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[1‘i‘.i’A‘J1] SEEK’:
THE RUSSIAN AND THE GIRCASSIAN.
A STORY OF RUSSIA, TURKEY AND CIRCASSLA.
BY AUSTIN G. BURDICK.
CHAPTER. L
non on-nucn.
l1ILLIANT1nia oho
riioploy or roldiero
D.
rurumer. whey hod
been culled ihuhcr
to exh' ii Hm"
nlriu in urms. The
ounhonrno
no woo very hrll,
nnd powerfully hurlr, ‘nnd oflhnb mnjooiio p
ow whirl: in . no "Iiomlo mmlniznd."
.l.L‘o‘hrrrr:o.run.n-, lmlnmllyllarn, who now envy
cloud, nnd hir nelhur lip
n h
bnzul. Ilium.-II him no he in: Emperor, fur Inch
he who-xir-hol-us. or linouin.
[nnrr nuonoruro]
For roruo time rho ompororhod been ollow.
nnd Ihcn ihry wmlhl iluoh durhly upon the long
line oronirr-ro who Iecnled
onioru. Thom who now rho 'url of hie us-
onrhorl ii i nulii-ml how nervously he gnu]:-
ed hio ruing whip, knew rhur nomeihing hod
prorohcrl him,uud them woe no: on orhcer more
but Iuwrl in tour, ior nonu mnltl tell who: pur.
poru or uusl: of wnoilr miglu have entered hir
irorriorrh A
buolroruul to nu ulliusl‘ who who oorriuund oi o
don o rrorn him.
blingloolr nwniiod iho will orhin royol miuter.
y on u.-
I
The mcutlngcr rodo oir Iowanla lpol. whoru
o nnmhcr orom um wunl usomblcd, nnd in one
or Ihclrl ho dr-livumd rho omperorh order. 1:
won n young num who woo druo ullad out I In
ornoug hio uornporrioru. or our tour.
orrd inoruy prom or ngn, hno for seven! dccdi-l or
morn ihun onlmory hrurory, he h pro
morod olruody no one nnk or o colunel ln boih
lorm nnd lmiuro hu e vcrv pioruro of n
was Ihe emperor,
but Inch Ill ans II had: I plum in lb: heart LI
wrll In in Ihu bud. wu nll, And ofndmiy
rnhlu pmponinlll, wiih o in-e or goon penolml
Manly nnd roguinriry 0! rohnuu, suuh, iu op.
rnnee, w couur Fwxlor liurio, Ho hod
herulm n n or gr, -mi T-um hi-
hihcr ho hod llihcrileil o Illlo, though hu mum.-
nuke u r uohlu All who knew the young
colonel cnlml lorerl h.ru oy lurn1le-
urune ho w hold nrni rrnnir hind nnd gellemnll,
lhipr n nl knew him loved hr
so an AIM who knew him mil Bni than were
I0 o ullcd not lo know In no
ClIul1IFuoilnr Ruric, no geuornliy bolorud, hod
o Iowrnon llixldrcnvmiu.
wo murr go nu-h nuvl roihe ereniug pmriour
h Ihedny on wloidn we hore opened our riory.
N
An old rrrnn-o rnnn who hod once been o Po
lirh oihoer-wor confined in ihe priuou ow. rig
the doom or denih. nioorimo woe din: ho hod
n rho
no n geuorol
e on boldlyu-‘nowh'dgc4I thin
. won n young womun, nnd pwnustil n
winning, uorurnl loycliuoen which won vrcllc-n1.
ruinud In ouiiri oynrpoehy in her bclmll. 1-ho
1-oullleould oeo cure: or more or clmrlu,
nnd hurwholo connlxcnunw wnr orproooive or
e mun imennl uugrrioh. Elnic bn-ll; Ilurlobe
round, nnd men he nhhd hor bnrin
“Yon nru Colonel nurdu 1" oh. non. y
ooid. To whiuhhe of eoume nuoworud inhhu
oiiimrniire.
