Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-18

and even his inconsistencies. Life con
tanned no possible interest save the
repelling of these enthusiastic board.
ers. as the slightest relaxation Of vigil.
lance meant sharp pain and q nasty
sore. AT night, however, when the
great Siberian moon was, shining
brightly on the lon- silver ribbon Mf
water and the dim, untenarted soil
tudes, and the faithful engine wns
breathing softly, like a huge behe-
moth swimming up tie stream, he
found himself wondering whether she
could dance, and, if the truth must be
known, whether !, merchant, IN Rus.
STA had any social standing.
Then he would sigh at the reflection
that, in any case, after Stryetensk, he
should never see her again. The next
day they stuck fast on q sand-bank
| and a boats crew the anchor far lid
the river and dropped 1t, attached to
a stout hawser. Then, by means OF the
windlass, they deliberately warped the
steamer loose At dark of the same
day they grounded for good in, two
and half leet of water, few yards
below a great trap steamer firmly
Embedded athwart' the channel. There
was no hope of going either up, OF
down for many days to come. The
peasants took the matter philoso.
phically; they would simply live
where they were, rent Free. buying
their bread and milk of the Cossacks
| When God saw fit to send water they
would go on.
CHAPTER XVI
| But what would the general do, the
military governor of Irkutsk? ForS as
everybody knew, he must be, at his
post on a certain date, and the White
Gar would not be apt to take the Will
of God into account. Within two day.
the generals intentions we're rnade
manifest. for his orderly arrived with
several long dugouts, each having q
mast at the prov. A rope. fastened
at the stern, was passed through q
pulley at the top Of the mast and, the
other end attached to q shagg,
horse.
The generals baggage was piled In.
to one Of these dugouts and he seated
himself comfortably In the midst. "A
Muzhik with a paddle occupied the
the stern, another mounted the horse
and they rode off, the animal scraul.
bling over the stones by the shore OF
splashing through the shallow water,
while the man with the paddlg kept
the boat clear Of the bank. This IL
the ancient mode of ascending, Rue
/ clio r}H h4 ~ re a a n
| lotka," and two military stations, OF
about thirty miles, can thus be made
in a day under favorable circunstan
ces. by getting under way at. four
o'clock in the morning.
!. To Hardy's. CONSERVATION the Prin
cess and her maid followed In a sc
cond dugout. But there were two
more waiting on the bank, their won
ers hoping that Others Of the passen
gers would wish to avail Themselves
of their use.
"Come on" cried Hardy to SmuId
ers. Let's follow them. 1t will be q
lark"
"a lark? What's that?' /,
"A lark? Why, fun, sport" "a
But Smulders sighed and shook his
head, thinking of the fair Viennsse
"Ah, no." he said, 81 do not care II Il
be an eagle. can not leave Chulia.
| loaf her too heavy. =
Hardy lost no time. BY signs he
conveyed to one fthe sailors that 3he
wished his luggage carried ashore and
piled into dugout Soon he, too, was
seated in the bottom, reclining grace
| fully against his impedimenta5 his
horse scramb1ing along in the wake
of the Princess lotka. It was an OK
hilarating method Of travel, combin-
| ing novelty with an element Of daIl'
ger productive of excitement. No one
tipped over, 1t is true, but the Amer
lean considered 1t marvel that these
narrow pig troughs and their tower
| ing piles Of baggage should remain
i upright for moment. The voluble
wrangle that went on, moreover, bet.
ween the two muzhiks at the extreme
ends Of the tow-line, and the gurglide
of the current rushing past at the rate
of six miles an hour, contributed live.
| Illness and even an impression If
speed. Sometimes When the water
was shallow, the horses waded 9
quarter of mile from the shore, with
d WluG SApduSC vi yCllOW efiAV0i : tVu
either hand; and if they came to "a
deep place, the little animals plunged
boldly in, swimming silently, with
nothing but their heads and half Of the
positions bodies above water.
They made but one military station
the first day large square building
where a samovar is kept always
ready for travellers and the sledges
that carry the mails over the Ice IN
winter. To Hardy's- delight the old
general aid the Primers we're ex.
tremely courteous to him and made
him understand by rigns that he was
welcome. The generals orderly for.
aged and produced some black bread,
some milk and a quantity Of delicious
fresh caviar of the kind the Russians
do not export.
The Princess presided chariningly
at the samOyar after which she die.