The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-16

:h,y Lll p2sseI \ skillfully coatrived
l..th II the mound, which'was completely
aan'eaiel from view by bushes AMI trees, lei
o. 4 spacious nom or cave " 'ch CUnmuni-
catei with other AMI smaller apartp'entS \
hrge Tii y h-S turnei brightly in the
cc.t.r, an Ill arpunt were rilnS Of CONiS.
nrnain~ nts ari provisions, Will guns,
svynis, .t4 go agsl axes hung against the
val, Into thu + Ia y Evsh,nia was dragged
S,ycral ulsl ot the gang bound her hands ard
fe,.:. Tn. n tn ru'tarS sat down arOund tho
tire AMI began ta talk over their a.
,a.urS, s,aSn',ilt- their stories with copi,,ls
irslnGhts from alarrel II vodka The laugh
10y lse'ui, hn;>ts-luS AMI tho talk mNre >ln-
-,J,.;arv anl f,r,'r - th.y r,r,ouut,sl thlr
h,nAiy tkt,S
Sttltnly 4 lsnulilr signal was hrsrl OUT
ssd,. asl n. started. Tho signal was ~
fSat,i. AMI rll.rs >franS 20 their arms.
Tie watnh"rs lal ,s,n rich caravan ap
preaching Thu rott"r> rushed out, sScni-
n..ly fnr-s ttns their raptivA
Anout itse minutes after their departure
EyEh' mia hcani gentle voice and saw an Old
man looking kindly at her
Il, liz" yo,i, AM a captive here, h. Sil}
They cartnn@l mo IS was travelling THROUGH
the forest With some mcrchanli,e. AMI wrrn
going o. murder me. lnt as begged harl for
my life they changed their mln,ls and de
yidNi To- max. ira their va, yhuau nut IN
try t. 10 wh,t,'vrr fau for vnn ami help
you Ia escape. Hen. take thi, hnlfe AMI cut
The rnIs> tina, hind YOU The oN man
kicked toward her II knife which, with mach
rttnrt SIN managed Ia get hnll vi ami cut the
cords
: Run for yuur HE, Ma,uShka, litt!,' mother"
the Old man lmplored. 1io not stop; here
death is certain Run wherever You can, AMI
a. far rs N"u can N,fi may VI, e~''at.', ant
ii ,ou g.t To a place Of safety pray Tor my
soul, for thyso rut'pr, may YET KIN mo before
long"
Eyghtni mad h,r way ont Is we'll n she
coull ami ran. Every mnutt she would
stumble over II los or stump, AMI nov thorns
would tear her clothing and scratch her face
ami badly. Weary AMI fontSorr AMI bleeding
She kept on ami on Then She hrarl faint
sounds i'll the distance ard III" having 1T
hloolhounds Nearer and nearer came the
sounds.
NJ last she came W with moujnk who was
driving rartoal Of hay. Sin told him her
story and Legged him Ia takr her along. The
moujik look Il grave II the robbers found
her with him they wulll surely MI him, he
said They were the terror Of all TINT part Of
the county However" h. adl~t, Il can
not L. ~ Nou thus, Ill take thu risk, Then,
hastily di,mountins h. threw DOWN a mum
ter of bale, Of hay AMI told her Ia get IN ami
IL down She did 50 and then the moujk
piled up the other bundles over her and, after
tying them down, hc again mounted his sat,
lighted pipe, AMI drove along as though
nothing hal happened In ahout an hour ho
was oy,rtakcn by half "a dozen rough lookin,s
men, who ordered him Ia halt. lie rccog
ni2.sl them aS robbers and Immediately rrincd
in his horses.
Where is that woman Who passed along
hcrr.' asked one Of the men
God he with you,' replied the nniujik,
fcigning intense aStonishmcnt, this is NJ
place for women You will not tint any wo-
nen within twenty versts.'
"Stop up your throat cried the first
speaker; 'you have got her in that hny AMI
We arc going to search"
The moujik thought that his lust hour hIl
come, but did not lose his presence Of mind.
III you are going 10 throw this hay all over
the ROAD you will please help mo to load it up
again and not let poor man do all the work
himself" he said
Even the robbers smiled at the request n,
they began pulling down tho hay Bundle
after bundle was thrown down, III" moulik
calmly pcrchcd on his seat AMI rrmarking Ind
! not tell you that there Is NJ woman here"
One large bundle covered Eyghcnil, and the
robbers became impatient and called out to
the driver Here littln father. l,rt down
and pu, back your hay, "" La'" no timn,'
and they hurried away
The nouJik put back tho hay mil drove ON.
he drove slowly 81 as not f. reach his village
before nigh,fnll for be- dll not want any one
TO know that h. hal brought IN a fugitive
from the robbers. H. entered his cottage
first and warned hi, family not TO toll amy
one If tho young lady's arrival for II" was
afraid If tho rryonC" - the rur,inr When
all was prepared h. + / Eyghcna in, and the
good housewife soon prepared her comfort
nll" supper
The arrangements for taking her home we're
sopn completed In dine time they arrived at
Evghonia's nntlye village and drove up to the
Soknov mansion They entered with some
wares, ami after half mn hour Ne moujik
uumr uut alone After calling at several
.'Lrr house, H.. continued IN his travels
Two months passed but NJ one in the vii
htgn had heard If ErShenas return Soy.
cral stranger called ent nndr many IN
quiries about III" bayar and hi family, and
then Ma HDroy was seen driving up to The
hou>" We vac ushpred m by Sukolo, and
his Wl.c, Shp nsk II him for ness, from their
daughter
ooh sh" III good hpol'H ard ."ilIs her
love a. lou, be- replied. with feeling Of H..
! lief, for ie i,,d concluded that she hal died
! and that they knew nothing about her. lie
added that she wpull have come on too, but
thought the journey too long
He then proceeded 10 make hllr-'li at
home, ami, after some time. n knox vas
/ heard at the door, AMI several grndsrinc,
walked in and seized she robirr chief He
made desperate resistance, but wa -pDn
ovcrlowcrei and then E,ghenia was h,i IN
/ Then the dragged him out AMI pu, him to
death T. "a afterwartl found that al
though l., ,n.4d ataman was never a nmjor
yet h. ha l-lpnge1 10 good family and
hal been lieutenant in the Caucasus. Ilo
was however, a gambler nn1 negligent IN
/ duty. For some gross violation Of army
/ rule. he hal been dcgrni To- the ranks in
; The very company wi"r" he commando
/ Ne then d.znrtei and jpin''l band Of robl~rs
AMI after killing the n'lrhan was elected
his srrccssDr. As for u noujik who brought
Eyghcnia home, h. W3t7 presented with u
large farm. and the Old Waterman in the