" And you hoyo clrorge or die prieon 2"
"Yul."
"Imus! go in lhere, o
"Impossible, Indy.”
" Bin my huhor ir oohrumd ihoro, nnd hr in
undrr no-uruuooo deorh o, l Inlul wu him."
" The I-olo 2"
"Yu-I poor old mrru who in Arnxenvcd m
diu. l om hir child-hi: only cliihl. x mun
hrdior. l: will uurhu hir douih eoriur, nnd ie
uiil he o inning irlrrriog to me." she nnk
upon her homo or shcxpoka, ond w h her h
rlorped, oud Ihe big lun oironming down her
Lair oheelm, she bcggcd for rho hilllplc boun rho
soughn
It won o hord ooee ror ihe young rconlll.
hnuw rhe duty whioh wno imposed u n Iii
he new that he nonrrowrrnhle ror rho fulln-
meru orrhnc rlury wirh hio liie. '
Ha
nd
lrirjudgmeuno go rho opporire rrny.
giod o whil wonn lrruiinoiiun nml duly, nnd
men ho gnre hir helm. the oieurry.
'4 You ohnll go," he mill; nnd then ho mru n
popor.nnd Rnric fellgniliflcd no drink he hod
contributed to ills hoppinoeo or n oniroring fel-
orure.
on ma non morning, howoror, rhe
other’: feeling: or hnppiu -
c - . on in hin priynoo room,y'uorr-nrring
o cup or worm o-ino to h lipr, n-hon one or me
gourd horiily enaered nnd inrorrned him more rho
Pu ' '
young
r mu
iouodio the cell, nnd, rure enough, rhuru he
round hir viniior or one ynaviolll ryruing.
M27.
the rierriing iidingo he hod moeiyod wore Iran.
1 hoyegiyeu liberiylo my lor.hor,-- nobly
roiurued die remolr. -< 1 guns him n poroieu of
my own drua, nnd he no. cu-npud. 1 know
wllln. my true mun be, nnd l on. runrly mm-
ooiye it. I Iolll rnyrurher rhnr I rould cncnpe,
oloe he would nor hoye gone nnd lch me. 1
nu d huc I oholl die hnppy oiuoo 1 lmow he
in an .
"Ah, lody, it will non be you who ohull die,”
r ‘ Run n npuinrul rone.
surely rhey wiu nor uu-h my
I nm the one who mun die. You do
nor lmow the bernper or our -.-mperu if you ohinlr
Th
e womorr gued up inio rho lime or rhe
handsome o(5<-er, oud on iirrr rho oouhl urn ho.
liero (hu whn he o ‘:1 who rrno, hm on noon no
huioru hrrhnlrwirh
griet woo ioo deup u now lhsl oh now
had o rool ogony on own lnxinn nnd he
roi-gm be: for whoi rhe hod done. she now
BOSTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1854.
Ihulhe woo forgiven, end Ihen her omrnnh
gm wny bcncalh ohe woighr rho: hod come
upon hor. Anlillilllhhaemxnl Im hrr.
Thu cmptmr oor lhcn upun hir homo, wirh Lha
nrrihle rrorrn growing more dark upon hir mu-
e brow no ihe mum npproorhod. lnodor
liuric woe rery pole, but he did no: nernhlr.
-A Diunonnl! diomouui !" oi-delvd lhe ernpemr,
o
bk ihe pnlnouilory rumhliug ol on
nril: dipped rrorn hio ooddlo nnd bowed he
roru hio royoi muter.
"Colonclll ‘ '- ooid lvleholoe, “when in
slorinohil"
-1 no hoe
eonnped, linl," rerurned rho mum,
rururuonihg nil hio rorriiude-(or I: who no rmull
ronlr o n unmovarl huarru ruoh n ruoomr.
H Did yon uoe horn clurgu of rho gnord, lnro
p, ,y.
u z.
