A CRIMINAL CASE IN RUSSIA. 
     
    

    
     It is now more that twenty years ago, tltat it 
     
     Jew natured Abrshutn, tlte son ol .-\ braltatn. instit- 
     
     his appearance one day in Ntiveuil-or at the olli--t-. 
     
     of Captain Ispravnitz. the head of the police in 
     
     the digiris-.1 of Rmltiiiiyset. in the province til 
     
     Kiev. This Ahraltatiii. the son of Aliialititn. was 
     
     I tavern-keeper, and. in fact, had the post-liotire 
     
     et the little village of -‘Cll\t'll0\Ve~I.t|Zy uti liar his 
     
     tnanageinent. Like all other It-we. not only in 
     
     Russia btit |9I!I‘.\tiIlt'l't‘, he was strongly averse to 
     
     airy regular agricultural pursuits. and t-ottst-queiti- 
     
     Iy. in it country agricultural par (’.T('t”€IlC€, was 
     
     driven to the alternative ofeking out his pittance 
     
     iii life by retailing spirits. johhing liorses. and 
     
     making as miich as he could of wliortisoevcr the 
     
     ill destiny oftliirst. or hunger, or fatigue might 
     
     lead to his wayside house. 
     
    

    
     ' eri, therefore, Abraham, the sort of Abra- 
     
     Istvi, depos-d hi-fore the head of police tlist 
     
     I"rsucis Salczy Kryiiszloft, Iordvproprietor ofthe 
     
    
   
   
    
     village of Semenowe-I34-z_v. it rich and rospcct:tble~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     start, was an iiitposior who bore is false name, 
     
     sud had acquired ltis wt.-altli and station by the 
     
     host complicated systeiii of rogiiery, the head ol 
     
     police gave evident signs of incrediiliiy, Ile ob- 
     
     served, at the same time. that art l|(‘t!t}ltIIltIn ofso 
     
     serious an nature required the most irrefragahle 
     
    

    
     roof: and that the port! was great, whitrli he 
     
     Ahraliiini, the son ol'Alirah:tin. ln('tlI‘rO‘I in tltiis 
     
     attacking a powerful and wcaltliy itidivi-Itiril, who 
     
     snjoyed the reputation ofcivto virtue and cliristian 
     
     sIi.irit_v. Hut Alirahairi, the suit of Abrztliain, 
     
     persisted, and gave substance to his accusatioii by 
     
     the following recital :-- 
     
    

    
     ‘ III the year I300. there lived at M air a poor 
     
     gentleman, who was it widow.-r, nitrl had two 
     
     sons—-l".ancis Stiltzy l{r_v:tszloft, and .ItI|t‘lllIlI 
     
     Kryti-:zlol't. Ilcing witliotit any ineiins of c.\'is- 
     
     tence. the three took service under Major Fngel. 
     
     receiver of the taxes at i\lozir. Tho faith:-r died 
     
     at that town on the 26th of May I862. as can he 
     
     proved from the public register ofdeatlis. The 
     
     elder son. Francis. entered the tiiilitary servico of 
     
     RIHIIII. lwc-‘mic captutii in the regttitcnt of dra- 
     
    

    
     tions of the Zver, and was killed at the li.1ttli:ttt" 
     
     Ettrlttllflfl in H312. An IIIIIUICII cotniiiuui-:.~ttioit oi‘ 
     
     this glorious death was made to the atitliorlties tit 
     
     Mt-zvr. As lit the yiitiiig--r tttin. .Iti.tt-liiiit-—it-- 
     
     cased in I8]-I of having pnisoitt-vl the L‘oootess 
     
     Seru-Koznulcslta, atirl, nioreovo-r. of lt:it'ing 
     
     drowned the young Count It}-linund St-.ro-l{ttmoles- 
     
     kn, grttnii-ticpliew of t|i:tt I.id_v—lte it-its thrown 
     
     Intothe prison-l'ortt-ess, and tiir:ii-giied lbtfrllfil ihi: 
     
     criminal court. lliit in tlic cour.-at: of lite trim‘, his 
     
     dist-.-I suddenly at Mozir, on the 12th of 1\'oveinber 
     
     I I9. 
     
    
   
   
    
     0 You see, your honour,‘ rtildt-d the Jew. ' that 
     
     there can no longer be a faiiiilv of the n.iriie of 
     
     Krytisloft: ‘Its it dead not-. Cotisi-qiieiitly, the 
     
     actual proprietor of Seinciiotvc-Lo'.'.y is either a 
     
     spirit or an iinpostor.’ 
     
