The Detroit times., 1914-04-15

bed HIS back achad, Aisi s,>>-
fsw0ifed and sore. bur he might not
rise from his task until his twelve
hours al toll We're completed Then he
had meagre supper and went 10
bed, too tired and sick and bruised to
sleep
He scrubbed floors for month. and
when he. could no longer scrub be-
cause his knees were so swollen he
could not bend them he was beaten
and set TO another task
That lasted four gears and then he
was released. on the day his prison
term expired he was told that the
authorities had been considering his
case and they thought the interests
OF the government would be conserv-
ed IL he We're banished TO Siberia Tor
| life
He was not tried and had no public
/ hearing He was told whore he was
going the day he started which was
the day on which he was released
from the prison at Kherson.
They sent him to Kirensk, which
is in the remotest part OF the land OF
desOlation, and IL was there that he
met Nine Breshkoyskya
Nine Breshkovskya is an elderly
| lady" says Smirnoff She has been
many years in Russian prisons, prob
ably twenty five 10 has all been for
her love OF Russia and her desire TO
see the sufferings OF the poor alleviat-
ed I'm Kirensk she occupied a little
house with a guard on each side OF
the building. She was allowed 20 visit
through the village but always escort
ed by her pair 81 guards We planned
her escape shortly after / arrived. but
she would not consent 10 leave. saying
that she wanted to help those who
were suffering in the Siberian wastes
They die OF hunger and cold and
starvation there, you know. T,+ris
life OF perpetual winter. with no prong !,
ise OF a spring The lives OF the men
and women there will always be
winter. apd the dawn OF the spring
| will come 20 each one as he closes
his eyes FOR the last time on the arid
and cherries land
we finally persuaded Nine. Bresh.
koyskya that she could render much
more valuable assistance from the
outside ana az last she promised 20
make the attempt al liberty
j got hold o, forged passport and
went ahead 20 prepare the way for
her. / went TO lrkutsk. switch Is
weeks journey from kirensk had
made ARRANGEMENTS at fifteen differ
ent points on the road from Kirensk
| 10 lrkuisk az any OF which Nine
Breshkoy~kya would be taken care OF
| If her flight was discovered and she
| were pursued.
II had also made arrangements 10
/ have the telegraph wires cut at diff
fcrent point, along the route 81 her
! fight became known TO the officials
SHE went 90 dinner one night at
the home Of a fellow exile, Vladim-
iron. Her police escort went with her
She remained there tin evening and
then companion a man named An
frceff, dressed ID Nine Breshkovsk
yas clothes and she n his He emerp
ed from the house Il was cold lie
wrapped bis shawl about his face
went 90 Nine Breshhoyskya's home
crawled into bed and remained there
for days saving ne was ill The pc
, flee, looking iu at the window. saw
what they supposed to be the form OF
! Nine prcEhk0ysltya lying beneath
( the covers and were satisfied
Meanwhile Mime Brcshkovskya
/ was on her way go lrkutsk as fast az
+ Wr sleigh would travel And then
atG OOH "a hand
new police official arrived ar
/ Kiren"E lle had never seen Nine
I hkOy-kyd and desired 90 90 20
Going 90 Der house the discovery Was
I made hat shc mad escaped File mes
sage Was iia lid across the telegraph
( wires 200 an instant We cut me wires
too LATE thd mt as Nine Bfesh.
lEotsl1a WAS nearing her do tius.ion.
after four daya OF hardship hp was
captured au1 returned "a Esrantt Il
waited in Rreusk uutif Dec 20
when ] learned of Dc Inflated ending
OF the lady attempt and Then 7 fed
u went arst Oh Nlanchuria then 20
T lokoHVmd. and rom there 10 san
Francisco Hero Z au ln New York
and thrfe Win The SHOWS, closed
around her poor Nine Rfcshkoy.
skya
am here % New York 10 get the
women societies interested IN lie
case % the little grandmother of the
Russian refoiutiouists They ten NE
what the American women attempt
fthey carry out They VIII an vote IN
this country yet They are intelI
| gent kind. symnathotic
am going to have n big mass
Injecting OF women in Carnegie Han