The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16

You are mad" he cried You are
talking insanely- l helped her to
escape? Where is she now?''
She is there" said Holmes. and he
pointed TO "a high bookcase in the
corner Of the room,
/ saw the old man throw up his
arms, a terrible CONFUSION passed
over his grim face. and he fell back in
his chair At the same instant the
bookcase at which Holmes pointed
swung round upon a hinge. and a wo-
man rushed out into the room You
are right she cried, in a strange
foreign voice. You are right! I am
here"
She was brown with the dust. and
draped with the cobwebS. which had
come from the walls of her hiding
place Her face too. was strea ked
with CRIME, and at the best she could
never have been handsome for she
had the exact physical characteristics
which Holmes had OWNED. with. in
addition. long and obstinate chin
What with her natural blindness. and
what with the change from dark TO
light she stood as one dazed, blinking
ABOUT her 10 see where and who we
We're. And yet in spite of all these
disadvantages, there was a certain no.
bility in the wOman's bearing GAL
lahtry in the defiant chin and in the
appraised head, which compelled some
thing of respect and admiration.
Stanley Hopkins had laid his hand
upon her arm and claimed her < his
prisoner. but she waved him aside
gently and yet with an overmastering
dignity which compelled obedience,
Ihe old man lay back in his chair with
a twitchinE face. and stared at her
with brOodiug eyes
yes, sir. ] am your prisoner" she
said. From where I stood | could
hear everything. and 7 know that YOU
have learned the truth I confess II
all. 1t was I who killed the young
man But you are right-you who say
II was an accident. 7 did not even
know that il was a knife which / held
in my hand, for in my despair
snatched anything from the table and
struck at him to maize him let me go
Ii Is the truth that I telL''
Madam said Holmes. Il am sure
that il is the truth I fear that Won
are Ear from we'll"
She had turned a dreadful color. the
more CHASTITY under the dark dust
Streaks upon her face. She seated her
self on the side Of the bed; then she
resumed.
Il have only a little tins here" she
said, but I would have YOU to know
the whole truth. 1 am this mans wife.
He IS not an Englishman. He is a
Russian. His name I will not tell"
For the first time the old man stir
red God bless you. Anna he cried.
She east a look of the deepest dis.
dain in his direction why should
you cling so hard TO that wretChed life
of yours, Sergius2' she said. IT has
done harm TO many, and good to none
not even to yourself. However. il is
SOt for me to cause n fraH thread to
be snapped before Gods time 1 have
enough already upon my soul since I
crossed the threshold of this cursed
house. But ] must speak or 1 shall be
too late.
Il have said, gentlemen. that 1 am
this mans wife. He was fifty and 1
foolish girl Of twenty when we mar
ried 1t was in a city of Russia. a
university will not name the place"
God bless you, ANIMAL" murmured
the old man again.
We. were Teformers-revoIutio
NihilistS. you understand. He and I
and many more. Then there came a
time OF trouble, police officer was
killed, many were arrested. evidence
was WSnted. and il order to save his
own life and to earn a great reward
my husband betrayed his own wife and
his companions. Yes we were all ar
rested upon his confession. Some of
us found our way to the gallows, and
some TO Siberia. 1 was among these
last. but my term was not for life. My
husband came 10 England with his ill
gotten gains. and has lived in quiet
ever since. knowing well that If the
brotherhood knew where he was not