The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-03

waste places OF the saEth he carries the
frat news OF Il himself. 10 10 not until ne
10 safe away that the friendly police reosive
from head9lsrters behind orders 70
set about iindinK him. But why should
they put themselves out Of the way to
recognize a man without special ORDERS
The next party OF pOliticals that came
along would soon make him regret any
playing unfairly in this game. II is NE
and death Co us, and only a matter OF a
little extra chancellery correspondence to
him, 80 Il works quite smoothly.
I'VE all kept fairly TO the bargain until We
reached &. From there We tramped ON
and on, losing here and there \ party Of i've
OF tsn, who branohed Oh into the wilds for
their several villages. We talked all the
time with our guides, the village elders,
who are supposed to be responsible for us,
and learned All we could about the local
conditions OF life. About a huDdre miles
beyond K the escapes began, BY this
time there were only thirty or forty men
left Of the 300 who had started from the
last centre Of civilization together.
~FOr myself, 1 simply got up in che night
with another Comrade, a went out into
the viilage-we aways spent the night at a
village, quartsred in twOs and threes on
the inhabitants. The guide could not be
in two places at once, and II he iStOO1 jealous
we can always give him plenty TO drink.
No one refuses drink out there under any
circumstances There is no benevolent
Government drink monopoly 90 supply
all you want, and a good glass OF vodka 10
rather priced.
well. 70 cut a long story short. we just
hired horses from a villaRer. ! played the
role Of a timber merchant. and my friend
was my steward. was supposed to have
been out into the wilds to inspect a section OF
forest that 1 proposed to buy and cut down.
This proved a good role in several ways.
as the cutting OF the timber promised work
Tn the villa nara and fh0W WroFA nuifR in
terested in us. IL was the right time OF
year for inspecting timber. and i paid well
on my way. We met a police official only
once before reaching the railway, and as !
was at the very moment engaged in hiring
men in a village to go to my supposed timbe
forest next month, he did not pay fnuch
attention to me.
Il gave the men hand money and prom
Used to send my clerk to arrange further
details when it was time to SET out. The
mujik mostly sympathizes with o in
any case, and II he does not believe ali you
say and sees more than you want him TO
sometimes, at any rate he ia either too
stupid to give you away in time or he finds
it pays better to keep quiet l believe most
Of them make a second profit out OF the
police. the gendarnes who are sent to search
for escaped pOlitiCals. but this is too late
to do any harm. so we got safe to the rail
way, and reaching Omsk Tor was IL irkutsk? p
was provided with a clean passport by
our organization, and here | am.
Mex week l shall be over the frontier,
and heaven knows how l shall make "A liv-
ing abroad; but life and liberty come first
don't they? No, l arm not in too great a
hurry here. Moscow seems safe enough
for us; my passport has beer written IN
at the police station. 1 am living quietly
hut openly at a hotel. Oh. no. there are
far too many OF us Siberian returns for
the best memory TO keep level with. Re-
sides, they are always Diminishing police
and engaging newcomers. Som Of them
are friends OF ours too. Yes. they say
quite a thousand Of the Siberian returns are
in Moscow at the present moment; but
ii is gettinC rather hot again with this
wave OF reaction: and the OOner they move
on a bit the better. l am on next week
80 this will be Rood-byi"