    

    
     Struck \HlIl the logic of this -'|l'_f_7tlnIPnI, rind 
     
    
   
   
    
     HASZARD’S GAZE'I“l‘E, 8El"l‘lt3MBER. 22. 
     
    
   
   
    
     the letter all the orders liu gave iiie ; but I knew 
     
     nothing ct" his projects and designs. 
     
    

    
     At that time there lived at Mi-zir a very rich 
     
     widow. the Connie.-r Sero-Koiitoi.-.|u. She had 
     
     no cliildreu ; and every one supposed she had left 
     
     all her property to the l“aIhcr Capneliitis ol 
     
     :\It-zir. It was even added, that a will to that 
     
     eIIi‘t:t liiitl been executed by her; and people went 
     
     so far as to name some of tits most dieting-iislied 
     
     persons in the town as witnesses of her last dia- 
     
     ptisitltltts. Ilutnour said. that the will was coit- 
     
     taint-d in a little box, which the countess always 
     
     kept under her pillttw. 
     
    

    
     Major I"u:,'eI contracted slively friendship with 
     
     the countess, and visited her house daily. ' 
     
     friendship grew into absolute confidence on the 
     
     part ofthe lady; and to the great iioitoyittice of 
     
     the Capuchins. she finally abandoned to the major 
     
     the management of all her alftirs rind property. 
     
     Witlt tlte countess lived it your»: orphan of great 
     
     beauty: her name was tilia Kryitevvieslta. At 
     
     first sight, I fell desperately in love wiili lter, and 
     
     was happy in meeting with an equal return of 
     
     teittleriiess; but the countess was opposed to a 
     
     niarriage. and said that Julia was too young to 
     
     think of settling in life. 
     
    

    
     (lite day the major brought the countess some 
     
     bottles of Tokay, which he represented as more 
     
     than it hundred years old. "he countess tasted 
     
     it. and found it excellent. ‘ Then don't give any 
     
     away.’ said Major Fogcl ; ‘ but keep it all for your- 
     
     self. Each of these bottles is it treasure: and I 
     
     lioph you will itot give a drop to anybody—tiot 
     
     €\'t'l'| to Julia.’ added he smiling. 
     
    

    
     Tho countess followed his advice only two 
     
     strictly. She got into the habit of taking every 
     
     day. after her dinner, one glass of this exquisite 
     
     wine ; but front that moment she bctzsine, air it.- 
     
     valid, ntid her health lialitttially an excellent. 
     
     tier-.liiwii d:ti' by «lav, till at last the was forctd 
     
     to keep her bed. The imijor pas.-e-I whole nights 
     
     by lter side, in rivalry with the Capucliins. Jiiliii. 
     
     who is now my wife, has told me, that one night 
     
     when the sick lady had dtimd oil‘, and the atten- 
     
     dant monk had also subsided intuit profiitiiid .~lt.-ep 
     
     t'tl:tjor lt‘ttgel gently rait-etl the ctittntt'ss's pillow. 
     
     took the little box which \\ as utidt-r ii, and ab- 
     
     stractiitg a large paper. put in its place tino of 
     
     r-1ual stz: ; then replaced all things in their foririer 
     
     slItIt's In less than half an hour after, the cottit- 
     
     tess awoke, and the major liasteiiod to give her 
     
     the mt’IIIt3Il|I' which the surgeon lsailoff had pre- 
     
     t§t'.!Il)='tl the EV-'l'llI|{ heloro. lliit scarce-Iy had the 
     
     coiinte.~s Ialreii the druiiglit, crtt she was seized 
     
     witlt coiivtilsiuitt-t,iiiid gave up tlicgliost in liorrthlc 
     
     ag--iiy. 
     
    

    
     [do tint know whether lllrijor Fogcl sttspccted 
     
     Julia ofliavin-_r witticssed. trotn the little side- 
     
     cbambnr in which she slept. the evil action wltvcli 
     
     he had committed; bttt he said, as ll|ttIl;_'l| to 
     
     pacify the grief with which the orphan gnzetl on 
     
     the dead body of her heiiefavtress: ~ I take tipoii 
     
     m-..- to marry you to Joachim, and to give you it 
     
     lntirrtztge-portioti. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -u 
     
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     I 
     
    
   
