The indicator., 1904-07-23
81 said nothing of the kind. l sal,

81 said nothing of the kind. / said
/ did know where she was. But | did
not take her there. Take on these con
founded irons. treat me ike man.
and will tell you what | know"
Remove the irons.' said the cap
tain. The lieutenant unlocked them.
Come with me alone" said Harvey
Surprised, OrskofY beckoned to Ne
visky, who turned and walked away.
Beware" said orsko1, how you
tritie with me-
81 am not trifiing with you. l am
the only man who can help you find
your koura, and 1t happens that ha q
as ardent II reason to want to find her
ms you"
"You-y love her"'
81 don't even know her, but one l
love is with her
Then you did take her awayr'
mo. did Iot | know nothing about
Koura-that is. except where she is
this moment But, before tell, you
must first tell me how you traced me
to the island"
Orskoff made ii gesture of impa.
uence.
"Koura had been living with her un-
Gle In Titlis. | saw her every day,
and If | was not on duty / spent the
evening at the house. one night | was
on duty and did not go. / stopped to
see her the next morning, and her un-
Gle, who was beside himself with ter
ror, told me she had gone out the night
before and had not returned | knew
she had been stolen, and, as that was
the morning you escaped from prison,
l knew you had taken her. | searched
the river and learned that Charka' 3
hayboat had gone down toward the
Caspian. 1t was said that II man and
woman, the woman disguised as a
man, had gone with Charka. | reached
the coast as soon as possible, but |
could not overtake you. The launch
had gone before | made the discovery,
or all this would not have happened.
On the gunboat | cruised everywhere,
using the searchlight at night. Last
night we discovered the hayboat and
at once went to the island"
81 was on Charka's boat" said Har-
vey, land If you had used any reason
ing powers you would have known
that It could not have been koura who
was with me. You say you were told
that the woman with me was disguised
as man. Now, how could / get Koura
in such disguise? When woman
disguises herself, 1t is for n purpose.
koura was stOlen she did not go of her
own accord, as did Alma"
n$ A IY,,n Ia ,tnF ntn
of the colonel"
"Yes. She assisted me to escape, and
as our attempt was discovered before
she could return to her apartments, 1t
was necessary for her to fly with me.
On the Caspian the hayboat met with
disaster, and Alma and We're left on
It alone. We drifted all night, shiver-
ing with cold and hunger. In the morn
ing we found ourselves under the bows
of long, black boat belonging to the
ameer of Bokhara."
II know the boat. 1t is used to carry
goods to Persia"
Not this time. 1t is being used to
carry Alma Jurnieff and koura Biar-
telliis to Bokhara They permitted Al
ma to go on board. and l, like fool, In
my excitement allowed them to know
she was not what her clothing would
show They would not take me, and
the captain, whose name. l believe, is
KArakal Or something like that, shout
I'd out to me that they had the daugh-
ter of Biartelkis and that soon both
girls would be the brides OF princes"
"Is this true? Do you swear you are
telling me the truth? How did they get
koura?'
"Hafiz Effendi passed us in a cayik.
He was intercepted at the mouth OF the
river by the launch, and something
was said about sacks. They We're per-
mitted to depart. Undoubtedly the
Turk had Koura concealed"
Orskoff spent several minutes in
thought. Suddenly turning to Harvey
he held out his hand, saying:
81 believe you. | ask your pardon
for the insults | have heaped on you.
This is terrible! Koura gone! A slave
to the heatlen ameer, and | helpless to
aid or rescue her! 1t makes one mad!
l could drive this sword blade into my
heartr'
"Sit down and be calm" said Har-
vey. I'VE can rescue Alma Jurnieff
and Koura or kill the men who mary
or harm them. Let us work the game
together. | am starving. Give me some
food"
The food was ordered.