The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-10-16
4 STRANGE ROMANCE.
A NIrchnEIr Searching for Sccrct-Forty
Years in n ltusainn PFInon.


Years in n ltussinn PrInon.
Forty years ago there lived in Provi.
dence, II. l., Young man OF great in
telligenco and wonderful mechanical
ability, who spGnt little fortune in the
vain attcmpt Of making perfect repro.
sontation Of Russian iron, and, after as
many failures rs attempts in this under
taking, he became utterly ruined, tinan-
cially. His ambition for tho secret in
creased MS his fortune grew smaller md
smaller, and when absolute want stirred
him i'll the face he became possessed
with the letc animation to accept Of tho
only means Of obtaining one Of the
greatest secrets i'll mechanical art, md
to gain this he must suffer penal servi.
ture in tho dungeons OF Russia.
The rulers Of Russin arc tho only
posgessors Of the art OF making what is
known as glazed Russian iron, used ex-
tensively for MI kinds Of stove and stove.
pipe work, and which Inns for nearly n
century been made within the walls OF
Russia's underground prisons. None
but life cOIvicts are allowed to be
initiAted into The secrets Of manufacture
OF one Of tho principal mems of income
to the Russian government, mud when
once within its walls no one need ever
hope for pardon, for mono have ever
been granted, while bnt ono has ever
been known TO have escaped, and when
tbs door is once shut TO the outside
world 1t is never known what has been
tile futo OF the unfortunate. This, then,
was the Providence mans last resort for
gaining possession OF the secret which
was tho denire OF his life, and became
his only ambition. Who would be uu.
generous enough to call him foolhardy,
crazy brained or without honorable
ambition, could ne not DO looked upon
rs wholesouled benefactor to his race
Millions Of money have been spent and
wasted all over tho civilized globe in
experiments to gain what our Provi-
GUnco hero determined to make heroic
attempt to gain, and risk his liberty
and even his life, for the benefit OF the
whole world. France long since offered
million francs for tho same secret,
aud Prussia and England have similar
standing offers, but none has ever mp
piled for the bounty. A Frenchman
named Lamount after long experiments
made very near limitations, but shortly
before the time set for q trial before the
appointed officials OF France, Lnmount
was killed in quarrel which no doubt
was brought about for tho express pur-
pose OF taking his life. His secret died
with him.
The simple rumor Of the attemptet:
assassination OF the car by an Ameri.
can, and supposed to be insane, was all
that was ever known to his friends of
what became OF our ambitious mechanic,
and rs nearly huff q century has ratified
on since hc set out upon his pCrilous
undertaking, hardly person living will
remember the circumstance which is
here recorded. There's one person,
however, in Providence who remembers
well the day tho hero Of our sketch bado
her n fearful farewell. promising TINT
before she reached her twentieth birth
day hn would return to her and fulfill
his promise.
All through these long years she Inns
never forgotten her promise to wait Tor
her lover, nor ceased tobelieve he would
come to her.
She now lives within q moments walk
Of the chimes Of Grace church, mud is
still well preserved, and Der grace and
beauty make her far more attractive than
many whose years are tho same rs were
hers when her lover separated from her
SO long ago. Lately she received the
glatl tidings far away over the water,
that he who had so long Kept her pa
tiently waiting, was on his way to fulfill
his promise Of forty years ago, and let
us hepe he may bring tho secret hO paid
for so dearly, and that he may 1.-Two to sec
some reward for his great sacrifice.