The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-28
FOUR PINS.
GRASS, BUT PREcloUsAs GOLD.
Count OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Account OF
Eastern Dungeon Life-HoW ny
rants Treat Men--DArknesE
and GlOum--A Brooch.

There is, or was until lately (in lS7D
Polish lady, the countess of X, living
in the city of Paris. She wears very
singular brooch. II is encircled by
twenty precious stones, on a ground Of
dark blue enamel, covered in the centre
by glass, And what does this brooch
contain? A portrait of lock OF hair?
No, only four common pins, bent to-
gether in the form Of star. And she
wears this n.memory Of her husband,
POLISH uubienau VINO was put into
prison because he was thought to be
secret euomy TO the government. 10
waa dark, deep dungeon far
down under the ground. He hadnO one
to speak to, for no one was allowed TO
see him but the keeper OF the prison, and
he Of course WAS not permitted TO CON
verse with his prisoner, Days, weeks,
months passed ON, and he was still left
in his dungeon. He was most miSera-
bic and feared that he should lose his
senses, for his reason seemed to be Civ
ing WAY. On! if he had only some
hope some one thing TO relieve his mis-
cry. Feeling all over his coat one day
he found -four pins and he actually wept
him? lie took them from his
coat and throw them down on The
floor Of his dungeon, and thon
he went down on his hands and
lSn, Cs aud felt all over the floor till no
found them again. When he had sue
Ceeded IN this nc scattered them again
on the floor, and could you have gone
into his dungeon you would have found
him cropping on his hdHds and knees for
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imprisonment, he was set free, they
ztill found HIM cropping in the dark for
his four pms. IL was all his work. Nor
could he leave his prison without taking
his pins with him. Ihey were his best
friends, because they had given him
something TO do IN his solitude and CON
fiuement, and his countess had them
made into brooch which she valued
more than gold They had preserved
her husbands reason,
The following is one of the most af
fecting records in existence. Ii is from
Count GUntalOuleri's account of his i'm
prisonmout in the fortress of Spielberg
above the town Of Brunu, In Moravia,
for political oupnse, i'm the reign ufthe
Emperor Francis, Of Austria, who died
in 1885. lie was 0u Italian and had con
spired TO dispOssesS the Austriaus az
Milan; al pm au old man now, tut by
B
my body! Fifteen years ! existed flor j
did not live, it was not liIe,) In the self
same dungeon, ten feet square. During
six years / had companions; during
nine | was alone! never rightly
distinguished tho face of him
who shared my captivity i'm the
eternal twilight oi our cell. The first
year we talked necessarily together.
We related our past lives, our JOYS for
NJ cad. D..
next year Wu communicated TO each
other our thoughts and ideas on all sub
iects. The thlrd year we had no ideas 10
communicate were beginning Co
lose the power OF reflection. The fourth,
at the interval of month or so, we
would OPP our lips to ask each other il
10 were indeed possible that the world
went ON as gay and busumg Us when
We formed portion of man
kind. NTH, we were
silent. The sixth, ne was taken
away-I never know vhoro-tO execu-
ton, to libCrty-hut WIS clad no was
gone; even solitude were better than
that dim, vacant face. After that l was
alone. Only one event broke in upon
my nine years misery. One day--it
must have been year or two after my
companion left mc-the dungeon door
was opeued aud voice, from whom
proceeding | know not, uttered these
words: "Ny order of his Imperial
Majesty, | intimate o. You that your
wife died year aEo.' Then the door
shut and heard no more. They had
but flung this great agony i'm upon me,
ana left me alone with it.
The companion for six years with
Count Gnutlunpiri was 70 FrenChWap.
Count AndrYJuc, who has since pub
lishcl some memoirs OF his own life. He
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