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1t Is a good story, and shall enjoy
telling 1t from tho beginning"
CHAPTER xxi.
THE STUDENTS STORY.

CHAPTER XXI.
THE STUDENTS STORY.
"This man Andre" continued the
STUDENT, "is, as you have rightly con-
cluded, your fathers brother. His real
address is Siberia. Ask your friends,
the police, and they will tell you that
this is &C.,, Indeed they will assure you
that our good friend is still enjoying a
dogs life in the mines, somewhere near
Sakhalin. t .. ,s...5
Every well. But, as you are aware,
he is nothing Of the sort. He is here
and engaged in certain very important
ana very secret arrangements, as to
which i may have more to- say at, q
later period, supposing that it should
be worth your while to come to terms
with me.
"Well, then, In order to be here your
respected uncle must have first left ST.
IBERIA. He did 90. He left the mines
without permission Of the authorities.
In word, be escaped and came to st.
Petersburg. Capital--a very well con-
ceived and cleverly executed escape, as
to which may some day, over another
bottle OF wine, amuse you With the de-
tails but at present / desire to come
quickly TO inc main interest," OF sne
story - s. .,. ..
"Cleverly as friend Andre escaped,
however, the police-for once in their
lives-showed some little sagacity in
following up the matter Ihey couid
not catch MIN On the spot nelther cou!d
they ind MIN through all the thousands
OF miles that lie between Sakhahn ana
81. PETERSBURG, Dut Dy some cnance
they found him IN 1t. Petersbnrg itseir
shortly after his arrival mere. very I'M
lucky this, as you VIII admit.
"Well, they Swallowed him, having
once got upon his scent, and. though
Andre was clever enough to Keep out OF
their clutches, the position became
strained, and meeting OF certain peo-
pie was held In order TO devise some
means OF renewing the strain.
zone OF the bloodhounds died ABOUT
this time By bioodhounds mean those
who DID the shadowlng ana hunting tor
the authorities he died OF loss OF blood
caused by rent IN MS carcass MADE by
some sharp steel substance such as inc
blade OF Knife.
'He was murdered you mean, IN
terrupted IN disgust. GOD forgive us
for harborlng IN the house such rascais
as Andre and yourself and for dealing
with you instead OF handing you over
to justice as we ought 10 40.
Iou are positlveiy rude my triend,
continued the STUDENT 'and extremely
unjust besides, TO one or u.s. at any
rate Andre may ne an you imply Dus
then ne is near reiatlVe OF yours ana
entitled to indulgence from the respect
able members OF his family put l.
what Ill 40 you Kno" OF met am an
innocent lamb, incapable OF hurt or
harm. am telling you picturesque
story OF the adventures OF this near rel
atlve OF your own. what nave to 90
with itS l am narrator only.
"Stop, SAID. 'What mas all This
to DO with my fatherf You are not to
suppose that l shall submit to be put
off with your conceitedly told yarns
about Others unless they carry substan-
tial information as to my father and MS
whereabouts. The check can be stopped
and you arrestedP' .,..-
"And You can do Just what the blood
hound aforesaid did, my companion
laughed, "and that is, lie down in some
dark porch or gateway, with big hole
in you, and take your last look up at
the stars while your blood runs over
the pavement. But surely we need not
quarrel over grievance which does not
exist. l am coming 10 your precious
father in minute or two.
go on then, SAID. was pegln-
ming to Ioathe the slght OF thls httle
toad OF man.
"Well, the bloodhound died. as l
say, but another was put upon the
scent, and, when he died, third, and
still they would not let andre Alone
though they could not eaten MIN.
'Then, at last one Of us-I mean,
one of the body of men and patriots
who were privileged to call themselves
the friends Of Andre-hatched very
brilliant plot for the relief OF Andre
and for the getting OF him safely over
the frontier, which--ardently as our
friend desired to go abroad for the good
of his health and for the advantage OF
certain projects in which he was inter-
ested--had been hitherto quite impossi-
BILE, owing to the care with which the
authorities had laid their plans to pre-
vent it. !.
"The railway stations bristled with
gendarmes and ununiformed police
spies, in fact-and the frontier was
guarded as though 1t were powder
magazine and some one had threatened
to put match to 1t.
"Now, this was the plan, and you
must listen very carefully to it, for l
am nladUp1 fn intaraqt Won and the