The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-14

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some young fellow was sitting before
his midday breakfast.
Rallston Stainer had taken lodg-
ings in fashionable quarter of St.
Petersburg, and according to the
country's custom, his landlady provid-
ed him with the lighter meals of the
day.
All at once there was sharp
knock at the door of his sitting room;
then, without waiting for an answer.
the door was thrown open and three
men in civilian clothes came into the
room.
Stainer arose from his chair.
What means this intrusion?" he
asked.
The tallest of the men, who seemed
to the one in command. looked rapid.
ly over sheet of paper that he held
in his hand
Tall, slender-yes; brown eyes
and hair; calls himself an English
man. No doubt it is the same he
muttered, looking at the young man.
Monsieur" he then said, I'VE are
members of the secret police of St.
Petersburg and would like to see
your passport
Il have had it looked over, and it
is perfectly correct" answered the
young man.
have my orders; also a search
warrant in case of resistance"
Rallston Stainer shrugged his
shoulders, as if thinking that Russia
was a queer place, and took rom his
pocket the official document signed
by the different consuls and officials
OF the two countries.
The man looked the paper over,
then he calmly folded it and put it
in his pocket.
What do you mean by doing that"
said Rallston, agrily.
THAT this paper is forged" an
swered the Russian. 1--WE arrest you
in the name of the Gar for con-
spiracy against his Imperial Males
ty"
In spite of his protestations, ana
mis- expressed desire to see the Brit
ish Ambassador, he was hurried into
a waiting carriage and taken away.
Two weeks he spent in cold, foul
cell, and during that time ne was
taken three times before a court. He
could not speak either Russian or
French, and the judges spoke no Eng
lish.
They did not believe his assertion
that he did not understand Russian.
The heaviest blow came when the
interpreter told him that he mad been
condemned to twenty years exile in
Siberia.
On Friday of the next week he was
to start with a few other convicts.
III
1t was nearly midnight, and the
house was very still.
Elinor, sitting near the window of
her darkened room, began to prepare
for the night Absently she went to
the door and tried it, expecting to
find it locked, as usual, but the door
yielded, and she knew that her maid
had forgotten to lock the door on re-
firing for the night.
She threw a long. dark cloak over
her dress and pinned a black hat and
veil on her head. Then putting all
the money she had in her little purse,
she left her room noiselessly, and
went downstairs, meeting no one.
Near the front hall she heard a
noise, and she darted into a dark
room next to the library.
The door between the two rooms
was aiar, and she heard Mr.. Dawson
saying:
80 tomorrow he starts for Siberia
for twenty years?"
Yes; of course, his mention OF
you, and your denial to the Chief of
Police that you knew him, really set
tied him. 1t was very nearlX done"
and Prince Barnakoff laughed.
All, Rallston Stainer," exclaimed
Mr.. Dawson, Il told your father l
would be revenged l could not on
...in, but have accomplished it in
youths only SON."
The Ambassador was very much
startled when the servant ushered in
to his presence distracted young
woman. who told him in az. incoher-
ent manner her story.
This gentleman, WAC k,cw her
well, also her lover, soothe1 her and
placed her into his wifs's keeping,
then, late as it was. he started to find
Count Gourki, the Chief of the Third
Section, of st. Petersburgs secret po-
lice. Next day was Friday, and there
was no time to lose.
By noon next day Rallston Stainer
held his beloved in his arms, and that
very afternoon the chaplain of the
British Embassy officiated at the
wedding of Rallston Stalner and
beautiful Elinor Bayle.
The Dawsons were ordered to leave
Russia within twenty-four hours, and
fine of fifteen thousand rYbles was
imposed on Prince Rarnakoff; but the