Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-30

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1t is not so easy as that Nikolai
responded. THE house is fortified
they have three pieces of artillery.
which they brought in, in oil drums.
And there are two hundred men with
Mausers and Browning pistols. WHY.
general, the town is full of American
correspondents, and since his majesty
was mistakenly persuaded into relax
ing the censorship of the press. thew
would telegraph to their papers that
civil war has broken out. How would
that affect your interests?"
The general sank back into his
chair. But I must have them" he
muttered, wiping the sweat from his
brow. What shall / do?"
Give me six men tomorrow eve
ming" said Nikolai Let them meet
me at the corner of Presbykoff street.
with picks and shovels That is all
| require to exterminate revolution in
Batoum"
And he went on to expound his
scheme. AS Kaulbsrs listened saw
| the sweat start out upon his face
again; | could not understand the
words Nikolai uttered, but could see
that Kaulbars was badly terrified. At
last he stood up.
| Il agree" he said "But, one of the
six goes armed. And, at the first sign
of treachery, he will shoot you You
see,'' he went on apologetically, "these
| cursed Nihilists have taken to forging
badges of the Black Hundred now,
and it is my duty to be on guard
against every man. Curse this APP
pointment! / wish l were back In
st. Petersburg. Yes, one of the six
/ goes armed. And / shall be that,
Captain"
''Skobeloff," said Nikolai with a
bow; and then we left him.
When we were back in our quar-
| tiers Nikolai explained his scheme to
me.
Il told the governor general" he
said, that the Nihilists, working as
employees of the city council, have
succeeded in laying a dynamite mine
under the palace, controlled by an
electric wire which runs from their
headquarters in the suburbs, mile
away. OF course he wanted to dig it
up. / represented that such an at
| tempt would have disastrous results,
and propounded an alternative
scheme. The othe: end of the wire,
explained, runs into their arsenal
By disconnecting the wire midway,
/ and establishing a miniature battery
1 1o, fIn N h0
versed and sent into the revolu-
tionists' headquarters, where an ac-
complice will have affixed a side-wire
! running into the revolutionists' cor
/ dite store One touch of button,
/ and the fort goes into the air. Picture
| the generals joy! / found by few
/ iudicious questions, that he knows
nothing at all of electricity He is
i too terrified to remain in the palace,
so he himself will take charge of
the party of excavators; and at the
first sign of treachery, he will shoot
! / told him that it might be necessary
| to destroy a few harmless people
! in blowing up the fort. Burn the
whole cursed town, if you want to,
he auSW0ISU. ~ ItAOA 2 ~ ~ - =
mers.'
Then from a desk he drew a large
sheet of blue paper, which he spread
out on the table in front of him.
do you know what this is?" he
asked.
saw a multitude of white and red
lines traced upon it, but their mean
! ing was incomprehensible to me.
"This," said Nikolai, lis a map OF
/ the underground city of Batoum. II
is the only complete map in existence,
| although. of course, it exists In Sec
tions. The sewers are known to the
sewage department, for instance, aRd
/ the gas mains to the gas companies.
It was prepared for the inner section
bv one of the city engineers. 1t IS
very useful to know what one Is llVlng
over -
"Here.. he continued, tracing MS
finger along a series of thick, Wnlte
lines "are the sewers, which come TO
tho surface in the suburbs as open
| bitches. Here are the gas MANS
not many of them as yet" He pointed
r. a broad ribbon of red which snoC
into the map from without and
divided into several branches, all ter
minating in parallel lines along the
waterfront. What do you suppose
these to be?'' he asked.
/ shook my head.
"That is the underground pipe me.
# runs from the oil gushers toward
the mountains through the city, taps
some local gushers, and connects Win
| the terminal refneries- The crude Oh
;s there converted into the CONNER
cial product, and loaded upon the
shins-cr. in our case, pumpeu
tbrongh q submarine pipe into the
hold Of the Caspian. Now DO you
begin to glimpse my plan?'
IT understand that you are 20 dow
nm some buildings with dynamite
which the governor general viii tninK
are RS. strongholds of the Nihilists,'' an
.s .sr but what that has to 90
with the pipe line, or how you win