Smyrna times., 1903-07-22
The NihiIist Rebel.
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oAOh6 Jul OIOGA6I5 III bulS COuAeAJ
to wreak vengeance upon the traitor.
And you, still refuse to be true to
your oath as Nihillst?"
81 am no longer a Nihilist, however
much 1 may sympathize with the
Nihilistic aims. To ask me to commit
murder is revolving.
"The chiefs punish with death those
who do as you are doing"
81 have no fear of them"
''She said nothing for some minutes,
but, looking steadily at him, extend
ing her hand.
81 am afraid my coming has brought
cloud over your happiness. I am
sorry, Cecil. Goodbye"
He pressed her hand. She turning,
moved towards the door. Austen fol-
lowed.
With head erect she passed out on
to the staircase, and in a moment was
gone. Austen waited until her foot
steps died away and then slowly,
thoughtfully, returned to his room.
The first thing his eyes rested on
was the order of the Nihilist chiefs,
that he, Cecil Austen, should take the
life of Ivan Bronski, the traitor. 1t
was lying on the floor with the photo
graph of Dora Penfeld, the girl he
loved. With shudder he cast the
obnoxious paper on the fire, VIII re it
was quickly consumed, and, kissing
the picture lovingly, he replaced it on
the mantlepiece. The gray dawn was
creeping in at the windows, when he
at last threw himself on the bed and
fell into troubled sleep.
1t was noon when he awoke. The
> first thing arrested his attention was
> the shouting of newsbOys, in the street.
} 'Mystairious murder in Am Std this
2 mornin'" was the burden of their cry,
/ and he sent for a paper This is what
; it read:
5 At an early hour this morning-read
the account-P. e. Robson found the
dead body of man lying under the
Q trees in Beech Walk, Hampstead.
: Great reticence is maintained by the
local police regarding the affairs, but
our inquiries have elected the fact that
= the deceased was shot through the
b head, the course of the bullet being
It from back to front. The weapon has
q not been discovered. No one in the
o neighborhood seems to have been dis
J. turbed during the night, but this may
n be accounted for by Beech Walk beine
somewhat lonely thoroughfare; thu
d nearest house to the scene of the muir
it der is so yards distant. From paper
found on the body it is believed tha
v the murdered man is a Russian nance
l. Ivan Bronski.
d A later report states that Bronsk
has been identified by a woman, as
v man who lodged in her house during
.e the last few months under the nam
" of Peter DumarOff Our representa-
70 tive is prosecuting further inquiries
}" the result of which will be publishe
Q, in our special edition,
s. The rat-tat of the postman here re
7e sounded through the rooms, and
letter was brought in. Austen wa
conscious of faint recollection of th
a writing on the envelope. He broke
g. open. Yes; 1t was from Olga Dobrou
lg loft
''Dear Cecil, my lost love-" he reaC
i? ''you were wrong to think lightly {
s. the power Of the Nihilist chief
punish with death those of the brett
to rem who fail to stand by their oatl
Had taken back to them your +,
rs fusal to carry out their vengeance Q
10. traitor, you would assuredly hay
IT. been doomed. But I will save yol
tn When you read this Ivan Brons
will be dead man, and my hand wi
er have slain him. This partly to aYens
I, my father, but chiefly to protect you.
ny am sufficiently acquainted wi
In Bronski's movements to know that Il
opportunity require will occur wit
ad in few hours of my concluding th
90 letter. Escape for myself will be ea
~. trust. 1 shall return to Russia al
ad report to the chiefs simply that the
oh orders have been obeyed and advi
ra- you at once to communicate wi
a. them-I enclose address-asking f
E release from your oath. My task g
~. complished, I need say no more tn
that life will be to me q burden u
bearable, and shall not hesitate
free myself from the torture of regl
~ ~ that is burning my poor heart ava
'e- Goodbye, Cecil. May you be happi
oI in your love than Olga Dobrouloff. :"
% Little more of importance was ev
W published regarding the Hampste
affair. An open verdict was return
ina at the inquest, and the mystery
re- Bronski's death was never solved.
ihi- --.N-
Saved From Terrible Death.
NIT The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt
Bargerton, Tenn, saw her dying a