, 1864-07-17

barpened to be particularly powerful man,
without tie assistance OF eout pego0n. In
consequence Of this Suspicion beth II. sen
" vic !,,d heen On duty eet3re midnight,
= liz vic had relieved hiu, Fers arrested
he frs. awore positively that the soldier
who had tecn killed md the prisoner we're
sl.cps.c side by side when he vas Eelieret
o. uIunfghr and the eensrT who Relieved
him connrmed this statement. and sWoTe
thnt f1oni Ill L time till he hiuself Vas IT,
Ictsut a!sf the discovery vas made that tue
pitsuner han e:caped. he had not heard
souu0. 1t *ni Impossible for the officer 70
conceive 1ry rceson why one Of his meg
Should assist u Stranger In numbering his
cuHE~de, unless he eaA been hrinsd, and the
Wslule Il The s1lisgurs asrrrcd tnat tie prls-
ci.tr isd 10 lLtanS whatever Of doing this,
II ~aa naturally supposed that the fugitive
ould uaAe Tor the woods, ant for days auI
wteas aft1r~ards the soldiers were engaged
In sea: ching tleee, bu. MI their endeavors to
recaltu1e tier prisoner were fruislass; aud
It Was onis when the wzetchcd PEASANTS had
been reduced to starvation. Ia the hope that
their desire 10 get ill OF the humau incusss
would force them to bctray the hiding place
Of .heir fello~-, iasavsr, That the soidlers
We're Withdrawn. Tlme after time otllcets
Of justice were sent At unexpected periods,
to see II the fugitive bad returned to- his vii
lsge, but alw Is with the 6ane result,
nothing had been seen OF beard Of hin.
Three yeufs after The death OF Paul Javoca,
= hitehaired tegsar one day entered thc
village. The account be Esre Of himself WAS
that he had been soldier, and having served
bis time. rnd, moreover, been seriously i'll,
lie Nss discharged, and Was then on his way
to distant village Amorg those who lis
teptd to the account he gave Of himself waa
young wopeu, who, to remain faithful TO
tue p1tuge she had given to the unfortuu lie
youth who had beeu charged with the n1ur-
der Of the batlitf. had refused several offer,
CT marriage. She lived with her father in \
hut Oh the verge Of the forest This yonnc
woman invited the begyar to come to he:
fathers cottsge- He Of COURSE accepted the
I invitation. but instead OF afterwards Journey
ing on~ ards to the distant village be spo.1.
| Of. he remained where he was.
| II was soOn fumortd about the village that
| he WINS ro marry old TlfskA's daughter, bla
| the wedding Was continually being post
poned, and ID the meantime IT was Observed
that the girl was growing more and more
depressed and melancholy. At last the d4y
! was actually fixed, and the marriage was
| performed. But instead OF this restoring TIC
! brides high spirits, she became more gloo-
| my and respondent still, and her nus-
II ashamed to meet the eyes Of everybody
he met. One day the starost md two otal-
cers Of Justice came t. Fl=ka's hut, and
seized the unhappy husband; and great WIS
| the astonishment OF the villagers when they
were told that he was the tn.itive Woodman
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Paul Javogs, and With killing the soldier who
had been placed to guard him. Who had
bettal ed him never Was known in the vii
| lage; but 1t was rumored that his wife had
I sold him to the staroet, and this was general
| ~ believed until it became known that It
was She who bud supplied him With nearly
ai( the food he ate during the three years ne
Was In hiding In the wood His place Of
concealment ~as hollow free, aad the any
iety and physical suffering he underwent du-
ring this period changed his appearance from
youth to that Of old aye
On his examination he constantly declared
that he was not the murderer Of Paul JAvo-
60, nor did he know who had done tic dee:l-
He admitted that he had killed the soldier
to save his own life; and when be- WAS told
that the sentinel who was on Euarst ut the
time had been subse quentlS killed In the
Crimea, he confessed that he had been assist
cd By hiu, both having belonged to sect
whose distinguished Characteristic was selt,
mntilation Of very extraordinary kind.
Whether tue discovery that he belonged tc
this sect was the reason of his wife betra, I'M
him remained secrct; but there il no douL
that the woman, who for Eo long perioC
had visited and fed him, md had been tn,
means of preserving his lie, WIS the pegsor
who had betrayed hlm, for no other pereor
had even suspected hie identity. In cousid
Grafton Of the sutferings he had undergone
instead Of being executed he was hautahcd t.
Siberia, 10 which place ma1y Others Of th
sumo kect had been exilea.