Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-10-20


the road to her husband, and that the
maid had refused to leave. the spot
whore she was buried. He brought a
letter that he said was written BY tho
doctor who had attended, her, and one
from the priest who had buried her.
These tho Prince locked up in his desk.
Then he gave himself up again to riot
Gus drinking.
meanwhile the old butler, fearing
that something was wrong, secretly
sent word to Boris that his wife had left
the castle, and that rioting and disorder
reigned there. A fortnight later an
officer arrived and some soldiers. He
came, he said, to make inquiries re-
specting the death Of the Princess Var
vara.
when the Prince was informed that
an Imperial officer and body of
soldiers were in the castle, he put on
his Generals uniform, and taking his
long, ugly whip in his hand, went to
meet them.
"'How dare YOU come hereP he
roared. You shall be logged, and so
shall the Governor who sent you, If he
dares to show his face hereW
Compose yourself, Prince, said the
Il HuNG uu CSCOGt vi
and come not from the Governor but
from the Tar himself, to make in
quiries into the disappearance and re-
ported death of the Princess Varvara.'
son hearing this the old man began
to trembe visibly. In a moment more
he roared with rage, and foamed at the
mouth. Soon a reaction came. and he
cried: '0h, / am lost! l am lostp
HE then tried to bribe the officer,
but not succeeding, he rushed to his
own room.
1.-The officer sought him there and in
sisted upon some more definite in
formation with regard to the Princess
reported death; but the old man acted
like maniac. The officer was obliged
to defer the examination, and return to
the inn, leaving his dragons to guard
| the castle. tyl
1.-The Prince, finding himself a
prisoner in his own palace, began to
rage once more, and in his wanderings
through the castle he passed through
the picture gallery. There his eyes fell
on the portrait of the Princess Varvara,
dressed rs when he first saw her, on the
evening of her arrival in the palace.
He started back, looked again at the
| picture, and imagining that the lady in
it shook her head at him, stared like
one who had seen ghost. Then he
gasped out: 20 GodH and fell senseless
to the floor. 4-3 -NS
/ "When he had recovered his con
sciousness, he ordered n servant to GOV
or the face with black paint. Then fall
ing again into an unconscious state, hi
was carried TO his bed. Once only h,
essayed to speak again.
els that face blackenedp' he asked
"' 1t Isl replied the doctor. Thei
the Prince turned in his bed, gasped on
something unintelligible and died. Blu
oh, he was u great and awful man!
"Next day the Imperial officer, at tn
suggestion of the old butler, searche,
the palace, and to his horror found tn
lovely Princess lying dead on the dam
floor of the underground prison.
"She had not been sent to join he
husband Mt all. but had been impris
oned in this dungeon and left there
die. F-A,tS . A't -4oii
1.-The body was put,into glass cas-
and sent to her disconsolate husband
Prince Boris was heart-broken. II
soon sold his fathers estates, set tn
serfs at liberty, and retired for life int
the st. Serjius monastery.
Now all are dead and gone; | al
the only one left behind" sighed til
, old man. "and ever since, silence an
desolation have fallen ON the castle an
on the hill. @
The old guide was silent He saw
! the tiendish Prince Alexis only "a gre;
, and awful man" 1 saw in him wretc
made insane by his own indulgence
I From childhood he knew no restraint
i Whatever he wished to do he did, 4
matter how unjust, how selfish, ho
vile, how cruel.
He is simply another illustration
what absolute, unrestrained power mf
possibly develop in most men-and
what it certainly does develop in me
of low tastes and brutal instincts-A.
LenoUens, in Youths CJnipanton,