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THE COURIER
OF THE CZAR |
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CHAPTER V.
HE next day, the 18th of
July, at twenty minutes
to 7 in tlie morning, the
Caucasus reached the Ka-
san quay, seven versts
frotn the town.
Michael did not even
think of landing. He was unwilling to
leave the young Livonian girl alone on
hoard, as she had not yet reappeared on
deck.
There was a report along all the east
ern frontier of Russia that the insur
rection and invasion had reached con
siderable proportions. Communication
between Siberia and the empire was al
ready extremely difficult. All this Mi
chael Strogoff heard without leaving
the deck of the Caucasus from the new
arrivals.
This information could not but cause
him great uneasiness and increase his
wish of being beyond the Ural moun
tains, so as to judge for himself of the
truth of these rumors and enable him
to guard against any possible contin
gency. He was thinking of seeking
more direct intelligence from some na
tive of Kasan when his attention was
diverted.
Among the passengers who were
leaving the Caucasus Michael recog
nized the troop of gypsies who the
day before had appeared in the Nijn:
Novgorod fair. There on the deck of
the steamboat were the old Bohemian
and the woman who had played the
spy on him. With them and no doubt
under their direction landed about
twenty dancers and singers from fif
teen to twenty years of age, wrapped
In old cloaks, which covered their span
gled dresses. These dresses, just then
glancing in the first rays of the sun, re
minded Michael cf the curious appear
ance which he had observed during the
night. It must have been the glitter
of those spangles in the bright flames
issuing suddenly from the steamboat’s
funnel which had attracted liis atten
tion.
“Evidently,” said Michael tc himself,
“this troop of Zingari, after remain
ing below all day, crouched under the
forecastle during the niglit. Were these
gypsies trying to show themselves as
little as possible? Such is not accord
ing to the usual custom of their race.”
Michael Strogoff no longer doubted
that the expressions ho had. heard
which so clearly referred to him had
proceeded from this tawny group and
had been exchanged between the old
gypsy and the woman named Sangarre.
Michael involuntarily moved toward
the gangway as the Bohemian troop
was leaving the steamboat, not to re
turn to it again.
The old Bohemian was there In a
uumoie attitude, little conformable
with the effrontery natural to his race.
One would have said that he was en
deavoring rather to avoid attention
than to attract it. His battered hat,
browned by the suns of every clime,
was pulled forward over his wrinkled
face. Ilis arched back was bent under
an old cloak, wrapped closely round
him notwithstanding the heat. It would
have been difficult in this miserable
dress to judge of either his size or face.
Near him was tire gypsy Sangarre, a
woman about thirty years old. She
was tall and well made, with olive
complexion, magnificent eyes and gold
en hair, and carried herself to perfec
tion.
Sangarre was regarding him with a
peculiar gaze, as if she wished to fix
his features indelibly in her memory.
It was hut for a few moments when
Sangarre herself followed the old man
and his trocp, who had already left the
vessel.
“That’s a bold gypsy,” said Michael
to himself. “Could she have recognized
me as the man whom she saw at Nijnl
Novgorod? These confounded Zingaris
have the eyes of a cat! They can see
in the dark, and that woman there
might well know”—
Michael Strogoff was on the point of
following Sangarre aud the gypsy hand,
but he stopped.
“No,” thought he; “no unguarded pro
ceedings. If I were to stop that old
fortune teller and his companions, my
incognito would run a risk of being dis
covered. Besides, now they have land
ed, before they can pass the frontier I
shall be already beyond the Ural. I
know that they may take the route
from Kasan to Iehim, but that affords
no resources to travelers, and, besides,
a rarantass drawn by four good Sibe
rian horses will always go faster than
a gypsy cart.”
By this time the old man and Sau-
garre had disappeared in the crowd.
An hour afterward the hell rang on
board the Caucasus, calling the new
passengers and recalling the former
ones. It was now 7 o’clock in tlie
morning. The requisite fuel had been
received on board, and about 10 o’clock
in the morning the young Livonian,
leaving her cabin, appeared on deck.
Michael Strogoff went forward and
took her hand.
“Look, sister!” said he, leading her to
the hows of the Caucasus.
The view was indeed well worth ex
amining.
The Caucasus had just then reached
the confluence of the Volga and the
Kama. There she would leave the for
mer river after having descended it for
more than 400 versts to ascend the lat
ter for 4G0 versts.
