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THE COURIER !1
OF THE CZARjj
By Jules Verne
auu mese words were the last. j xenlseisk. j vugm 10 t»e in signt of the town, j
Michael Strogoff continued to dig the j The first days of October had come. j Every means for embarking was !
soil, which, being strongly trodden j The sun now sank below the horizon at j wanting at that place,
down, had the hardness of a rock, and i 6 o’clock, and the long-nights allowed j They had to supply this want. A '
nt length he succeeded in drawing from j the temperature to fall to zero in the | raft, or, rather, a tloat of wood. like
thermometers. The first snow, which
was to remain until summer, already
whitened the neighboring heights. Dur
ing the Siberiau winter this interior
OfvlAHA-EIV!PCRiA RAILROAD.
it the body of the unfortunate man.
He listened if his heart still beat. It
beat no more!
He wished then to bury it, that it
] might not remain exposed on the ! 6ea - with its ice several feet thick, is
! steppe, and that hole in which Nicho- i dotted with trains of couriers and cara-
[ las had been buried alive lie eularged i vans -
| and deepened in such a manner as to j It 'was at the southwest point of the
“To what place shall I lead you, Mi
ehael ?”
“To Irkutsk,” he answered.
“By the highroad?”
“Yes, Nadia.”
Nadia took the hand of Michael Stro-
goff, and they once more set out on
their journey.
Next morning, Sept. 12, twenty versts
farther, at the town of Toulounovskoe.
both halted for a short time. The town
was burned down and was deserted.
During that day they bad to pass the
little stream of the Oka, but it was
fordable, and that passage offered no
difficulty.
But, contrary to wliat Michael Stro-
geff had perhaps hoped, there was noi
any longer a single beast of burden i:i
the country. Every horse, every cam
el, bad been either killed or taken
away. It was therefore on foot they
must cross this never ending steppe.
And thus they walked on for three
days.
Several times Nadia was obliged to
stop. Michael Strogoff then took her
in his arms, and for the moment, not
having to think of Nadia’s fatigue,
while carrying her he marclidd more
quickly and with his untiring pace.
On the 18th of September, at 10
o'clock at night, both reached at length
Kimilteiskoe. From the top of a hill
Nadia perceived a liDe a little less dark
on the horizon. It was the Dinka.
Suddenly they stopped, as if their
feet had stepped into .some crevice in
the ground.
A dog's bark was heard across the
steppe.
“Do you hear?” said Nadia.
Then came a lamentable cry, a cry cf
despair. like the last appeal of a human
being who is about to die.
“Nicholas! Nicholas!” cried the young
girl, urged on by some evil foreboding.
Michael Strogoff, who listened, bung
down bis head.
“Come. Michael, come!” said Nadia.
And she who just before could scarce
ly drag herself along suddenly recover
ed her strength under the sway of vio
lent excitement.
“Have we left the road?” said Mi
chael Strogoff, feeling that he was
treading no longer the dusty road, but
the open grass field.
“Yes; it is necessary!” answered Na
dia. “It is from ever there on the right
that the cry came!”
Some minutes afterward the two were
only half a, verst from the river.
A second bark was beard, and, al
though more feeble, it was certainly
nearer.
Nadia stopped.
“Yes,” said Michael, “it Is Serko who
is barking. He has followed his mas
ter.”
“Nicholas!” cried the young girl.
^ per call remained unanswered. Oniv
some birds of prey rose up and disap
peared amid the high clouds of heaven.
Michael Strogoff listened. Nadia look
ed at the plain, lit up with flashes of
lightning in rapid succession, but sbe
saw nothing.
And yet a voice came again, which
this time murmured in a plaintive tone.
“Michael!”
Then a dog. all bleeding, came bound
ing up to Nadia. It was Serko.
Nicholas could not be far away. He
alone could murmur that name of Mi
chael. Where was he? Nadia had not
even the strength to call out to him.
Michael Strogoff, lying on the ground,
searched with his hand.
Suddenly Serko gave a fresh bark
and rushed toward a gigantic bird,
which was clawing the ground.
it was a vulture. When Serko pre
cipitated himself upon it, it rose up;
but, returning to the charge, it struck
the dog.
He again renewed the attack, but he
received a blow on the head from that
terrible beak, and this time Serko fell
back dead on the ground.
At the same time a cry of horror es
caped from Nadia.
“There, there!” said she.
A head rose just above the ground!
