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THE COURIER
OF THE CZAR m
By Juies Verne
CHAPTER MIX.
HE plans of Ivan Ogareff
had boon laid with tin 1
greatest care, and, unless
some unlikely circum
stance should occur, they
must succeed. It was
necessary that the Bol
e-ha ia gate should be without defend
ers at the moment when ho should de
liver it up to the Tartars. Thus at that
moment it would be indispensable thar
the attention of the besieged should be
drawn to another point of the city
hence a diversion agreed upon with the
emir. That diversion had to take place
along tlie suburbs of Irkutsk, up and
down the right bank cf the river.
The attack on those two points would
be made very earnestly and at the same
time a feigned attempt to cross the An
gara on its left bank. The Bolchai:.
gate would then be probably abandoned,
especially as on that side l lie advance
posts, which were said to be at some
distance off. would seem to have been
collected together.
The liftli day of October bad conic
Before twenty-four hours the capital o!
eastern Siberia ought to be in tlie hands
of the emir and the grand duke in tin-
power of Ivan Ogareff. During ail that
day an unusual movement was taking
place in the camp of the Angara. From
the windows of the palace and from the
houses of the right bank one could se;
distinctly that important preparations
were being made on the opposite
heights.
Numerous Tartar detachments wen’
seen moving toward the camp and thus
hourly re-enforcing the troops of the
emir. This was the preparation fo:
the diversion winch had been agrees
■upon, and it was being made in the
most ostentatious manner. Moreover.
Ivan Ogareff did not conceal from the
grand duke that some attack was to be
feared on that side. He knew, he saic.
that an assault would he made at the
two extremities of the town along the
river, and he counseled the grand duke
to re-enforce those two points more di
rectly menaced.
The preparations that had been no
ticed, coming to the support of Ivan
OgareiFs recommendations, it was nec
essary to take some account of them.
Thus after a council of war which was
held at the palace orders were given to
concentrate the defense on tlie right
bank of the Angara and at the two ex
tremities of the town, where the forti
fied terraces rested on the river.
This was precisely what Ivan Oga
reff wished. He evidently did not reck
on that the Bolehaia gate would re
main without defenders, but they would
be there only in a small number. Be
sides, Ivan Ogareff was about to give
to the diversion such importance that
the grand duke would be obliged to op
pose it with all his disposable forces.
And indeed an incident of an excep
tionable gravity, devised by Ivan Oga
reff, was to powerfully aid in the ac
complishment of bis projects. For even
if Irkutsk had not been attacked at
points distant from the Bolehaia gale
and along the right bank of the river
that incident would have sufficed to
draw the chief body of the defenders
to the place where Ivan Ogareff wish
ed precisely to bring them. It would
cause at the same time a most terrible
catastrophe.
All the chances were then that the
gate, being free at the hour fixe:!. won id
he given up to the thousands of Tar
tars who were waiting under the thick
cover of the forest on the east. During
that day the garrison and population of
Irkutsk were constantly on the alert.
All the measures which were required
to repel an attack on points never be
fore threatened were taken.
The grand duke and General Yoran-
zoff visited the various posts which had
been strengthened by their orders. The
picked corps of Wassili Feodor occu
pied the north of the town, but with
the injunction to march at once to
where the danger should be most press
ing. The right bank of the Angara was
protected by the only artillery ai their
disposal.
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upon the care bestowed upon
its parent. Expectant mothers
should have the tendercst care.
They should be spared all worry
and anxiety. They should eat
plenty of good nourishing food
. and take gentle exercises. This
i will go a long way toward preserv
ing their health and their beauty
as well as that of the little one to
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With these measures taken in time,
shanks to the opportune recommenda
tions of Ivan Ogareff. there was every
reason to hope that the prepared attack
would not succeed, in that case the
Tartars, discouraged for the time, with
out doubt would defer for a few days
any new attack against the town. Be
sides, the troops expected by the grand
duke might arrive any hour. The safe
ty or the loss of Irkutsk hung on a
thread.
