New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JUNE 4, 1905

caused her intense amazement. Is such mar
velous thing pOssible?" she cried.
1T was a dodge, Julie. Russian trick, just Ike
the grimaces of the sacred icon. And it nca-r,
succeeded lool, you had not one little bit Of playing
at bogv upset the other They only big children
these Russians" :"
But it was sure to be found out2
Not it. That image has remained undiscov-
cred for some hundred odd years. Not one in
twenty believes yet that a miracle didn't happen.
If miLadi was Princess Melnikof the othe-s
would have been rescued without hitch and
the trouble would be smoOthed over. l, of course.
knew the truth all the time
How clever you arel" said she admiringly
He caught her by the waist but she slipped away
from him.
None of that, pleasel" she cried, Il must be
serious until l see my mistress again.
oh we'll" he grow1ed, life is serious here any
how l shall be glad to get away. Affairs
marching too fast to my liking. Did MiLort Car
1ngham tell you how he to find out he
locked up in the monastery and not in some refuge
of the peasants as he imagined1"
Yes. He made no secret OF 1t, He was
informed by a man named Sassulitch, from
Saratof- Why m'sietr, what on earth is the
matter?"
For Dumanet suddenly had turned a greenish
hue and his eyes stared at her dreadful1y as if he
saw in her pretty face the grinnng image of death.
YES yesl' he suffered, sinking into a chair,
and making a violent effort to regain his sclcontrol
'Sassulitch! l have heard of him Don't gaze at
me so suspiciousy. l have attack of ague, 1t
passes quickly. Sassuitch, you said! Where did
Milford Car1ingham meet him?"
Tule. sharp-witted and clever at fence having
told his 1ordshp all that she knew, prompted
by him to extract knowledge from tn valet In
the light of recent events much that had ne before
was clearer to him, and he had reason .' suspect
that the valet was deeply implicated IN the long
forgotten tragedy at Ascot.
He recalled the mans behavior at the time. his
unscrupu1ous dealing with Armstrong, the
nouncement by . J. D." that Vera Sassuitch had
been removed" and his obvious connection
with either the Russian secret police the
Nihi1ists or both. Ernyntrudes version of
Sassultch's story led him give julie the
requisite clue whereby she could test the effect
of the name on the spy. Evidently the ruse
had succeeded.
Il never said Milford met him. retorted
Julie Il said MILFORD was informed. 1t might
be by letter or messenger.
"Sassulitch is a dangerous man. Nothing
he SAYS should be trusted. If he told the
truth this time it with hidden purpose-
| happen to know he IS more feared by the
revolutionares than Prince MelnkOff himself
You must be a brave little man to dwell So
contentedly in the midst Of all these plots
l should be terrified to death. | neE-
imagined such goings on in place where drs-.
was so much gaicty.
D. The valet eyed her quecrly- He was cone
~ sCious that his behavior OF q moment ago -.s
~. anything but heroic The girl rcaiz.- --
- she had gone a little too far.
And l did credit YOU with s--- -..-
feeling She went on, apparently t--a-
aloud
In what way?" he cried sharply. s...r.
Cursing the weak nerves which almost cl-s
his teeth to chatter
You cannot deceive womans ...s.
M siel,Y. You were upset lust now Wh.-.