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) Maurice was wut ‘behind, nis arms beund behind his back, and Hamid'’s limp body was »stowed away at their feet.

Phil. to Maurice’s délight, now re- | eovered conscicusness and sat up, looking about him in.a dazed, stupe-

fied manner.

He was hastily bound and placed on

| the front seat beside the officer, who ! had vobhanteered to drive.

Ry this time people were in sight coming across the plain from the dis- tant village, but instead of turning

back.in that direction the officer drove strai@ht ahead, and the waggon rolled smoothly over the grassy road, sur- rounded on all four sides by the stern- visaged Cossacks.

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Peeping usiv from tne monge of hushes iw Phil lying motionl]*ss ht) nd the officer apparent- ty | ver him Then came a siart rruption Crodno and Mi mid from the forest with oud st rmer swinging the | rifle aroun his head with one arm, and fluns thi mselves on the officer, who staxgered to his feet just in time ty meet t! attack. Shouts of anger were heard but the combatants were go enveloped a leud of dust that Mavrice could not t ll how the battle was going :

“1f I only Trad a weapon of some } sort,” he ex laimed half, alone, and ' just then ! ey fell on stout cudgel lying close at hand, a staff

[He saw Grodno’sa evil countenance glar- ing at him.

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‘tropped rrobably by some peasant. Heizing this, he Rurried quickly down ethe road, irtent on rescuing the im- periled officer. As he drew near a wpistol cracked sharply above the din f voices, and Hamid’s short, chunky fgure spun rcund for a brief second “in the clond of dust, and then drop- ped heavily in the roadway.

‘Meurice had barely time to see Grodno and the officer struggling over the possession cf a revolver when a sherp trumpet blast echoed through the air, a clash of steel seemed ta shake the ground, .and then round a @light curve in the road came at full Wika squad of Cossacks, brandishing their nakec swords. They surrounded the: waggon with a-circle of men six deep, and when Gnedno gave up the fight in despair and turned to flee he vas hemmed in bevond all hope of eeape. A flerce expression passed ever his face, and t he calmly fold- @i his armns as a sign of submission. framid lav motioniese on the road, tis greasy garments stained to match the scarlet of his fez, and close by as Whil, his face pale and corpse: 2.

The -rescued ofticer saluted the com-

Wenger of the Cossacks, and con- Wersed with him for ten minutes oF More, pyinting from time to time at ee and Grodno azil.the two mo- Ucnlecs: forms on the ground. He was Wainly much puzzled over the affair. Prom the few words of the Cossack’s reply which Maurice was.able to un- , Such as “escaped pristmers, barge and Tomsk,” he inferred that these soldiers had been, in pursuit Com ince the time wf,their es- ‘ape. Fearing J-st Phil was taély injur- ed, @ indeed not dead, he moved to- werd him. but was roughly . ordered tack. At the same moment :the con- ceased, and two @f:the soi- ders came forward with the ;runaway black horse, which they attached to the waggon, dragging the dead ani- Mal to the sige of the road. Grodne, whose arm was apparently broken by the officer's bullet, was

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Another hour ‘later another village started up from the horizon, with its same monotonous Greek crosses, and presently they entered the long, strag- gling street, with dingy, grey houses, and halted before the posting station, a very unpretentious structure of logs. The people of the village flocked out to see the new arrivals, but the pres- ence of the Cossacks kept them.at a respectful distance.

A brisk littl «man with piercing black eyes arrived presently, whom Maurice rightly divined to be a doc- tor. He glanced carelessly at Phil's bruised forehead, .and ‘prescribed a dose of vodki, which fiery potion was at once produced and poured down the patient’s reluctant throat.

He shrugged jhis shoulders at Grod- no’s arm and deftly enveloped it in splints and bandages, an operation which the convict submitted to with- out a murmur of pain.

When he came to Hamid, and saw the ugly wound in the breast, his coun- tenance became more grave, and he dirested the unconscious man to be carried imte the station. The Cossacks gismounted and took their | prisoners inside, plecing them in different cor- ners of the room, where conversation was impossible.