On that day the sun. which had risen
at twenty minutes past 0. iiad set at
Twilight would still have to strug
gle with night for two hours. Then
space would be tilled with thick dark
ness, for heavy clouds hung stili in the
air. and the moon would not appear.
This profound obscurity would favor
more completely tlie plans of Ivan Oga
reff.
Already, for some days, an extremely
keen frost had come as a prelude to
the rigors of the Siberian winter, and
on that night the cold was still more
piercing. The soldiers posted on the
right bank of tlie Angara, being forced
to bide their presence, had not kindled
any tires. They therefore suffered
dreadfully front great lowering of the
temperature. At some feet below them
the iee blocks floated past, following
the current of the river.
During ail that day they had seen
them in close ranks floating rapidly
between tlie two banks. That circum
stance. observed by the grand duke and
his officers, had been considered as for
tunate. It was evident that if the bed
of tlie river became obstructed the pa*,
sage of it would become altogether im
practicable.
Tlie Tartars would not be able to
manage cither rafts or boats. As for
attempting to cross the river over the
blocks of ice when the cold should have
joined them, that was not possible. The
field, newly cemented, would not have
been strong enough for the passage
over it of an attacking column.
But Ivan Ogareff did not regret that
circumstance, although it appeared fa
vorable to tlie defenders of Irkutsk, for
tlie traitor knew well that tlie Tartars
were not seeking to cross the Angara
and that at least on that side the at
tempt would only be a feint. Never
theless toward 10 o’clock at night the
state of the river visibly changed, to
the extreme surprise of tlie besieged
and now to their disadvantage. The
passage, up to that time impracticable,
suddenly became possible. The bed of
the Angara soon became free. The
floating ice, which for some days iiad
come down the river in great quanti
ties, disappeared, and very little could
be seen between the two banks.
The Russian officers, who iiad no
ticed this change in the state of the
river, made it known to the grand
duke. Besides, it was explained in this
way that at some narrow portion of the
Angara tlie floating ice iiad accumu
lated and found a barrier. We know
that such was the ease. The passage
of the Angara was therefore open to
the besiegers; hence the necessity for
the Russians to watch with greater at
tention than ever.
In tlie camp of the Angara there was
plenty of agitation, as was proved by
the lights constantly flitting about. At
a verst up above, as also down below
tlie point where tlie fortification slopes
down to the river, there was a dull
murmur, which proved that the Tar
tars were on foot, waiting for some
signal. Again nD hour passed by.
Nothing new.
Two o’clock in the morning was about
to strike from the clock tower of the
cathedral of Irkutsk and no movement
had taken place to disclose the hostile
intentions of tlie besiegers. Tlie grand
duke and his officers began to ask
themselves if they had uot been led
into error, if it had really entered into
the plan of the Tartars to attempt to
surprise the town.
The preceding nights had not by any
means been so calm. Firing bad been
kept up from the advanced posts, and
shells had hissed through the air, and
this time there was nothing of the kind.
The grand duke. General Vorauzoff.
their aids-de-camp, waited therefore,
ready to give their orders according tc
the circumstances.
It has been stated that Ivan Ogareff
occupied a room in the palace. It was
a pretty large room, situated on the
ground floor, and its windows opened
out upon a side terrace. One need only
step a few paces on this terrace to
overlook the course of the Angara. A
profound darkness reigned in that
room. Ivan Ogareff. standing near a
window, was waiting for tlie hour of
action to arrive. Evidently the signal
could only come from him. Once this
signal was given, when most of the de
fenders of Irkutsk should have been
called to the points openly attacked,
his plan was to leave the palace and
to go and accomplish his work. He
waited then in the dark, like a tiger
ready to spring upon its prey.
Meanwhile, some minutes before 2
o'clock, the grand duke asked that Mi
chael Strogoff— it was the only name
he could give to Ivan Ogareff—should
be brought to him. An aid-de-eamp
came to bis room, the door of which
was closed. He called him. Ivan Oga
reff. motionless near the window and
invisible in the darkness, took good
care not to answer. The grand duke
was then informed that tlie courier of
the czar was not at that moment in the
palace.
