Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-05-19

to bcfsIl us7 or suspectedl we must be very
cautious not to betray ourselves
al am not sufficiently acquainted with Russian ,
usages," said l, 'to be able to say whit and what
is not beftting the character of hostess We must
exercise but a reasonable amount of patience, and
perhaps all will be explained
We sat down to our breakfast, silently finished it
and arose. After lapse OF few minutes, Rosen
proposed to walk out into the fresh air; assented.
We passed out in front of the gates of the castle,
thus getting more accurate view of the building
1t was surrounded by dense, thickly overgrown
forest, through which there were hewn out four
broad ways, crossing each other at right angles
These roads were we'll trodden; but within the for
est the snow lay loose AMI deep, so that it was evil
dent that the traveller could not quit the roads
with any reasonable hope of penetrating the forest
either on foot or mounted. The building, or castle,
seemed TO be old. Gothic, modern Greek and Bar
baran styles, all were mingled together, two round
towers, with their long thin points, appeared to
have been raised in former ages.
"How far may we be distant from the great road,"
asked Rosen.
"Four or FIVE hours journey, heard Willhofen
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hence in these direction ofthc broad alleys"
"Do you heart" exclaimed Rosen suddenly, and
incning his head to the side whence the sound
came, he put his hand to his ear to catch the dis
tant echo. THAT is the thunder Of cannon in the
direction of the great road; but very distant"
"The forest intercepts the sound" said !, en-
jeavo-ing to distinguish the remote and confused
! rumbling.
'It is probably the corps of Marshal Ney repel
ling an ass .uls,' said Roscn;--"and yet further
prob ,be that Colonel Larush is in the midst of the
fight
"Oh. th,t could communicate to him but one
brief N ,tice of our condition. replied.
"Rcally it would be Desirable" said Rosen; but
he shook his heal. as if the wish impractical
bic. al mast own, that comfortable as we are i'm
this castle nevertheless would prefer inling N.Y.
self, with ycu and Willhofen, under his protection
to remaining here. This dreadful march must
some time come to an end Every day We would
be nearer home and the stores of the army. The
road will soon becom- quite level and | believe
that the greatest di fficutics have already been
vercomc''
A. VIC listenc to the distant rcverbcrations we
continued to pace up aud down. In the meantime
it had idbecome late in the afternoon, twilight was
approaching AMI rc-entered the castle. The
cloth was already spread-.or this was the hour of
dinner; we sat down AMI plrtook Of what be-
fore Us cheerfully. and even esed With the servants
ofwhom asked some Russian words, that We
might mike ourselves understood by them. Be
coming dark. lights were brought in. Ii was now
seven o'clock, purity for scment partly to con
ceal our disluietule, each of US took down a book
from the book case and sitting either side Of the
table We began to read. The servants in the mean
time completed their duties and then left the room
But scarcely had been moment alone thar
Willhofen came in, bringing US the news of Coun
. Dolsorowskoi's arrival, telling the same tim,
that the Count would pay us visit in the morning
{ bidding US good night he left the room. Feelin:
: somewhat drowsy retired to our beds, there {,
= find repose and dream of the future.
/. Morning at last came and VIC were summoned t
: breakfast by Willhofen. We descended to the sa
il loon, where We waited for some minutes, whel
Dolgorowskoi made his appearance. He was cour
S teous invited to be seated. "Our ladies'" s,,
he, "risc somewh,t late, and probably we shall 40
G sec them before dinner. The Countess is some
o what indisposcd which circumstance prevented tn
Princess from performing the duties of hostess to
~ wards you. For the present l welcome you a
c guests to this house."
Iventured to Introduce the subject Of the war, an
e my hope Of again returning to Germany. "Per
=, haps we had better not converse on the topic O
d the war;" said the Count, al myself being a Rus
sian, should perhaps be obliged to think quite 9th
It erwisc than you Itis peculiar interest to me
l. that Ihavc met with you elsewhere. When throug
your kind and efectual aid left Vienna, took Il,
m great road to Munich. In passingthroush German
l., we experienced no molesation until we arrived a
I, Warsaw but we finally succeeded in sscaeing b
l. night. As soon as convenient" he continued, I"
.r will see that you returned to your Fatleran2
ID Thus passed the hours Of the forenoon; the Dime
hour was approaching.
e In spite Of ,.gorows< )i's in,c1lity in govern
u ing his words and actions, and assuming every va
It rity ofad iress, Iperceived thn he intended tina
Of Roscn designed to share the f,te of other prs
ir oners-hat Of being sent to the mines in Sibcris
y Nevertheless ully determined to do nay duty fo
the liberation Of Ro en- fight did not appear to b
1t utterly imoossible. longcl to communicate wit
" Willhofcn. At length dinner was served and bot
is the Countess and her daughter, the Princess Och
$ als5osoi, mule their Appearance at the table
,r Dinner being over the ladies' retired. A ser,
now entered. han led letter to the Count and the
is retired. Seeing that the Count engaged i
II reading the letter ventured to tell Rosen my ar
II prchcnsons concerning him. But Dolgorowsks
r. accidcnty clianccd to look over the paper near
% mirror, i'm which he what l was about. 1t
true he had not heard syllable, yet in the condut
VI, of both Of us he perceived some uneasiness and
a motion. "Pardon me, my friends, must retire {
write an immediate answer to this letter." Sayin
10 this he left the room. Having been left to our
. selves, determined to make an effort to escape
soon possible. Suddenly WillhoIen entered tn
If room holinga sealed letter in his hand and telln
!, Us at the time that he believed that the Cour
a. suspected him rs accompce, "for,' said hs
70 "the Count summoned me to his presence saying
I'd Here is import,nt dispatch, Soanow, you mus
instantly get to horse, and depart with speed.
hold you responsible for its being delivered with
!, in six hours at the f,rthest.' At the same tim
IN casting suspicious look at me-" continued Will
nc hofen, "that could not mistake what il meant
A. Flight Immediately resolves upon, that vcr
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