The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-05

| me the same spell under which she wes
struggling
This is what the old servant told
you:
An hour after midnight there was q
peremptory summons at the door, ana
| when he opened it he found there that
terrible detail of fiends which the Third
Section sends out on it's foul errands:
but he did not dream that they were
after your sister; he only thought that
| you were in trouble
The officer in charge went straight
| to the door of your sisters room, AZ
though he were as familiar with the
internal arrangements of the house as
were its regular inmates.
| lie threw the door aiar without
warning, and, followed by the scoun-
dreis who accompanied him, entered the
room where your sister was in bed
Sleeping innocence was aroused by g.
brutal command. Your sister wae
| dragged from her bed by the rough
hands OF those human devils Her
shf1eks and cries were answered by
Jeers. Her piteous appeal that they
would leave the room until she clothed
| herself was refused with curses, and
she was compelled to dress in their
presence. underneath the blazing glare
OF every light in the room, and befors
| liS eyes Oh those Ln1uTnan WTetcIeS.
II you had entered the room at that
moment and the Car had been there,
would you not have killed him, Dubrav-
mix? Have you a sister? Answer.
| Would you not have killed the Car. il
! he had been there2 The Car was there.
He was there in the spirit OF the out
rage. lie creates and uphoids the law
which permitted it. Yes. you would
have killed him. and yoa would not
have called it murder; you would have
called it retribution. [ see it in your
face; it flashes in your eyes.
I am not telling you romance. I
am relating an actual occurrence. 1 am
telling you the story that made me a
NihiIist
There are no words to describe the
emotions that sweep over you as you
listen to the servants story. You be
come benunbed, dazed. You hear it
through 70 the end. and these is not
much more
on learn from his that papers Of
a terribly compromising nature we're
found among your sisters effects; that
there was letter there which told that
she was engaged in a conspiracy to as
sassinate the Gar by poison; that she,
being a welcome guest at the imperial
palace, had agreed 10 put poison IN the
wine that he should drink on the follow
ing day-a deadly poison-eyanide of
: potassium; that the poison itself was
found with the iatter-a harmless look
ing powder, but q deadly one.
y on learn that Yvonne was dragged
, away by the men, and taken-ah, he
, could not tell you where they took her,
: but he could tell how she sobbed and
moaned. protesting her innocence re-
pudiating all knowledge of the things
they had found, crying out for you in
her agony; and how one Of the men
struck her brutal blow in the face
because she would not be quiet
That is all he can tell you She il
gone. Hours have passed since then.
, You laugh wildly. insanely, as you
| brush the servant aside and dash from
the house in pursuit
> The Car is my friend. He is her
friend! He will save herr That is
t what you cry aloud as you run along
: the street toward the palace, forget
p ting your britzska in your haste and
u agony.
e You forget that you have been sus-
pended from attendance at the palace
: and that the guards have been ordered
: not to admit you, but you find it out
t. when you arrive there
Y They stop you. You cannot get past
s them In vain you tell them of the
u
|. see the Emperor, but you only give
II them an added reason for keeping you
d out
! They order YOU away. You refuse to
Y go. They attempt to force you, and
is you strike one of them. knocking hin,
down.
= Then your pent up agony Is Ioosed
n You have the strength of a dozen men.
1t You scatter the guards around you like
Hos yzt, -
the cabineI of the Emperor where you
:, have always been welcome guest. You
. know that he loves you-that he loves
: your sister; that as soon as he hears
:. the truth. he will right the awful wrong
that has been done: that the men who
| outraged the sanctfty OF your sisters
: room will be punished.
- All! Y GU do not know the Czar-that
man whom you call your friend. who
: is Gods and mans worst enemy!
- You dash unannounced into his
IL presence. In a wild torrent of words
II you pour forth the awful tale. You
~ laugh, you cry; you implore. you de-
II mand; he only frowns. or smiles deris.
e lively You rave: he calls the guard.
IS You find the letter supposed TO have
been found in the possession of your
ie sister has already been read by him.
I - Forgive your sister She is dead tt
- You ana to me. he commands coldly
III I can forgive you for your excitement
now. Forget her
+ Forget her. Then you loose another
Is torrent of words. You curse your EN-
u peror. You revile the sacred person OF
III the Gar You go mad, and even try
to strike him. All. 1t is awful. YOU
l. agony.
< THE guard seizes you. The straps
Is are torn from your shoulders. The but
oi tons are cut from your coat. The Ca
II himself breaks your sword across hi
re knee and SO far forgets his dignity tina
Is he strikes you in the face with his opeI
Is hand: and then you are hustled to tn
~ palace gate and thrust into the street
as disgraced, helpless, insane.
10 Then begin months OF hopeless wait
g ing Every day you beg admittance t
ne the palace Every day you are re
en- fused. You write letters, begging tina
is he told where yOIF sister