The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-08-05
A Sad Story.
THE EXILES.
An Incident OF Real Lie.
Translated from the German.

Translated from the German
1t was IN the year 1888, and consequently,
some years after the Warsaw revolution, that
the young Wenski, in company with some fellow
sufferers, returned from France to Gallicia. 1t
was necessary that his residence there should be
kept a complete mystery. He, therefore, under
various names and in different costumes, passed
from one noble house to another, and so came to
the NJ Enshe mansion. Here ne found Wanda
the only daughter, tender protectress, and
she, IN him, worthy object of her sympathy
and care. q
But for short time only were they suffered
to enjoy their noble friendship. Despite all vi
GLANCE, the retreat of Wenski was discovered,
and one unfortunate night he fell into the hands
of his enemies. The great iron gate separated
him from the object of his affection The trial
commenced, and some months afterwards he was
sentenced to be given TO Russia. Scarcely had
the terrible news reached the lady, than she i'm
proved the very short time left Wenski for in
tercourse with other men TO unite herself in
dissoluby to him in marriage. 4 priest blessed
the mournful nuptials and the bridal pair rose
from before the altar to undertake the Journey
10 Russia. The young wife did not know if,
when they reached their bourne, she would be
allowed TO follow her husband to prison, or even
what his fate would be, whether Punishment or
something worse. The uncertainty did not long,
continue. Upon the Russian journey his fate
was decided. Wenski was drafted to Oremberg
a common-solder. 1t was melancholy fate,
but the wife followed her husband to Siberia.
Arrived upon the spot, they convinced
10 tba 9TH hot
sition was not so utterly wretched as at first and
at a distance they had imagined. Why should
a man be more miserable upon the steppes than
in the drawing room The human heart har-
dens much more slowly in the desert than in the
circles of the so-called fine society, perhaps be-
cause the fewer objects men have around them
the more clinging are their sympathes for their
neighbOrs Wenski and his wife had many an
opportunity of proving the truth of what we
say, for frequent kindly services and words spo-.
ken from the heart of those around them sweet-
ened the bitterness of exile. Heaven had bles-s
sed them, also, with two lovely children.
But they were not to enjoy this nappinesss
long The cholera broke out in the Oremberr.
and the two children fell first under the scourge
A few hours stripped the roses from those young
cheeks and sowed them with deathy pallor-
Bowed down with anguish, the parents stood by4
the death bed of their children. and the mother .
was so sorely wounded that, she sickened.--@
What availed it that Wcnski sought every means
to save his wife The feeble skill of the ply
sician was powerless against the climate of ST.
IBERIA. Wenski exhaused all possibilities of sue
cor for his wife but when all appeared fruit
less, he himself succombed to consuming sor-
row. But this despair affected the object of his
care more potently than all the means of sci
ence. The declining health of her husband was
n sufficient reason for her to recover her own
Wanda, fearing to lose her beloved reused her.
self, mended apace, and was the staff upon
which leaned the world-beaten Russian soldier
Yet his grief did not appear to diminish. On
the contrary, iu the circle of his friends. he be-
came constantly colder and gloomier and cried,
in sudden paroxyisn of madness, that he Was
tired of life and would fain die. \ few DAYS
afterwards he was missed. Search was made
in every direction. His cap and coat were found
upon the banks of the Ural. There could be no
doubt that he had destroyed himsolf
The unhappy wife received with silence and
resignation the tidings of her husbands death
no murmur escaped her lips; her eyes were
fearless only in their depths betraying itself
glimering restessness which convinced the spec
tator that her mind was touched. The reason
was easy to understand Separated from her
cherished husband, she might now return to her
native land. She wished to do that, but not
without bearing with her the remembrance of
her married happiness, the bodies of her chill
dren. This thought became her fixed idea. and
drove her before the governor TO urge her suit.
The governor was stern man, who, however,
in his hard office had not lost all human sympa-
thy. He was moved by the mothers appeal
He not only granted her prayer, which he Off
cially should not have done, but he helped her
arrangements for the removal of the collins,
which were placed in large box closing behind,
and gave.her also Cossack to guide her out of
the country and 70 assist her in every difficulty.
When ali was ready, the nournful mutheF her