Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-23

shook my head; could not tell him just
then that it was not through any lack Of PLUCK
on my part that had failed him.
When left the dock went straight to q res
.aurant, for was faint as well as miserable,
not having had any supper the night before OF
any breakfast that morning. But my cup oil
Gomez choked me and the rolls and eggs were
more than could face. Rising impatiently
went out Was any one more wretched than
was that morning, and could any one nourish q
more-bitter grievance? As strobe toward my
lodgings 1 chewed the cud Of my disappoint.
ment till my wrongs doomed up like mountains
and was seized by spirit of revenge.
should let such an interference a. had
received go unpublished? No; If the wretch
who had detained me was not used to punish
ment he should receive a specimen Of it now,
and from man who was no longer prisoner,
ana who, once aroused, did not easily forego
MS purposes: Turning aside from my former
destination 1 went Immediately to o police
station, and when had entered my complaint
was astonished to see that all the officials had
grouped about me and we're listening to my
words with the most startled interest.
WAS the man who came for you Gsrman2"
one asked.
l said yes
And the man who stood guardian over You
and entertained you with wine and cigars, was
not he German, too?'
nodded acquiescence, and they at once be-
gan to whisper together; then one Of them ad-
vanced to me and said:
'You have not been homo, understand; you
had better come"
Astonished by his manner endeavored to
inquire what he meant, but he drew me away,
and not till We were in q stones throw Of my
Office did he say:
"You must prepare yourself for shock.
The impertinences you suffered from last night
were unpleasant, no doubt, but if you had been
allowed to return home you might not now be
depioring them in comparative peace and
What do you mean?"
mat your partner was not as fortunate az
yourself. Look up at the house; what do you
see there?"
crowd, that is what saw first. but he made
me look higher and then / perceived that the
windows of my room. Of our room were shat
tered and blackened and that part Of the case
ment of one had been blown out.
"A fre! shrieked, poor Richter was
smoking
mo, he was not smoking. He had no time
ior smoke: An internal machine burst in
that room last night and your friend was its
wretched victim"
never knew why my friends life was made
sacrlnce to the revenge of his fellow country
men. Though we had been intimate in the
year we had been together he had never talked
10 me OF his country and had never seen him
IN company with one Of his own nation. But
that he was the victim of some political revenge
ae "PPaieh', ior: tnougn IL proved impossible
10 md the man who had detained me, the house
was found and ransacked, and amongst other
secret things were discovered the model
OF the machine which had been intro
duced into our room and which had
proved SO fatal to the man it was adj
dressed for. Why men who were 80 relent-
less In their purposes toward him should have
taken such pains to keep me from sharing his
Iate Is one OF those anomalies in human nature
which now and then awake our establishment
II had not lost Dora through my detention at
their hands should look back upon that even
ing with sensations Of ankfulness; a. it 10
sometimes question if it would not have been
better If they had let me take my chances.
Have lost Dora? From letter I received
today begin to think not.