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The old lady listened attentively in ST.
lence, inclining her head now and then
with a gesture indicative of approba-
ton, but when her daughter had con-
Guided her face frightened.
IL am indeed glad to think that dear
Ella is to marry you, after all, Goeff-
rev." she said. Once, not so very
long ago, l feared that you two would
never again be reconciled, for Ella
moped day after day, crying and quite
spelling her complexion. But l am
absolutely sure that this marriage is
one that Elias father would have ap-
proved therefore you have my entire
consent and heartiest congratulations.
Thank you, Mrs. Laing," l an
swered. 81, too, am convinced that we
love each other sufficiently well, and
can only promise to be a sympathetic
and devoted husband"
Then, deeming it but just that they
both should know the reason of my
recent GOODNESS and suspicion, l told
them in confidence of the mysterious
theft of the secret convention, the
strange and tragic events that follow
ed, the discovery of the seal on the
body Of Dudley Ogle, and my absurd
belief that Ella had, in some way been
Implicated in the ingenious efforts Of
the spy.
"Do you actually suspec. poor Dud-
ley of having been in the pay Of the
Russian Government" Mrs. Laing
asked open-1aouthed in dismay.
II do l was constrained to reply.
While we had been speaking the door
had opened and as l glanced from Ella
across to Mrs Laipg l saw gray
haired man-servant in the act of hand
/ ing her letter.
The man was none other than Ivan
Renouf, the great Russian detective.
Nearly three months had slipped
away 1t was mid-November The
cloud that had darkened my days had
| lifted, the sun shone out, and life and
!
hope sprang up and rem riot in my
heart. The long, anxious weeks were
over, for Ella was now my wife, and
our lives were full Of joy and love.
With utter contempt for the warning
words of the ingenious Russian who
left so mysterious,y without fulfilling
| her promise | had taken the dearest
other half of my soul, happy in the
knowledge that | would be solitary
wretch no more.
With Ella as my wife I had passed
six blissful weeks visiting many Of the
quaint old-world towns in Central
France. 1t had been Elias fancy to do
this She hated the glare and glitter
of Paris, and would only remain there
the night on oEr outward and home
ward journeys indeed, cities lad no
charm for her; she preferred the leth-
argic provincial towns from which she
could make excursions into the eoun.
try. and spent the bright Autumn days
at old-fashioned lima.
TO be continued until completed.
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CHAPTER XVI.

