Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-23
The Secret Dispatch
BY JAMES GRANT

way was he To turnI--was he to permit
these horrors and livei
lie had been present when the Regi-
mcnt of Smolensko guarded the punish
ment of Nine. Iapouchin. one Of the
most beautiful women of the Imperial
Court. where she shone like planet. was
loved. admired and more than once
fought for. An alleged conspiracy
brought her to the knout. in the light Of
open day; and Charlie remembered thSt
sickcning scene. before the eyes of AS
sembled thousands. and how. as the Able
d. Antcrroche records. Tin u few moments
all the skin of her tender back was cut
away in small strips. most Of which re-
mainod hanging. Her tongue was cut
ishcd into Siberia"
"Ol. Natalie Natalie he could hut
repeat. while he wrung his hands; and
thus the dawn Of day found him.
After mature consideration of his posi-
,ion. his powcrlcssncss and the din
cultics that beset him. with the horrors
impending over Natalie. poor Charlie
Balgonic felt maddened. crashed and
hcartbrokcn. Could he see her perish
without n struggle. nm effort. however
reckless. fruitlcss and futile. on her he
half. even IL he pistoled the executioner?
Hearts will break in this lifc." says
recent writer: "it Is the nature Of
them: hut II God wills II. aud IL were
possible. 1t is honester. Drawer. and no
bier to live than to die" Most true:
hut To live IL to houe. Balronie vague.
~. but stcrnly. resolved that he would
do something. but being u poor. bewilder-
ed. loving young fellow. he could In no
way practically se what that something
might he.
The next day was not far advanced
when Balgonie wns summoned by Gen.
Wcyinarn. whose STAFF he had been re-
solving to quit; but for what purpose.
or whittier to go, he knew not. With
something Of u shudder he beheld the
Stcpniak--thc conrnde and confederate
of the late Nicholas Pnulovitch---lcav.
ing the generals quarters
Save that he wore the scarlet livery
Of his new trudc--torture nnd death
he was unchanged. and was the same
hi,lcous and ill.visngcd giant--with
square shoulders. enormous heard. moNse-
like eyes. hair shorn of straight across
the beetle brows. aud the pineapple.
shaped hend--whom Balgonic had seen
/
In the hut where the wretched Podatch.
Kline persisted. lie was now public cy'
ccutioncr of st. Petersburg: under his
felon hands had poor Mierowitz and
Mariolizza been, and ere long would Ma
| tulie be!
Wcymarn was u grave and stern. yet
not uhkind. old soldier: AMI on pereir-
ing that his young nidde'camp looked
pni". he spoke to him with unusual kind
ness. ana added:
/ nin sorry to say 'hnt nav" new
duty or Importance for You to perform.
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OF SIX Coss"cEs OF tue Imperial Guard
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receive mem from tue oi''er command
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