CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-01-08
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proclamation expelling all foreigners Of
AsiatIe origin and the words exchanged
last evening between those tive gyp
sIes of the Zingari race. The Father
himself sends us where we wish 10 GO
that old mnn said. But the Father Is
the emperor He Is never called any
thing else among the people. How
could those gypsles have foreseen the
measure taken against tbemT How
could they have known It beforehand.
and where do they wish to gof Those
are suspicious people. and 1t seems 10
me that 10 them the government procla
nation must be more useful than In
furious"
But these reflections. though certain
ly correct. were completely dispelled by
another. which drove every other
thought ont OF aflchncrs mind lie for
got the Znrnris. their suspicious words.
the strnrrc coincidence which resulted
from IA" proclamation. The rculem'
brnnce Of lie your- LiToninu girl sud
denly rushed into bis lind-
Poor chlldr' he thought TO himseh
.sho caunot now cross the frontier"
Ia truth the yoCug Eirl was fnou
hfHNH sue WIS - a.AAHaAAAs htAAAa1' AA'.a'
Is Russian, uud now could not leave
Russian territory. The permit which
had been given her before the ns4S
measures had been promulgated was
evidently no longer available, Al
routes to Siberia had just been pitilcss.
ly closed to her. and whatever was the
motive which was taislng her TO r..
kutsk she was now forbidden TO 90
there.
This thought greatly occupied Nj
chacl Sirogon. He said TO himself.
vaguely at first. that without neglect
ing anything OF what was due TO bis
important mission II would perhaps
Be pOsslblc for him TO be OF some USE
TO this brave girl. aud this idea pleased
him. Knowing how serious were the
dangers which he. an energetic and
vigorous man. would have personally
to encounter through country of
which. however. the roads were q
millar be could not conceal from him
self how Infinitely greater they world
prove to n young. unprotected girl ~
sho was going TO irkutsk. she would
b. obliged TO follow the same rond a.
himself. she would have to "a
through the bands OF Invaders, as b"
was about 10 attempt doing himself
II, mur-oycf. and according to all prob
ability. she had nt her disposal only
the resources necessary for journey
taken under ordinary circumstances.
how could she manage TO accomplish IL
under conditions which late events
would render not only periious. but cx-
pensivef
We'll" said he. III she takes the
route to Perm IL is nearly impossible
but that shall fall In with her. Then
I viii watch over her without her sus'
pectlng IL. and as she appears TO be as
anxious as myself to reach lrkutsk she
win cause ms no delay"
But one thought leads TO another.
Michael strogof had Till now reasoned
on the supposifion OF doing a kind ac-
tion. OF rendering n service. but now
another idea flashed into his brain. and
the question presented itself under
quite new aspect
'-The fact is.- said he 10 himself
.that have much more need OF her
than she can have CT me. Her pres.
epcc will bc useful In drawing on sus
picion from me. A man travelling alone
aci7s~ tire -'.ppcs may bc easily guess
ed 60 be q courier TO the czar. II. on
the contrary. this young girl accompa
nics me. | shall appear In the eyes Of
all the Nicholns korpanon OF my ppdn
roJna. Therefore she must accompa
me. Therefore I must ind her aga a,
at any cost II Is not probable that
aimee yesterday evening she has been
able 10 get carriage and leave Mini
Novgorod. must look for her And
may God guide me-
Michael left the great square Of Mini
Noygorod. where the tuuyli produced
by the carrying out of the prescribed
measures had now reached It's height.
determinations from the hanlshr'l
strangers. shouts from the agents md
Cossacks who were using them ~ bru
tally. all together made an indcscriha-
BILE upronr. The glrl Tor whom lie
searched could not be there, 4, was
now . o'clock In the morning The
steamboat did not start till IL. Nj.
chncl Strogof had therefore nearly
three hours TO employ In searching FOR
her whom he wished To make his tray.
cling companion.
He crossed the Nolga again and hunt
ed through the quarters on the other
side. where the crowd was much less
considerable. He visited every road,
both In the high and low towns. He
entered the churches. the natural ref
ugc FOR all who weep. for all who suf'
fer. Nowhere did he meet with the
young Llvonlan.
"And vet" he repeated, "shc could