Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-09-07
AN ADVENTURE IN A CEMETERY
PFRILeUs SITUATION OF A LADY.

The following sketch is taken from a Russian
tale of power an interest published In Taits Mag
azine. Tse wtter, lady, engages droskha to
carry her 10 tbs residence of some of her pupils.
The drivei, SINISTER looking rascal carries her to
lonely RI ace ahd attempts to rob her. She says:
At le1g,h, projecting my head out of the wind
ow, | saw in the darkness, what appeared TO be
the white walls .of park of shrubbery. l behed
trees rsinf hers, and there, but sign of house
This petI3ps IS the villa, said to myself and all
my fears vii Il I'm be at an end. The driver then
slackenet :lis p.ce and presently descended and
walked it the k6rses head. Every thing aroused
my suspiH kns though knew not why. Present
ly the drbs.<ha s,opped, and gate opening
into the eviled enclosure. Coming up to the door
he said:
You nj ust a+.ight here"
Herey. exclaimed, " in this lonely placer
DO as ! command you," he said.
al shaIl.Io nething of the kind " / replied
You agreed to take me to the villa X, and
shall not a elsht lsntl you have done So"
This.ft::ly is. absurd" he answered; listen to
what l say, We are now many miles from St
Petersburg distant from any habitation, and if you
shrek or tall ont no one will hear your voice
There is TIE doG} of the cemetery, and unless you
aight ms! ntly and deliver your purse to me,
will stab y:,u to the heart and throw you into one
of the graNis"
The coI:blocGed determination with which the
threat was3 uttered. curdled my whole frame Not
a hope of escape presented itself l was there a
lone at the: mercy of a murderer and there re-
manned moi AFng for me but to submit. ] cannot
accurately detail the thoughts which thronged up
on my b.asl at that moment Fear was upper
most bui tLe=igpres of those loved stood prom
inently forward not, however, far of, but crowd
ing arougdine, land passing swiftly away. The
greatest agitation now took possession OF me. L
prayed AID besought him to have mercy on me,
4, L.
void spare''ply efe and take me back But he
would istea 20 ID terms Self reproaches rushed
Why was a:e bind so foolish to accompany the
man at all Why did | suffer my want of cour-
age to pTev,ns my asking the advice of some in
habltrnts q: the town, instead of trusting myself
blndly 10 this Suspicious looking man Becom-
ing impauknt Of my long silence, which was in
fact the silIhce IF despair he roughly seized me
by the arm, and dragged me from the carriage
had no power = resist. | was utterly destitute
of hope lrheII was not sound near. All in
the great solitude around echoless and
g0d loud l and p snG Psds shrek 5sr es
my purse. A Win desire to make myself heard,
came owes Iae i repeated my shrieks, which he
now tried 10 stfe by placing his hand over my
mouth. / rose go M feet and fled from him
The door of the cemetery was open, and rushed
in closely pursued by my enemy. The moon had
for some slime been disappearing behind heavy
heap of what seemed snow clouds, and she utter
ly deserted me al most unfortunate moment, for
l stumbled ever9lnstant against a grayestone or
mound. l travessed with the swiftness of light
my S terror, tn. Ii, e respect / showed them. =
But soon HIS hiavy hand seized me again by the
shoulder and lira,ged me back. My despair lent
me strength WI closed and struggled forgot
his superior rowtr and determined to resist death
10 the last kTpfn his breast he wore the medal
with his uu7l bez engraved on IT. Without any
object in view; bl;t that of avengng myself at the
moment SCI: .srmly hold of it, and in the strug-
gle tore il of This circumstance he did not at
the time not Zee Shut in spite of my resistance he
muttered hetfe his teeth that he would soon end
il: and ash sunk almost exhausted the ground
in that loIlelykspat | heard him unclasp knife
With startlki hound was my feet again, and
the race for ffe,began In earnest. | flew rather
than ran, viii, tf. medal still in my hand l ca
red not wbere} Sod. Now / went straight be-
fore him, pow: ay.,ided him by passing in and out
of the graves. heard his curses behind every
time he miSSe: nae | was now a little in advance
of him buf :lnGw that my strength was failing
me- The darkness was thickening, and all the
horrors of INV: situation seemed increase There
world be potainxe for me but TO succumb to my
fate and sltfsr fse villain behind to take the life
he sought EVER earthly interest lost its attrac
ton in these raoIIents of despair. felt my knees
failing my Yte is slackened in speed, dizziness
came over me: anf the consciousness that he was
close behiad :ne became certain, when suddenly
false step o: my part precipitated me, with a
shock, severa. tSht down into chasm, whence
the mold had aesn lately withdrawn
When agztin woke to consciousness. felt my
self borne aloeg as dead, and opening my eyes.
found several peTfns carrying me upwhat appear
ed the avenue le.i,ilng 10 mansion. cared not
what became: ofsne l was conscious of intense
pain and afterwards learnt that some labor
ers, in go5ng. into the cemetery TO complete a
grave cougtncaceq the previous day, had discover
ed me there fac villa X being IN nearest