Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-19

and acting In concert. You doubt my in
tegrity -trnth--sincerity. Will try TO
prove 1t by confession which places me
at yonr mercy. put my litein your hands
At n word you can destroy me as surely as
the car can destroy TaraS A stronger
proof OF sincerity no man could give, and
all ask In return 10 that you will hear me
patiently and Judge me without prejudice"
I'm hear what you have TO say at any
rate. said ].
He stepped to tho door noiselessly, look
ed out into the passage, and coming back
seated himself still nearer TO me, that he
might drop bis voice to tone which could
not be heard outside,
~ am nihilist," be began, "a member
of the same secret body TO which Taras be-
longs. In the service Of this society OBJ
tanned a post in the ministerial bureau at
st. Petersburg where every movement OF
the secret police came under my OBSERVE
ton. BY these means l was enabled TO
warn my society Of any action about to be
taken against suspected members. You
understand mep
Yes; you were q kind Of spy on the POI
lice"
~ was a spy, and risked my life in this
service tany moment might have been
discovered and hanged for my zeal While
was in this Office the order came from the
car to silence Taras Taras was then, as
he is now, my dearest friend, and you can
imagine my horror when heard that this
order was to be executed without delay
Happily the minister found 1t difficult to
lay his hand On q man for his purpose 1t
was very delicate business, As Taras
was In London II was necessary that the
agent should speak English, not only for
the practical working out OF the design, but
TO avoid political complications. 1t would
never do for the Russian government to be
discovered in this plot 10 violate the free
dom OF a man 50 well known and much
honored Us Taras. There was one man in
the service Of the police who eagorly desired
TO have the job, and that was Rudersdorf,
an avowed enemy Of Taras The chief OBJ
lection 10 employing him was that he did
not understand a word Of English.
"One morning the minister, after explain
ing this difficulty and the objection to Ru.
dersdorf, asked me bluntly II would un-
dertake to silence Tnras. I don't ask you
to kill him, he said, seeing some sign OF
repugnance IN my face probably. One rea-
son for not employing ludersdorf is that
he certainly would do SO. | simply want
you TO bring Taras back 20 Russia. That
will please the car far moro than the death
of man for whom he still entertains a
strong feeling Of admiration. ! can give
you but ~ hours to consider the proposal,
but II you will not do this business Ru-
dersdorf must And now, said Kavanagh
pointedly, what answer would YOU have
given in my placew
II would have accepted" said without
hesitation
~ am sure you would. But It WINS not
an undertaking to accept lightly, for you
must SEQ rs clearly as that | was bound
to fulfll my promise"
mo, | don't soc that II you could de.
ceive tho minister one way, you could an.
other. You must have told lies from the
very first, and one more couldn't make any
great difference to you.n
Lying in this case would have been
worse than useless The lie would be found
out as soon a. 1t was seen that made no
effort to silence Taras. Jealousy would
prompt Rudersdorf to watch me, and he
would be the first to dcpouuco me 10 tho
ministry. The result ia certain. Rudors
dorf would have been charged with the mis-
sion he coveted The lie would only have
delayed the execution OF the sentence. and
scarcely 30 long as | DELAYED IL by tbosr
acts which have already confessed to, Dc
you follow meW