The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-26

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ItJ.ns,a.r.d M I, ,,,o Ina. ,,,a t,,c,..
al I.a.iisiov ~ t,,e mint where tI,e can.
ture Nv Worn Ind shaon made ana u
very little farther. Tbev Ind tlncu lost
track ~ M carriana ~ whicn thc
princess was being taken away ana
had failed TO ret ony hint about the
facts or the rescue by Darrell. The
vehicle had been found. of course. ana
there was an inference that II must
have been attacked somewhere, but the
police were unable to understand how
! Darrell or Gordon could have figured
in the matter, and they dared not make
an arrest upon thesevidence Of Fran
co.'s alone, Tor he proved tp be q man
Of such asshady record that, having
sold his Information to a minor officer
OF police, ne bad disappeared because
OF fear that his announcement past
would cause him trouble
Ihus the whole matter hung IN the
wind' IKE vessei taken abaek, Tor
seVerai Gays, when were among me
worst that John Darrell could remem-
Der TO nave experienced. 80 WORD
came from vera, no hint Of her rate,
ana the CONVICTION grew stronger ID
Dafreils niihd that the agents OF the
ear had again iaid 4heir hahds upon
her.
ls certainly, he said 70 uor-
donf o,herWlse she Wouid nave sent
us Woru. she y not the woman 20 De
guilty OF hgratitude' am gong 10
o,asropoi.
10 Stavropol! echoed Gordon.
she told me that she would proba-
bly, be taken: there for trial" replied
Darrell. 1T Is long chance, butt
have no other, and cannot remain in
active. This thing Is eating the heart
out Of me. Robert" ,
Gordon attempted to dissuade him,
but to no purpose.
Il must CO." he said. II rely upon
you, Robert. to do everything that can
be done here. Get to the bottom of the
Ladislov case II you can. Spend all the
money you can use to advantage
Here's a check for my balance at Nor.
gan's. and you'll see 1t is not small.
You'll keep me posted. Thank heaven,
there are telegraph wires leading to
most regions of the earth in these
days. You can reach me through our
consuls."
Darrell took a train that afternoon
at the Care de rEst, where he had the
extraordinary fortune to encounter
Getchikoff. whom in the past few
days he had made many Intellectual
attempts to find. The Russian was
inst alighting from n very elegant pri-
yate ooulnage belonging TO n young
widow df enormous wealth and excel
lent family. but of reputation some |
times ATTACKED in whispers. Getchi-
koff was evidently starting upon long,
Journey and his farewell to the lady
was sbnewbot strenuous. considering
the n,,biic Mace In which II occurred
As be was about 70 board the train
Darrell occosted him. Getcbikoff seem. |
oh start,od vet mother surprised nor
aI,ogother nleased His manner was
npzzIing IN Darrell IT did
not Iocl, oordia,,tv Indead Getchixoff
yos MAKING ARRANGEMENTS that they
sho,,J troyal ,ocetbar and bofore they |
had ridden iva miles he confided to tho |
Auor,can tbat no WIS engaged n the |
Iodv IN whose ,rria ca no had come IN
,no ,at;on and thot tho marriage for
o,o,y rooso, vas Tho most desirable
,b,na In Iife for hin,
tFr,,n, par;s 70 Stavronol is n lony
uoy upder tho hest circumstances 10
with tho burden of bis nearly
LonaIass mission IL was almost tnen.
I,roI,,o In conversations with GetcbI.
.oT no annroached tho ohiect of his
,o,rnav &c noar,v ne bo dored and no
,h,a,ped tho other side of Vera Sbeyo-
oT,s story Naturally ber father was
nv Cotcbil,off N have heen
,raItor 10 Tho czar and iustlv CON
,omned yet Cetcbikoff treoted the
,ubiec, without malIpnitv. almost with
,vn,nathy sneoLipg often of the prI-
,a,o v,rtnes of Count Konstontin and
4 tho noble character az his wife "A
a yoro be nrofessed icnoranco
"she wos oplv a ch,ld tlon " no saId
II l,new I,,,to oho,, nor II is rumored
ha, che is now bioh in the coppsels of
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