-
ton can only end In n way. The
people about the Court have kept the
secret well. Not a soul out OF Russia,
and very few in Russia. suspect the
truth. | trust you have some time
since safely landed in England, IL
that by this time you have received the
reward for which you risked SO much.
Allow me TO convey TO you the united
thanks OF the Committee, and TO as
sure You that you have contributed In
no small measure TO the liberation or
my unhappy country. Farewell!
ON the fourth page of the sheet |
read a postscript:
II open the envelope TO say that this
morning. quite Unexpectedly, the Car
sent for nv, and told me that he ac-
coded 10 all our demands, Words can
not tell the emotions that swelled in
my heart and filed my eyes TO over
flowing as ! listened to the gracious
words that told me that the fond de
sire we had cherished was To be. at
last. fulfilled. Yes; our country. after
centuries of ~semi-slayery, Is to be a
nation of freemen!
"We have promised to set free all
our prisoners. Our establishment here
viii be broken up.
THE Car, with true royal g%enerosi-
ty. having once made up his mind,
made no difficulties about the precise
terms of the compact. Henceforth he
is TO reign only as a constitutional go
ereign. His will is TO be no longer
above the law. A parliament is TO be
at once c~onvoked, and representative
government is TO be gradually intro
duccd. We are 10 have no more mar
tial law. no more secret trials. no more
detentions in prisons for an indefinite
time without trial. no more press pros
ecutions. no more arbitrary suspen-
sions of newspapers, no more childish
spelling of foreign journals by a pub
lie censor, no more opening OF private
letters in the ~postofice, no more fog
ging of wretched peasants because
they cannot pay their taxes. no more
robbing prisoners Of their food. The
acceptance of a bride by a government
official will mean instant dismissal
and a years Imprisonment. These
changes will transform the face of
Russia in five years time.
.'The Gar is to be taken back TO
Russia at once. and restored secretly
TO his palace, 80 hat his recent expert
enccs and the reason of the admins
trative changes which are to follow,
Will he known TO none but the mem
bers Of the Committee, the Car and
yourself. In a few weeks we shall
know whether the word Of a crowned
monarch is any better than that of a
simple prince.My belief is that the
Gar is to be trusted. We shall see.
Again, farewell
My wife had been reading with me.
line by line. When we had finished. l
turned and looked into her beautiful
eyes.
II am so glad" she murmured; but
there was something in her face that
1 did not understand.
What is the matter. Irene?' l
asked. You have had a letter. too. /
see. Have you had bad news;'
1T is very sad news" said she. turn
ing away her head. ''The letter is
from my lawyers. They tell me that
my cousin-has been killed-in a duel
with an aid-de-camp of the Gar
Must YOU go to Russia" / asked.
after a pause.
They seem to think it will be neces
sary. My cousin left no will
We went together TO Insterburg. and
i waited there. while my wife. resum
ing for the time her maiden name and
title, went on to st. Petersburg and ar
ranged her affairs. Some of the land
she bestowed upon the tenants who
titled IT.; the rest she sold. and the
money arising from the sale is suffi-
cient 10 give me a good start in my
profession and to insure us against
want. When all had been settled. we
returned TO England. where we have
made IA home. Ii is doubtful whetll-
er we shall ever revisit Russia. Ger
tally. Years must pass, old memories
must grow dim and old wounds cease
to burn before nv wife and care IN