   
    
     with the warnith with which Abratliatii, the stni of 
     
     Althtltiiiii, cont,-lttdi.-tl his II--prislimi. imil lizilfpei- 
     
     Itlatlt‘tI by the itpperirtiiice of sincerity tvlttolt pcr- 3 
     
     ended the general tone and llII|gIlll‘.!O‘ or his rt.t‘..r.! 
     
     ti-int, Captain Ispraviiitz ltetliotight him. tliztt tliol 
     
     sfiliir migltt be vrorlli iiivestigatitig, and (Ii'3p:llcll—l 
     
     ed an otlieer to Sitmcnowe-Lazy to coiiimeiicc the 
     
     research. — 
     
    

    
     To this olllr-er, the lortl-proprietor slit-wed his‘ 
     
     Emily doctitnents, antl. among others. the register: 
     
     efhis birth, with the n.tme of Frntttrtt S.-tlczyl 
     
     Krynszlolt tiptin it. born at Mozir tho 223d of Nrp-1 
     
    

    
     II’fl|llt‘l' I777. This date t’_\‘lClly t.tIlit-d \\'lth tltt-.| 
     
     are which the c.tpt:ii-i ttf tlngootts, tvliu wasl 
     
     Killed at llorotliiio, would, if still living. I|Sl\'t‘ tit- 
     
     tsincil. But in spite of the coincidence, the offi-‘or 
     
     lhotiglit it is his ditty to conduct the lortl~propri-l 
     
     (tor to llailoiiinyset, \'~Ilf.'I'0 he was th-onn into 
     
     prison, rind made the subject of tin itttliciiitr-nt. 
     
    

    
     The fact ufa tieal liy l:lltIltlWlI(‘I bi-ing BUIIIl(’II'l 
     
     ly torn from his home, Iflc3l’CCft'|lPtI in the public; 
     
     jail, and tlireatened with a iiitpiisitioii uliicltl 
     
     should prove Iiitn an iiiipostor, both it: rattle ztrtrll 
     
     title, was enflicicrit to arouse the zittcntiot. of they 
     
     public. ‘ti one could imagine what pos.~ihlu 
     
     cause the feigned I"raiici.t Solez‘: I\'rytis7.loti coultl 
     
     have had for sssumirtg .'flI extittt-.i nitine. tlt:it had 
     
     even no connection Hill] the property. \\'ii|. the 
     
     most minute precision ivcre the: facts of the t'.|§c 
     
     entered into by the autttorttitrs. More tli:iu llirce 
     
     fiiiiitlrt-d witnesses were ht-iiitl, and more than 
     
     ‘I-vo litinilictl rL‘.'isIcrs, civil nntl iiiiliiarv. oxa- 
     
     liined. Oflicr-rs and stiltlicrs who had. ecrvt-rl 
     
     with the real I-'rsnt‘.is Salrzy Krvnszloft were 
     
     brought from the army oftltii Critic isits, and even 
     
    

    
     run! lhc distant gztrrisons of Siberia, to prove his 
     
     death at the battle of Btllfldlnfl. 
     
    

    
     It all sides, the proofs of the deitth of the two 
     
     brothers Krynszltoft seemed catiiblitthetl beyond a 
     
     doubt. The lord-proprietor was therefore an int- 
     
     postor. and. so smgti. innit be cit-pottctt tittime tit.- 
     
     public tribunal of justice, and puizislictl accnrtlittg 
     
     to his deserts. 
     
    

    
     Pressed on all OIIIPI by the evi-‘once ttrrime 
     
     facts. the pretcmlt-d Simon Pure gr 1...; mup, ,. 
     
     fall confession. lle atlinittt-.d that he was nut 
     
     entitled to the name he bore : but that he was en- 
     
     titled to that of Joachim Kfytlflllttll, who was 
     
     supposed to have died in prison in the vear law, 
     
     is tlrrnly ssssveratstl; and this View tt't‘tlte qtt... 
     
     too he ecttlrnedby the fdllosittg recital :- 
     
    

    
     Mtvr the death of ray father. I was in the ser- 
     
     CIceooflejsr.l'-reel. The major took ltinvllv it. 
     
     as. sedfl sccsbenariie his secretary, hie stttttitttm. 
     
     ad ssrvsat. but never his eosldaet. I ftiltllletl in 
     
    
   
   
    
     \Vlicn the decesse of the Countess Sero-I(o-I 
     
    
   
   
    
     the cure was spec . 
     
