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CHAPTER IV.
TTST as the reading of the
proclamation by the head
of the police came to an
end an idea darted in
stinctively into the mind
of Michael Strogoff.
“What a singular coin
cidence,” thought he, “between this
proclamation expelling all foreigners of
Asiatic origin and the words exchanged
last evening between those two gyp
sies of the Zingari race! ‘The Father
himself sends us where we wish to go,’
that old man said. But ‘the Father’ is
the emperor. He is never called any
thing else among the people. How
could those gypsies have foreseen the
measure taken against them? How
could they have known it beforehand,
and where do they wish to go? Those
are suspicious people, and it seems to
mo that to them the government procla
mation must be more useful than in
jurious.”
But these reflections, though certain
ly correct, were completely dispelled by
another, which drove every other
thought out of Michael’s mind. He for
got the Zingaris, their suspicious words,
the strange coincidence which resulted
from the proclamation. The remem
brance of the young Livonian girl sud
denly rushed into his mind.
“Poor child!” he thought to himself.
“She cannot now cross the frontier.”
In truth the young girl was from
Riga. She was Livonian, consequent
ly Russian, and now could not leave
Russian territory. The permit which
had been given her before the new
measures had been promulgated was
evidently no longer available. All
routes to Siberia had just been pitiless
ly closed to her, and whatever was tin
motive which was taking her to Ir
kutsk, she was now forbidden to go
there.
This thought greatly occupied Mi
chael Strogoff. He said to himself,
vaguely at first, that without neglect
ing anything of what was due to his
important mission it would perhaps
be possible for him to be of some use
to this brave girl, and this idea pleased
him. Knowing how serious were the
dangers which he, an energetic and
vigorous man, would have personally
to encounter through a country of
which, however, the roads were fa
miliar, he could not conceal from him
self how infinitely greater they would
prove to a young, Unprotected girl. As
she was going to Irkutsk, she would
be obliged to follow the same road as
himself; she would have to pass
through the bands of invaders, as he
was about to attempt doing himself.
Xf, moreover, and according to all mob-
ability, she had at ner disposal omy
the resources necessary for a journey
taken under ordinary circumstances,
how could she manage to accomplish it
under conditions which late events
would render not only perilous, but ex
pensive?
“Well,” said he, “if she takes the
route to Perm it is nearly impossible
but that I shall fall in with her. Then
I will watch over her without her sus
pecting it, and ns she appears to be as
anxious as myself to reach Irkutsk she
will cause me no delay.”
But one thought leads to another
Michael Strogoff had till now reasoned
on the supposition of doing a kind ac
tion, of rendering a service, but now
another idea tlasfied into his brain, and
the question presented itself under
quite a new aspect.
“The fact is,” said ho to himself,
“that I have much more need cf her
than she can have of mo. Her pres
ence will lx? useful in drawing off sus
picion from me. A man traveling alone
across the steppes may be easily guess
ed to be a courier to the czar. If. on
the contrary, this young girl accompa
nies me, I shall appear in the eyes of
alt the Nicholas Korpanoff of my podo-
rojna. Therefore she must accompany
me. Therefore I must find her again
at jyiy cost. It is not probable that
since yesterday evening she has been
able to get a carriage and leave Nijni
Novgorod. I must look for her. And
may God guide me!”
Michael left the great square of Nijni
Novgorod, where the tumult produced
by the carrying out of the prescribed
measures had now reached its height.
Recriminations from the banished
strangers, shouts from the agents and
Cossacks who were using them so bru
tally, all together made an indescriba
ble uproar. The girl for whom he
searched could not bo there. It was
now 9 o’clock in the morning. The
steamboat did not start till 12. Mi
chael Strogoff had therefore nearly
three hours to employ in searching for
her whom he wished to make his trav
eling companion.
He crossed the Volga again and hunt
ed through the quarters on the other
side, where the crowd was much less
considerable. He visited every road,
both in the high and low' towns, He
entered the churches, the natural ref
uge for all who weep, for all who suf
fer. Nowhere did he meet w’itli the
young Livonian.
“And yet,” he repeated, “she could
not have left Nijni Novgorod yet. We’ll
have another look.”
Michael wandered about thus for two
hours. He went on without stoppiug,
feeling no fatigue, but obeying the po-
whioh allowed him no
room for thought. All was in vain.
