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THE COURIER
OF THE CZAR|
By Jules Veroe
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“They wish you for leader.”
“I, your highness?”
“Do you consent to put yourself at
their head?”
“Yes, if the good of Russia requires
it.”
“Captain Feodor,” said the grand
duke, “you are no longer an exile.”
“I thank your highness. But am I to
command those who still are exiles?”
“They are so no longer!”
It was the pardon cf all his compan
ions in exile, now his companions in
arms, which the brother of the czar
granted to him!
Wassili Feodor pressed with emotion
the hand which the grand duke held
cut to him, and he left the room.
The latter turned then toward the of
ficers.
“The czar will not refuse to accept
the letter of pardon which I am draw
ing upon him,” said he, smiling. “We
need heroes to defend the capital of
Siberia, and I have just now made
some.”
This pardon of the exiles of Irkutsk
was indeed an act of wise justice and
wise policy.
Night had now come on. Across the
windows of the palace shone the fires
of the Tartar camp and far beyond the
Angara. The river was full of floating
blocks of ice, some of which were stop
ped by the first piles cf the ancient
wooden bridges. Those which the cur
rent held in the channel Sealed down
.with great rapidity. Thus it was evi
dent, as the chief of the merchants laid
observed, that the Angara c-ould scarce
ly freeze along the whole of its surface.
Thus the defenders of Irkutsk need not
fear the danger of being assailed on
that side.
Ten o’clock had just struck. The
grand duke was about to dismiss his
officers and retire to his apartments
when a kind of uproar was heard out
side the palace.
Almost immediately the door of the
room opened, an aid-de-camp appeared
and advanced toward the grand duke.
“Your highness,” said he, “a courier
from the czar!”
CHAPTER XVIII.
SIMULTANEOUS move
ment brought all the
members of the council
toward the half open
door. A courier from the
czar arrived at Irkutsk!
If the officers had re
flected for an instant on the improba
bility of that fact, they would have cer
tainly considered it impossible.
The grand duke had quickly moved
toward his aid-de-camp.
“That courier!” said he.
A man entered., He had the air of
pne worn out by fatigue. He wore the
costume of a Siberian peasant, muc-h
worn, even torn, and on which one
could see bullet holes. A Russian borf-
uet covered his head. A sear, badly
healed crossed his face. The man had
evidently followed a long and trying
route. His shoes and stockings, in a
bad state, even proved that he had
made part of his journey on foot.
“His highness the grand duke?” said
he on entering.
The grand duke went up to him.
“Are you a courier from the czar?”
he asked him.
“Yes, your liigliuess.”
“You come from”—
“Moscow.”
“You left Moscow”—
“The loth of July.”
“You are called”—
“Michael Strogoff.”
It was Ivan Ogareff.. He had taken i
the name and position of the man
whom lie believed to be powerless.
Neither the grand duke nor any other
person in Irkutsk knew him. lie had
not even needed to disguise his fea
tures. As he had the means of proving
his pretended identity, no ouo could
doubt him. He came, then, sustain*.’-
by a will of iron, to hasten by tree-
and assassination the conclusion cf i
drama of the invasion.
After the answer of Ivan Ogareff if
grand duke made a sign, and all hi>
officers retired.
The fictitious Michael Strogoff and he
remained alone iu the room.
The grand duke looked at Ivan.Oga
reff for some seconds and with the-
greatest attention. Then he asked him:
“You were oil the 15th of July at
Moscow?"
“Yes. your highness, and cn the night
from the 1-lih to the 15th I saw liis.
majesty tin* czar at the New palace."
“You have a letter from the czar?”
“Here it is.”
And Ivan Ogareff handed to the
grand duke the imperial letter, reduced
to dimensions almost microscopic.
“Was that letter given to you iu that
state?” asked the grand duke.
“No, your highn ss. but I was com
pelled to tear open the envelope in or
der to better conceal it from the Tartar '
soldiers.”
“Have you, then, been a prisoner of
the Tartars?”
“Yes. your highness, during a few
days.” answered Ivan Ogareff. “It is
on that account that, having set out
from Moscow on the lotii of July. E
only arrived at Irkutsk on the 2d of
October after a journey of sixty-nine-
days.”
The grand duke took the letter. lie-
mat tetter nor indeed concerning the
identity of the courier. If his tierce
look at first inspired mistrust, the
grand duke did not allow it to be seen,
and soon the mistrust disappeared al
together.
The grand duke remained seme mo
ments without speaking. lie was read
ing slowly the letter in order to thor
oughly gather the sense of it.
Taking up again the speech, he ask
ed:
“Michael Strogoff, do you know the
contents of this letter?”
