Show t I II AN INNOCENT MAN MANIPO I om I 50 YEARS S IN SIBERIA I c L 24 h RESURRECTION OUTDONE j I fl 1 t h I u n n 0 n u u u ur iu u u uIt u i m St It S t erne m re respects sped Ct Count powerful novel in it not du 80 u or nth nb absorbing n as the true wary tory of or a n worn an t a old ala nun iron who a 1 few ew day dA 1 aKa ago agot fo t f e l 1 feebly from ruin the tI Moscow h h ut at tin till c central station here and ana with witha a the tho th help of ot u II young man mull In Ul ht 1111 company i entered the th sleigh waiting to convey n l t him to till the family ne of or tho 1 11 L This old vIti wa wad WUI Tho fheo Sure 1111 who hu hoe now returned p U from he WILB w us exiled 1 ix ex Salt I achy leUy 50 60 year yearn SRO tor for the I hI murder of or hi his 1111 best bent friend Count r r For Tor 50 DO years year Count prayed nd for Cor de death th In hi a u Siberian p n nn il settle nettle settlement ment Brushed by the seventy of hi hb ten punishment arul by hy the know ledga ull all hit hll relatives relative wul said friends believed undo him guilty of the crime for lor which he had been condemned Now after nil All there theM yearn of ur hy leal sutter ur fug Ing and und mental agony gony It ha hu hoe been din dl n covered that Count was wan Inno Iona Innocent Ionah h cent of ot the thu crime of at which he lie was wan ac IC accused and tun u a pardon granted by the Ih tear cur lion hM enabled him lihn to 10 return to lilts hll hi old af t home In St Petersburg to 10 die tHe In liberty with every overy slain removed from lilt Ids hu diameter lets Few lives have been lJ n more marc tragic thun than RD that of at Count and anel few Juno Inno Innocent cent cInt men have had to undergo so 10 o terri tern Wp hIe an ordeal o lit us that he her hUI hu un on yet an as J tiling have turned out oUI he must be thankful that hit his prayer for tor speedy deaths death was nut answered and that ha ho has linn lived long for tide hll to bo ve before billa I all 11 tho the world r Till i li OF Uk A a It BAT ti The beginning of ol this remarkable story tolY takes In keg us ua back to the year rear 1602 Z l when Count Theodore wu was u uray 1 tray ray young In III the tho cavalry guard ills J liB father was Wad limo tho head houd of or the tho j motTe morts one of o the foremost noble font fam um UI II of ot the empire tied and being 4 the eldest son SOil Count Theodore wo waa IM the i hell heir to tho the greater part of o the thc vast es el tales lutes and Wealth which Ills his forefathers forefather had iad accumulated The In In that tint awaited him consisted of ot t acres of ot land In various parts part of ot 13 and castles Lehle some score of ot hunting lodges summer villas and smaller residences and a for tune tuna estimated nt at lie He Was 25 years old tall lull handsome and tho the darling durling of ot St Petersburg so 10 o a n girl gill of high diameter character oho o and equally noble birth had promised f to become his wife and lily his superior I prophesied for or him a n I I military career In Jn n short Count seemed to everything t IE required to make n It young oun man happy r and certainly few tew men con can hope to en on one e 1 ot of joy life more mono that ho hu did on the eve of lit j lurK lark the tragedy that was UI about to over oer whelm him UI U h Feb tl Count I his hla most Intimate friend was n It young man mall In ln ot similarly fortunate circumstances He lie i nth too was nn an eld Ht son and the huh to tf t m Immense wraith wealth and le lees extensive than those of ot Count Kazl Kazi a i n hll ul muff on which they thoy bordered Count 3 and Count had hael 1 been schoolboys together had hall K oue I m In I tl f through the university together had r s made a n foreign to reIgn tour together and were wore the best bet of ot friends friend till n i a n woman camen camei came n I between them This wan WIl n a girl named Fedora the daughter of ot the dal l house porter at nt the club dub which both the 1111 lull young officers frequented fedora was nt ut that limo 19 13 i i years old ohl rind IUd beautiful to the thc standards of her clues a fact act of ot hoods which she ahe herself h was well aware She Site m was IM coquettish In the tho extreme and al RI ways hind had a n bevy bey of at admirers In her b nt wake vake Count was WB her favorite until one nile day In an all evil hour It ul nJ all a 1 contorted concerned he Introduced his friend Count D to her and andr r t the fickle tickle maiden quickly transferred r her affection to the tho newcomer A ten Count tip no hems to cots regain Fedoras favor rR 0 r but hilt f tit did his utmost t to supplant Ms his hi comrade cam w eo 10 that the oM old friendship between the tt I young men non d developed Into the tho t fiercest hatred Miny bit II n ny torrny encounters took place ploce and ann on nt when fount Count found fount Count DoI In Fedoras I llora I company angry words led I to blows and anda a n hand hantl to hand hind struggle T A DUm A A duel WB was the thc Inevitable re and title tills was fought on the following day uk u In a D field tIld on the outskirts of ot St Peters Petersburg II burg Swords Sword were u used d I and the th two tin II Pena noblemen both Killed skilled In III the tilt use of hoof hO the weapon fought as al only the Ihl