The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-12
Gbe CdomeE'g D0uQbfeg.

, We Will be safe there. Fathers office is
over yonder.
followed her into her room. and few
minutes later we sat talking over cups OF
tea which servant maid had brought In
| at her command.
To reassure me she named several mu-
tual friends of ours, among others one
whose knowledge Of men and women was
generally considered infallibIe. "If there
were anything wrong about her he would
not let her know so much Of himself I
| thought
Il used to hate the Poles like poison"
she explained. "but the sufferings to
which they are put have opened rny ewes
TO the real situation. I began to look
upon them as fellowbeings and, little bv
little, to sympathize with their cause. NV
rather? lie is an honest man, / can assure
you. but he is an old officer, narrow
Wtnded and blind In his devotion to tradi-
lions and to his duties. l have tried to
taik to him, but it's no use He cannot
understand me. Still, am his only child.
ana he Is ready to die for me. OF course.
ne has no idea Of my revolutionary CON
had" - 0
She never alluded to my VISIT. but
asked:
what do you think brings me here?"
don't know" she answered ewk-
Wardly. when / first saw Won comm,
up the stairs l thought you had been
summoned by my father, although II is
| quite an unusual proceeding for SUSPECTS
~ Oe iisVitea TO call as on social visit"
sne sald' with laugh. 'I must confess
L was startled"
10 tell you the truth. I don't know
Inyselr what am doing here. snv was
IolloWing me, and to get rid of him
came In. but. then. the house of the
coioneI OF gendarmes is not exactly the
Yes. It Is" she put in. gayly; "tbe
pest IN @ the world" And. sinking her voice
10 whisper. she added: ''If I can he NJ
any assistance, command me-
.cT1L al l want is to get rid Of the spy."
ven we can go out together. so ha
| ily" iio ol the ram
But suppose he has been sbadow,ns
me for days?" 'iiauo"ihg
her countenance fell, and she aAamad
10 De at a loss what to say to me
sat scrutinlzing her face till suddenly =
.eeIing OF shame took hold of me. "sba
20 - INC sincerest and best-hearted person
you ever spoke to-" said to mvseIf ana
as II to atone for my lingering distr,,S. S.t';
burst out: iiis olstrust,
My pockets are full of papers rr1
Soea., soenu get rid Of them I should feel
Leave them here" she said. and when
NY pockets We're empty and the papers
| quired: NS' sne In
+anBot But this tn =. is not what they were IN
No; was going to deliver them r.
certain person, but we cannot wait"
"A year had passed. had left my native
town, and, living under assumed names
devoted my whole time to tha re,,oi,,ttor,
! My heart yearned for the colonel's daTob
ter. had seen her often before I was
compelled to flee for my liberty. end
/ no" tnat was away from her, it became
cIearer TO me every day that / was In
| love. On how l burned to see her. to
Speak To her. to tell her that next to
my unhappy country, she was the nIs-
tress of my soul! But communicative
with her was impossible Our mutual
IrlendS were all either under arrest or In
exile and she had aroused the suspicion
| OF her father so that her mail waa
opened and inspected before it was de-
| livered to her
one day as 1 was strolIing along a
| busy street in Warsaw / heard NV
| name 1t was she. She had been sent
10 her aunt, so as to keep her from
harm way, and on her way to Pskofr
! she stopped in the polish capital. unbe-
| known to her father. of course. to see
soInepOoy connected with our movement.
| Who that was she refused to tell me at
| first. She told me she was in a hurry.
| and when l asked her to grant me an
| hour, and she shook her head I said:
! L want to speak to you of a matter
which is of great Importance to me-"
Speak" she said, ''but make haste We
may be watcher by spies.'
81 don't care" 1 said There is some
| thing 1 must tell you"
| ''What Is it2'' he asked JTn0o
81 want to tell you that I love you"
'S-schl 1 belong to another-to a friend
! of the cause, and that's why my father
| has eXtled me-"
She named the man, for whom we all
| had the profoundest admiration-the lead
= er to whom was carrying the documents
which brought about my acquaintance
with the coloneTs daughter. He was hv-
ing in Warsaw at that time under an as
sumed name, Of course. and it was to see
him that she stopped there Strange as 1t
may appear 1 felt no jealousy. 1 was
anything but happy on my own accounts
but I seemed to be glad for my friends
| sake / may have been mistaken. but
I; this is the way my own mood at that
moment impressed me-
! / have never seen either her or him
| since. lie was arrested and sent to ST.
| beria OF course her father opposed
her marriage. but he died soon, and she
| went to join my friend In his exile,
| and after some trouble obtained permis-
sion to marry him.