Soon after noon nett day called at
House, and was ushered into the
private room of my friend Paul Yer
blioudovitch, the Secretary to the ur-
bane old gentleman who acted as the
Cars representative at the Court Of
St. James. Paul and were very In
innate friends. l mad first met him in
st. Petersburg, whore for six months
l had occupied an unimportant pest in
the British Embassy. Since that time
our friendship had been renewed. and
We had spent many a pleasant evening
together.
You're an early visitor" he laugh
ed, shaking hands cordially. well.
what is IT. A message from your in
detatigable chief?"
mo, not exactly" smiled. II have
friend who wants to 90 to Russia and
desires passport.
sul-Generaps ofloe," my friend an
swered, without removing his cigarette.
"I'll give you note, II you like"
NO." l said. First, 1t is not
man who is going, but a woman; and,
secondly, l want passport vised by
the Embassy in name other than the
real name of its bearer"
oh" he exclaimed suspiciously,
glancing straight at me. Something
shady, Ell? Who's the woman?"
We'll, she's hardly woman yet" l
answered. "A pretty girl who has lost
her father and desires to return to her
friends in Petersburg"
Whats her name?"
you know her." | said slowly. Il
| came to you on her behalf some time
ago when warrant was out for the
arrest of her and her father r.
"Of course, quite remember" he
answered quickly, interrupting me.
Anton Korolenko escaped with his
daughter, that ingenious little nymph
Sonia, who came and pitched you
| long, almost idyllic yarn and you came
here to intercede. then kept my
promise by returning the warrant, but
tell you l narrowly escaped getting
into devil of scrape about it.
But you can manage to give me a
false passport for her, can't your
urged.
Where's her father? II he goes
back their whole game will be given
away"
Her father is dead" l answered
Dead! Well, the grave is, think,
about the best place for such an enter
prising old scorndrel, and as for his
daughter, hang it, old chap, ten years
| in Nerehinsk wouldn't hurt her. What
story has she been telling you this
time, eh?" he asked.
she is lonely without her father,
and. in order to secure her property,
which is about to be seized by her
uncle, she is bound to be in Peters
burg within fourteen days"
Fourteen days." repeated my friend
refectively. Let's see, to-days the
twelfth" and he made some rapid cal
culations upon his blotting pad. We'll,
what else?" he inquired, looking up at
me keenly.
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Her words amazed me, for, with the
exception of Lord Warnham, the Mar
quis of Maybury and Frayling at
Scotland Yard, no living person knew
OF the theft of the secret convention.
How, pray. are ySu aware that any
document has been stolen?" l asked
quickly, my mind at once filled with
suspicion. The fact that this girl was
Russian was, in Itself, sufficient to
place me at once upon my guard.
1--WE heard So" she answered, with
mysterious smile
Knowing, as l dill, how the Cars
emissaries followed and captured by
all manner of subtle devices those
suspected of revolutionary conspiracy,
/ was again convinced as | had been
two years ago, that Sonia was con-
spirator against the life of his Ma
jesty. She certainly was not COM
mon criminal. AS she chatted to me,
young, refined, sad eyed, there was in
her face unmistakahle traces Of anx-
iety and suffering. Finding that she
absolutely refused to say anything
further regarding the woman l ador-
ed, began to question her as to her
own happiness and future.
ALAS, | cannot forget" she said,
still speaking in French. ut is i'm
possible. l am exiled here in your
country, while all my relatives and
/ friends are so far away. The fact is
I want you to do mo favor. l want
to return to Russia for month or so
to visit my relatives, and to transact
some legal business connected with
my poor fathers estate"
But is it safe for you to return?" l
hazarded
Not unless you will procure me q
passport. This you can do If you
will" she answered earnestly.
you would be arrested on the from
tier" l said. rs it wise to run such
risks?"
"Of course the passport must not be
in my own NAME" she went on. you
alone can obtain one from your friend
at the embassy. VIII you try?" she
asked, intensely in Earnest.
IF it is your wish / will try" l an
swered. But only in return for one
service
"Well?' she inquired sharply.
| That when / bring you the pass
port you will tell me truthfully and
honestly the grounds wherein you al
lege that Ella Laing is my enemy"
! It's a bargain. But, remember,
must be in St. Petersburg within
fourteen days. If you doubt what
say regarding the woman you love
look calmly into her face, pressing her
hand affectionately the while, and ask
her If she knows anyone with dia-
mond eyes,"
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CHAPTER XIV.
SONIA.

Notwithstanding official assurances
that no alarm need be felt at the po-
litical outlook the popular excitement
abated but slowly. On the morning
following this memorable scene in the
House OF Commons a great panic &C.
CURED on the Stock Exchange, and 1t
was fully week before confidence was
restored. Meanwhile. at Lord Warn
hams dlctation, exchanged constant
communications with our Ambassa-
dor In st. Petersburg, and although ev-
cry endeavor was used to elucidate
the mysterious reason why the Rus
sian Government so suddenly altered
| its tactics. I; remained as inexplica BILE
as the means whereby they had obtain.
cd the original Of our secret convention
with Germany.
Both the London police and our Sc
cret agents In Russia abandoned none
Of their activity, but all their efforts
were to no purpose. The incident was
a perfect enigma.
Thus month went by.
One morning toward the end of July
l received strangely worded letter
written in a foreign hand, asking me
to call at an address in Pembroke
Road, Kensington, and signed Sonia"
That night, at the time she named,
found myself before large, substan-
tial looking detached house situated
In the quiet, rather unfrequented thor
oughfare off Earl's Court Road, a
house which, to my excited imagina-
ton. bore external evidence of mys-
terry within. Why such thought should
seize me | know not. Perhaps it was
because the writer of the letter was
unknown, and the object of my visit
at present unexplained; nevertheless |
entered the small garden that divided
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CHAPTER XIV.

