Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-26
CHAPTER XXIII.

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we passed Lambeth palace. Read that"
he added. putting letter in my hand
which he had taken carefully from leather
case.
opened the folded sheet of thin, blue
lined paper.
There WAS Il black split eagle in the left
hand corner, and on the right of it printed
address in Russian characters. ! glanced
down the paper and could make nothing of
it. for it was written in the Russian char
acterS, but turning the leaf found several
names i'll the ordinary Italian hand, and
among them was one which struck the note
of alarm-Rudersdorf occurred several
times i'll the same page
What does it say 1 asked. Il cant
make it out"
Il thought You understood Russian"
y few words, but can't read Russian
writing"
He took the letter from my hand and ran
through ii in somber silence, then raising
his eyes and fixing them retleCtively on the
distance he said:
Its from the minister of police at st.
Petersburg. Luck runs in strcaks, and ill
luck too. He writes in the most friendly
and courteous spirit, but virtually he offers
me my demission-tclls me that l have
failed 10 do the work undertook and init
mates that he shall have to employ some
one else. Who that is you can guess"
thunderstorm" | said.
He nodded and turning again to the let
ter continued:
Here are his reasons: We have certain
information that Burgensky you
knuw-'haS made arrangements for exhibit
ing ut an early date in Paris and London
casts of a statue in terra Gotta, modelled in
Lambeth which must give extreme dis
pleasure TO the ear. His anger will fall
upon me and the production of this statue
must involve my downfall. The orler Civ
en- me now nearly II mont hs ago, was I o ST
lcucc Borsvnsky, and he must be silenced
1T any cost, even though the cost he Dor
Ieusky's life and the loss of Your services.
With much reluctance-as YOU feel sure,
will underestimate have this day instructed
Rudersdorf to start for London.
He paused ard held my breath, too ter
rified TO speak
If anything can be done to save the life
OF Borgensky, l know YOU will do it, and
should You succeed You may depend on
substantial recognition Of your services.
With this view l have given RuderSdorf
imperative and stringent Instructions to
consult You before taking any action what
ever He Will call upon You as soon as he
reaches London and carry out implicitly
any directions You may give for conveying
Burgeusky safely on board the Nolga In
the event. however, OF Your having no direc-
lions to give him that means il can find
no means Of getting raraS on board the
steamer that Is waiting for him-'then Ru-
dersdorf will have the sole management of
the atfuir-to silence BorgenSky as may
seem best to him-aud You will be freed
from all further responsibility in the mat
ter"
He sighed. and without other comment
gloomily replaced the letter in his case.
When will Rudcrsdorf he here" | ask
ed after an interval of dreadful silence.
If he left on the same day that this let
ter WAS posted, he may he here now
Now" l Ga>prd.
He may be waiting for ru,. at my cham
bcrS this moment"
The thr0bbing OF my heart seemed to
check the words a> they rose.
''What-what shall You do" | fultered.
Keep out OF his way as long as dare"
You will 90 away from London
He shook his heal
u Unfortunately there, i danger even in
delay. Tomorrow or the next day he will
telegraph to the minister for instructions.
He will discover that left my chambers
after the time when should have received
the letter advising me Of his coming
And then"
Then probably the minister will allow Il
few days grace. after which he will wire
the fatal instructions that Rudersdorf is
craving f,r--bc order 10 NET a.. n,y.. seem
best to him"
You must see him--pu, him oil on some
pretvnse."
Yes, that will do for Il time, until the
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vowed 10 destroy MN.
w nat tor
simply To crafty his lust for blood, the
cultivated instinct of the bloodhound. lie
wears a lockrt on his chain; he opened it to
show me one day. 1t contains twowiSps of
halr-onr woman : taken from the heads
OF victims, well known mhllI~tS, whom he
huntei down and Killed. They are ar-
ranged Symmetrically. with 4 space left be
tween them. In that vacant space he has
The brougham stopped, he opened the
door and stepped out, bat was TOO horri-
fed 10y what had heard 70 move.
What : the guO,, Of going i'll thcrc?"
asked iiercely when he held forth his hand
What are flowers TO me now
Better come. he said in low tone, 6p
preaching closer I'VE have to avoid sus-
picion. Every man l have employed is Il
spy" And holding out his hand again he
added pointedly. We are watched when
we least suspect it"
We passed through the house in which
the chrysauthcmums were exhibited, but
saw no beauty in them-nothing but patch
Is of red here and there in varying shades
the color of blood in all.
We went out into the garden. 1t was the
last day in October. The clouds that had
overSprearl the sky for some days had
broken that morning. and it seemed as if