Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-02-26
BANISHED TO SIBERIA.
rCRRisL1 syfFERlNCs ENDURED ~
4 PAIR or GnLIS.
raihs,ie stay ef . Russian Woman and
n.r Husband q. IN. Road 3. hkat.k.
A aethsr'. Anguish why ~. woaia
N., Accept . Photograph

Two q the most interesting T.nliticai vhom
ge met la lrkutsk wsrr Mr. AMI Mr.. Ivan
Chefniavski. Who we're tanishcl 81 Siberia
by administrative pres-s In issS lssame
very wrll acquaiuioi with them, aud for
Mr Cherniavski ssI.Sially came to fe.l the
prufoun.is-t piiy AMI rrrarL
Tew womsn. even In FIESTA, have hai -
fore the az ~ IS ~ tragic ami hart hrcak.
ing lie. anil siill fewsr have mainiaincl
,hruugh harishlr-. sicknc.s anil tsrsaveincnt
s7ch chc-rfulne.s AMI cuuragc
Sls va afrst.l In Ols--a In the early
part ~ isss. ~ tho s-r - alout -. and after
hing term II imrri-onmcut was -nt by nj.
minis,raii,s pro-- b. The pruvince - To
l.,l.k
I ns.,l Mt r-buni the harishif- and ml-r-
~ that she. q cultlva,ri AMI rsfn~l woman.
endured On ihs rad and In the roadside
siar.s bs'wcru gi.v and che small town in
the siberian Ifovince - Totolsk. whsrv she
anil her husband hal bs-n assigned ~
duc-
nAHr DEAD N urR AIMS
They rrachssi their destination ~ last
chii was there lum to thcm MI they lived
therv In -imsshing lko cumfort until March,
ISL. whsu Alexander III came 10 tho throns
AMI Mr. Cheruavski wss r,guirel a. take tho
cath q allsgance
lIs rfI-~l to do - and they werr -.nt far
thcr eastward % The towu - kfasnoyArsk
a s.'ond rsfusal o. take the cath % Allegi.
anc- r,-uiiei In their t-ing ssnt % lrku'sk
Nv this iuns winter hAd -, In, AMI they
werv travelling Ia an oT.n tAranias with
delicAte laby l3 mouths q Az. IL sas ~ith
tho grrais.t difficulty that MrN ChsrniAvsd
cnui kesp her laby YARN. ani Al the lat
station t.fore rvarhing lrkut.k sbs removed
thc h.avy vrapplnss IN whlch shs hsd en-
veloT.,i u and founi u dead
With tho shock % TIA. di-oveTy shs u
CANE dellrinus and vcpt, sang pathetic little
nursry ~nu.-s b. her dad ehili. ruck~i u In
her arms AMI prayed AMI cur-,i 6ci by
turn.
In Tie couri yard u the lrkuisk forward.
Ing pri-un, In ismp.raiure q 9O dog, b.los
fsru, Mr. Chsrulavski stool for half an hour
~Aiting for the PARTY 90 b, formally "
oclVvi. ~tth biz slfe raving In dsllrium Ia
sLis him ami hi. deai chih In IA. arms
MrS Chsruavski lay AZ the pri-ou h,spliAl
at Irkutsk until she rs,ovcrei her r,a-nu, AMI
to -ums eHieni her s;rvngth. AMI then shs AMI
hsr husband svrs mt a.oo mlle- fATih.r a.
ths northoasi sari under g'iarl - gvDsiarmes,
AMI colonlsssi In YAkut -sttlemcnt kno~n
a. III Ilatar,i.ki ooio.-. situated in tho
"tla-a- ~ primsvh Wilkins - YAkutsk.
iG5 nils frum ths nearest town
Therv, suffering almost every ooncsivahle
hAr,i.iip ami privation. they lived until l,,i,
When the minister u tho interior allowed
thein 20 rv,um 30 . more eivillfsi part q
Siberia
SOr AIIowTD A rIcruRG
Mr. Cherniauki When I male hsr ao-
qIlAlniAnce. sAs q JAle. dslicais. hollow.
chs.ksi woman. who~s bealth hal ts.n CON
ple,ely ~r~rssi by ycAp q lmpri-inn'sni,
tanishmsnt and grief
shs hal hal two chlllrrn. AMI hal LIT
them both In stils under circumstance that
/ made the l.-rtavvnsni alm0-i intolerahle fur
sven YEAR sho hAi tesl -TATat-l by di.-
/ tAnoc q many thou-and ulllr- frum all - hsf
/ kiB.lr,si. and the future -sm.i 10 boil fur
i.cr absolutely nothing sIoepi the love u the
/ husband wbo-e erile she cugld stil sharv, bui
who.s interests N. couA ID ~ little In
l hsr truken state u health to Trumot~
shs hai uot t-.n allie to sisp outside tbs
/ hOu-s for two months, AMI u .cm~i D. M
/ whan tais her guol-by, that her life - un-
happlne-. sDl suffering ~As drawing a. a
i elo-r
Il felt profoundly sorry for her-whIie 10
ienlng % her story my fAos was wci With
tears almost for the Or, time sincc boybooi
and hoping 90 give hsr somo ploasuro AMI
to show Der bow sincerely csieemsi her and
how decply sympa,hi1ei With her, oGer~i
hsr my phoiograph. a. the only metnsnio
/ cJul save with hsr
To my grcai surIri-e she sadly but firmly
firmly decllBsl u, AMI sAidi Many years
ago hsd photograph % . little chih that
I hai -, IL was the only Ons In sristense.
ami I cOuli not gct another.
The polio. made a -,ATvh ons night In my
hou-. and took away AL my leiisrs AMI
I pbo,ographS toll them that thls particu.
lar plciurc was the only portrait hal of my
deai boy
The grn,lA1ne ofioyr Who conducisl the
/ sarch promised M upon bis word u koDor
that ii sbouil h. rcturnsl to me, but never
saw IL again | nado vow then that 70
shouh not L. pussiblo for ths Russian govern
meni to hurt mc ~ -,cond tins, AMI from
that dAy to this have nsyer had a photo
| graph In my I.~-~sion.
/ DO no, know whsther Mrx ChcTniAvsk
IL now living or dead but II sbe besiill living
trust that the-e pages may nnd their way
to hsr anil show her that on the other siio
of the work. .he l. still rvmemt-ncd with
AffcctionAis sympathy KEENAN, in
1 genturV