The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-12-07
palace was at the height OF rs sp'er
BY Jules Verne

1Vis
An hour later General Kissoff. who
had Just re-entered, quickly approached
his majesty.
"WeliT' asked the latter abruptly. as
he had done the former time
kilograms reach Tomsk no longer,
sire"
"A courier this moment" And. leav-
ing the hall, his majesty entered a
large antechamber adjoining.
The car had not so suddenly left the
ballroom OF the New palace when the
fete he was giving 10 the civil and mill
tary authorities and principal people OF
Moscow was at the height Of its bril-
liancy without ample cause for he had
just received information that serious
events were taking place beyond the
frontiers of the Ural. Ii had become
evident that a formidable rebellion
threatened TO wrest the Siberian prov,
inces from the Russian crown.
Asiatic Russia. or Siberia, covela
superficial area OF l,79020S squa'e
miles and contains nearly 100000 df
Inhabitants. Extending from the L nu
mountains, which separate IL fl nG
Russia In Europe. TO the shores Of lie
Pacific ocean, II Is bouaded on tl,e
south by TuRsestan and the Chin csc
empire, on the north by the Ar,llc
ocean, from the sea Of Kara TO &c.
ring strait. IL Is divided into sevelnI
governments or provinces. those OF To
bolsk. Yeniselsk. Irkutsk. Omsk AID
Yakutsk; contains two districts, Ok
hotsk ana Kamchatka, and possesses
two countries, now under the MuSeo-
yite dominIon-that of the Kirghiz and
that of-the Tshowktshes.
Two governor generals represent 1lic
supreme authority Of the car over This
vast country. One resided at Irkutsk,
the capital Of western Siberia. lie
river Tchonna. n tributary Of the Yani-
sci, separates the two Siberlas.
No rail YET burrows these wide plans,
some OF which are In reality extremely
fertile No iron ways lead from these
precious mines which make the Slbs-
rlan soil far richer below than above It's
surface. The traveller journeys in sula-
mer in a kibick or telga; in winter. Ia o
sledge
An electric telegraph. with a. siAQie
wire more than 5000 versts in lenlhh,
J'n6 amnasnE9s communication betw zen
al Tn and eastern frontiers OF
Ill - ON issuing from the IRA II
II Is through Ekaterenburg, Kasi-
-. Tionmen. Ishim Omsk. Elamsk,
Kalyyan. Tomsk. Krasnoiarsk. MINI
Udnsk. Irkutsk, Verkne- Nertsckink,
Ct.nIf.Iy NIf,vt.,n Dla.,,,.otoptc Pad.
de, Orlomshaya, Alexandrewskoe AID
NllEolaevsk. and @ rubles and 10 CO
pecks are paid for every word seat
from one end To the other. From Irkutsk
there Is q branch 10 kiatka. on the
Monaghan frontier, and from thence,
for 30 copccks word. the post conveys
the dispatches to Picking in FORK
night
Ii was this wire. extending from Eka-
terenburg 70 Nikolacvsk which had
been cut, first beyond Tomsk aud then
between Tomsk and Kalyvan.
This was the reason why the ear, 60
the communication made to him for
the second time by General kissoG.
had only answered by the words, "A
courier this moment"
The car had remained moiionIess nj
the window for a few moments wien
the door was again opened The cLief
OF police appeared on the threshold.
Enter. general" said the ear brief
ly, land tell me all you know of Ivan
Ogareff."
Gle is an extremely dangerous man,
sire, !" replied the chief OF police.
"He ranked as colonel, did he notP'
Eyes, sire"
"Was he an intelligent oihcerY
Every intelligent. but man whose
spirit 1t was impossible to subdue add
possessing an ambition which stopped
at nothing. He soon became involved
In secret intrigues, and it was then that
he was degraded from his rank by LIS
highness the grand duke and exiled 20
Siberia.
'TIow long ago was thatT
1.-TWO years since. Pardoned nfter
six months of exile by your maiestl's
favor, he returned 20 Russia"
'And since that time las he not re-
visited SIberlaT"
"Yes. sire. but he voluntarily return.
ed there" replied the chief Of poll'e.
adding and slightly lowering his vob'c.
"Thtre was time. sire. when none 70
turned from siberia"
"Well. while | live Siberia Is aol
shall be y country whence men can re-
turn
The ear had the right 20 inter tleae
words with some pride, for often by Ills
CHAPTER /.
[lf-'''......-.'s'' IRE. a fresh Dispatch
49,, ''Whonce?"
'Ifrom Tomsk."
- rs thc wire cut be
c you'd that cityT