West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-02

thereby incurred of attracting the motto.
of the police or their spies.
Now that both are gone there is no
reason why IL should not be known that
in the house of FraniOlis was made tho
dynamite destined TO blow up the mine
on March Is, 1880, and that Andre and
his wife supcrintcn led the making Of
the bombs which were used with such
fatal effect ON the Katarina Canal.
DcmcnicO Gucrrazzi. an Italian
writer, describes a battle between Cor
sican patriots and French force much
superior i'm numbers, i'm which the
wounded Corsicaus formed with their
bleeding bodies barrcadn TO protect
their comrades from the bullets OF the
foe and enable the survivors TO continue
the struggle. No less heroic was the
conduct of the two Franjolis He hard
~ able TO move from his bed, the house
full of deadly explosives, not knowing
what day might bring FORTH liable ut
any moment to II visit from the police,
and neither able to escape himself nor
destroy the damning Evidence which
would have insured his death on the
scallold. She watching over her hus-
band day after day. hardly ever daring
10 FfiltNit from MS Nltl's l0lfiliL tNtn
i'm the watches of the night for the foot.
fall OF the enemy and the summons to
admit the cmiSsarcs of the Gar; living
in instant cNpc tation of death, for both
carried poison. and were iirmy resolved.
if the summons should come to dio
rather than be taken.
But great as was their love for each
other, their devotion to that which they
believed to be their duty was even great
CT. Eugene, with the full consent of
her husband, placed herself unreservcd-
ly at the disposal of the Executive Com
mittcc, and offered TO go whithcrsocver
her services might be most useful to
the cause. But none had the heart TO
require from them so terrible II sacri-
flee, and they remained together to the
last.
After the death of Alexander II. they
left 81. Pe;crsburgh which had become
more dangerous than ever for the
south of Russia, and from that time
forth, owing to Andrc's increasing
weakness, they were unable TO take any
further part in the revolutionary move
ment. Early in the present year it
was deemed cNpcdicnt fOrthcm to leave
Russia, and in May last they arrived in
Geneva. where they received n warm
welcome from many old and faithful
friends. But death was written in An
dre's face, and none who saw him could
doubt that the end was near. Eugene
never left his side; her devotion was
heroic. and The calmnes5 of her manner
and the serenity of her spirit surprised
all who were admitted to her intimacy.
We knew aftcrward that il was the Sc
rCnity OF iircvocablc resolve, resolve
neither in life nor i'm death TO be scpa-
rated from him she loved.
At nine O'Clock on the morning of
August Z, Andre, after cruel suilerings,
closed his eyes forever. s" 1t is fin
ished, said Eugene, turning to friend
who was with her; "his troubles are
over. / am content Then she ar
ranged the chamber carefully, as if she
expected solemn visit, and dismissed
her friend with the remark that, after
SO many slccplcss nights, she felt the
need of rest. When left to herself she
sat down and wrote n letter of farewell
to her friends This done, she sat
down ON the bed where lay the corpse,
swallowed a large dose that she had
brought with her from Russia, and,
lying down, drew over herself the
same cloth with which she had yelled
the face of her dead husband An hour
later, when member of the household
in which they had dwelt entered the
chamber of death, Eugene though UNI
conscious, still lived, but it was impos-
sible to save her, and at three o'clock
i'm the afternoon she brcathcd her last.
Husband and wife were laid side by
side i'm the communal cemetery, and
followed To- the grave by many mourn
ers who knew the touching story of
their lives.
In the Franjolis the party has lost
two of its most devoted members
but their deaths will not have been in
vain, and their friends will never for
get them. "Thcy were noble repre-
scntativcs,' said one of their most in
innate friends in his funeral grafton.
." OF the Noradnaio VOLTA party. Let us
think OF them rs often rs possible; let
the recollection of their hcrosm and
devotion encourage and strengthen Is.
TO those who are not of us their lives
and their deaths VIII not only show
how Nihilists love one another, but how
they love their cause GCHcrG COR, IN
LOHdOR DuUy NciUs.