Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-15
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lated L1nsgsiioty Unto fsHssiam.
The foilowirg from the November
Century is ona Of the most touching
stories that Mr.. Kennsn has vet told Of
the tate OF Siberian exiles: ITO me per-
haps the most attractive and sympathetic
of the Tomsk exiler was tho Russian
author, Felix VolkhufEti, who ives BAN
ished to Siberia for life in 1878, upon the
charge Of belonging 10 . society thst in
tends, at g more or less remote time in
the future, to overthrow the existing form
of government. He IVES sbout 80 years
OF age at the time I made his acquaint-
ance, and was man OF cultivated mind,
warm heart and high aspirations. He
knew English we'll, was familiar with
American history and literature, and had,
believe, translated into Russian many
Of the poems Of liongfeliow.
He spoke to me with great I'D
miration, I remember, Of Long
fellows arsenal o. Springfield and
recssed Il to me aloud. He YVES one ofIhe
most winning and lovable men that il
has ever been my good fortune to know;
but his lie has been terrible tragedy.
His health had been shattered by long il;l-
prisonment in the fortress OF Petropav-
lovsk; his heir was prernatursty white
and when his face was In repose thes5
seemed to be an expression CT profound
melancholy il his dark brown eyes, ]
became intimately acquainted with him
and very warmly attached TO him end
when hada him goodbye for the last
tfrne on my return from Eastern Siberia
J IL 1896, he put his arms around me and
kiBsed me md snid, George Iyanoyiseh,
please don't forget us In bidding ycu
goodbye, l feel as il something were
going out OF my life that would never
again come into it,
"9irce my return to America have
heard IRON Mg. VolEhofssi crly opee.
He wrote me last winter o profoundly
sod and touching letter, ia which Re m
formed me of the death Of hig wife By
suIeids. He himself had bean thrown
out Of employment by the suppression Of
the liberal TomsE newspaper, sha Sijg,f
ian Gdsstte; and his wife, whom re-
member rs pale, delicate, sad-fac1i
woman. IS or 30 gears of age, had tried
10 help him support their family %
young children BY giving private les3ona
and by taking in sewing. Anxiety and
oyerwork hsd finally broken down hsE
health ale Ind become an Invalid ard
In morbid state Of mind, brought on by
unhsppingss and Gigeass, sta reasoned
herself Into the belief that Bhe wna an
incumbrarce, ratheE than halp, 60 her
husband ard her childssn, and thsk they
would ultimately DO better on il she
were dead. a iittle more than year
ago she pat IN end to her unhappy life
by shooting herself through the hssi
With 1issol Heg husband wR5 Ce.
v0tecly attached to her; pna her deash,
nndsr such circumstances and il such f
way, woe terrible blow TO kim. In his
letter to ma he rstarrad to copy Of
James Russell Lowall's poems that had
caused to he sent 60 him, and said that in
reading After Che Bueiaf ha wildly
rssijzsi for the frs. time taas etiat is Of
no Nationality; theiinGs, although written
by befeayed American, EXPRESSED the
deepest Thoughts and feelings If ba-
reatea Russian. liz sent me with his
letter small, worn, leather match boz,
which ilAd bean given by Prince Pierre
KrapDtAin 10 his exiied brother A,e12n.
der; which tho latter haA lsff 10 golkhof.
eli; and which FolkhGfk HI had in tdru
presented 10 his vile q sil0Ft time batoss
hsr death. Es hoped ha said, TINT i
would have some Fa.uo 70 me on account
OF its association with the uras Of foui
political offenders, all OF whcin hst
known, Ons u them was q refugee il
London, another YES an exile ia Monsk
ana two i5iQ 5s1sQav n alctlGss 5
the Rus5iaa g1YegG ltlt tgiliuR thei
Own ltca
~ arLSI =. $3.50 1850 fasaa sL.ss
alnud 70 my wife Bat IS xsealled IL
high character aud lovahia personality 0
the writer, and imsgilga what this las
blow Of fate must hay5 been 20 such
mRn--in exile, in broken h9al.a, aud vic
afamily cf helpless children dependel
upon him--the writtsa iRa5 vanished j
mist of Gears, aad VIII CHOKING i
my thFoat / put tie leltag End tho i5sl
match. hex away
1.-The I6aF may Wilton tbs htir d
sueh men IS Felix YclkhofBki in iii
silent bongb.proof classmates of tbe for
Eesa, AMI lie may geud them in grey cer
vie5 oyercca's 10 Siberia. bnt . tin4a wi
CONG, IN the pleVidenea OF Cad Nee
their naneg vii stand higher t5an il o
the Tcl! history, and Wien lie record {
their lives ana aliEeYiuga Will be q sour
oil huIoig implication 70 i'll Gassians wi
love liberty aad thelr country