    
   
   
    
     rnr the r-.ount—a horse whioli appeared vory docile. 
     
     and showed me htniiielt‘ that every part of tin: 
     
     horse-gear was in pt-rfcct order. . 
     
     trio acctiiiipany the count, who wished to take a 
     
     ride ittto the country. 
     
     beyond the walls ofthe town. WIIBILIIIO horse, 
     
    
   
   
    
     rear; the Iltltlle-ullllts broke. and the count, al- 
     
     though a good horsetnan. fell and dis'ocsted his 
     
     arm. He tnitgltt hart; ht-en lii led. t'or ilio road 
     
     was scattered over with pieces ofroclt and pointed 
     
     a 
     
    
   
   
    
     tleponr-nt liy remarking. that there is a general 
     
     cannot change their t-uniiiry. nor even their dwel- 
     
     or death. 
     
    
   
   
    
     other agrir-iiltural,populaIion in I'}tirope.] 
     
    
   
   
    
     ..condition prevented me from verttiirittg. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘...-umately, the wounds were not serious, and 
     
    

    
     Oil another occasion. the rmjor bought a horse 
     
     l'itt-. inztjor had II.§I(I-lIt'II with his own satlillc, 
     
     c then bride 
     
     But scarcely had we got 
     
    
   
   
    
     which Iiad appeared so dtzcilc, began to kick and 
     
    
   
   
    
     tones. Again, lititi-over. the count escaped with 
     
     it few bleetltngs an-I a little forcvtl reported. Still 
     
     I thought there was nothing lint fatality in all this- 
     
     Said I to myself: ‘There are persons who cannot 
     
     change countries, witltout exposing tlieuist.-Ives to 
     
     perils and trititilations ofali kinds. Cuuiit Ed 
     
     tnund is one of that sort.‘ 
     
    

    
     [Let me here interrupt the narrative of iriy 
     
    
   
   
    
     beliefin Russia to the effect, that t-crtain persons 
     
    
   
   
    
     ling place, without incurring iiiisfortuue, sickness. 
     
     And this ht:liel' attaches the Iitisstriti 
     
     peaszteitry tiiore strongly to locality.‘ tliati any 
     
    
   
   
    
     But sntltlenly at otrciiitistaitt-e occured vrhicli 
     
     ttire the vt-il frtnn my eyes. One day this tiilj-rt. 
     
     taking me aside, informed me in a myt~l0lII|l|'l 
     
     rnaitner. that the count was tnitltiiig love to Julia, 
     
     and intended to seduce her. This deceitful coin- 
     
     inniiicatioti did not give me tlte slightest uneasi- 
     
     ness; I knew the liottour and tlelic-try tilticli dis- 
     
     tingtiislied Count Iidintiittl. and I felt more ofilic 
     
     virtue of Julia. But the cootlnct of the ln7|_i~Il' 
     
     turned my t-tispicioos upon him. and I sought to 
     
     clear up certain doubts. [commenced by oxa- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     who lived on the border of the mttteluu 
     
     that he had seen the iiiaj-ir_st dawn otrlny j,.,‘u.“ 
     
     the fatal boat with the roost minute ttiit-niiott. 
     
    

    
     Soinsuoe ltttd gone in all haste to tho 
     
     He arrived. 
     
     though in measured terms of indignation 
     
     suspicions which formerly In-set riic,aiitl wh 
     
     revived in consequence 0|-wgllfll Itl(IIl’|'op3g.|,|. 
     
     inisfoziune; but theinajor, uiireatr.-iined by the mo. 
     
     tteratioii of my language, assumed the appearance 
     
     of despair, aissailed me with t\ tliousaod cane, "Id 
     
     iiialedit-tious, and had the inanaclc-I like a criniiital 
     
     and sent to I't-iitliz: tlii-ticc I was removed in 
     
     Mozir, iiicarcerattul. and treated in all respect. “ 
     
     the tritirtlerer of the young Count Itltlinuiid Sero- 
     
     Koinoleska. 
     
    

    
     'l'lie inquiry proceeded. I was amazed gt “,1. 
     
     audacity to wickedness-—at such perversity of 
     
     linuian nature. I declared my iiittocencg, '| in, 
     
     volteil every means for my deft.-iice; but a dcafesr 
     
     was turned to all my cries. I learned that I W3. 
     
     to be condemned to the utmost severity of tit. 
     
     knout. The tlioiiglit that I, it gcnt'eman‘s nor. 
     
     should perish in such a iiiaoiierl it made inc lliud. 
     
     lIt‘f. I hesceched, and at last the jailer gitvcino 
     
     some paper, and pen and inlt. lrtddressed a pit. 
     
     tition to the ' l\*l:irslt:tI of Nobility‘ at Mozir-_ In 
     
     this petition I 0Xpt\tlt'(I the nlioto alfair in its his 
     
     deous fidelity. The stmpatliisimz jailer, who 
     
     began even himself to think ttie iottoccttt, tinder. 
     
     took to place my stipplication in the proper li:indit_ 
     
     lle sticct-cdt-tl. and three days after I le.iriit-d that 
     
     a fresh iitqiiiry was to he set on foot. 
     
