, 1879-01-15

crntiC HnTetntncHt 6cllnOlA In 1t. Petersburg,
who lived In splendid aud ,nasn[Ilctstty. fur.
freQncntcll l'y htEhly-parct pcrsonngee, ,-ot tic
Innle Aex exclusively, atil III the morning ONLY.
She was trc.f for forgcry With MI acc0mpc4
mined 1}ug,lnnof. 1}ail To the amount Of G0,tU0
rublca was accepted, ~ that tho curIou, were
aue, during three successive mornings, tn ecu
the interesting rrIsoner drive MP to the court In
one Of the ncntcse of carrasce. drawn by couple
General ia fni uliliorm opened liz tioor Of l'er
Vehicle when she arrived. hclrctt her ont, gave
her bis arm, and led her into ro,trt, wllrrc tho
prisoner tt'ok her sent OH tho i1art wootlen
weil-stuircti cushions, covered WITH tiick satin,
Of her dEaw!n@-sslJtn furniture tr carriage, Dy
her s!sic tat her at1a,mpltrc III crime. \ siort,
hlacS' axraExy, ugly, Notwithstanding crcu.
showed as little to his advantage, as his body
Old. 1Io was simply her cas's-paw, and was
forced by 1er to forge tho bills for which, She
hntl demanded payment. The personal appear
ss @ INC e sas sssns. st 'SSss Ssss, eFf IL haa %
none. 4 head somewhat too larQe fur a body
Of avrrage hight; prominent oycs Of green
islrb!,!c coor; "turu.up" ,I9sc.-not "tip-
pcinient in,6u cilis,. The forehead, howsvef,
wns lltgal, broad, and intellectual. The defects
Of lIer outward appearances were all fOrQotten-
50 every witness snowcd-tn tho Charm Of her
manner, her conversational powers 'ler Wit, md
her remarkable proficiency IN tho art Of attery.
She was we'll read, m admirable pcrfur1ncr %
the ptauo, anil a good lIngnIst.
The htDrf Ut the intrfestfnE widow-fn so far.
At any rate. rs her appearance as prisoner at
month vi Felrunry, 1915, sl,p was At an oYcning
purity at tic llousu of Mi. rolevny, nun welt
known In f!ussian l!ternry elrcics. she lad
nude Pocvoy's acquaintance through l.a chill
dreh's Goyernesa {Sf,o wnt un Old school co1n-
panton ot iIcrsl whom size occasionally visited.
Nu1Nly could have heipgtl tetn1 fn7orably tnl-
Prrssc! BY tady win, while ablu to drive about
70 her own carrlagc, could still find time to cu-
tiYa!o thu friendship OF poor goVerncss. Such
qualities arc rare .aMorg the Ecnt!er sex, WHO
frequently suffer from deficiency OF memory
when called upon to recognize pttor friends or
needy relatives. At poicsoy's party the prlson-
were charmed with her manner anil tho
wiist. She was partIs!,lariy n'niablo
viii. the second brother II snsu mani, anu,
her. When thGY Ind reached her house she
ordered her carrtaGc 10 drive lastouehof home,
anl. thanking l!l,n for Ills aln1ubility. expressed
lupe tint he would soun pay her visit.
cd an acquaintance Which ended III his falling
III love With the chartnIng widow, \ year aud
bali after Ills first Introduction be ceased to
frequent hcr house: wns taken III next Winter,
sixteen months hcforc bis i. nth hc confessed
10 hla elder brother that hu lad lost 10000
rub!es q. G., E20,oo0) to Mrs. Artcmovsky at
cards; tt1at he Ind paid her In full; nnd thAt
now he was extremely 4nx!ons to orca}t 0H tho
acquaintance, but tint she gave hias no .peacc,
Ani continually kept scnin1 him INVITATIONS tn
her l,oI,sc. Tho elder brother advised im 10
nay IN notice to hrr es,treatirs, aud hts good
deccusesl, hnwcvcr, tho prisoner did all In her
power to proruro All interview with him, but
lullud.
Il few weeks after Nicholas Pastouchot's
funeral, Mrs. Ar,cn'oysky wrote to the youugcs
brother, requesting blu, to Gull on her, Us sha
desired tu speak to him OIL business. Wien he
saw her slo informed him ttat she hal three
bills III her osdcsalon, which she Ind obtained
from tle decreased for money liz had Gorrnwcd
nf her. lhu sum total cana to 53,0S0 rubles.
