CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-16
The Courier Of
T h e c z a r


ing OF tapif ulnfiOu ne ulsuaiu OF
Russia for rhosr barba rians was With
out limit In any '-asp no one for mo
ni..nr suspected the hateful role which
ivan ogarrn was playing No one
could nav- Imagined that the pretended
courisI al the ear was nothing elsa..
than a traitor
A circumstance sItogefher unnatural
was THE ~ use. from his arrival n lr
ku,sk OF fi.ere beng frequent relations
bel w.-u i,nD Ognr-f1 and one OF its
bra vest d-fpndsrs. WassiIi Feodor. On'
knows with what anxiety this unhap-
by father was devoured. II bis daugh-
ter. Nadia Feodor. had left Russia at
the date assigned by the last letter lie
had received from Riga. what had be
come OF her? Was she still trying to
traverse the Invaded provinces. or,
rather. had she already been for long
time a pri,oner7 Wassill Feodor could
not ind any solace for his sorrow ex-
cept when b. Lad some opportunity OF
fighting aga nst the Tartars. opportn-
mites which were too seldom for his
liking Now. when wassill Feodor was
Informed OF the unexpected arrival OF
q courier from the car he had a pre-
sentiment that this courier could Civ
him some tidlngs of his daughter. Il
was only a very slight hope. but still
be clung to II.
wassIli Feodor went TO hnd Ivan
Ognr.iY. who avalled himself OF IL
opportunity to have daily relations
with the commandant Did tlf rene
gnde think he could turn that circuui
stance to his own profiti Did he jud=r
all men by himself Could he believe
that a russian. even n political exile
could be 50 mean as to betray his eouu
tryT Whatever was the case. Ivan
oEaren met with sklllfully feigned "a
gcrness all the advances made to him
by the father OF Nadia. The latter. the
very next m"rnlng after the arrival -
the pretended courier. went TO the pa.
ace OF the governor general There he
Informed Ivan Ogaren OF the circum
stances under which his daughter had
10 leave European Russia and told him
now what was bis anxiety In her re
gard
Ivan prarcff did not know Nadia. al
though h- had met her at the post
house - ichm the day on which sii,.
was '"''N vs." -'fNN"'' ''''eS"'
then d" had para no 'hore ATTENTION ="
her ihau the two Journalists, VINO Wet'
nj the same time ih tbe pos'nouse' hs
could not therefore give my n'"s :"
his daughter 10 Was.ih rrohor
but 81 what TIME asked ivan oeA'
ren. had your daughter TO leave Rus
sian ,erritoryr'
Al nearly tue same uthe Ms you. w
piled "nsnii reodor-
qunted MOSCOW on the i''n OF
July.
Ana Nhuia also nhn 10 Ns'e ""s"
on fhnt GATE. hef e'tef to'u Hie % ea
prersiy
she was at Moscow on the 10Th OF
July asked ivan ogareu'
YES. certainly At that date.
very well replied ivan ogarn
Then. recoIectine himself. ne addeui
bot. no; ! was forgetting ~
about to confound dates u Is unioHu
nateiy TOO prooaoie 'hat your uauen.
ter has had TO cross the tron''cr' anu
only one nope refhains-tnnt sue may
have stopped on receiving news o' 'nf
Tartar inNss'on'
Wassih feodor huhg down MS neau
ne knew Naula' ana ne kne" wen 'ns'
nothine would prevent her seuins on.
by TINS statement ivan osareu uau
Just committed gratuitousiy an As' ..
real cruelty WIN one worn ne e'''u
reasrure Wassii teodor.
Although NADIA had passed tne tron'
tier under the Circumstances previous
iy Described. Wassih reoaor' oy com
pairing the date at which MS daush'et
was certainly M NUM- No'goroo anu
the date OF the order forpidding any one
to leave IL, would without doubt uraw
this coucltlstou-thHt Nadia could not