    

    
     One ni-_'ltt vrlwit. with eyes tlilittcd rind brain 
     
     hosted with fcvr-rit-h excitement. I was §l’:|l|pllt' 
     
     mertliiliy at the hope of acquittal, the door of my 
     
     diiiigcoit opened, and my iicciiscr appeared. 
     
    

    
     t Led by the iittiichiiii-nt \\'liI('lI l IHl‘l|lt‘Ily felt 
     
     for you.’ said lie in a uittllletl voice, ‘ Iconic ts 
     
     aallo ytill. 
     
    

    
     I S.1vcmeI'I oxclaimetl ; ‘ it is vt-ry late.’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Itldgd. 
     
    
   
   
    
     mining the gun which ltiitl Iiurst in firing. It was 
     
    
   
   
    
     still in the house. and I livtwiine corivtnr-cd tlrit: 
     
    
   
   
    
     holes had been do-signedly itiaile in the barrel in 
     
     several places. I also succeeded in fI8t"B|’|dIlllIt.: 
     
     that the horse which all htit Ittllvtl llic _vouti-_- 
     
    
   
   
    
     count, had been lioitglit with the pitrfect IiIltt\$'lC-IKE’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     that in town it was ocilt-; while in the opt.-ii 
     
    
   
   
    
     r-.nnttrt' it hr-c.tine fierce and tinco;nro|l:tltlc. l‘V¢l| 
     
     In the hands ofthe mint experioncetl grooms. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I it-otiltl gl.-.tlly have spoken out.ln.t niy servile 
     
    
   
   
    
     \\'tlIiltI have believed me: are iiien who have no 
     
     social position over belit-veil! I was silt-nt then 
     
     both to the young count and the rest of iity itc- 
     
     iiattttaiices. 
     
     \\'i.- now wcnl—tlie major, the count. and mi‘- 
     
    
   
   
    
     r~t»ll'~— to the country tettroineiit of the tIt’t‘t}.|8t;.tI 
     
     NDIIIIIEB! at Pyiislti. situated on tlte botdt-r of some. after all, 
     
    
   
   
    
     hunt! marsliies. ldtictiuragi-tl by the major, who 
     
     never Ct’S|St3tI telling IH that we were young, 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
    
   
   
    
     I0 tllldl 
     
     I 
     
    
   
   
    
     t 
     
    
   
   
    
     gl"'"ll"?|’. he who was killed at the battle ol Iltlltlo 
     
     tdiiro.' 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ 'l'ht-to is still time.’ rejoined the tnrij-tr; ‘hot 
     
     the tnomcots are pro-cioits—~von rnugt rm; to" 
     
     thciii iti vain words. Again. I Irish to spare you 
     
     an tnfttirtoiia piinisltnient and tho tortuns of the 
     
     kit-nit. Are you willing 
     
    

    
     ‘ Am I willing! () say. i-av!’ r-tit-tl I, fitlefllling 
     
     in the ioviiictlile love of lift: ivliii-li till-tCll"l tti 
     
     ltuttitii lI(lllll‘t'. that I had lit-lore rite this author of 
     
     ,:|II tnv tiiisforiiti-s. and tliztt I was about to owe 
     
     lift-. lronttnr, Illtvllys to—:t itinrtl.-ror! 
     
    

    
     The tirtjnr then told me I most ftiiszn sickness, 
     
     and rtftoittnrtls death. ‘ Uri your resiirii-t-titan,’ 
     
     added In‘. ' you innst tiiltc tlio iiaiiie of _\oiir t-ltler 
     
    
   
   
    
     t 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' Tlizit will he an inipoztum,’ t;.i.| |_ 
     
     ‘ No. no !‘ riitswr.-retl tho major, 0 \\' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ill it not, 
     
     lie the name of tour father and your 
     
    
   
   
    
     ffaitiiily ' The pltiy cii:ictrtl——.intI it only tli-ponds 
     
    
   
   
    
     iiitdioii you irlio-tlier you enact it well or not-votir 
     
    
   
   
    
     tli.tt pleasure ou-,-ht lolie our principal uccitp:itiori.lbrother's name asetimctl, I will provide for um". 
     
