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his way to the nearest police station, and
was directed to station 1. Upon his ar
rival there he asked Captain Cain if he
could not lie down and rest for a while.
The good natured officer of course said
yes, and the man, Don after sitting down
in the guardroom, began to doze. The
captain, noticing his condition, sent for
DIR. Elliott.
The stranger was then taken to the
surgery room and examined by the doc
tor and his assistant, DR.. Dunn, who APP
piled the usual restOratives. The doctors
told him to keep quiet and that he wonld
SOON be all right, but he appeared to be
so nervous that he excited the suspicious
Of not only the doctors, but the police.
In his pockets Captain Cain found a lot
of instruments. Upon being questioned
he informed the people in the room that
they were musical instruments.
"Can you play?" asked Captain Cain.
well, a little" was Orloff's reply.
ESCAPE FROM SlBERIA'S MINES.
He was then invited to go to the parlOr
of the house, where he was shown the
piano. The first piece he played was a Sc
lection from MendelssOhn, and never be-
fore, and probably never again, was such
| music heard inside the walls Of the sta
ton. After he had played numerous fine
| selections the officers and doctors became
greatly interested in him, and began
| questioning him. AS a result he told a
story, which was as follows:
He was born in st. Petersburg, Russia,
and was a student in a medical college
in that place. One day the rooms of the
students were raided and a lot Of infam-
matory documents and seditiOus papers
were found in his room. However, he
would not admit that they belonged to
him. He was arrested and sentenced to
Siberia, where he was put at work III the
coal mines, from which he managed to
escape.
Assuming the role of an Englishman,
this he being able to do as he speaks
English very huently as we'll as the other
languages, he was easily enabled to work
his way through the country without
being detected, as he was penniiess.
After a good deal Of travelling and suffer
ing he managed to reach western China.
Arriving there he was arrested on the
charge of stealing food.
THE residents of this portion of China
are exceedingly b%arbarous, and without
trial | was sentenced to have my head
chopped off. However, luck was again
with me, and by some hook or crook an
English official heard of my predicament.
After a great deal Of hard work he man
aged to secure my release.
81 started across China again, all Ene
time being afraid |. would be arrested
and sent back to the awful mines. How
ever, | finally managed to get a 1ot
aboard a vessel and shipped to America
landing at San Francisco.
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
During the Franco-Prussian war
was in the French army commanded ny
McMahon, but | was directly undel
Marshal Bazaine."
He then branched from his own his
tory and told of.the surrender of Metz t.
the Germans and the escape Of Bazaine
to England.
Continuing his story, he said:
During the war, while the German
were besieging the city, two companion
and myself were sent up in a captive
balloon tone which had Il long rope tieC
to the ground) to ascertain the numbe,
of the opposing army. When IN mldal
the balloon vas struck by a shell, caTs
ing the airship to explode.
My companions and myself fell t
the ground, my companions being IN
stantlv killed, while | was knocked sense
less and the bones of my arms, feet an'
hands being broken in several places
My skull was also fractured.
Il was in the hospital at Metz 70
ever a year. After leaving Metz | traV
e1ed considerably and was in Alexandra
1T the time of the siege by the BIRTHS
early in the eighties"
Here the man, who mast bear a charme
} life, showed the doctors and the pole
his body, which, to say the least, was
} sight" His arms, hands, legs n fee
plainly showed that they had bee
broken. Upon examining his skull tn
phvsicians found inserted in his head
piece of platinum of silver, where nj
scalp was missing.
Orloff told more about his life, whlc
i full Of exciting incidents. Owing
the injuries with which this wondertr
man has met his system is naturally
, very nervous one. A hot atmosphere p
ways affects him and be is easily ovel
come. His normal temperature Is S6.;
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