New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-16
OLGA MICROSCOPES ESCAPE.
AN EPISODE OF N;HlLlSM.

men 30 take into custody any one VINO may cohh W
that person In our language TINS - cailet
trap. Owing to the Russian habit OF arranging
everything at home and not in the cafes. as IN Lu-
rope. tho Nihliss often compelled 10 gv 10 each
Others houses and thus these traps become i"tai
In order 10 diminish the risk s1tetY sghalS arc
generally placed IN the windows, ana are tiknn
away at the first sound Of the police. Bn owEg 90
the negligence of the Sihi sts themselves, accus-
toned a. they are to danger AID 80 occupied tnatI
they sometimes have not time to eat pouthinl All
day long the sb-ence OF these sig'iais "ieh sIo
garled or atriL utrd some combination oil rifcui
stances-the difficulty, or perhap'the topogt.pmos,I
lmpossbtv of placing signals in mary apartments
in such a manner that they can be seen IRON as
lance This measure Of public security frequently;
therefore. does not answer Its purpose ana eoVu
half of all the NIhsts who have fallen INTO the
hands of the Government have been caught III the'e
very traps. O,
a precisely similar misfortune happened to olga,
and the worst of il was it in the house OF Alex
ander Kviatkovskv. one of the Terrorist leadrrs'
where the police found perfect mag zne 'i ny y a
mite bombs aud similar things, together with pi.h
of the Winter Palace, which. after the eAplosniIiu
there, led to his capital conviction. As may rcauny
he believed. the police would regard WIN ahN Ln.ns
but favora ole eyes every no came to the mousse
of such man. i'll
by wo policemen, IN order to prev mt her from ue-
fcnd ng herself She. however displayed not Tue
slightest desire to do She tegned surprise, as
Punishment and invented there and then the story
that she had come 10 see some dressmahers lwnII
had. in fact. their names on door-plate below aul
occup e the upper door Tor the purpose OF oiqelg
somei hing but had mistaken the door; that sue lt
not know what they wanted with her, ana WiSheu
% return to her husband. ETC.. the usual snbteriuRo
to which the police are accustomed TO tnrn a zeal
ear. BIT Olga PLAYED her part we'll that the
pristGr. or head of the police oi the district "d'
really inclined to believe her. lie told her that any
how If she dill not wish to be imned ately taken 10
prison. She must give her name and conduct MN ~
her own hunSe. Olga gave the hr-t name winch
came into her mind, winch naturally enough Wa
not that under hich she was residing III ,Hr CapIi
tai. INT To her place OF residence sue dec'.'eu.
with every demonstratign oi PROFOUND despair 'ue
she coud not and woul'l not. take HIM there or say
where II was The mr. sta ms sed, and, upon her
reiterated refusal observed to the poor simple tnls
that her obstinacy was not only pgcudcia 10 hei;
but even useless. a.. knowing her name ne Voulu
have no iicultv in sending some one 10 lUe
Airrssni Stol and obtaining her address S,rnfh
hv tina unan-w"r1hle argument, Ciga sal" S"'
would Ike him 10 her house.
No sooner had she lies ended into the street ac-
companed bv the p' 'sr a. som 'i y
than Olga met ir emf. Maia ne M.iria A., WHO vas
going ~ kviatknyskys. where a meeting 3l leI- /
rorsts had actually been hSei for that YER nly.
wa ~ this chan We'fin~ That the ieffOrl~N oNt
their escape from the very grave dang r. "t''n /
Threatened them for the windows of hvldlkoN' /
rooms wrr- placed thlt 20 was Impossible To see
any signals There from the street.
Naturally rnor IN th" two friends MADE no sign 10 /
Indicate that they were ncquaint'l WIN ga ., |
tirr but Madame Maria A. on seeing pl2a WIN /
The police ran 40 nll haste to- ininrm h'r irrh r. "i +
the arrest of their companion. about "hi'h theie /
Ihe rrst to Ice warned wac Nicholas M'rosof. "a /
the police i'm a short time would mn l"nHtrnh sn Fl" /
his hIu.e and make the cnslrn.r srltn. 'ti
f.it certain tnat this va. rirt '"N Whtt hrf lI'n
would do aud Therefore her sole n'rri now was I'D /
delay her cusiolilns go ns go give VI fi'.nU ih' l'
rfnnrr hs r1lns that IS tu 9av. destroy or take /
,,a. rauars ani every thing COMPROMISING. ant CO. /
sut away himself II was ils that 9li" was n1tifu'
nluut fui ho hll been accused ht llr llal"l 1000.
.Y,nr,t,t with the Moscow attempt. anal Dos the /
lius.itn law wns liable tle penalty ni dentl .
