Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-05

1T is not surprising That you should have
lost your way in such sto I'M, answered the
| man. Il do SO often, thou gin l am from this
| district, and know the forest well. Now
! taste that"
So saying, he held bottle to my mouth
| and l drank. 1t contained some excellent
| brandy, which revived ms at once, but at
the same time burned SO terribly that fell
| on the snow in convulsions. My good friend
soothed me, and gave me some bread and
| dried fish, which / devoured eagerly. We
then sat down at the foot of tree and my
companion explained that he was a trapper,
and was now on his way home with the game
| which he had caught. lie added that he
| would remain with me until l felt calmer and
stronger, and would then conduct me to the
nearest izbouclka
81 thank you with all my heart NAV the
| good God reward your
Eth! for what Them he answered kindly
| "We are Christians"
| He afterward supported me to the door of
the izbouchka, where he babe me farewell,
| recommending me to God.
| An immense relief was mine as crossed
the threshold of the izbouchka, but | had
| scarcely done so when fell senseless on the
| floor | recovered in half an hour and asked
| for some warm soup, but could not swallow
| it, fell asleep on a bench at midday, and
| never stirred for twenty four hours, when |
was Weakened by my host who was anxious
He was an honest man, ard his kindness and
/ sympathy redoubled when he learned that /
was making pious pilgrimage to the mon
astery of Solovetsk. He begged me to stay
several days, bat dared not do so. and on
the following morning resumed my jour
| ney. l reached the gates of Veliki- Oustioug
4 IN nf A mil in,
| pilgrim LODGED in humble inn with many
others, all bound for the monastery of Solo
/ vetsk.
At Veiiki- Oustioug we were all Obliged
4 &c remain for month in order to await
| the thawing of the Dvina The month
over agreed, as did many other pilgrims,
to row i'll n boat going to Archangel Each
of us received - rubles We reached Arch
angel in fortnight and most of my COM
panions pressed on to the monastery. pre-
| tended fatigue, and fer several DAYS |
haunted the quays in the hope of discovering
! a French vessel. Alas! not one was in port.
and on the deck OF every vessel, Russian and
| foreign, paced IA Russian soldier, armed to
the teeth. This precaution is taken in order
| to prevent the escape OF exiles by way of
1 Archangel After a week passed in this man.
ner became aware that was watched, and
| | decided most reluctantly to abandon the
hope which had hitherto sustained me- that
of escaping from the port of Archangel |,
| therefore, in order to disarm suspicia, took
| the road to Solovetsk. | had not then de-
cided what to do, but as | journeYed on |
came to the conclusion that the safest plan
would be for me to mako the pilgrim Jour
ney, Is it is called that S, to 60 from Solo
vetsk to Omega, and thence to the shrines of
Novgorod and Kew. The pilgrim disguise
had hitherto served me we'll, and it contin-
| ued to do so.
| never reached Solovetsk, but took boat
at Fytegra Opposite Solovetsk) for st.
| Petersburg. | with several other pilgrims
| was engaged to row, aId as we were paid
| fairly well, l arrived at st. Petersburg with
nearly sixty rubles in my pocket.
had now come to the most difficult point
of my fight. which seemed more desperate
than ever Still in my pilgrim disguise, 1
| took my modest lodging, and was greatly re-
| lieved when my landlady IA washerwoman)
advised me not to so to the police Office with
| my passport, because she would be obliged to
accompany me, aud would, therefore, lose
much precious time.
/ left ST. Petersburg on the afternoon of
| the next day in n boat hound for Riga, and
| thence walked on through CORTLAND and
| Lithuania, and passed the Prussian frontier
i'll safety. l had changed my disguise, and
| when obliged to explain myself said that
was a dealer in pig skins. l thus succeeded
| without difficulty OF any kind in getting as
far as Koeniss5urg, but there, on the eve of
| my departure for Posen, was arrested and
| imprisoned as mot being able to give an &C
count of myself"
passed q month in PRISON, q prey to tor
turing anxiety, and then-nothing having
been proved against mel was released and
ordered to quit Koeuig 'burg Immediately
had found an opportunity to confess my
| identity to French gentleman living in the
| neighborhood, and to his generous assistance,
| and to that of some OF the inhabitants of
| koenigsburg whom ne had interested in my
| story, owed the means of travelling so rap
/ idly that | soon crossed the French frontier.
On the 22d of Septembe-, eight months after
leaving Ekaterininshi- Zovod, l saw before
me the lights of Paris My desperate flight
was accomplished God in his mercy had
brought me to a safe haven / write these
lines far from the scene of my dreary exile,
| far, alasl from the brave compatriots who
suffered with me. Some, know, are no
longer among the living. others still languish
in captivity. May God have mercy alike
| upon the living and the dead!-From the
Polish by Mrs. Launt Thompson, in Harper's
Bazaar