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The snow was already melting and they were determined to get to the railroad before it was too late. THE SNOW WAS ALREADY MELTING AND THEY WERE DETERMINED TO GET TO THE RAILROAD BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE
 at the table with their chains rattling. In one place the priest, while performing his duties in the church, heard the news and announced it. Fifty men rushed out to kill the local police captain who had been a regular tyrant. As they came to his home they were met by the captain's ten-year-old daughter, who stood in front of her father and calmly said: "You will have to kill me first," and thus she saved his life. In five days after the revolution, six thousand exiles had reached Irkutsk from other prisons. By the way, Irkutsk is the capital of eastern Siberia and here the greatest prisons were located. It is said that as many as one hundred thousand prisoners have been in the great prisons in and around this city at one time. There were no trains for these freed exiles and they camped along the railroad track. Every day the company became larger. At one time it was said that fifty thousand sledges were rushing toward the railroad as fast as horses, dogs and reindeer could drag them. N CUT LOOSE SAT DOWN AT THE TABLE WITH THEIR CHAINS RATTLING IN ONE PLACE THE PRIEST WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES IN THE CHURCH HEARD THE NEWS AND ANNOUNCED IT FIFTY MEN RUSHED OUT TO KILL THE LOCAL POLICE CAPTAIN WHO HAD BEEN A REGULAR TYRANT AS THEY CAME TO HIS HOME THEY WERE MET BY THE CAPTAIN'S TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO STOOD IN FRONT OF HER FATHER AND CALMLY SAID YOU WILL HAVE TO KILL ME FIRST AND THUS SHE SAVED HIS LIFE IN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE REVOLUTION SIX THOUSAND EXILES HAD REACHED IRKUTSK FROM OTHER PRISONS BY THE WAY IRKUTSK IS THE CAPITAL OF EASTERN SIBERIA AND HERE THE GREATEST PRISONS WERE LOCATED IT IS SAID THAT AS MANY AS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PRISONERS HAVE BEEN IN THE GREAT PRISONS IN AND AROUND THIS CITY AT ONE TIME THERE WERE NO TRAINS FOR THESE FREED EXILES AND THEY CAMPED ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACK EVERY DAY THE COMPANY BECAME LARGER AT ONE TIME IT WAS SAID THAT FIFTY THOUSAND SLEDGES WERE RUSHING TOWARD THE RAILROAD AS FAST AS HORSES DOGS AND REINDEER COULD DRAG THEM
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