CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-09

bv 4, will ~ iruu n, 1,,,st,u by treason
and .s.,.s,u,t,op ,i.. .,.oriusiop of the
d,-,,,,,, a., ,h.. ,nva..u
af,.r ria. am. v.r of Ivan ocareff the
grand ,iub,. p,,J. a s,rn and ali his
,t,i,,.r. r,.,,rad
IN. t,.tu ous ,l,cl,,,l Strocofr and he
reu,a.p.d n .op.. IN the. room.
I'll. grand duk. looked at Ivan oga-
refr for som. seconds aud will the
greatest attention Then he asked him: :
lyon were on the 18th OF July at
NoscowY'
ayes. your bigbnpss. and on tn. night
from The l+rh 10 the 18th I saw his
ma ai.sty tb. ear AT the New palace
lyon have n letter from the carr
-Here IL is"
And Ivan .Orareff handed to the
grand duke the Imperial letter. reduced
to dimensions almost microscopic.
was that letter given to you in that
slater asked the grand duke.
"No. your highppss. but | was com
peIled to tear opeu the envelope in or.
der TO better conceal IL from the Tartar
soldiers."
Have you. then been q prisoner OF
the TartarsT
Yes. your hsghoeas. during q few.
dayA." answered ivan Ogare1. "lt if
- that account thai. having set out
from Moscow on the 18th Of July.
only arrived al irkutsk Cd the I'd OF
October after . journey OF sixty-pine
dsys-
The erssd duke took the letter. He
snfoided IL and recognized the sigma
surr Of the czar preceded 10y the sacra-
mental formula written with his own
hand. Hence ssprr was no pcesibie
doub, concerning the authenticity of
that letter nor Indeed concerning ihe
Identity Of The courier. II his nere<
look n irsf inspired mistrust. the
grand duke did DOT allow ii 10 be seen.
and soon the msfrusI disappeared al
together.
The grand duke reus in-d some mo-
menix without speaking He was read
ing slowly the letter In order to thor
ougbiy gather the sens. Of IL.
Taking up again the speech. he ask
ed:
Michael syrocofY. do you know the
contents OF This I-tierY'
AYES. your utrhp..s. might have
..een comp..ii,-d 10 destroy 1, TO prevent
IL from failing into th. uauJs OF the
Tsnars. and N that should happ-u {
vis,,.d to bring It's contents 10 your
hirhpess.-
"Do you know that this letter enjoins
us to die at lrkutsk rather than sur
render the city,
KNOW IL
do you niso Know tnat IL poin's OUT
the movements OF the troops VINO nave
combined TO cneck the INVASION
les your niknness' nut tnose move
ments nave no' suceeseueu.
What 90 you meah
wish 10 ten you tnat ichim. onsN'
iomsk. oot 10 SPEAK OF other Important
towns OF 'he TWO s'perias' nave "cn
one nfter hnother occupied py ene so''
oiers OF reotarN nhn-
bu' mas 'here pfen oat't' ua'e
our S"ssaeks ever met the ! afIa'
se'erai tmes' your nignness-
ana tney Were rePniseut
Tbey were mol 10 snhcient s'rene.n.
where nave the encounters "Nen
place OF which you speakF
Al hai!'an' at iomsk
Up to this time ivan ogareu hau onts
told the trnth. pu' WIN tne op1ec' Oh
lighting the defenders OF irkutsk oy
exaggerating tue advantages oots'neo
py ,ne troops ot 'ne ein.r' ne auueu'
Ana 'n''" "ue oe'o'e o'
arsN'
"knd that last engagement" asked
the grand duke, whose hrmly set lips
scarcely allowed the words TO pass.
1T was more than an engagement,
your highness.' answered Ivan OgA-
rel; '.it was q battle"
"A battiey'
Twenty thousand Russlans. coming