Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-05-27

and carriages crowded tho
plaza before it. Gayly uni
formed officers and fnSlinnably attire,
ladies' passed from them into the spa
ciomS rooms The governor himself
was nt his hest and WAS proud of tn;
beautiful rrlHiv" for whom he had
given this suddenly arranged rcccp
ton
Princess Olga, who had slept much
of the day after her wcnrying expert.
enccs of the night before showed no
effects OF her exhaustion. but received
fhc guests with that calmncss, that
quecnly style which was all her own.
The garrison band bIared its Russian
music, and the atmosphere in the rooms
was laden with perfume 1t was a
strange and motley gathering, but Oh
ga. who had Travelled much in strange
places. as well as in ccnters of civiliza-
ton, looked upon the crowd with com
placcncy.
a colonel Of cavalry, with his hand
some wife, when they camn to greet
her was followed by Cossack chief
clad in the barbaric spendor of his
rank. y Manchuran mandarin, with
long sword on one side and short
one on the other, wearing his native
dress. marched with the crowd. dis
tinctivc figure. He had come to Tomsk
to confer for his government with Ne
slerov concerning the crossing of the
border into Manchuria. The new rail
way brought to TOmsk mighty men
from places never before heard of by
many who lived in Tomsk.
a Persian prince who had but the
day before arrived from Tob0lSk,
where he had spent n week studying
the convict systcm-a system imposs.
bic to his country-added his gorgeous.
ness to the throng.
If Olga was surprised that at SO
short a notice so great Il gathering
could be summoned in that Siberian
capital she gave no sign. She accepted
the homage as one who was born to it,
Young officers We'd with one another
to be near her. Grizzlcd veterans
looked at her and smiled, for it made
them glad to see so lovely princess
at TomSk. BY far the most distin-
SuiShcu looking man in the throng was
the colonel of cavalry, whose wife
had long been Il scmi-invalid. He
found time to devote some attention
to the princess while his wife rested
from the wcarincss the excitement
brought upon her.
nlUn u-hnSn fro rnls hni pi,n ho,.
clear insight to human character,
singled Colonel BarakOff out at once
as n man of sterling integrity and Il
fearless soldier. To him she was eX-
trcmely gracious, and encouraged him
to talk. and he was proud of her at
tcnton. When the dancing began. the
crowd scattered through the palace,
and it was not long before Colonel
Barakoff and Olga found themselves
sitting in a retired spot with the
colOnel's wife.
ut is the first time in my expert
ence," said the colonel, 'and that has
not been short one, that one of our
noble ladies has condesccndcd to visit
our capital. And now one of the pow
erful house of Neslerov is here. 1t
causes wonder that she would forsake
the pleasures and gayeties of st.
Petersburg for this dismal place"
81 have seen enough of st. Peters
burg gayeties to last for time" an
swercd Olga. "My life is not all spent
in pleasure. l. am not yet your age,
colonel. but | have learned that to be
happy and to be contentcd with one
self one must find some work to do. |
and do it WE'LL
You are very young" said the |
colonel slowly. "and very wealthy to
have found that out. |, of course.
learned it long ago, but my age is three /
times yours. You say you have found |
pleasure in work. Would it be. pre-
srmptuous to ask what work has |
found favor in your eyes"
"Presumptuous? Not at all, colonel.
am always pleased to talk with one
who is able to appreciate it. | have
become thoroughly convinced that there
neither n nihilst nor Il socialist, but
do think that the wealthy mobiles of
Russia are not doing their full duty to
those who. it is true. are dependent
upon them. but upon whom also they
are dependent"
ut is a bold stand for young wom-
an to take. Men have been sent to 81
beria for those sentiments"
"And the sentiment sent me to Sibe-
ria, but not under sentence. | have
come partly to visit the governor, who
Is q relative. and. more than that. TO
study the convict system rs worked
put under his rule in Tomsk."
The colonel became cautious.