It would have struck against their feet
had it uot been for the intense bright
ness that the heavens cast upon the
steppe.
Nadia fell on her knees near that
head.
Nicholas, buried up to the neck, ac
cording to the atrocious customs of the
Tartars, had been abandoned on the
steppe to there die of hunger and thirst
and perhaps to be torn into pieces by
the fangs of wolves or t Iso beaks of birds
of prey. A most horrible punishment
for the victim, thus imprisoned in the
earth, who presses the earth without
being able to cast it off, having his
arms tied and fastened to his body like
those of a corpse in a coffin! The vic
tim. living in this clay mold, which he
is unable to break, can do nothing but
implore death, which is too slow in
coming!
It was there the Tartars had interred
their prisoner for three days. For
three days Nicholas had been waiting
for succor; which had come at last toe
late.
The vultures had perceived that head
exposed to the sun’s rays, and for some
hours the dog defended his master
against these ferocious birds.
Michael Strogoff dug the earth with
his claspkuife to release it from that
imprisoned body.
The eyes of Nicholas, closed until
then, once more opened themselves.
He recognized Michael and Nadia.
Then he murmured:
“Adieu, friends. I am happy to Lave
Been you once more. Pray for me.” ■
be able to lay him there when dead.
The faithful Serko was placed near his
master.
At that moment a great noise was
heard on the road about half a verst
away.
Michael Strogoff listened.
By the noise- be knew at once that a
detachment of cavalry was advancing
toward the Dinka.
“Nadia. Nadia!” said he In a low
voice.
At his voice Nadia, who had remained
in prayer, rose up.
.“You see them! You see them!” he
said to her.
- “The Tartars!” she murmured.
It was indeed the advance guard of
the emir which was defiling quickly on
the road to Irkutsk.
“They shall uot prevent me from in
terring him,” said Michael Strogoff.
And he continued his work.
Soon Nicholas’ body, with his hands
joined on his breast, was laid in the
tomb. Michael Strogoff and Nadia,
kneeling down, prayed the last time for
that poor being, good and inoffensive,
who through devotedness to them had
lost his life.
“And now.” said Michael, throwing
back tlie earth, “the wolves of the
steppe shall not devour him.” i
Then his hand stretched In menace j
toward the troop of horsemen which
was passing. j
“On our journey, Nadia!” said he.
Michael Strogoff could no longer fol
low the highroad, now occupied by the
Tartars. He must throw himself across
the steppe and turn Irkutsk. In doing
this they would have to cross the Din
ka and thus would be relieved from one
great anxiety.
Nadia could no longer drag herself
along, but sbe could see for him. He
took her in his arms and struck into
the southw;est of the province
lake that Michael Strogoff bad just ar
rived, carrying Nadia, whose whole
life, so to speak, was concentrated in
her eyes. What could they both expect
in this wild part of the province but
to die there of want and destitution?
And yet bow many still remained to be
made of those G.000 versts that the
courier of the czar should attain his
end? Only sixty versts along the shore
of the lake as far as thy mouth of the
river Angara, and eighty versts from
the mouth of the Angara to Irkutsk—
in all a hundred and forty versts, say
a three days’ journey for a strong and
vigorous man even on foot.
Some fifty people found themselves
assembled at the corner which forms
the southwest point of the lake.
Nadia first perceived this group when
Michael Strogoff. carrying her in his
arms, came out from the defile of the
mountains.
those which generally float on the Si
berian rivers had been constructed.
A forest of pine, which towered along
the shore, had furnished the floating
material. The trunks, lashed together
New Line a Southern Outlet for West
ern Packing Houses.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 17.—Details of
the organization of the new Omaha-
Emporia read were made public today.
P. M. Nevins, representing the pack-
i ing house interests of St. Louis, is
ri b ' V,U0W . br i 1DC ' he ®’ fonil ? d a p!at - here negotiating the deal.
persons j jf r _ Nevins says the object of the
new road is to furnish a southern out
let for the packing house products of
the Missouri valley. With the Missou-
form on which a hundred
would have easily found room.
It was on this raft that Michael Stro-
goff and Nadia were carried. The
young girl was once more herself. They
gave to her some nourishment, as also
to her companion. Then, lying down
on a bed of leaves, she immediately fell
Into a sound sleep.