The Kama was here verv wide, and
its wooded banks were lovely. A few
white sails enlivened the sparkling wa
ter. The horizon was closed by a line
of hills covered with aspens, aiders
and sometimes large oaks.
But these beauties of nature could
not distract the thoughts of the young
Livonian even for an instant. She had
left her hand in that of her companion
and soon, turning to him, said:
“At what distance are we from Mos
cow?”
“Nine hundred versts,” answered Mi
chael.
“Nine hundred out of seven thou
sand!”
The bell now announced the break
fast hour. Nadia followed Michael
Strogoff to the restaurant. She ate lit
tle, as a poor girl whose means are
small would do. Michael Strogoff
thought it best to content himself with
the fare which satisfied his companion,
and in less than twenty minutes Mi
chael Strogoff and Nadia returned on
deck. There they seated themselves in
the stern, and without other preamble
Nadia, lowering her voice so as to be
heard by him alone, began:
“Brother, I am the daughter of an ex
ile. My name is Nadia Fedor. My
mother died at Riga scarcely a month
ago, aoid I am going to Irkutsk to re
join my father and share his exile.”
"I. too, am going to Irkutsk,” answer
ed Michael, “and I shall thank heaven
if it enables me to give Nadia Fedor
safe into her father’s hands.”
“Thank you, brother,” replied Nadia.
Michael Strogoff then added that he
had obtained a special podorojna for
Siberia and that the Russian authori
ties could in no way hinder him.
Nadia asked nothing more. She saw
in this fortunate meeting with Michael
I a means only of accelerating her jour-
] ney to her father.
! “I had,” said she, “a permit which
! authorized me to go to Irkutsk, but the
j order of the governor cf Nijni Novgo-
! rod annulled that, and but for you,
j brother, I should have been unable to
i leave the town, and without doubt 1
! should have perished.”
would do the rest.
The next day, the 19th of July, the
Caucasus reached Perm, the last place
at which she touched on the Kama.
The government of which Perm is
the capital is one of the largest in the
Russian empire and, extending over the
Ural mountains, encroaches on Sibe
rian territory. Marble quarries, mines
of salt, platinum, gold and coal arc
worked here on a large scale. Although
Perm by its situation has become an-
important town, it is by no means at
tractive, being extremely muddy and l
dirty and possessing no resources. Tiiis 1
want of comfort is of no consequence !
to those going from Russia to Siberia,i
for they come from the more civilized
districts and are supplied with all nec-1
essaries, but to those arriving from the j
countries of central Asia, after a long !
Nadia had followed her companion in
his search after a suitable vehicle. Al
though the object of each was differ
ent, both were equally anxious to ar
rive and consequently to start. One
would I-ave said the same will animat
ed them both.
“Sister,” said Michael, “I wish 1
could have found a more comfortable j
conveyance for you.”
“Do you say that to me, brother,
when I would have gone on foot, if
need were, to rejoin my father?”
“I do not doubt your courage, Nadia,
but there are physical fatigues which a
woman may be unable to endure.”
“I shall endure them, whatever they
may bo,” replied the girl. “If you ever
hear a complaint from my lips, you
may leave me in the road and continue
your journey alone.”
Half an hour later on, the podorojna
very comfortably provided under di
rection i f the state. The hood was
pulled up. as it was insupportably hot.
and at 12 o’clock tho rarantass, drawn
by its three horses, left Term in a
cloud cf dust.
and fatiguing journey, it would no
doubt be more satisfactory if the first horses were harnessed to the tarantass.
European town of the empire, situated These animals, covered with long hair,
CHAPTER VI.
N the afternoon of the 23d
cf July Michael Strogoff
and Nadia were not mere
than thirty versts from
Iehim. Suddenly Michael
caught sight of a car
riage, scarcely visible
among the clouds of dust, preceding
them along the road. As his horses
were evidently less fatigued thaiuthose
of the other traveler, he would not be
long in overtaking it. This was neither
a taiantass nor a telga, but a post ber-
, . , , _ r . , , ,, lin, ail over dust and looking as if it
, b "!. ns p ^ 3en , ted by M , 1Cha< ; 1 ’ tbree post ! had made a long journey. The postil-
on the Asiatic frontier, were better sup
plied with stores.
At Perm the travelers sell their vehi-! r j an breed,
cles, more or less damaged by the long |
journey across the plains of Siberia.
