The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-14
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. road running between MOSCOW aAlA Odessa on tue Black ssl, was known by the revoluti0nlSts 10 be in the pay of the police. Once or twice 'politI. rals." trying to get out of the country, had begged him to conceal them on his engine and take them to Odessa, where they could embark. One had tried to nribc hm. Invariably the engineer nad gone straight to the gOlice with the information. One night Lemsky, who had a day run, was preparing to go to bed when there was a knock ou his door and well dressed young man with light hair and blue eyes stepped in.
 "I wish to go south to Odessa on to morrow's II o'clock train. You, I am told. run tue engine of that train. Will you slow up just beyond the limits to enable me to get on? It will be very easy for you and would b2 worth hundred ruhles to me-
 Lemsky thought a moment should he take the brIhe without earning it. He would receive Its double from the police for his information No; It would be too risky.
 The next morning LemSky when he went to the roundhouse dropped in on .he police and informed them that a suspicious character had tried to bribe him to slow his train that he might get on. The police ordered a couple of detectives to go on the troil and watch for the suspicious character as de srribcI by the engineer.
 At half past 10 o'clock a report was heard in the governors palace and attendants entering found the governor blown ro atoms There was no sign whatever of the pcrpeua,of of the gnrd. There was an awakening Rt the ro.irc office. though it came late. The information of the engineer suddenly ..Yurarcd to be very important Of .ourSe it was only clew, but the more .noy thought of 1t the more they con sHarad Ig the true Clew. Had it not Irpu tne assassin himself who intend Ing to kill the governor not long before rlr train started. had wIsbgd tO take .r outside the city limits: GuI failing Go miUe tue engineer to stop, had be n.t taken che train at the ,'alIou:
 lr was l o'clock when the police g"t the idea Into their stupid JoGdIps, UuU -..c train had been gone ;wo hours They al once went ro the 0llway of. n,rs and directed the superintendent to catch tue n o'clock urJn by ,e.r. graph and direct the detectives on n to stop it ttu 1t could lr certainly known lf the assassin was on board. The superintendent gave lhem two rl4res of informatir shat astouishud tLem-Grst the tele- -aph line to OdcS sa was dOwn; second. a police odiciaI had only half an hour ago hurried into the office and in the name of the gov erumeut demanded an engine with which To follow the Il o'clock train AH engine standing ready Or the track had been given him and after t7sfus in aI the coal and water lt could carry had left not ten minutes before with the officer. the engineer uad st0kar.
 Thp officials were puzzled. E%,hanE Ing opinions. they concluded thAt some one high lu rank and more eEcrgeHr tAau themselves had got UhGld of t.em. But they could only wsIt for Information. The telegraph linR being down. there was no way of Rlchins the train or the engine.
 And now let us follow the pO,1e oL.. clal who had disyauced hls teliow7. He was d black eyed man, with durl hair and beard. He stood, with a watch in hand. timing the train, and. though 1t covered a mile a mlapJe he ordered the engineer to go faster "Catch the II o'clock train ue'OTo 1. reaches Crakoy." he said to tav euEl urrr "und | promise you in the name or the czlr a thousand rubies"
 The engineer ordered more coal inta the furnace. aud. with Increa&aI steam. the engine bounded over lhr rails Ike a comet The officer had time table in his pocket und noting the ti,un of day. told the engineer That he gn.ru overhaul the train at kursk. And nn did. When the locomotive roil- eG into Kursk. there stood the train om the track. X switch was set for the locomotive. and 1t rolled alongside tue train. Then the officer of police or. lerel the engineer to pull oL.
 "Gur 1 thought you wantel to catch this .rafu." said the engineer.
 "I diL-and pass it. Pull on!' thun- Inr.1 the officer.
 The engineer let on steam, and the locomotive was soon flashing on again at the same terrific rate as before.
 "Now Eor Odessu." said the officer. eve must reach it by 10 o'clock to- night. in time to catch the boat for CoustautinopIe"
 The engineer now began {" wonder rt this singular man who had been so anxious to catch a train and when he had caught 1t passed 1t without com municating. But be held his peace. He was in Russin. and the officer talk eI in the name Of the czar. He SpoAe as one in authority, and 1t was plalu +H7f Ea yy.1g not t0 be questioned