Two o'clock struck. It was the mo
ment that action had been agreed on
with the Tartars, who were ready for
the assault. Ivan Ogareff opened tlie
window cf liis room and placed himself
at the north angle of the side terrace.
Below 7 him in the shade flowed tlie wa
ters of the Angara, which roared as
they broke against the piles of the but
tresses.
Ivan Ogareff drew a flint from his
pocket and lit with it a piece of cotton
wool impregnated with priming pow
der, which he threw into the river. It
I was by the order of Ivan Ogareir mat
torrents of mineral oil had been cast
on tlie surface of the Angara. Springs
of naphtha had been discovered above
Irkutsk on the right bank, between the
village of Poshkavsk and the town.
Ivan Ogareff bad resolved to employ
this terrible means for setting tire to
Irkutsk. He therefore made use of the
immense reservoir which contained the
combustible liquid. He bad only to
make a few canals to draw in streams
into the river. These be bad made that
very night, some hours before. The
cotton wool bad been east on the wa
ters of the Angara. In an instant, as if
the current bad been made of alcohol,
all tlie river became a mass of flames,
up and down the stream.' with the ra
pidity of electricity. Volumes of blue
flames covered the whole surface of the
river and shot far up into the sky.
The few blocks of ice that came float
ing down the river, being seized by the
burning liquid, melted like wax on the
surface of a furnace, and the water,
sent off as vapor, rose hissing to the
clouds. At that very moment the *fir-
ing began at tlie north and at the south
of the town. The batteries of the camp
of the Angara threw an uninterrupted
volley of shot and shell. Many thou
sand Tartars rushed to the assault of
the ramparts. The houses along the
high banks, constructed of wood, took
Are in every direction. An immense
light dissipated the shades of night.
‘At last!” said Ivan Ogareff. And he
had good reason to applaud. The di
version which he had planned was ter
rible. Tlie defenders saw themselves
placed between the attack of the Tar
tars and the disasters of an immense
conflagration. The bells sounded, and
every ablebodied man of tlie population
hastened to the points attacked and to
tlie houses which were being devoured
by the fire, which was threatening to
communicate itself to the whole city.
The Bolehaia gate was almost free. It
was with difficulty that any defenders
had been left there.
Ivan Ogareff re-entered his room,
then brilliantly lit up by tlie flames
from the Angara that overtopped the
balustrades of the ramparts. Then hi
prepared to leave it. But scarcely had
he opened the door when a woman
rushed into the room, with her gar
ments dripping wet, her hair in disor
der.
“Sangarre!” cried Ivan Ogareff in tin
first moment of surprise and not imag
iniug that it could be any other woman
than the gypsy.
It was not Sangarre; it was Nadia.
At the moment when, seeking refuge
on the block of ice, the young girl Iiad
uttered that cry when she saw the fin
spread over tlie current of the Angara
Michael Strogoff had' seized her in his
arms, and he had dived with her to
seek even in the depths of the river a
shelter from the flames. After having
swum under tlie waters Michael Stro
goff had fortunately put his foot
ground at tlie quay, anil lie had Nadia
still safe with him.
Michael Strogoff was touching at last
his goal. He was at Irkutsk. “To the
palace of the governor!” said he to Na
dia. In less than ten minutes after
ward both arrived at the entrance tc
that palace, the massive stone walls of
which were being licked by the long
flames from tae Angara, without, liow
ever, their being able to set the strr.c
ture on fire. Beyond, the houses on the
bank were all in flames.
Michael Strogoff and Nadia entered
without difficulty into that palace,
which was open for all. In the midst
of the general confusion no one noticed
them, although their clothes were drip
p,ng wet. A crowd of officers came foi
orders, and soldiers running to execute
them blocked up the grand salon on
the ground floor.
There Michael Strogoff and the young
girl, in the midst of so great a crowd,
found themselves separated from each
other. Nadia, distracted, ran along the
lower rooms, called her campaniou and
asked to be led before the grand duke.
