Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-20

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bloody deeds
Suddenly peculiar signal was heard out
side. and ali started The signal was re-
psated, and robbers sprang to their arms
The watchers had seen rich caravan ap-
preaching. The robbers rushed ont, SEEM
ingly forgetting their captive.
About five minutes after their departure
Eyghenia heard gentle voice and saw an old
man looking kindly at her.
i. ike YOU. am a captive here, he said
They captured me as was travelling through
the forest with some merchandise, and were
going 10 murder me, but as l begged hard Tor
IN. life they changed their minds and de-
ci.led 10 make me their Waterman Blu, III
try 10 DO whatever 1 can for you and help
YOU to escape Here, take this knife, and cut
the ropes that bind you The old man
kicked toward her knife which. with much
effort. she managed TO get hold of and cut the
cords
Run for your life. Matushka, little mother,
the oil man implored; do not stop; here
death Is certain. Run wherever you can, and
az far a. YOU can You may yet escape, and
Il YOU get to place of safety pray for my
soul for these robbers may yet kill ME before
long
Evghenia made her way out as well as she
couli and ran. Every minute she would
stumble over log or stump, and now thorns
yoald tear her clothing and scratch her FACE
and body Weary and footsore and bleeding
she kept on and on Then she heard faint
sounds in the distance and the baying OF
bloodhounds. Nearer and nearer came the
sounds
AT last she came up with moujik who was
driving a CARLOAD Of hay. She told him her
story and begged him to take her along. The
moujik looked grave II the robbers found
her with him they would surely XII him, be
said They were the terror of all that part OF
the county However, he added, Il can
not leave You thus; I'll take the risk Then,
hastily dismounting. he threw down a num-
Der of bales of hay and told her to get In and
lie down She did 80 and then the moujik
,,ilsl up the other bundles over her and, after
.,ing them down, he again mounted his seat,
lighted pipe, and drove along as though
nothing hal happened In about an hour he
was overtaken by half dozen rough-looking
men. who ordered him to halt. He recog-
aizesi them as robbers and Immediately refined
n his horssS.
Where Is that woman who passed along
lcse.- asked one Of the men.
God he with you,T replied the moujik,
5i,n.ng intense astonishment; this Is no
J.. 81 for women. You viii not find any wo-
men within twenty versts'
e.'.1;, up your throat cried the first
., ....s..: - 81 have got her in that hay and
,.a ,.re going 10 s'arvh.
Ihc uDujik thought that his last hour had
-o;ac. but ,ii. not isse his presence Of mind.
-. yo1 are going 20 throw this hay ali over
"a road YOU viii please help me to load il up
again and not lei a poor man do all the work
himself, he Saii.
Even liz robbers siuilcd at the request as
they began pulling do'sn the hay. Bundle
after bundle was thrown down, the mouJk
,almly ,erched on his sat and r,marking Did
| not tell YOU that there Is no woman nereT
One large bundle co.ered Evghenia, and the
robbers became impatient, and called out to
the driver: Here. little father, get down
and put back your hay, we have no time,
and tliey bu.Iisd away.
TIE moajis put back the hay and drove on.
lie drove siosiy 80 n not 10 reach his village
before uichifall. FOR he did not want any one
10 know that he had brought in a fugitive
from the robbers. He entered his cottage
dcs: anl warned his family not 20 tell any
oac Of the Young lady's arrival, for he was
afraid II the revenge OF the robbers When
all wa. prepared he led Evghenia IN and the
GOOD housewife soon prepared her comfort
able supper.
TiIe arss.n. ,,Tn,lIfs FOR taking her home were
SOM ,-,f,..s5ts4i. in due time they arrived at
=. eil-iiia, native village and drove up TO the
.;,soioy mansion. They entered with some
wares. and .sser half an hour the mouJik
come "a. alone. After calling at several
o;h,r hoi,-ts h confiIatd on his travels.
Two months passed but no one in the vii
IA e hat heard Of ~ Shen.a's return. Sew
rral Strangers called and made many in
quiri.-, aioa; the hayar and his family, and
l.-n Mai. Noroy WAS seen driving up To the
hol,s... lie was ushered in by Sokolov and
hi, wife. who asked him for news from their
daughter.
oh, she Is in good health and sends her
.oye to YOU" he replied, with a feeling Of re-
Lief. fox he had concluded that she had died
AMI that they knew nothing about her. He
added that she would have come on, too, but
thought the journey too long.
He then proceeded To make himself al
home. and. after some time, a knock Wa
heard at the door. and several gendarines
walked in and seized the robber chief. HI
made desperate resistance, but was soon
oyeiJoy.ered, and then Evghenia was led in
Then they dragged him out and put him tc
death IL was aftsrwaTyi found that al
though the dead ataInan was never a ma oI
vet he hal belonged 10 good family and
had been Il lieutenant in the Caucasus III,
was. hoSever. a gambler and negligent in
du.r. For some gross violation of army
rules he had hen degraded To the ranks IN
the very coHIa1y where he commanded
He then deserted anil Joined a band Of robbers
and after killing the atanian was electes
his successor. As for the mouiik who brought
Evghenia home he was presented with q
large farm. anI the old watchman in ths
robbers den. b., too, was rescued, and
became a Waterman in the Sokolov mansion
Adapted from New York Times.