The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-31
waiting the arrival of his snwslcsns

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 It was h this guise and en9aged in this innocent occupation that he was surprised by the police. The seenr which followed may easily be imaKinsd. Olga Auag her arms aFound his neck, and poured 60Fth stream of broken words, exciansations, excuses, and com | tplaipts of these men who had arrested Iher because she wished to call upon hex InlillineE. In the midst, hoReyer, of thsse exclanations, she whispered in his car, Have you not been warned 2v
 ! "Yes, he replied in the same manner, everything is in order. Don't be 1 aiarmed.
 Meanwhile he played the part of an aHecticnate husband, mortified by. this scandal. Alter little scolding and then a little consolation, he turned so the Priskav and asked him for an explanation, as he could not quite understand what had happened from the disconnected words of his wife. The triskav politely told the whole story. The engineer ap- peared greatly surpriset and grieved, and could not refrain from somewhat bitterly censaring his wife for her un- l IR6AdVW0VA~ AuRA40CuCCs AG VytSkUUs who was evidently treasured by the as- pect of the husband and of the whole household, declared, nevertheless, that he must make search.
 q hope you will excuse me, sir" he added, but am obliged to do it; it is my duty"
 "I willingly submit to the law" nobly replied the engineer.
 Thereupon he pointed to the room, SO as to indicate that the byiskav was free to search it thoroughly, and having lit a candle with his own hand-for at that hour in St. Petersburg it was already dark-he quietly opened the door of the adjoining room, which was his own little place
 The search was made. Certainly not single scrap of paper was found, written or printed, which smelt of Nihilism.
 By rights ought to take the lady to prison" said the tyiSkav, when he had finished his search, especially as her previous behavior was anything but what 1t ought to have been but won't do that. will simply keep you under arrest here until your passports have been verified. You see, sir" he added, we police officers are not quite so bad as the Nilihists make us out"
 "There are always honest men in every occupation" replied the engineer, with gracious bow.
 More compliments of the same kind, which need not repeat, were exchanged between them, and the 6yistav went away with most of his men, well im- pressed with such polite and pleasant reception. He left, however, a guard in the kitchen, with strict injunctions not to lose sight of the host and hostess, until further orders.
 Morosof and Olga were alone. The first act of the comedy they had im- provised had met with complete success. But the storm was far from having blown over. The verifcation of their passports would show that they were false. The inevitable consequence would be a warrant for their arrest, which might be issued at any moment if the veri6cation were made by means of the telegraph. The sentinel, rigid, moGonless, with his sword by his side and his revolver in his belt, was seated in the kitchen, which was at the back, exactly opposite the outer door, SO that it was impossible to approach the door without being seen by him. For several hours they racked their brains, and discussed in low voice various plans of escape. To free them selves by main force was not to be thought of. No arms had been left in the place, for they had been purposely taken away. Yet, without weapons, how could they grapple with this big sturdy fellow, armed as he was? They hoped that as the hours passed on he would fall asleep. But this hope was not re- alized. When, at about half-past ten, Morosoff, under the pretext of going into his little room, which was used for vari- ous domestic purposes, passed near the kitchen, he saw the man still at his post, with his eyes wide open, attentive and vigilant as at first. Yet when Morosoff returned Olga would have declared that the way was quite clear, and that they had nothing to do but to leave, so beam ing were his eyes. He had, Tn fact, found what he wanted-a plan simple and safe. The little room opened into the small corridor which served as a sort of ante-chamber, and its door fanked that of the kitchen. In returning to the sitting-room, Morosof observed that when ths door of the little room was wide open, it completely shut out the view of the kitchen. and consequently hid from the policeman the outer door, and also that of the sitting-room. It would be possible, therefore, at a given moment to pass through the ante-chamber without being seen by the sentinel. But this could not be done unless some one came and opened the door of the little room. | Neither Olga nor Morosoff could do this, for if under some pretext, they opened it, they would, of course, have to leave it open. This would immediately arouse suspicion, and the policeman would run after them and catch them perhaps be- | fore they had descended the staircase. Could they trust the landlady3 The temptation to do so was great. Ifshe | consented to assist them, success might | be considered certain. But if she re- fasedl Who could guarantee that, from fear of being punished as an accomplice, she would not go and reveal everything 1