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"Your name is Sergius Bilowski, and

"Your name is Sergius Bilowski, and
you are a prisoner" was the reply.
One of the men laid his hand on Dar-
rell's arm, but the American thrust
him aside.
At the same time the other handed
Getchikoff paper. AS he read 1t he
turned white, but at the close he set
his teeth firmly together, as one who
has taken a strong determination.
"For heavens sake, Getchikof, tell
these men they are mistaken" cried
Darrell. "I'll knock one Of them down
In q minute"
"For Gods sake, you will only make
It worsev said Getchikoff. "Go with
them. I will intercede with my fa-
ther."
"But they want man named Blow
ski" said Darrell.
Getchikoff made no reply. Indeed
he seemed unable to utter q word.
"Do you deny your identity" de-
manded the officer who had made the
arrest.
81 not only don't deny 1t" rejoined
Darrell, "but l am prepared to prove
It. Have the kindness to glance at my
passport"
The man, with the calmness Of q
mechanical dummy, took the passport
and kept it. Then; turning to Getchi.
koff, he said:
"You have travelled from Paris with
this suspect. What do you know OF
him"
"T believe him to be Sergius BLOW.
skiw replied Getchikoff. white as a
ghost.
"Why, you whelp," exclaimed Oar.
rell, "you were introduced to me by an
attache of the British embassy who
has known me for ten years, as you are
we'll aware"
If Getchikoff had any reply to make.
he was not permitted to utter 1t. for
the police officer Immediately COM
manded Darrell to follow him, and at
the word four guards "fell in" around
him with military precision. Resist
ance would have been grotesque fol-
ly, and Darrell did not attempt 1t. He
marched away, surrounded by his cap
tors, who led him to low, stone struc-
ture fronting a public square Of q
mean appearance. Within this bulld'
ing he was brought before an official.
who heard the charge against him,
which was not properly an accusation,
but merely a name, and committed him
to custody. No defense was allowed.
The prisoner, indeed, declared his name
and nationality, but not the slightest
attention was given to his words. The
whole proceeding did not occupy four
minutes, and it ended by the magis-
trate's signing a document Of COM
mitment which was suspiciously handy
upon his desk.
Darrell was then conducted to room
which was much more habitable than
he had expected his prison to be-in-
deed. except for the basic injustice or
the matter, he had no cause to COM
plain of his treatment. he was SUBJ
jected to search. but nothing was taken
from him except his watch, his pocket
knife, some unimportant letters and a
small part of his money. The prin-
cipal portion Of his cash was In large
notes, which he carried In an inner
pocket Of his waistcoat. 1t appeared
to him that the failure to take it was
a genuine oversight on the part Of the
searchers-that they really did not see
the pocket. On the other hand, the
money might have been left with him
that he might buy his way out Of the
prison and get shot by a guard just
outside the walls. Such things will
happen in the east. His travellers
checkbook was in his baggage, which,
Of course, had fallen into the hands OF
the police.
As a matter of form he requested per.
mission to communicate with the Amer
lean consul. and it was granted. But
Darrell was not so simple as to suppose
that his letter would be delivered. He
realized fully that he was In a trap.
though he could not understand the
precise object Of the proceedings.
Doubtless his arrest was connected
with the affairs of Vera Shevaloff. He
might be seriously suspected Of CON-
plicity in her designs, whatever they
were, and he smiled grimly in his cell
at the thought Of his own complete ig-
norance Of the matter. 1t would have
been hard for the governor generals s
secret police to find man who knew
less, though they had searched the city
for the most inrocent within its limits.
Rejecting upon the problem during
long and tedious evening, Darrell was
Of the opinion that he had been arrest
ed as a mere precaution and would be
held until the affair had been thorough
ly sifted; that Vera was also prisoner
in the city, her plots more or less fully
known, her liberty and indeed her life
at the mercy Of the governor general.
The thought Of his own present help
lessness weighed upon him like lead,
and many VOW Of vengeance he made
with the name Of Ivan Getchikoff as
the chief victim.
CHAPTER VII.
A BAD JUDGE AND GOOD JA1LER
HEFTTMARRELL had been