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It I wished. the Governor at Tobolsk should be telegraphed or written to; but, is I was bound any way to go to that bown. it would be just. as well if I made my inquiries in person. To this I quite agreed, listgusting the speed‘ of 37119 Russian post 3? the ngwfil’VyV-ofiened telegraph. I _was ready t9 start jag-marrow. .- n u,- A, ,,,::..1... So, after getting all the hints and infor- mation I could. I thanked the chief for his courtesy, and with my precious papers in my pocket, went to complete my prepare.- tions for my journey; a journey which might be a. thousand or two thousand miles longer or shorter, according to where it had pleased the Governor of Tobolek to bestow the wretched Ceneri. _ Before I started I received a letter from Priscillaâ€"one 0! those labored and rather misty epistles usually written by people of her station in life. It told me that Pauline was well; that she was willing to be guided by Priseilla’s advice, and to remain with her until the return of her unknown relation or friend. “ But. Master Gilbert,’_’ the_letter went on. “I am sorry to any I believe she is not quite right at times. The poor young lady talks wildly about an awful crime; but she says she is content to wait for justice to be done, as some one she has seen in her dreams during her illness is working for her. She doesn’t; know who ih is, but it is some one wig: knows everything.” _ This intelligence made me feel easier. Not only did it show me that Pauline would wait quietly until my return, but also that some glimmering of the imme- diate past might be dawning upon her. The closing lines of Priscille’e letter made my heart beat with hope. nu. . ,1 , “ This afternoon, Master Gilbert, she seemed to discover for the first time that she had a wedding ring on her finger. She asked me how it came there. I told her I could not say. Then she sat for hours and hours twisting it round and round, think- ing and thinking. I asked her, at last, what she was thinking of. ' Dreams I am trying to remember.’ said she. with that pretty, quiet smile of hers. I was dying to tell the dear young lady that she was my own master's lawtul wife. I was afraid she 3031a take the ring ofi, but she didn't, thank a x” Yes, thank God, she did not I As I read Priscilla’s letter I yearned to turn home- ward and fly back to my wife. But I con- quered the inclination, although I felt more and more certain that my meeting with Ceheri would be a happy one for me ; that I should return. and, if necessary, once more place that ring on her finger and claim her as my own, knowing that she was purer than the gold of which that shining circlet was made. I would span}: Mine's an ancient reputation, For mglnearest blood relation as a Greek. "feline: mybeautful Pauline! my wife. my love, we shall be happy yet i The next day I started for Siberia. CHAPTER XI. A HELL UPON EARTH. It was midsummer when I left St. Petersburg. The heat was oppressive and quite disturbed my idea of the Russian climate. I went by rail to Moscow, by the iron road which runs straight as a line from the one large city to the other. The Czar ordered it to be so made, without curves or deviations. ‘ When the engineers asked him what populous places they should take on their way, his Imperial Majesty took a ruler and on the map ruled a straight line from St. Petersburg to Mos- cow. “Make it so," were his commands. and so it was made, as rigid and careless of the convenience of other persons as his own despotismâ€",4. railway tor some four hundred miles running simply to its desti- nation, not daring, however much tempted, to swerve aside and disobey the autocrat‘s commands. (A REAL EXHIBITION OF HEALTH.) Hail, beauty. wit and wealth I A: thg godq§ars79f§90d health Knowâ€"I never tailie a chill, Or a. fgver or}; bill Or a potion ; No physio can compare With fresh air and simple fareâ€"- That’s my notion. I lead a. placid lite, Undisgurbeq by. pgy strife At Moscow, the colossal. I fingered a couple 0! days. It was there I had settled to engage a guide and interpreter. As I spoke two or three languages besides my own, I was able to pick and choose. and at last selected a pleasant mannered, sharp- looking young fellow who averred that he knew every inch of the great post road to the east. Then bidding farewell to the mighty Kremlin with its churches, watch towers and battlements. I started with my new companion for Nijni Novgorod; at which place we must bid adieu to the rail_way. We passed the old picturesque but decay- ing town of Vladimir. and after duly admiring ita five-domed cathedral I found nothing more to distract my attention until we reached Nijni. My companion was vary anxious that we should linger for a day or two at this city. The great fair was on, and he assured me it was a sight not to be missed. I had not come to Russia to look at fairs or festivities, so commanded him to make instant prepara- tions for continuing the Journey. _. Being summer the rivers were open and navigation practicable. We took the steamer and went down the broad Volga. till we passed Kesun and reached the river Kama. Up this tortuous stream we went until we landed at the large, important town 0! Perm. We were five days on the waterâ€"I think the five longest days I ever spent. The winding river, the slow-going steamer. made me long for the land again; there one seemed to be making