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engaged, and from the bit Of conversation she b
overheard Jennie convinced that they intend
TO XIII or render inSensible the messenger who M
the important letter. The police were not to prOeC
ouC 10 attack The amazing complication in the III
concentrated all the girls sympathies ON the -
A0h'uhale man who was messenger between .-tWs
great pefsonages. even though he Travelled apparen
~ under the protection Of the British embassy
d. FeterSourg The fact, to put it BADLY that 81
mad intended to rob him herself If opportunity m
CURED rose before her like an accusing ghost
shall never undertake anything like this again " Oh
cried to herself. never neyer!" And now, she u
solved to make reparation to the man she had +,
tended to inJure. She would watch for him until II
came down the passage and then warn him by reIl
Ing what she had heard. She had taken off har D..
"heh she entered the room. Now she put it on liu
redly. thrusting long pin through it, AS 4b
stood up there jolt of the train that caused he
to sit down again somewhat hurriedIy Passing b
window she saw the lights of the station The tran
was in motion. THANK heavenv' she cried fervar+
yL He is too late! Those plotting Villains will
have all their trouble for nothing"
She glanced upward toward the ceiling am
houced hole about an inch in diameter bored
the thin wooden partition between her compartDnel
and the next Turning to the wall behind her. sh
saw that another hole had been bored In a similar no
sltion through to room B. The car had been prec
thoroughly prepared for the work in hand and Jen-
ME laughed softly to herself as she pictured the Sis
comtiture of the conspirators. The train was now
rushing through the suburbs of st. Petersburg. an
Jennie startled by hearing another voice saw n
French:
Conductor. have room A. Which end Of I,
car is that?"
'Ths way, exceIency," said the conductor
Every one seemed to be ''excellency" with him.
A moment later Jennie, who had again risen t.
her feet Mortified to know that after all the mes
senger had come heard the door of his room click
Everything silent save the purring murmur-a
the swiftly moving train. She stood there for
few moments tense with excitement then bethoueb
herself Of the hole between her present compartmcn
and the one she had recently LETT. She sprang mr.
on the seat and placing her eye with some caution
at the hole peered through. First she thought the
compartment was empty. Then she noticed there
had been placed at the end by the window a huge
cylinder that reached nearly to the ceiling of tho
room. The lamp above burning brightly, and
she could every detail of the compartment exceD
toward the floor. AS she gazed mans back slow,
rose He appeared to have been kneeing on tho
floor, and he held ia his hand the loop of rubber
tube. Peering downward, she saw that it was can
nected with the cylinder and that it was undoubtedk
pouring whatever gas the cylinder contained througl
the hole into A For moment she had de
fculty in depressing Shrek, but realizing how per
fectly helpless she was. if she gave the alarm
she repressed all exclamation She saw that the Nun
who regulating the escape of gas was not the
who had spoken to the conductor. Then fear
ing that he might his head and see her eye at
the small aperture, she reached up and covered le
lamp, leaving her in complete darkness
The double covering, which closed over the semi
grobular lamp like eyeid, kept every ray of light
from penetrating into the compartment.
AS Jennie turned to her espionage again she heard
blow given to the door in room A that made 1t cf
ter. Then there was a sound of a heavy fall ON
the floor. The door of WAS flung Open the
head of the first Russian thrust in and he spoke
In his own language "a single grdf word. His as
sistant then turned the cock and shut Oft the gas
from the cylinder. The door of was instant
ly Shut again. and Jennie heard the rattle OF the
keys as room A WAS being unlocked.
Jennie jumped down from her perch threw off
her hat and with little noise Sire could slid her
door back an inch or two. The conductor had un-
locked the door of "A. the tall Russian standing
beside him saying in a whisper:
"Never mind the man! He'll come to the, moment
you open the door and window Get the box! Hold
your nose with your fingers and keep your moeth
shut There ittis-tllat black box in the corner
The conductor nla6e4a dive into the room and came
out with an ordinary black dispatch box The police
seemed well provided with the materials for bis
buFglarious purpose. He selected a key from q
Jingling bunch, tried it, selected another then q
third, and the lid of the dispatch box was thrown
back He took out a letter exactly the duplicae
of the Jennie had that she clutcles her own
document to see If it were in it's place The Rus
sian put the envelope between his knees and nro-
ceeded to lock the box. His imagination had not
gone to any such refinement as the placing of a
dummy copy where the original had BEEN Quick as
thought Jennie acted. She slid open the door quiet
ly and stepped out into the passage So intent wer.
the two men ON their work that neither saw hrr
The tall man gave the box back to the conductor
then took the letter from between his knees holding
1t in his right hand, when Jennie as if swayed by
the car, lurclaed against him. and with q sleigh of
hand that would have made her reputation -5on a
necromatc stage she jefked the letter from tIe
amazed and frightened man. the same moment . +
lowing the bogus document to drop ON the aoor Of
the ear from her other hand The conductor had iusr
emerged from room "A, holding his nose and looking
colnieal enough he stood there in that position
amazed at the sudden appartens of the lady The
Russian struck down the conductors fingers vv;4J,
his right hand, and by swift motion of the left
closed the door of compartment A. all of which han
pened in a tenth of the time taken to jtell,it