Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1914-06-25

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controllable mob that will do the
shooting. Do you understand"
"Ah will speak to the Russian
priests" said Baratoff
There again you are in error" said
Nikolai 1t must not even be the
Russian. His majesty is as gentle
hearted as child and it would wound
his soul to think that his Russians
could commit such atrocities No; it
must be those bloodthristy Rouman-
ians."
"Ah, they are devils those Rouman-
ians," said the general, winking. II
understand Five nights hence, at
midnight"
Let the mob assemble, all armed at
the north corner of the great square.
1t is learned that the others are
armed. They will assemble on the
south side and attack the peaceful in
habitants to glut their savage thirst
for blood. Let the Roumanians wait
until they see their enemies; then let
them open with fusilade. You un-
derstand your instructions?"
Trust me, the governor answered.
And, above everything, let no ink
ling as to this reach the ears Of the
civil governor. He is in sympathy
with the enemy, and his recall is being
deliberated in St. Petersburg"
Good" said the military governor.
He will certainly be recalled when
the czar learns Of the successful do
ings of the night. We shall smoke
out that brood of cobras-"
Aye, smoke them out" said Niko-
lai, with bitter laugh. Il shall in
form his majesty of your discretion.
Farewell"
Your excellency will take a glass of
wine with me?" General Baratoff
urged.
Il regret that am unable to- My
droschky waits to convey me to the
railroad station, for | must leave for
St. Petersburg to report to the czar
the success of my mission"
And he stalked out, leaving the old
general winking and leering in the
doorway, a lighted candle in his hand
dropping grease all over his dressing
gown.
And tomorrow my friends must be
warned" said NikOai.
But" | urged III you warn them
they will merely barricade their
houses or prepare to fly"
Il shall pass the word among the de-
Tense committee" Nikolai answered
They have a corps Of three hundred
men; they will be prepared
On the next day kishineff was
ablaze with shoulder
] should rather say. for nobody dared
to speak openly. Yet the word had
already been passed around, for
Krushevan's newspaper teemed with
dark and cryptic sayings, and special
editions were being yelled upon the
streets.
Let all loyal subjects of the czar
keep their houses after nishtfall dur
ing the next two weeks, read
\ikoai to me. And let them see
nothing and hear nothing. And let
them keep we'll away from the great
square.
And then next day the flight began.
The spectacle was pitiful. Men, wo-
men, children streamed out Of the
prosecuted quarter toward the rail-
road station, crowding the compart-
ments Of the carriages, herdng to-
gether; some took oxen wagons across
the frontier; some walked. They left
their property to the plunder which
all anticipated; life was more pre-
cious still. But strong residue re-
mained. And sometimes, from behind
barred windows, one saw dark, reso-
lutte faces or caught the quick CLINT OF
steel
"The defense committee has been
warned" said Nikolai to me. They
will defend themselves. And their
leaders have more than inkling AS to
the true state Of affairs
And the Rabbi jacob | asked
1T was thought best to keep him In
the dark. He Is essentially opposed
to violence except in case of self-de'
tense And yet is 1t not self-defense
to strike before you are struck"
asked Nikolai, impatiently.
The word had spread throughout
the district, he added, and everywhere
a nation would rise to free itself, and,
in freeing itself, to set free the coun.
try.
On the fifth afternoon Kishineff pre-
sented strange appearance. All
through the prosecuted quarter the
doors were bolted and the windows
barred. The flight had subsided; all
who could depart were gone. The
Russian and Roumanan quarters were
filled with excited crowds mostly al.
ready drunk, for somebody had
handed out free drinks to all who
called for them. The tumult of appre.
hension had given place to a strange,
charged with electricity, foreboding a
storm.
BY evening all our plans had Deen
completed. Nikolai and l repaired to
the house of the leader of the COM
mittee of defense, who was secreted
with dozen companions in the upper
story, the windows being shuttered.
All were armed, and II was deter
mined that. as soon as the Rouman-
ians and Russians had fallen upon
one another in the public square,
the party should burst into the streets,
collecting strength as it progressed,
and make for the home Of Rabbi
Jacob Though he was not In the
secret, it was estimated that he would
be unable to resist the pressure to
put himself at the head of the move
maut His nresence would kinda n