The daily Alaskan., 1915-11-01
An Episode
 Of the Russian
 Revolution By WILLARD BRAKEMAN

A meeting of a revolutionary commit tee brokO up in Petrograd, and tho members went out one-sometimei two-0t a tune in order that they should not attract the attention of the i police, A couple emerging from the building went together down the street
 Peter" said one to the other in ar i undertona
 "What Is 1t, IvanT"
 "We have a traitor among us, a spy of the government who has joined our circle to beray us"
 Heavens! What can We do to cir. cumYent him2"
 Tt will be impossible without mak, ing sacrifices. am going to the chief of police to denounce him as a traitor to the government, one who pretends to serve 1t while betraying its secrets to the circle. But l will not be believed unless I betray several Of our mem bers at the same tme."
 "But they will be sent to Siberia"
 I've. must contrlye to get them off before they go, and if that Is impossible we must attempt a rescue"
 "A rescue! ImpOsslbIeg'
 ''We shall see"
 Ivan DemizOrf the next day was closeted with the chief of police. He named four men who were plotting against the government Including the spy, and recommended that they be confined in a room on the top story of a certain building, a window of which could be seen from windows on the opposite siGe of the street "Other con- spirators," he added, twill learn where they are, will communicate with them and can be arrested" The chief assent cd to the plan, the arrests were made, and the prisoners were confined as sug- gested.
 Spies were set to watch the opposite side of the street, and if any one was seen making signs to the prisoners the police were to be informed. The men were held several days, but no one was seen to be communicating. Not only did the spies become tired of watching and consequently careless but those guarding the prisoners relaxed their vigilance. It was hoped that they would all go to sleep at the same time, but they did not. Finally Ivan Demi- zorf confessed to the chief of police that his plan was a failure, but 1t was agreed to leave the prisoners where they were one day longer. If at the end of twenty-four hours no other fish were hooked the four men were to be sent to Siberia.
 That night at o'clock a man of dark complexion, wearing a red fez, was seen to enter the building where the prisoners were confined About half past 8 a woman with a long stride went in; later q negro and still later a man in Montenegrin costume. The last of these persons passed in at 10 o'clock, and none of them were seen to pass out.
 In the morning when the relief guard went to the building they found the door of the room where the prison CTS had been placed locked. They call ed and were answered by the guard within and told to break down the door. They did so and found the guard bound and gagged while the prisoners were gone. They told the relief that during the previous evening they were set upon by a number of men dressed in different costumes, who had sue ceeded in snatching their guns, had overpowered them and taken away the prisoners.
 The man who wore the fez, first en- terlng the building, was Ivan Demi- zorf: the others were members of the circle of which he was a member. They concealed themselves in different parts of the building, and near mid night the negro, who was so black that he could not be distinguished in the darkness, crept up to the top story, where the prisoners were confined, and, pceping, saw that of the four men com posing the guard at the door three were sound asleep, and the other was doz- Ing. Returning, he reported what he had seen, and the rescue party, headed by Ivan DemizOrf, crawled up the stair case. On reaching the top Demizorf awaited his opportunity, then made a dash for the gun of the man who was nodding.
 One of the other men of the rescue party got the gun of a man who was asleep without encountering any re- sIstance, but the two remaining res cuers were obliged to fight fer the Oth- CT weapons. However, 1t was not a minute before every guard was cover ed by a gun in the hands of a rescuer.
 DemIzorf opened the door where the prisoners were confined and found them all awake and intensely interest ed in what had been going on out. side. There were now double the nun Der opposing the guards, and their guns | had been taken from them. Ropes and gags had been brought, and the first thing done was the insertion of the latter Then the guards were bound laid on the floor, the door locked, and the rescue party departed with the l DrisOnpPs