A door leading into a room that was
inundated with light opened itself be
fore her. She entered, and she found
herself unexpectedly face to face with
him whom she had seen at Ichim.
whom she had seen at Tomsk, in the
presence of that man whose cursed
hand an instant later would have deliv
ered up tlie city.
“Ivan Ogareff!” cried she.
On hearing his name pronounced the
miserable wretcli trembled. His true
name being once known, all his plans
would be ruined. He bad only one
thing to do—to kill the being, whoever
it might be, who had just pronounced
it. Ivan Ogareff threw himself on Na
dia, but the young girl, with a knife in
her hand, placed her back to the wall,
resolved to defend herself.
“Ivan Ogareff!” cried again Nadia,
knowing well that detested name would
bring succor to her.
“Ah, you shall be silent!” said the
traitor.
“Ivan Ogareff!” cried a third time the
intrepid young girl in a voice whose
hate had increased tenfold the force.
Drunk with fury, Ivan Ogareff drew
a dagger from his belt, rushed upon
Nadia and forced her back into a cor
ner of the room. It was all over with
her when the wretch, suddenly knock
ed down by a tremendous blow, rolled
to the ground.
“Michael!” cried Nadia.
It was Michael Strogoff. Michael
Strogoff iiad heard the appeal of Nadia
Guided by her voice, lie had arrived at
the room of Ivan Ogareff, and he had
entered by the door which had been
left open.
“Fear nothing, Nadia,” be said as he
placed himself between her and Ivan
Ogareff.
“Ah,” screamed the young girl, “take
care, brother! Tlie traitor is armed!
He can see well!”
Ivan Ogareff had risen, and, believ
ing that he had the advantage over a
blind man, lie threw himself upon Mi
chael Strogoff. But with one hand Mi
chael seized the arm of him who could
see well and with the other, turning
aside his weapon, he threw him a sec
ond time to the ground.
Ivan Ogareff. pale with fury and
shame, remembered that he was carry
ing a sword. He drew it from the
scabbard and returned to the combat.
He iiad also recognized Michael Stro
goff. A blind man! He had only, in
short, to deal with a blind man.
Nadia, terrified at tlie danger which
threatened her companion in such an
unequal struggle, rau to the door, call
ing help.
“Shut that door, Nadia.” said Michael
Strogoff. “Do not call any one, and let
me do it. The courier of the czar has
nothing to fear today from this wreten.
Let him come at me If he dare. I am
waiting for him.”
Meanwhile Ivan Ogareff. gathering
himself together, as it were, like a ti
ger did uot utter a word. The noise
of his step, ids very breathing, he
would have wished to keep hack from
Peculiar Practices In Yoprise In
Celestial ICinertlcm.
It is one of the peculiarities of tbo
Chinese that, while they have develop
ed elaborate philosophies, none of them
_ ,, has led to any confidence in the uni-
the ear of the blind man. He wished fortuity of B&ture. Neither the people
to strike him before even he Had any nor their ru!ers have any fixed opinion
warning of his approach, to strike him
with a certain blow. The traitor did
not dream of fighting, but of assas
sinating him whose name he Iiad sto
len.
Nadia, frightened, yet at the same
time confident, contemplated with a
sort of admiration that terrible scene.
It seemed that the old coolness had
come back to him.
Michael Strogoff had as bis only
weapon bis Siberian knife, and be could
not see bis adversary, who was even
armed with a sword. But by what
favor from heaven was lie able to over
power him?
Ivan Ogareff glanced at bis adversary
with a visible anxiety. That superhu
man calmness worked upon him. In
vain, appealing to his reason, lie kept
saying that in the inequality cf such a
combat all tin; advantage was in bis
favor. That immovableness of the
blind man completely froze him. He
had sought with his eyes the place
where he hiust strike his victim. lie
had found it. Who. then, was prevent
ing him from giving the finishing blow";
At length lie made a blow 7 and thrust
his sword full at the breast of Michael
Strogoff.
An imperceptible movement of the
knife of the blind man turned the blow
Michael Strogoff iiad uot been touched
and coolly seemed to wait another at
tack without, however, challenging it.
