The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
2o6eyt T.. .1e8ersm---Each a Complete Story.

I0zIpIeIe DI0rV.
the gold which stolen. OF
the Tornsk laboratory receive advices
ST. Petersburg the boxes shall be opened for see
you owing to what has the boxes cannot
be opened without the of inspector from
Russia But that will give us time We shall be able to
communicate with your friends in Moscow, and
thing will be all right But you will to suffer, Herr
Hubner for not taking ten cossacks when it was sug-
gested to by the governing inspector; and for
Itan Polotkin-"
"Yes?' murmured Otto.
You will be glad thru his foresight, he is
to be promoted and he will of the principal in
spectors of the whole of western Siberia
In due time there arrived from Moscow of the
directors syndicate working mine
who having Identified otto Hubner that Individual was
set at liberty Poor fellow he in comfortable
frame of mind for he knew what would be the outcome
of the loss and of the gold Certainly he would
be punished for negligence Of that felt He
walking in the streets of Tomsk day. brooding
went, when he heard sharp and felt moment
afterward grip his shoulder and clnging of hands
at his waist He turned and the little weakened
face of Khalbi looking up him.
"F<halibi!" he cried. ...---1.-.E
Good, dear father. cried Khirghiz, his eyes
dancing with delight Il have sought everywhere for
you. The god-I have it safe for YOU
What you saying?" cried Hubner. "The gold!
What do you know about it? thought you dead"
:. II have the gold safe for you. Come" he
menced To unceremoniousy pull the sleeve of Hubners
shuha gesticulatng all the time, intelligble in
his excitement. Hubner followed him in dream.
He was too WISE however to doubt that the little
Khirghiz knew something. And so they went the
snowy streets until the to small hut the out
skirts into which they went the Khrghiz carefully bolt
ing the heavy wooden door behind them.
ember from the stove and blew it till it bazed into
flame, you did not believe when spoke to about
the robbers" and he applied the fame candle
table You have the gold but have found it, -,
You talk in riddles" said Hubner. THE gold Nh
been found, know; it is in the laboratory of Tomsk-
that certain Of"
mo, master; you certain-you
it. The gold is here here here! and he stamped thrice
the earthen floor. Underneath my feet
He ran to the wall and took spade, flung himself
upon the floor and commenced to dig throwing out
spadesful of earth until small trench made and
then he ceased the sweat pouring in streams from his
brow. ..s-& .....s<.# - =.Ee
Help me- little father" he said "the boxes are
heavy remember, there seven poods.'' s-s-
Hubner was looking into the trench and sure enough
ne saw seven packages there seeming like sacks He
got down and lifted out With feversh fingers he tore
away the sackng and 10 and behold! there of
the boxes of the gold He staggered back, and
sat down heavily on the stool. 49, e
But cannot understand" he said THE gold is in
the Tomsk laboratory, and-it is here!' ..s.s
They have not the gold in the Tomsk laboratory"
said the Khirghz they have got eadlead little father
which the governing inspector himself put
made the the gold boxes themselves You did
not know it'll did inplored to all the gold in
tarantass, but refused did it myself, and
put all the boxes of lead into the two taranasses; and
you sat three boxes thinking it all gold, whereas it
all lead; and they let because they thought
had only lead with whereas had the gold and
had the lead Batushka. ar, am I not clever"
and presented him to the emissary
burg. The emssary armed with powers to the
safes of the laboratory of nnsk and inspect gold
therein mission and precise He was to
see that the gold book of Nicosk order,
that the amount of gold entered book itself was
represented in the Tomsk laboratory. The
opened the boxes brought FORTH undone
the seals were broken and the heavy woodwork
forced apart-and the general governor gasped The
enaissary smiled. Otto Hubner laughed, for
: gold that met their eyes-it was lead
"A trick" eGed the general governor
Easily explained said Otto Hubner. II have the
gold in possession and in ten minutes 1t
yours You would not believe when told you
the stealing of the gold was plot the part of Ivan
Polokin; it was, athp grevious
thought he had only German to deal with whereas
he had I<hirghiz as we'll -
And in few rapid sentences he told the story of
is, ~,
had saved the gold.
easy see," he said, what the object OF
Advancement, and forth To have actually
would meant the disappearance
quantity of gold. That gold would ia
be recovered somehow; it could get out of the
country. Polotkin's scheme was great He
covered the robbers brought it you
at least he thought but he brought the lead, and
not gold. The lead-here it Isl the gold-we, you
have it, I have said, in ten minutes time
And they did-seven boxes, pools, twenty