It then occurred to him that perhaps
the girl had not heard of the order,
though this was improbable cuough, for
such a thunderclap could not have
burst without being heard by all. Evi
dently interested in knowing the small
est news from Siberia, how could she
be ignorant of the measures taken by
the governor—measures which concern
ed her so directly? But if she was ig
norant of it she would come in an hour
to the quay, aud tliei'e some merciless
agent w'oukl brutally refuse her a pas
sage. At any cost lie must see her be
forehand and do what he could to en
able ber to avoid sueli a repulse.
But all his endeavors were in vain,
and he at length almost despaired of
finding her again.
It was now 11 o’clock, and Michael,
though under any other circumstances
it would have been useless, thought of
presenting his podorojna at the ofliee
of the head of police. The proelama-
i tion evidently did not concern him.
since the emergency had been foreseen
for him, but he wished to make sure
that nothing would hinder his depar
ture from the town.
Michael then returned to the other
side of the Volga, to the quarter in
which was the ollice of the head of po
lice.
Every one was in a hurry, for the
means of transport would be much
sought after among this crowd of ban
ished people, and those who did not set
about it scon ran a great risk of not
being able to leave the town in the
prescribed time, which would expose
them to some brutal treatment from
the governor’s agents.
Owing to the strength of bis elbows,
Michael Strogoff was able to cross the
court. But to get into the office and
up to the clerk’s little window was a
much more difficult business. How
ever, a word into an inspector’s ear and
a few judiciously given rubles were
powerful enough to gain him a passage.
The man, after taking him into the
waiting room, went to call the proper
clerk.
Michael Strogoff would not be long
in making everything right with the
police and being free in his movements.
While waiting he looked about him,
and what did he see? There, fallen
rather than seated on a bench, was a
girl, a prey to silent despair, although
her face could scarcely be seen, the
profile alone being visible against the
wall.
Michael Strogoff could not be mistak
en. He instantly reoognized the young
Livonian.
Not knowing the governor’s orders,
she had come to the police office to get
her pass signed. They had refused to
sign it. No doubt she was authorized
to go to Irkutsk, but the order was per
emptory; it annulled all previous au
thorizations, and the routes to Siberia
were closed to her. Michael, delighted
at having found her again, approached
the girl.
She looked up for a moment, and her
face brightened on recognizing her trav
eling companion. She instinctively
rose, and, like a drowning man who
clutches at a spar, she was about to
ask bis help. At that moment the
agent touched Michael on the shoulder.
“The head of police will see you,
said.
“Good!” returned Michael, and with
out saying a word to her for whom ha
had been searching ail day, without re
assuring her by even a gesture which
might compromise either her or him
self, he followed the man through the
crowd.
The young Livonian, seeing the only
being to whom she could look for help
disappear, fell back again on her bench.
Three minutes had not passed before
Michael Strogoff reappeared, accompa
nied by the agent. In his hand he held
his podorojna, which threw open the
roads to Siberia for him. He again ap
proached the young Livonian, and,
holding out his hand, “Sister,” said he.
She understood. She rose as if some
sudden inspiration prevented her from
hesitating a moment.
“Sister,” repeated Michael Strogoff,
“we' are authorized to continue our
journey to Irkutsk. Will you come?”
“I will follow you, brother,” replied
the girl, ^putting her hand into that of
Michael Strogoff, aud together they left
the police station.
Michael Strogoff and the young Li
vonian had taken passage on board
the Caucasus. Their embarkation was
made without any difficulty. As is
known, the podorojna, drawn up in the
name of Nicholas Korpanoff, authorized
this merchant to bo accompanied on his
journey to Siberia. They appeared,
therefore, to be a brother and sister
traveling under the protection cf the
imperial police. Both, seated together
at the stern, gazed at the receding
town so disturbed by the governor’s
order. Michael had as yet said noth
ing to the girl. He had not even ques
tioned her. lie waited until she should
speak to him whenever that was nec
essary. She had been anxious to leave
that town, in which but for the provi
dential intervention of this unexpected
protector she would have remained im
prisoned. She said nothing, but her
looks spoke her thanks.
The Caucasus had been steaming on
for about two hours when the young
Livonian, addressing herself to Michael i
Strogoff, said:
“Are you going to Irkutsk, brother?”
“l'es, sister,” answered the young |
man. “We are both going the same
way. Consequently wherever I go you
shall go.”
