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By Ashley TOwne
COPYRIGHT. 1901.


though ! have known you less than an
honr. am not troubled by the small
est doubt. / shall tell Mrs. Gordon ex-
actly what has happened: ! shall ten
her precisely what ] believe OF you, ana
then. II / know her.
what can She do? She cannot take
me to her home
Darrell turned more directly toward
her From the brightly lighted street
there came 4 glow sufficient 20 illnmi'
nate tho interior "a the carriage anu
Tie girls face was clearly defined
"Mhy nott' he asked 'My friends
have nothing 10 fear from the ear 5
spies. Tie fact that sou are perseeut-
ed ana pursued VIII merely make them
the more anxious to befr.cnd YOU,
They are not afraid Of anything, and
as for annoyance, heaven help the man
who tries 10 annoy Robert Gordon
have known him good many years.
Therefore | say 70 you. Why notF
There Is no reason whatever she
said. looking him straight In the eyes.
IL am Vera Shevaloff, the daughter OF
a prince. | am Of the house or hon-
stantin of Stavropol
"Stavropolw exclaimed Darrell.
"Why are you surprisedF
Because | have recently met Ivan
Getchikog. son Of the governor gen
eral Of the province answered OAR
rell. ~ saw him this afternoon In the
company Of Ladisloy, the man whom
believe to have been the coachman
OF your prison on wheels. 1t cannot
be that Getchikoff assisted him in that
enterpriseT
"If II was he, | did not recognize
/ him." she replied. 81 doubt indeed
whether | should know Ivan IN broad
daylight. and this man | scarcely saw
. at ALL"
) 81 think he would be above suet
) work" said Darrell.
"Thc Getchikoffs are proud" she
r said but cruel rs wolves. They arr
e all powerful I'm Stavropol today. boil
( In the city and the province, 1t u
probable that should have been takel
. there for some form OF trial. though
t as 10 that am merely making a guess
have no means Of knowing wha
d would have been done with me excep
A that should eventually have bee
d sent back TO Siberia"
: sent back exclaimed Darrell
"uave you been thereT
81 accompanied my father" she M
swered calmly. Upon the downfa
OF my family four years ago he wa
exiled, and my mother and myse
: chose to share his fate, though "
y might have avoided II. AS TO what "
q suffered, there are now many book
; which describe the long journey an
2, the horrors that are reserved for thos
who survive IL. My mother lived mol
D. than two years after we reached Il
le prison settlement to which we were
! signed; my father. some months 10
5 ger. In Stavropol, my friend, there
e cathedral which my father built, N
d. within IL is a tomb of white marbl
s. The SHOWS OF Siberia are whittier thf
the marble, and perhaps my father al
ia my mother sleep as well in one place
le another. Let us not think of IT,
~ but your' exclaimed Darrell. ~
escaped
p 81 was released"
on Then how can you be sent backf'
10 Because" said Vera, extending
:, white hand from the folds OF the clo'
lu into the light and holding IL cliuched
-. n peculiar manner Gin order 90 ave
= fate worse than Siberian exile
~ drove 4 knife into the heart OF Nichol
~ Gorsk, governor Of the district
NJ "Thank God" gasped Darrell inv
i unfairly
~ =, "The order for my release had
=, ready arrived Vera continued, "A
- Gorski dared not suppress or delay
:, knew what must happen the insti
90 that heard Of the arrival Of the ord
and So prepared the knife for mys'
!. But circumstances made IL possible
=" me to sheath Ii elsewhere than In
~ own brcast III was ain very fortuna
II. j am told Tint SIS months had clap'
,sa AMI ] arus faf from Siberiu before
suspicion arose dat had struck I
"A down. Ills death was mystic
~ Even now II were disposed o. q,
.sn II in f1tr uslhuual the act could
BE proved IH WHY shph ne
y be opDmg arrested outside pt h0sia
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