The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-25

'Gdai tee nashol ettu babu, moshenik
tee etakoi? Kak tee smeyesh
pokazatsa v Poradochnoi gostinitze
s. baboi 90 kotoroi dazhe passporta
nyett7 va tebia pashloo V tiurmoo,
tee s. s., shtob droogol ras tee
ne smiel obmaneevat nachalstay. -
("Whcre did you pick up that woman,
you lying swindler7 How dare you
show yourself in Il respectable hotel
with women who hasn 7 even a pass
port2 I'll send you to Jail, you -
-. so that another time you II
know better than to try to deceive the
authorities.
Courier Stunned
"What does he say7n inquired Mr.,
Aldrich, turning to his courier with a
cheerful air of expectant interest.
But the courier was evidently in
distress His face was flushed, and
little drops of perspiration appeared
on his forehead.
Its nothing-noth'ng at all he
stammered, 81 don I know how to
but don Z pay any attention-he was
talking to himself, You don have to
answer-it's OF no consequence-I'll II
tell you later.
The chief Of police. having thus
satisfied himself, experimentally, that
ceeded with his examination as fol"
lows;
"What is the object Of your present
visit TO Russia?f
Mr.. Aldrich might have replied that
he was in search of local color for a
poem to be entitled "'God Save the
Car but he contented himself with
the statement that he merely wished to
see the country and the people.
F'You have said that the lady who
accompanies you is your wife.
"She is -
"Dld she come from America with
youl''
''Sbe did
How did she get across the from.
tier without passport?'
''She crossed on my passport
which includes Us both. -
But the frontier police do not al.
low two persons to enter the empire
on one passport.
"They did allow it in this case
"Was madame with You when YOU
showed your passport 30 the sentry at
the door Of the waiting room al
VerZhbolov'
Suddenly it flashed upon Mr. Aid,
rich that his wife was not with him
when he passed the seutry-she had
been allowed to precede him because
she was i'll. Neither was she with
him when the police officer came to the
baggage counter, holding IA paper
above his head and calling out
in Germany and Mrs Aldrici was
already drinking tea in Russia she
had crossed the frontier on the pass.
port OF 4 sick headache
Police See at Last
When Mr. .Adrich, with evident
fraDkness and sincerity. made mis- cx-
planation TO the chief of police the lat
ter modified little the severity of his
demcanor. Perhaps, after all these
travellers were not Nihilistic wolves in
sheeps clothing. The explanation
seemed TO show ineXcusablc if not in.
credible carelessness on the part of
the frontier police, but i; was plausible
very plausible. Pending vcrificn-
ton of the story. however, il was clear.
ly his duty to detain both of the sus-
poets. If The woman were released she
might suddenly disappear, and then he
would be held responsible for any crime
she might subsequently commit
After briefly exchanging impressions
and opinions with the other Officers
who were present the chief of police
turned to Mr.. Aldrich and said. with
noticeable excess of courtesy: ~ re-
gret to subject you to temporary incon-
venience, but our regulations with re.
gard TO passports are very strict. and
shall have to detan you and madame
until i can communicate with the from
tier police at FcrZhboIov >;
MAY ] write note to the Ameri-
can minister9' inquired Mr., Aldricb,
"That is not forbiddon, replied the
chief of police, with an air ef sur