Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-04

NO, no, that wouldn do," | said, inter
| ruptng him. "l our plan is bettcr-the
| first; how are you going to get George Cor
| don to the Joy2'
When the time comes, you must take
| him there or preteuse that Taras has been
| seized and may he found in the cellar
| where he was confined before There is
! nothing to fear he said, again noticing
my hesitation
81 myself shall come as seldom as posi-
Bile to Lambeth in order to avoid any sus-
| pCOn of collision. II any simpler scheme
presents itself, | will let you know, and of
course you shall have timely and definite
instructions when the moment comes for
action
nat won be long, Will it,
NO longer than Is absolutely necessary.
You must have patience meanwhile \
sing lie false step would ruin everything.
Undue haste would awake Rudersdorfs
suspicion, and then, he added, with sigh,
there are my own affairs to wind up
property to be realized, belongings to dis
pose Of friends TO be hunted up for the last
TIME POSSIBLY lie wa, silent awhile, and
theh breaking away from reflections that
seemed to shake ms purpose he concluded:
! snail bolt the very DAY that Gordon is
taken on board the \olga. 1t will be
thought then mat ne ana nave simply run
away togtt Aer Tor hoIday-tlll the truth
/ Is known.
This reference to the sacrifice he was
about to make silenced me and precluded
further discussion. 1elt great confidence
III the success OF haN1nagh scheme. 1t
was evident thaj ne would have succeeded
before put Tor my intervention. Now every
effort that made would be to carry out
| his design. My only fear was that consid-
/ Grafton OF h'e own interests would change
his purpose.
An unusual expression OF gravity i'm Cor
don s. face Wicu he called the next morning
told me that he had already received some
! intmatiou ut Tuas danger.
"Mademoi~riIc,' said he almost as soon
as Mere Lucas had closed the door on Us,
do you think You could understand me if
spoke in EuGlioh:'
81 dare say ] can, replied
"l on can answer in French, YOU know
which is a lot easier to understand than to
speak. II You cam follow me, we'll give
it up ana try the other way. But the fact
IS have something Of a delicate nature to
cell YOU and IN 50 coniOuudrdly bad at
Freuch that lt's doubtful il could explain
irs. es want to vo,, know in that Ian
.uago "
ooraat 70 +bis rronosol and no ALTON
llling his beard in silent meditation for a
ainutc. said with an uneasy laugh.
TO tell Won the truth, mademoiselle
,ow that toe the line. so to speak. | find
.t'suot such an easy matter To tell Won in
English as | thought it would he We'll
he lonp and short of it is. | heard some
hing last night which has made me feel
lcucedlv anxious and uncomfortable. and
hough should be awfulIv sorry to alarm
on I think Won ought to be made acouaint-
Il with the facts of the case That is BARRY
<avauagb's ouiDion also. and he's man of
he world Won know. and u deuced lonc
.caded fellow"
IF it concerns our friend Toras - said
n a low voice. II beg Won not to hesitate
.utelling me ANYTHING Won have hoard
1T does concern him" he rculied dror
ming hi, voice also ..perbans Won l,ro,,.
that he is in danger Of being seized bv tha
secret notice of Russian
II have every reason to know it Two
ATTEMPTS have already been made to TAXA
him away"