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


for the 3ictim thus Imprisoned in the
earth. whd presses the earth without
being able to cast it off, having his
arms tied and fastened to his body like
those ORA corpse I'M al coffin! 2 The vic
tim, living in this clay mold, which he
is unable to break, can do nothing but
implore death, which is too slow in
coming!
1t was there the Tartars had inferred
their prisoner for three days. For
three days Nicholas had been waiting
! for succor, which had come at last too
late.
The vultures had perceived that head
exposed to the suns rays, and for some
hours the dog defended his master
against these ferocious birds.
Michael Strogoff dug the earth with
his claspknife to release it from that
imprisoned body. srss5y ~
- The eyes Of Nicholas, closed until
| then, once more opened themselves.
| He recognized Michael and Nadia.
\ Then he murmured: - 49,.
/ "Adieu, friends. i am happy to have
seen you once more. Pray for me-" ~
E And these words were the iastyI III
\ Michael Strogoff continued to dig the
soil, which, being strongly trodden
down, had the hardness of q rock, and
at length he succeeded in drawing from
| it the body of the unfortunate man.
He listened if his heart still beat. 1t
beat no more! =. -i.s-c.I I-' 80.
| He wished then to bury it, that It
! might. not crenaint Ee1posed ION 1.-THE
| steppe, T s,9I t hole in which Nicho-
las, had y, . buried alive he. enlarged
| and deepened in such manner, as to
be able ito lay him there when dead.
| The faithful Serko was placed near his
master. d. .'-.,' - '(. 80 ,.'>
At that moment a great noise was
! heard on the road about half a verst
away9f7L 51E, cS&>C n.311E# >1@1h@
Michael Strogof listened r =; r.
By the noise he knew at once that a
detachment of, cavalry was advancing
toward the Dinka., .,,ry s,.,,-.,,, Z, .,,s...
NADIA, HNadiaw. said he in q low
voice. L0.is.aec l. glnh.~9 ea. s-t -
Athis voice Nadia, who had remained
in prayer, rose up. vas q: ~. 'H9e 20
.eYou see them! You see -them!" he
said to her. ~ E-.Z !. ~ ; IA ! ~
.aThe Tartarsy' she murmured:
It was indeed the advance guard Of
tie ehmriir which was def1ing quickly on
the, road to Irkutsk, ., s,s 80 -'y ~. 81
,''They shall not prevent me frons+in-
terring him. said Michael Srogoff,
And he continued his work J. IS =
Soon Nicholas body, with his hands
! Joined on his breast, was laid in the
tomb. Michael Strogoff and Nadia,
kneeling down fdyed the last time for
that poor beng good and inoffensive,
who thro gu Sosaansss to them had
"And dows" SAID ntiebseI fhrewing
back the; earth theR wolves of the
steppe Shall not de o4r am.sN
Then hts hand stree chsd~ihl menace
toward the troop of horsemsa which
wass passing
ION our Journey, Ola p saiahe,
Michael StroeoR ecouid &c, lengef fol-
low the hIghrpad, now 6eeupied by the
Tartars.s He must throw himself across
t1e. steppe and tnrnr Irkdtsk: In doing
| this they would have to cross the DIM
ka asd-thps Fepld be EYED ronA onf
| gfeatsanxeiG SSJ6 3&AW - |
Nadia could no longer drag herself
along, but shesc9uld see for him. ZIG
took her in ahB -arns and astruck into
the southwest of the province.
There remained for them, to travel
| more than 200: .yersts.1 How could it
BIZ done? How could food be, found OF
the journey3,elE v,,J zyss ,.i3a.;,
by what -spperhuman energy wouldq
| they succeed in passing the first Slopes
OF the Sayensk mountains? Neither
Nadia nor he could tell ny" ,l2Ah9
And yet twelve days after, at 6 o'clock
id the evening. an immense sheet Of
| water folled.at the feet Of Michael Strol
/ gbff.nI h71nuono:g sEw hn& exon
/ lit was Lake JBaikal.l T. .1lGx7uI !
/ Lake Baikal is situated at a height
| OF 1,TAOFfeet aboveFtheievel Of the sea.
\ lis length it about 900 vefsts,~ its
| breadth, aboptra hundred. Its depth is
unknown; Nine, de Bourboulon tells
us that, the sailors say that it wishes to
be called Mrs. Sea-" If one calls II
"Mr. Lake, it at. once is in a ragg
Anyhow, according to a Russian legend,
| al Russian is never drowned there.
! This immense. basin Of fresh water,
d-by-more than 300 rivers is embosi
omed in a magnificent circle of vol.
canic 10 FOUNTAINS II has no other out.
let but the AHgara, which, tier hay-
ing passed Irkutsk. throws itself into
the Yenisei a little aboyesthe town of
| Yeniseisk. &. .s1 Z, -
| The first days of October had come.
The sun now, sank below the horizon Of
5o,clock. and the long nights allowed
the temperature to fall, to zero IN the
thermometers. The first snow, which
was to remain until summer, already
whitened the ighboring heights. Dur
ing the Siberian winter this interior
sea- with its ice several feet thick. is
dotted with trains of couriers and cara.
| st was at. the. southwest point Of the
lake that Michael Strogoff had just ar
rived, carrying Nadia, whose whole
life, SO to speak, was concentrated in
her-eyes. Whatlcould they both expect
| IN this wild mart Of the prOyince but