San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-18
The Daily Eight.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY, 10, 1 SO.

-,-r rr-.uIv14pe Tvrr7l vzs n-".e as crossed
the threshold of the izbouchka, but l had
scarcely done so when | fell senseless on the
floor / recovered in half an hour and asked
for some warm soup, but l could not swallow
it. fell asleep on bench at midday, and
never stirred for twenty-four hours, when |
was Weakened by my host, who was anxious.
He was an honest man, and 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, but dared not do so, and on
the following morning resumed my jour
new. l reached the gates of Veliki-OustiouS
on the 18th of April, and there in my role of
pilgrim lodged in humble inn with many
Others all bound for the monastery OF Solo
vetsk.
At Veliki-Oustioug we were all Obliged
to remain for a month in order to await
the thawing of the Dvina. The month
over, agreed, as did many other pilgrims,
to row in a boat going to ArchangeL Each
of us received Is rubles We reached Arch
angel in fortnight, and most of my COM
panions pressed on to the monastery. pre-.
tended fatigue and for 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 a Russian soldier, armed to
the teeth. This precaution is taken IN order
to prevent the escape of exileS by way OF
Archangel After a week passed i'll 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 tho port Of ArchanGeL |,
therefore, in order to disarm suspicion, 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 make the pilgrim jour
ney, as it is called; that is, to 60 from Solo
vetsk to Omega, and thence to the shrlncS OF
NovCorod and Kew. The pilgrim disguise
had hitherto served lie well, and 1t contln
ued to do SO.
Inever reached Solovetsk but took boat
at Vytegra opposite SoIovetskl for st
Petersburg | with several other pilgrims
was engaged to row, and as we were paid
fairly well. arrived at st. Petersburg with
nearly sixty rubles i'll my pocket
l had now come to the most difficult point
of my flight, which seemed more desperate
than ever. Still i'll my pilgrim disguise,
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, and would, therefore, lose
much precious time.
l left st. Petersburg on the afternoon of
the next day in u boat bound for Riga, and
thence walked on through COurland and
Lithuania, and passed the Prusslan frontier
in safety. | had changed my disguise and
when obliged to explain myself, said that l
was dealer in pig skins. | thus succeeded
without difficulty of any kind in getting as
far as Koenigsburg, but there, on the eve OF
my departure for Posen, was arrested and
imprisoned as mot being able to give an ac-
count at myself"
, passed q month in prison, a prey to tor
turing anxiety, and then-nothing having
been proved against mel was released ami
ordered to quit Koenigsburg Immediately
I 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 he had interested in my
story, owed the means of travelling so rap
idly that soon crossed the French frontier.
On the 22d of September, eight months after
leaving Ekaterininski-Zovod, | saw before
me the lights of Paris. My desperate flight
was accomplished! God in his mercy had
brought me TO a safe haven. l write these
lines far from the scene of my dreary exile,
far. alas! from the brave compatriots who
suffered with me- Some, l know, are nc
longer among the living, others still langulsh
in captivity. May God have mercy alike
upon the living and the dead!-From the
Polish by Mrs. Launt Thompson, in Harper
Bazaar.
The Effects of Overeatlng.
That not a few dig their graves with thelI