The sun., 1891-05-03
4 RUSSIAN ADHENTURESS
Eirst . Eorger and Card SHARP. Finally
lGaraersss-A Weli.played Personatioa.

FIRST . l0rGor ana Card Sha~N finally .
Mardersss-A Weli.played Persoaatioa.
About fifteen years ago Q young woman OF
noble birth. Miss Goonk- -Artemovskaya. went
from volhynia to 81 Petersburg. and soon be-
came q figure In the sociable circles OF the
capital Her youth. beauty. refinement, and
sympathetic nature" as the Russian papers
describe it. attracted to her drawing room a
host OF admirers. Officers OF high rank and
young mobiles paid homage to her. Miss Goo
lak-Artemovskaya lived In high style: stories
were current In the city about vast possessions
in the Crimea and the Caucasus which she had
inherited. to account for tho luxuries In which
she indulged herself. But her days OF glory
were OF short duration. One morning several
military officers OF high rank discovered that
they had boon taken advantage OF by tho
beautiful Miss o,lak-Artemovskay aya at the in
nocent game OF docratohky Ia most simple
game Of cards which Is very common In Russia).
and that since they had been acquainted with
her they had lost many thousands Of rubles.
They reported their case to the police author
tiles, who found that the lady possessed no
property and that she derived the means OF
high living BY fraud. not only feeding her sd-
mirers at tho card table. but even forging was
traced to her. she was condemned to depriva-
ton OF all personal rights and exied to Siberia,
in tho Government OF lrkutsk. A romantic in
cident was connected with her fate. A young
noble. one OF her admirers. to whom she had
paid but little attention In her palmy days. at
tested bis true love for her. He married her in
prison. and followed her voluntarily to the
place Of her exile.
When the couple arrived in Irkutsk early In
$780, the Governor OF that province assigned
to Goolak-Aremovskaya ava q dwelling in an tso-
lated village about hundred versts from the
city; her husband, as free man Of good edu-
cation. easily found employment In the city OF
Irkutsk. He made his condemned wife's exist
ence as bearable as his means allowed, spent
Ssa eoaa spend
Bu Ssa III. as Ho sss
19kusx XhSTs life aaS
'aPs Hslssu. ''sP SIZE SIZE ss!sa 5 .sons
to TO- church as often as opporIa"iiy pre-.
sented itself and became known In the neigh
sSs 5 tSs h., nGss 81 sop hssh Ssnmn s
who. making his official rounds In The district.
met her a. her A ne e her
gan crying and said that all she desired was to
expIate her sins IT the foot Of the allnr But
since in the little Church Of The Village Services
are held only once month. or still less often.
and it something's happens that Iusts when such
ihem. II the holy father could but get her
transferred 10 The city Of Irkulsk. wnere there
tend, religious services almost every hour in
the day. she would consider herself hanpy. =,
a Wsnt the the
Cove nor and urged him 70 transfer the con-
yict G"olak.Artemovskaya to the capital Of the
tpnisy e engage In works Of eiety and % dsvo-
tion. Tho Governor could not deny the Bishop
s sna ss as a ss r hy hse to
respectable little household and lived com
lors soon Decnme the centre Of attraction for
the ,jeurrsss aorse and the military diGni.aries
e sha. ,Ss Sy nentant doost Wha
indeed. visited the CHURCHES during the day.
hsr 10 the svsas Th the
To- her house. or she would be- sent back 10 The
Gard play had to bs given up. The husband
of the tricky woman found out alter q while
h shs her Ssn Ss
and isTelry which 10 had moi bought for her.
innate with the rich merchant who owned the
house in which they lived. H. remonstrsted
sT Sa Sa, e was
tinued living In her fashion: @ Her Her charms
could lnsI Inua,e herself In tue favors Of any
1t seems, however. that her last trump was
PLAYED this winter. Among her friends was a
cow BY one q the rich merchants ot Irsuisk
ancs ressmbled qoolak- -Artemoyskaya. Since
Ssecn! 70 hsr "a: VIII .ad
sSnd:S:a iSr u. S% sS%pySs ,Ia
eould rot B. found In thS city: Lest sutumn
Sfns.a % q d!ssppssr.d M IIop frkutsf. sssroSss
hat 30 had found the BODY q S..
! few ysrsts distant fiom Irkutsk. II was tho
body Of tho poor 9oyernsss., As she bad dis
appeared from the city together with the con-
gict Goolsk .Artomovskayn; the suspicion arose
Set possession Of 6er pasaport. Searches for
:hs fngitiye cSnyict we're made &c With = Increased
p the town Of NsFyipsk. IN thS aoysrnmspt of
romsk. She hs6 4s.uIsd the name of tes