The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-05-10

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The circle would enter as she passed
but. bury the body and remove all evil
lence of the house having been used
for revolutionary purposes.
Anna was also furnished with pass
port forgeN, and with this she en-
tered train leaving ST. Petersburg
early the next morning and in due time
reached Berlin. From there she went
to Genoa and took a steamer for Bom-
bay. There We're several natives of
India OH board and one evening after
the ship had passed out of the gulf of
Alden into the Arabian sea one of
these, partly dressed in the costume
Of his country, was leaning over the
taffrail, quite alone, when he was join
ed by Anna Arkadyyitch.
do you think it safe for us to travel
together?' asked the Indian, who was
none other than Peter, alive and we'll.
"No. We must bury ourselves in a
country where you will not be known.
You must retain your dusky color.
There is no reason why we may not
live together as man and wife, for such
connections are common in India. But
until we are in Bombay we must not
be seen together. I don't think we
are o: will be watched, for Kardo1f
was convinced that the body shown
him was yours Our danger will be
meeting those who have known you.
Once in the interior Of India think
there will be little danger of even
this"
The ruse that had been practiced was
a very simple one and easily carried
out. Anna had brother who was a
medical student. From the dissecting
room of the medical college he attend
ed he stole u corpse about the size and
conveyed it under cover Of the night
to the Arkadyvitch house. There 1t
was dressed in a suit belonging to Pc
ter and propped over bomb which
was exploded in It's face. Peter. dis
guised,. had left the house before the
explosion took place and. having been
provided with a passport to be used
in case of flight after assassinating the
minister ard what means he would
need, had no difficulty in reaching Gen
on, where it had been planned that he
should meet his wife. He procured
on the way a stain for his complexion
and when he entered Genoa put his
name on the register of the hotel where
he stopped as a citizen of Bombay.
Peter and Anna lived together -four
years In small town III India and
might nave lived there till they died
had Peter not got restless and desired
to see something of life. SO, contrary
to Annals wishes. the two went to Cal
cutta for visit with the intention OF
remaining indefinitely if the danger OF
being recognized seemed slight.
BY a strange fatality Ivan Vasalief
the man who had been chosen to take
Peters place in the matter of the as
sassination, had been arrested will
documents on him to incriminate hilr
and been sent to Siberia. He had es
capped from Kara, reached Lapland by
sea and thence down through Sweder
to the Mediterranean. From there he
had sailed to India. One day he met
Anna and her Indian husband in the
principal street of Calcutta. In the
man vasalief at once recognized Peter
whom he supposed was dead. He pass
ed the couple without speaking to
them, but Anna recognized him anG
saw him look in establishment on hel
husband. She did not appear to notice
him, passing him with assumed indif
ference.
The couple made up their minds tc
leave Calcutta at once. and, after some
thought Anna. who forcsaw that sht
must invent a new scheme for her mus
bands second demise. decided that
there might he some advantage in so
ing to the place where they had beer
living. They managed to get away So
cretly, but Anna, believing that Ivan
Vasalief would leave no stone unturncC
to find them, as soon as she arrived ii
her former home gave out that Pete
had caught plague which shows !:so!'
in blue spots on the body of the l'c:s "
attacked, and Peter was. seen. sD3ti
and all Gamma had painted thcm' hy
several persons. Anna was deserted ii
her trouble. for no one would ris;
catching the dreaded disease By he =
ing her, and poor Peter, who had one {
been blown up by Il bomb. now died q
the plague.
Anna concluded to make a funerl
pyre of the house she liTed in anl %1l
ceeded by large payments OF 'nol.
In getting two or three persons to hel
her pile the furniture around tile bee.
on which the corpse lay, Fortuna:ei,
for her. the Indian custom of Tx;
burning of widow with Il hu;h;nG'
body had by this time been supMc*;l
by the British government So zee
was burned a!one-or a figure repre-
senting hi.n--anl after MI was owe
the widow returned to Ctllcn...a.
Ono day OIL the stree. 4lle .rc. US
lief She saw by his expression tx"
he was well pleased With the n!e,iia'
tnt chn ,>-ntnn1o1 still urt IN i,r,