progress. The road there was straight, not running into a. hundred bends. We wéieflfiow nearly at the and of Europe. A hundred miles further and we Or contention In that organ out of sight Which 'tia reckoned more polite Not to mention. WW6 now ohangefi our’ mode- of convey Luce. In my cuisine I eschew Ev’ry-gqfirement. mgout. ' Frioasae ', And to all those foreign entrees Murmur. “ Intrigsntes, ah, n’enh‘ez Pas icil" Men offer me in vain BitterAbegr fund. svygqfi champagne ' And chanteuse; As my Iather'a duteous daughter, E'en Apollinaria water I refuse. I should feel a. grievous sinner, 'Twixgmg l_uncheon and my dinner ’ " "ifiifihk m; Would I ruin my digestion With ppafipevemge in question ? Not tor me. My waist I've let alone; Never yet to bunk or bone Did I force it. Could I reconcile my ribs To flggrntive fillsn WEI a. cdrset ? To an I shouldn’t dare Upona «595m Mir- -,_._ _ ,7, Deooilé'te," ' Though an eligible Peer Weragq‘w‘lgiaper fin Igy ear, ' 'Y'I’iiifié‘e; stay 1"" Thane folks are fecklesa fools Who. ue lecting nature’s rules, Vio Me, In their wild career of pleasure Ev’ry hYgienic measure "N 1 tan late. PAULINE. ' ’fi‘lluibo late. Bo’the rich had better raise A templqtg my praise, And dispense My lawn throughout this land, And make it understand Common sense. HIP?! flygeln. aha shall cross the Ural Mountains and be in Asiatic Russia. “mu- IAU -w ........_.. At Perm we made our final preparations. From now we must depend on post horses. Ivan, my gulde, after the proper amount of haggling, bought a tarantsssâ€"a sort of phas- ton. The luggage was stowed into'it; we took our seats ; our first relay of horses were engagedâ€"three in number and her- nessed in the peculiar Russian fashionâ€" the yemsohik started them with the words 5 r__:Ah__.-..4. "Link uuv JULl-luvu-u _...---_ ___7 0! encouragement and endeerment which in Russia. are supposed to be more effica- cious than the thong, and away we went on our long, long drive. We croesed the Unis, which utter all are not so very high. We pessed the stone obelisk erected, Ivan told me, in honor o! a Cossack chief named Yetmuk. We read the word " Europe” on the side which first met our eyes, and turning round we saw “Asia” written on the back. I spent my first night in Asia at Ekaterineburg; i and l_ey awake the best part of it trying to _.:|_.. “MALâ€"uni nuu In, Inna-av luv ~-..- I...” -_ . calculate how many miles stretched, between Pauline and myself. For days and days have passed since I left St. Petersburg and I have travelled at all possi. ble speed; yet the journey seems scarcely begun. Indeed. I cannot even guess at its length_1_1ntil I get to Toholsk. .,.___ .___:_-.l mu-.. S-nm Iv uu mu... .- -- -- “a ., _“_, A trifle of some tout hundred miles from Ekaterineburg to Tiumen, another of two hundred from Tiumen to Tobolsk, and I shall awsio the pleasure of the Governor- General and- Wham information he may choose to give me. ‘ 1 VAâ€" -u- l-__:-.1 uuvvnv uv 6-“. u.-. The carriage and ourselves are ferried across the broad yellow Irtuishbâ€"that river, the crossing of which by 9. Russian oflicer Mi once raises him a step in rank; for such is the inducement held out to serve in Siberia; and at the east bank of the Irtuish Siberia prgper begins. , ,L 1 mL- 4st ml mu nnuu. rum 5 Tobolsk at last! The sight or my pass- ports renders the Governor civility itself. He invited me to dine with him and, as for prudential reasons I thought it better to accept his invitation, treated me royally. HIS register told me all I wanted to know about Generi. He had been sent to the very extreme of the Czar’s dominions, as his was aoase which called for special severity. Where he would finish his jour- ney was not settled. but that made a little difference to me. As he would travel the greater part of the way on foot. and as there was but one road, I must overtake him, although he left Tobolsk months ago. The escort which accompanied that par- ticular gang of prisoners was under the command of Captain Varlamofl, to whom his Excellency would write a few lines ‘ which I should take with meâ€"he would also give Inc a supplementary passport signe_d by himself. . - I, 1 -1..." ...._..L..Iâ€".. v.5“ “ Wfire'dE'EEfi. think 1 shall overtake thgpartyj" I asked. ,JA _ -ki-..I-L:..â€". u... _.--, . new“, The Governor made a calculation. “ Somewhere about Irkutsk," he thought. And,Irkutsk two thousand miles, more or less, from Tobolskl I bade the great man a grateful adieu and spurred on at such speed that even the good-tempered Ivan began to grumble. Man, even a Russian, was but mortal, he said, and I could not expect to find Arab steeds among Government post horses which the pestmasters were compelled to furnish at about two penoe a mile a horse. I left the yemsehik and himself no time for refreshment. Their tea had not grown cool enough to swallow before I was insist- ing on a fresh start. And as for a proper night’s rest! _ .. w l. 1- ,,,,,, __‘r____-.. ...,,_‘ - - . Tea 1 Until I made that journey I never knew the amount of tea. a mortal stomach could hold. One and all they drank it by the gallon. They carried in about com- preesed into hrioka, cemented, I heard with __ __._. . -¢l..._ & shudder, by sheep’s or some other animal's blood. They drank it morn, noon and night. Whenever there was a. stop- page and boiling water could be obtained buoketetul of tea were made and poured down their throats. n