The Washington times., 1905-02-19

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Quite.
mo even
mo. not even that to which you refer,
or are about to refer. | have had
plenty of time for thought since you
brought me here, and I have unraveied
the fact that I made 81 consummate fool
of myself. I will not deny that | still
love her. or that I probably always will
love her, but I know that she never did
love me and never will love me. That
ends it you see, and so / am glad to get
way"
Was 1t the princess, Jean?" / asked.
You have been very good to me, Mr..
| Dubravnik, and / ought to deny you
nothing. Still I hope you will not ask
me to tell you anything concerning the
woman I was foolish enough to love so
mad1y.'
Il honor you for that expression Jean,
and / win only ask you one question.
You can reply to it readily enough. Do
you love her still. well enough so that
/ you wish her happiness. so that you
cherish no i'll will against her for what
| she did to youo''
Il would ,sive up my liberty now to
| be assured that she might always be
happy; yes, even TO know that she has
/ left the Nihilists, for sooner or later
:hey will lead her to Siberia. VIII you
answer one question for me, now?'
Willingly
HAS she been arrested ~
no. and she Will not be- She has left
! she Nihilists: for though / honor you foa
not telling me her name. / know whom
| 1t is that you love-
You are a good man, Mr.. Dubravnilt.
and in whatever country Jean Moret
/ dc hat -xs-ill
| friend of yours
| We had some other conversation, and
! then / gave him his passports. and suf-
| fcient money for his needs, ushered
| him from his place of Imprisonment,
/ and parted with him on the street. That
was the last l ever saw Of Jean Moret.
From there / made my way to the
office of nay friend Garfield, where it
was arranged that / should receive the
reports of my men, and there, closeted
! with Garfield, / remained until daylight.
Messengers were coming and going
constantly. and [ knew long before
dawn that every plan 1 had laid had
| worked just as intended that il
| should. / knew that when the sun rose
| there would not be a half dozen real
NihiEsts at liberty in st. Petersburg.
and that the order would be paraIyzed
and broken throughout the empire
| To Just one portion of the nights
| work I paid particular personal atten-
/ ton, and that was to the arrest of
sonaily, and who knew of her con-
| dernna ton to death by the order
ManY of those who We're arrested that
/ night were sent to Siberia for life. and
| others for long terms of Imprisonment
but I could not be condemned for that.
| fer they one and all deserved 20 GO
/ | was yet to meet with an adventure
| before [ returned to the Emperor, how
| ever.
| After leaving Garfield I went to in
| terview O Malley-or Malet-and found
| that i could, without going out of my
| way, pass the house of the prince.
where L believed Olga to be peacefully
sleeping, and so l took that course
| { had taken the preeaution TO instruct
Coyle to place good watch on the
! hoase early IN the evening, fearing that
there might be a chance that one OF
| the spies of the Nlhilists had succeeded
| in following us, and that they might
| attempt to assa ssinate her there OF
/ Durnief I had not thought again, for
| when the Car told me that he had been
sent after the princess, 1 knew that he
/
| admittance to the house Later, al
Canfeids office. / had received the re-
| port that he had been taken there
1t was jusE breaking day as [ ap-
| preached the house, and, looking up,
saw light in the room where | had
left her, and decided at once that she
! had concluded TO remain in that room
and had not thought of retiring
Il could not blame her for that, and
while / was congratulating myself
| that she woul dnot have to pass an
| other night of the kind 1 saw the front
door swing suddenly open and the
form OF a woman, which I instantly
recognized as Olgas, dash down the
| steps, leap into brltzska that was
| waiting, and which had hitherto es-
capped my notice. Then the horses
started on a run.
l was a hundred feet away. There
was not person in sight, as CoyIe
knowing that all danger was past, had
| withdrawn his guard.
/ There are times in our lives when
| we scent danger. just as hound
scents the track of the game that he
pursues, and 1 scented it then
] knew of but one way to stop those
| horses, and / used 1t.
| Always a dead shot, I drew nv re.
volver, aimed it at the nearest horse
and puleld the trigger. Then, before
the first report had ceased to echo
along the street, 1 fred again One o;
| the horses pitched forward dead, ana
| the other, badly wounded, fell upor
it, while l ran forward at all speed
toward the now overturned britzska.
CHAPTER XIV.