A cold sweat ran from the face of
Ivan Ogareff. He recoiled a pace, then
made another thrust. But the second
blow, like the first, fell harmless. A
simple parrying with the large ktiif>
had sufficed to turn aside tlie sword of
tlie traitor. The latter, mad with rage
and terror before that living statue,
fixed his terrified look on the large
open eyes of tlie blind man. Those
eyes that seemed to read tlie very hot
tom of his heart and which coukl not
see—those eyes seemed to have for him
an awful fascination.
Suddenly Ivan Ogareff gave a cry.
An unexpected light had entered Ids
brain.
“He can see!” cried he. “He can
see!”
And, like a deer trying to re-enter its
cave, step by step, terrified, be retreat
ed to the lower end of tlie room. Then
the statue took life. The blind man
walked straight to Ivan Ogareff, and.
placing himself in front of him, said:
“Yes, I see—I see the blow of tbe knout
with which I have marked you. traitor
anil coward! I see tlie place where I
am going to strike you. Defend your
life! It is a dud which 1 condescend
to offer you. My knife will suffice me
against your sword!”
“He sees!” said Nadia. “God of mer
cy. is it possible?”
Ivan Ogareff felt himself to be lost.
But suddenly, taking courage, sword
in front, he rushed upon his impassible
adversary. Tbe two blades crossed,
but at tbe first clash of tlie knife of
Michael Strogoff. grasped firmly in the
hand of the Siberian hunter, the sword
flew in pieces, and the wretch, pierced
to the heart, fell dead to the ground.
At that moment the door of the room,
pushed from the outside, opened. The
grand duke, accompanied by some ofli
cers, showed himself on tlie threshold
The grand duke advanced. He recog
nized on the ground the dead body of
him whom lie thought to be tlie courier
of tbe czar, and then in a threatening
voice he asked:
“Who has slain this man?”
“I,” replied Michael Strogoff.
One of tlie officers placed a revolver
to his head, ready to fire.
Your name?” asked the grand duke
before giving tlie order to shoot him
dead.
“Y'our highness,” answered Michael
Strogoff, “ask me rattier tbe name of
the man stretched at your feet.”
“That man I have recognized. He is
a servant of my brother. He is the
czar’s courier.”
“That man, your highness, is not n
courier from the czar. lie is Ivan Oga
reff.”
“Ivan Ogareff!” cried the grand duke.
“Yes: Ivan the traitor.”
“But you—who are you?”
“Michael Strogoff.”
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
as to the causes of rainfall. The plan
in some provinces when the need of
rain is felt is to borrow a god from a
neighboring district and petition him
for the desired rain. If Ids answer is
satisfactory, he is returned to his home
with every mark of boner; otherwisei
he may be put out in tiic sun as a bint
to wake up and do bis duty. A bunch
of willow is usually thrust into his
hand, as willow, is sensitive to mois
ture.
Another plan in extensive use is the
building of special temples in wide!;
are wells containing several iron tab
lets. When there is a scarcity of rain,
a messenger starts out with a tablet
marked with the date of tlie journey
and the name of the district making
the petition. Arriving at another city,
he pays a sum cf money aiuJ is allow
ed to draw a new tablet from tbe well,
throwing in his own by way of ex
change. On the return journey lie is
supposed to eat only bran and travel
at top speed day and night. Some
times he passes through districts a:;
greatly in need of rain as his own.
Then the people in these places way
lay him and, temporarily borrowing his
tablet, get tbe rain intended for anoth
er place.
Prayers are usually made in the fifth
and sixth months when the rainfall la
always due, and a limit cf ten. days
is set for their effective operation. Un
der such conditions rain usually falls
during the prescribed time. When the
prayers are in progress, the umbrella,
among other objects, comes under tbe
ban. In some provinces foreigners
have been mobbed for carrying this
harmless article at that time.
DEATH BY ARSENiC.
The Way This Poison Acts Upon the
Hnsrinn System.