The impressions I retain of that long journey are not very deep. I was not traversing the country for the sake of writ- ing a book of travels, or to observe the man- ners and customs of the people. My great object was to overtake Ceneri as quickly as posssible, and my endeavors were directed to passing from one posting station to another as swiftly as I could. We sped over vast Steppes, wild marshes, through forests of birch. tall pines, oak, ash' and other trees ; we were terried over broad rivers. On and on we went as straight to our destination as the great post road would take us. When nature forced us to rest we had to put up with such pitiful accommodation as we could get. Unless the place at which we stopped was of some importance, inns were unknown. By dint of practice I at last contrived to obtain almost enough sleep, it not to satisfy me, to serve my needs, whilst jolting along in the tarantass. It was a monotonous journey. I turned aside to visit no objects of interest spoken of by travellers. * From morn to night and generally through the greater part of the night our wheels rolled along the road. And at every posting station I read on the wooden post which stands in trout of it the number of miles we were from St. Petersburg, until, as the days and weeks passed. I began to teel appalled at the distance I had come and the distance I must return. Should I ever see Pauline again ? Who can say what may have hap- pened before I .return to England? At times I grew quite dispirited. I think what made me realize the length of the journey even more than days or measured miles was to see, as We went on, the country people gradually changing their costume and dialect. The yernechike who drove us changed in appearance and in nationality; the very breed of the horses varied. But let man or cattle be of what kind they may, we were well and ekiltully conducted. The weather was glorious, almost too glorious. The cultivated country we passed through looked thriving and productive. Siberia was very different in appearance from what is usually associated with its name. The air when not too warm was simply delicious. Never have I breathed a more invigorating and bracing atmosphere. There were days when‘ the breeze seemed to send new life through every vein. The people I thought fairly honest, and whenever I found a. need of producing my papers the word civility will scarcely express the treatment: I received. How I should have been treated without these polent talismene I cannot say. ,,1,L,,A. The whole country-side in most places was busy with the hey-harvest; a. matter of such importance to the community at large that convicts are told off ior some six weeks to assist in the work at saving the crops. The wild flowers. many of them very beautiful, grew freely; the people looked well and contented. Altogether my impressions of Siberia. in summer were plggsant ones.‘ 1". n,:,-u,- We had of course, various smell accidents and delays on the road. However strongly built a. teranteas may be, it in but mortal. Wheels broke, axlahreee gave way, shafts snapped, twice we were overturned, but as no evil except delay eneued I need not; relate the hieory of these misfortunes. ‘ Yet I wished it had been the dead 0: winter. Then it is that, in spite of cold, one travels more pleasantly. Ivan assured me that when a good snow road is formed and a tarantaee may be exchanged for a. sledge. the amount or ground passed over in a day is something marvellous. I am afraid from memory to say how many miles may be covered in twenty-four hours when the smooth-going runners take the plane of wheels. Nor need I enumerate the towns and villages through which we passed unless I wished to make my story as inter- esting as a. scriptural genealogyâ€"Tam, Kiansk, Koliuveu, Tomsk. Achinsk. Kras- noyarsk, Nijni Udinsk, may or may not; be familiar to the reader, according tothe depth 9! his geographical studies; but most of the others, even it I knew how to spell their names, would be nothing more than vain sounds. Perhaps, when we trace the march of the Russian army dee- tined to invade our Indian empire we may become better acquainted with the Czar'e Asiatic dominione. Yet at the entrance to each at these little towns or villages, the very names of which I have forgotten. so eurer as you found the well-appointed posting station, you found also a. gloomy square building, varying with the size of the place, surrounded by a tall pelieade. the gates of which were barred, bolted and eentriedâ€"these buildings were theioetroge, or prison. I I .3 __A._:_L_ .uu v-.-- .. Here it was that the wretched convicts were housed as they halted on their long march. In these places they were packed like sardines in a box. Prisons built to hold two hundred were often called upon to accommodate at least twice that number at luokless wretches. I was told that when ice was breaking up in the rivers; when the floods were out; when in tact the progress must perforce be delayed, the scenes at these prisons or depots beggared description. Men, sometimes unsexed women with them, huddled into rooms reeking with filth, the floors throwing out goisonous emanations-rooms built to give at scanty space to a small number, crowded to suffocation. The mortality at times was tearful. The trials of the march were as nothing when compared to thehor- rors of the so-called rest. And it was in one of these ostrogs I should find Ceneri. . ~. v. nay..