Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-21

need the money. Moreover. he cannot
be found"
"Is that rascally Turk, Haf1z Effendi,
in the city?"
"Yes. / have placed him under ar
rest"
"If it was a slave selling affair, Hafz
had finger in it. He is shrewd ras-
cal. But who was 1t you captured,
and where?
Lieutenant Thokt, with the gunboat
stationed near the Kur. ran down
Turkish craft and boarded it The cap
tain's name Is Hassan. He was un-
doubtedly trying to get the poor girl on
board q strange craft-a black hull. l
thing she belongs to the ameer Of Bo-
khara."
$50 you found the girl on board the
TurkT
Eyes, and also an American, who, I
am sure, had a hand in the affair.
What his motive was, whether he was
trying to get Koura of to marry her
or was acting as an agent for the
ameer, l don't know. But he was ar
rested and brought here. You will see
him soon"
What name did he giveT
"He gave the name, I believe. Irons.
Said be was going to Mini Novgorod
to sell pumps and windmills."
Colonel Jurnieff nearly fell OF his
chair. He stared at Orskoff till that
officer thought the governor Of the prls-
on was daft.
"Do you know him? Did the lieu.
tenant do wrongT
"Do know him! Now we have him
in our hands we will finish him. Do I
know him! We have watched him for
year, but he is like rat. So he was
stealing Biartelkis and his daughterT
"I don't say he was stealing Biartel.
kis. We can find no trace Of him."
"Call that orderly"
The orderly came in again and ga.
luted.
Alexander. that man Of whom we
spoke Is under arrest. He was not
content with following one Of the most
beautiful of Russian girls, but 1t was
he who abducted the daughter Of Biar.
telkis."
HAS she been foundr' asked the
orderly, forgetting his manners in his
intense interest.
"Yes, thank God! But her father Is
yet missing. We shall know more after
we have heard them all. You under.
stand your duties. I charge you to be
shrewd and faithful. Cor
The orderly. Alexander Borge, walk.
ed through the corridors Of the prison
with tagging steps. An officer passed
him.
my captain, I am not WELL" be said.
MAY I be relieved for an hour?"
The captain nodded and walked on
into the Office. Alexander hurried to
another portion of the prison, where
there were rooms luxuriously fitted up.
He knocked cautiously at one, giving
a certain signal. A Joung Russian girl
opened the door.
alexander! You not on duty? What
has happened?"
II got relieved for an hour to tell
you something for Mile. Alma"
"Quick! In herep'
She ushered him into a small stor-
age closet and listened breathlessly.
"The colonel charged me again with
nv duties" he said, HE had received
a letter from his brother that the young
American whom we could not trace
was in Astrabad, Persia. He was to
20 from there to Mini Novgorod to
meet Mile. Alma, as last year. Later I
learned that he is under arrest for tax
ing away Koura Biartelkis."
1T is impossible. he has not been In
Tiflis."
II know, but that is the charge. he
was on the boat that took her away.
Would you tell Mile. Alma%
"Yes, certainly, must tell her ev.
erything. l believe this is false
charge got up to put the American IN
prison."
perhaps. But must be of. I will
watch. I will return If anything Is
new"
In another suit Of apartments love.
ly young girl. with pale face and long.
ing eyes, sat listlessly looking from .
window. The girl whom Borge had
Just left entered.
Marie, what Is the excitement In
the streets?" asks Mile. Alma. Some
thing unusual, even for fair time, has
happened. One girl, one Of the few
friends l have made-I have always
met her when making purchases at
her fathers bazaar-is already missing.
hope the Turks have not found a
way to outwit the law"
"Koura Biartelkis Is found. mademoi-
selle."
"Then that must be the cause Of the
excitement. Oh, when will this cruel
exile come to an end? Marie, suppose
Alexander should be sent away where
you could never see him."
II should cry. mad moiselle."
"Cry? Tears alone will not unite
lovers. If they would, I could shed
rivers. 1t must be grand to live where
love Is not thing for prison walls"
"But you are not prisoner. made
moiselle."
"Am l not? I have the privilege Of
driving out in my uncle's carriage.
But am I not watched constantly? Is
not my uncle forever giving orders that
no letters shall be allowed to reach me!
Could l send let eE even II l knew
where e-he-was"
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