The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-06-01

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The Russian, before answering cast
lock at the floor and saw the large
envelope lying there with its seal up /
permost He quietly placed hin huge
foot upon it, and then said, with an
effort at politensss:
cit is no matter, madame. I am
afraid that [ ana so bulky have taken
up most of the passage. -
sit is very good of you to excuse
me, . said Jennie. 81 merely came out
to ask the conductor if he would make
up my berth. Would You be good
enough to translate that to him ~"
The Russian surlily told the conductor
to attend to the wants of the lady. The
conductor muttered reply, and that
reply the Russian translated.
''He will be at your service in few
moments, madame. He must first make
up the berth of the gentleman in room
/ A. .
With that she retired again into her
compartment, the real letter concealed
in the folds of her Dress the bogus one
on the floor under the Russian S foot
| She closed the door tightly. Then, taking
care that she was not observed through
either of the holes the conductor had
bored in the partition, she swiftly placed
I the important document in a deep in
side pocket of her jacket. AS general
i rule, women have inside pockets in their
capes and outside pockets in their jack
cts, but Jennie dealing as she did with
! many documents in the course of her
i profession, had had this jacket espe-
/ cially made. with its deep and roomy
| inside pocket She sat in corner of her
sofa wondering what was to be the fate
of the unfortunate messenger, for in
spite of the sudden shutting of the door
! by the Russian she caught glimpse
of the man lying face downward on the
floor of his sitting room. She also had
received Whit of the sweet, heavy gas
which had been used, that seemed now
to be tincturing the whole atmosphere
of the car, especially in the long, narrow
passage. 1t is not likely they intended
to kill the man, for his death would
J cause an awkward Investigation, while
his statement shat he had been rendered
insensible might easily be denied. As
] she sat there, the silence disturbed only
by the low, soothing rumble of the train,
she heard the ring of the metal cylinder
against the woodwork of the next com
! partment. The men We're evidently re-
moving their apparatus A little later
the train slowed, finally coming to a
standstill, and, looking out of the win
; dow into the darkness, she found they
were stopping at an i'll lighted country
J station. Covering the light in the cell
ing again, the better to see outside, her
self unobserved, she noted the conductor
, and another man place the bulky cy1in-
. der on the platform without the slight
est effort at concealment The tall Rus
sian stood by and gave curt orders. Ar
instant later the train moved on again
and when we'll under way there was 6
}. rap at her door. When she opened it
: the conducto. said that he would make
4 up her berth now, if it so pleased her
!. She stood out in the corridor while THU
was deftly and swiftly done. She coult
not restrain her curiosity regarding thu
g mysterious occupant of room A, and t
7 satisfy it she walked slowly up ant
4 down the corridor, her hands behint
$ her, passing and repassing the open doc
4 of her own room and noticing that eve
and anon the conductor cast a suspicion
9 eye in her direction. The door of room
n A was partly open, but the shaded lam,
= in the ceiling left the interior in dark
d ness. There was now no trace Of the in
o toxicating gas in the corridor, and a
n she passed room A she noticed that
d fresh breeze was blowing through th
J. half open doorway; therefore the win
J dow must be up. Once as she passed he
own door she saw the conductor engage
in task which would keep him froI
looking into the corridor for at least
minute, and in that interval she set he
doubts at rest by putting her hea
swiftly into room A and as swift
withdrawing it. The man had been lift
ed on to his sofa and lay with his fac
. toward the wall, his head on pillow
The dispatch box rested on corner {
the sofa, where doubtless he had left il
He was breathing heavily, like man
drunken sleep, but the air of the rool
was sweet and fresh, and he woul
doubtless recover. Jennie still paced u
anu uOMA Iu1AA1AS3 aCCpAJ ONSA w nc
had happened. AT first, when she ha
secured the important document, ST
had made up her mind to return it
the messenger, but further ponderin
induced her to change her mind III
messenger had been robbed by the Ru
sian police He would tell his superio
exactly what had happened, and yet Il
letter would reach it's destination
speedily as if he had brought it himse
AS if he had never been robbie
Knowing the purpose which Mr.. Har
wick had in his mind, Jennie saw TIL;
the letter now was of tenfold more val,
to him than it would have been had 81
;, taken it from the messenger. 1t w
- evident that the British embassy, or Il
" messenger himself, had suspicious TIL
as an attempt was to be made to obta
10 the document; otherwise room G of Il
No sleeping car would not have be,
IN changed for room A at the very la
he moment. AS it was the editor could 81
to tho official. ssrTHo PusSiap po1ica IN