There, too, those passing from Europe ]
to Asia purchase carriages during the :
summer and sleighs in the winter sea
son before starting for a several
months’ journey through the steppes. !
Michael Strogoff had already sketch- [
ed out his programme, so now he had 1
only to execute it.
A vehicle carrying the mail usually j
runs across the Ural mountains, but!
at the present time this, of course, was j
discontinued. Even if it had not been
so, Michael Strogoff would not have
taken it, as he wished to travel as fast
as possible without depending on any
one. He wisely preferred to buy a car
riage and journey by stages, stimulat
ing the zeal of the postilions by tips.
Unfortunately, in consequence of the
measures taken against foreigners of
Asiatic origin, a large number of trav
elers had already left Perm, and there
fore conveyances were extremely rare.
Michael was obliged to content himself
ion was thrashing his horses with all
his might and only kept them at a
gallop by dint of abuse and blows. The
berlin had certainly not passed through
Novo-Saimsk and couid only have
struck the Irkutsk road by some less
frequented route across the steppe.
Michael’s first thought on seeing this
berlin was to get in front of it and ar
rive first at the relay, so as to make
plj fastened bj lopes to the steps of tuc sure 0 f f res h horses. He said a word
taiantass. This vas the complete bar- ^jg driver, who soon brought him up
ness, with mere airings for reins. ; w5th tho berlin.
Neither Michael Strogoff nor the ; b e passed a head was thrust out
of the window of the berlin.
He had no time to see what it was
on ms Drain.
The strong contrast they pr:
would at once have struck the i: t
superficial observer, but a phys : -
mist, regarding them mere c-1 - w,
wouid have defined their parik-.fiar
characteristics by saying that if the
Frenchman was “all eyes,” the Eng
lishman was “aii ears.”
In fact, the visual apparatus of i.fie
one had been singularly perfected I>y
practice. The sensibility cf its r tir.:t
must have been as instantaneous as
that of those conjurers who ret-i - lira
a card merely by a rapid movenu in
cutting the pack or by the arrange . .:t
only cf marks invisible to others. Tlie
Frenchman, indeed, ‘ possessed in i:c
highest degree what may be called "die
memory of tho eve.”
[TO Bir. CONTINUED. J
were very like long legged bears. They
were small, but spirited, being of Sibe-
They were harnessed thus: One, the
largest, was secured between two long
shafts on whose farther end was a
hoop called a douga, carrying tassels
and bells. The two others were sim-
huieido at Meigs, Ga.
Meigs. Ga, Ooc. 2i.—D. J. Hull of
this place, and who is well knowu to
the business world, committed suicide
by taking morphine. Mr. Hall had been
book-keeper for J. N. Carter of this
place for many years. He was consid
ered by all who knew him to be one of
the first business men in the county.
Tired of life is the only cause asiigntd
for the act. He leaves a wife and four
children.
“And dared you alone, Nadia,” said i with what had been rejected by others.
Michael, “attempt to cross the steppes
of Siberia?”
“The Tartar invasion was not known
when I left Riga,” replied the young
girl. “It was only at Moscow that I
learned that news.”
“And notwithstanding that you con
tinued your journey?”
“It was my duty.”
This word showed the character of
the courageous girl.
She then spoke of her father, Wassill
Fedor. He was a much esteemed phy
sician at Riga, but his connection with
some secret society having been as
serted he received orders to start for
Irkutsk, and the police who brought
the order conducted him without delay
beyond the frontier. Wassili Fedor had
but time to embrace liis sick wife and [
his daughter, so soon to be left alone, j
when, shedding bitter tears, he was j
led away.
A year and a half after her husband’s j
As to horses, as long as the czar’s cou
rier was not in Siberia he could exhibit
his podorojna without dauger, and the
postmasters would give him the prefer
ence. But once out of European Rus
sia, he had to depend alone on the pow
er of his rubles.
But to what sort cf vehicle should
ho harness his horses?
Michael Strogoff was lucky enough to j
discover a tarantass.
It Is to be hoped that the invention of
Russian coachbuilders will devise
some improvement in this last named
vehicle. Springs are wanting in it, so
it is very uncomfortable. In the ab
sence of iron, wood is not spared, but
its four wheels, with eight or nine feet
between them, assure a certain equilib
rium over the jolting, rough roads. A
splash hoard protects the travelers from
the mud, and a strong leather hood,
which may he pulled quite over the oc
cupiers, shelters them from the great
young Livonian girl had any baggage.