The guord woo under my oaloinl <-onlml.
Jsolruppoeed. Now how did the Polinh
nhcl erenpoz"
Rnlic mlnllcd (lie cirmmumnwl ll bricayll
,'rnid one emperor, wirh o loolr of MP
to-rle ororn, "yon hore ohrowu oil your one-
gionoe,
ood own rule now by on-ougo womuu.
NICHOLAS, EMPDIOB OF
You roi-gel your duty to your lnrper-inl mum!
when r womou howlr in yunrenr."
H sire, 1 menu no! we hue done wrong.”
u so much rhe worse, rorl gore you oorne
ororiir forjndgmumbul now I and you ore void
or heih yudgmrur oud obrdicnoe."
.. ;,g‘..
-- sropl nidyou llul lruow your duty!”
Ya, oiru."
"And yel you yiolnied iL soe uowhow bore
n An. xuo-ring your dury, you did ii nor;
nnd pooomoing o tree uund
your iudgmrnr. Ab-hen uouiee hlenriiroir.
We lhnll we
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The individnll Ihul llluilcd to ‘ml the Prinro
hiunouder Meluikalf, o gunerol in the imper-ird
ororry,ondo mnn who hod much power-choc
powr-r rnouly reouloing rmrn hio vul wnltll.
“ How now, lIell1ikof.‘" hukily inquired this
emperor. -- whor or ihe Pol:
"llehoo eu:ped,sin," roiumed rho prinoe,
with I lhlku of I had. " Sctmih hnl been
III e, iron in roin. no oouid uoi hnru um
by rhe rirer, bur mint horn gone oil oome euier
,, ..
- You ore rure he hor gone 1''
wuds rhe count.
moronrenir were hoory nnd dhlihornro, oud Lhe
lsxpn-ulon orhio conlllcnnnce won on index to o
rlclerminuion thnl woo nor in beonrilyrhnngod.
Tlmh1s,i
"I-‘mdilv linrir, he roid, “for your main‘-
dnul lllke 1 mighi ovrrlnok -rho: hu
xnmple You
lrinor die! I hovo bend of your oiher new or
in-anon."
-- llue nuo word, ruo
' lmen-ll rho mum, in
on whnl
mu-Ibo jlulgv-nl. I will huor no man. Toke
him orr, lilonoilorr, tor ho in your prirurrur till
ronronow, oud Lllen no rholl he rhoi. You ohnll
lnlwtl cor hhn "
4:1 -
!
E
urned the prince; nnd or he
opoho rheru wnr mono or unuhorion upon hir
oonnienonre, dun or mnuw. The my glnnm
vrliiih J4-nmlpunicd rhe worrlr lleulncd in rigniry,
-- whh p on. re
Fuodor moron n h won d owny, while he
Mmxvlf fnllirwcd Me-nrikon‘ lrorn ihe Ipol. Ix
orinoir lnnwr, hut ihey rouhl nor ropi-eon the
expreulunl whiuh worirrd upon rhoir oonono
RUSSIA, A1‘ 15!! RSWEW.
uixucud rpy-who ropo
who, is woo holiured, ohenoirueo reported what
he dill nor oer.
Avior ohe prirener hod been led owoy, rhr rm.
peror went on wirh rho roriow. no onw rho
- pooood io rdero or
he lhn he vru moro minrrn
Lhnn wnr hio worn, lml no one eould hove wk!
rrorn hir rnonnrr ohni onyrhing unuouni hod
hoppeuod.
(TIIAPTEB 11.
run one.
Inro ono or are ruongerr dnllgmnl or rho
no (‘home Rune rhrown, nnd Menrokoa‘
med, nnd he huow
ruuh won one Ilull would nor be ororloohrd.
no old prime hod, on hie pore, niken orrry
power, too he knew rho: iho
mero friendl, nnd be his
ouru rhnr oorrre or (hem might even this io Il-
oemprhio run-ue iftht-y hod opporruniiy. The
nnernoon pound oiowly,heoriiy owoy, nnd or
the gloom of night hrgun to gnrher oboui i.he
cold, domp prioou-houoe, obeyoung mou r Ipiriu
um Pu A‘4"f!7‘l.