Greatly embroidered nv this lr,i. m"otWg WIN /
hDr nlnul OLA Wt'nni 'nflu' % W. ''''''''i
tho police Geo Ir maiuvet, lulh "10 "l thn 'lH'-
t,'s 81 tI" town wta' ,n'r ,, ,,tw d d1g ,
luuuu tho aiIrrt aud tlr huuhr Indicated ~ th'nt
tir, rhttrnl ani summoned tho Ni".Hh W"'i
trrpril Whn has to ha rtn-rni Hi r'riN a'Hi'
made lh.n tamn the hrN table etpltualith- the /
dYHit saul that hr lll uu hnuW ihr Lazy hh lhNi
,,. dIi nn. l.u4r ia thai house. Upon hrauug tlii +
st.trpert Ola ,overed her face with her huuI..
and AGAIN gave way t. despair Nhe 1ohh.u-Y hd-
mittrd that she had deceived them flom fear OF her
husband, who was very harsh, that she had not /
given her real name AMI address, ANA wound up by
begging them 10 let her 20 home.
" hats the Use OF all this milamT exclaimed
the prstfr Don you see That lou ape doing your-
self harm by these tricksf III forgive You THIS +
time, because OF your lncxpcrience hut take care
Inn.e or otherwise Won will repent IT," After much
hesitation Olga resolved to obey the in functions OF
tbe 0risar she gave her name, and sad she lived
in one of the lines OF the Nasiil OstrpV.
1t took an hour 10 reach the place. AT last they
arrived at tie house Indicated Here precisely the
same scene with tie drOrnik was repeated. Then
tne prsiar LOST all patience, and wanted To take hcr
away % prison at once. without making search III
her hou,e Reagn Ger the i n ~, n 1-cbnr
and had violent attack of Mysteries. hey fetched
some water and sprlnked her face with It 10 revive
her When she Lad som " hat recovered the Pr"'ar
ordered her to rise and 20 al once 10 the prison ot
the district Her hysterical attack recommended.
But the pristrr would stand no more nonsense, ana /
told her TO get up or otherwise he would nave nor
taken away in a cab ~ main force.
The despair Of the poor lady was now az MS /
iyht " isten - she eycla med " VIII tell Nun /
everything now" And she began the story OF her .
lie and marriage. She was The daughter Of rustic
and she named the province and tue village, IPl /
,he age of sixteen she remained VITA her iajher ana
looked after the sheep. But one day an engineer, /
her future husband. who was al work upon 1ianc4 /
line of railway. came 10 stop IN the house lie ell
I'm love with her took her 20 town. placed her with /
his aunt, aud had teachers 10 educate her, rs she
WAS ilitrratc and knew nothing Then he married /
her and they lived very happily together Tor lour /
wears: but hc had since become dscontented, rougn /
irritable and she feared that lie loved her no /
longer: but she loved him q, much as ever, as she
owed everything to him. and could not be ungr"tr-
full Then she said that he would be dreldlully /
angry with her, and would perhaps drive her away /
If she went 10 the house ih charge OF thr ponce /
that ID would be a scandal; that he would think she
had stolen something; and 50 on. All this AMI /
much more of the same KIND. with endless details /
aud r,petitions did Olga narrate; Interruptng her
story from time To time by s.ghs. exc .anatlons aud
Tears She wept IA very TRUTH. ami her tears icll /
copIously. rs she assured me when she laughingy /
described this scene to me afterward. thought ~ .
he tune that she would have made very good /
actress.
He was ycxei az thc idea of returning with empty /
hands and hc hoped this time M all events her story
WOud lead to something. Then, too. ne lad not /
the slightest suspicion, and would nave taken us /
oath that the woman he had arrested vas poor |
simple creature who bad fallen into ms hands with
out having done anything whatever. ~ so ire |
uucutly happens ~ Russia. where houses are /
sctrche on the slightest suspicion. When Olga bad
tin she'd her story the pfisGr began to console her.
he said that her husband would certainly pardon |
hcr hen be- heard her explanation; that the same
thing might happen 20 any one; and 30 on. Olaa /
resisted for While and asked the prisidr 10 prOmis
that ho would assure her husband she hld dnne /
nothing wrong; ana more To the same effect Ihr /
piisf1r promised everything. ~ order tO bring inc /
matter 90 IN onl. and this time Olga proceeded /
toward her zeal residence. She had gained three |
hnuis ANA half iof hci arfeg; took plaDcutah1nt
O'Clock and sire dd not fslrh beer own home until /
about half rasf % ~lr tal uu iouht that MORRISON /