The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-29
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/ of the man who had appeared so opPor-
! timely in the grounds of Blairgeldie when
/ the attaches life was threatened. But she
/ recognized with a fiutter at her heart that
| his reply to her mother was really meant
| Tor her-an admission that her warnings
/ at Vienna were accepted at last And IL
pleased her to think that that accept
| ance haG come spontaneously without proof
from oUtside-that day of all days.
| In the meanwhile VolDorth was more
/ than justifying Dubrowskis opinion that
/ he Was busily employed elsewhere. So
! closely and cleverly had he invested the
| shop of the Veuve Grigot with his spies,
| that every movement of the cOnspirators
| was known to him. while they themselves
remained in Ignorance that their rendez-
/ VouS had been discovered. AT an early
! hour, as a result of a newspaper report,
! Sarjov had been traced to the morgue,
whence he had been returned Immediately
| TO the Rue Casse-Tete with the news of
| Delavals death. At the same time Vol
| borth had been apprised that the man
who had eluded espionage on the previous
! night was lying cold and stark and un-
| claimed on the marble slab.
! 1t soon became evident that the loss OF
| thelr comrade was not 10 alter the plans OF
| the Nihilists for the day. Indeed, such
signs OF activity became apparent that
| Volborth, In making the usual division OF
| his forces, decided to attach himself to
| the wing that was TO keep in touch with
| the enemy, leaving to Restofski the com
| mand or those who were to hem in the
| Isar. Keen as ever, not only TO protect
| life but to preserve the Empress from the
| horror OF an attempt. he could not but be
| specially anxious on the last public APP
! pearaRce of his imperial charges in the
! neighborhood of a pOpulous center. If that
| day passed off quietly he promised himself
| ma easy task at sleepy Darmstadt, and
| then, hey for the sweets of victory 1t
| made him impatient TO think of it-of the
scene which he pictured of Restofski's grip
! fastening on Olga Palitzins white arm as
| soon as the Tsar safe on his way TO
| Holy Russia once more.
| Some such thought was in his mind on
| that sunny afternoon he picked his way
| among the crowds on the terrace at Yer
| sailles. Since he had seized Weetski in the
| shrubbery at BlaiTgeldie the Herr
/ Winckef' disguise had been necessarily
| abandoned, and ii was now as a Partisan
! black brows that he formed one of the
| privileged passholders who waited the
coming of the Tsar. They were all there
| those with whom ne had to contend-Olga
| Palitzin, Weletski, Anna Tchigorin, Kras-
novitch and Serjov! the three latter scat
tired among the people and ignoring each
| other when they met and the princess es-
corted by the gray-bearded old man, whose
| fierce eyes brought back 10 Volborth the
| grove at Scheptowka on the morning of
| Lobanof's death. The princess, he noticed,
| was beautifully dressed without any at
| tempt at disguise.
From this he argued that either her plans
had been dsorganized by Delaval's death,
| else that all her efforts were to be con-
| centrated on a last desperate outrage In
which, succeed or fall she expected certain
| cess meant TO use her well-known person
| atty as a figure in Petersburg society to
get near enough to the persons of their
| majesties for michef. On the other hand
| had Fortescue been the object of the Mill
| istic programme for the day it almost
| certain that she would have used disguise
in the first place because her enterprise
| would not end with the removal of that
| awkward Witness and in the second be-
| cause her appearance in propria persona
! would put the attache on his guard.
| satisfaction
| Volborth that, so far as he could ascer-
tain, Fortescue had abstained from going
| to Versailles. The gay butterflies of the
British embassy were well represented on
the terrace, but he was not with them nor
was he to be seen elsewhere in the nearer
precincts of the chateau. Far as the eye
could reach the two great avenues were
crowded on both sides with less favored
spectators kept in order by thick lines of
soldiers whose bayonets glttered in the
sun. But it was scarcely likely that For
tescue, if he came at all, would come as
a mere vulgar sght-seer to be hustled in
that seething mass.
| II am glad that he is not here, though
l more than half expected him to turn up
IN spite or my warning, Volborth con-
ing Miss Metcalf would call jolly hard
| lines for him. with his fondness for this in
and-out work. to have to lay low. He has
| nose into that hornets nest at Boulogne,
| and have to thank him and Herr
Winckers' little friend for these fairly safe
l ARRANGEMENTS mere To-Day.
And as the distant blare of trumpets
| heralded the coming of the Tsar, he looked
round with complacency at Olga Palatzin
and Weletski. hedged in by a Gordon of
| unobstrusive mouchards ready at the first
| suspicious movement to stretch out re-
| straining hands. But the conduct of the
suspects yielded no provocation to arrest
| At various points they gazed idly at the
| approaching cortege from the balustrade OF
| the terrace, without attempting TO gain
vantage ground near the flight of steps
/ Loo Of nD
| or the alley-way, kept clear for the visitors
to pass into the chateau.
And so. amid the respectful homage OF
| the people OH the terrace. and followed
by the yells of the Partisan mob in the
park below, the imperial party entered
the stately home of Louis the Great. Yet
not till Nicholas and Alexandrovna had re-
appeared in the balcony to bow their
| acknowledgements and had retired to in
spect the interior wonders Of the chateau
did Volborth breathe freely In the official
| programme 1t was laid down that after
| viewing the palace the Tsar and Tsarina
were TO rest in their own apartments till
| the grand banquet at o'clock and inside
the vast pile, with double sentries at every
door. they would be as safe as in the
| winter palace
"AIl that remains is to shepherd Madame
| Olga and company back 10 Paris" NUT
| tered Volborth. And after leaving instruc-
lions that the suspects should not be lost
sight of, he hurried into the chateau tC
compare notes with Restofski. Gathering
| from that jealous colleague that nothing
| of note had transp1red EN- route he re-
| turned to the terrace to resume command
| of his spies. and he found the crowd OF
| invited spectators rapidly thinning. The
| lower orders by the troops who were falins
, | in for their journey to the capital
, | He had no sooner set foot on the terrace
|, | than one of his subordinates came run
ming up.
"They have gone down into the gardens
| nearly in a body said the man THE
others are after them. L only remained tC
, inform your Excellency"
''Cood," replied Nolborth. THAT look:
like bolt from their lair. Let us follow
my friend.
pleaSaDce, he saw the princess leaning OF
the arm of the vultuTe-faced old man L
whom she was apparently pointing out the
| beauty of the splashing' fountains. Afte
waiting a while they passed on toward tn,
| park, where among the leafy glades tn,
| evening shadows were deepening. And il
| desultory formation behind raggled kras
| | novitch, Anna Tchigorin and Serjov.
About this time the Russian suite Wer
| coming off duty. Some bored and SOM
I | admiring. they had duly tramped through
| the Great King, the museum and the ar
| galleries.; and now while the Tsar an,
; | Tsarina rested they would be free till tn
= | hour of the banquet. Boris DubroWSki hai
| been in personal attendance and was tn
| last TO be dismissed at the door of hi
| soVereign'S private rooms; so that whel
: he came TO the corridor where the othe
I | members OF the suite were lodged, the,
e had already vanished into their own apart
( | mcnts.
Instead of entering the corridor. he mad
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