“Yes, your highness. I might have
been compelled to destroy it to prevent
it from falling into the hands of the
Tartars, and if that should happen 1
wished to bring its contents to your
highness.”
“I)o you know that this letter enjoins
us to die at Irkutsk rather thau sur
render the city?”
“1 know it.”
“Do you also know that it points out
the movements of the troops who have
combined to check the invasion?”
"Yes, your highness. But those move
ments have not succeeded.”
“What do you mean?”
“I wish to tell you that Iehim, Omsk.
Tomsk, not to speak of other important
towns of the two Siberias, have been
tne end of winter.”
“Very well. Listen to this, Michael
Strogoff: Should no relief come to me,
neither from the west nor tlie east, and
were there GOO.OOO Tartars, I would
not give lip Irkutsk!”
The wicked eye of Ivan Ogareff light
ly blinked. The traitor seemed to say
that the brother of the czar was reck-
ening without treason.
The grand mike, or a nervous temper
ament, had great difficulty in preserv
ing his calmness on learning this dis
astrous news, lie walked up and down
the room under the eyes of Ivan Oga
reff, who covered him as a prey re
served for his vengeance. He stopped
at the windows. lie looked out upon
the Tartar fires. lie was trying to
find out the noise, the greater part of
which was caused by the grating of the
Ice on the river.
A quarter of an hour passed without
his putting another question. Then,
again taking up the letter, he read a
passage of it and said:
“You know, Michael Strogoff, that
there is question iu this letter of a
traitor against whom I have to be on
my guard?”
“Yes, your liighuess.”
“He is to attempt to cuter Irkutsk
disguised to win my confidence; then.
your Highness under a false name”—
“We would unmask him. thanks to
you who know him. and by my* order
he should die under the knout. <Jo.”
Ivan Ogareff gave the military salute
to the grand duke, not forgetting that
he was captain in the corps of the cou
riers of the czar, and he withdrew.
Ivan Ogareff had just now played with
success iiis base role. Tlie grand duke's
confidence had been accorded him fui!
and entire. lie could abuse it when *
and where he thought proper. He j
would even live iu that palace. He !
would know ail the secrets of the de- j
feuse. He held, therefore, the situation j
in liis hand. No one in Irkutsk knew j
him. No one could tear off his mask, j
He resolved, therefore, to begin the !
work without more delay.
Ivan Ogareff, having every facility ‘
of seeing, observing and acting, spent
the next day in visiting the fortiiica- j
lions. Everywhere he was received j
with cordial congratulations by the
officers, soldiers and citizens. This cou
rier of the czar was like a tie which
bound them to tho empire. Ivan Oga
reff therefore recounted to them all the
details of his journey, and this with a
vivacity that was never wanting. Then
adroitly, without at first insisting on it
too much, he spoke of the gravity of
CELERY IN THE SOUTH.
More DtHIcTiTf to Crow Thnn itt tlio
North—Various 'letliovs CsecJ.
Cc-icry is mere difficult to grow in the
south thau in the north. According i >
the North Carolina station, it is diffi
cult to carry plants through the long
hot summer, bin with good plants in
September no difficulty is experienced
In growing the crop. In the south the
crop is not usually lifted, as i:i the
north, for the purpose cf storage and
bleaching: but is bleached in place.
Difficulty is sometimes experienced
in keeping the plants from growing all
winter and running to seed. In erder
to prevent this the North Carolina sta
tion advocates planting in beds five
feet wide and of any convenient
length, the rows to be one loot apart,
the plants six inches distant in the
row. This method is more economical
of labor, since it requires less work to
bank or board up a bed of celery for
blanching than to bank up the same
number of plants in wide rows. Fur
thermore. wide rows earthed up are
more exposed to the sun and are warm
ed to such an extent that the celery is
kept growing.
Tko cuter leaves of celery in growing
after another occupied by the sol- f !1 *- ^ ie P r °P er time, to deliver up the the situation, exaggerating, as lie had : H 3 '* r ' ‘A V-D, 1 1 ’ V",! - (, .it cn
diers of Feofar-Klian.”
“But lias there been a battle? Have
our Cossacks ever met the Tartars?”
“Several times, your highness.”
“And they were repulsed?”
“They were not in suliicient strength.”
“Where have the encounters taken
place of which you speak?”
“At Kalyvan, at Tomsk.”
Up to this time Ivan Ogareff had only
told the truth, but with the object of
fighting the defenders of Irkutsk by
exaggerating the advantages obtained
by the troops of the emir, lie added:
“And a third time before Krasnoi-
arsk.”
“And that last engagement?” asked
the grand duke, whose firmly set lips
scarcely allowed the words to pass.