Now, as she sat before me, older
and yet more beautiful, gazing into
my eyes with that intense, wistful
look that had attracted me when first
we had met, all her tragic story came
back to me wildly, and I was not
surprised at her deep sorrow at the
loss of her father she had loved so
dearly.
$50 you desire my assistance" l ex-
claimed presently, after she had been
explaining how lonely she was in exile
from her friends.
YES" she said slowly, with en-
phasis. But first tell me one thing
You are acquainted with a woman
named Ella Laing. Do you know her
past?"
Really your question is curious
one," l exclaimed, smiling.
Tell me what objection there is to
her. Why do you Inquire about her
past?"
Because it is a !uystery," Sonia re-
piled, regarding me calmly, the strange
CLINT in her penetI ,ting eyes increas-
ing my mistrust.
I'm what way?' l inquired. had
known Mrs. Laing and Ella for over
year, and certai ily nothing l had
learned regarding their antecedents
had excited my suspicion. The York
shire Laings are ccInty family. and
Edward LaiLg, Elias father, had been
the head Of the great shipping arm
that has its headquarters "a Hull. and
Is we'll known In the North See and
Atlantic trades. At his death the
concern was turned into company.
and Mrs. Lains and her daughter had
travelled for nearly three year,, re-
turning to London shortly before ]
met them. The statement that Ella'e
past life was mysterious was certainly
puzzling, therefore / added: When
you make an allegation really think
1t is only fair that you should sub
stantiate It,"
She shrugged her shoulders with a
foreign mannerism that was charming,
exclaiming in her broken English:
Yes, l am well aware Of that" she
answered with volubility. you love
her; you have offered her marriage
] the woman who is your most bitter
foe!'
What do you mean? That Ella is
my enemy?" l cried dismayed.
Again she sighed, but at last said:
1.-THE tr nth has already been forced
upon you, should think"
"In what manner"
by the death of your friend, Dud-
ley Ogle," she replied in a half whis-
per, the strange look of almost MUIR
derous hatred again showing in her
eyes.
We'll" | said, 81 can see nothing
in that tragic incident to lead me to
any conclusion that Ella is my enc
my"
Love is blind, Of course" she an
swered rather conteIhptuously. Your
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CHAPTER XVIII.
SOME SURPRISES.

