The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-01-11

- u niy hands you wish TO prcss~
said Nicholas. ''IIpfe they are my
good man. Shake them as much ~
you Ike"
The kbitka was soon IN motion The
horse, which Nicholas never struck.
ambIcd along. IL Michael Strocod did
not gain much In rapidly, NJ least new
fatignes would be spared to Nadin-
And such was the exhaustion OF the
young girl that. rocked Is the monoto-
nous motion OF the kibitka. she soon
fen into a sleep that resemblcd an4uiter
sprostration. Michael Strogoff aud Nlcb-
olns made a. bed for her on The birch
leaves as well as they were able. The
compassionate young man was much
moved, and II a tear did not escape Tie
eyes Of Michael strogoff in truth Il
was because the redhot iron had hurn-
ed them dry,
"She Is pretty said Nicholas.
Yes answered Michael Stregoff.
These darlngs would he strong. for
they are courageous, but they are rcal-
" only weak. DO You come great
distancet"
"irom a great l'stancn'
"Pocr yuung fo'k 'ft@ must have
hurt you much when tinsy burned your
eyes
VERY much" SAID gilchac strogon.
turning as though he could see Nichc-
las
did YOU not cwr
EYES"
-, 49,. .,.,,,iA f,,,,, or,c, Tn think
that one can never see again those be
loves. Anyhow they see you. That Is
perhaps some consolation"
"Ycs, pelaps. Tell me, friend dr.
manded Michael Strogof. "haye You
never seen me anywhere before To-
day."
"yoo. my good man? No. never"
eft Is because the sound OF your voice
As not unknown 60 me-"
'Do YOU sceT said Nicholas, smiling
l,He knows the sound Of my voice
Perhaps you ask nee this 20 learn
whence | come. oh. | am going 70
ten YOU. am coming from Kalyyan."
'Hfrom Kalyvany said Michael Stro-
gofr. 'Ncll. then II Is there that met
you You were at the telegraph OF
hcce7
THAT may be-" answered Nicholas
az lived there. was employed as teie-
graph operator
and you remained &c your post TO
the last momontf' ak@trss
"Eh. 1t is especially at that moment
one ought to be there.
"It was the day Wien an Engllshmab
and n Frcnchmaa, rubles IN their
hands. disputed the turn -
ct, and when the Englishman telegraph
, ed the first verses OF the BlbleY
"That, my good man Is possible, bnt
/ do not remember t."
What You do not remember itY
! 81 never read the dispatches which |
! transmit My duty being to forget
: them, the shortest way is to be igno-
, rant OF them
= This answer was characteristic o.
Nicholas Pigassof sr-I--
i However, the kibitka kept on It's easy
corrse, which Michael strogoT would
p have liked TO render more. rapid, but
q Nicholas aud his horse were accustom-
cd 60 gait from which neither the one
: nor the other could depart The horse
4 walked for three hours and then resi-
ed for ono. and this day and night
j During the halts the horse pastured.
d the travellers Of the klbitka ate in com
4 pany with The faithful Serko. The kL
!. bltka was provsioncd for at least
4 twenty pcrsong aud Nicholas had gen
erously placed thc reserved food at the
- disposal OF his two guests, whom he
q believed 10 be brother and sister.
! On the 22d Of August the kibitlsa
reached tho town Of Atchinsk. which
!. was $50 vcrsts fsoal Toinsk. A hun-
dred aud twenty ycrsts still separated
II from Kasnoiarsk. No incident had
marked this Journey. During the SIX
days they had been together Nicholas
Michael StroEofr and Nadia had re-
manned Just the same, the one In his
unalterabse calmncss. Tire other two
@ anxious rgd looking forward 90 Gss'
moment when their 'compdnttns. would
!. separate from them.
q ON the evening ~ the o5th az Aur,fa
the kibltka was only half rerst feo,n
Krasnoiarsk. One could sec on tby
0 Fight ana len the numerous woodoo
crosses which ace erected along ths
/ foaa ~ the 17reaofes 70 thc tossn. u
: was : o'clock at night
+ The kibltka had stopped.
r Where are VIC. sisterse asked vi
chacl Strogod.
/ ~ little over a half vcrst from the
FIRST houses" answered Nadia.
/ HAS the town, then, gone to sleep,
No noise strikes upon my ear"
Ten minutes nftcrward tho LinisEa
entered The principal street
Krasaolarsk was deserted! There WINS
not any longer Athenian IN this
Athens Of the NORTH as II Is called
by Nine. de Eonrboulon. Not one OF
those cquipcges 50 splcndidly rlcrcd
ont ratified along the handsome wide
streets. Not . foot passenger tfod tho
Sidewalks that skirted~t those magnid-
i cent houses Of wood. palatioI in tbeI,
\ grandeur!