Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-01-04

sight of dlngers Not l. I've got to think
how Pm to face this other man now"
''Some way of getting out OF the Official
~" be repeated in a slow, reflective tone,
and then he added eagerly, Who knows
but that your woman wit might find an
outlet where my senses are at fault? Why
should not we-you and TRY to devise
some scheme by which we may outwit the
police, Rudersdorf, the whole lot?'
regarded him with nHstrust. his eager
ness. some crafty expression in his half
closed eyes, quickening my suspicious,
though these signs were not inconsistent
with an ardent wish to save Iaras by de-
ceiving his enemies.
I'VE will see what Taras says
Great heayen!' he exclaimed, with ex-
treme agitation. ''faras must never hear
word of what has happened tonight If
you will not promise me that upon your
oath, LIP
A look ofdismay-a quick outward move
ment with his trembling hands, as If he
were abandoning everything CLOSED the
sentence which his liDs seemed powerless to
finish.
IF am to believe you" | said after
minutes reflection, "Taras will believe
you and if what you have told me is not
lie he will forgive you"
~ do not doubt that His faith is great
er than yours. But it is his duty to report
this to the society, and because it is duty
he will do it, despite the mercy in his heart.
The society will judge me by the letter of
the law, and my sentence will be death.
This is what | exposed myself TO by the at
tempt TO save Taras from the h and of Ru.
dersdorf This is the fate to which you
condemn me the moment you betray the
secret have given you. You are bound to
respect that
- secret | have promised nothing ]
did not ask you to confess, and nothing
binds me 20 conceal your explanation"
''You forced me TO explain--to confess
everything-to ely upon your feeling for
Taras, ii not on your mercy, for man
whose Judgment has been betrayed by an
excess Of a ,ction-the moment you
stopped me. ans there was question of your
charging ne With an indictable otfense
The interest ru or would suffice to draw
down the ven sanee of the society upon
me Yon must promise TO keep my secret.
III cannot promise"--
"Theu mast leave the country before
you can betray me- My life will not be-
safe here Tor another day. You force ma
to abandon Tarls, and you take upon your
self all responsibility for what befalls him
alter. This is what will follow. When
the police at st. Petersburg discover what
has happened land the telegraph will take
the news within few hours Of my flight
Rudersdorf will be. dispatched to fill my
place. and all the precautions you may
take will fail to ward off the blow which
his relentless hand will surely strike.
Within week-aye, less than that -Taras
will be a dead man, and you will have tc
answer to God for his death"
IL was now who trembled.
Seeing the deep impression he had made,
Kavanagh proceeded quickly;
i ask you for nothing that you cannot
safely give. | throw aside the hope of in
ducing you to help me in getting Taras
away from London. merely ask you to
be silent for awhile-to hold my secret un-
I'll have devised some new plan for defeat
ing Rudersdorf and the police What else
can you desireg If human ingenuity, sharp
ened by the fear of death, can discover
means of saving Taras. he shall be saved.
Wanton wickedness or madness can alone
lead you to refuse such an offer. You hold
a guarantee of good faith on my part, for if
YOU have reason to believe that | am play
ing falsely, you can at once make this
charge against me and bring two witnesses
TO support it, furnishing my infidelity with
death | will not even ask you to be silent
for an indefinite time. Give me but week
"a few days--to think out a scheme. and in
return | swear to deliver this friend from
the hands of Rudersdorf"
| would not consent at once even to this
plausible proposal. but in the end, feeling
and reason inclining me in the same way. !
said:
"I'll say nothing for week anyhow"
keep that promise, and | will fulfill
mine" said he, springing to his feet, with a
conviction in his face which seemed to in
dictate that some scheme for deceiving the
police had already flashed upon his imagi-
nation