New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-16


termination with ged feelings of grief astonish-
ment AMI admiration Neither cntreates nor re-
monsiranccs could shase his determination. lie was
irn, ana renamed ~ home after saying farewell to
MS friends, who took leave OF him as Of man on
the point OF death
lie had drawn up his plan. which by the sugces-
!on Oh some mysterious instinct perfectly harmon
Ized with that of Olga although they had never IN
any way arranged the matter. lie also bad de-
tetlnlnsd To ieign Innocence. and had arranged
everything IN such manner as to make il seem rs
hpu9h ne were the mott peaceful of citizens. As he
Iived under the false passport of an engineer he
covered his table with hcap Of plans OF various
dimen-ions and having put on his dressing gown
ana SHIPPERS. set diligently to work to copy one.
"niie "altng the arrival of his unwelfome guests.
~ was IN tins gnise and engaged IN this innocent
occupation that he was surprised by the police.
ne scene wpich followed may easily be imagined.
oga hung her arms round his neck. and poured
form stream OF broken words. ordinations. er.
cuses ana comp aints Of these who had arrested
her because she wished 10 call upon her mil.lner.
In the midst however. of these ordinations, she
whisnered IN his ear: Z" Have YOU not been warned T.
~. q" Yes. he replied in the same manner. "every
thing Is IN order. Don't b. alarmed" Meanwhile
he payed the part of an aifectionate husband NOR
tined by tins scandal After lI:le Seeding and
ten itle consultation. he turned to the pristar and
asked MN Tor an explanation he could not gu. te
understand what had happened from the discon.
nected words of his wife. The pTis9r politely told
the whole story. The engineer appeared greatly sur
pflSed ana grleyed, and could not refrain from some
what bitterly censurng h4 vie for her unpardOn-
able Imprudence. The pristgr who was evidently
treasured Oy the aspect of the husband and of the
must make search.
Al hope yon will excuse me. sir" he added. but
| am obi ged Ia do II It il nv duty"
willingly submit to the law noDly replied the
engineer
Thereupon be pointed 20 the ROOM so as to ndi-
cate that the pris;ar was free to search 10 thor
oughlv. and having Int candle with his own hand,
for at that hour in 81. Petersburg 1t was already
dark. he quietly crened the door OF the adjoining
room, which was his own little place. The search
was made Certainly not u single scrap ot paper
was found. written orprintcd which snelt OF Mill
i'm.
BY rights. ought to take the lady to prison."
SAID the prsiar when he had finished his search.
"espenlally as her previous behavior was anything
hut what 1t ought 80 have been; but won't Il"
that. | will simply keep Won under arrest here
until vour passports have been verified fon see.
sif,r he added we nohoe officers are not quite 50
bad n the Nlhllisis make ms out
"There are alwav, hon-st men m every occu7a-
ton replied the engineer with gracious bow:
not rcpeat were exchanged between them and the
prisfqr went ayay with most of ms men. well I'M
He left however. a guard m tie kitchen, nth strict
nun"tons not to lose sight oi the host ana ho'te-s
until further ORDERS
Morosuf anil Olga were alone The first at of
the comedy they hal imprpyi-ed had met with COM
plrtc success. But the storm wa, far from having
blown over The vorifcation vi their passports
would IN, " thpt the} were IN 'se tn" Inevitable
consequence wonll bea warrant Tor h"irarrest when
might be issued ut amy moment If tie vcrinc0tlnn
were made b. means Of the telegraph The emf mel
UrI "1tlo0Icss, WIN 8 sword 'i lli S''e 2uI h7
revolver i'm his lelt wa scented n the Kitchen.
which was ~ The back. exactly oppo-Ite th" onier
donr 500 that ~ was impossible to approach IN" tof
with,1t being seen hy him. For several hours they
r1rkei tlrir brains and discus eel. in lnW voice.
