Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-01
YASHKA SEEKS TO AVENGE WRONGED WIFE
AND IS SHIPPED TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS
the
Wn Hearts of Poltcds

OF me?' pierced my mind poignantly
Death is my only savior"
! I wandered about tho streets for
a while. until I found grocery store
open, and purchased there thirty
! kopecks' worth of essence OF vinegar.
Entering my lodging, l was met by
| tho question:
where were you, Maria Leon.
tievna where did you sleep last
night" My appearance in itself was
enough to arouse suspicion. Without
answering, | rushed into my room and
| locked the door, After offering my
last prayers, resoutely drank all OF
the poison. and began writhing in
terrific pain.
At the same time, about ten in the
morning. Yasha was released from
prison and given five hundred rubles
for the establishment of a butcher
shop. Happily he marched 10 my
stopping place. completely unaware OF
what had befallen me. 1t was only
.
observed an unusual commotion. The
door of my room had been broken in
when my means were heard. The
poison had scorChed my mouth and
/ throat as if with a flame, and I was
found unconscious on the floor. re-
covering my senses only in the hos
pital, Around mo stood Iasha, some
nurses, and a physician who was pour
/ ing something into my throat. 7
could not speak, al hough I UNDER
stood all that was going on IN the
room ! had lost 50 muCb bloud tho
doctor explained 10 Ylsna, III reply
to his anxious dueS on, that my re.
covery was very doubtful. only an
unusually powerful constitution could
withstand and emerge alive from such
an ordeal" he added.
| For two weeks | hovered between
/ this and the other world suffering
agonizing pains. wrthing in breath
arresting convulsions. | was fed only
on milk, introduced into my throat
through a tube. For a month | re.
mained speeChless. at the end of
which time 7 was out of danger, but
had to spend another month in the
hospital before | regained my normal
health.
Nasha could not, at first, under.
stand the reason for my act. The
Governor was so kind, so generous.
lie not only committed his sentence,
but gave us five hundred rubles for a
store. Could there he anything more
noble? lie finally arrived at the con-
Clusion that the trials of the last year
had resulted in my Temporary mental
arrangement, which was responsible
for my attempt at suicide. ] did not
, disillusion, him, although | felt like
doing it whenever e,.eulogized the
/ Governor. @
| Upon leaving the hospital, we OPEN
cd the butcher shop, and Immediately
began to do good business. For sew
eral months we led a peaceful life
Then, one afternoon, the Governor
suddenly called at our store, ostens.
bly, TO inquire how we were getting
along with the shop. lie stretched
his hand toward me, but I turned
away.
The Governor left, and Yasha ragged
at me for my inexplicable conduct.
Had | gone mad? ! must have, to be
capable of refusing to greet our bene-
factor, the kindest of men! I was
sullen and silent, but Yasha would
not be downed. He demanded an en-
PLANTATION. There was nothing left for
me TO do but to make a clean breast
of il, which / did.
The truth was too shocking and
threw him into spasms. lie struck me
with something and felled me TO Che
floor. His face turned chalk.white
The veins stood out on his temples, and
he was all atrcmble. He seemed un-
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