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lola PULASKI;
The Victim of Circumstan-
tial Evidence.
a Stoy Of Nihi|istic P|aitings and Crimes
BY LEON EDWARD5
CHAPTER XVII.
TUE WOUNDED MAN.


attache of the Car, that his attempted
assassination spread the greatest alarm
and CONSERVATION through the capital.
"They will not hesitate to strike at
the Emperor next" was the exclama-
ton with which the higher classes
greeted each other, when they stopped
to discuss the news.
When the Car heard that Lola
Pulaski was General Pauls assailant
he could not credit it.
Either the report was false, or else
Count Linwold S story of the Generals
attachment for the girl was.
Even General Paul himsplf had de-
clared to the Gear that he loved this
girl, and it was only reasonable to be,
lieve that she knew of this love ana
returned it. =,
The pistol had been placed directly
against General Paul's heart, and fired.
That it would have killed him IN
stantlv there cannot be the slightest
doubt. lut the force of the ballet was
checked by q portrait. in case, OF the
woman who was supposed to have fired
the pistol.
lQG IdCG SOOu UtCd-u0 hhONiiJ oiAo AZ
>formed subject for general COM
ment.
As it was, the bullet struck through
the breast, and lodged in the muscles,
lust above the heart.
The shock would have killed most
men, but the General was young and
strong. and alter the bullet was ex-
tracted, he reSained consciousness, and
began to rally.
He had vivid recollection of every
thing that happened, up to the mo-
ment the shot was fired, but from that
time on, till the bullet was removed
from his breast, all was blank.
Whether prudently or not, he was
told that Lola Pulaski was his assan-
ant.
It was understood by the Generals
attendants that the Gar ordered that
this be done.
The General insisted with all the
emphasis he was capable CT, that it was
g man who fired the shot.
He did not attempt to explain why
he was found in front OF Lola's house,
and that she was arrested in the act OF
bending over him within minute after
the shot was fired.
at is my wish," he said to the ply
sicians, among whom was DR.. Mulek,
"that the Countess be brought here at
once"
MY daughter, Elvira, your be-
strothed!" exclaimed Count Linwold,
who happened to be standing near the
wounded man.
"No, sir" replied the General. Il
want to see the Countess Pulaski"
"The Countess Pulaski!" cried Count
Linwold, and the physicians looked
sfrom one to the other, as if to indicate
> that their patient was raving, and
echoed:
THE Countess Pulaski!'
"Aye, gentlemen" said the young
soldier, "that is as much her title as
Car IS s--thst-of~Afexander the Second,
our most gracious sovereign, Bat, as,
the name seems to shock you into
doubling my sanity, I'll be palmer, if
you desire it"
ave do desire it," said Count Lin
wold.
COuuG L1uWOlu1
"Yes, General. ;"
@Pray, by what right do you adopt
the royal we? Speak for yourself, sir,
and do not ape your master by init
mating that you are more than one
man. You have angered me enough,
sir"
Il am sorry for it, General; pray
calm yourself"
These men say may not live; it is
my wish to see Lola Pulaski, Countess
of Warsaw, before I die. I should
also like to see her old father, the
noblest and most deeply wronged man
in the empire; but I suppose that I,
too, will be charged with treason if I
ask for too much"
II shall see that Miss Pulaski is
brought here at once" said Count Lin
void, leaving the wounded mans
room, with wonderful courtesy OF man.
ner and malignant bitterness of heart.
That Lola might be conducted with
safety, the Count went in his own
sleigh for her.
He was Count in rank, but in cum
ming he was very prince of shrewd-
ness and foxy craftiness.
L. He was determined to find out Lola's
Meetings for the General.
He knew the Generals feelings for
her only too we'll.
7 He was unfortunate in the way he
approached Lola in the cell, and as We
have seen he stung her into madness.
He determined to be more polite
when they got into the sleigh, for at
once, with well-feigned sorrow, he be-
gan to dep1ore the misfortunes that
had come to the poor girl.
II am indifferent to your sympathy
or your hate" she said, with spirit.
! "But if you are capable of feeling the
pity you profess, 20 to your master.
the Czar, and tell him that my father,
now within the walls of the Neva
prison, is an innocent man. Even if
he were capable of thinking treason,
the age and intirmities brought on by
years of cruel tortures in the mines OF
Siberia would incapacitate him from
raising his hand against the Gar"
\ "Miss Pulaski, want to help you,
and I will promise to see that you and
your father are freed on one condition, !"
: said the Count, with a manner that
, showed he did not believe what she
! had just said.
"What is the one condition?' she
asked.
"That you and your father leave the
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