The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-01-09


great Importance to rebind them more
firmly together that they might resist
the. current of the 7Angara, which is
very rapid. -. -. -,
( The old sailor did not, therefore, ex-
pect any more fugitives at the port OF
Livenitchnaia, and yet at the moment
the raft was leaving the shore two
men, coming out of "a deserted house,
ran with great haste to the bank 80:
Nadia, sitting at the back part Of the
raft, looked at them in istless man
ner. : .zfCI-"s.
A cry was about to, escape her. she
seized the hand Of Michael ,Stregoff,
who at that moment raised his heads
What is the matter WITH; you. Va
dia 2? he asked. : sss:--~%
Our two fellow travellers Michael
that Freedman and that Enghshman
who we met in the defles Of the Ural
mountains" r.@s=7 ~
les. = II { =: 49, & =
Michael Strogor shuddered FOR the
strict incognito from sMhiehshe did not
wish to depart was msdanger ofbeing
unveiled. - S.>sff.c
And in reality it was not amy longer
Nicholas Korpanoff whom Alcide. JOLT
vet and Harry Blount were about to
see in him now, but, the true Michael
Strogoff, the courier of the car. The
journalists had already met him twice
since their separation at the posthouse
of IchiIn-the. first time latEthe camp Of
Zabedeiro, when he cut with the blow of
the knout the face of Ivan Ogareff, the
second time at Tomsk, when he was
condemned by the enir. They knew
therefore what=to think of him and his
| true position as courier of the car.
Michael Strogoff7 quickly took up his
part * ,G5s7 =.,.- hsr5- *EE&-I EzG1G: =,
NADIA" said he, "whensthat French:
man and Englishman shall come on
board beg them to come up to me" 9oFT
They were indeedIHarry EBlount and
Alcideg Joliyst, whom not chance, but
! the force of events, had conducted to
the port of Livenitchnaia, Just as they
had led Michael Strogoff.1 - --r
The reader knows that after having
been present at the 0triumphaE entry OF
the TaEtars into Tomsk they had gone
away before the savage : execution
which terminated the feast They had
no doubt but their old fellow trayeler
had been put to death, and. they were
quite unaware that he had been only
| made blind by order of the emir. 49,
Then, having procured horses, they
had abandoned Tomsk that very night.
with the xed~intention of dating hence
forth their articles from Russian camps
of eastern Siberia. g-r7
.Alcide eJolivetz and Harry 7Bleunt set
out. fer Irkutsk by forced marches.
They had, great hopes of outstripping
Feofar- Khan, and most, certainly they
woilfd have done SO had not a third col
umn unexpectedly made its& appear
ance, having come from the southern
provinces of the Yenisei. Like Michael
Strogoff, they were; cut off before hay
ing even reached the Dinka. Hence
they were again compelled to go down
| as far as Lake Baikal. --''- ~, - T1-
| When they arrived at Lvenitchnaia,
| the port was already deserted. : On any
p, other side It was Impossible for them
to enter 1rkutsk, which was Invested
| by the Tartar armies3 q 5a@I q =.
They had been there for three days,
and very much embarrassed. when the
| raft arrived. ,}sr ~ ~ ,m--~ s.~l
The design of the fugitives was COM
municated to. them. There was GER
tainly some chance Of their being able
! to pass during the night and penetrate
into Irkutsk. They therefore resolved
/ to make the attempt. ~ -. ssrS!-s.l
Alcide Jolivet at once placed himself
| in communication with the old mariner
and asked passage for his companion
and himself. offering to pay the fare he
J fixed, whatever it might be.
Here one does not pay anything, !"
gravely answered the old mariner.
zone risks his life; that is ALL" sgsa 81
| The two journalists embarked, and
Nadia saw them take their place in the
/ fore part Of the raft. ...4
! Harry Blount was always the cold
Engljshman who had scarcely address
ed word to her during the whole jour-
1 ney across the Ura1 mountains. Alcide
Jolivet seemed a little more grave than
| usual, and one would acknowledge that
his gravity was justified by that Of the
/ circumstances. tlgH9 lR5sCu .4iQI sTe
Alcide Jolivet was then Installed on
the fore part Of the raft, when he felt
! hand rest on his arm. He turned
| round and recognized Nadia, the sister
OF him who was no longer Nicholas
Korpanoff, but Michael Strogoff, cou-
riertof the car. A. cry of surprise was
about to- escape him when he saw the
young girl place her finger on her lips.
Come" said Nadia TO him.
And, assuming an air of Indifference,
Alcide Joiivet, making sign to Harry
Blount to accompany him, followed her.
But IL the surprise of the journalists
! was great atimeeting Nadia con that
raft 1t was w hSut limits when they
perceived Michaei ,StrogoG, whom they
could not believe TO be stilisaHye. Nj
chaeE StrogoF had mot sIncyed. at their
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