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Other smiths were pressed into service and were compelled to work all night long cutting these iron chains. OTHER SMITHS WERE PRESSED INTO SERVICE AND WERE COMPELLED TO WORK ALL NIGHT LONG CUTTING THESE IRON CHAINS
s mournful wail could be heard by the few people who lived in villages along the way. Sometimes, however, these villages were fifty or a hundred miles apart. But this wail was kept up continually. Every plan imaginable was used to stop it, but this could not be done and the guards and officers grew accustomed to it and let it go. No wonder that even yet in Siberia the call of the milkmaid is something like the wail of the exiles. One of the most thrilling events during the war was the opening of the Siberian prison doors in the spring of 1917, when more than one hundred thousand exiles walked out as free men and women. In the great Irkutsk prison a company of men were watching some of their fellow prisoners being flogged when a man appeared at the door saying: "Russia is a republic and you are all free." Instantly all was excitement. The officers fled for their lives. Even the prison blacksmiths fled, for they had welded the shackles on thousands of prisoners and they feared vengeance. HIS MOURNFUL WAIL COULD BE HEARD BY THE FEW PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN VILLAGES ALONG THE WAY SOMETIMES HOWEVER THESE VILLAGES WERE FIFTY OR A HUNDRED MILES APART BUT THIS WAIL WAS KEPT UP CONTINUALLY EVERY PLAN IMAGINABLE WAS USED TO STOP IT BUT THIS COULD NOT BE DONE AND THE GUARDS AND OFFICERS GREW ACCUSTOMED TO IT AND LET IT GO NO WONDER THAT EVEN YET IN SIBERIA THE CALL OF THE MILK MADE IS SOMETHING LIKE THE WAIL OF THE EXILES ONE OF THE MOST THRILLING EVENTS DURING THE WAR WAS THE OPENING OF THE SIBERIAN PRISON DOORS IN THE SPRING OF NINETEEN SEVENTEEN WHEN MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND EXILES WALKED OUT AS FREEMEN AND WOMEN IN THE GREAT IRKUTSK PRISON A COMPANY OF MEN WERE WATCHING SOME OF THEIR FELLOW PRISONERS BEING FLOGGED WHEN A MAN APPEARED AT THE DOOR SAYING RUSSIA IS A REPUBLIC AND YOU ARE ALL FREREE INSTANTLY ALL WAS EXCITEMENT THE OFFICERS FLED FOR THEIR LIVES EVEN THE PRISON BLACKSMITHS FLED FOR THEY HAD WELDED THE SHACKLES ON THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS AND THEY FEARED VENGEANCE
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