The Washington times., 1903-04-26
CONTINUED FROM LAST sUNDAYl
CHAPTER XL.-CONTINUED.
THE REAL SERGE MAsLoFF.

ed inQuiringly at the colonel. who had
some forward after stationing Waldorf
and the two Cossacks in a corner of the
room.
Colonel sudekin recalled himself to
the inspectors remembrance-they had
met years beforehand then briefly ex-
planned the object OF his visit.
All! exactly" said the Inspector.
You wish TO trace. through the aid of
my men. two persons. a man and a wom-
an Is that it?"
Yes" replied the colonel. Z wish
TO find the woman first. and through her
I hope to trace the man-whose name
am not at liberty to mention at pres
ent"
And the woman?"
she is commonly called Anna Para
dim" said the colonel. but her real
name is"
The inspector struck his hand We
hemently on the desk
Anna Paradim!" he cried; why, this
is e remarkable coincidence-truIy re-
markable! The woman you mention
who is well known to Us. by the way
was murderousIy assaulted not an hour
ago by a man named Apollo Zagarin,
who kept a tobacco shop near the Os-
troff Canal. It is a terrible and mys-
FERROUS affair all through
'Zagarin must have been a NihiIist,
for shortly after the assault on this
woman a dynamite bomb exploded in
the cellar and blew the front part of the
house &c atoms. zagarin was captured
after most terrific struggle. and they
are bringing him here row.
THE woman was taken to the Alex
andra Hospital, and on the way she. re-
covered consciousness and keeps de-
manding to see Count Vastly Dagmar.
All the news was brought to me not five
minutes ago
Good heavens" cried the colonel,
7 must see that woman before she dies
i must see her at all hazards. I know
well why she calls for Count Dagmar.
She has confession to mako terri
bic confession"
In his excitement he was about to
rush from the room. when tumult was
heard in the street. and then heavy foot
steps came up the stairs.
Here comes Zagarin now." said the
inspector.
The door was thrown open. and the
prisoner entered with defiant bearing,
which speedily gave way before the in
spector's sharp glance.
Wen might he shrink and cover be
fore that man. and on the threshold of
that room.
There is something familiar about
him." said the inspector, but cant
place him cant say that know him. -
81 know him" cried Waldorf. hoarsely.
springing forward and pointing at the
new trembling prisoner. u know him
weIll There is your man. Colonel sude-
kin. there he stands now-the real Serge
MasIoff'
Serge Maslon." gasped the inspector.
He is in Siberia. No! no,'' he cried sud
denly. IN the name of Heaven. what
does this mean? You are the man who
struck me down in this room over a
year ago. I recognize you in spite OF your
shaver face"
The detected Nihilist gIared like a
tiger around him. but did not speak
Colonel sudekin drew the inspector
apart and explained to him the strange
blunder that had been committed at
Wirballen and its fatal results.
As he concluded a messenger en-
tered the room in haste.
Inspector JarosIav," he cried. the
injured womin is still conscious and ths
surgeon reports that she may remain
so for two or three hours. She still IN
sists on seeing Count Dagmar, and there
is evidently some weighty secret on her
mind"
what shall I do? Send for him p
asked the inspector, turning TO CoIone
sudekin-
Yes" said the Colonel. y will attend
to that. Thank God that I have me-
With this success. The revelation o
thAs great mystery is at hand"
He sat down at the inspectors desa
and quickly filed out two sheets Of pa
per, writing with feverish haste.
One of these he handed to his OWL
Cossacks.
Take the carriage at the door and
hasten to the fortress" he command
ed. Brink the convict Baranok to the
Alexandra Hospital at once Don't spare
the horses"
The other order he gave to a couple
OF the inspectors men. bidding them e
to the city prison and take Donalt
Chumleigh straight to the hospital
Now Inspector Jaroslav,'' he added
hastily. "win you be so good as to hell
me In this matter? You viii under