deadliest f u 0 est ass enemies light with Intent to kill rh F j It soon oon became clear dear that Count Kuzir Chum Ji r l and inoff mort had found his hili master and In the Ih I r ii fifth round he received a s wound In the Ih right arm which disabled him and I re I caused the seconds to put an end to the duel ib The combatants shook hand panda at th TI finish and Count expressed II a desire that their old friendship might mightY Y J 1 lit le revived 1100 and Ind the cause of ot their en In enmity InI eni I laity mity forgotten The I r seemed complete compete co and not ionic Ion If After Afterward ward waN Count r ol an tin II I Invitation lion from Count to go If got 0 t n 11 hunting on hl hi at In Inthe InID Inn n ID Bit b the tr I 1 On tb the third day dR of ot their stay star f came am me methe the tragedy that meant death d ath to the theone 1 one nail and lifelong penal servitude to theother the theother other and lol were wr 1 u t hunting together r and the topic of ot re Fc redo flora dom do seemed l to have bave be beset n ml M il r j again for the tb huntsmen and beaters In attendance on nn them noticed that Ih h two to n noblemen were Men 1 engaged In III a lint hot tot dispute Their were Nere raised In anger and the till alb beard Count Dol nten nt n to tn Inform Count 1 of ot his hla fondness for tor Fedora In to which I hk re replied 1 re plied d that he ht uM kill him If he bt didAt did didAt didAt At the th height of their guar red r when both mn man were weir 1 betE be tE FC they suddenly found at do three ln o marten tr with two to wild dId bean boara and started off ort In Lot t baste to IQ get et a shot hot at th the PoW pee The name II were lOre left far tar behind lut it y heart the sound lOund Of many and Id concluded that the two i nt hImen r having good food o rt I all an he h hUf ur later fount n th the i of beaters beite and In rel whirl whine was Dolt Dol t hr ic Mw hud had not ben s seen seena n ni a 1 us ie a h he did dil n nut not t put In an n m appearance 1 n 11 darka i t set t I In ii n 1 een p ri li lir lin rii r n i ni for him but lIt In let vain aln The Pie next lint dl dev 1 1 th earth wa w as a resumed end anil I g i r 1 I In hr by marks mark of ot blood blond the rescue rescuer i r t 1 found fonn 1 his hi dead d d body fy burled In III Int 1 t t 1 of ot Prue I about half bait a mil all from fromI r I f s ot t wit win re he hI had taut last been seen iV n nI I 1 the thi company OmA nn n of or hU hll nose hOlt Count lUn Ka Kaniff Kan n ff who wAa 1111 n dr AI onee Olle arrested on 1 11 1 ton Ion of or having the murf mur 1 f inure the Ihl evidence ln t the nit cot was wa n as Th TIt enmity 1 the th two men which Mil hed 1 b 10 1 l to the duel clIel the sudden t Ii tir p the n f t too Mt rust t ni 1 P pl ni nin I In n I e estate tat the th r quarrel qUI and an tin gunshot ho AM r 1 hv by th Ih tw beaten t r allI nil all I I to tn Kasimoff Haft H If 81 n of ot h f t I i f on with Pt ls In I nr rit to toi tos s f 0 him hi to his remote amts t t and n t snare to I r him In ih the m In inthe the thO um ll tI nf 1 ht In I would trot not glen j 11 i v t i t t 1 Is rl it N stone r h i J e i boyhood f fr r PI V VIn nn n i In tNt that i t re e t n tl 11 n J i crime r T n 11 T f fin i I in 3 I t are nis III but J hU hll protestations were l and sentenced to death this l hence waa hanl h commuted ll to one of lifelong m ment ont to Siberia Sl with penal servitude for tor tho the first 10 years YIM his hi start rt Count had hall to un undergo dergo 1110 the ordeal al of oC being l for o ni tn Im mally ny degraded from turn hits his hi ranK runk us as HH ott Iii i fleer ner This hiM reman which In Is I in iii i relentlessly severe In that Imn in III any an other country worst even nil than the ordeal Dreyfus had to undergo und In III In the hI im lII imor i nI nIn IIRI H t or n All and men I t liar haH Count al bit le brought to the parade grounds in and two h trip strip stripped tripped ped him of ot his uniform and dressed him In convict garb bite 1 the eyes eye of ot the Ihl assembled al This Thin n 11 they t k Ii I ii sword out of ot It Its scabbard broke It II and beat him lih th th the blunt edge Idl of ur the 1 I halves Next nue of 1 III held head he fl was a i shaved bald buld and the tile hair on the i rt 10 half halt cropped close In ti wa was led around in front of all nil the till ranks while the two soldiers showered Id Idon on his hili bore bare back with the knouts knout used by th the Co sacks Tile Thill pru 1111 re cort Ceil It l lis is interesting to note Is III stall HII practised In Russia In ease flit of ot degrada degradation tion Hall of ot officer rain their rank Count 1 broke brok down utterly before th the degrading ceremony was half haIr over Oel wept and toward the Ihl end Ind h had d to be dragged around In a fainting con condition A day or two later he started on Du his long and terrible Journey to 10 SI 81 To put the th finishing touch to It nil all the tho lust last two to Items of ot newts news that he heh heard h from the th outside world lx h before fore leaving St Ht Petersburg were that hIs hla flanc o hail lind become the betrothed of ot an another other uther man fad and that Fedora edora I hud hint cursed him ns as R the murderer of ot ouk was teas henceforth Convict No