Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-14
ACharluing Story
T H e
GOVERNORS DAUGHTER
A Tale of the Last Polish Insurreotion.
BY II. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS
TooNTINuED.]
CHAPTER XXIX.-Centinued.
AFTER BATTLE.

When he had fallen upon Ferraris neck
and thanked him profusely for his noble
devotion, the count proposed to return to
the wood with the gallant band to which he
owed his freedom.
But Ferrari would not hear of it.
"You ought never to have joined the in
surrection for moment, lie said; "and if
! am to save you, which swore to myself
to do, prefer saving you altogether. Let
us ride through the wood to Stanitza-they
will never think of looking for you there.
The post-road will not be safe, but you can
easily get passed on at night from one pro-
prietor to another until you reach the Ga
| lcan frontier.
| A week afterwards the countess received
letter from her husband, dated "Cracow."
She hurried to Nathalie, and made the most
extravagant promises 10 her as to what she
would do if Ferrari ever fell into such u
| dreadful position as that from which he had
just rescued her husband.
That same evening the news was received
at Wilkovo of Ferrari's band having been
surrounded and utterly dispersed. Ferrari
had received an order from an agent of the
National Government, who had lately arri-
we'd at Wilkovo, to attack Cossock post at
about twenty versts distance from the town !;
and when on the point of doing so had fall
len in with flying column Of infantry. for
which his detachment was no match. The
Cossacks had been attracted by the noise of
the firing and Ferrar, between the two
forces, had been completely ovcrpowercd.
He fell, wounded in the head by sabre cut,
was taken up, placed in peasants cart. and
taken to Wilkovo, surrounded by soldiers.
Nathalie almost tainted when she saw him
driven into the courtyard, pale from ex-
haustion, with glazed eyes, and with his
head tied up in blood-stained handker-
chief Ten minutes afterwards-five minu-
les after she heard that the prisoners were
being brought in-the countess was with
her
II will save him." cried the countess
:" We hsve an agent in town who will help
me; and will set him free, even If it be ne
| tCoshlJ W DutH thC plisOu uOWu.
:" But he is dyingl" cried Nathalie, who
was lying on sofa, sobbing as if she would
break her neart. His head is all red with
blood"
"Do not be afraid,' answered the count
ess; "they would not imprison dying
man."
She went straight 20 the office of Captain
Boutkovitch, who, since the outbreak of the
insurrection, acted as director, of the Will
kovo prison. The prison joined the COVER
nor's house on one side as the cavalry bar
racks did on the other.
| When Boutkovitch saw the countess come
into his bureau, he said to himself: 1.-THE
duties of the service cannot be performed
unless that countess he imprisoned or exil-
ed. She is worse even than Natalie Ivano-
vna. She demoralises every one she comes
near
Nevertheless the countess ascertained from
Boutkovitch that Ferrari, though he had
lost great deal of blood. was not danger
ously wounded; and she was SO gracious to
him, and looked so charming, and asked for
everything she wanted in such a winning
tone and with such an irresistible manner,
that he consented among other things to put
Ferrari in one of the cells which were con-
sidered the healthiest and the most airy, and
which commanded view Of the governors
apartments.
II am glad that was all she wanted" said
/ Rnufk n pyital, kaI
Indeed, what the countess most particularly
wanted was, that Fcrrari should be placed
in a cell where it would at least be possible
to make signs to him.
Nathalie heard day by day from the sur
geon of the prison how the prisoner and pa
tient was progressing; but many days pass
ed before he took enough interest in life to
look out of the window, when to his mex
pressible delight he saw Nathalie looking al
him, with sad smile upon her face, from
the window opposite. She was sad partly
on Ferrari's account but partly, also on her
own; for her father now declared every day
that she should remain no longer at Wilko-
vo, and threatened TO send her on visit to
an aunt who lived at Cracow.
Ever since his capture, she had passed
many hours each day watching Ferrari's
window, and never until now had he looked
! up.
Ferrari was young man of spirit, ant
did not need any excessive amount of en-
couragement. Little by little he persuaded
Nathalie to exchange signs with him. Their
he made an alphabet out of some writing
paper, and induced her to make similal
one, so that they might exchange not only
, general signs but words and phrases; ant
he taught her how if anything of the highcs
Importance happened, he could commupicat,
: to her at night by means of his lamp. If h,
held up the lamp once that was to signif,
: A, if twice, b, and SO ON through the al
phabet.
Nathalie now passed the greater part o
the day watering the flowers in her balcony
This occupation she varied, whenever he
opposite neighbor wished her TO do SO, b,
. playing the piano. At HIS earnest entreat,
she had wheeled the piano close to the win
dow, so that while she was playing he still
, did not lose sight OF her.
Ferrari had been examined several times
, and the most elaborate preparations wer
being made for his trial. He would hav
been executed by order of court martial
as an insurgent chief taken in arms, but 70
5 the fact that he was alss being proceeds
= against as member of the National Govern
u ment. II was hoped that in the end hi
: intimate connexion with the secret organi
= zation would be fully established; and /
! the meanwhile he was not even sentenced t
death.
5, CHAPTER xxx.
;, TWO SPIES AND AN AGENT.
y Boutkovtch had reported that the plan ,
rs Wikovo on the night of the general insu
rection included, as first and indispensab
ct operation, the capture of the cavalry ba
., racks adjoining the governors palace.
pe was known that all the principal office