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LOLA PULASKI;
The Victim of CircumStan-
tial Evidence.
4 Stury Of KihiIistle PIottings and Grimes.
BY LEON EDWARDS.
CHAPTER TX.
BY ORDER OF THE CZAR.

Leeza, who waited on the people in
the strange tenement in which Lola
and her father lived, was surprised to
see the young lady, to whom she seemed
to be much attached, come home so
early.
Yet Leeza was too good servant to
express her curiosity in words.
Seeing her anxious expression, Lola
said, with affected cheerfulness:
II have left my school for the pres
ent, Leeza. How is father?"
He appears well, my lady. I saw
him few minutes ago when the mes
senger brought him the strange pack
age" said Leeza.
"a strange package, Leeza?"
eyes, my lady"
@Who was it,"
II do not know"
Il shall soon have my curiosity graft
fed," said Lola, ascending the stairs,
up which Ivan had preceded her.
= In going to her own quarters she had
to pass Madame Berger's apartments,
and she was not a little surprised to
find that lady and the fair Elizabeth
standing in the door.
Ivan had hurriedly told his mother
and sister of Lola's fresh troubles, and
the kind-hearted ladies were waiting
to condole with her.
They kissed her, and as Madame
Berger drew her in and closed the door,
she said:
any poor child, there is a higher
king than the Czar; look up, look up!"
Il have not lost heart" said Lola.
"If driven to it, can raise enough
money to take my father and myself to
Paris, and there we can at least live,
and in addition to living, be free"
."Make no plans now, my child"
said Madam Berger.
"And believe this, said Elizabeth,
coming over and encircling Lolas
neck with her round, white arms, that
80 long as we have loaf and roof
they are yours and your fathers. They
cannot keep US crushed forever. Our
day is coming, Lola; take courage from
the thought that our day is coming"
"It must come soon," said the gloomy
Ivan, cor I shall think this an eternal
night of affliction."
HAnd what reason did they assign
for this cruel act?" asked Madam Ber-
ger.
"None," replied Lola.
Glow were you informed?"
"By that monster, Count Linwold.
He met me with bow and stereo-
typed smile, and said, Miss-Miss-
Miss I prompted him by saying,
Pulaski
"'Ah, yes; I forgot, Miss Pulaski; I
regret to have to inform you that by
order of his Imperial Majesty-an order
that her highness the Princess Dag
mar concurs in-your services as under
governess to the royal children are dis
pensed with from this time on"
With inimitable action and intona-
tion, Lola rendered the voice and man
ner of Count Linwold, so that for the
moment all forgot their sorrow and
actually laughed.
"As I descended the great stairs"
continued Lola, Il saw your friend,
Count Orloff, to whom I hurredly ex-
planned my trouble, and the noble gen.
tleman looked for the moment like
Nihilist."
eff he were one," growled Ivan, II
should like him better"
Elizabeth could not like him bet
ter" said Lola, gayiy, 3no matter what
lie was"
Elizabeth blushed, and Lola, leaving
good impression Of her spirits behind
her, went to seek her father.
General Pulaski was surprised and
delighted to see his daughter so soon.
While he was by no means an i'm
becile, he never asked her about her
work or remuneration, though she, like
the loving, dutiful daughter that she
was, never had secret from him, un-
less it might be her love for General
Paul, and this she hardly dare to think
of herself.
"I have been much perplexed, Lola, 1"
said the old gentleman, taking large
wallet from the table. "This, with an
unsigned note, was brought by man.
who left it and hurried off without a
word"
"What is it?" asked Lola, in aston
ishment.
Money, replled ner 1atnef.
money!" .
"Aye, five thousand rubles,"* said
the old man.
Lola glanced at the bank bills which
her father held before her gaze, but
she did not attempt to count the money
she did not even touch it.
"You do not seem to be delighted,
Lola" he said, as if he were hurt by
her manner.
sThe ruble sometimes written rouble. is In
Russis worth about IS cents.
1--WE need money very much" she
said, in her quiet way, "and this, dear
father, would make US comparatively
rich-if it were ours. Where is the
note that you say accompanied it?"
Here it is," said her father, "but it
contains neither date nor signature"
Lola took the note from the old
y mans hands, and read as follows:
Count John Pulaski of Warsaw:
HoNoREo SR-l send herewith five thou
sand rubles. II made it a thousand times
as much. could not repay the debt owe
you.
Do not refuse this with the thought that
1t Is either q gift or charity to you; it Is