The daily gazette., 1879-06-24
TOrturing a Lady.

FED OUT BY GRAVES-LASHED FUN
WARD TILL DEATH INTEKPOsED -
HUMAN BEINGS ROTTING PIECEMEAL
IN QUICKSILVER MINES PREMA-
TURELY OLD AND DIsFIGURED
BRIDE.
New Y ork Mercury.
-Four decidedly queer-looking individ-
uals waited for the Inman steamer City
Of Brussels to come into her dock last
Thursday. They might be briefly de-
scribed as a fat man, lean man and
very tall man, and gentleman with a
thlrty-inch long yellow beard. All wore
slouched hats, and had on Hessian boots
with spurs. As soon as the gangway
was opened they rushed aboard and sur
rounded lady who stood on the upper
deck with canvas satchel in her hand.
They had previously been gesticulati ,g
wildly to the lady. Now they each EN-
braced her in turn,
IMPRINTING A KISS UPON HER LIPS.
Before the bystanders had barely time
enough to be astonished, the whole par
ty was ashore, each member bearing
some article of the lady's baggage. They
were driven off in roOmy carriage,
drawn by two shaggy horses, and splash
ed with the mud of country roads.
A Mercury reporter found this same
vehicle in the yard of an extensive and
well-cared-for farm near Secaucus, N.
j. The estate is that of Ivan DolgOu-
rouki, the gentleman with the yellow
beard, and is known in the neighbOr-
hood as the .Russian Farm" 1t is cul-
tivated exclusively by Mr.. DOlgoirouki
and his three queer friends. In the
comfortable sitting-room of the farm
house the reporter met lady of about
thirty years, but who might from her ap-
pearance have been sixty-to judge from
her very wan and careworn face, hollow
cheeks and sunken blue eyes. Her
hair was very thin and quite white, and
her face absolutely bloodless, like that
of corpse. She spoke in German, in
low but clear voice, constantly inter
rupted by hollow cough, and the hand
with which she frequently emphasized
her remarks was large, hardened by la
Dor.
ITO commence properly then ! must
state that my name is Nadia Litvani. !
am Pole, born of Russian father and
Polish mother, at Warsaw, but educa-
tCu III IVOSSOWs Wy hClu q
government Office there. Eight years ago
he died. My mother was helpless in
valid. To support her became a gov
erness in the family Of wealthy mer-
chant Of Moscow. A strong affection
sprung up between my employers eldest
son and myself, and
WE BECAME SECRETLY BETROTHED.
In the intimacy born Of this close con-
nection learned that my betrothed was
an active Nihilist. l was Mortified at
the discovery, for had been educated to
strict and blind belief in the infallibili-
ty of the Czar. But when Ivan explain
ed the tenets Of his political creed | be.
came imbued with his own enthusiasm
and was soon as active a worker in the
cause as himself. He obtained post fol
me in the great Moscow Female Semi
nary. There propogated the Nihilist
doctrines among my pupils, and was
the head Of quite extensive party OF
proselytes.
sThe indiscretion of one of my young
converts betrayed me, and not only me
but the club of which Ivan was president.
A sweeping arrest was made, and men
and women to the number of sixty were
thrown into prison. The government
was not so merciless in its punishments
at that time as now, and we would have
escaped with simple banishment had not
a determined effort been made by oul
friends
TO RELEASE US BY FORCE.
"On the night OF Easter Monday, 1872
at eleven o'clock, we were mustered in
to the great corridor of the Moscow Jail
Men and women were mustered in sep
arate gangs. l formed one of a party o
twenty-three women, and We were il
charge of four female guards. Each o
us was given black cloak with hood
with a numbered brass plate on tn,
breast, stout shoes of undressed leather
and tin-pan and wooden spoon which
we swung to our waists. After muster
ing us by written list, each of us ha'
her hands
HANDICAPPED BEHIND HER BACK.
"The men started first and we follow
ed on into the city. Our female slave
drivers rode in a wagon behind us.
guard of Cossacks galloped up and dow
on either side of us, cracking their whip
/ loudly to warn off all crowds, which il
, spite of the lateness of the hour, line'
: the streets. wrenced my ankle betweel
two stones in the rough street and invOl
UNFAIRLY cried out. One of the Cossack
slashed me over the face with his whiI
leaving this mark, which i shall carry +
nv grave. After that l remained silen
under every distress. Some of M
/ companions had not such command owe
: themselves, though, and they suffere
punishments the mere thought Of whic
even to-day makes my blood run cold.
"After the start we marched by da
l and camped by night, always In ope
air, in the 70, est or on the outskirts {
| the villages. Oar only shelter was OF
| clothing. Our food was worm-bore
5 biscuit and condemned salt beef, whiC
] was carried in the wagon in our rea
l Water we got from the roadside puddle
e Sometimes, in passing through villag
: we would find bowles of hot cabbas
e soup, fresh bread and jars of liqul
t which the villagers had set there for u
r These would be fairly shared among u
: afterour guards had all they wante
= But, as may be imagined, the feast da!
WE'RE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
"We marched without halt to Mi
g Novgorod. The annual Fair was in pr
. gress there, and through the street
4 crowded with happy people, we We
o driven, handcuffed as at the start, lii
. sheep to the shambles. A dead silen
4 fell around us as we advanced, and pc,