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express himself in such terms before, and I had not supposed hi so I was not without a certain fund

of knowledge regarding the subject he had introduced, for my

professional duties had taken me more than once into Russia, and I had

encountered arded them,

as well as Saberevski himself, with the American idea and from an

American standpoint It had always seemed to me so unnecessary that

conditions should exist as I had heard theoverno about

the work differently, it would be so easy to eradicate every phase of

the so-called nihilism, and especially that branch of it practiced by

those who are called extre of this view hih from the standpoint of a

Russian, for he ended a short silence between us by saying: "I have not finished what I was going to tell you, Dan I have served

Alexander, the czar, many years, and served him faithfully There are

reasons nohy I can serve hier, in the capacity and at the

places where he needs me most My life which is of small moment, and

his who is ht of a feather

if I were to showfor me to do save to sit down quietly in some far country of

the world, and watch fro of events which some

day, near or far as the case may be, will end in his assassination

What my work has been and what it would still be if I could reuess, and I need not give it a na you of the opportunity that

would be yours if you should go there, and if I could know that you had

gone, determined to offer your services where they are most needed,

then that far corner of the world where I would wait and watch events,

would become a peaceful spot to me, for I know that you could succeed

where all others have failed"