The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-15

Kazimoff was not always chained to the same rufrians, and sometimes his immedi- ate companions were kind enough. If rough and far too uneducated to be real company to him, but during all the ten long years that 1t lasted this penal ser vitude in chains was literally hell on earth for the ex-favorite of high society in St. Petersburg.
 It is a mystery how Kazimoff lived through these terrible years at all. for broken down man of 70. though he was only s. Thenceforth he was allowed to inhabit his own little hut and to do prac- tically what he liked so long as he did self to the authorities twice a day. Rations were served to him and he re- ceived a small allowance of money for necessary expenses.
 Since his condemnation and departure from St. Petersburg Kazimoh had not received any kind message from all his relatives and friends, and his heart was bitter against them.
 Married a Peasant.
 After three years of solitude Kazimoff obtained permission to marry the widow of workman who had died before his ionged to the working classes, but she was kind and affectionate, and Kazimoff considered marriage with her preferable to the awful solitude which he had been cnuuTln8. ou lIic udJ Ol tuc Wtu- ding Kazimoff had a portrait of himself and his plebian bride taken. and this was sent to his relatives in St. Petersburg with a reminder that their first born would be heir to the Kazimoff wealth and estates. The union. however. was childless. and Kazimoff's wife died five years later, leaving him alone again.
 For over thirty years he dragged on solitary, miserable existence. limited to the society of ex-criminals and deprived ino life worth liv- ing. In the earlier years he still enter taIned a hope that his innocence might be established. but as year after year went by without bringing one favorable and prayed that death might end his earthly sufferings
 The truth about the mystery came out before the death of workman named Tebloff recently. Tebloff was the brother of the pretty Fedora; who had been the the and Dolgourouki, and on his deathbed he sent for priest to hear his confession that he had murdered Count Dolgorouki The count, he told the priest. had se- duced his sister Fedora. and he the brother. had sworn to avenge her wrongs He had followed Count DolgorouN to Ljuhjana, had waited for his opportun- ity and had murdered him in the wood and buried his body in the snow. He
  one and without being seen ,and after the crime was committed he had es- capped from the neighborhood without at tracting attention.
 He had heard that Count Kazimoh had been condemned for the murder, but he had not had the courage to come for ward and admit that he himself had been the real culprit. He desired. how ever. to unburden his mind of this se- cret before his death and to obtain for giveness for the double sin which he had committed. Tebloff swore to his confession on the crucifix and 1t was con sidered sufficient to justify Count kazi- moffs mediate pardon and release.
 Count Kazimoff returned to St. Peters burg only to find that nearly all of his old companions had preceded him to the grave He Is now the head of the fam fly again. but he has willingly renounced his rights in this respect. He has even declined to live permanently in the pala- tial family residence. preferring to oc- cupy a modest apartment where he can dispense with all formalities and ceremo- nies He totters about the streets of the capital and Is glad to be free man again. but justice has been done too late to be of much value to him. He Is broken down in health and spirits coarsened in fiber by hardship and sufter- ing, unable to enjoy the luxuries that surround him. and with only short span of life before him.