The New York herald., 1878-07-11

count that beg OF you TO ask mo only conecre'ns
eveats that havc ,ransprsd since loft the prison"
she said. I then asked my first questions in this
form-
"What occurred at the Court after you had been
acauItied-aitcr you left the Courts How were you
ireatedr What The ormali,ies and who gave The
order Tor your liberation ?"
vera Zassouiitch could not reply 10 these ques.
tions without compromising good friends So she
said:-"I prefer not to speak OF these things"
then asked her II she would describe her i'm
prcssions OF sttlng before the tribunal the emo
tions snc had undergone from the time she vas
placed in the prisoners seat until the verdict was an
nounced?
'wingly," said she. After collecting her thoughts
for . moment she SAID 81 went before the Judge
with con1dence ana impatience because my counsel
hnd convinced mo that should be acquitted. But
confess that immediately aiterward my heart seemed
TO fail me and l suddenly felt that was lost The
surrou ndings annoyed me, and especially
the curiosity with which everybody seemed 10
regard me- Gradually my fears diminished. The
crowd seemed 10 gaze less iptently, and when my
lawyer speak | had so lar recovered as
almost TO regard myself simply as spectator. like
all the rest who present For moment, indeed,
SO far forgot myself TO begin to scrutinze their
toilets never was coquette, having passed all my
lie the DOIcc ana gcpuaImos ma noltner Tue
means the leisure TO become one. No.wnhstand.
Ing, yielded for the time 10 this feminine sentiment
looked at the toilets only for lew moments, how.
ever; my eyes searching the vissges Of
those present to cndeavor to ascertain their impres-
SONS what might expect.
HORRIBLE ORIENTAL SPECTRE.
''when the public prosecutor spoke had also mo-
mont OF deep despair l myself Recommending
that miserable lie which had LETT and TO which
had submitted without reason for years. l
myself the road TO Siberia chains, walking by
tue SIDE OF rude. gross, mounted Cossack, suffering
from cold hunger 1t moment despair
as said, and my friends say that became pale. Mr.
Alexandra, my counsel, who OCCASIONALLY followed mo
with his eyes, doubtless Understood what passing
In my mind Tor no spoke 10 me these two words
Confidence, childp My courage revived imme-
diaislY"
AZ this point Vera stopped for moment, then went
on quietly again with her story. "On raising my
eyes my gances fell upon lady Of about my own
age. whom had remarked already, because l found
that she rcsembled myself Our eyes met. II seemed
to me that she gavo me smile OF sympathy. / may
been deceived, perhaps, but shall forget
how much good the problematcai eucou agement OF
that lady did me- shall remember IL Tor years,
l believe.
.But am deviattug." she said, changing her tone
81 am afraid have bored you.
y"when my counsel spoke became confident
a0d impatient that II was perfect martyrdou. While
the jury delibsratsd readj used nv aud vei GER
tain that iree Hence It was that
received my acquittaI SO coldy."
NARROW ESCAPE.
CoRREsPoSDESr-Wnat happened when you reached
the street?
vERA-A friend stepped up TO me- He took my
arm ana led me to carriage. l cannot tell you the
OF this friend (becsuse--smiling-I only wish 10
name the dead), and he happily escaped the re.
prsas OF the Third Section. II same un-
fortunately, with Mr.. Golooucnen who undertook to
fetch hms carriage. He arrested and has already
been banisbed for II, without having been before
the Judge When was In tho carriage tho gendarmss
and Garodovoi (poIics agents. surrounded IT, aud
ielt The carriage recsds, then commence 10 turn.
have since learned they were gendarmes who wanted
tho carriage take Of their selection conduct
ing doubtlcss-G0d knows whore. ! dssimula,cd
as well as 1 could, while my comparion with his head
OF the carriage window yelled all his nigh,
Tor the gendarmes stand aside and the vehicle
pass.
SUICIDE GRANTS HER PKxEDoM.
su1doniy We heard ,ae report OF revolver OF Mr.
Sidarasky, The young nun OF twenty, who committed
suicide. Then horses started Oh al gailop. Il
Is the death Of that unfortunate boy that owe my
escape, Tor The coachman. Tearing that his horses
might be struck by the bullotsne hs would
not have stirred but Tor that--pronted by tho
distraction produced by the dstonation to apply
tho whip his horses whose brides tho cendar mes
relaxed tor moment The horses dashed away with
terrific speed tor some distance. but finally drew
up at No 10 Risky Prospect whore certain friends
awaited me- The coachman demanded ten roubies
Isl 9o Tor his services, alleging that in order TO
obige me be had lett lady BY whom he engaged
PoLICE HER
Scarcely had arrived when visitors began 10 pour
in and all thess. without exception, advised hide
myself quickly possible. Acting this advice
quilted my asylum at eight O'Clock nigni aud IL
was we'll did SO. for minutes later police officers
arrived at The house to arrest me, aud know ihey
revisited the place several times the next day I
cannot tell you how l lott and who accom-
panied me- Tor from this moment l began
my hidden iife may tell you, however. that
was in place oil perfect safety within thirty MN
utes- To know that will not help lhe Tnird Seclion
because 1 have changed my retreat hve timos since
then. was without money, but the next day lhey
brought ], 500 roubIes (sl. 1851 tho proceeds Of
subscription After being secluded thai 1rst nishti
little, would impossible for toll what,
and / sIopt I'LL about four O'Clock In the morniug
Al about eight O'Clock tho visitors ommencsd 10
rive and continued pay their respects during the
entire day
CHANGES BKR QUARTERS five TINES.
CoRREsroSDgsr--Did not your trends lear that out
OF SO many visitors some involuntary indiscrc,ion
might lead your arrestY
vEKA--For while they did not know that the pub
prosecutor had appes led against the verdict and
they did not suppose ths In ths lace OF the expires
sion Of the jury shoad DO earnestly sought ior
Bu, when they that justice longer thought
ol II became necessary to use little prudence, and
sccreted myself carefullyL e, only Ave persons knew
where was. Three Of these Ave persons you now
SEQ this with u.s.
CoRnEsroxDESr--w " hat about your mothcrf
vERA-rhc poor woman does know where I nm.
IL 10 only at long intervals have any her.
because, you Will understand, tho Third section has
placed hcr under surveillance.
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