The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-26
THE,
CAR OF THE N|H|L|STS.
THE
A RUSSIAN MONTE-CRISTO.
BY PRINCE LUBoMlRsKI.

Under the above title The INDEPENDENT
will begin with the first Sunday after the
new year the publication of serial story of
thrilling interest and power, by one of the
greatest modern writer's.
This story is characterized with the same
qualities found in The Ace of Clubs'' by
the same author, excepting that the scenes
instead of occurring mostly in Siberia
among the exiles. take place in st. Peters
burg among the nihilists.
The principal figure, who is at once the
head of the Nihilists and man possessing
enormous mental and financial resources,
is known in ST. Petersburg as the Nabob of
Cawnpore. He is in reality former Sibe-
rian exile who crossed over to India,
amassed enormous wealth and won the
friendship and patronage of the Nabob of
Cawnpore, who gave him the right to as.
sumo his rank and resources. The former ex-
lie goes to st. Petersburg and becomes head
of all nihilistic movements in the world.
He lives in princely and oriental style. BY
means of his enormous wealth and extrar-
ordinary intellect and personal force, he
yields power most absolute and powerful
over the nihilsts and nihilistie movements
in all countries.
AS might be expected, the story is full of
brilliant contrasts, thrilling situations,
hair-breadth escapes. The various politi-
cal and social questions in Russia, as
viewed in st. Petersburg both from the
standpoint of the car and of the nihilists.
is fully set forth. The interest of the story
u.s. of course, conferred upon few people,
and the plot to luin the beautiful and
lovaole Countess Ina and her husband is
one of the most interesting parts of the
story.
The story opens with magnificent ball
given BY the nabob. at which some strange
incidents o2crr. Then follows quarrel at
tic officers quarters of an imperial regi-
nent and 4 consequent duel. The death of
tie man wounded in this duel leads to the
hries; Of Count Lanin on the charge of
murder He is the victim of plot OF great
ing NIFTY and the evidence is overwhelm-
ingiy against him. The nabob is bound in
"tone.nent foT a past injury to the count to
saw, him ut any cost, and he uses his i'm
ntrs, power among the nihilists to accom-
iii Il this purpose. AS the story advances
he scene changes with almost be-
widoring rapidly, from the guest
chamber of the supreme council
OF the nihilists to the gay streets of the
Russian capital, from the luxurious oriental
palace of the nabob to the wretched, miser-
able haunts of the poor and degraded. We
are given glimpses of the Official life of
the powerful bureaucracy of Russia. Plots
and counter plots are revealed among the
nihiiists themselves, in whose ranks are
found representatives of every class of
society, from the highest officials of the
empire to the lowest criminals and vaga-
bonds.
There are beautiful love scenes, and in
cidents of womaniy devotion, loyalty and
self-sacrifce for the sake OF lover and hus-
band and father. Ono OF the most thrill
ing and touching episodes is the adventur-
GUS attempt of the daughter of Count
Lanin to penetrate the secret resort of the
nihilists to find the man whose evidence ia
necessary to save her father. But every
where in the story the nabob appears rs the
commanding figure, man of invincible
daring and indomitable will, Of boundless
resources and seemingly supernatural power
and knowledge.
lnstallments of the story will be pub
lished in successive Sunday issues. and we
are warranted IN saying that the reader who
once begins its perusal will follow it to the
end with continually increasing interest.