Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-27


YORKVILLE, s. {
with sparkling gems. boots with COLDER
spurs, helmet ornamented with an al
gret of brilliant diamonds, Feofar pre-
sented an aspect rather strange thai
imposing for a Tartar Sardanapalus
an undisputed sovereign, who directs
at his pleasure the life and fortunes o
his subjects, whose power is unlimited
and to whom at Bokhara by specia
privilege the title Of emlr Is given.
When Ivan Ogareff appeared, th'
great dignitaries remained seated OF
their gold embroidered cushions. bu
Feofar rose from rich divan which
occupied the back part Of the tent, thu
ground being hidden under the thict
velvet pile Of Bokharian carpet.
The emir approached Ogaref ,an6
gave him kiss, the meaning or which
he could not mistake. This kiss made
the lieutenant chief Of the council and
placed him temporarily about the
khodja.
Then Feofar addressed himself to
Ivan Ogaref.
81 have no need to question you"
said he. "Speak, Ivan. You Will find
here ears very ready to listen to you
"This is what have to make known
to you," answered Ogaref.
Ivan Ogareff spoke In the Tartar lan'
guage, giving to his phrases the en-
phatic turn which distinguishes the Ian
guage Of the orientals.
"This is not the time for unnecessary
words. What have done at the head
of your troops you know. The lines OF
the Ichim and the Irish are now IN
our power, and the Turcoman horse
men can bathe their horses in the now
Tartar waters. The kirghiz hordes
rose at the voice Of Feofar-Khan. and
the principal Siberian route from lchlm
to Tomsk belongs to you. You can
therefore push on your troops as well
toward the east. where tile sun rises. as
toward the west, where he SETS"
But the armies Of the sultan of St
Petersburg?" said Feofar-Khan. desig
mating the emperor of Russia by this
strange title.
"You have nothing to fear from them
either from the east or from the west,
replied Ivan Ogareff. THE invasion
has been sudden, and before the Rus
sian army can succor them Irkutsk OF
Tobolsk will have fallen into your pow
er. The cars troops have been over
whelmcd ut Kalyvan. as they Will be
everywhere where yours meet them
"And what advice does your devotion
to the Tartar cause suggest?" asked
the emir after q few moments silence.
my advice" answered Ivan Ogareh
quickly. rs to march to meet the sun
1t Is to give the grass Of the eastern
steppes to the Turcoman horses to CON
sumo. 1t Is to take Irkutsk. the capital
of the eastern provinces. and with 1t
hostage the possession Of whom is
worth O whole country. In the place
of the czar the grand duke. his brother
must fall into your hands"
This was the great result aimed al
by Ivan Ogareff. TO listen to him one
would have taken him fer one Of the
cruel descendants Of Stephen Razlne
the celebrated pirate who ravaged
southern Russia in the eighteenth cen
tury. To seize the grand duke, murder
him pitllessly. would fully satisfy bis
hatred. Besides. with the capture OF
Irkutsk. all eastern Siberia would pass
under the Tartar dominion.
1T shall be thus. Ivan," replied Eco
far.
"What are your ordersT
To-day our headquarters shall be re
moved to Tomsk."
Ogareff bowed, and. followed by the
housch-begui. he retired to execute the
emir's orders.
As he was about to mount his horse
to return to the outposts q tumul,
broke out ut some distance. In the part
of the camp reserved for the prisoners
Shouts were heard and two or three
shots fired. Perhaps it was an attempt
Mt revolt or escape. which must be sum
marily suppressed.
Ivan Ogareff and the housch-begul
walked forward few steps, and al
most Immediately two men, whom the
soldiers had not been able to keep back
appeared before them.
The housch-begui. without more In
formation, made a sign which was an
order for death. and the heads of the
two prisoners would have rolled on the
ground had not Ogareff uttered a few
words which arrested the sword al
ready raised.
The Russian had perceived that these
prisoners were strangers. and he or
dered them to be brought up to him.
They were Harry Blount and Alcide
Jolivet.
On Ogareff's arrival In the camp they
had demanded to be conducted to bis
presence. The soldiers had refused. 1r
consequence. a struggle, an attempt a'
fight, shots fired which happily missed
the two correspondents, but their exc
cution would not have been long de
layed If 1t had not been for the inter
vention Of tue emlr's lieutenant.
The latter observed the prisoners fol
some moments, they being absolutely
unknown to him. They had been pres
ent at the scene In the posthouse al
Ichim in which Michael Strogof hae
been struck by Ogareff. but the bruta
..a HaloH raaid M attention to the Qec