- v».--.,.. _ ~._v ____ We passed many, gangs of convrcts plod- ding along to their fate. Ivan told me that most or them were in chains. This I should not have noticed, as the irons are only on the legs and worn under the trousers. Poor wretched beings, my heart aehed for them I Felons though they were, I could never refuse the charity they invariably prayed for. So far as 1 could see they were not unkindly treated by the soldiers and oflicers, but terrible tales were told me about their sufferings at the hands of inhu- man jailers and oommandants of prisons. There. for the slightest infraction of rules, the red. the dark cell and a variety of other punishments were called into play. u,4r; ‘L__ _.r Lu“: “am-m}! r».....____-- .V I always felt relieved when we had passed out of eight 0! a gang like this. The con- trast between my own position and that of such a number of my tellowmen was too painful to oontemplate~and yet if Generi did not clear away every shadow of doubt from my mind I might retrace my steps a more miserable wretch than either of those foot-sore convicts. Some week or ten days after leaving Tobolsk I began to make inquiries at every oettog as to when Captain Verlamofi‘s gang passed, and when I might expect to overtake it. The answers I received to the latter question corresponded with that given me by the Governorâ€"all agreed, at Irkutsk. or just beyond. Day after day I found we were gaining rapidly upon the psrty,aud when at last we reached the large, handsome town of Irkutsk, I rightly reckoned that I had reached the end or nesrly the endvot my journey: TY._!-_“E '“u: "" '-- v- we -"*' . 0n inquiry I found Captain Variamofi had not yet arrived. At the place where I had last inquired I had been told he had passed through a day before, so it was evident we had overlooked and outstripped them. The best thing to be done was to wait in Irkutsk the arrival of» the party. I was not at all sorry to take a couple 0! days’ rest after my futiguea. I was not sorry to indulge once more in the comforts of comparative civilization ; yet nearly every hour I was sending down to inquire if the convicts had arrived. More ardently than I had longed to reach Irkutsk, I longed to turn the horses’ heads westward and start on the return journey. I had heard no news from home since I left St. Petereburg. Indeed I could not. expect a. letter, as, after my departure from Nijni Novgorod, I had positively outstrip- ped the poet. 0:: the road home I hoped to find letters waiting me. After I had kicked my heels in Irkutsk for two days I received the welcome news that Captain Vetlnmofi baud marched hie prisoners to the oetrog at 4 o’clock that afternoon. I rose from my dinner and went with all speed to the pr‘isen. A man in plain clothes-a civilian- demanding to be conducted to the presence of a. Russian captain who had just arrived from along march, seemed almorxt too great a. joke for the eentries to bean: in a. soldier. like manner. Their stolid feces broke into scornful smiles as they asked Ivan it “ the little father” had gone quite med. It required much firmness, much persuasion and a. gratuity, which to the simple mili- tary mind represented an unlimited quan- tity of “vodka,” and consequently many happy drinking bouts, before I was allowed to pass through the gates of the high pelis- ade, end, With many misgivings on the part of my guide, was conducted to the presence of the captain. fin," ,. _,v.~r:__ __L- r rrrrrrrrrrrrr . A fine, fierce-looking young soldier, who glared at me for disturbing him ; for having. by advice, adopted the Russian costume, which by now was stained and frayed by travel, fibers was nothing to show him I was not a. civilian whom any soldier might kick at his plessuro. It was delightful to sea the change the perusal of the Tobolsk Governor’s letter made in the captain’s appearance. He rose, and wifih the greatest courtesy ofiered me a chair, and asked me in Erenoh if I spoke thuglaqguage. I - r n :I adxzu4 _r â€"__ ._..V I assured 771171733" (in that point, and finding I could dispense with Ivsn‘s services sent him outside to wait for me. Varlsmoff would not hear of commenc- ing business until wine and cigarettes made their appearanceâ€"then he was sh my ser- vice in anything and everything. I told him what I desired. “ To speak in private with one of my convicts. Certainlyâ€"this letter places we at your commands. But Whic_h convict 7” Had I the power to describe the sights I saw when my eyes grew accustomed to the gloom, I should not be believed. The prison was spacious, but,when the number of the prisoners was considered, it should have been three times the size. It was thronged with wretched beings. They were standing, sitting and lying about. Men of all ages, and, it seemed, of all nationalities. Men with features of the lowest human type. They were huddled in groupsâ€" many were quarrelling, cursing and swear- ing. Moved by curiosity they pressed around us as closely as they dared. laughing and jabberingin their barbarous dialects. I was in hell, an obscene, unclean hall! a “f gave Him the true name. He shook his head. “ I know none 0! them by that name. Most of the names the political prisoners pass under are false ones. When they leave me they will become numbers, so it doesn‘t matter." I suggested Ceneri. He shook his head again. “ I know the man I want is with you,” I said. “ How shall I find him ‘2" “ You know him by sight ?” “ Yesâ€"well.” " Then you had better come with me and try and pick him out among my unfortu- nates. Light another cigaretteâ€"you will want it," he added with meaning. He led the way, and soon we stood before a. heavy door. At his command a jailer, armed with mighty keys, appeared. The grinding locks were turned, and the door wasgpeued. ' Frofi] the stench which rushed through it, that open door: might have been the entrance to some peatilential cuvern, at the bottom of which all the impurities of the world were rotting and putrefying. As it passed you, you felt that the thick air was poisonous with diseae‘e am? death. ‘1 a “Follow me.” said Varlamofi, with a long pull at his cigarette. I obeyed, and standing on the threshold had much ado to_l_ieep {tom fatiguing.- I ~.. ‘ firiecvdxiiéied myself as best I could, and followed my guide into the grim interior. The door closed behind us. hell made by men for their lellow-men. Filth l the place was one mass of it. Filth under footâ€"filth on the walls, the rafters and the beamsâ€"filth floating about in the hot, heavy. pestiferous air. Each man seemed to be a. moving mass of filth. Zola. would revel in a. minute description of the horrors of that place, but I must leave them to the imagination, although I know and even trust that no one’s imagine.- tion can come near theAgeality. The only thing I could think of was this 2 Why did not these men rush out, overpower the guards, and escape from this reeking den? I put the question to Varlamofi. “ They never attempt to escape whilst on the march,” he said. “ It is a point of honor among them. If one escapes those left are treated with much greater severity." “ Do none ever get away 7” “ Yes, many do when they are sent to the works. But it does them no good. They must pass through the towns on their flight or they would starve. Then they are always caught and sent back." 1, .r- _L_..I. ..... .uu J..- 7 __,.°__ _, I was peering into all the faces about, trying to find the one I sought. My inspec- tion was received thh looks sullen, auspi- cious, defiant or careless. Remarks were madc' in undertones, bun Varlamoff’e dreaded presence kept me from insult. I examined many groups w1bhout success, than I made a. tour of the prison. __ All along the wall was a slanting plat- form upon which men lay in various auti- nudes. Being the most comfortable station every inch of it was covered by recumbent forms. In the angle formed by the prison walls I saw a man reclining, as it utterly worn out. His head sank down upon his breast, his eyes were closed. There was something in his figure which struck me as familiar. I walked to him and laid my hand upon his shoulder. He opened his weary eyes and raised his sad face.' If. was Manuel Ceneril THE NAME OF THE MAN. He looked at me with an expression in his eyes which passed at once from hope- lessness so bewilderment. He seemed to he uncertain whether it) was a. phantom or a. man he was looking am. He rose to his feet in & dazed, stupefied way, and stood face to face with me, whilst his wretched fellow-prisoners pressed curiously around us. M“ Mr. Vaughan 1 Here I In Siberia. I" he agid, as one not: belieling his_o_wn senses. “ I have come from England to see you. This is the prisoner I am looking for,” I said, turning to the officer who stood at my side, mitigating to some extent the noxious- ness of the atmosphere by the cigarette he puffed vigorously. “ I am glad you have found him," he said ‘ politely. “ Now the sooner we get outside the better ; the air here is unhealthy." Unhealthy ! It was fetid ! I was filled with wonder. as I looked at the bland French-speaking captain at my side. at the state of mind to which a man must bring himself before he could calmly stand in the midst of his fellow-creatures and see such misery unooncernedlyâ€"oould even think he was but doing his duty. Perhaps he was. It may be the crimes of the prison- ers forbade sympathy. But, oh 1 to stand there in the midst of those poor wretches, turned for the time into little more than animals! I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the jailer must have a harder heart than the worst of his captives l “‘r‘râ€"Ifi dgfinséérhimâ€"talk to hifn alone ‘1" I asked. " Certainly ; so you are authorized to do. I am a. soldier ; you in this matter are my superior ofiioer.” “ May I take him to the inn ?" “ I think not. I will find you a. room here. Please follow me. Pnaw! that) is a relief.” We were now outside the prison door and breathing fresh an once more. The captain led me to a kind of office, dirty and furnished barely enough, but a. para- dise compared to the scene we had just quitggd. . -. u. a :1 - ,, L. 1 V‘i‘rWaiu here ; I will send the prisoner to yo‘ll'n- _. . 