     . 
     
    
   
   
    
     the t:-itiiit and myselfolii.-ii bo.itt:tl over the iitarsli-'. 
     
    
   
   
    
     cs Ill purs it ofdticlt's. which were very .‘sIl|IIltI‘|ltI 
     
     there. I r -wed, and the count shirt. Nothing 
     
    
   
   
    
     mnlpglra had been  vefified, {ho hula bnx l8\l(.‘I' Cl‘0S!‘t.‘tI'lIlU (Well tenor OI (Ill? success. fllltl I 
     
     cttttiuiiiiog hvr will waitopcnctl. Ilut totlii- gre.'ttlll‘'!’"| '0 lltlllltt "ml the fatality which liorercd 
     
     astonislitiiniit of every one, atidpartictilarly of tho : liver .1". carrot’! lwml W3! 9"l"_"l! l!‘""3- ""'" 
     
     inoitlts, tlic will-signed by the countess. anal the result or my t.‘.\1lllllfI3II0ll with regitrtl to the 
     
     witiics.-cd by four Russian functionaries of M--zir‘.lH"8' lfilllel “ml the Viclfltli IWFB VH1‘ 3.‘!-"'l""".\l 
     
     .__m;..|.; 3 gerwral bequflgt of an mu ,.r.,p._-n3- "f‘(‘Il.JCL'l.I troiit my iriciitory. and I tio longer liar- 
     
     the deceased to Major Fogel. on con-.lition that ll‘. . l’°“""l " “l““l"“' “I "‘~"PlL'l“"- 
     
     within three years, any heir to tliocoitittvss should -. 0"" fl-|_.\'o ll"? l""l‘”' l“"l‘“l C"""‘ E‘lm""‘l I" 
     
     he found, all the suliject-ntaitt-r ot ltcr wiil sltotilullpriv rt visit to a nobleman whose t-.hstte:tti was on 
     
     go to that heir. with the excoptioti of iiiie-fourth ' the other title of the rnsrsltes. ‘ You will s:-ti 
     
     part, which should belong to Major Fogel. The . lllemil 53"] her ‘ {I09 "I "'0 "I'M "l"lI"lll"*"" UN‘ 
     
     prop!-f;y uf the couutegg Wu. val.“-J at two thug. : nutrients III IIIB IIll(ItIIt9 !Igt‘l. I.ItfEltIt'tl Illll lIllI‘.'lC- 
     
     "ml ruubl¢_s‘_ ‘lion. and the beauty of its sittiati-iii. tho iii:tnor- 
     
     Five momh. had wnweh, “wand flaw um ' Iioiisi:,_trliit:li I not sure you will atltltirc. ptt.~st's_scs 
     
     death of the coiiritcss. when there arrived at IT“. M the "'"s‘ c'""l’le“’ l'l’"""'.” m. l'"‘.3”. 
     
     Mozirtlte young Count Eilinund Serti-Komhleskri. “M W". c”'"":l' I" “X T0 d"'"'""""“.''' ,''l 'l'” 
     
     L_“md_m,phm, M-‘he deceased. The “gm M mi’ yoiiiig count. aiirl ho acceded to the IIIIJ-if s pro. 
     
     ymmn um" m ‘he wccessiu" was 3 “Mel m "0 position. Unlike most men of his years. the 
     
     W” and MW" pug” knew i‘ as we“ as Wm He young count loved study nearly as lIl|lI'lI as plea 
     
     received the last and only lit-ir of the countess ""83 “ml l"' l“"""l"‘ltl° "I “I "”"l l‘“"“""° 
     
    
   
   
    
     fortiiiie. and, believe trio. it will not be a li;itl one. 
     