1}estdes being struck by tllc fnet that Ills broth
cr, who t,ad lett fortune Ut ElN},UD, sh0nd
nate bofrn"ed money from q comparative
stranger. thc youngest Pastouc!lof, on uxa,ntn-
lnR the stenalurea 10 tho b1lls.-of which thcro
wcre thscc,-discoverel that thcy i'ora no re-
Aem' iuIee to tho handwriting Of tho deceased.
The ,no.. day tho bills were taken away from,
her by ordcf OF tho rrornratos Fiscal, examined
forger.cs. When qnestIoned az to how,
and from wlluln, Ello lad procured tho
bills, abs was tnsauttou. enough to declare that
thev wcru given to her tlIrcct,y by tho drgcascd
himself. 'rnc question, thsroiofe. turned upon
whctlier sllu or tlle Into pas.o,lehof hAa com
mItseh furgGry-sllc By Initiating what Bl,e con
s1dcrcI hts handwriting, lsn by making lso Of
signature differing sigiulIy from rs own. It
wus proved by witnesses Oil both sides, tnslud-
lug tho prisoner herself, that the deceased WAS
incapable OF doing anything of the kind. OF d
nature modest, reltrinc, md shy, viii, consl-
eraoe3mo1nt Of 'elf,esteeln, he was Ideally
nlnlOst'p1tanfttullt-h t-hohcst aul truthful. Lis
word 1!yct,. lc liked keeping 1t, ros only In thu
spirit, but to tho lettcr. Que Of ttlose unfortu-
nate men no scc1n doomed to dsappolnt,ncnts
anil tlisun:lantnIcnts during thv whole OF their
short earthly curccr, he yet hatl aucll stroug
fAlth Ii, tlae guotlncss OF human nature that
lIe remained benevolent aud couliIlng tu
tho end. Ills large incumo OF ElU,0 900
year hi, considered Positively BURDEN
some, md ;speut l!tto nore ta',! .
| tenth ot II On himself. The generosity Ut hs
nIlutu was cvinrcu liz ilis refusing to prosecute
his scerntusy-on thy ground that the man WA
lMarrlcd md had chlldrcn--wl,o had robbed him
VI i,cGo, after having, tsw weeks previously,
received prcscnt Vi 1...tO0 from tho very sanlu
| pastuueflOt to buy tnnsr with. Tbs malta
base tnvrutlt.no WA 4 aeup blow to opastonul,ol'a
gentlo and eontltng soul. -.
j}y woman, however, whom be hat ALWAYS
idealIzsi, III MAS destined I" bc still more erucl
| II Lecclytd. Etr always Iearcd lc1t Ills furtutle,
aud NOT himself. might be ths oblGet u atiruc-
tiou In wot1lun's cyos.-wElls. IN Mrs. Artc1noy-
sky, who was rlch herself, WHO sccmpA to need
no onu's money. uHu who showgd tllat sae was
not Indifferent to HIN, Ao thought he hui met
| with tho listntercsicu CREATURE llu hal ~ loug
| aought for. He was soon painfully uMttoeutycd,
| nn.l tue blow proved too struus f1r hfs impress
| slUnnhlo aud srerettvc nature. Whether a man
llko thai could hnyc rou,mttc,l iorgcsy wua
| tho question the jury ha1 to a:rctIls. Ii they
considered hlsn incapable Ut such csinne, tho
guilt felt up0n tho nrlsuIler uni her plIee
Several testimonials, une from Senator, aotlcs
trotn a screens hcItess,-nrltlrr of whom ap'
peure4 In cuuri,-as ii her uncxcupturabie
character, wcro rea'l iu cours, but u,ij sefyci,
1t must 6o confessed, to prejudice the Jury
ngninst her rathur than fur llor. Tho evidence
ot thu Senator, q Man naulGa Turnnu, was anus.
luz und Irrelevant III the extreme lii cub&essct]
lle knew n0tl.!ng ut tho bills tu qurstun, but
cut,sdcrcd that lilo wllo!e case had been raised
by tac prosecution simply for tho purpose OF
putting several 'hi.h!y-ptucc1 pcssola3es " Ia
| the w!tnesa.box. In spite 0f such doughty de-
fcndcrs, however, the ladj md Lrr arrt'nplIcc
wero fou,lA GULLY, and sentenced tu bo deprived
VI the.r rights ~ elttzes, To ayu tLcir property
cantiecatctl, and ~ four ycars residence III
Siberia, Anoug tho wt1lrsses for tllu prusectl'
cution WAS MN ot ~, wlio had signed billl
to tho extent Ut 1,UOu,000 rutlrs, and
whose prupctty, bcm1 valued at ~
rublcs, FETCHED Q rublcs wntn sola 81
auction. Ths trial was also rvtuarkablc frol