The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-12
LOBENSKI.

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In . r;,,.no .ho,t o,e,e, ,T,,os fr,oo
,var.av m 't thoEa GroJ M old mam named
M%,I" III; , "'t" H.. ;n fon,;l,, | had baen
vnlin vnII otT be had haI in b;S ynmtb travelled at
his leiSure nearly all aver E,,sone and
had hscome acaua;rtnd with several
lanauages @ Rnt tbrnugb some misfor.
tnneS Le h,d becoma nnnr and when he
lived in this VILLAGE be was sunuort;np
b;mself as a teacher If French and Jta12
ian Of one of The nnbl;c schools in thc
noiob I borbood His wife had heen dead
Gov Gov nnnu nn yoors and b;s family consisted
nF , Sn, abnnt t,vo,tv.fnur VAR. nc ago
ond a doughter about twenty who we're
n rreat coe,fort to thair .red parent for
tbey were verv affectionate and dutifnl.
IIbon tbn PnIos had formed their
nlons for risinc tn assert tbcir freedom
come Of vouue Lobenski's friends were
Foremost IN the moyemcnt and they tried
m norsuado him to ioin them For n
lo,d time he was restrained from taxing
on m active nart bv thr rntreaties of his
fathnr whose maturn iudomcnt saw that
the Russian mower was too mighty for the
pnIos
"Mv son "be would saw 1--WE must for
the nresent how to the hard dispcnsation
of Providence. for, without we obtain
more foreign holm than we can reas6p-
oLIv ovnorf our rsing will onlv mako
our hondnoe tho mora severen
A. Inng1h Lowovor the sapouino feel
;na Of nntriot;sm swoyoI thr Mind of tho
vonno man, and he look leave of bis
,,oani;no fofhor and s;stnr IN ioir tbo
pnlipb ,rmv which wa. socretjv assem-
blin% G in ihicLIv.wondod fore:t about
twantv @ v, miles to tIc w s0utb of Vars Warsaw ''"
His His GOOD % sense and hrave hearin~ i'm
mnd;steIv nIacod him in an ;nnnsnt;nl
nos;t;on snpnot tho na+r;nts and hn nns
rrada a Cant,in and nn.teJ u;t, a LoJy
nf man in r thicket an tho nut. t;rts If
tbo foro.t wh;ch was naorest tn tbn road
tho+ thn Russians wora ar,nrted tn nass
au ,"s soon m as tbnv vera infpr,ned oI T % thr
movements Of tie PoIes
Thn eyeniur after he had take, II,
This nosition = body Of Russians three
times As numerous as the whole Of ,he
pnl;sh army hivonacked in a small wood
cloyo Inv one where Iobenski wos con-
cealcd, because they could travel no
farther that night, being much fatigued
with long day 5 march.
Small as was the band of Poles, they
determined on attacking them, with
brave hopes OF success. In the dead OF
the night they made turious charge on
the cncampment, and before the Rus
slams had time to arm they slew hundreds
OF them.
The inequality OF numbers was too
great. The Poles, however, fought till
morning, losing but very few OF their
number, and performing prodlgies OF
valor. But as soon as daylight appeared
the Russians surrounded the little troop
and took them prisoners.
Young Lobensk and his companions
were carried off, and lodged in castle
on the banks OF the River. Dnieper
They were here subjected to very rigor-
Gus treatment, though the place was not
adapted for the close confinement of pris-
oners, having originally been the palace
of Russian nobieman.
After remaining there about three
weeks, Lobenski and two others, VIC
/ were good swimmers, effected tneir cscane
bv jumping from YER. loftv winIdw
into the river, the ,noioht Of which was 50
great the rr,1ssisns did not conceive il
possih', that anv one would he so hold n,
r.. a+tannt to Loan from if and had NOT
/ lIarofnrd socured II
Tho tbroe hr,va fellows had Watched
+ba;r onnortrn;tv when il was trcmnnd
ouslv stormy and quite dark: and b,
th;s nrocontion the oilards heard nothin.
of tbnir movements They swan in IN,
dirontion in which tbav tHow thrrn wer,
come bnats and se;yine one of them ant
tal.;na oI. adyanta@e of the Wind which W.,
hInwing . hurricane in thoir favor thn,
sneadilT missed the Russian frontiers ant
lanJrd in flat nart Of Poland which wa
NOT NOT strictly guarded, because it's inhabit
ants had nof ioined the insurgents
Iobenski. 70 DISGUISE himself. obtained
the worn-out dress of Russian soldier
hnt wherever it was desirable he made i
known that he was Pole. In this wa,
he travelled as fast as possible toward hi
native village. being very anxious t,
know what had become of his father an,
sister,
When he arrived here he found tha
tbe village had bpen sacked by the R,,.
slams and that MANY of its ihhabitant
had been put to the sword, and other
taken captive. He made earnest inqui
, rips after his beloved relatives, and wa
, soon informed of the truth by some O