Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-12-30
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sition here"
my dear fellow, no one whose opinion is
worth consideration would ever dream OF
doubling your honor or the honesty of your
relations with this young woman"
THAT idea never entered my imagination.
It is quite another kind of misconcept!on
that I wish to avoid. Come, you are one
whose opinion IL worth consideration. Tell
me candidly what conclusion you have
formed with regard to her in place OF the
illustrious refugee theory"
II should say that she is some unhappy
waif whom you have rescued from the
slough OF despair and the slums Of White
chapel, with an object as wildly impract1
cable as it is profoundly charitable
"That is the emisconception that feared"
said Taras in low, earnest voice, contrast
ing strongly with the light tone OF his
friend II want you to understand that
the girl owes nothing to any sentiment OF
charity on my part in order that no chance
word or accidental look may convey such
suspicion to her mind. If | gave her all
that possess in the world, down to the last
farthing, it would not repay what ] owe
her But for the daring. the bravery and
the endurance of that slight, frail looking
girl might now be on the road to Siberia.
Good heavensi Ihave not heard Il word
of this"
ut has all happened since l saw you last.
| told you the police would not let me
alone. and they have not. They laid trap
for me, and walked into it with the sim
plicity of a woman, mainly, ] think, be-
cause the agent employed to take me rep
resented himself to be an ex-convict and
looked the character 30 perfectly that ]
never suspected him of being something
worse. Usually, you know, the police
agent looks impeccable. They got me down
In cellar, bound hand and foot and gagged.
Icould not get my hands free, but worked
the cord off my feet and ate through my
gag. There was pipe in the cellar, and
through that communicated with the girl
whose voice heard overhead At the risk
of her life she contrived to get herself into
the cellar and me out OF it, A vessel-trom
which | had been led to believe that three
refugees were to be rescued-lay in the pool
waiting for me, and most likely was to
have been carried aboard and shipped oil to
ST. Petersburg the very night that this
brave girl saved me-"
THANK God you escaped Give me your
hand old man. To think that l might
have found this room empty-that might
"You can understand now my feeling to
ward that girl"
by George. it's heavy debit" Then in
a reflective tone he added after u pause: Il
see You propose to raise this girl 10 your
own level"
Higher If may. l aim at giving her
new life"
You have set yourself an enormou.
task"
"You may help me now If you will"
IF will Why, there's nothing in the
world that would give ME greater pleasure.
If it were only to prove the sincerity OF an
Irishman's friendship"
'If | had doubted that, should not have
said word to you on the subject. felt
that | could rely on your help in case of
need, but would not impose task upon
you which beforehand seemed utterly hope
less"
"One moment, old man." said Kavanagh,
with laugh. You are not going to hand
that young lady over to mep"
"Yes. You must promise to look after
her If anything happens to me-"
Good heavensi what do you meanP
cried Kavanagh, with bated breath.
~ mean that you must finish what have
begun II cannot finish it myself. must
make some provision of this kind for the
poor girl What would become of her if
In few weeks. say, she were thrown sud
denly upon her own resourcesf Money
alone would make her position only the
more perilous. Without friend to guide
her, she would absolutely be worse OF than
If had left her in the slums."
a understand that. but what do you
mean by the suggestion that something
might happen to you in few weeksS"
~ told you that the police have tried to
kidnap me"
"And failed"--
"They will be more careful next time in
consequence They intend to take me- and
probably they will. Three months ago the
minister of police received an order from
the ear to silence me. He seldom has to
repeat an order of that kind"
~ could not believe it when you told
me-"
ut was credible enough to me- The
warning came from reliable friend in the
minister's household. The odd thing is
that have heard nothing since from him
or other friends who watch the mo ons of
the police 1t looks as if he had found a
new agent-one less known to us than the
old hands"
THE villainous looking scoundrel you
mentioned"
"Oh, dear. no. He is only a subagent
employed by the agent in chief, who him
self takes care to keep we'll out of the way.
He may be directing the affair from Paris
or Berlin. Certainly he would not leopard
ize his own life or his position by an attack
of this kind The whole business has to
be done by carefully concealed means, like
one of those clocks which defy ingenuity
to discover where the motive power is stu.
ated. 1t would never do, in case of expo
sure, for known emissary of the Russian
government to be implicated in conspir-
acy against the freedom of subject on
British SOIL"
"rhat did not occur to me at the mo,
ment. What steps have you taken since
this attemptf"
"Made my will and"-
''Surely they will not attempt to assassi
nate your" Kavanagh said quickly. inter
rupting Taras.
"Assassinate mei MOI The rascals have
too much respect for your hangman and
their own necks to venture on that But
they would not hesitate to kill me II they
could Justify themselves by plea of self