The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
Then there ards a rough sand tumble ON
the fOOT.

1ntn theTc tCdS f0tQh 0N0 puHtDte On
the floor.
phemed, struggling like a maniac. !
was Obliged TO assist the police in secur-
ing him, and in the scufle he aimed
several vicious kicks and blows at me,
together with much vile language /
carry the marks Of one Of his "hacks''
to this day. However. he was caught,
and may say in this place. for we
have now finished, personally, with the
consummate scoundrel, that this time
the police did not blunder, but sent
him away to places from which there
10 no return. / believe he IL now at
sakhalin or thereabout. -
EARLY the following morning I re-
ceived a message from the chancellery
Of the gradonachalnfk, which Is the
official title Of the chief Of police Tho
messenger requested that I would con-
vey myself as quickly as possible to the
head Office .pH.
I went, this time without much
anxiety Of heart, for knew well
enough that even without the fulfill
ment of his farcical condition Of identi-,
fication by scar, the chief would now
no longer withhold his consent to ia
theirs release, for, Andre caught and the
students tale verified, no sane man,
gradonachalnik or commoner, could
any longer pretend to disbelieve in the
blunder which had been committed.
was not therefore prepared for an
other check; yet, so closely had fate
woven the net around my poor fathers
liberty, was destined to experience
new disappointment.
The chief received me very civilly
and began by congratulating me upon
Andres capture and thanking me for
my share in effecting 1t. had had a
narrow escape he said; the delinquent
had fred point blank at me-wasit not
sof
"Certainly, excellence" I said, land
kicked me very violently on the shins
besides Not quite the line Of conduct
one would expect father to pursue to-
ward an obedient and dutiful son."
The chief grinned slightly.
II concede the point" he said
"There has been mistake, though.
owing to the circumstances, pardon
able one. You shall have your father
back, unless destiny should have been
too strong for us-an event I should
deeply deplore."
"What do you mean, excellence"I
said, nv heart sinking to my boots,
shave you news-bad news3"
"Read this, said the chief. handing
me telegram from I forget what re-
mote place in Siberia. Gan may be
we'll with him, but there is some doubt
as you will see. !"
l snatched the telegram and read
these words: "Convict Kornilof never
reached here; reported detained Spask;
severe illness; probably died since; no
later advice received"
My head swan, my legs seemed to
collapse; l sank into chair. Was this
to be the end Of all our labor and suf-
ferings2 Ny dear father dead in the very
hour Of our victoryf Oh, II was too
grimly cruel Of destiny. could not be.
lieve it, could not
"Come, come, there is no need to
despair, said the chief. ale is, likely
enough, making long recovery. They
would not send him forward till he
was strong enough to travel without
risk-the convict guard corps are not
inhuman monsters, as the foreign news
papers are 80 fond of describing them
Your father is probably still too weak
to travel, most fortunate circum-
stance as it happens, for you will now
have but few hundreds Of miles to
journey, in order to be at his side, in
stead Of as many thousands Come, play
the man; and-if you are wise-take
the first train for Spask. You will
probably find your father there"
Telegraph first, If you WILL" /
said. II cannot stand the suspense.
The chief kindly did as requested
He sent message to the little convict
station at Spask, inquiring whether
Kornilof was still detained there.
I went for walk by the Neva's
banks while the message went forward
and until the reply should arrive. l
could not go home and talk about it all
with Percy and Borofsky. My heart
was too full. must be alone-like the
wounded animal, in this, that prefers
to 20 and hide itself in order to suffer
unobserved.
l tramped the whole length of the
embankment twice, and those who have
seen st. Petersburg will know how far
that Is, before summoned courage to
call again at the chancellery to hear
what news had arrived at spask.
/ saw the chief in a mist and heard
his voice in dream.
II congratulate you," he said. II
think it will all be well. Read it for
yourself"
He did so. The message ran, SO far
as l can remember the words; ''Korni-
lof left Spask 21st. Reported i'll again
Nicolaief
He was alive, then. week ago and
able to travel. Thank heaven for that
To Nicolaief should journey as fast as
the next train could carry me. But
first l must tell mother all that had
happened during the last few days
had told her nothing, waiting until
could impart to her something definite
and hopeful
Counting mp now as FASTENED home.
ward what l should have to tell her
good and bad and trying to strike a
balance, l found it hard to decide how
she would take it, whether on the whole
for good or ILL., Father was practically
free His enemies were defeated all
down the line. All things should be
smiling, If only she could take hope
full view Of this illness
My dear mother heard my story with
closed eyes and pale face, holding my
hand as / told her one by one of the
steps by which we had reached success
and of the perils which we had all
passed through in safety. Then broke
gently TO her the news which had go
dimmed for me the glory Of success.
Father had been very i'll at Spask for
many weeks and was i'll again with a
relapse which might be very serious
at Nicolaief, expected my mother to
hurst into tears and hawaii the crupl