“Tomorrow, brother, you shall know
why I left the shores of the Baltic to
go beyond the Ural mountains.”
“I ask you nothing, sister.”
“You shall know all,” replied the girl,
with a faint smile. “A sister should
hide nothing from her brother. But I
cannot today. Fatigue and sorrow have
broken me down.”
“Will you go and rest in your cabin?”
asked Michael.
“Yes—yes, and tomorrow”—
“Come, then”—
He hesitated to finish his sentence as
if he had wished to end it by the name
of his companion, of which he was still
ignorant.
“Nadia,” said she, holding out her
hand.
“Gome, Nadia,” answered Michael,
“and make what use you like of your
brother Nicholas Korpanoff.” And he
led the girl to the cabin engaged for
her off the saloon.
Michael Strogoff returned on deck,
and, eager for any news which might
bear on his journey, he mingled in the
he ; groups of passengers, though without
taking any part in the conversation.
Should he by any chance be questioned
and obliged to reply -lie would announce
himself as the merchant Nicholas Kor- |
panoff, going back to the frontier in the j
Caucasus, for lie did not wish it to be j
suspected that a special permission an- |
thorized him to travel to Siberia.
The young Livonian did not come to |
dinner. She was asleep in her cabin, !
and Michael did not like to awaken !
her.
Between 11 and 2, the moon being |
new, it was almost dark. Nearly ai! j
the passengers were then asleep on the |
deck, and the silence was disturbed
only by the noise of the paddles strik
ing the water at regular intervals.
Anxiety kept Michael Strogoff awake.
He walked up aud down, but always
in the stern of the steamer. Ouee,
however, lie happened to pass tiie en
gine room. He then found himself in
the part reserved for second aud third
class passengers.
He stopped. Voices appeared to come
from a group of passengers enveloped
in cloaks aud wraps, so that it was im
possible to recognize them in the dark.
But it sometimes happened that when
the steamer’s chimney sent forth a
plume of ruddy liarnes among the vol-
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
The New Industry s Reported In tin-
South in u Week.
Chattanooga, Oct. 14.—Among the
more important of Tue new industries
reported by The Tradesman for the weak
ending Oct. 12 are the following:
Brickworks to cost $15,000 at Muilius,
S. C.; buggy company at Leak.--vilie, N.
C.; 150,000 cigar factory at Tampa. Fia.;
coal mines at Centerville and Troy,
Ala.; cooperage and sash, door anti
blind factory at Athens, Ala.; cotton
mill at Greenwood, S. C.; $25,000 devel
opment company at Atiauta, Ga ; elec
tric light plant at Whitfield, Fla.; elec
tric light ami power plant at Florence,
Ala ; grain elevator at Riverton, Ala;
hardware company at Tifton, Ga.; §125.-
000 hosiery mill at Newberu, N. C.; ice
factories at Valdosta, Ga , audGailatm
Tenn.; §15,000 ironworks at Dubii
Ga.; knitting miil at Kernc-isVilie, N
C.; §25,000 land company at Binning
ham, Ala.; §30,000 lumber company at
Wilmer, Ala ; §50,000 lumber aud bob
bin company at Greenville, S. G.; ram
bor mill at Columbus, Ga.; §o0,000 iron
hoilow-ware plant at Birmingham. Ala.
limes of smoke the sparks seemed to Jr, 0 '^ 00 oil company at Erewcon. Ala.
i aamLU oil company at Wmcnester, Tenn.; $z0.
000 cil mill at Dawson, Ga.; planin
spo-
fali among the group as though thou
sands of spangies had been suddenly
illuminated. Michael was about to
step up the ladder when a few words
reached his ear, distinctly uttered in
that strange tongue which lie had heard
during the night at the fair.
Instinctively he stopped to listen.
Protected by the shadow of the fore
castle, he could not be perceived him
self. As to seeing the passengers who
were talking, that was impossible. He
was obliged to confine himself to listen
ing.
The first words exchanged were of
no importance—to him at least—but
they allowed him to recognize the
| voices of the man and woman whom lie
I had heard at Nijni Novgorod. This, of
I course, made him redouble his atten-
| tion. It was, indeed, not at ali im-
| possible that the gypsies, a scrap of
I whose conversation he had overheard,
I now banished with all their fellows,
should be on board the Caucasus.
