The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

and Paul" hc answered. II was there
too until they sent me off to siberia.
| escaped en- route, you understand?'
! understood nothing ! sank into
the nearest chair aud stared at him.
Il am Iyanovitch," he said. "Stepan
Ivanovitch. II may be that she never
mentioned me. Why should she? /
was also an artist; we met in st. Pet
ersburE; it is now a long time aEo."
Stin continued to stare at him. Was
it. a dream? Was this great. gaunt
hollow checked man with the half made
eyes the figment of a vision? I put out
my hand mechanically and touched his
sleeve. He looked at me CUriouslY. Yet
l could not believe. My wife, my Hell
en-, a prisoner in IS. Peter and Paul!
Impossible!
I rose and tottcrcd rather than
walked across the room to a little cabi-
net i'm which | kept spirit case. I
poured cut some brandy and drank it
at Il Gulp The strong spirit revived
me. | turned tu the man and felt pre-
pared To hear him. He looked Wistfully
at the spirit case. and ! filled the glass
and handed it to him.
"Nuw speak" 7 said. "Tcll me all. I
| do MT understand, make it plain to
! me-"
"Da!" he said. "but it is 50 plain,
! when one knows how these things are
! done So plain-oh, yes, 50 very plain.
| i""L vic an" were arrested III Mem
| Sington gardon--it must be year ago
~ ''', "s'hlS "I me l'uSSIah p"Ilce'
IA" met '"'leIn was "''loeh''
! '""' an" we were 'a!hIllS' l"r we hne"
! many i'"pI' III IItcFSoulE' anu theil
'"'S were upoIl us, l'r theS h8u peeil
| "H 'hu "UVl""A I"r me- ana her' TOO
ana an was quiet just mere ana they
iIau '',ir conveyance Waltihs ana we
| were "'o"' u uLe't sup III 'he ihaIhes'
| "n' 80 QUICK II Is I'M" way ne sald'
T'"Ii''uT az me- in'N work quietly
va, SuS''S' D"' "!dt can you expect!
nuI tH'Ir Hlo'lNe' cFleu. Nhat
''n''sr H"u the! III afrestlhE my
VIZ,
ne man shrugged MS shoulders
Nu' as IL one shouIa Know that! But
She an" J. we were p"Ih members ot
" niue clI'iG Ill IeIeIspurs-t was III
eIarN' afuSuc, you uhderstand' And
some "i us aItetNard--WeH' we Were
not wen seen "i the government. Not
S"'' you KNOW not She at am but hei
name was on ti' FollS' ana Whel theN
u''l"ro on alfe''li% US, OF course theS
ihgiuueu h'r among the rest
stared al MN IN Sheer ama2ement
10 you mean to say | asked that
me RUSSIAN police track people down
IKE lhat'
lie SIpped the bfahuy IN ms glass ano
glanced at me curiously.
Il mean to say he answered, that
tHeS are on the LOOKOUT Tor you theS
VIII ma you, even though you retreat
TO the uttermost corners OF the earth
bu lheiF eNidehce' CRED; 'thel
eNiuehce aSalhst my Wlle' Nhat nave
they to brlng against her.
nothing but that she was mem
Der OF a circle other members OF whicl
are known as IN" most lmplacaplf
nlhilists OF the day. An, that circle
ALEXIS, theE killed nlm-and OlEa-sh,
IS IN Slpeila-and So TOO, are Igor ahI
Anna ana silva, and there was Sonya-
she mas dlSappeared-Da' II Is curious
now unfortunate we nave al Deel'
And my wife"
she Is in -. Peter ana Paul; ] know
she Is there, though | never saw her,
meyer saw her after they had us in tn
carriage together but she knew Wha
had happened and she said two word
to me and | two % her and they mean
that J would escape if | could hnd you
And ! did-wc We're on the way to 81
beria; she was not in the gang; / mad
| sure of thpt She is there: they vii