The Washington times., 1905-01-29

but I see that it would be useless; and
perhaps you will grant me favor if
L ask it, when you discover that l have
not deceived you in what 1 shall tell
you
You may be quite sure of it. if it
is reasonable one. Now tell me your
name"
You do not care about my true name.
1 suppose"
II want the ons by which you are
known among the Nihilists.'
Jean Moret"
And here, in the palace?'
1.-THE same
Il shall send you 20 your prison.
now 1 cannot promise what it viii be
for tonight. Tomorrow 1 will see you,
and will keep my word in every re-
spect. In the meantime, / want you tie
think over all that yoc have to say to
me, so that we may lose as little time
as possible"
left him then and went to the door.
Outside, waiting in the corridor, was the
prince, and in a few words / explained
10 him all that he'd taken place during
his absence, at the time apoIogizing for
having sent him from the room! Then
1 asked that the captain of the palace
guard be sent for, and in few moments
Jean Moret was placed in his care
After that the prince and l smoked
another cigarette together. and then
parted for the night.
Mr.. Darlington" he said, as he was
taking his leave, Il am more than ever
convinced that you are the right man IN
the right place Tell me how you dis
covered the presence Of that spy in the
ROOM 1 had no idea that he was there.
and thought that we were entirely
alone"
81 knew that he was there the mo-
ment We entered the room, l replied
1T is my habit to glance at everything
III sight whenever l enter an apart
ment, and I do it now without realizing
that I dc do it, # you can understand
the seeming paradox L saw instantly
that one of the curtains did not hang
properly. so 1 seated myself in a position
from which / could keep it in view.
Twice l saw that il moved; a very little.
to be sure, but enough to satisfy me
that somebody was concealed behind it.
That is the reason why / rather forced
the conversation in English The rest
YOU know 1 am convinced that the
man Is the victim of circumstances, and
think / can make him very valuable "
We'll" acknowledged the prince,
there might have been man behind
every one OF the curtains, and would
not have thought to suspect it. This
service alone, Mr. Darlington, is worth
all the pay you viii draw from Russia "
yes. L replied, '.for 1 believe that
the SPY will confess to me that he was
sent here with orders to murder the
Gar
MY God, And even now there may
be others of the same sort in the PAL
ace
No; I hardly think that The Nihii-
lists would rot be likely to send more
than one at a time on such danger
Gus GRAND
| As a matter of fact. Moret confessed
! to me the following day that my sup
! positions were correct. and that he had
not had the courage, or, rather, the
brutality, to carry out his orders; and
that already he had received warning
| from his compatriotS that IL another
week passed without the accomplish
ment of his design, his own life would
pay the forfeit. He was in the room
awaiting my arrival, when he heard me
approaching with the prince, and con-
cealed himself, behind the curtain with
out any definite purpose, other than 10
hear all that he could
1 1t is hardly necessary and there IS not
space for me to go into details Of my
subsequent talks with him. Suffice ii
TO say that the information CLEANED II
that way proved of inestinable value IN,
my WORK
From It 1 learned the names OF the
leading NihiIists in St. Petersburg and
Moscow, their meeting places, pass
words. and two of their ciphers- Con-
corning their plans for the future, be-
! yond that in which he was personally
| engaged, he knew almost nothing, but
| he die put me in a way of finding out
nearly all that 1 wished TO know
Nor is it necessary that L should de-
scribe my subsequent interviews with
the Emperor My plans were adopted
almost without correction-and most of
| those l suggested myself-so that by
| the time | had been an inmate OF the
palace for Il week, the reorganization
of the brotherhood Of Silence was well
under way, and ere a month had passed
it was an established fact
There was one point upon which Moret
tstubborrIy refused to talk, and that was
concerning the woman who had led him
into the difficulty. and who, he con-
fessed. was the brains and real head of
the society
| l questioned him very closely, and de-
cided in my own mind that she was
prominent in the capital; but at last re
positively refused to answer any further
questions concerning her, saying that he
would rather go to Siberia and have
done with it at once, than Detray her.
1 desisted, therefore. believing that
! ultimately he would denounce her &c
me without knowing that he had done
so. and events proved that 1 was right,
although they also determined that il
! would have been much better for al
concerned had he trusted me implicitly
at the-tlme.
| Thus, at the end of a month succeed
ing the night of my ride from the hotel
TO the palace with the prince, l was
prepared to commence work in earnest
but it must not be supposed that I had
been idle, personally, during that time.
CHAPTER ".
The Princess Garden.
/ In order better to carry out the plans