Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-11-24

Suill Dc CcuutTy WuouCe m0u CAL re-
turn"
The car had the right to utter these
words with some pride. for often by his
clemency he had shown that Russian
Justice knew how to pardon.
did not Ivan Ogareff," asked the
car, return to Russia a second time
after that journey through the Siberian
provinces, the object of which remains
unknown
"He did"
"And have the police lost trace of
him SINGER
mo, sire'
"Where was Ivan Ogareff last heard
ofY'
'In the province of Perm"
"In what town."
"At Perm itself"
What was he doing"
"He appeared unoccupied, and there
was nothing suspicious in his conduct"
''Then he was not under the surveil-
lance Of the secret police?"
"No, sire"
"When did he leave PermY
about the month of March,"
ITO co.
Where is unknown"
"And since that time it is not known
what has become of him?"
''No, sire, it is not known"
"Wel, then, myself know" answer
ed the car. 81 have received anony-
nous communications which did not
pass through the police department,
and in the face of events now taking
place beyond the frontier l have every
reason to believe that they are correct"
DO you mean, SIRE" cried the cher
Of police. that Ivan Ogareff has hand
in this Tartar rebellion?"
Indeed do, and | will now tell you
something which you are ignorant of.
After leaving Perm Ivan Ogaref cross
ed the Ural mountains, entered Siberia
and penetrated the Kirghiz steppes and
there endeavored, not without success,
to foment rebellion among their no.
madic population. He then went so far
south as free Turkestan. There in the
provinces Of Bokhara, Khokhand and
koOndoeZ he found chiefs willing to
pour their Tartar hordes into Siberia
and execute a general rising in Asiatic
Russia. The storm has been silently
gathering, but it has at last burst like
a thunderclap, and now all means of
communication between eastern and
western Siberia have been stopped.
Moreover, Ivan Ogareff thirsting for
vengeance, aims at the life of my
brother!'
The car had become excited while
speaking and now paced up and down
with hurried steps. The chief of police
said nothing. but he thought to him.
self that during the time when the en-
peror of Russia never pardoned an ex-
lie schemes such as those of Ivan Oga-
ref could never have been realized.
few moments passed, during which
he was silent. then, approaching the
czar, who had thrown himself into an
armchair, he said:
your majesty has of course given
orders that this rebellion may be sup
pressed as soon as possible?"
Eyes," answered the car. "The last
telegram which was able to reach Mi
nj Udinsk would 'set. in motion the
troops in the governments of Yenisei,
Irkutsk, Yatutsk, as well as those in
the provinces of the Amur and Lake
Baikal. At the same time the regi-
ments from Perm and Mini Novgorod,
and the COssackS from the frontier are
advancing by forced marches toward
the Ural mountains. But unfortunately
some weeks must pass before they can
attack the Tartars.'
"And your majesty's brother, his
highness the grand duke, is now isolat-
ed in the government of Irkutsk and is
no longer indirect communication with
Moscow"
THAT is So"
"But by the last dispatches he must
know what measures have been taken /
by your majesty and what help he may
expect from the governments nearest |
to that of Irkutsk?''
HE knows that" answered the car,
"but what he does not know Is that |
Ivan Ogareff, as well as being a rebel,
Is also playing the part of a traitor and
IiioI III I'LL nc las d pcfSOudl anu Dlt- |
ter enemy. 1t Is to the grand duke that |
Ivan Ogareff owes his first disgrace,
and what Is more serious is that this
man is not known to him. Ivan Oga-
refs plan, therefore, is to go to Irkutsk
and under an assumed name offer his
services to the grand duke. Then, aft
er gaining his confidence, when the
Tartars have invested Irkutsk, he will |
betray the town and with it my broth
er, whose life is directly threatened.
This is what / have learned from my
secret intelligence, this is what the
grand duke does not know and this is
what he must knowv