The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-23

She paid the price and departed wondering If
the other room had really been taken by the police
and whether the authorities were so anxious for the
safety Of the special messenger that they considered
1t necessary to protect him to the frontier If. in
addition to the natural precautions of messenger
there was added the watchfuness of two
suspicious Russian policemen. then would her mis-
sion become indeed impossible On the other hand.
the i'll paid policemen might be amenable to the
nuence Of money, and as she was well supplied with
the coin OF the realm their presence might be help
rather than hindrance. All in ALL she had little
liking for the task she had undertaken and the
more she thought of it the less it commended itself
to her. Nevertheless. having pledged her word to
the editor, If failure 1t would be through no
fault of hers
Jennie went early to the station on the night Of
the 21st and entered the sleeping car as soon as she
was allowed to do so. The conductor seemed some
what fustered at her anxiety to get to her room
and he examined her ticket with great care Then
telling her to follow him, he took her to room B In
which situated berths and g. upper and lower
The berths were not made up, and the showed
one seat. made to accommodate two persons. The
conductor went out on the platform again. and Jen-
ME, finding herself alone in the carriage, walked uD
and down the narrow passageway at the side to get
a better idea of her surroundings
Room G, next to her own. the taken by
the British embassy. Room D. still farther on was
the that appeared to have been retained bv the
police. She stood for a few moments by the broad
plate glass window that lined the passage and looked
out at the crowded platform. For a time she
watched the conductor, who seemed to be gazing
anxiously toward the direction from which passen-
gers streamed, If looking for some one in partic,
lar. Presently big man, huge overcoat belted
round him. with stern bearded face-ooking the
girl thought. typcay Russian-strode up to the con-
ductor and spoke earnestly with him. Then the two
turned to the steps OF the and Jennie fled to her
narrow little room closing the door all but about am
inch. An instant later the two men came in speak
ing together in French. The larger had grufr voice
and spoke the language in a way that showed it
was not native to him.
"When did you learn that he had changed his
roOm?' asked the with the gruff voice.
"Only this afternoon" replied the conductor
"Dtd you bore holes between that and the adj
Joining compartments
eyes, your excellency; but Azof did not tell me
whether you wanted the holes the top or the bot
tom"
"At the bottom, of course" replied the Russian.
"Any fool might have known that. The gas must
RISE not fall; then when he it's effect and tuin-
bles down he will be in denser layer of it. where
as if we put it in at the top and he fell down he
would come into pure air and so might make his
escape You did not bore the hole over the top
BERTH hope!"
eyes, excellency; but I bored one at the bottom
also"
"Oh, very Welt We can easily stop the one at
the top Have you fastened the window? For the
first thing these English do is to open window"
'rhe window is securely fastened, your excel
lency. unless he breaks the glass;"
ooh, he will not think of doing that until 1t Is
too late! The English law abiding people,
How many other passengers are there in the carr"