Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-01


s.First. because you are going p |
the country anyhow; secondly. and
chiefly, because you are a foreigner |
and a mere girl You will pass IN
needed. unsupported. where others
would nOt-that is to say. if you can
keen YOUR self-pOssession when i Il
needed. and l think you can. for
though you are so young, you have
nerve, character ~ you are 70 ce
trusted.
She did not speak for moment
but thought deeply and rapidly, with
her gaze upon the floor
Womanlike. she shrank at the idea
of danger and was about to refuse;
then she thrust ell thought OF self
aside. and only remembered her
neither, her sister, the man she loved
and what such a sum OF money could
do for them and held her tongue.
give me SO. 600 and win do il.
You know how to ask. Miss PEN
treath.
81 won't jeopardize my safety for
less, she said firmly. If were
alone in the world | should refuse al
together; but want the money for
the sake Of those who are very dear 10
me.
Very well. he answered after
pause. ..you shall have your $4,000
directly l receive advice that you
have fulfilled your part Of the con-
tract / win give you the papers the
morning you sail
.sWhen you arrive you must wear
white rose. an. imitation one will do
very well. Your responsibility will
cease and your reward will be won.
when you have delivered the packet
safely into the hands of man with
similar one pinned in his coat. who
will contrive to ask yOu-how, when,
or where. / cannot tell you-foF
the present from his friend in Lon
don"
Two DAYS later Cecil found herself
on the deck Of an outward-bound
steamer. the parting over. the voyage
begun
On the ship the time seemed end
less to her. and she could settle TO
nothing. Every day seemed week.
She was in a fever Of Impotence to
reach her destination, and get the
critical period over. Yet, such is
human nature. when she was told by
a fellow passenger that they would
arrive the next morning she would
/ have given as much to retard their
| progress as previously she would have
! given to accelerate it.
| She was awakened about 8 o'clock
| in the morning by the sudden cessa-
ton of the accustomed motions as the
! KOrniloff came to a standstill beside
the quay at Odessa
( Already the deck was strewn with
luggage. crowded with passengers,
and in a wild state OF connection.
Officials in uniform were atfzing
large seals to all trunks and pack
ages, large and small, prior to des-
patching them to the custom house -
be opened and searched.
Other officials were searching
every hole and corner of the steamer
itself and one stood in the gangway
apparently to prevent anyone from
going ashore.
..Do they always search the ships
like this2" asked Cecil Of one Of the
officers with whom she had grown
friendly during the voyage.
NO it isn't usual. You see they
are on the alert just now to stop Ger,
tain papers getting into the country
The passengers-som of them. a
least-will very likely be searched
too. Nobody has been allowed t
land yet
She felt herself turn red and thei
, white. and she nervously fingered tn,
imitation rose which she had tina
, morning pinned for the first time a
! her threat.
, Mrs. Petrow1tch will be waitin.
for me Surely they'll let me Ian,
, now -
81 dare say they will I'll find on
for you" said the sailor, kindly.
q He went up to one Of the custor
house men and spoke to him
: Russian.
0 This young English lady wishe
e to go ashore at once. There is moth
. ing to detain her, | SUPPOSED"
e The official called another. and tn
b two eyed Cecil and consulted t,
It gether Of course she could NJ
|, understand word Of what was pas
: ing, and in consequence had to endul
awful suspense with assumed indi
It ference.
, 1t vas evident to her at last, HOY
ever. that they had not the lea
o suspicion Of her, for one shruggC
&c his shoulders and the other askS
her in French, as mere matter
% form:
Have you anything about you
s any papers?"
It was only for an imperceptib
lie instant she hesitated and then 81
u told the first deliberate lie she h;
50 ever told with calm face and Il
blood tingling to the very finger tip
Us No"
a VERY good, mademoiselle Y,
"a need not remain.
n Mrs. Petrowltch and one Of h