The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-14

Strange place" he said; s but we arc safe here; and that's more than can be said of many houses in this city,"
 When I surveyed his face in fnll day. light, was struck hg tho change which less than three short years had woFked onlik. He had left me a boy, sn1ien, pensiye boy, but still a boy nov; he was a haggasd, careworn man; three years had written the marks ofewenty on every hpa pf his tacS he had jumped from sixteeu so fqSfy. 9
 When thA msn handed us the bin cf fare, Ivan looked at him .ssaxchingly. !" You are . new seEvant," he said. i" Where s Alexis7''
 AAlexis died lat wesk.n replied the ma1; q replace hina.s
 Then ,we talked of old dimes, and old places, and old acquainfances and of coursei spoke of Olga.
 E @Poof Olga," "sighed Ivan she is a fsSd sss si.i 9.s, ;s loving sfs tae sirl sas < Olga | fooli" | exclaimed rather warmly, sltheugh t vas speaking to her brutheF. 1I I never thought that of herr s4. AT, but she lis for all that,s said Ivan why, she would iay'down her life for Alexander H." 1ItX
 .Well, andso would any good Russian, I should suppose" said.
 .No-no good Russian would, {" replied Ivan sharply.
 Up to this moment he had been pretty calm 1; but when we, had finished our breakfast and lighted our cigars, and the bell had tolled the note ofone, he became. uneasy, restless, abstracted, and excited alternately answered my questions in hurried and off-handed way; seemed to be waiting or listening for something. Suddenly there was dull boom as of distant gun. Ivan sprang up, with strange fierce light in his eyes. Where are you going to- sleep to-night?" he asked suddenly and then, as if he had said something he had not intended, added: mean, hadn't you better sleep at our house tonight ,
 What do you mean, ivanl" asked in astonishment. "Of course shall sleep at the colonel's; l have my duties to per form."
 He smiled smile shall never forget "a smile in which pity, irony, contempt, and satisfaction were all blended, and said: "Yes, ifyou find room to sleep in."
 At that moment the new servant edged in. Ivan noticed the movement, threw down piece of gold, and, without a word of farewell to me, hurried of.
 arose, wondering, and full of all sorts of strange fears and doubts, took my way toward the Nevski Prospect. Long be- fore arrived there became aware that something unusual had happened: pee- pie were hurrying in the same direction as myself; regiment of infantry passed me at double; mounted orderlies were galloping hlther and thither; and when reached the Prospect l saw a large crowd, kept in by cordon of soldiers, in front of the coloners house.
 In reply to my question, bystander said: "There has been a serious explo- sion at the house of the chiet of police.
 "Any one hurt'" asked eagerly.
 "No," replied the man. "The chief was at a meeting elsewhere" ';
 edged my way to the line of military and told the officer in charge that I be- longed to the household. He allowed me to pass; and then saw what a mar TO " escape my patron had had, for ono entire side of the house was in tottering ruins. -
 The colonel himself was in company with number of officers, standing amid | he shattered remnants of his dining. l 'oom. When he saw me, he came for | yard, seized me by the hand, and said to | he officers, in French: Gentlemen, ve may say that we owe our lives to this l here, for, assuredly, had he | lot warned me in time, not one of us would have escaped" s5-.. .s.l
 At that moment soldier approached | md whispered in the coloners ear. The :olonei looked strangely at me, | bought, and replied to the man. The alter went away, and presently reap. ,eared, bringing with him the waiter at he Warsaw restaurant whom Ivan had questioned. A long conversation in Russian took place between them. did lot understand it, bat could see suffi- :iently that l was a topic. |
 The colonel was evidently very much Igitated, although he was chief of police [ D as -blooded and unsympathetic q :apital as there is in Europe. He strode lp and down with his arms folded, his | .aze fixed on the ground, except when low and then he raised it to cast keen. vistful glance at me. At last he stopped hort and saids Mr. Cornell you mustd yourself a prisoner" ~ j.
 I was astounded. Then the ideas lashed across me one after the other hatI was Aeid to be nihilist accom- 'lice; that the fact that had received rformation about what was to be done, E dded to the fact that this spy-waiter had cen me in the company of one of the most notorious irreconcilables, were proofs of comphcity ;that was opposed to have entered tue service of he colenel on purpose to give informa- ion to the plotters of all police move nents. ea SGt " +
 In vain, asked to be, heard. was eized respectfully, but firmly, by the rms, and escorted to my room, which Tas in the untouched part of the house. Hone here, I came to the conclusion hat my position was serious. Ivan had lI irtuallv saved mv life hv ~sft;n~ ,,,a