5 can mom
oenlr wiihiu him. no In down upon rho low
oiour bunch due pmjsrlzd rrurn rho rrnii, nnd
pm. no on
lmile upon him oud ho rooid oimon ronryrhor
be hard her rwoeiyoire now, oournl g '1
life. And he mrremhcrod. n -isu-r, roo, wrrh
no iongh nnd prnnle.
woo o linle hrorhrr who, yenrr ogo, more no .hod
n rnyonunohine mono lrir pnih.
hod cloud over mom on i lie olone woo ion or
oil hi roruily-nnd how lung ehould lr he rro
he, mo, ohould porno-rny inlo rhne lond oiohnrioo
‘ hie lriudrod hod gone he re ' llu
lrnewihor than would be -ome In n-izru ha. Ion
when he wor gone. ho: he would lrnru nono ro
mourn ror him no lrin do mourn ror kin.
upon the e rlh
wand that bmk: me dulhrlike ltiHmxI vni
occuionlliry imm lhc di-lull no r. lo,
Lhe om-ozrhing oi rho mu ihnr wnrned in non
' rodur hod wepi oorne-ho hnd
wrp: whon he unoughr n( 11::
he hod onnir irno n ml: 0! pmyur.
rul modimion.
w.
"Bu: 1 hone hod nndiing oinre
morning. more hnve o drop or
wine."
.'nno night. lr you need in
in rho muming, per-hopr youtxn
hoyu El.”
"I my nor laud it irrihu morn.
Kng," nid rho roune, -r. n rhougln.
fuhcue. "nu: ruy," he nddrd,
m hir yiriioe ironed out more ro
"Am I to he ohoi
"AI whn iirne l"
"Al noon ool hoord lhe prinee
Hi: In orod you n pr-iuoi in
The olfu-tr wiihdrowoo he rpoh
nnd lm-lied ond bolmd Lha door
om hi nurio
gh
nging hnn ui
is-ch-rnorld hod oohed for, h rho ght, nnd
onug hoohxo hie oeor he ooidowu
nlulru. n woo no-irlone rho: Monrholrn-or nor i npnin, ro Ihu ohoru ihnr oonhn d him no
in very high uloem Imong rhe impuriol gunrd.
oh-ongo renoouou crqll rhrough ihe young moo-o
fnm: u h heord or hey mom, Roth: noli
ohur ii noo ororrd wirh the rumour rnniion, giv-A
ing boei hordly o oouud no hell iho: the bolr woo .
giying up in hold. In o monnrn moro iho door
wor olowly opened, nnd the prironrr roulrl hone
um rume one hod ellluui, ihough he eouhl no:
word r- wh pried o
roire whirh nur-io eonld no: Irmgnim, bui
wbieh newnhclcsl oeorurd no hore oweleome
und in it.
who count mined ogniu to hi. rm, uid jun
our hod opened. roon nnc mnlil henr
ihe glnro of rho lighl, he gucd upon rhe form
nud ruozuru or him who hud Io uurxpeemliy
prooeuiod hinrorli: to woo n roll, oroui urou,
oornewhoi porr ohe Incridinn or lire, nnd an-Mcd
in the gorb on oerr. ' onmploniou wu -iii"
n more onee been
no hloeh on night, In: wen Jprinlkd wirh oilror.
mo coulllnlllllm delloltd o vul degree or am
noon, but yni 'lwuI hin .
-' who oro you 1" orhed Rnric, ooooon oohe
hod ioheu-o hnrry money or in: moo.
&.
ereu rouh on ourlioe ihrongh lb: ilrirlr dorhueoo. ,
"-ch! in