And it was well for him that he lis
tened, for he distinctly heard this ques
tion and answer made in the Tartar
idiom:
“It is said that a courier has set out
from Moscow for Irkutsk.”
“It is so said, Sangarre, but either
this courier will arrive too late, or he
will not arrive at all.”
Michael Strogoff started involuntarily
at this reply which concerned him so
directly. He tried to see if the man
and woman who had just spoken were
really those whom he suspected, but
the shadow was too deep, and he could
not succeed.
In a few moments Michael Strogoff
had regained the stern of the vessel
without having been perceived, and,
taking a seat by himself, he buried his
face in his hands. It might have been I
supposed that he was asleep. !
He was not asleep, however, and did j evening, contains nothing more impor-
not even think cf sleeping. He was re- l tant than xhe weekly summary of the can-
statement
mills at Elizabeth City, N. C.. and Co
lumbia, Teun.; saw mills at Whitfield.
Fla., and Quitman, Ga.; shuttle aud
bobbin factory at Marion. S. C.; $25,00U
factory at Atiauta, Ga.; §3.000,000 steel
plant in contemplation at Birmingham
Ala ; $100,000 sugar mill at Orange
Park, Fla.; releuhone company at
Orangeburg, S. C.,'aud a $200,000 'com
panj- to develop zinc mines near Knox
ville. Tenn.
HAM GETS THREE YEARS.
Convicted of Forgery In Connection
" ith Soldiers’ Homestead Rands.
Memphis, Oct. 15. —A Scimitar
cialfrom Helena, Ark., says:
John H. Ham, alias D. May, was to
day convicted in the federal court of
forgery in connection with the soldiers
additional homestead lauds in two cases
and sentenced by Judge Jacob Trieber
to tnreo years in prison in Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary and to oar a fine of
§2o0 in each case. This is the' first con
viction ever secured in the United
fetates courts for such an offense.
There are pending nine other indict
ments in this state, the frauds bavin"
been practiced very extensively in this
state aud in Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Never before has the gov
ernment been able to convict. The case
is regarded by the several government
lana officers here in attendance UDon it
as the most important that has been run
down in years.
HAS BOTHA BEEN CAPTURED?
Rumor to That Kffect Started on Lou
don Stock Exchange.
London*, Oct. 15.—A ramor was start
ed on the Stock Exchange this morning
that General Botha, the Boer command
er-in-chief, has been captured.
However, a dispatch from Lora Kitch
ener, dated from Pretoria yesterday
ISi-Z Reward For Desperado.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 15.—Jim
Lowery, alias John Jenkins, the negro
who so foully murdered Chief of Police
R. S. Jones of Shelby, N. O., on Aug. 4,
1901, is still at large. He is a desperate
criminal and the rewards for his cap
ture now aggregate $T00. Governor
Aycock has offered a reward of §400 for
the srate; the town of Snelby offers §200
reward, and Sheriff A. II Surrie of
Cleveland county, N. G., offers $100 re
ward, making a total of $700.
Searched Court For Weapons.
Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 15.—Under
tne operation of Judge Cantriii’s order
that all persons be searched for con
cealed weapons before being pern? filed
to enter the tnalroom, the judge him
self and all the lawyers on both sides
submitted to a search this morning at
the hands of deputy sheriffs. The trial
of Caleb Powers is now under way in
earnest. D. M. Woodson of Frankfort
was the commonwealth’s first witness
Marriage of Senator Depew.
New York, Oot. 15.—The marriage
of Senator Depew and Miss May Palmer,
according to a special to The World
from Washington, will take place dur
ing the week beginning Nov. 18 at th&
European home of Mine. VonAndre,
sister of Miss Palmer.
Women are Lske
Hewers
and bloom.
Healthy anastrong
they blossom
Sickly, they wither and
fleeting on this, not without a lively
apprehension: “Who is it knows of my
departure aud who can have any inter
est in knowing it?”
J.TO BE CONTINUED. ]
J
Try one of our dubbin* offer*
tures, a reiteration of the
that General Kitchener’s columns are
moving against a considerable force of
Boers, near the Natal frontier with
which General Botha is supposed to be
and the announcement that ScheDper’s
command in Cape Colony has* been
broken an
Advertising rwtM liberal.
Short news Items always desired.
Job Printing promptly execu’
Joe PinnRi.
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