7.1 -.,-u,, As he turned to leave me I thought of the miserable, dejected appearance Ceneri had presented. Let him be the greatest villain m the world, I could not keep from wish- ing to do some little thing to benefit him. . v asked. The captain shrugged his shoulders and hugged goqd hempgrequ._ w u “He ought non to be hungry. He has the rations which Government says are sufficient. But then you may be' hungry and thirsty. It so, I do not see how I can stop you sending for: wine and foodâ€"of course for yourself." I thanked him and forthwith dispatched my guide in quest of the best wine and meet he could get. Wine, when ordered by e gentlemen, means in Russia but one thingâ€"champagne. At an inn of any standing champagne, or at least its substi- tute. Wine of the Don, may be procured. My messenger soon returned with a bottle of the reel beverage and a. good supply of cold meet and white bread. As soon as is was placed on the tough table a tall soldier led in my expected guest. Eis sufferings had wrought a great change in him. Every feature was sharpened, every llmb seemed slighterâ€"he looked at least ten years older. He wore the Rus- sian peasants’ ordinary garments, and these hung in rage about him. His feet, awathed in fragments of Home woollen material, showed in places through his boots. The long, weary marches were tall- I placed a. chair for Generi, into which he sank weerily. As he did so I heard the jingle of the irons on his legs Then I told my interpreter to leave us. The e01- dier, who no doubt had received his orders, saluted me gravely and followed his exam- ple. The door closed behind him, and Ceneri and I were alone. I could believe anything after the inte- rior ot the ostrog. I opened the wine and placed it before him. AS he ate and drank, I had leisure to observe hign attentively. “ Thank 57ml,” he said, almost humbly. “ You would scarcely believe, Mr. Vaughan, that a. man may be reduced to such a. state that he can hardly restrain himself at the sight of decent meat and drink_." He had somewhat recovered from his stupelsotion, and as he looked at me I saw an eager, wistful expression on his face. Drowning as he was. no doubt he caught at the straw of my unexpected appearance, thinking it might assist him to freedom. Perhaps it was to enjoy a. moment or two brightened by the faintest or wildest gleam of hope, made him pause before he spoke to me. “ I have come a. long, long way to see you, Dr. Generi," I began. “ It the way seemed long to you, what has it been to me? You at least can return when you like to freedom and happiness." “ I have mach of importance to say, but firstlgt age give‘yqu 801.118 vyine and food,” He looked at me curiously, but not sus- piciously. I could do him no harmâ€"for him the outer world was at an end. It I accused him of fifty murders, and brought each one home to him, his fate would be no worse. He was blotted out, erased; nothing now could matter to him, except more or less bodily discomfort. Ishud- dered as I realized what his sentence meant, and, in spite of myself, a. compas- sionate feeling stole over me. He spoke in the quiet tone 0! despair. I had been unable to prevent my words sounding cold and my voice being stern. If my coming had raised any hope in his heart, my manner now dispelled it. He knew I had not made the journey for his sake. “ Whether I can go back to happiness or not depencis on what you tell me. You may imagine it is no light matter which has brought me so far to see you for a. few minutes. £19.; gm him 10621 and drink?" 1 CHAPTER XII. ing their tale upon his frame. He had never given me the idea. of being a. robust man. and as I looked at him I thought that; whatever work he might be put to, it would not pay the Russian Government for his sorry keep. But the probabilities were, they would not have_ to keep him long. He ate, not voracioualy, but with a. keen appetite. The wine he used sparingly. His meal being finished. he glanced around as it in quest of something. I guessed what he wanted and passed him my cigar- oese end a. light. He thanked me and began to aAmoke_with an air of enjoyment. For 9. while I had not the heart to inter rupt the poor wrench. When he left: me it must be to return to that hell peopled by human beings. But time was slipping by. Outside the door I could hear the monot- onoue step of the sentry, and I did not know what period of grace the polite cap- tain might allow to his prisoner. (To be continued.) The children’s new missionary ship, the Morning Star, has been taking on cargo for the Sandwich Islands for the past week at Lewis’ whart, Boston. The present mis- sionary ship is the fourth one of the same name built by the contributions of Sunday school children all over the country. One was sold, when worn out by voyagings in the South Sea, and two were wrecked, on coral reefs off some of the remcze islands of the Pacific. Each time the money was forthcoming to build another ship, and when the fourth Morning Star was com- menced, more than the necessary $45,000 was ready. Nearly 100,000 children own shares in the little ship, and all of them living near Boston have been down to see the vessel during the past fortnight. It is many years since my own pennies rattled into the Sunday school box to help build 8. Morning Star, but the pride 0! past ownership now passes to this latest ship that wears that name. Until the missionary ship was made fast to the wharf the sailors never saw such crowds of just such people in that part of the city. Children have trooped allover the ship and explored to the lowest depths of the hold, and dear old ladies, main props oi the missionary cause, have gone cau-i tiousiy up the steep gang-plank and‘ inspected all the admirable fittings and arrangements of the cabins and state- rooms. This newest Morning Star is 130 feet long and registers 470 tons. In nautical phrase it is a three-masted barquentine,but, in addition to masts made eighty feet high in order that the upper sails may catch every lightest breeze in the tropic