The morning call., 1890-05-18
'.Doe, the road pass forests or plalnsq,-

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Does the road pass forests or plalns?''
"Byth OccuG."
do the positions know the road perfectly ?"
VERY accurately"
My coachman must take the wrong road;
will have IL so. Iell him so In my name!
Once more, have you understood me well?
VIII you make no blunder?"
Every word. COlOneli'
"Well. then. you can 30. Mind what I have
told YOU Now go ana annOuuce 10 the Countess
inaE shall be there IN Ten ninnre.p
PalAin fell into profound meditation Jana
had guessed rightly; lie was desperately In love
with herl But he knew very well that one in
cautious look, one somewhat holder word would
part MN and jana for~yer; lie had. therefore,
tried hard during the journey 10 veil his passion
under the appearance OF profound and respect
full admiration lie gradually came TO feel that
lie would never again be happy In his life il lie
could not crafty this passion OF his, and as lie
was perfectly convinced OF tie hOpeleSsness of
such wishes lie resolved To commit crime.
This does not Interfere" he said TO himself,
''wlth my revenge Oh Scheim. LInin Will tell all
I he knows; II lie mas any documents lie will give
Them 10 his vile. Inc main thug Is 10 make
sure Of POpotf, and him | shall not let 20 very
soon. | pursue mS campaign against Scbei i'm
we'll without Lanin and his wife. Lanin's
death is my gain. To-day must ind out what
tile Lanln5 know, and this night" He
shrugged his shoulders and sat silent for mo-
meui; Then he rose, emptird glass Of brandy at
one draught aud went into the ioom where the
other thee were already sitting around the tea
liable. The inspector humby withdrew, aud
Caroline listened al the door.
The Colonel noticed II and bade Eer shut the
door. Al first they spoke OF Indifferent things
and Jana let no opportunity go by without eX-
pressing her gratitude to PalkIn. After some
tims had thus been spent, PalSln turned 10
Vladimir and said:
Count, yon know l mean well by you and
wish to serve you. But in order TO do that /
ought 10 know all the details You have. no
doubt, proofs Of your innocence. VIII you be so
kind to tell me everything, 10 hand me your
documents"
'Upioi tunately." said Vladimir, II have
nothing oil the hind. l only know | am Juno
cent?"
That is a pity. You have heard perha ps
from the Countess that my position has changed
entirely since those days. Now my late Is closely
connected WIN yours. In defending you | de-
lend myself. Ii l now possessed those papers
you might be Tree vey soon and that Iascally
Scheim should take your place IN Siberia
what papers are tbOse?" asked Vladimir.
unfortunately do not hnow one OF them
"a receipt for 10000 rubles, signed 'Schelm.'
He drew this amoHnI from The Secret Fund DC.
tober, l649, aud marked the purpose for which
IL was drawn mus: or the discovery OF Inc
conspiracy La These are the first two letters
of your name. jest that dates from he day
before your wedding and which The Countess las
narrated TO ME corresponds In remarkable
manner with that date. 1t could, no doubt easily
be proven that at that time you could not well
engage IN a conspiracy. Tie question now is
only 10 have an Inquiry ordered
This would be our first evidence. The second
paper Is still more valuable. In this whole affair
Sclelm employed as his agent proy0eaIeur Ger.
tain Miller Il Midtown.
"MIller?" exclaimed Lanin. "oh, that is i'm
possible"
- Yes indeed" sid Jana; your flIend was a
traitor! Rita never trusted him flom The be-
:" Miller? My best friend? l thought OF it
several times, but the certainty now kills Inc. Is
IL really so. ColOnel2'
" Beyond doubt have read the engagement
OF this man, ~ which lie binds himself to act as
agent prov Jcaleur in the conspiracy La-always
the same initials and the same dale"
" presume The first Thing now viii be 10 find
this man Miller" remarked Jana, but no doubt
schelm viii have sent him abroad I"
M EragN rom.
faithful TO his principles. has cheated his own
agent. Miller IS in Siberia. We shall fnd him
Tor The arms OF the gendarm mes are far reaching
In The meantime, Count, tell ne exactly bow you
were arrested"
Vladimir complied with the request, and when
lie had ended akin said:
" That is as dear sunlight and ID will be
easy enough TO prove your Innocence First Mil.
Ter must be fOund-and that shall be my task
1Ou-you must make up a petition TO Tie head
of the gendarmes. l will forward il. You,
Countess, viii please mol mention this 10 The
Governor, VINO Is connected with Schelm. /
warrant an inquiry will be ordered. But you
must draw up the petition at once, for who
knows when We shall meet agan?''
4" thank you, Colonel" said Vladimir. press
Ing bis hand.
a" also shall ever be grateful to you" added
Jana.
Dr. Haas. who had kept silent. now rose, and
shaking bands with PalAiU, said You are an
honol able man, and other honorable men can
Joyluy shake hands with you"
Palkin seemed touched.
gu aie 100 kind. Bnt how time flies Here
cried "
The inspector hastily came In.
" Bring PAPER and lux and order the postilion
10 pui Inc horses H." said PaIkin
as the Inspector went out 10 obey orders
Paikin turned 10 Lanin ana asked MIN n he
knew The roads III The neighborhood preIty vol
Is there GOOD road leading to lie posi
road 2" ~ '"' Pos'
No; especially not in winter. But the snov
is frozen hard and tile road Is excellent Tor
sleigls; aloug The forest you can trot ali The
way" go 'io
THE road cannot be missed, suppose. lin
qniie not for myself, but as the Countess VIM ac
company me-
'As IOng as Tie weather keeps clear you can
not miss the ROAD. For five yeTsrs you SKIRT the
forest, then you pass our furstore and after that
you follow creek. You must always keen TO
the ieft-On the right you might easily lose your
way on the plain. My comrades undertake to-
nigut an expedition against the Tunguses who
steal our iurs. IL you leave within an hour can
keen my promise. VIII you Tell the Inspector
sop
Why will you expose yourself, as you are not
TO remain here ?"
- promised the men. Colonel, aud must keep
my promise TO my less fortunate comrades"
lauinllr sat down at the inspectors writing
aeSk ana bastened to write his petition. jana
leaning on chair, followed with her eye every
line he wrole. Now and then her wofnanly In.
sIihct made her suggest mllder expression or