CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-04-23
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means been SO calm. Firing had been
kept up from the advanced posts. and
shells had hissed through the air. and
this time there was nothing OF the kind.
The grand duke. General yoranzon.
their aids-de-camp, waited therefore.
ready to give their orders according to
the circumstances
II has been stated that Ivan ogareff
occupied room In the palace. II was
q pretty large room. situated on the
ground 6oor. and Its windows opened
out upon 4 side terrace. One need only
step n few PAGES on this terrace to
overlook the course Of the Angara. A
profound darkness reigned In that
room. Ivan Ognref. standing near n
window. was waiting for the hour OF
action to arrive. Evidently the signal
could only come from him. Once this
signal was given. when most OF the de
Tenders of irkutsk should have been
called to the points openly attacked.
his plan WIS to leave the palace and
to go aud accomplish his work. He
waited then In the dark. like tiger
ready 10 spring upon its prey.
Meanwhile. some minutes before 2
o'clock. the grand duke asked that MI
chaei Strogofr-lt was the only maine
he could give TO Ivan Ogarer-sbouid
be brought to him. An aid-de-camp
came to bis room. the door OF which
was closed He called him. Ivan Oga
refY. motionless near the window and
invisible In the darkness. took good
care not TO answer. The grand duke
was then Informed that the courier Of
the car was not at that moment IN the
palace.
Two o'clock struck IL was the mo
ment that action had been agreed on
with the TariarS. who werr ready for
the assault Ivan oEar.n opened the
window Of his room aud placed himself
ai the uorih angie OF the side terrace
Below MIN IN the shade flowed the VA
terS OF tine AnsHra, wbrh ruap-d "A.
they brak" against the plies OF III" but
trs-sSs.s
Ivan ognrci dr-w Hint FROM niS
pocket aud III with II p.,Sr of cotton
wool lnlpr'gnRi'd with prim.ne pow
der which hr threw into ia" river u
was by Ih. order OF ivan UEnr.n that
Torrents OF mineral oii had b'rn cast
ON tli. surface. OF tie AnEara SPRING
OF nnphthn had b,cn discovered above
Irku,sk on the right hank. between th'.
yillagr of roshkaYSk aud the town
Ivan Ogarrf had resolved to employ
this terrible means for setting Ore to
Irkutsk II" therefore made use OF the
immense reservoir which contained the
liquid lie bad only to
max. a few canals to draw IN streams
into the river These be had made that
very night. some hours before Th"
cotton wool had been cast on the wa
trrs Of the Angnra In au instant. as ~
the current had been made OF alcohol
all the river became mass Of flames.
pidlty OF electricity Volumes Of blu"
flames covered the whole surface OF the
river and shot far up into the sky
Tn. few blocks Of Ice that came tioat-
ing down the river. being seized by the
burning liquid. melted IKE wax on the
surface Of n furnace. and the wntcr.
scni OF as vapor. rose kissing to the
ciouds At that very moment the DR.
ing ir.Ean at the north and at the south
of the town The batteries OF the camp
Of the Angina threw ap uninterrupted
volicy Of shot and shell Many thou
sand Tartars rushed to the assault Of
the rnmpar1s The houses along the
high banks constructed OF wood. took
Gre in every direction An Immense
light disSipated tue shades OF night
AT last said ivan ognrer And he
had good reason 10 applaud The 81
version which he had planned was ter
yible The defenders saw themselves
placed between the attack Of the Tar
tars and the disasters Of an itImensr
confla grafton. The bells sounded. and
every abiebodicd man OF the population
FASTENED TO the points attacked and To
the houses which wen, being devoured
by the firc. which was threatening TO
communicate Itself to the whole city
The Bolchnia gate was almost free. "
was with difficulty that any defenders
had been left there,
Ivan Ognrefr re-cutcred his room.
then brilliantly III up by the flames
from the Angara that ovcrtopped the
baIurtrndes OF the ramparts. Then he
prepared TO leave IL. But scarcely had
he opened the door when womnn
rushed into the room. with her gar
ments dripping wet. her hair In disor'
der.
"Sangarre," cried Ivan Ogarefr in the
nrst moment OF surprise and not imag
Sning that IL could be any other woman
than the gypsy.
1t wns not Sangarrc: II was Nadia.
A. the moment when seeking refuge