The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-10
loontlnaea from yesterday

lcan or Eng lishman can support or
Justify the repressiye measures so Of
ten carried out rufhlessly By the Rus
sian police Still even these may be
exaggerated, for the, police have to
deal with people very much different
from our own. 1t is rather curious
that at this moment l am in vague
trouble concerning the police. am
sure this place is watched and I am
also certain that my friend Jack Is be.
Ing Swallowed. He dresses like work
man. His grfmy blouse would de-
light the heart Of his friend Tolstoi,
but he Is known to be prince, and l
think the authorities imagine he is
playing up TO the laborlng class. whom
they despise. lay 1t all to that un.
fortunate explosion, which gathered the
police about US as II they had sprung
from the ground. There was an ON
cial Examination, Of course, and Jack
explained, apparently TO eyerybody's
satisfaction. exactly how he came to
make the mistake that resulted in the
loss of his beard and his windows. l
don't know exactly how to describe the
feeling of uneaslness which has come
over me. ----s..
AT first sight this city did not strike
me as so very much different from
New York or London. and, meeting as
did, so many refined gentlemen in
high places, had come to think st.
Petersburg was, after all, very much
like Paris or Berlin or Rome. But it Is
different, and the difference makes 1t
self subtly felt, just as the air in some
coast towns of Britain is relaxing and
In others bracing. In these towns a
man doesn't notice the effect at first
but later on he begins TO feel it, and so
It Is here in st. Petersburg. Great
numbers of workmen pass down our
street They all seem to know who the
prince Is, and the first days we were
here they saluted him with Difference
which supposed was due to his rank,
In spite of the greasy clothes he wore.
Since the explosion an indefnable
change has come over these workmen.
They salute the prince still when we
meet them on the street, but there is
in their attitude a certain sly sympa-
thy, If | may so term 1t, bond Of
camaraderle. which is implied in their
manner rather, than expressed. Jack
says this Is all fancy on my part, but
don't think!ft is These men imagine
that Prince Ivan Lerniontoff, who lives
among them and dresses like them, is
tseopcocting some explosive which may
yet rid them Of the tyrants who make
their likes so unsafe. All this would
not matter, but what does matter is
the chemical reaction, as 1 believe Jack
wonld term Il, which has taken place
among the authorities. The authorities
undoubtedly have their spies among
the workinginen and know well what
they are thinking about and talking
about do not believe they were sat.
lstied with the explanations Jack gave
regarding the disaster. l have tried
to impress upon Jack that he must be
more careful in walking about the
town, and | have tried to persuade
him after work 10 dress like the gen.
tleman he Is. but he.lhughs at my fears
and assures me thatiI have gone from
one extreme 70 the other in my opinion
Of st. Petersburg First 1 thought it
was Ike all other capitals; now have
swung too far Sd the other direction.
He says the police of st. Petersburg
would not dare arrest him, but I'm not
50 sure Of that A number Of things
occur to me. DIS usual, too late. Russia,
with her perfect secret service system,
must know That Prince Lermontoff has
been serving In the British navy. They
know he returned to st. Petersburg.
avoids all his old friends and is brought
to their notice by an inexplicable ex.
plosion, and they must be well aware
also thut he is in the company of the
man who ti,ed the shell at the Rock in
the Baltic and that he himself served
on the offending cruiser.
"As to my own affairs, must say
they are progressing slowly, but salts
factorily. Nevertheless IL Jack would
leave st. Petersburg and come with
me to London or New York, where he
could carry on. his experiments quite
as we'll, or even better than here, l
should depart at once, even If jeop-
ardized my own prospects"
The next letter, some time later, be-
gan:
Your two charming notes to me ar
rived here together. 1t is very kind of
you to write to poor exile and cheer
him in his Punishment / should like
to see that dell where you have swung
your hammock. Beware of Hendrix
Hudson's men, so Delightfully."- written
Of by Washington Irving. II they offer
you anything to drink, don't you take
It Think how disastrous II would be
to all your friends If you went to sleep
In that hammock for twenty years.
It's the Catskills / want to see now
rather than Niagara falls. Your sec
ond letter containing the note from
Captain Kempt to Jack was az once
delivered to him. What onaearfh has
the genial captain written 70 eject
n 1Ia III