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4 Romance Of Russia:
BY JOHN X. LEYs.
CHAPTER VII. Continued,

tor pressing my hand warmly; but il
YOU love me, don't speak quite so loud,
even in this room, for my life would
not be worth many days purchase if
the police knew that l was in st. Pc
tcrsburs tonight.
but why do you run such risks?'
"Well.' said Won Mitschka, with an
engaging smile, Il am in st. Peters
burg at this moment for no other pur-
pose than to meet with you"
with met | was aStoEished.
Just so; and as it may be impossible
for me to contrive another meeting
with you. had better proceed to bust
ness But, tell me: What brings you
to st. PeterSburg?'
'"rhe Princess KrOpenSki asked me
to come in order that might find out.
if possible. what had happened to her
husband"
"Ah! l thought it might be so. And
suppose our friend RaCul has already
said something to enlighten you on
that point:'
He has limited that he may have
fallen Il victim to your Committee"
Say. rather, that he may have fall
Ell under the just vengeance Of the
will let that pass. | have not forgot
ten. Mr.. Heath, and never will forget.
your kindness to me not so long ago"
Il only followed the plainest dictates
of humanity,' l returned. NO credit
is due to me for what did at the saw
mill; but if you owe me anything. you
can discharge the debt by giving me
some news ofthe Prince. and, if posi-
BILE. coming to some arrangement with
me for his release
Won Mitschka did not reply at once.
and when he did, he spoke slowly. as if
measuring his words and their proba-
bic effect upon me.
'The debt you speak Of is too weighty
to be discharged by the giving you
news of the Prince" he said; land. as
for the other materials releaSe-that
is not in my power to grant. 1 do not
procure it-but we will speak of that
by and by"
Before we so any farther" l said,
rather lotly. II wish you would be Il
little more frank with me. You knew
! was in st. Petersburg. Did you know
that Raoul was already my friend?'
Yes. He naturally mentioned to
some Of us that he had known YOU in
london
And my meeting with him was not
accidental? 1t was arranged before
hand. on purpose that you might meet
me lc:3?'
"1on have guessed rightly
''Then you want something from me.
what is it,"
Won Mitschlla smiled.
Are you not little skeptical as to
the purity Of my motivesy'
II scarcely think So said I. smiling
in return, though L willingly believe
that YOU will do me a good turn per-
sonally, if it were in your power
You are right there. And am
wrong in thinking that you have per-
sonal interest in the fate Of Prince
KrcpeDski:''
l felt myself blushing, but 1 an
swered, composedly: "Raoul has al
ready told me something of the kind.
Would you mind telling me the sources
Of your information? 1 am like a man
fighting in the dark"
I'VE Go not wish you to consider us
as enemies said the Nihilist, earnest
ly. ''Anl as for our belief that there
might be Il certain feeling Of tender
ness in your heart for the Princess
Ireae. that was Il mere guess Of my
own, founded on the reputation of the
Princess for beauty and amiability.
and on the fact that you We're shut up
in the same house with her for some
months together. 1t would have been
strange, indeed if you had escaped
some romantic feeling with regard to
her"
IF 1 have some regard for Princess
Irene's happiness" 1 cried, you ought
10 share my feelings for may tell
YOU that not only was she aware that
I found shelter for you on the night OF
the snowstorm, but she herself aide..
in the work Of succoring you. It was
she who gave me the warm rug on
which you slept that night"
This seemed to make certain i'm
preston on Won Mitschka, but it had
the effect of turning the conversation
for time from what was to me its
most distasteful topic. But the Mill
is soon returned to it. AS soon as he
did so l stopped him, and begged him
to leave the name OF the Princess
Irene out of the discussion.
"Willingly would l do Sc, my dear
sir, for appreciate fully your delicacy
of feeling, but l fear that it is not pos
sible to do so altogether"
"N hat OH earth do you mean?'
''Simply that the Princess, or rather
your hopes. concerning her. are the CEN
trail fact of the situation"
"Again 1 tell you that l do not I'M
derstand' in the least what you are
driving at. But since you speak Of
hopes, 1 may as well tell you that l
have Monochrome, do you hear? You
know as well as do, that the idea of
an alliance between me and such a
family as that of Prince Kropenski is
absurd"
Il know nothing Of the kind" said
Won Mitschka, calmly. arrangements
that would be absurd and impossible
under ordinary circumstances. become
easy and natural in the presence of
such extraordinary events as those we
are now dealing WITH
II could not, even if such thing
were possible, take advantage Of the
calamity which has oyertaken the
Prince