The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-02

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means will allow you 90 pay"
sHow muchp Gordon asked In tone Of
anxiety, still tinged with hope.
'The cost Of getting one from here TO
Berlin IL, roughly, 500 rubles."
THAT means 1900 for the 8. and we
have but 12! But there are the English
notes. Won't that make enoughi"
''Not enough for two. ] did not overlook
the English notes"
"But, my dear fellow. you said"-
.That il cost Peter Schemyl 500. I be-
lieve it. He spoke in the honesty Of drink,
You cannot expect him to do an act Of
charity for nothing"
II suppose not"
"He runs a certain amount of risk and
must be paid for 1t, like any other honest
man of enterprise. III the cost Is 500, he
would require at least 500 for his benevo-
ience Virtue must be rewarded, and tho
virtuous always look for 100 per cent ON
their investments"
IAN internal set of thievesI' growled
Gordon. thinking Of government officials
rather than the representatives OF virtue.
There's no screwIng him down any way"
"None. What pressure can we bring to
bearf You are at his mercy, and be will
make the most Of 1t, naturally. He knows
that he shall get every penny you have for
and two-thirds of it will be clear
profit. He takes the minimum amount Of
risk, and it costs him nothing except an
occasional bottle of villainous spirits to
blind those who might find that he Is TAX
ing in moro bread than his family has been
I'm the habit of consuming"
There was an interval of silence, and then
Gordon. turning to me with sigh, said,
"Well, my dear girl, I'm afraid you will
have to go alone"
looked at him and then at Ivan Don't
remember In mute astonishment. Ivan
was regarding Gordon with a curious look
on his face, but was not surprised.
II go alonel" said / at length, with bated
breath.
II don't see any help for it, for it's clea.
neither of US can go with you"
1T isn't going alone Pm thinking about.
It's leaving you behind" said l..
"Oh, don't you bother about us. II this
old rascal will take you to Berlin for / 200
rubles, we shall still have 300 left. And
that will carry us on capitally-eh, old
chappier he asked, turning to Ivan Don't
remember and clapping him familiarly on
the shoulder. as though he had made up
his mind to break down all barriers and be-
gin as they were going on In perfect broth
erhood and good fellowship.
There's one alternative" said Ivan
gravely when he had overcome the shock of
this accolade. "We may find out where we
are, get some sort OF . map, make our way
to the frontier on foot, and SO escape"
"Why, certainly. 1t sounds as IL there
were something in that" said Gordon.
mot much, am afraid. The difficulties
sall xyfx h.
upon u.s. The chance of running the block
ade is very small indeed"
ANY chance is better than none at all.
Come, my dear girl. this will reconcile you
to leaving u.s."
mot at all. Why shouldn't go with
your Do you think i am selfish, after all
we've gone through togetheri" asked, my
eyes filling with tears.
Heaven forbid / should do you that in
justice. But these difficulties you hear
our friend speaking of-remember you are
only a girl, though quite as brave as the
best of u.s."
II won't hinder you. You shall never
hear me complain" urged.
II have not the slightest doubt that
mademoiselle could face all that we may
encounter and be a help, as she certainly
would be a comfort to us" said Ivan, with
more courtesy and kindness than he had
yet shown me. But there Is one serious
objection. This journey must occupy
months, and during that time we are doing
nothing to save Taras."
My heart sank within me In shame.
had forgotten Taras-Heaven forgive mel
for the moment.
AT any moment Kavanagh may receive
orders to silence Taras. The production
of that statue would inevitably lead to the
order being given. When it is given, Kav-
anagh will obey it ruthlessly."
II will go to him." said i, as eagerly as
had prayed to stay with Gordon the minute
before.
ut is advisable to look well at that be-
fore you decide" said Ivan. "It Is by no
means certain that you will reach London.
Schemyl, with the greatest incentive to get
you through, may fail Some trusted con-
fidant may think II advisable to betray
him; some jealous official may be dissat-
isfied with his bribe. In that case you lose
all hope Of seeing Taras again. II you
are arrested on the road, you will never see
this friend again. You will be banished
or kept in prison whore no tidings of you
will ever reach US, or word from US reach
you"
'No matter" said /. II will venture
anything, everything, to save Taras."
1T is advisable that you should go-if
we can arrange the affair with Schemyl-
for the sake Of Taras and for yours as we'll ["
He added, turning to Gordon, "You have
money!"
''At my bankers in London"
"They would pay certain sum to your
orderi"
II haven't a check book, but suppose that
is not necessary. An order with my sigma
ture would be met all right"
''Schemyl deals in furs. He has an agent
In Lordon--Houndsditch think he called
thepart. Your order could be made payable
to him. On receipt of the money he could
telegraph word or two-such as Send
sables' or any other phrase agreed upon
to Schemyl, who would then find means to
get us across the frontier"
by Jupiter, that's it'll Why on earth
didn't you suggest this ut first, old fellow,
instead of proposing a scheme that would