Evening star., 1896-12-05

him, said Prince Malatofsky, smiling gent
ly. He is lying in there" and he gave d
careless side nod toward the sitting room
with AN undiGested bullet in his system.
] imagined he might be friend of Olsa's
This is her field day. The beggar died in
great pain. am happy TO say and cursing
me I'm a very impolitic way. He was not A
Thoroughbred like Olga. We found
ticket on him for Montreal She is prob-
abiy on her way there. and will wait for
him in that city. if she gets there. lie
must have wished TO assure himself of the
scccesS OF your endeavors in behalf of that
lady When he saw that they had failed ne
attempted this reckless coup. How please1
oISa B2ranon will be when she learns that
she would have succeeded in blowing rae to
atoms but tor you, and that this begPar
would have killed me except for your
friendly presence,
But now. my dear fellow" said Primo.
Maiatofsky, with business-like directnrss
Fave got TO go to police headquar-
ters with the officer out there to send ad-
wees along the route TO have NV active
couhtrywoman arrested at the first point
they can grab her. | shall try TO see If {
can prevent our passing the night i'm sta
lon house. 1t is too bad that your kind
hess should have led you into such a rlud-
Gie' put, OF course, | cannot regret il too
ueepIy, and ! know you are too good To do
SO. This Niidigrette," he said with /,
genuine look of Eerriment as ne held lp
the calnty baub.e, lis the fair olga's Il
mas most appropriately helped to revive
ward you. You did your best to helm her
as long as you could"
Ill was proven later that she HADN'T any
lii-wlll toward him. for when that fragile
modest young woman was assigned Siberia
ior 4 lie residence as the ultimate ont
ccme OF that hot days machinations he
iore she obvi2ted the need of so tiresorne a
Journey by poisoning herself she wrote A
letter 10 Goddard Goodenough which
brought out strongly "a graceful trait i'm her
SibSularIy composite character. Ia il she
6eplored with Perfect simplicity that she
Should Ei;N" been forced to seemingly ~ s.
nse the noble knaness he had so .hirai-
iously shown 20 her in her distress In the
sane breath in which she deprecated his
cHt"ri aiming any harsh feeling toward her
S.nce in very truth. she felt his Kindness
deeply. sne declared that she would a..
with Eladness could she have the crownine
PISS of holding for one moment a dagger
IL her hand whose blade was buried in
-ialatofsky's heart,
She had sworn to the dark man. her Rs
sociate, whom she hi ever kept at arms
length though he was madly in love with
her. that in raSe of GoodenougilS failure
# he would secure her this happiness. even
N!caTiously. she would marry him at once.
GooGenough has not wholly abiurvd A"-
ing kind but ne is more warily beEe, alent.
He is a stanch frien. Of Prince Maiat1fsky,
who does not take ii at all Ill that a. S
very fond of wearing his opal scarfp-a.
Goodcnough also preserves Olga EaraHofs
letter as a reminder of the most exciting
used to feel that he ought TO check an in
clination TO think with pity of the poor
lady: but later, he deliberately admiite
lis feeling of compassion for her a IS a per
pctual inmate of his heart. This again ~
due 10 his kindness. without doubt.