CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-01-22
The Courier to The Gar

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city and, full description of Mfchae
sent to ALI the various consmandants, II
order To prevent his departure from
Omsk But he had already passet
tiheations. His horse was Gallopins
over the steppe. and, not having beer
Immediately pursued, the chances OF
escape were in his favor.
1t was on the 10Th of JBly, :, at 8 O'Clock
In the evening, that Michael Soogofl
had lefr Omsk. This town is situated
abou ,IaIf way between Moscow and
Irkutsk. where 1t was necessary chat
he should arrive within ten days II he
| wished to- get ahead OF the Tartar col
umns. 1t WIS evidsnt that the un.
lucky CHARGE which lad brought him
into the presence of his mother had be.
traycd his ipeognito. rSnn Ogaren was
no logger Ignorant of the fact that a
courier OF the ear hId just passed
Omsk, taking srhe direction OF IrEutsk.
The dispatches which this courler bore
must have been OF immense iInpor-
tanee. Michael Strogpff knew, there-
fore, rhRt every effort would be, made
TO cGpturr him.
Bur what he dki not know and could
not know was tbar Maria strpeon was
IN the hauds of Ivan Olnrsn aud thIss
she WAS about To aIone. perhaps with
ber life, for that natural exhibition of
her feelings which sne had bsen unable
to- restrain when she suddenly found
herself In the presence OF her SON Aud
1t was fortunate that be was igps~ant
OF it. Could he have withstood this
fresh triaBf
Michael Srroyon urg>d' on ais hoss~.
imbung him with all his-owu fevsrish
impatience, requiring OF him enc tnlug
only-name4Y. 90 bear rim rapidly to
the next posting house. svhere he could
be exchanged for quickser conTsyanre.
At midnight he had cAeared seventy
versts aud halted At the .tzation Of ho1-
likovo. But there. as he fearsd. he
found neither horses rsor carriages.
SeveraD Tartar ttstschnlents bizi. pass
ed along the highway % the steppe-
Everything had. seeD stoiro or rpquisi-
toned both lni tiis villages and in, tue
posting HOUSES. Is was with difficulty
that Michael ss1nsod urs even able 20.
obtain some Tsfre-hmvnt f6r his. hors-
and himself.
I; was, OF grsar Importance tbsrcf1Spi
II spare his hsrss. for he coaid--sl tell
when o. Row >iisss- ssi...,' Dc able To, M
fiice 1t. Dessring. aowcn err. to TTnti tie I
greatest possible distance betweeaihim'
self and the horsencn whonslIvaal 9gn'
refr haI M doubu dispatch cd in parfsoit.
he resolved to- push on Aften ons'l
hour :. re~5 he r,ssuIsed his. Costse aeross.
the stepps.
And gu July ia ut p rE.-. Mjohasl
StrogOm. needless of fatigu e. Rrri sodi Afl
Elamsk-
There he was forced to givv a night,s
rest to his horse. The courageous
beast could not have continued that
Journey any longer.
At Elamsk there was no. means of
transportation Coz the same rcasnns as
In the burEhs already passed. bx-ear,
riagcs and horses were gone
Elamsk. a small town tire Tartnrs
had not visited yet, was almosr com
pletaly depopuiated, for It was' very
easy to invade H from rhe'so,Itfil an,a
almost impossible to sucoor itfrpm the
north. Ds reiny of post, police stAtisn.
government building. all wnrr abmn-
doned by governmental order, anil on
one side tue functionaries. od, the other
the inhabitants. had gone to- Kstn1sk. In
the center OF the Baraba.
Michael Strugoff wns obliged bp pass
the night at s1lamsk to permit bis horse
to rest at least twelve hours. ELa re-
menibercd the instructions. given him
at Moscow to cross Slberin unknown 3
reach lrkutsk at all hazDrds. bU nis9,
to not sacrifice success 10 me swtftDsss
OF his passage. Consequently he WIS
forced to spare the only usnns' ofttras-
el left him.
on the morrow Michael Strogpn left
Elamsk. aud five days laoor, on the 5th
Of August. twenty-onc days since start
ITO be continued)