The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-27

N MUIe7SSM enjoy a cigar. This
leniency augnred well.
1t Ind the look of mere brief deten-
ton. and II there had been no ques-
tion of yera's safety he would have
felt little anxiety ut, was therefore a
complete surprise. to him when, about
10 OF the forenoon, he was summoned
TO trial! The announcement was ooldly
made by the officer who had managed
his arrest upon the previous evening.
Darrell demanded counsel ahd"was
Informed that 1t was not customary.
He insisted upon an interview with the
official representative of his country
and received the reply that his letter
had been forwarded and that nothing
more could be done, There was no al
tentative. He wis forced to accept
trial OH the prosecutors terms.
He was led before a singular tribu-
nal The judge sat In courtroom
bare as a barn, and there We're not
dozen persons present, including pris-
oner. guards ana clerks. A villainous
looking individual with face so I'M
symmetrical that he seemed TO be made
from the halves OF two very different
men that had been split longitudinally
acted as states attorney. He charged
the prisoner with being an escaped ST.
berian convict, Sergus Bilowski. His
opening remarks were brief, and he
galloped through them at such a gait
that Darrell had hard work to follow
him. Witnesses were then admitted,
one at time, from an adjoining room.
They swore to the prisoners identity
with such alacrity that three of them
testified within five minutes, Darrell
was not permitted to question them.
but at the close Of the farce lie had a |
chance to testify in his own behalf.
AS IL to make the proceedings perfect
ly fair, nobody questioned him. When
he had said his say, the judge signed
some documents, and the officer who
had brought Darrell in received them.
The prisoner will be taken to Cred
skov," said the judge. land will be re-
turned to Siberia at the earliest oppor
tunity."
He then left the bench, vanishing
through door behind il. Darrell was
led back TO the room in which he had
been previously confined He was not
fettered and there was no added sever
ity in the treatment of him except that
an armed guard was placed within the
room, gigantic fellow with a good ma
tured face, who sat on stool tilted |
back against the door with short gun, |
like cavalry carbine.across his knees,
Darrell had struggled to preserve his
self command throughout the tragic |
farce of the trial, we'll aware that the |
approval Of his own sense of honor was |
all he had TO hope for. He had main
tanned calm demeanor from first TO
last. and in his prison room he ad-
dressed his guard cheerfully.
"Where is this Gredskov" he asked.
"Gredskov," was the reply. with a
sort OF plying grin, lis prison city in
The Caucasian mountains. 1t is main
Iained for the purpose OF guarding the
raptives taken among the rogues of
the mountains-Circassian robbers,
Turks or any OF the bad men who seek
10 plot against the car Every three
months prison train Is made up for
Siberia. where the prisoners are di-
vlded among the mining towns"
Darrell's stay In Stavropol was short.
On the following morning he was
placed with about dozen other prison
srs, all seemingly of the lowest type of
peasants. and was conducted under
strong guard to the city gate. He had
lot been dressed in any sort Of prison
yarb and still retained his minor be-
ongings and the money that the
'earchers had missed, but his haf had 1
,een replaced by cap and his over.
,oat by ragged garment that mlght 1
ave been part of an officers outfit
n the far past
Outside OF Stavropol the road was
mooth for considerable distance. and
he cayalcade moved slowly along
ave been prosperous comfort and
wealth had it not been for the stagna-
ion arising from the policy of the
eputized government OF Getchikoff.
At the end of the days march they
ested at a little post village. In the
morning they again advanced and nj
light reached Glugiersk. or the main
Dad leading TO the pass over the eau
asus to Tihis.
Darrell was treated with no more
nd no less consideration fhau any
ther of the prisoners. To the officers
nd soldiers of the escort he was sim
ly the nihilist SergiHs Bilowski. and
o argument could make him anything
lore.
After leaving Glugiersk the way be-
anne more rugged. though the road H.
elf was smooth and hard. travelled as
was by the numerous trading cara
ans from north TO south that crossed
nd recrossed the mountains.
Finally they reached Mozdok, where
stay of two days was made. Their
ext stopping place was Nladikaukas.
q the upward slope Of the steep noun
hin pass.
Ten hours after leaving Yladikauksk.
} the morning the turrets Of Cred
Always Remember the Fun Name
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