“It was more than an engagement, ;
your highness,” answered Ivan Oga
reff; “it was a battle.” ;
“A battle?”
“Twenty thousand Russians, coming j
from tlie provinces of the frontier and
from tlie government of Tobolsk, came
into collision with a force of a hundred
and fifty thousand Tartars, and iu spite
of their courage they have been anni-;
hilated.”
“You lie!” cried the grand duke, who
endeavored, but in vain, to master his
anger.
“I tell the truth, your highness.” cool
ly replied Ivan Ogareff. “I was pres
ent at that battle of Krasnoyarsk, and
it is there where I was made prisoner!”
The grand duke became calm, aud by
a sign he gave Ivan Ogareff to under
stand that he did uot doubt his verac
ity.
“On what day did this battle of
Krasnoiarsk take place?” he asked.
“On the 2d of September.” ,
“'And now all the Tartar forces are
town to tlie Tartars.”
I “I know all that, your highness, aud
I I also know that Ivan Ogareff has
I sworn personal vengeance on the broth
er of the czar.”
“Why?”
“They say that that officer had been
condemned by the grand duke to a
most humiliating degradation.”
“Yes, I remember. But he deserved
It, that wretch, who was afterward to
servo against his country aud to lead
there an invasion of barbarians!”
“His majesty the czar,” answered
Ivan Ogareff, “relied especially on the
fact that you were aware of the crim
inal projects of Ivan Ogareff against
your person.”
“Yes; the letter informed me of it.
done while addressing the grand duke,
both tlie successes of the Tartars and
the forces at their disposal. To listen
to him, tiie succor would be insufficient
should it even come, and it was to be
feared that a battle fought under the
walls of Irkutsk would be as disas
trous as tlie batties of Kalyvan. of
Tomsk and of Krasnoiarsk.
Ivan Ogareff was not at first lavish
in these sinister insinuations. He tool;
care tiiey should penetrate by degrees
into the minds of tlie defenders of Ir
kutsk. He seemed to answer only when
a great many questions were put to
him and then as though with regret.
In any case he added always that it
must defend itself to the last man. and
i they must blow it up rather thau sur-
“Aud his majesty told it to me him- render it!
self, while warning me to mistrust that if ti ie defenders of Irkutsk could
traitor above all during iny journey . have been discouraged. Ivan Ogareff
across Siberia.” I p a( j chosen an efficient means. But
“Have you ever met him?”
“Yes, your highness, after the battle
of Krasnoiarsk. Could he have sus
pected that I was the bearer of a let- j those citizens, shut up in an isolated
tin
tiie garrison and population of Irkutsk
were too patriotic to allow themselves
to be frightened. Of those soldiers, of
ter addressed to your highness aud iu
which ail his projects were divulged
1 should not now he standing before
you.”
“Yes, you would have been lost.” an
swered the grand duke. "And how did
you escape?”
“By throwing myself into the Irtish.”
"And how did you enter Irkutsk?”
concentrated around Irkutsk?”
“All.”
“And you would number them at”—
“Four hundred thousand men!”
A new exaggeration of Ivan Ogareff
in reckoning the numbers of the Tar
tar army and tending always to the
unfolded it and recognized the signa- , same end.
tnre cf the czar, preceded by the sacra- j “And I must not expect any succor
mental formula, written with lus own. from the provinces of the west?” ask-
hand. Hence there was no possible? efl the grand duke,
doubt concerning the authenticity of f “None, your highness—at least before;
“During a sortie that was made this*’than a traitor.
night to repel a Tartar detach
ment 1 joined in with the defenders of
the town. I was able to make myself
known, and they at once conducted me
before your highness.”
“Well done, Michael Strogoff.” an
swered the grand duke. “You have
shown courage aud zeal during this
difficult mission. I shall not forget
you. Have you any favor to ask of
me?”
“None if it be not that of fighting by
the side of your highness.” answered
Ivan Ogareff.
“Let it be so. Michael Strogoff. From
this day I attach you to my person,
aud you shall be lodged in this palace.”
“And if in conformity with the inten
tion which is attributed to him Ivan
Ogareff should present fiimself before
town at the farthest end of the Asiatic
world. RGt one had dreamed of speak
ing of capitulation. The disdain of
Russia for those barbarians was with
out limit. In any case no one for a mo
ment suspected the hateful role which
Ivan Ogareff was playing. No one
could have imagined that the pretended
courier of the czar was nothing else
A circumstance altogether unnatural
was the cause, front liis arrival at Ir
kutsk. of there being frequent relations
between Ivan Ogareff and one of its
bravest defenders. Wassili Feodor. Oue
before the Russian corps should arrive
In sight of Irkutsk. The resolution ot
Ivan Ogareff was taken, and that very
night from tlie top cf the rampart a
note fell into the hands of Sangarre.