To those who interrogated him Mi
chael Strogoff said nothing concerning
the e"*\jts which had occurred at
Tomsi.. He gave himself out as an in
habitant of Ivrasnoiarsk who had not
been able to reach Irkutsk before the
troops of the emir had arrived on the
left bank of the Dinka, and he added
that very likely the main body of the
Tartars had taken up their position be
fore the capital of Siberia. Even among
friends it was almost as important to
preserve secrecy as to his mission as if
among enemies.
One never knows what ears are lis
tening when the tongue speaks. The
ri, Kansas and Texas, it will form
an independent line to the south, thus
relieving the packing interests from
the combination rates on their prod
ucts destined for export by way of the
eastern seaboard. It will also cut the
mileage from 1,500 to 000 miles.
AROUND WORLD !N CANOE.
“Stop!” she cried. “The Tartars! The ‘ friend of today may be the foe of to-
Tartars!” J morrow, and even the firm friend, if
The young girl feared for an instant ! indiscreet, is more to be dreaded than |
that it was nothing else than a de- i the known enemy.
Captain Voss, Daring Adventurer, Ar
rives ai Sydney, r4. S. W.
San Francisco, Doc, 17.—News
comes from Australia that Captain
Voss and his little 40-foot canoe ar
rived at Sydney, Nov. 20, having made
the voyage safely from Eritish Colum
bia.
At Fiji his mate, Luxton, concluded
to go to Sydney by steamer, so Cap
tain Voss secured a sailor named
Louis Gounte, but the man was wash
ed overboard five days out and Cap
tain Voss made the rest of the voyage.
tachment of Tartars sent to-.scour the j There was not. therefore, an instant wil1 s ° trom Sydney to Ceylon on
shores of Lake Baikal, in which case i to lose. Besides, the frost became more I ^ 1S v °l a £ e around tie world.
flight would be cut off for both.
But Nadia was soon reassured on
this head.
“They are Russians!” she cried.
And after this last effort her eyelids
closed, and her head fell down on the
breast of Michael Strogoff.
But they had been perceived, and
some of those Russians, running up to
them, led tbe blind man and the young
girl to the border of a little beach to
which was moored a raft.
The raft was about to depart.
These Russians were fugitives of va
rious conditions whom a common in
terest had gathered together on this
point of the Baikal. I
Driven back by the Tartar scouts,
they sought to take refuge in Irkutsk,
There remained for them to travel and, not being able to reach that place
more than 2G0 versts. How could it
be done? How could food be found on
the journey?
By what superhuman energy would
they succeed in passing the first slopes
by land, since the invaders had talien
up position ou both banks of tbe Anga
ra, they hoped to gain it by r descendlu
and more keen. The temperature dur
ing the night fell far below zero. Some
pieces of ice had already formed on thp
surface of the Baikal. If the raft could
easily make Its way on the lake, it
would Dot be the same between the
banks of the Angara in case those
pieces of ice should come to impede its
course.
Therefore for all these reasons it was
necessary that the fugitives should
start without delay.
At 8 o’clock at night the mooriugs
were unfastened, and under the action
of the current the raft followed the
lake shore.
Long poles, handled by robust mu-
jiks, sufficed to guide iL An old sailor
of the Baikal had taken command of
tbe raft. He was a man of sixty, all
tanned with tbe breezes of tbe lake. A
white and very thick beard descended
on his breast. He had ou bis head a
the river which runs through tbe towu. I ^ ur ^ a t. ^ a S rave an d austere ap-
Tbe fugitives had their raft fully pro-! Pearance, his wide and long riding coat.
Nadia nor he could tell.
And yet twelve days after, at G o’clock
In the evening, an immense sheet of
water rolled at the feet of Michael Stro
goff.
It was Lake Baikal.
Lake Baikal Is situated at a height
of 1,700 feet above tbe level of the sea.
Its length it about 900 versts, its
breadth about a hundred. Its depth is
unknown, lime, de Bourboulon tells
us that the sailors say that it wishes to
be called “Mrs. Sea.” If one calls it
“Mr. Lake,” it at once is In a rage.
Anyhow, according to a Russian legend,
a Russian is never drowned there.
This immense basin of fresh water,
fed by more than 300 rivers, is embos
omed in a magnificent circle of vol
canic mountains. It has no other out
let but the Angara, which, after hav
ing passed Irkutsk, throws itself into
the Yenisei a little above the town of
- - _ T-P' •- . - • ... 1 '
Strogoff been even a few hours later
he would have found the place desert
ed.
