Year: 1876

Dolaeff sent for Ivan, and asked him for
sum of money greater than he could
command. Ivan protested that he had
not that amount, and could not raise it.
Dolaeff, in fit of anger, struck his serf
blow that felled him to the ground
then, kicking him in the side, he turned
away, and just as he was getting out of
earshot he heard Ivan mutter


&C will have my revenge fer this"
A week later Dolaeff was arrested on
charge Of aiding the insurrsction. 1t
was shown that several rebels had been
concealed in his house at different times,
and that one, with whom he was particu-
larly intimate, was the chief Of gang
was at Warsaw. He was taken to the
nearest government town, and in due
time tried, found guilty, and sentenced
to Siberia for life. Ivan was not to be
found at the time of the arrest, and the
master naturally attributed it to the re-
venge that his servant had promised to
obtain for the blow and kick he Ie-
ceived. -S


Dolaeff was ordered to be taken to
Siberia as rapidly as possible. he was
kept day or two in prison after his SEN
tence, and then placed in a telydga, or
common country wagon, and started on
his long journey eastward. BY his side
was soldier, to whom he was chained,
while position sat on the box with the
driver, and allowed the latter to waste no
time. They halted at the stations only
long enough to change horses and OBJ
tain food. Occasionally the position
and the soldier exchanged places, so as
to allow the former to obtain the sleep
he could not easily get while sitting bolt
upright on the box. The telyaga is an
ordinary wagon, mounted on wooden
springs, which have very little elasticity;
aud: where tho roads are rough, the
jolting is very uncomfortable. To ease
tho motion little, the traveller generally
| fills the vehicle with straw or hay, and
lies, half-sitting and half-reclining, upon
it. The horses are driven at the best of
their speed, if the position demands it,
as he generally does. Most travellers
are anxious to proceed as rapidly as pos
sible, in order that their journey may be
| ended at the earliest moment. Whether
they are on pleasure or business, or 60
ing into exile, they are quite willing
that their time on the road shall be
brief. -


The e1iles who go on foot rest every
third day, but those who ride make no
delay. Very often the pedestrian pris-
oners ask to be allowed to go forward
without these third days of rest, but the
request is not allowed on account of the
confusion it would make among the con-
voys of prisoners on the road. It is
quite desirable that proper distances
should be maintained among the travel
ing parties, so that no two of them shall
be Mt the same station ut once. The
stations are strong buildings surrounded
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little distance from the villages. They
are not very neatly kept, and in summer
the prisoners prefer to camp on the
ground and sleep in the open air, either
i'll the station yard or outside of it.


Dolaeff's guard showed him every at
tention consistent with his duties but,
as the guard is held to strict RESPONSE.
bility in case of the escape of.a prisoner,
he could not allow him many. privileges
or relax his vigilance toward him.
Sometimes at tho, station he prolonged
the halts more than was necessary for re-
freshment and the change of horses, but
he could not allow many delays of this
kind lest the increase of time over the
usual length Ct the Journey should at
tract attention, The postllion looked
upon the journey much as his prisoner
did, and often bemoaned his fate in. be-
ing assigned to that duty Poor
wretch that am,' said he Il am 60
ing to Siberia as we'll as you, and it may
be months before l. am able to return.
What if l should be forgotten, and al
lowed to stay there for yearsl"


On and on the they won't among the
foot hills that every hour grew smaller
until they reached the great Barabinsky
steppe, which seemed to stretch away
limitless as the ocean, and apparently
as trackless. Along tho level steppe
they galloped, with little to vary the
monotony of their journey. Ferrying
the Irish and the OBJ, those great rivers
of western Siberia, passing town after
town, and village after village, thew
came at length to Irkutsk, the capital of
eastern Siberia, when Dolaeff was de.
livered to the hands of the official, and
his weary position released from further
care. -.. -.....-a'


The prisoner, after few days. rest,
was appointed to settle as colonist a
thousand miles to the northward, and
once more his journey was resumed.
When this destination was reached, his
duties were assigned to him. With a
fellow prisoner-sentenced for the same
cause and to similar period of exile-he
was assigned to the hard duties of a
farmer in new country. A quantity of
land equal to about fifty acres was given
to them in the valley of small river,
and they were at liberty to cut as much
wood and timber as they pleased from
thepublic domain that surrounded them.
They were supplied with axes and all
other tools necessary for clearing, build
ing ahouse, and tilling the soil. The gov
ernment gave them food and clothing,
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