It wgs the following night, the uight
from the 5th to the Gth of October, at
2 o’clock iu the morning, that Ivan
Ogareff had fixed for delivering up Ir
kutsk to the Tartars.
[TO be continued.]
1b tkt dtz.
the ground. The North Carolina sta
tion states that in order “to counteract
this it will be necessary to put it
through what is called the handling
| process about the 1st of October. This
: is done by putting sufficient earth
: about it to hold the leaves upright, and
i no more than is sufficient to do this
should lie used, for the final earthing
' up should he delayed here until No-
. vember and December. Any "attempt
to blanch celery early in the fall in this
• climate will result in a hollow, rusty
! and inferior product. Christmas is
about as early as we should expect
well bleached celery.”
Tlie Louisiana station reports that it
lias been more successful in importing
than in growing young celery plants
and in growing in narrow bods, as
recommended above by the North Car
olina station. February, March and
the first part of April are considered
the best months for blanching the
celery in this state.
At the Texas station growing cc’?ry
in beds, with tV.e stalks six inches
apart each way, was a failure. The
intense heat kept the plants small and
green, and the weeds iyere difficult.
In growing by tlie old method and
heaping the dirt up around tlie plants
as they grow more success was at-
ta inc-d.
Rights of Chinese Parents.
The law and custom of China still
give the parents supreme control over
their children. As far as it is possible
for an outsider to get to know this peo
ple, whose “ways are dark,” it does
appear that this power of life and
death is not often exercised unless in
the case of infants. Now and again,
however, instances occur which prove
that this barbarous right is still claim
ed and exercised.
A man in the Nam Hoi district has
just put liis son to death in a most
cruel fashion, and the law takes no
cognizance of the murder, for surely it
cannot be called by any other name.
The boy had been often reproved for
associating with gamblers and robbers,
and his record was a bad one. This
much may be said in extenuation of
the father’s diabolical act. For a long
time the father was unable to lar hands
on liis sen. This he succeeded in (loins
by offering a reward to any oue v.uo
could bring him home. During the A y
of liis return the father gave no evi
dence of his wicked designs. This put
the lad off liis guard. But when night
came the father threw off his mask,
seized his son, bound him hand and
foot and then proceeded leisurely to
strangle him.—China Mail.
Fairy Poultry Tales,
The daily papers report a eert.Cu
Boston millionaire as buying so: ■ :':ic
poultry at prices which make pr. us
big figures look small— $1,000 f i
dozen birds, $3,000 for two pair, ■" 1
for another pair. We never did ■ A
very heavily on the accuracy of the
'daily papers when they treated mut
ters relating to poultry (not much n
other matters cither) and know cf no
reason for changing our method i •*•
Indeed, such statements serve to ■■ u-
firm us in our old opinion of the in
accuracy of the daily papers.—I? at
Poultry.
Clover ns Poultry Food.
It is stated by one authority that
100 pounds of clover meal com.tins
enough lime for tlie shells of 17(3 (te
en eggs, says Indiana Farmer. Clover
is very rich in protein and comains
potash, soda, phosphorous acid and Ch
er ingredients that make It one cf the
best feeds for fowls that can be nam
ed. It contains all the essentials in
well balanced proportion and is pal
atable to the fowls as well as health*
ful.
5*.
Pa
Wonien are Like
R Healthy andstrong
S SUvvCJ they blossom
and bloom. Sickly, they wither z~ r -
die. Every woman ought to look *
and feel weil. It’s her right and ci /■
but she might as weil try to put out a
fire with oil as to be healthy and at
tractive with disease corroding t: =
organs that make her a woman. U: - ■
their hcaith deoends her health. H
there is inflammation or weaker.'.ng
drains or suffering at the montr...
period, attend to it at once. Den t
delay. You're one step nearer tne
grave every day you jut it c::.
Women can stand a great deal, fc-?
they cannot live forever with diseas-
dragging at the most delicate anu
vital organs in their body. You m~-'j
have been deceived in so-called cuies.
We don’t see how you could help it
there is so much worthless stuff -
the market, hut you won t be or
appointed in Bradfield’s Female Re -
viator. We believe it is the onernem-
cine on earth for womanly ills, j h '-_;
is as much difference between it a* *
other so-called remedies as there
between right and wrong. Bradfie.-=»
Female Regulator soothes the p-o
stops the drains, promotes regularn .
stiengthens, purifies and cleanses,
does all this quickly and easil>
naturally. It is for women alone tone
cide whether they will be health;
sick. Bradfield’s Regulator lie?.
bund. $1 p.r bottle at drug store.