    

    
     'Iliero: is an old provo.bwliicli -‘Iva: ' .-I tlrotvii: 
     
     ing iti:iri will catch at tho i:.lgt.- -if .1.|’:lZttt!' I “-3. 
     
     that titttit. | mm, 
     
     [‘ll|IlIt‘(I, I fr-ianed sicktit.-ss. A doctor was called 
     
     in. ttlio, smiling. orrlert-d inc sonm pt.riu..g_ [ 
     
     naked for a priest; he canto to ctotf.-st; rm-_ ma 
     
     d9°i""9'lr I0 ll!" did the doctor, that I \V'llIll 
     
     great danger. The doctor. tliu priest. tliejttlcr. 
     
     were all in tho srcrr-t. In short. they did not long 
     
     leave me to cont.tr=rl'eit tlu:ttlt ltt'ltIft3 tlicy put me 
     
     in llI_\' r-oflin, and r::irriotl me to it chapel, \\'Il"Ill‘D 
     
     the major (I'.'lI\L‘H.'tI Inc in the iiiglit-time. Next 
     
     day, I had the plcasiirt: of lieltttltling. ti-urn Major 
     
     l“"i!'?l'3 Wlmluit_ my nun lttiriril perftiriitod with 
     
     the usual funcritl ceieiiioiiies. 
     
    

    
     "l'ltt-re you ate. frtto at last,’ suit! the major, 
     
     1‘"l'-'”"~'|"t.' Illti; ‘but I hrivc Mill ttty pioiiiisu to 
     
     lilllil-' Siiiutiliir iitysitrry ofthte Illllll:|l| limit! 
     
     "'4" ||t_-mt “lit-so cttpidity h.ttl twice It-tl liinito 
     
     coiiimit iiitiidur, wt-pt its lit: rtIl'55t'l| me to Li. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I ClIn~‘(*llIt‘tI to v-vterviliiiig. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     TI"! folli-Hing day. the major gave me fifty 
     
     ll"'||~*=||Nl |’iIlilt'-S. arid iitarrit-d the to .Iitli:t, the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mm 3 “ma, demmmmiun "“~m,MbHP; my_ l‘t'|ltlel€.'tI‘ltllel8'slIDg tti ltititcvcryiliitig that borotltc 
     
     his ‘induces was all but p.iteriial. Ile \\t3lt‘Hlllf3tI ‘"l'e°‘ "I l‘'"‘''‘‘“" " "'""l‘”'y' . 
     
     Illlil to his own Itou~'e, sortountlt-il him with lll~' I" T" l'“3"”"' "'0' “"3 "'“”l"”" "' ‘W’ :""'".""l 
     
     iitost tlelicztte an-l coiitiniit-d solicitude. iit.d ro- '.l""' "9 ‘l'“"ld l“"’_" °"'“" ‘l"f" ""“""l3_‘l“5 “"l‘l 
     
     vi-led him with ufft.-ctiunatc atteittiou everytliiiig his "WI";  "'9 ‘"‘'l"‘' "W ¢“""'l-' It" ""9 3'-"'5" 
     
     gut-stdesiied.  ‘"5 “'‘‘“l‘l 
     
    

    
     l".'r°'"'""lel—lT’ To ywng C"'"_'l_ l"‘l‘““'"l I" The count and I took the same little hoot 
     
     llmmng C"'m".’ “he”: he "sullud l"9d‘.l'"d r"" always used on our ntpiaiic exctirsions. \\'ltett 
     
     lwncn ‘he nem.fic_'l'e "f ‘be dfllh M hm r"”'" Ill the middle of the inarsli, our frail btrlt lteom 
     
     and mother, Iltittltiug that the titles and other mum, Wm. M" | | , , , I *_ 
     
     rlocutiiertts Ito had I)l'lIIl‘.‘llI with him would llltlrt‘ "~ N" “W I '0 I '"'l‘" r‘ ‘T’ '"“' d 
     
     than stiflicc to prove his idetttity. M:ijor Fogel 
     
     pointed out to litm this deficiency in the family 
     
     papers, but. added at the same time : ' As to my- 
     
     self, my IIPIII’ friend, I am convinced that you are 
     
     really and truly the legitimate heir ofthc Coun- 
     
     tess St-ro-Koinoleslra, but law requires great 
     
     furinalitirs. and it is necessary for its to submit to 
     
     them.’ The eotint at once acltnitted the justice 
     
     of this remark: and a confidential servant was 
     
     item to Crst-ovv to find the documents, without 
     
     which the affair could not he brought to a termi- 
     
     nation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     he could not swim. ‘ Ila i:ot stir. iiiy lottl,’I 
     
     said : ‘ them is still hot e!’ He did not lived nty 
     
     counsel, Ihrcw ltiiiiself al:nut..sinl caused the boat. 
     
     to fill so quickly. that in ii few itiiittttcs we were 
     
     under water. ‘ Cling to the boat !’ I cried ; ' I sin 
     
     0010192 I0 you.’ I tried to catch hold nl him by 
     
     the hair, but his terror prevented him from hearing 
     
     I99. lml ll! lhltrtrled for the land. I soon saw 
     
     litin twenty or thirty stroltcs frorn inc, battling 
     
     with the waters: he appeared, and disappeared 
     
     Ilsin: then finally sank to rise no more. With 
     
     . . . In tlfort. I trained the shore, attd called for aid. 
     