end and was waa dispatched Into ex exile exIle ile Ho In company with a gang of at oth other p unfortunates condemned ned to the same fate fall They rhey were chained together and andas ns as was customary In those thOle limo days they dM did the whole of or the time journey on fo it r goaded d by the time cruel crul knouts of the Cos COli Backs sent to escort them TO iW Their destination was wal some hundred miles mile north of ot and on arrival there they were put to 10 work In Inthe Inthe inthe the mines s Will wag chained night and anti day to four tour other convicts all coarse coarl f fellow Allows and nil all under undergoing undergoing going punishment for tor crimes of ot eXcel exceptional violence torture this thin per pei allotment manent lack Inck of at privacy and this litis forced with will four tour ruffians was wal to a aman man or fIT stamp may well be Imagined hours every day clay II the live five pris prisoners hail hall to work together In the mines and at al night th they y slept l pt together In a miserable limit hut When Chen there was 1111 work to be he dooms done the four rim I Inala combined to give their aristocrat aristocratic ic Ie companion the share or It anti and when rations milan were served they took look care that t he received the smallest Ilia II 1111 share Whon they found that thai he lie would lint Hot In their coarse conver cOher conversation conversation am ant their vile lIe Jokes they lime 1111 bead bait and kicked him to knock the pride out of at him as they the put pUll It was VII not always chained to 10 the Paine Fame ruffians and sometimes his hl Immediate companions were enough h If It rough and far Ion too e eel ed l to be real will company to him hut but dur during ing big nil Mil time the 10 long years yearl that It lasted title hi penal penn I servitude in chains hi Ins w Wit was e lit literally rally hell on earth for tor the of ot high society In St 81 Petersburg It Jt Is II a n mystery how lived through three terrible years 1111 at all fur for when Ibell they th Wet were rem over OWl he resembled a broken down man of or 70 though he was WIlS only 36 35 Thenceforth he was war allowed to his tilt own awn little tittle hut tut and to do practically what whitt he liked so sn long an as a Ii h did not leave ell the village and report retort retorted reported ed Pel himself to the tnt authorities twice n a 1 day da nations were nl served l to him and he hp received 11 a i small man allowance of ot money for necessary expenses Since hla lda condemnation lion and depart departure rt ure ui from St SI Petersburg Tetersburg hall hail hadnot not nOI received any kind message from all his bill relatives and friends and his hll heart was wall hitter litter against them D A IN After A Iter three yeses years lIrt of ot solitude obtained permission to marry marr the vl wl Sow dow of oC a workman who had bud been Jt ex er exiled Iles for Cor a 11 political offense and who had hall died O before Ills Isei term had expired The rite woman belonged tl to 10 the working classes but the she wile wan Wild kit and und affectionate and cons eret r l marriage with her to ti t the awful solitude which h II had been In enduring On the day Ilay nf of the Ih wedding h had l a 5 portrait II of himself hi and his plebeian bride taken nod and this ho hI sent lent to his bl relatives relative In st lit with n II reminder that their Iii St turn born would bt be heir halt to the th Knel l mart wealth and estalee The union however was HUN o lend find will ii died five fl years ears eara later leaving him ad nf again Jour For over ovel s o yours years he drugged on a solitary ml existence limited 1 to ii society of or and deprived of everything shut makes makH life lite worth liv living 1 ing In In the thi earlier years yea he still re ra retained retained I I a hoi hope that thai his bla Innocence be lit I but ns III year ar after year went by wit t ut bringing one favorable sign he hf himself It to the Inevitable able Ibl and pray pra d 1 that death might end nd hit ht earthly a sufferings The truth about abnit the mystery came ame out before the death of a workman named recently WM wu the brother of at the pretty Fedora who had b been n the th cause of ot the Ibe quarrel be between Je tween Kasimoff and DoI and andon andon andon on his hll deathbed d he h sent for a priest to hear his hie confession that he had bad mur dered Count The count h lit he told the lh priest had seduced his hll sis sister III al alter ter Fedora snot Anti he hI trio the th brother had hit sworn orn to avenge a fI her bOr wrongs He lie had waited tor fir bis hie hl opportunity and had bit murdered him In the tbt wood and anft burled his hili body In the tb snow He had come and ami ano gone without seeing anyone and without being seen n and alt after Sher the crime was wan committed he lie escaped raped from the I neighborhood without attracting atten attention attention tion stun SWORE TO IT ON A He had bad heard JIrd that Count had hM been condemned for the murder but he h had not had bad the courage to wine come forward and admit that he hI him i If lied had own been n th tb the real tal H li rI d sired aired however h w to unburden Ms hili hl mind of this secret before his hl death end nd to obtain forgiveness for tor th tb the double |