CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-23
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laxative.
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grand duke.
The daughter Of the exiled Wassili
Feodor." answered Michael Srrogyff.
THE daughter OF Commander Fec
dor" said the grand duke. has ceased
TO be the daughter OF an exile. There
are no more exIles al Irkutsk."
Nadia. less strUng in joy than she had
been in sorrow. fell At the feet Of the
grand duke. who raised her with one
hand while he held out the other to
Michael Strogon. An hour afterward
Nadia was IN the arms of her father.
Michael StroCoT. Nadia. Wassili Fec
dor. were reunited. 1t was on all sides
complete happiness.
The Tarrnrs had been repulsed IN
their double attack upon the town.
wassill Feodor with his little troop.
had crushed the first assailauts who
had presented themselves at the Fol
cLa.a gate with the expectation OF tind-
ing IL open
AT the same time that the TarIais
were driven back the besieged had ren-
dered themselves masters OF the hre.
Before daybreak the troops of Feofar-
Khan had returned TO their encamp-
ments. leaving 4 good number OF dead
under the ramparts.
Among the dead was the gypsy san
garre. who had tried in vain to rejoin
Ivan OEareG.
For two days the besieEers attempt
ed no new assault. They were discour-
aged hy The death Of Ivan Ocaneff.
That man was the soul OF the invasion,
and he alone. by his long continued
plots. had sufficient Influence over the
khans and their hordes TO be able to
lead them 10 the conquest OF Asiatlc
Russia.
Meanwhile the defenders Of Irkutsk
had held themselves on their guard.
and the Investment continued. but on
the 1th of October from the first streaks
of day the boom of cannon resounded
on the heights around lrkutsk. II was
the relieving army which had arrived
under the orders OF General kissely.
who thus signaled his presence to the
grand duke
The Tartars did not stay any longer.
They did not wish to risk . battle un-
der the walls OF irkutsk- The camp of
the Angara was Immediately raised
Irkutsk was at last delivered.
With the first Russian soldiers two
friends Of Michael SSrogotT bad entered
the town They were the insepars bic
Blouut and Jolivet BY gaining the
right bank OF the Angara along the
barrier of ice they and the other fugi-
tives had been able to escape before
the flames OF the Angara had reached
the raft. This had been put down by
Alcide Jolivet in his notebooA and in
this manner. WAS near ending like a
lemon in q bowl OF punchr'
Their joy was great TO once more find
Nadia and Michael StrogoG safe and
sound. especially when they learned
that their brave companion YVES not
blind, statement which led Harry
Blount TO jot down this observation:
"a redhot iron is perhaps insufficient
to destroy the sensibility OF the optic
nerve. To be modified"
Arrcrward the two correspondents.
well Installed in Irkutsk. occupied
themselves In putting In order the i'm
pressions of their journey. From thence
two Interesting chronicles OF the Tartar
INVASION Wtft Stut 10 isthtiuh anu ~
is, which. strange to say, only contra
dictcd each other on points Of less mo-
mcnt
For the rest the campaign was bad
for the cmir and his allies. That inva-
sion useless. as are all those that at
tack colossal Russia. was most fatal TO
them. They soon found themselves cut
of by the troops Of the czsr. who re-
took successfully all the conquered
towns Besides. the winter was terri
bic. and of those hordes. decimated by
the cold. only a small number returned
to the steppes OF Tartary. The route
from Irkutss to the ural mountains
was free.
The grand duke was in haste to re
turn to Moscow. but he delayed his
tourney In order to assist At touching
ceremony which took place some days
after the entry Of the Russian trcops-
Michael Strogo6 had sought out Ma
dis and In the presence Of her father
had said to her. .Nadia. my aaster stih.