The rapidity with which one wished to
make the journey and. the more than
modest resources of the other prevent-
| ed them from embarrassing themselves
1 with packages. It was a fortunate
1 thing under the circumstances, for the
tarantass couid not have carried both
baggage and travelers. It was only
made for two persons, without count
ing the driver, who kept his equilibri
um on his narrow seat in a marvelous
manner.
The driver is changed at every relay.
The man who drove the tarantass dur
ing the first stage was, like his horses,
a Siberian aud no less shaggy than
they—long hair, cut square on the fore
head, hat with turned up rim. red belt,
coat with crossed facings aud buttons
stamped with the imperial cipher. The
driver on coming up with his team
threw an inquisitive glance at the pas
sengers’ of the tarantass. No luggage?
And had there been, where in the
world could he have stowed it? Rath
er shabby in appearance too. He look
ed contemptuous. v
“Crows,” said he, without earing
whether he was overheard or not;
“crows at G copecks a verst!”
“No; eagles,” said Michael, who un
derstood the slang perfectly; “eagles,
do you hear, at 9 copecks a verst and a
tip besides.”
He was answered by a merry crack
of the whip.
In the language of the Russian pos-
like, but as he dashed by he distinctly
heard this wortl uttered in an imperi
ous tone:
“Stop!”
But he did not stop. On the contrary,
the berlin was soon distanced by the
tarantass.
It now became a regular race, for the
horses of the berlin, no doubt excited
by the sight and pace of the others, re
covered their strength and kept up for
some minutes. The two carriages were
hidden in a cloud of dust. From this
cloud issued the cracking of whips,
mingled with excited shouts and ex
clamations of anger.
Nevertheless the advantage remained
with Michael, which might be very im
portant to him if the relay were -poorly
provided with horses. Two carriages
were perhaps more than the postmaster
could provide for. at least in a short
space of time.
Half an hour after the berlin was left
far behind, looking only a speck on the
horizon on the steppe.
It was 8 o’clock in the evening when
Michael and his companion arrived at
the posthouse in Iehim.
The news was worse and worse with
regard to the invasion.
Here bad arrived just a short time
before two men.
The one was English, the other
French. Both were tall and thin, but
the latter was sallow, as are the sduth-
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tilions the “crow” is the stingy or poor ern proveneals, while the former was
traveler who at the posthouses only j ruddy like a Lancashire gentleman.
very much like the blossom- :
lg of a flower. Its beauty and j
perfection depends entirely J
upon the ca r e bestowed upon \
its parent. Expectant mothers J
should have the tenderest care. )
They should be spared all worry i
and anxiety. They should eat /
plenty of good nourishing food j
and take gentle exercises. This |
will go a long way toward presen - j
ing their health and their beauty 5
as well as that of the little one to f
come. Eut to be absolutely sure )
of a short and painiess labor they <
should use i
Mefh&r^e
departure Mme. Fedor died in the arms i heat aud violent storms of the summer.
of her daughter, who was thus left
alone and almost penniless. Nadia Fe
dor then asked and easily obtained
from the Russian government an au
thorization to join her father at Ir
kutsk. She wrote and told him she
was starting. -She had barely enough
money for this long journey, and yet
she did not hesitate to undertake It.
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It was not without careful search
that Michael managed to discover this
tarantass, and there was probably not
a second to be found in all the town of
Perm. Notwithstanding that, he hag
gled long about the price, for form’s
sake, to act up to his part as Nicholas
Korpanoff, a plain merchant of Ir
kutsk.
pays 2 or 3 copecks a verst for the
horses. The “eagle” Is the traveler
who does not mind expense, to say
nothing of liberal tips. Therefore the
crow could not claim to fly as rapidly
as the Imperial bird.
Nadia and Michael immediately took
their places in the tarantass. A small
store of provisions was put in the box.
In case at any time they were delayed
in reaching the posthouses, which are
The Anglo-Norman, formal, cold, grave,
parsimonious of gestures and words,
appearing only to speak or gesticulate
under the influence of a spring operat
ing at regular intervals. The Gaul, on
the contrary, was lively and petulant,
expressed himself with lips, eyes,
hands, all at once, having twenty dif
ferent ways of explaining his thoughts,
whereas his interlocutor seemed to
have only one immutably stereotyped
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