The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-17
SECTION TWO

tapped the pocket in which was the re-
VoiVer.
I'm not afraid to die"
Il know fl. Listen 10 me. You were
doomed long agO-yOu have been
watched (yOu and your brother) ever
since you fed from Moscow after THAI
explosion. Had ] failed 10 lure YOU
back TO Russia, others would have
lured you. The imperial authorities
never, lose their man: they meant to
catch you, Paul Peuoff: the difficulty
was that ivan was SO like yOu-ah. you
smile-and you We're So devoted YOU
two. that we feared a trick might be
played US and We might get hold of the
wrong man. But you are brave: YOU
would not permit your brothers sacri-
fice-ahi you smile again: YES, YOU are
still the lucky man.
And to what lucky place are YOU
taking ne?'
TO the fortress Of IS. Peter and
Paul"
And what think YOU the sentence
viii be? The mines"
Not so cruel as that. nav boy: il will
be the death. Will YOU believe me2 7
admire you: ] am your friend. Is in not
very strange? BY this sanity relic
which ] wear ] swear ] speak the truth
10 you. had son once. my cyril. my
biiiN sui Ait was fAt-hNLttl. sonnet mes
in the silence OF The night ] weep and
wiring my hands for him. { loved him
ali, none knows how dearly. ] gloried
so in his handsome face and form. I'm
his sweetness and his love. in his rare
abilities but he turned traitor 10 his
car and country, and it was II. his
father. who denounced him"
The old man buried his face i'm his
hands and sat shiVeTng and silent.
HNr do Tai ...f O. 4.F
the prisoner. at length
There was 4 rapt expression Ion the
old mans face when he looked no.
Because you are little like him. be-
cause. my duty being done. I wish
you 10 know that ] am only human:
that ] can pity and can love Tell me.
is there aught I can do for youa
cannot save YOU; none can. But YOU
may wish your friends to know Of
your fate; YOU may wish to see some
one
"Ah, can I? Even in that dread for
tress ."
Yes / have the power To- lei YOU"
There is girl; should like 90 say
goodbye 10 her"
u Will bring her 10 YOU. Who is
she?'
swear that no harm shall come to
her"
by this cross and 10y my Maker,
swear IT,"
she is Vera Varoni. of the Dmitri
Prospect. But do not distress her.
implore you. Tell her Paul Petrol is
arrested. but ii is nothing. lust Il
trifling charge. / will tell her the truth
myself
In the fortress of -. Peter and Paul
there are narrow dungeons far below
dark always damp with the loathsome,
fetid slime which oozes I'm from the
river And there are spacious prison
rooms, furnished i'm a rude way, but
warm and wholesome And ii was jn
one of these that the prisoner. By a.
word from NJ. AuyOuSki was confined.
On the table stood his dinner of greasy
soup and black bread. untouched; he
was too busy TO eat-listeniHg and
writing. At last the bell commenced
10 cIang. and he started up with beat
ing heart. for il was the hour which
had been promised him 4 minute went
by; another. She was not coming; he
had been a fool 10 trust the PREACHER
Gus. Hark. He covered his face with
his hands for he heard the swing or
the door the swish of dress.
Number nine, 1--WE minutes are
granted you. The door closed: Vera
was with him
Paul. my loved one. oh. heaven. it
is IVAN"
Hush my girl. hush.'
But they think you are Paul. An!
j see, you took his place: but he did
not know he would not have allowed
you: ne is not a coward
He did not know; / tricked him
and them
1T is not right-it shall not be- VIII
tell them. Ho, unlock the door,
Hush, Would YOU give him 10 the
hangman? Listen. Vera; nothing can
save me. Even did YOU tell them
am still guilty i'm the governments
eyes. But am quite content; nay /
am happy I'm that you and he viii
marry and be happy
''NeVer-never happy
MY little sister. tie years viii bring
YOU happiness. though you may some
times think of me. The minutes fly.
Leave ST. Petersburg tonight for Lon
don. Give this letter 70 him: II IS quite
safe 10 carry-it is in cipher, Ii tells
him all. See. I write to Ivan Petrol
it is he who will live and Paul who will
die. Goodbye one kiss; goodbye,
dear one. Tell him ] kissed thee; he
will not mind. for it was the kiss OF a
brother who will never see thee more