When a single dose of arsenic in suf
ficient quantity to be felt has been tak
en, colicky pains, bowel disorder and
perhaps nausea result. In the course
of an hour after a poisonous dose has
been taken an intense burning pain is
feit in the esophagus and stomach.
This spreads to the entire anterior por
tion of the lower part of the trunk. A
sense of constriction at the throat and
an acrid, metallic taste accompany the
pain. Then vomiting and relaxation of
the bowels begin. As the case pro
gresses the symptoms increase in i:i
tensity. Then comes a thirst that wa
ter will not allay, although it appar
ently increases the stomach disturb
ance. Tbe victim groans and writhes.
Now he implores the doctor to save
him. Then be begs to be killed and put
out of pain. The extremities become
icy. The pulse is small, feeble and fre
quent. and the breathing is labored,
embarrassed and painful because of
abdominal tenderness. The surface of
the body becomes dark and of that
bluish color that medical men call ey-
ahosed. Violent cramps add their tor
ture, c-xhaastion becomes collapse, con
vulsions or coma ensues, and death
ends the agony. This torture lasts
sometimes from five to twenty hours.
In some cases these symptoms occur,
but in a modified form, and the doctor
will apparently get the better of tbe
disease. The remission will be but for
a day or two. Then the abdomen will
swell, and icy coldness will pervade
the frame. Shivering will become pro
nounced trembling, then cramps, con
vulsions and death.
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Lack of Funds Closes Schools.
Chicago, Jan. 14.—For the first time
in more than 30 years Chicago’s night
schools are closed temporarily at least.
It is also a serious question if the
day schools can be kept open during
the regular ten months. This condi
tion is the result of low condition of
the city’s finances. The average at
tendance at the night schools has been
4,471 and it was estimated that the
attendance this year would have been
4,500 and that 200 teachers would have
been employed in the 20 schools plan
ned to .be opened. The cost would be
approximately $50,000.
Birds Arc Like Ilnmnn Being*.
Canaries, like human beings, vary
very much in character, some cocks be
ing so indifferent and idle that they
will let the hen do all the work of
building and rearing, while they them
selves sit and plume their feathers.
Others, again, are perfect gentlemen in
their manners, waiting cryi the hen with
a quiet courtesy and seeing that all she
requires is at once brought to her.
Again, the liens vary In disposition,
some hens behaving in a quiet, modest
way, attending to their young ones
with regularity, while others are in a
constant state of chatter with their
husbands, pecking and arguing with
them every time they go near. Thus
we see that these little birds have their
tiffs and domestic quarrels, uot unlike
ourselves.—Chambers’ Journal.
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Old Customs Official Expires.
San Francisco, Jan. 14.—E. B. Je
rome, chief clerk and assistant custo
dian in the United States customs
house at this port, died at his home
in Oakland early today of pneumonia.
He served 34 years in the customs ser
vice at this port and personally trans
acted a large part of the business of
the office. He was a veteran of the
civil war. For years he was president
of the Reliance Wheel club.
Trial Set for Next Week.
New York, Jan. 14.—Albert T. Pat
rick, ho is to be tried next week on
the charge of murdering William
Marsh Rice, was brought before Jus
tice Beach in special term of the su
preme court on an adjourned writ of
habeas corpus obtained in December
by his counsel. It was arranged that
his trial would begin Jan. 13, but it
was decided to postpone it until next
Monday.
Pearce Gets Ten Years.
Raleigh, Jan. 14.—Gratton Pearce,
the negro who at Wilmington shot and
killed aged Joe King, another negro,
at night in a yard and who was tried
for murder in the first degree, escapes
with a 10-year sentence for murder in
the second degree.
To Cure the Stammerer.
It is said that stammerers rarely if
ever show any impediment of speech
when speaking in whispers. On this
fact a method of treatment has been
advocated, which is as follows: For the
first ,ten days speaking is prohibited.
This will allow rest to the voice and
constitutes the preliminary stage of
treatment. During the next ten days
speaking is permissible in the whisper
ing voice, and in the course of the next
fifteen days tlie ordinary conversation
al tone may be gradually employed.
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and the hundred and one simi
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