The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-27

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osof, whom she found at homo with thrt
or four friends. The rooms were ut ont
cleared With the utmost rapidly. Mo
osoH thought Of a plan, which, by II
suggcstion Of some mysterious instinc
: perfectly harmonizcd with that Of dig
AS he lived under the false passport Of a
engineer, he covered his table with n hea
OF plans OF various dimensions, and, ha,
Ing put on his d~ressing.gown and slipper
sci. diligently to work 10 copy one, Will
waiting the arrival OF his unwelcom
guests.
j 1t was In this guisc and engaged in thi
innocent occupation that he WINS hui
1 prlsed by the police. Tho scene whic
! followed may easily DO imagined. Ok
. lung herarns round his neck, and pouru
' u stream Of broken words, exclamation
t excuses and complaints OF these mon VIII
\ had arrested her because sle wished I
call upon her millin In the midst, how
ever, Of these EXPLANATIONS. she Whispered
' In his oar: "Have you not been warned :?
"ies," he replied In tho same manner
3, "~cyerything Is in order. Don't bo alarm
, cd"
Meanwhile no played the part OF n
atIectionate husband mortified by thi
scandal. After II little scolding and tho,
q little consolation, no turned TO tho pris
tar and asked him for nm explanation, n
hc could not quite understand what hat
happened from tho disconnected words o
his vile. Tho trslas politely told tn,
whole story. Tho engineer appeared
greatly surprised and grieved, and coult
not reirain from somewhat bitterly cen
surfing his vito for her objectionable i'm,
prudence. The 1~ri,tav, who was eyidentl,
reassurcd by tho aspect OF tho husband
and OF the whole household, declared,
nevertheless, that no must make q search,
u hope you will excuse mo, sir" lie
added, but l nm obliged to do 1t it is my
duty"
II willingly submit to tho law" nobly
replied tho engineer.
The search wls made. Certainly not n
single scrap Of paper was found, written
or printed, which sulelt OF Nihilisn.
by rights l ought to take tho lady 10
prison." said the prisidp, when no had
finished his search, Especially as her pre-
vlous behavior was anything but what II
ought to have been; but l won't do that.
| VIII simply keep you under arrest here
until your passports have been verified.
You see, sir" he added, 1--WE police OIL
GERS arc not quite so bad as tho N!hilists
make u out"
There arc always honest men in every
occupation" replied the engineer with d
gracious bow.
Tho pr,stav went away with most OF his
men, well impressed with such n polite
and pleasant reception. lie LETT, how
ever, a guard in the kitchen, with strict
injunctions not to lose sight OF the host
and hostess, until further orders.
MorosoT and Olga were alone. The first
act Of tho comedy they had improvised
had met with complete success. But the
storm WINS far from having blown over.
The verltication OF their passports would
show that they were false. The Inevitable
consequence would be n warrant for their
arrest, which might be- issued ut any
moment Il the vcritication were made bv
means OF the telegraph. Tho sentinel,
rigid, motionless, with his sword by his
side and his revolver in his belt, was
seated in the kitchen, which was at the
PACK, exactly. opposite the outer door so
that 1t was impossible to approach tho
door without being seen by him. For sew.
eral hours they rackod their brains and
discussed, iii q low voice, various plans Of
escape.
They hoped that asthe hours passed on
no would fall asleep. But this hope was
not realized. When, at about half-past
10, MorosofT, under the pretext OF going
into his little room, which was used for
various domestic purposes, passed near
the kitchen, he saw the man still at his
post, with his eyes wide open, attentive
and vlgllant as at first. Yet when Moro.
soft returned Olga would have declared
thntthe way was quite clear and that they
had nothing to do but. to leave, SO beam.
ing were his eyes, Flo had, In fact, found
what he wanted-a plan simple and safe.
rho little room opened into the small cor.
ridor, which served as a sort OF ante.
chamber, and its door nankcd that of the
Kitchen: In returning 10 the slttlng-room
MorosoF observed that when the door OF
the little room was wide open it complete
" shut ont the view Of the kitchen, and
consequently hid from the policeman the
outer door and also that Of the sitting
room.
About II o'clock the lnndlady always
went to the little room where The pump
was placed TO get water. As the room was
worry small, she genemAy left one OF the
two pals in the corridor, while she filled
the other with water, and, OF course, was
thus obliged to leave tho door open.
Everything thus depended upon the posi-
ton in which she placed her pail. An
inch or two on one side or the other
would decide their fate; for it was only
when the door OF the little room was wide
open TINT it shut out the view Of the
kitchen and concealed the end OF the ante.
chamber.
In the next half hour they prepared for
flight. MorosoT put on a'lisht summer
overcoat. Olga threw over her shoulder q
WOODEN scarf, to protect iIor somewhat
from the cold. In order to deaden rs much
rs possible the sounds OF their hasty foot
steps, which might arouse the attention of
the sentinel in the profound silence OF the
night, both OF them put on their goloshes,
which being elastic made but little noise.
At last came the changing of the empty
pals. She went to her little room, threw
open the door, aud began her work. The
moment had arrived. Morosotf cast Il
hasty glance. Oh, horror! The empty
pail scarcely projected beyond the thresli-
olu, aud the door was ut a very AGATE an.
Gle, 80 that even from the door OF the sit
tIt1g.room where they were part OF the
kitchen ronll In uoop IJn r,,l H.