The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-03-10

i " hNSP w Ai' NDhAuSS3 40 oilt NOhlAl
find means to procure his liberia
tion.
In the meantime Suboff remained
in his office awaiting the result Of
his first move to compel Mrs. Sabin-
sky to come to terms. He did not
have long to wait, for on the day
following the arrest of her husband
Mrs. Sabinsky called at the Office OF
the petty tyrant.
She was admitted into the room.
1t was quite large, with closet. In
the middle of the room was large
table, on which We're writing mater
ials and official documents. Subof
was in. He received her with hid
eous grin. His visitor was pale and
her eyes indicated that she had been
weeping.
what is the cause of your grief
beauteous LADY,"
my husband is in prison. Do
you know the cause of his arrest ?"
at is Il very serious matter, as he
has been conspiring against the czar.
am sorry, but I have to perform
my duty
"Can anything be done to libeyate
my husband ?"
"I'll take the matter under adj
visement, not that l have any doubt
about your husbands guilt, but as a
matter of accommodation to you. I
am very busy now, but please call
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock,
and I'll see what can be done"
The grimaces and leers with which
these words were accompanied left
no doubt in the mind of his visitor
as to his real intentions, but she
managed to conceal her disgust and
promised to call at the appointed
hour. As for Seboff, he was in an
estate frame of mind. The mani
fest absurdity Of a man with his cast
of countenance creating a favorable
impression on anybody, excepting
perhaps himself, never occurred to
him.
An hour before the appointed
time Suboff was arranging his toilet
before the glass. He festooned his
dome of thought with wisp of
about eleven lonesome hairs that
fingered around the base of his bald
head. TO himself he appeared to
be excrusiating lovely. A carriage
stopped before the door, He pran-
ced to the window and gazed out,
looking, as Mrs. Sabinky afterwards
told Il friend, for all the world like an
immense turkey gobler. He opened
the door and calamity kissed her
dimminutive hand.
"We are quite alone" he said.
"Supsose some one were to come?
My reputation would be ruinedr'ex-
claimed the fair visitor
There is not the slightest danger;
and if there was here is a closet in
which you could hide
"Why that closet is not big enough.
How could get in there with my
dress?N
at is much larger than you sup
pose. | am quite large, and it can
accommodate me-"
81 don't belive it, replied the vis-
itor incredulously,
To relieve her fears Suboff went
into the closet and partially closed
the door The next moment the
door was pushed to and locked from
the outside.
Suboh was very much crowded
in that closet almost as much. per
haps, as if he lived in Harlem flat.
He thought his visitor was playing
practical Joke on him and that he
would be released in few minutes,
but this delusion was dispclled by a
firm female voice whispering through
the keyholc:
Don't you try to get out, you old
scoundrcl, or Ill stab you to the
heart.
There was something in the tone
of the voice that convinced him the
speaker meant business.
Col. Sabinsky's wife tripped to the
table, and in one of the official
blanks, already signed by the
wrethched Suboh, she wrote:
"Release Immediately Col. Sabin-
sky"
Suboll heard a silvery voice say:
Farewell, my dear Suboh, but
excite yourself If anybody calls
remember than you are not in. You
have check enough to carry you
through anything except this door.
Please shut this door after you.
Ta Ia.
When Suboh realized the peril of
his situation he made frantic efforts