A big samovar was: steaming .on ‘the table, and the soldiers were soon gulp- ing down cups of hot ‘tea and: devour- ing cold meat, pickles,.and salted cu- cumbers. The officer and the com- mander of the troope were doubtless taking their refreshment in a private apartment. Phil, hidden by a .couple of burly Cossacks, was invisible to Maurice. Grodno, a few yards away, giared at tim with.a look of hatred. He might @s well have spared himself the trouble, for Maurice paid him not the least attention. He was thinking very seriously over the events.of the past two days, and beginning to re- alize what a foolish and reckless thing it had been to accept the chance of escape offered thy ‘these ‘two convicts. He and Phil would pyobably be held equally guilty with Greédno and Hamid, and the penalty for the crimes com- mitted by the two ‘ruffians would be under Ruasian law—death. This Mau- rice realized with:a shudder. He was amazed with Grodno’s audacity in-at- tempting to assassinate a Russian offi- cer on a public road and actually with- in sight of a village. It could only be accounted for by the dire neces- sity for procuring money ard a change of clothes, and since ‘the officer had baggage in the waggon with him, the undertaking seemed to offer both. Had not Maurice tmterfered when he did the officer and the driver would un- doubtedily have been shot.

It was a clever ruse of Grodnc’s to shoot the horse first, and thus put the waggon and its occupants at his mercy.

There was one hope—a very slim one. If the rescued officer could only be made to understand that he owed his life to the boys, he might extend them valuable aid, but just there was the trouble, as Maurice told himself. Did the circumstances justify the boys’ story ?

The struggle thetween ‘Hamifi and Maurice was absolutely wnseen, while the scuffle between Phil and Grodno might be easily misconstrued, and, as a clincher, would the officer believe that Maurice was hastening to his aid when he hurried down the noad with his club ? These reflections left him in a very unenviable frame eof mind, which was not at all relieved by the secant supply of food which the Cos- sacks at last condesecended to give him.

About noon he and Pil were taken to another room, where the officer and ‘the Cossack captain were seated at a ‘table smoking pipes. The officer, to

| Maurice's great satisfaction. was able | tp speak English fairly weil, and he

cross-questioned the boys very close- iky, demanding first of all to know what their share was In setting fire to the convict barge.

We treated them with a certain con- sideration, which gave Maurice cour- age to relate the whole story in a frank, straightforward way, which seemed to carry conviction with it. He saw that a favourable impression had been made, and, quick to seize the opportunity, he turned to the officer and said, implor’ngly :—‘‘I beg of you, sir, the privilege of saying a few words more. You addressed us as Cummings end Burton. I assure you that t®Qose are not our names; that an awful mistake has been made, a fear- ful crime committed—.” ‘“ Ston!” in- terrupted the officer, sternly. ‘‘ Not a word on that subject, or I shall change my intentions regarding you. I have heard of your audacity in accusing a prominent and influential Russian of a most absurd charge. For your own zxooG I advise you to cease. You surely must be aware of the convine ing proofs arraigned against you.” His face was so grave and his tone so severe that Maurice lost all hane of obtaining a hearing and made no further attempt to speak.

“As for your complicity with these two ocsansins.” continued the officer, ja

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CHAPTER VIII.

CONDEMNED. ‘Lieutenant Brosky turned away, as 2 Sign that the interview was ended, and Was about to rap on the table for the suards who were outside in the hall When Maurice aske@, respectfully : “Will you be kind enough to tell us ;

esa, Phil: don’t give up.”

to what part of Siberia we have been sentenced ? No one will give us any information.”’

The lieutentant spoke a few words to the captain, and then, turning ‘td Mau- rice, replied :—*“I can tell you nothing now. 1 promise you that you shall know what your original senténce was when you arrive at Tomsk.” He sig- ralled to the guards, and the boys were led away to the larger apartment downstairs.

Grodno was stil sitting in moody si- lence iin his corner, and the Cossacks Were filling their pockets with feod and ‘their canteens with tea.

‘Outside the sturdy ponies were stamping, restlessly, and through the ‘Window Maurice saw the waggon standing at the station door. An- Other thorse had been found to match ‘the one shot by Grodno.

A bugle blast assembled the Cos- “sacks in haste, and the boys were re- bound and placed in the waggon. ‘Grodno was fastened securely on the ‘back of one of the horses, and given in charge of two Cossacks. At the last minute Lieutenant Brosky appear- ed, and took the front seat. just on the point of starting an inci- dent occurred which for the moment ‘diverted the boys from their troubles.

Amid the throng of curious villagers ‘Standing a llittle distance from the Wwaggon the keen eyes of Lieutenant Brosky detected the cowardly driver Who had run away from him that *‘merning and was lurking in the back- round hoping to escape detection.

