The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1911-01-26
Sacrifice
BY ANDREW C EWING
Copyright. 1910. BY American Press
Association.

a man sitting opposite me give a sigh
Of relief. suli. be continued to look
out the window, Is be had been doing.
apparently dreading 70 see something
or some one. The train moved out
with acceleraflng motion. and the fast
er 1t rolled the more relieved looked
my fellow passenger.
Suddenly I heard him give q smooth
cred cry. and. following the direction
Of his eyes. ! saw a man running like
a deer to catch the train The pas
seneer put bis head out the window
70 see the end Of the race. drew It in
and gasped:
MY God"
did be catch the trainT' I asked.
He jumped on to the footboard OF
the last car"
MY friend" / said. 4 judge that
you are a political refugee"
"why do you think thatr' said the
man. stinenlng up.
The man who ran % catch the
train Is q government ofaciaL His
object Is 70 arrest you"
who are your
-An American"
"Ah. Americans are our friends.
! Will tell you. That man. as you say.
win arrest me. and I shall be sent 70
Siberia. Help meF
How can / do thatY'
we are not unllke-the same height.
both light hair and beard. both e
glasses. Give me your travelling coat
and your golf cap and put on these
Russian clothes. when the train stops
an olncer VIII come here 70 arrest me.
But by that time Il win be night 1
shall pretend TO be asleep IN my o
ner with the collar OF your a pulled
up about my face and your cap down
over my eyes. You say. with a groan
OF despair. I am caught At last but /
VIII not live 70 80 20 the mlnesr
While they are removing you ! shall
watch for an opportunity 70 get away
before they discover their mistake"
When the scheme was nrst proposed
10 me I had not the remotest idea Of
p~crpetrating H. But since II was an
hour before the train stopped he had
that time 70 persuade me. ! should
have yielded. but ! was not sure that
] would not suffer a long term Of I'M
prisonmenf for interfering In the
mans capture. Before We had reach
cd the station be had promised II I
would take his place to e that the
American minister was made aware
OF the matter. and Al the train slowed
down. not being able to resist his pa
thetlc appeals. ] adopted his plan
All happened as he had predicted.
As o o as the train stopped the coach
door was thrown open and a lantern
thrust into the compartment True to
my promise. I cried out IN Russian.
4 AN caught AZ last but ] win not
live to 60 70 the mlnesF'
/ was jcrked out OF the coach and
hurried away. What became Of the
political" did not know. ] was
taken into The station. given a closer
inspection and the deception discover
cd. By the next train l was taken
back to 81. Petersburg and thrown
into prison.
The next morning / asked for writ
ing materials. which were given me.
and wrote a note to the American min
lister. stating that I was an American
citizen in a Russian prison and asking
his assistance. The day passed and I
heard nothing. A week. a month. went
by. I gave up hope and cursed my
self for a fool.
One morning a young man came to
see me. saying that be was from the
embassy. Iasked him why he had been
30 long IN taking c~ognizance OF my
He replied that no mote had been
received. but the very next day after
my arrest the minister had been In
formed OF all that had happened. He
had since been trying to get the gov
eminent 70 take the matter up. ! had
been twice moved from n prison to
another. and each time the embassy
had been Informed Of my removal. In
short my note to the minister had not
been delivered. but some one had been
keeping watch over me and Informing
the minister OF my condition.
After another months hard work the
embassy succeeded IN securing my re-
lease on condition that / leave the
country Immediately. I was escorted
over the lire. wondering the while
whether 1 had been a fool or a One
l had no one got beyond
the border than a man stepped up to
me and said. Il Am to take you to the
Thanks. no. I don't want to 50
to any count. I've had enough Of this
business"
But he persuaded me and took me 70
A house where l was received blythe
man whom l had helped to escape He
rushed forward and gave me a bear
hug and kissed me on both cheeks
when his transports had subsided he
Il kept my promise The government
tried to lose you. but my friends pre-
vented After you left me I got out
Of the car and escaped. ! have been
here ever since. / am a noble, rich.
and half my fortune Is yours.
NO. | said 1t feels 80 good 70
have made one sacrincial act that you
can't pay me for doing It."
But I found It impossible to set rid
AZ the counts gratitude. | went to