various plans of escape. 20 free themselves by
main force was not to he Thought of NO arms had
boon l-ft M the p'acr for they hll boon pnlpnscly
taken away. ~ without vclrn4t now ronlh th.y
granrlr with this long. sturdy FELLOW. arin"l hi '
wlaf They hnucl That rs the houia pa sol on he
would flll asleep llnt this hope was uni realized
Whom nt about half pnst 49, M"'"s'n nn,ef i.e
rrrfrvf uf en.nr into his little ruunl. Whrh WA
mood Tor vat eis domestic uuruosrs prsand near the
Kitchen. ho snw fho man still at hi' poet win hi'
,,.s willie rr,n attentive aud ,isil1nt na at Hfst
a. ,han Not,son returned OLA wound have la
rlitr1 That tha vpt va mute rl'at anl mat th"y
hnl nothing I" du hui 49, leave q" h!hiu'ne W'i"
h..rtta iir hnd in rtrt. found what "a" wanted -
t,rn -inrin anil atlr. lhn little tuuW "pthnn int"
hn smHii ,uriiuf which 7rtNrl h7 % a'ii "l auto
rhtmler AMI ir dnof llaHbrl iIai nl thn tU'wn
~ returning o. The 'iIlha twih M'l"'"l "''''Ny |
that whom tee iuui ui thH litlt ir"W was NNlr
oprn 70 completely shut out the view "l the
t|frirn Hud consequently hid from Tie policeman
the outer door and alsp that of tho 7lltns-r'om II
would hr po. aIhle, Therefore, at given moment, u
pc through the aztec hmNci without u''"s ~ u
l., thr sentinel. But thi, could not h' done unless
some ono came ami opened the door ot the II tie
room. Neither Olga nor Morosoi cond a." TINS Tor
ii, under some prcteXt. they opened ", ln'N W"un'
Of course have To leave u open; ms "Iulu ln,,
mrdiaely arouse suspicion and the Policeman
would run after them and eaten them Ptrhhap' De
fore thev hal descended the staircase. Could they
trust the audladv' The temptation to do so was
great If she consented to assist them success might
Ice considered certain. But If sire refused! "a NO
could guarantee that from fear Of being punished
rs an acror,pllrc. She would not 20 and reveal
everything 10 the police Ot course she d'd NOT
suspect ia the least what KIND OF people er lo"ecI9
were. IL
Nothing therefore. was said to her. bnt they
hoped nevertheless 70 have her UNCONSCIOUS assist
ance and il was upon that Norosof had based ms
plan. About II o'clock she went INTO the niue
rrnm. where the pump was placed. 10 z the water
20 hll the Kitchen cstrrn for next days consuinp-
tinn As the room was very small. she generally
left OF the two pals IN the corrdor' WINE sue
filled the other with mater, and OF curse WAC nus
obliged ~ leave the door open. lYrryth h9 nus
drn.udrd mon the nOsitlnu IN which she nlHcrc hcr
pal An inch or twoon one side or the "tnef w'ult
decide their fate: for u was only when me d'or OF
the little room was wdn open thaI u smut va. w
view of the KIT hen and concctieI ir tn,l Oh tlc
antechamber. II not wile open, ptrt ot thh outer
door could ice seen. There rcmlil I'D h1lf an hour
Iec,ra tLn dacisfve moment VIII .ch both employed
in preparing for Hight. Their wrlnS were Iah7llT
NJ in the wardrobe IN the antechnmncr. h,y hau,
therefore 20 put on what they had win them ID
the sitting rom. Moroso1 put on 4 lght summer
oycrcnat. Olga threw over her shoulders w9"ith
scarf. to protect her somewhat IRON ,le con- ~ ~
order 10 draden rs much ~ possible thr NouhVH oi
their hasty footsteps which might arouse th' atlh
on of the sentinel in the profound Nli"hcc oI ''
night both Of them put on their eoosi"', zen
being elastic made but little DoiSe. hey had 10
put them on next To the stocking ailuouE" J..
was not particularly agreeable at that s'asoli ior
they were IN Their SLIPPERS. thrlr shoes having o'eh
purposrlv sent into the kitchen . he cleaned or the
following day. IN order 10 remove all Suspicion IT,
spcciiug their intentions. -. u..ir,l j.;
Everything being prepared they ron 'ln'u IN
readiness Ii tening to every sound made by the
landlady. At last came the changing ni Tue eupS
pals She went to the little room. threw open Tue
door aud began her work. Tie moment had ar,
rived Norospf cast n hnsty glance; ON. horror.
The empty pail scarcely projected D'yohu th'
threshold. and the door was at very acute anVIe,
No that even from the door Of the sttng-r9' III Wu,I
they were part Of the interior OF thr Kitchen c,uu
Inc aeon. lie turned toward Olga. who was standing
behind him holding Der breath. and male an ch'I-
get.r sign boz the negative few minutes Pa'sT',,
which cmed Ike hours he pumping ,e'I ~ 'no
nail was full She was about 10 place II ON inc no"r'
Both stretched their ucck- aud advanced q. Slep'
being unable 20 control the anxiety 9l theT us
pnr-r This time the Heavy pail banged again the
door and forced IT bacl ON Is hinges .tr''m OF
water being split he sic" OF the htchth was
currcl Ovcthalanrci b, the t@'t Vs. guy, W.