his man
was trying to do things for the poor people they were angry, and they
made up a lot of stories about him and had him put in prison."

"Oh, Una, how wicked of them!" cried Norah.

"And then," said Una, sitting up very straight, with sparkling eyes and
flushed cheeks: "papa got him out of prison again. That was papa's
secret! When people were put in prison, in Russia, when they hadn't
really done anything wrong, papa used to help them to get free again,
and he used to write letters to the Czar and tell him how his poor
people were being treated, and he used to write books too--big
books--to send all over the world, so that everyone should know what
sad, sad lives many of the people in Russia led, and should try and
help them if they could."

"And the yellow country at the top of Russia, Una? You haven't told
about that," said Dan.

"The yellow country? What do you mean?" said Tom.

"He means Siberia; it's yellow on the map I showed to him," said Una.
"Yes, very often people are sent to live in that cold country--not
because they have done anything wrong, but because there are lots of
salt mines there and they can't get people to go and live there and
work in the mines. And so they send men to live there who don't want
to go at all, and they have to leave their wives and children and go
and live in that cold country, and work in the mines without getting
any money for doing it."

"But, Una, couldn't the wives and children go and live in that country
too?" asked Norah.

"Oh, yes," said Una; "very often they do go and live there, but it is
hundreds and hundreds of miles away from their homes, and they have to
walk all the way; no one pays for their journey or gives them homes
when they get there."

"Oh, Una, it's dreadful!" said Norah. "And did your father help the
man to get away from prison, and from that horrid, cold country? But
how could he, when he was in England?"

"Papa used to help them to get away when he lived in other countries
nearer Russia," said Una. "And he used to let them come and live in
his house until they were well again, because they often got quite ill
in that country, with having only poor food to eat and being treated so
badly; and then papa used to fetch their wives and families out of
Russia and give them enough money to begin to earn their own living
again in another country.

"But often the cruel people I told you about used to find out where
papa was living and pre