The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-14

rived. and were putting up the gal.ows ! Al first l did not understand. Whats
 that? What gallows? But the watch
 man was so excited that saw st once
 it was for our two. wished to tap and
 communicate with my comrades. but
 was afraid those two would hear. The
 comrades were also silent. Evidently
 everybody knew. In the corridors and Tn the cells everything was as still as 1 death all that evening. They did not
 tap the wall nor sing. At ten the
 watchman came again and announced
 that hangman had arrived from Mos
 COW. He said it and went away. l be- l gan calling him back. Suddenly hear
 Rozovsky shouting to me across the corridor: Whats the matter? Why ] do you call him?' I answered some
 thing about asking him to get me some
 tobacco. but he seemed to guess. and
 asked me: Why did We not sing to-
 night. why did we not tap the walls 2 1 l do not remember what I said. but
 went away so as not to speak to him.
 Yes. It was terrible night. listened
 to every sound all night. Suddenly. to-
 ward morning. l hear doors opening
 and somebody walking-many persons. l went up to my window. There was lamp burning in the corridor. The first to pass was the inspector. He was
 stout. and seemed a resolute. self-satis-
 fled man, but he looked ghastly pale.
 downcast. and seemed frightened:
 then his assistant. frowning but reso-
 lute; behind them the watchman. They
 passed my door and stopped at the next.
 and hear the assistant calling out in
 strange voice. 'Lozinsky. get up and
 put on clean linen Yes. Then I hear
 the creaking of the door; they entered
 into his cell. Then hear Lczinsky's
 steps going to the opposite side of the
 corridor. could only see the in-
 spector. He stood quite pale. and but
 toned and unbuttoned his coat, shrug-
 ging his shoulders. Yes. Then. as if
 frightened of something, he moved out of the way. It was Lozinsky, who
 passed him and came up to my door. A
 handsome young fellow he was you know. of that nice Polish type; broad
 shouldered, his head covered with fine. curly hair as with cap. and with beau tifu; blue eyes. So blooming. so fresh. so healthy. He stopped in front of my window, so that l could see the whole of his face. A dreadful, gaunt, livid face. 'Kryltzoff, have you any cigar rttes" wished 10 pass him some, but the assistant hurriedly pulled out his cigarette case and passed it to him. He took out one, the assistant struck a match, and he lii the cigarette and be- gan to smoke, and seemed to be think ing. Then, as if he had remembered something he began to speak. It is cruel and unjust. have committed no crime. l-' I saw something quiver in his white young throat, from which l could not take my eyes. and he stopped. Yes. At that moment hear Rozovsky shouting in his fine. Jewish voice. Lozinsky threw away the cigarette and stepped from the door. And Rozovsky appeared at the window. His childish face. with the limpid black eyes, were red and moist. He also had clean linen on. the trousers were too wide, and he kept pulling them up and trembled all over He approached his pitifui face to my window. 'Kryltzoff. it's true that the doctor has prescribed cough mixture for me. is it not? am not we'll. I'll take some more of the mixture No one answered and he looked inquiring- l.. nu" at me, now at the inspector. What he meant to say never made out. Yes. Suddenly the assistant again put on stern expression. and called out in a kind of squeaking tone: Now. then, no nonsense. Let us go.' Rozovsky seemed incapable of understanding what awaited him. and hurried. almost ran. in front of him all along the cor ridor. But then he drew back. and could hear his shriI voice and his cries, then the trampling of feet, and general hubbub. He was shrieking and sob- ping. The sounds came fainter and fainter, and at last the door rattled and all was quiet. Yes. And so they hanged them. Throttled them both with rope. A watchman, another one, saw it done. and told me that Lozinsky lid not resist, but Rozovsky struggled for long time, so that they had to pull him up on to the scaffold and to force his head into the moose. Yes. This was a stupid fellow. He said: They told me. sir. that it would be frightful. but it was not at all fright 'ul. After they were hanged they only shrugged their shoulders twice. like this.' He showed how the shoulders rose and fell. Then the nangman pulled bit so as to tighten the moose, and it was all up, and they never budged.' And Kry;tzoff re- peated the watchman's words: Not at Fl frightful,' and tried to smile, but burst into tears instead."
 For long time after that he kept silent, breathing heavily. and repress- ng the choking sobs.
 From that time became revolu- ionist. Yes" he said. when he was Iuieter and finished his story in few words. He belonged to the Narodovoltzy party, and was even at the head of the i:sorganizing group, whose object was 10 terrorize the government so that it. should give up its power of its own ac- ,ord. With this object he travelled 10 Petersburg. to Kiev. to Odessa and Ibroad. and was everywhere successful. man in whom he had full confidence betrayed him. He was arrested. tried, .ept in prison for two years. and con- lemned to death. but the sentence was nitigated to one of hard labor for life.
 He went into consumption while in prison. and in the condition he was low placed he had scarcely more than ew months longer to live. This he new. but did not repent of his action. ,nf said that if he had another life he