Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-18
CHAPTER III.
VLADIMIR SENT TO SIBERIA.

VLADIMIR SENT To SlbERlA
TTACHED to the police Of the
~ government Of Perm was an
inspector named Ignatz jan
sky. He was ambitious to rise
and was of that mental and physical
callber that makes q man successful
when he bends all his energies. regard
less Of all scruples, to the attainment
Of his goal.
Inspector Jansky, having received 3
message from Prince Neslerov, hasten
ed to obey, for he knew the power of
Neslerov. and If there should chance to
be promotion in his path at any time
Neslerov. as wealthy noble Of Gras-
Low, could further his possibilities.
Inspector Jansky entered the palace
Of the prince with a humility that
would have charmed the poor devils
whom his eagerness had sent to Sibe-
ria.
"Sit down." said the prince, and the
inspector sat down with suddenness
that proved his desire to please his
sponsor 81 sent for you."
"You did. your excellency. received
your message and made all haste to
obey"
81 trust it did not Inconvenience you
to a great extent" said the prince, who
was quite familiar with the peculiari-
ties Of the inspectors nature.
"Not at all. your excellency-that Is,
not so much but what it gave me pleas
ure to obey. I am always busy, as you
know"
eyes, you are assiduous. Well, have
news for you. But first 1 should be
pleased to receive from you an answer
to a question. What do you wish for
the most?"
Jansky hesitated. His servile mind
saw far into the future, as a rule, but
it could not fathom the meaning Of
this strange question. What did 1t
matter to the prince what he wanted
most unless the prince was disposed to
grant It?
81 should like promotion, your ex-
cellency. OF course. I make no claim.
You have befriended me. You have
made me what l am. / have in my
humble way endeavored to so acquit
myself that you would not be displeas-
ed would not ask you for more.
But. since you ask my dearest wish, it
Is promotion"
at Is possibility" the prince re-
piled.
Having said this, he deliberately
lighted q cigar. leaving the inspector
on nettles. wondering If the possibility
were to materialize into fact.
"As said before, 1t Is possibility"
said Neslerov and relapsed into silence.
81 suppose it Is always a possibility
to one so powerful as your eXcellency,"
said Jansky. who had fine talent for
f1attery.
"At this particular moment 1t Is more
easily accomplished than at any other
time"
'If your eXcellency will explain-if
anything is expected Of me, would
DUTY. only duty" broke In the prince.
"But will explain. You are already
aware that when you were made in
spector Of police In Perm the field of
police activity extended but little far
ther east. The Cossack guards and the
Tartar cavalry composed the police
over the border. But this new railway
is revolutionizing all that. In eacl
government through which this line Of
travel passes or Is to pass depart
ment Of police Is to be established.
There will be new cities develop. There
will be railway stations. The popula.
ton Of Siberia will increase and, though
complex enough at all times, will now
present far greater variety than evet
before. The entrance Of foreigners, Of
consp:rators, will have to be made less
difficult. The escape Of convict will
now be almost mere act Of stepping
upon n train and saying farewell to his
guards.
1T will be, therefore, quite necessary
to establish n system Of police with
officers Of more ability and shrewdness
than the Cossacks who now command
the rude guards who stand sentincls
over the czar's great dominion In Asia.
"Such a department Of police has al
ready been established in TobolSk,
through which the railway is now COM
pleted. 1t Is time now for us to think
of such a department in Tomsk."
AS the prince and governor paused
the inspectors breath came short and
fast.
And, your excellency, In the good
ness of your heart you have thought
Of me?"
81 have been thinking-of several. l
have befriended you. desire to do so
again. But there are difficulties which
we must consider. Your present posi-
ton, while not low one, still Is so
low that the leap from it to the posi-
ton of superintendent Of police of the
government Of Tomsk would excite the
imasnations of certain people at St.
Petersburg"