The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-30

"Stop." he exclaimed impatiently.
~ have listened to enough lies. You
refuse my offer. You will repent it
when too late. You deny, then, that you
are the Englishmen, Cummings and
Burton, named in the passports; that
you are the agents of the revolutionists
in London; that you were bound to
Moscow with nihilistic placards and
books and letters addressed to danger
GUS and suspected persons. Our govern
ment is always alert. The minister Of
the interior had accurate knowledge Of
your movements, and by his instruc-
tion you were arrested OH the train.
should have told you nothing, but l
wished to offer you this chance of bene-
fitting yourselves. I"
"Send for Vladimir Saradoffp' cried
Maurice excitedly. "This is all terri
BILE mistake, assure you. My uncle
can help us.
The officer laughed disdainfully. His
excellency Vladimir Saradoff is in st.
Petersburg, and, as for this Ivan you
speak of, no such person reached the
Moscow station this evening. You re-
ject my offer. l wash my hands of
you. :"
Refusing to hear another word. he
fastened from the room, and the guard
in the corridor banged the heavy door.
Up TO this moment neither of the
boys had even suspected the truth. 1t
remained for Maurice to make that
startling discovery, and as the realiza-
tion of his uncle's treachery forced it.
self upon him-dimly at first, but
speedily strengthened by added proofs
he saw what stared him in the face.
With cry of despair he threw himself
on the bed, and when, at Phil's en-
treaties, he sat up his face was pitiful
in its hopelessness.
1--WE are lost, Phil" he said. "We
| shall never see America again. What
fools we were ever to venture ON Rus
sian soil l see it all-the perfidy of
the man who calls himself my uncle.
| He never came to Moscow at all. That
was Vladimir Saradoff we saw in st.
| Petersburg. Ivan was his accomplice,
and together they formed this conspir-
acy.
"Ivan stole our cards, our passports,
every means of Identification we had,
and substituted false passports and the
other things which were found in our
| bags. We are lost
but how can such thing be-" ex-
! claimed Phil in bewilderment. "Our
| innocence must be discovered. You can
prove your relationship to Vladimir
| Saradoff. -
"You know little about Russia, re-
| piled Maurice. "We are absolutely
helpless, Phil. No one will listen to us
or believe us. We shall not be permit
| ted to write letters, and OH the strength
of that evidence we shall be condemned
| without a shadow of trial. Vladimir
Saradoff will cover up his tracks too
well. For myself it matters little, but
you, Phil-your father and mother,
your sisters"- Here Maurice broke
down completely.
Phil bravely tried to comfort him,
and presently he became more composed.
They discussed their situation from
every conceivable point of view, but
not ray of light could be discovered
1t was really so hopeless that Maui
rice, who possessed fair knowledge of
the Russian police system, dared not
hold out any encouragement to his com.
panion.
The most pulling thing to him was
his uncle's motive for such crime.
He was ignorant of the terms of his
mothers will, or his quick wits would
have OWNED the truth.
fro BE CONTINUED.