seas. the ship is supplied with auxiliary steam power, to be used in calms and among the islands. Everything is good and substantial about the cabins. but there has been no unnecessary extravg- ance, unless it comes to the presents, souvenirs and bits of fancy work that adorn the captain’s sanctumâ€"Boston Globe. “ What is this man doing here?” “Why, he’s the Paving Inspector." “ 0! what use is he ? ” “ Wellâ€"um. He gets 83 per day.” “ For what?” “To inspect.” “ What does he inspect ? " “ Nobody knows. When the contractor , on the excavation begins work the Paving Inspector appears. He looks over the street and node his head. He walks up and dowu and thinks of his 93 a day. He site around on the curbstone and shakes his head in the most solemn manner." “ But if he failed to show up ? ” “ Oh, that would make no difference. What the contractor doesn’t know the inspector can't teach him. Sometimes they are not even personally acquainted, and nobody ever heard of an inspector giving any orders on the job.” " Doesn’t he throw out suggestions 2’” “ Very rarely. He sometimes suggests that it is a cold day, or that a glass of beer would just touch the spot, but further than that he never goes. Some folks think the excavator might dig right down to China it the inspector was not on hand, but that is a. delusion.” “ And when the excavating is finished ‘2” “ Then the excavator packs up and leaves, but the inspector sticks the closer. Be is there when the sand is drawn in. He may know sand from blue clay, but is not required to. He may know the paver, but he has nothing to say to him. When the blocks come he may pick up one now and then. turn it over and over to see whether it be walnut or cedar, and then lay it down with a trembling sigh, but that’s all. When the blocks are all laid he remains to see the hot tar poured on and the gravel spread out. He knows hot tar from mineral paint, and he knows gravel from clover seed, but his knowledge is thrown away. When the street is opened for traffic he certifies to that efiect, and his tremendous mental and physical labors are concludedâ€"except to draw his pay.”â€" Dctroit Free Press. Covington, Ky., has a. dog detective, whose business it is to hunt up missing pets. He knows all the dogs in town and is on friendly terms with them all. flames was finally turned and the fort awed, but they destroyed everything within fifo yards of the buildings. A tract of over 900 miles was burned over. The salary of the Baptist pastor at Grantville, Neb., is $100 a. year. The recipient does not try to live on it, but works at his old trade of shoemaking. Hie congregation do not object to this way of providing cheap ministry to them, but they have made a. tremendous row because sev- eral Sundays, in making announcements from the pulpit, he included a notice that he would mend shoes better and cheaper than the opposition cobbler. Now we think that it is real mean. The man saw he could be useful in both channels and his congrega- tion could not interfere. The most destructive prairie fire known in Montana einoe White men set foot in the territory broke out in the Bears‘ Paw mountains, near a. log camp, on the 11th of October. It raged and spread, and threat- ened Fort Assiniboine. Troops were sent out to fight it while several miles from the fort; but they were driven back. Rein- forcements were sent, and the course of the THE Mudir o! Dongola, England’s only friend in the Soudan, is a slight. delicate man. with a pale, pensive face. lighted up by two large black, luminous eyes, which seem to be always looking into space, and from between which projectsa preternatur- ally large nose, hooked like avulture’s beak. The effect of his extreme piety on the Mussulman populatlon is very marked, and has enabled him to maintain himself in power almost within armstroke of the Mahdi. He is only visible for a short time each day before public prayers, which all officers, civil and military, are bound to . attend. On these occasions he squats on a carpet, and, holding his beads in one hand, places a large Koran, resembling a family Bible, before him. while a companion squats in front, at the opposite side of the room, holdmgasimilar volume, from which he reads. This personage is a splendid look- ing Nubian, over six feet tall, and a cousin of the Mahdi, a fact which excites much comment. “ Why are you so thoughtful ‘I" asked a. wife of her convalescent husband. He had been very sick. and for several days his life was depaired of, but he was getting better very rapidly. “I am afraid," he said in response to his wif’e question, “ that I may have committed myself rather too strongly with the minister." Inspecting a Missionary Ship. One Eflecl ol Convalesceuce. What Troubled the Flock. The Paving lnnpeclor. The Advantages of the Domlnlon~An Army Veteran’s Experience. (Toronto Mail.) The Earl of Duflerin, our late Governor- General, is evidently a man of destiny.