. The Siberian exiles. A novel . ^tbaii>«vS( THE SIBERIAN EXILES. CHAPTER I. r A MIDNIGHT ARREST IN RUSSIA. PEN the door ! Open in the name ofthe Czar ! This summons was accompanied bya loud knocking, which was audible ata considerable distance. It was at thedoor of Carl Pushkin, known among-his neighbors and friends, as CarlPavloff, or Carl, the son of Paul. There was a momentary pause, butthe door was not opened. Again thesummons was shouted and the knocking was resumed. The first knocking was with a clenched hand and thesecond with the hilt of a sword. One, two, three, halfa dozen blows
. The Siberian exiles. A novel . ^tbaii>«vS( THE SIBERIAN EXILES. CHAPTER I. r A MIDNIGHT ARREST IN RUSSIA. PEN the door ! Open in the name ofthe Czar ! This summons was accompanied bya loud knocking, which was audible ata considerable distance. It was at thedoor of Carl Pushkin, known among-his neighbors and friends, as CarlPavloff, or Carl, the son of Paul. There was a momentary pause, butthe door was not opened. Again thesummons was shouted and the knocking was resumed. The first knocking was with a clenched hand and thesecond with the hilt of a sword. One, two, three, halfa dozen blows were given, and then the door was openedfrom within. By the light of a candle in his left hand,a half-dressed man of middle age, was revealed just [7l. 8 THE, SIBERIAN EXILES. inside the door-way, his face blanched with fright atthe midnight summons, which might be of terribleimport. With the opening of the door, the one who had utteredthe summons, stepped inside. His uniform showed him to be an officer of theImperial Police, in whose hands are supposed to reposethe safety and well-being of the Russian decorations were displayed on the breast of hisclosely-buttoned coat, indicating that he had performedservices at different times or possessed sufficient influ-ence to secure these marks of distinction. Two gen-darmes or soldiers, who carried rifles with fixed bay-onets, were close at his heels, and a little distance fromthe house, were four mounted Cossacks, one of whomwas holding the horse of their commander. Evidently, the party was prepared for resistance, ifany were offered, as the four Cossacks kept their handson their weapons, as though awaiting a signal. What is wanted, Your Excellency? said the manwith the candl
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