Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-04-13
by JOHN X. LEYs.


70 a7lDf7 thar I had nothing ~ DO with
extracting that pledge fro rous
Not personally Y0u had roo fine :
SeuS " hnaCr. Sne&rsaE the Prince.
Yen nserrIy stesoi by and allowed fh
prinrEs8l xliaiR 10 wiring if ont az nae.
Bur il j. worthless. No nan would he
5uSfhrl In giving Lis daughter 4 sacn
5 ~o1n1Tpl Ne; / must % my duty.
Your duty
Eertalhsw As & loyal subject CT the
Car and 0n whoEu His Ms5eSty has
Entrusted with IN iuI1rtant command
] Eave ht1l@ doubt thaT the magistrates
wAA h. aide 10 make more 0u1 ~ you
with reg~rF u yoGr associates than l
can. Icu VIII lie sent - 81 Petersburg
at o.ce.
For oIae Instant q ray Of hoYe hed
Shot into mr. mind liz was evident that
TIE Prince knew nothing Of the work
had h*en engaged in He had never
heard probably. 81 the abduction Of
the Car: al all eEeuTS. he did not
connect me with that OfEense. But the
Dews Taaf ] was - bs SsEt Il the capi-
tai psade this Of very little eonse-
QneDcse. once il The hands Of the au-
tagTiiits 81 81 Petersburg. ms doom
CT@AEsA@ AFG -NA4A{FA4 A%1A V44aA AZ
speak az order 10 insure my ~condenna-
ticn.
40 zen mean 10 have me arrested
I said slowly.
~You have c0Ine "a the point AT laSr,
sa3d the Prince with malicious gls+.
-LsEt be too sure, haisi I. aud a. /
sEoSe. drew the revolver I had
brought with me from London. and
which always carried about Hae III
ang FousEss@ Liz. il VIII be at the
cost Of his Efe.
/ pointed the weapon ar the treachcr-
ous Prince. and I saw his face blanch
a. be realized that, for the moment ne
Was al Ey mercy But when he per
ceiyed that I WIS making nay way
steadily 10 the door. be recovered his
nerye and. drawing a whistle from his
breast. he blew q sarfH blast
Tie sound was sFIl vibrating amonc
the rafters q the hau. when the doors
were thrown open. and several sen
wants. most q whom / knew By sight.
sockezl in
Seize thar a shouted the Prince
seize him and PIT him in irons
As the men advanced, a compact
crowd. 1 pointed the revolver N them.
calling out 10 them 10 keep back: bur.
with the traditional courage Of the
Russian when they ara ol-eyin- the
Voice Of = master. they did not finch
! could easily have killed one or two,
perhaps more. bur mF hand refused TO
act. ! could not 10 il. These poor fell
lows were only oleyin- tne man whom
they had been brought UP Il reverence
~ q deni-god. Why should / make
their wives widows and their children
farher4eSs. even il ! could. by so doing.
gain q chance of escape. Would not
their dying cries haunt my ears for
e~yeru80res
There stood the Prince. SurelT, il
anyone ought 10 die. IL was he-he who
had broken faith and was ~reHarding
the service / had rendered hiTn with
the hlacssest ingTatifTsir- Yes: il WAS
be who ought TO die.
turned my weapon fun On him. The
lad nof yet reaehed ne. There
was time 10 Shoot him down- 3uf-he
WIS Irenes father. Ii was impossible
that he SaaEli perish hT my hand Ny
revolver swerved; and that moEneni OF
hesitation ended ala. I was seized by
four or iiTe ar RE sane instant. and /
threw my revolver nTsgn the nosr.
where Il exploded wiTiouI doing any
damage.
.Eack him up in n II The caEamhr-s
~ 1lse west 0ower. said fbe PrsDee
turning AWAY. a. IL he couA moi hear
10 hok az me. And to-1aurrsw- e4sly.
l1aye q carriage and horses in reaA-
les to 20 10 II Petersburg