     During the time which was ahsolotsly nr-cesitsry 
     
     for the acconplislitriettt of the mo-ut«.ngor's jour- 
     
     ney. the major sonaltt all possible means of 
     
     ariiusieg Count Iitlutatid. I was his daily coin- 
     
     panion. Once when we were going out shooting. 
     
     the rrisjcr save tee a l'n\vlittu- iece. s said: 
     
     ° Load it er-ll. for Count I".<t:atin will use it.’ I 
     
     loatled it as you esoslly do a rttwtinco ices. sed 
     
     yet the tram-I burst at the tint fire. so the coast 
     
     received eeeiitosioti on his cheek sed his aria. 
     
    
   
   
    
     at the end of air hour tort» 
     
     unfortunate young count. 
     
    

    
     was stiipitled: scarcely comprehended 
     
     nature of the misfortune I list! witnessed 
     
     jrberaiss. less osciterl than iiirsslf. sxsrsisod that 
     
     ,l:t.:. lid to than great surprise, found tltu its 
     
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     was piercscl is several places with a hitter. 
     
     and that the holes had bees cleverl 
     
    
   
   
    
     jby sriiiabs of black sarrsaiii brvsd. ’A gardener 
     
    
   
   
    
     join us on the other suit: of, 
     
    
   
   
    
     we5 
     
    
   
   
    
     llJl'II for the shore. The cnttnt grew nervon.---. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Sonic lisheriiisri arrived, swept the waters. and’ 
     
     -slit -no the corpse of tits ..t still int... at Tobolslr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A \\’Q‘t.'I( iilti.-r,I 
     
     it--t out with tiiy tiifo for lltssatroltiii, uhrre I 
     
     li\'t'd !t'\‘9r=Il yoziis. Ilaving lortrnt-tl tho tleath of 
     
     lll='_l"f I“!-L't'l. I (‘llllltI not resist the «Ii-.~irt: of re- 
     
     'VIs=ii|It! the bottle of my cltiltlliooil. I r-.-tnrnrd tti 
     
     lllfi. dtsttivt of II ivlonivst-I. iintl htitiglit sortie do- 
     
     lltillfllt wlicreon I iitter.ilt'd to curl ttty tlays. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Vtartl itftlic «lvi-c:teetl c:-ittttt-as ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Sllf‘ll was the tlr.-position of the flt"t‘lf!I‘tI. It 
     
     \\‘.:\I duly tlutietl by the tlt.-pozmtit. ttliii swore, 
     
     '\tlllt the llstlzll (‘?n=mtinlt‘!. llfitl Ito I)'|tI lIit‘l'tin 
     
     _toltl the whole truth. and nothing litit tltetrnzlit 
     
     -.ltili:t. the wife. t-.uiifirine«.l the stuteiiients t-f liter 
     
    

    
     li-tsliarttl. Ily a piece of good look, the gardetivr 
     
     {who had seen Major Fogol at the boat oti tltc 
     
     ,'fl|t Willi: of the day on which t,‘tnini I‘ltIllltlfl|I was 
     
     ‘drowned, still survived, and was met Wit It 
     
     ‘I’_t-rtdia; and the retired ofliuer who had sold the 
     
    

    
     vicious hunt» to the major, also lived to give his 
     
     slit re of evidence. 
     
    

    
     The four fuitctioitsries who had witnessed tlis 
     
     ‘llllifillltlled will of the countess. Iiad hocti trait- 
     
     .sportrd to Siberia for rolrlrlna the imperial tres- 
     
     sury. It was unknown who-ilirr they were dead. 
     
     the capital of Stbtilili 
     
     but f'rom the nature of their cliarscio-rs. it was not 
     
    
   
   
    
     the supposed that tlielr testimony would be of ritiicls 
     
     The value. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The lord‘-proprietor of the 8eriiseoee.LoIV '13 
     
     acquitted. with as tnittnctioe that be sltesld rs- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ;satee his old sunset nflltlflglltd was I W 
     
     .“V‘;':"C||5lI*OdIIIIl‘0sds..h$O|l5r|“‘l“ 
     
     t