The angry officer seized his whip and Sprang from the little waggon with a single bound. Anether leap carried him into the midst of the affrighted peasants, Who scattered in every di- rection, and catching his man by the neck he dragged him back before the station and applied the whip with mer- ciless energy. The fellow howled and »ecTeamed most piteously, but the officer continued the castigation until the whip split in ‘his hand, and then, toss- ing the fragments in one direction and the llinp peasant in the other, he coolly climbed inte the waggon, and, with a merry blast of the bugies, the convoy wound across the steppe on its way to Tomsk. Hamid was not with the party. His condition was proba- bly too serious to permit removal, but Maurice noticed that two of the Cos- ‘sacks remained behind, dowbtless to await the Turk’s recovery.

At the time the convict barge had ‘been set on fire it was more than 100 ‘miles from the city of Tomsk, and as ‘tthe fugitives had covered but little :-ground in their flight the journey was of short duration.

The Cossack ponies and the horses who drew the waggon were animais of superior strength and endurance, as are all Siberian horses, and after two ‘brief delays at wayside posting stations "Tomsk was reached late the following evening. They crossed the dark river and drove into the wide and populous @treets of the town. On all sides the moys were surprised to see large and imposing buildings and churches of various denominations. As the hour was llate. but few people were on the streets, and these berely glanced at the little cavalcade as #1 wound rapidly thromgh the town.

The challenge of the sentries rang sharply on the air as they halted be- fore a huge military-looking stockade, pierced by a large gate and flanked at its cormers by yvuardhouses.

They passed through the, gateway into the courtyard, and the huge for- varding prison of Tomsk was before them, not a single large building, as, might have been expected, but a dozen er more one-storey log houses group- ef about the enclosure without any attempt at regularity. A large num- ber of soldiers were pacing to and fro With loaded rifies @n their shoulders, and owing to the mildness of the right hunireds of convicts were sleep- ing on the ground. When the new arrivals entered, many cf them sat up with a harsh clanking of chains. The officer of the prison quickly came forward, accompanied by Captain Stanisla himself, and the prisoners were once more placed in his cus- tody. ;

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mediately without even giancing to- ward the boys, the Cossacks trotted out of ‘the enclosure, and “the © re- captured fugitives wer marched off to en isolated log building with heavy doors and barred windows.

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“What do you suprose they will co with us ?” asked Phil, in despairing tcnes, *Not that it matters much, for I don’t:seem to care any mo “what becomes cf me. Il have lost ail hcne.”

‘No, Phil: don’t sive up,” said Maurice, firmly. ‘“ The outlook is very hard, but all hone is not gone, We can’t tell what mav turn up yet in cur favour. Have courage, Phil; have ecurage. Lieutenant Broskv may get us free of this present scrape, and when we learn just w) they are going to take us—and you know the lieuten- ant promised to tell us—then we can see better what our chances are.’’

Phil, however, refused t@ be com- fcrted, and naced the front of the nar- row apartment until compelled to lie down from sheer weariness. Manrice was far from feeling the confident rranner which he had assumed. He was Ceeply !mpreseed with the gravity of their present scrape, and even should they avoid punishment for that tsrough Lieutenant Broskv’s influence he realized that Siberian exile offer- ed no hope of escape, Vladimir Sara- acff woula take every precaution on that score.

At the thought of his treacherous uncle Maurice ground his teeth and clenched his fists.

Presently he became more composed and sat @own on the bed beside Phil.

If any aid cowd reach them, it must

come from one source—home. His fuardian and Phil’s friends would meke a determined effort to find the voys. But here again Vladimir Sara- Cott would no doubt be ready with

scime cunning tale to explain their dis- @: pearance,

Little. @id Maurice dream of the Startling truth he sat on the Wretched couch thinking of the home and the friends that he would prob- ably never see again.

He fell asleep at last, and when he weke the guards were tramping heavily past the prisom, and from an acjoining cell came furious cries and. Savage cursing, doubtless the wretch- ed Grodno in a _ feverish delirium ci used by his wound.

Hiis ravings continued until day- light, completely putting an end to the bcys’ sleep.

They were provided with a scanty, unpalatable breakfast, and then left alone until after mid-day, when a file of soidiers, led by a young officer, en- tered the cell. They were taken out- side, where they found Grodno sup- ported by two guards, his ugly face flushed with fever. He glared at the boys with malignity, and even made an effort to spring at Maurice, but was held back by the soldiers. They marched across the courtyard be- tween crowds of convicts, who survey- ed them curiously, and, as a close ob- server would have discovered, pitying-

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