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Then the exiles had to make the long four thousand mile journey on foot. It took about two years. THEN THE EXILES HAD TO MAKE THE LONG FOUR THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY ON FOOT IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS
mob gathered, wrecked the factory and smashed the separators into smithereens, declaring that they would not have machines with devils in them in their country. That was years ago, however, and they have long since learned to use and appreciate these machines. But the saddest sights I saw in Siberia were the trains loaded with exiles. These cars were not much better than stock cars and had iron bars across the windows. The sad faces within made one's heart ache to see them. As I rode in a comfortable car with a good bed to sleep in it was hard to keep from thinking of these unfortunate people who were herded like cattle in cold, dirty cars day after day and night after night for a month. Food was thrown to them almost as though they were pigs and at best this food was of the coarsest and most unsavory kind. But their journey, packed in these unwarmed and unsanitary cars was so much better than what exiles had endured before the railroad was built, that one can hardly make a comparison. OR DELIVERY A MOB GATHERED WRECKED THE FACTORY AND SMASHED THE SEPARATORS INTO SMITHERINES DECLARING THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE MACHINES WITH DEVILS IN THEM IN THEIR COUNTRY THAT WAS YEARS AGO HOWEVER AND THEY HAVE LONG SINCE LEARNED TO USE AND APPRECIATE THESE MACHINES BUT THE SADDEST SIGHTS I SAW IN SIBERIA WERE THE TRAINS LOADED WITH EXILES THESE CARS WERE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN STOCK CARS AND HAD IRON BARS ACROSS THE WINDOWS THE SAD FACES WITHIN MADE ONE'S HEART ACHE TO SEE THEM AS I RODE IN A COMFORTABLE CAR WITH A GOOD BED TO SLEEP IN IT WAS HARD TO KEEP FROM THINKING OF THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERDED LIKE CATTLE IN COLD DIRTY CARS DAY AFTER DAY AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR A MONTH FOOD WAS THROWN TO THEM ALMOST AS THOUGH THEY WERE PIGS AND AT BEST THIS FOOD WAS OF THE COARSEST AND MOST UNSAVOURY KIND BUT THEIR JOURNEY PACKED IN THESE UNWARMED AND UNSANITARY CARS WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT EXILES HAD ENDURED BEFORE THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT THAT ONE CAN HARDLY MAKE A COMPARISON
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