‘ His appointment to the Viceroyalty 01‘ India is adeserved honor, and he will have the best wishes of every loyal Canadian. But he has no sinecure. English rule in India is a. difficult thing to maintainâ€"as the late Postmaster-General Fawcett often pointedly told Parliamentâ€"for it is one civilization attempting to rule another on its own domain. Moreover, the ruling class will always be in a minority because the climate is so exacting that Englishmen cannot colonize the country in any considerable numbers. Adults cannot long abide there without a change of climate, and children born there at Caucasian par- ents, invariably die it they are kept in the country over six years. _ Edi-5. has manft natural advantages over other English dependencies, bus Canada. has a more healthful climate, and the is not vexedmlth the problems of the government of aliens. The heat of the lowlands of India is something dreadful. the average being over 80°. In whe dry season the glass often registers 120 ° . Moat ot the wealthy class can flee to the mountains in summer, but the army oflioers and men have to endure it. As a consequence the mortality is very 3‘99“: . -. Not long ago it was our privilege to con- verse at some length wifih MLT. B.Deaoon, of Gadexich, who has served in Her Majesty’s Indian army over 17 years. To our inquiry on how the climate aflects the health of foreigners. he said : “ Well, one does not notice the change at first unless the dry and hot season is on. Indeed I endured the damp but of winter and the dry heat of summer very well far many years. Not until 1877 did I begin to feel knocked up entirely. Then I lost flesh rapidly, my appetite was that capricious that I could find nothing agreeable, my bowels were stupidly tarpid, my spirit was gone directly I wanted any vim, I got that yel- low that I looked very like a lemon, and my legs swelled like in size to an elephant's. And sure enough, I was weak! No. I had no pain at all. I was simply quietly wast- : ing away, my system being completely saturated with malaria. None of the army physicians could help me, and I finally went home for treatment, but the London medical men gave it up when they saw me and learned that I had been sol- dering in India. Quite given out, I came to Canada, but got no help here, either. I had about made up my mind that it was all up with me. but by a Very fortunate turn of circumstances I began to use the famous Warner’s sate cure, and when I had taken nine bottles I got to be a strong and healthy men. having run from 92 to 142 lbs., the most I ever Weighed. I have not had to take a drop of medicine in over a twelvemonth. No, I shall not go back to India and I don't advise any of my iriends either here or at home to go there. The Caucasian has no business there what- ever." Some of us may at times feel like finding a. little fault with out cold Dominion, bun take it all in all we have a. climate much preferable to that of “ India’s 00ml strand," and we will stick to our own uounfiry. Don Carlos recently expressed his con- fidence that the crown of Spain would devolve on him ah Alfonso‘a deucb. and meanwhlle he will make no further efloxt to secure is. Is forever. It is not the great difficulties of life that try us but the smallfiunoyauces that oeaslesaly wear away patience and good temper. The smallest grain in the eye or the pricking of a pin, even an aching corn. upset us completely, andtherefore it becomes our duty to protect ourselves against the lesser evils which grow great by repetition. To remove some all that is necessary is to purchase Putnam’s Painless Goru Extractor. It will very quickly remove them and without the slighest pain or discomfort. Putnam’s Extractor. like other articles of merit, has numerous imi- tators. Be on your guard againat such. Ask for and get Putnam’s Extractor. â€"-La.st year’s fashions are out of date, but last year’s friends are still our own. This is why Mrs. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound never loses favor; every lady who knows its worth (and who does not 7) feels that the kindly tune of Mrs. Pinkham ia that 0! an honored triend. A new village in Kentucky has been named Cleveland. The novelist, F. Marion Crawford, has». pet cat on whose gold collar is inscribed, " I’m F. M. Crawford‘s oat ; whose out are you? ” Ilnvc You Thought About 1:. Why suffer a. single moment when you can get) immediate relief from all internal or external pains by the use of Polson'a NERVILiNE. the great pain cure ? Nerviline has never been hide to failinu single case ; in cannot fail, for it is a. combinanion of the most. powerful pxin-subduing remedies known. Try a. 10 cent sample bottle of Nerviline. You will find Nervilme a sure eure for neuralgia. toothache, head- ache. Buy and try. Large bottles 25 cents, by all druggisfis. That she is frail, often in body, “ ’Tia true, ’his true ’tia a pity. And pity ’tia, ’tis true.” Dr. Piezoe’s “Favonte Prescription” is the bash restoratuve tonic for physical frality in women, or female weaknesses o: derangements. By druggiata. Price reduced to one dollar. The notorious dive formerly kept by “ Billy ” MoGloty, in New York city, has been reopened as a. eo-celled ” temperance theatre." Another Lite Saved. About two years ago, a prominent citizen of Chicago was told by his physicians sham he muss die. They said his system was so debilitated that there was nothing left to build on. He made up his mind to try a “ new departure." He got some 0t Dr. Pierce’s “ Golden Medical Discovery” and tookit according to directions. He began to improve at once. He kept up the treat- ment for some months, and is 30â€"day a well man. He says the “ Discovery" saved his life. The New Orleans Exposition opens Dec. 65b. The main building is completed. In the machinery department sixty-six boilers are In position. 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