Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04

velous thing possibe?" she cried
" 1t dodge, Julie Russian trick, Just like
the grmaces of the sacred icon. And it nearly
succeeded look you, had not little bit of playing
at bogy upset the other. They only big children
these Russians
But it was sure to be found out?"
Not it. That image has remained undiscov-
cred for some hundred odd years. Not one in
twenty believes yet that miracle didn't happen
If milddi Princess Melnikoff now the others
would have been rescued without hitch and
the trouble would be smoothed over. l. of course
knew the truth all the time
How clever you arel' said she admiringly
He caught her by the waist; but she slipped away
from him.
None of that p1easel' she cried. 81 must be
serious until 1 my mistress again
ooh, well" he growled, life is serious here any,
how. l shall be glad to get away Affairs are
marching too fast to my liking Did Milford Car
bingham tell you how he came to find out he was
locked up in the monastery and not in some refuge
of the peasants as he imagined?"
Yes. He made secret of it. He was
informed by named Sassulitch from
Saratoff- Why, m'sienr, what earth is the
matter?'
For Dumanet suddenly had turned greenish
hue and his eyes stared at her dreadfully as if he
in her pretty face the grinning image of death
yes, yesl' he suffered, sinking into chair
and making violent effort to regain his se1f-contro
"Sassulitch! l have heard of him. Don't gaze at
passes quickly. Sassulitch, you said! Where did
Milford Birmingham meet hn?"
Julie, sharp-witted and clever at fence having
told his lordship all that she knew was prompted
by him to extract knowledge from the valet In
the light of recent events much that had gone before
clearer to him, and he had reason to suspect
that the valet was deeply implicated in the long
forgotten tragedy at Ascot.
He recalled the mans behavior at the time his
INSCRIPTIONS dealing with Armstrong, the an
nouncement by u. D." that Vera Sassu1tch had
been removed" and his obvious connection
with either the Russian secret police or the
Nihilists, or both Ermyntrudes version of
Sassultchs story led him to give Julie the
requisite clue whereby she could test the effect
of the name on the spy. Evidently the ruse
had succeeded.
Il never said MILFORD met him." retorted
Julie 81 said MILFORD informed. 1t might
be by letter or messenger"
'Sassulitch is dangerous man. Nothing
he says should be trusted If he told the
truth this time it was with hidden purpose
| happen to know he is feared by the
revolutionaries than Prince Me1nikoff himself "
You must be brave little to dwell so
contentedly in the midst of all these plots.
l should be terrified to death. I never
imagined such goings on in place where there
n was so much gaety."
d The valet eyed her queery. He was con-
~ scious that his behavior of moment ago was
IN anything but heroic. The girl realized that
she had gone little too far.
And l did not credit you with such deep
feeling she went on, apparently thinking
aloud
! I'm what way?" he cried sharply, silently
cursng the weak nerves which almost caused
his teeth to chatter.
You cannot deceive a woman's eyes,
m'siem. You upset just when you
heard that this dreadful Sassulitch had been
in communication with MILFORD. You feared