The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-23
Varenka Arkadyey1a
IOrIginaLl


 One morning several years ago two young men-Turoytsuin and DrunSki-- were sitting in Dronski's room In War saw, Russian Poland, matching reyo, lution. Suddenly there were footsteps on the stairs and in another moment the door was thrown open and the DO. lice rushed in. TurovtSuiu nodded toward DrOnSki and the police arrest cd him. As they were taking him away he reprouchcd Turoytsun with having betrayed him, whcreupon the latter remarked cooliy that tAere was no betrayal, since he was simply doing his duty as an officer In the scsre, service. DrousN was sent to Siberia where. after lutOlcrablc suftermg5, h. Gled of prison consumption.
 Several years after Drousk'S arrest while Turovtsuln, who was now chtc. of police in Russian Poland. was rid Ing In his carriage in Warsaw, q man fired shot at hlm. At the moment a girl who stood by the would be aSsas sin knocked up the weapon and Sayed Turovtsuln's life. The man who fired the shot was spirited away by accom- pllces so quickly that the police did not even get on his track. The chiei saw the whole affair anl directed thai the girl be sent to his office. WheH she arrived there he said to hcr:
 You are brave g.rl to have iute" fcred with an assassin, and I owe yo. my life. What can l do to repay you|
 "PIease, exceI!cncy, I would like tC serve the government
 Tn what Capucity|
 Tn the secret service. I have many friends among the rcvolutionist', wAl consider me one of them. l could lclrn much of their plans and repoE Il em to yOu.'
 You shall have every opportunity a.d for every rublc you earn l vii sca that you are paid ten
 The girl. who gave her name as Ylrenka Arkadycynl, from that mo n,cnt enrolled In the secret police where she served for a long while, of ten bringing in Information of the revo lutIonists. There was a singular per sonallty about her that fasc!nate, TurovtsuIn. At times he thought Sh' loved him. and at times she acted a: tf she hated him There gre few mel who will not be caught hy such un certainty. Turovtsuiu fell desperately iu love with her,
 Varenku's bravery, too, Was ttSe.n@j lrt to her lover. Sao ,oil h... rha her real status l,is Ei,0a (, .He ot h.r rcvo!uaoulst friends, but she dl n { fear to go where they were. thou". always armed to the teeth. One Jhlnn at last began to myst!fy Tur3vtsu.n Though VarCnka often Icj tho police to capture some rcvolutioujst, whcl tie force arrived the bird had alway, flown.
 yarenka lived in first class apart mcnts which were paid for by the gov eInment. One day the chief appeared at her apartments with trouble writer on bis face.
 Sweetheart" he said T have no tlged that we never gain anything from the information you bring us Every meeting of revoluuonists yor have told us of has for some reason failed to take place. Besides, ccrtah persons whom We have intended 10 ar rest have in some unaccountablc way been warned and have escaped us. Anl now comes one of our women in the secret service bureau who accuses you of being g revolutionist, of giving then all our secrets"
 "WhO Is my acCUserT
 "Katla Pestsoff."
 Yarenka grew a shade winter. Go Ing to another room she took a pisto from a drawer, put it in her bosom md returning to her lover said:
 T may as well make a confession for KatIa can prove her accusation"
 Great heavensW exclaimed Turcyt suln, catching at the back of chah for support.
 Do you remember" Yarenka went on, your bosom friend Dronski?'
 q do," gasped TurOvtsuin.
 "I am his sister. l was far from him at the time you betrayed and arrested him, but determined that some day would avenge him. While he sui fered the tortures you heaped upon him my resolution grew stronger When he died l determined to execute e plan I had formed. The man who fired at you was my accompliCe, and there were twenty reyOlutOnists stand ing by to take him to safety. knocked up his pistol on purpose tc win your confidence. Having wOp from you all I can for my people, the moment of my supreme vengeance has come"
 People living on the floor below heard a shot and came running up the stairs to see what was the matter varenka stood at her door and asked them if they had not heard a shot They replied that they had and that the sound seemed to have come from that floor, whereupOn she said that lt sounded to her to have come from the rear apartments. She spoke as calmly