Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-06-03

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III brain could not accept it all
at once.
Not only was she lost. but there was
a certainty that if she was rescued she
would also be. discovered in this act
against the rule of Ncslerov. Powerful
as was her family. she was now abSo-
lutely at the mercy of the governor of
Tomsk, whom she knew to be mcrci-
less. Who could ever know that prin-
cess Olga. the rich and beautiful Ncsle-
row, died in the dungeons under her
cousins palace?
70 her vivid imagination already the
horrors of starvation loomed up. To
lie in that cold, dark place and suffer
and slowly waste away, to lose her
mind. to rave in madness-all these
thoughts burned into her brain. Then.
looking at poor Therese. the girls heart
was stirred with pity.
II am not only a suicide. but am n
murderer as WELL" she said Il should
not have induced Thercse to come"
Thcresc stirred.
"Al. Thcrese. Good Therese! Speak
to me, will YOU not?" pleaded the prin-
cess. You should not have come. 1t
was horrible, that den! And perhaps
brought you here to die"
IL don't want to die!' exclaimed
There~'. sitting upright as though the
word had acted like an electric shock.
Il do not wish to die either: but we
are lost. Therese."
Lost! How can we be lost? Are
we not under the palace"
Yes. we are under the palace. but
we are nevertheless lost. have lost
not know by which one we reached this
terrible place"
1--WE seem TO be almost at the center.
They cannot all lead to the stairs"
mo. certainly not. And there is lit
tie chance Of telling which does lead to
the stairs. | do not even know in which
direction the stairs lie. We are lost,
Thcrcsc, and will perhaps die here of
starvation"
you must not You shall not" ex-
claimed ThereSc. made stronger now
by the evident need of some one to as
sist the princess. She did not think so
much of herself as she did of Olga.
There must he a way out and close
at hand" said Olga.
The terrible silence acted upon the
shaken nerves of poor Therese. and
she began To scream Historically.
81 will not die! Heaven help us
both. Help. Help. Help"
The screams of the distracted wom-
an rang in weird echoes through the
caverns.
"Thc echoes mock me"' she cried.
as there no one to help?"
"Hark" said Olga. Il think heard
voice"
a voice! | heard thousand Of
thcm-and they are all my own"
"No, but this was not. 1t was a
mans voice. Wait till call"
The cavcrns We're still.
lis there any one hero?" rang ont
Olgas clear voice. I'VE are lost in the
passn gcS-two women. Is there any
one herc:'
Here, here, here" came back the
echoes.
Il am here-a prisoner" came an an.
swcring cry.
"IIere-prisoner-isoncr!" came the
echoes.
"Wherc are you:' called Olga.
"You-you--your echoed the mock.
ing caverns.
IL must be near YOU the voices sound
not far-follow the sound of my whis-
tle" came Il louder voice.
istle--istle-iStlc" came the trOu.
blcd echoes.
Immediately thcr" began, not far from
them. the tune of "'rhc Star Span
gled Banner" olga knew It was IN
American tun" and iIStinctivcly real
lied that the person who was guiding
them must be- HE one who had been
trying to solve the mystery Of Graslov
and had been imprisoned by Jnnsky.
After Il few moments she managed
ard the echoes. and began slowly to
work her way toward it. Theresc,
trembling with weakness and terror,
followed.
At last the whistle led her into one
of the passages, and she swung her
lantern high to see where there was a
dungeon. 1t was not far away, and
the CLEANS of the lantern went through
the door of gloomy cell. The light
fell upon man chained to the walls.
One chain was around his waist, an
other held his feet. and each arm was
extended and held to the wall by a
smaller but stout chain. These chains
were built into the wall and their ends
locked together