Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23
Bamora OF the Leading Gold Mine, of the Tran,vaa

when she had secured ho Important
document sho had made up nor mind
90 return 30 tu The messenger but
iuriher r9ndgriug Induced her 90 change
WIhl. The messenger had been
robbed by the Russian police. lie
would ten hlH Huperl1rf exactly what
hud happened. and set the letter would
tfArh 49, destination ua speedily AZ III
ho had brought DC hlma.lfauH IL he had
noN'r been rl'hUl. Knowing the pure
pose which AiG HarlWlpk had 100 hIa
MIMI jennie saw that th. letter now
was ni i'ufDId more value 60 him than
70 would hay" been had she taken 10
from Oh" messenger. 10 was evident
thut tho British embassy. or the mua-
1enT.r himself had surplcIous that an
gtigmpi was 20 D. made 70 obtain tho
document uthufNIHH room " tho
sleeping car would NOT have boon
changed for room A 40 Tho very Iaat
moment A. 10 was thU editor could ny
io Oh. official. The Russian i,uii,s
robbed your messenger 100 spite ~ ull
the precautions that could be taken.
ana my rmiH.urN c1zrnri the l,lssinna.
SO, you Hso, I have accomplished what
the whole power uf Che British rlVarn-
meni WIS puwurIHrH Goo DnUrt. therefore
u VIII hr wisdom un your part to come
Co terms with mo
Jennie made up her mind 60 relate TO
HnriWlrk exactly how she came Into
possession % the document and ahe
knew DIE alert nature vel enough To
De- SURF hU would make the most of tho
trump card dealt Co him.
Your room DE- ready Tor you." said
the conductor ln French.
She had presence uf mind enough not
60 comprehend hls phrase until. with n
motion NJ hiH hand. hr explained bio
meaning She entered her compartment
and closed the door
Having decided what disposal 20
III
now arose ln her mind The dlHqulctlng
problem whether or not II would be- al
lowed Go remain with her She C0Ui-
iutDd over the situation. and tried 90
work out the mental arithmetic NJ 10.
Trains were lnfrvqucut on the RurHinn
railways ana she had 600 means ~ usti-
mating when The burly ruiiltn who had
planned and executed tho robbery
would not back Co 49, Petersburg.
There was NO doubt that he had not
the rlrht Co uppu The letter ana read
co. contents. that priyilerH rested with
some higher official ln - potershurg.
The two men had got On ct the trHt
stopping place. u was quite possible
that they would not reach the capital
until next morning. when the Berlin
express would Boz well ON itH way 90 the
frontier, once over tho frontier Hhe
would be- Faf. but the moment 10 was
found that the envelope merely c1n-
lalnod q copy ~ an English Newspaper.
what miKht not hnpponf Would the
Russian authorities dare telegraph 60
the frontier Co have her searched, or
would the Blk official who had planned
the robbery suspect that She by lcger-
drmnlu. had become possessed of the
letter 10 much sought f1re Even II he
dld suspect her. he would certainly
have craft enough not 60 admit a. His
game would rather be- 90 maintain that
this was the vcfltablg document found
in the EnHllshman'a dispatch box. and
10 was more than likely. taking into
consideration the change of room AZ tho
last moment which would show tho
officials the existence Of suspicion In the
messenger mind. ur In the minds "
those who sent him, that the natural
suruiso would be- that another mcsson-
ger had gone with the real document.
ana that The robbed man was merely
blind On dgludu the Russian pulicc. Ia
any case, Jennie concluded, there was
absolutely nothing 60 do but rcmnln
awake an night and guard the treasure
which good luck had bestowed upon
hHr She stood ~ on her bed, about to
stun her handkerchief into the hole
bored lu tho partition, but suddenly
paused and came down Co the ilour
again, No. dlsCumfurtiug aH Il was TO
remain in u room under possible ea-
pl1uurv, she dared not stop the oprn-
iurH. uH that would show she had cog-
D
ducturH suspicion that, after all, Hhg
had understood what had been said.
whereas. 10 she let thrm nH they wcro.
the fact OF her doing Hu would be- strong
confirmation of her Ignorance. she
took from her has Hrurf. tied one end
round her wrist aud che other 10 tho
door. sn that % could NOT be opened.
should she fan asleep without awaken
luF her Before luiuuchlng herself
thus she drew the cyolidH down over tho
lamp. and let her room IN darkness,
Then. N any one dll Spy upon her, they
would not see the dark scarf which
united her wrist with the door.
IN HUlty of the danger NJ her situation
she had tho utmost difficulty In keep
Ing awake. The rumble " the train
/ had very romnOlent effect, and once
ur twice she started up, fearing that
she had been slumborlng. once she ex-
pvrlonced IL Tightening sensation IN her
| throat and sprung tu the floor, seeing
the rising gas. somehow made visible.
tho color 0f blood. The scarf drew her
90 her knees. and Tor moment nho
thought come ono ClutChed her wrist.
puutug sho uudid tho scarf and Hood
eel tho room with light Her heart was
beating wildly but all was Btill, save
the ever present rumble of the train
rushing through the darkness over tho
/ huuudlges plains uf Russia. She looked
al her tins watch. 10 was o'clock in
must have fallen asleep In spite OF her
strong resolutions. The letter was stlll
lu the inside pocket Of her Jacket ana
all was we'll 40 lu the morning. No
eve appeared ut either N the aperturcs.
10 she covered uu the light once moro
and lay down again, signing Co think
how rumulvd her costume would look
in the morning. Now she was resolved
not 90 go Co sleep, 10 force OF VIII could
keep her awake, 4 moment later Hho
was startled By some one beating down
tho partition with an AK, She sprang
up and again the scarf pulled her back.
Shv united 10 from her wrist and nos
tlcrd that daylight Hooded the cons
partmrut This amazed her. How
could 10 be- daylight ~ soon, IA northern
Russia After GREATNESS pause
there was u rap at her door, and tho
voice OF the conductor said
breakfast at Luga, madame, IN
thr,e-q quarters Of an hour"
VERY good" IN, replied I'm English.
her voice trembling with fear. slowly
she united the scarf from the door and
placed 10 lu her hand bag She shlyorvd
Notwithstanding her ,furt ut self cone
troll. Tor she knew she had slept through
ths night and far into the morning. In
agitation she unhuttonod her Jacket
wee. there was the letter. Just whore
she had placed Il. She dare not take IL
out and examine IT, fearing still mat
ahe might be watched from some un-
| seen quarter, but Thank God gho
snld Co herself fervontly this horrible
night rs ended, Ouco over the frontier
| / nm sufp" She smo1thcd and brushed
| Ny,rU h.r dress nH we'll as she WnH able.