Now, he was welcomed and bidden
to go upon tbe raft at once, as its slow
motion rendered it advisable to lose no
time in setting out.
Their project made the heart of Mi
chael Strogoff leap for joy. He could
now play his last chance. But he had
the strength to dissemble, wishing to
preserve more strictly than ever his
incognita.
The plan of the fugitives was very
simple. A current of the Baikal skirts
the higher shore of the lake as far as
the mouth of the Angara. It Is tbi3
current which they counted upon mak
ing use of to early reach the outlet of
Baikal. From this point to Irkutsk the
rapid waters of the river would draw
them along at a speed of ten or twelve
versts the hour. In a day and a ball
Relatives Visit Mrs. McKinley.
Canton, O., Dec. 17.—Two sisters of
the late president, Mrs. A. J. Duncan
and Miss Helen McKinley, of Cleve
land, a: - here to visit Mrs. McKinley.
Mrs. McKinley’s condition remains
much the same as it has been sines
the funeral. She does not require med
ical attention, although Drs. Philips
and Portumann see her once or twice
a week, as it was arranged that they
should when Dr. Rixey returned to
Washington.
CASTS LOT AMONG LOWLY.
Mrs. Alice Drew, Society Woman,
Working In a Factory.
Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 17.—In order to
learn “how the other half lived,” Mrs.
Alice H. Drew, a well known society
woman of Jacksonville, Fla., has start
ed to live the life of the common fac
tory girl in order that she may sug
gest more pertinent measures for the
betterment of their condition.
When she came to Kenosha some
six weeks ago she took rooms in an
humble portion of the city, along -vith
other women who were working in the
factories.
She began as a sorter in a storming
factory and was promoted rapidly.
Now she is in charge of 800 young
women. After working fc r more t an
a month the story of the real person
ality of Mrs. Drew came out.
Mrs. "Drew is the widow of A. W.
Drew, a cousin of John Drew, the ac
tor, and a former well known business
man of Jacksonville.
Electrocuted In Midair.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 17.—Fred C. Aver-
ill was electrocuted in midair on Zack
street. He was a lineman employed
by the Peninsular Telephone company
and was ascending a pole immediate
ly in front of the general offices or the
company, when the electric current
struck him and rendered life extinct
before he began to fall.
of tbe Sayensk mountains? Neither pared for the voyage, and had Michael d raw n tight at the belt, hanging dowD
to his heels, this silent old man. sit
ting at the stern, commanded by ges
ture and did not speak ten words in
ten hours.
Besides, tbe whole management con
sisted In keeping the raft in the cur
rent which ran along the shore, with
out allowing it to go far out into the
deep water.
Although the journey was not with
out danger, the voyagers might reason
ably hope to safely accomplish it.
At any rate they had become accus
tomed to both hardship and danger.
No fate could be worse than the one
that awaited them if they remained.
So despite the past and present they
were many hopeful, almost happy
hearts on board that rude craft that
floated along so lazily.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Officials Inspect Marconi Apparatus.
St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 17.—Governor
Boyce, Premier Bond and members of
the Newfoundland cabinet are at Sig
nal Hill inspecting the Marconi appa
ratus. A representative of the Anglo-
American Telegraph company visited
the governor today to protest against
the proposed official visit. The gov
ernor and cabinet decided to meet Sig
nor Marconi.
Women sti tier
ing from female
troubles and
weakness, and
from irregular
or painful men
ses, ought not
to lose hope if
.doctors cannot
ihelptherm i’■>}’-
sicians are so
busy with other
diseases tk a t
they do not un
derstand fuuy
the peculiar ail
ments andpiis
delicate organism of woman. V> hat
sufferer ought to do is to gi ve
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Job Printing of all
Edward Abandons Visit to Ireland.
London, Dec. 17.—The World today
says the proposed visit of King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandria to Ireland,
which was to have taken pl£!*e in the
spring or after his majesty's corona
tion, has been abandoned on account
of the disturbed state of that country.
Appointments By Jennings.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 17.—Governor
Jennings has made the following civil
appointments: Dr. Louis A. Bize, of
Tampa, to be a member of the board of
medical examiners for the Sixth judi
cial circuit; George A. Nash, of Ocala,
to be notary public for the state at
large; Alex H. King, of Branford, to
be notary public for the state at large; ‘
R. J. McMaster, of Tampa, to be no*
tary public for the state at large. j
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