sunni sUfPKlSEs.
Several weeks passed uneventually.
In fulfilment of my promise to Sonia
I had obtained the required permit and
taken it personally to Pembroke Road
on the same evening, but on arrival
there discovered that the pretty Rus
sian had been Unexpectedly summoned
to the bedside of sick friend. She
had, however, left a note with the
English maid asking me to enclose the
document in an envelope and leave it.
From day TO day | waited in the ex-
pectation of letter from her, but al
though l remained in anxiety and
doubt, for more than a month, none
came, and was at last compelled to
admit that had actually been tricked,
as Paul had predicted He was right
after all. Sonia, tie innocent-looking
girl with sad dark eyes and dimpled
chin was a woman internationally no
torious, who, soft-voiced, had posed as
my friend In order to attain her own
ends, and had then departed without
carrying out her part Of the compact.
Then at last, five weeks after Sonia's
flight, l called at Pcnt street ard de-
manded of Ella the reason she had
visited the house In Pembroke Road.
Her reply was quite 'naxpected She
told me quite calmly that they had
been school fellows at Neuilly, and
that, finding Sonia had lost both her
parents, she went 70 Pembroke Road
each day to bear the bereaved girl
company. She was in ignorance re-
garding son!a's life since she had left
the French school, and expressed sur
prise that she should have departed
suddenly without telling her Of her
destination. Her replies to my in
quiries set my mind at rest upon sew
eral points. It appeared quite plain
that Ella herself had told Sonia Of her
engagement to me and had described
the tragic incident at Staines, there
fore the pretty refugee had been en-
abled to drop those ingenious hints at
mystery that had so sorely puzzled me,
and had cleverly secured my interests
On her behalf.
She eyed me gravely, but spoke no
word.
Yet in that instant knew / had mis-
judged her, that through these long
anxious weeks while l had entertained
dark suspicious she had nevertheless
still loved me honestly and truly. l
know not what words l uttered, but a
few moments later | found her sobbing
in my foud embrace. Her tears were
tears Of joy.
How l wish That this night could
last forever" l said with a sigh of SD
preme contentment. I'm my memory ii
will live always"
"Always?" she echoed looking ten
Derby into my face; then for the first
time she put her arms around me and
held me tightly pressed against her
heart.
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the house from the roadway, and as
cending the steps rang the bell. My
summons was Immediately answered
by a neat maid. to whom l gave my
card, and next moment l was ushered
into well-furnished drawing room,
dimly lit by one tall shaded lamp, the
light Of which was insufficient to IL
Illuminate the whole room.
For few moments l remained alone
in wonder, when suddenly the door
opened, and there entered an extreme
ly pretty girl scarcely out of her
teens, dark-haired, with clear-cut fea-
lures, bright eyes. and a delicatsly
rounded chin. 1t struck me, however,
even before she spoke, that in her
face was strange expression OF I'M
utterable sadness, look that told Of
long suffering and intense agony Of
mind. Her mannerisms were those of
a foreigner, her chic was that of the
true Parisienne, her dress of black
silk crepon was plainly but we'll made,
and the fact that she spoke in brok-
en- French was, next second, conclu-
sive.
"Ah You have come, m'sieur. You
are indeed very good" she exclaimed,
with charming accent, her skirt
rustling as she advanced to greet me.
II am at your service, mademoi-
selle," l answered, bowling, at the
same time accepting the seat she OF.
fered.
WELL" she commenced, with
smile, slowly sinking into an armchair
near me, when wrote to you l fear
ed you would not come. You have
been so good to me already that fear
to ask any further favor"
Il must ask your pardon, mademoi-
selle," | said, but l really am I'M
aware that have ever rendered you
any service"
What! Do you not remembers"
she cried. You, who were so good to
my father and myself; you, to whom
we both owed our lives!"
| II certainly have some hazy recol-
lection of your name" l answered,
puzzled, but try how l will l cannot
recollect in what connection it has
come before me-"
do you not remember the case OF
the refugee, Anton Korolenko, the
man who, after being bounded all over
Europe, in Vienna, in Madrid, in Paris,
by the agents provocateurs OF the Sc
cret Police, found an asylum in Lon
DOM" she inquired, surprised. They
said we need not fear the 'Okhrannoe
Otedlenie' here, in your free England,
but no sooner had we arrived than,
owing to the treachery Of one Of our
brotherhood, warrant for our extra
dition was issued by General Sekerz-
hinski, chief Of the Department in
Petersburg News of this was tele-
graphed to US, and applied to your
Minister for protection. You your
self saw me and gave me your prom
Use of assistance, promise which you
kept; the warrant was returned to
Russia unexecuted, and you thus saw
ed us from the fate we dreaded"
"Ah, yes" l answered quickly. "Of
course l remember now. 1t is fully
two years ago; but you have SO altered
that scarcely knew YOU"
Il was a girl then" she smiled.
Now I feel quite woman. Since I
saw you last / have sustained a be-
reavement. My poor father is, alas!
dead"
Dead" l echoed sympathetically.
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yes. ALWAYS" I said "Until / die"
heart.

''Yes, always" l said. Until die"
"Ahl Don't speak Of death" she
VIII spered. IF you died, IL should
die also, Godfrey. l could not live
without you. How l have endured
these dark weary weeks l scarcely
know"
Mrs. Laing, stiff and stately in black
satin, entered the room a few mo-
nents later, and Ella having whisper
ed and obtained my consent, forthwith
made full and complete statement to
her mother of the position of affairs.
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BRAVE SPIRITS BROKEN.

How often women wake up in the
morning cheerful and happy, deter
mined to do SO much before the day
ends, and YETI a.
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Nothing except that she dare not


u should scarcely think she'd bet
ter he laughed, Unless she wants
to spend the remainder OF her days in
that rather uncomfortable hotel called
Schlusselburg, where the beds are not
aired and there are no toilet glasses.
But, tell me" he added, gravely, mo-
ment later. why do you interest
yourself in her welfare? She's enter
tanning and rather pretty. I've been
told, but surely you, who are engaged
to that charming girl to whom you in
troduced me at the Gayety one evening
few weeks ago, really ought not to
associate yourself with Anton Koro-
lenko's daughter. She's a criminal"
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I fancied he started as l spoke. al
most imperceptible, perhaps, yet l
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-05-20
A Young Girl
SaVedg

So remarkable are Tie facts, SO strongly are they
substanttatea, important are they to all 9'ho are
su6e,1ng that there IS no necessity Of bTbhsh1lg Mem
Under The disguise Of Reaos or ether false eolors
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