The Washington times., 1905-02-12


the couch. She was smiling now. Her
composure had returned. though she |
was still pale. end there were deep rings |
under her eyes, which told of the suffer |
ing she had undergone
81 think / will marry him." said she |
calmly
Indeed" I remarked, raising my
b7ows. but otherwise not showing the
surprise 1 felt
Yes; 1 think 7 Will marry him. Why |
not? II is the only way In which l can
SO: the revenge l must have, / can get
1T in that way He has hidden himself
frcm anything that I can do. under the
cloak of our order. ] can marry him.
and In six months 1 can torture him 10
death; or, If that fails, can poison him
Ab. did Yon ever hate-truly hate-any
body, Mr.. Dubravnik? If you never did.
you cannot ina gine the feeling in my
heart for those two men-no. not men,
beasts, reptiles. Alexis Durnief and
Alexander, the Gar
DO you think, princess" / said slow
| ~ that If Stanislaus were alive he
would approve of such a method OF TAX
ing revenge for the wrongs done to him
and to his sister,
She did not reply. and presently l
added:
DO you think he would rest contented
in his grave if you became the wife Of
the man who wronged him most. no
matter what the purpose might be?''
No she said. Il do not
DO you love stanislaus?'
=, She sighed deeply.
How you probe the innermost secrets
| of ones heart, Dubravnik" ;" she said. Il
/ will tell you the truth. 1t is because /
never did love him as / ought to have
J 1nUp6 haGaIlEa I md
ciated his worth until ] knew how faith
| ful and loyal ne could be: that is. un-
| til he was dead, that / cannot live and
| bear the thought that he should go un-
avenged. I was a girl then. and / did
not appreciate all the love that was law
| ished upon me. Afterward [ knew what
! / had lost
Then you viii abandon this insane
| notion Of marrying Durnief2'
Yes. 1 never entertained it. 1t only
| occurred to me that moment when we
were speaking of him. 1 never ever.
thought of it before. On, If you knew
| the bitterness of the heart of a woman
| who is used only for a tool, because she
happens to possess beauty. But you
| cannot know: you cannot guess"
True, I do not know, but l can guess
Remember, / heard what you said to
/ your brother on the same subject In the
! garden
'.Ah."
Like a fash of light through darkness.
my own peril returned to her.
You. what are you going to do?'' she
exclaimed.
II am going about my daily duty just
as though nothing had happened" 1 re
piled.
Those men out there are waiting to
T
there STILL
We went TO the window together and
peered out. The britska was still wait
ing. and / felt that Olga shuddered as
her hand rested for an instant upon my
arm.
Tell me your true name again." she
demanded, rather irrelevantly, 1
thought, as we drew back. You told
me, but I have forgotten
1 mentioned it, and she repeated it
over under her breath several times
Then, suddenly raising her face TO mine,
she said:
do you know of any way, no matter
how, In which YOU can escape those
men who are waiting for .ou?''
Yes 1 replied, Il know OF one
What Is it,
81 can have them arrested where they
are-every one of them; that is, If you
will permit one Of your servants to
carry a message a short distance for
me
They viii stop him and read the
message
They would permit him to go on
again, for it would mean nothing to
, them"
''Then you are connected with the
police"
DIT, h. Il
: one single particular since I eane into
: this house,''I replied coldly
4 believe you, Mr.. Darlington: for
give me. You shall have he messen-
ger.
you forget one thing, princess
''What?'
Your own danger"
: In what way am l in danger?'
IF those men are arrested, they will
know that you have betrayed them 10
me. Their friends will know 1t also"
You mistake. l had not forgotten
that. The Nihilists could not DO me a
! greater mercy than TO kill me. They
would only save me the trouble Of per
forming the act myself
. Then she raised her eyes and looked
at NE. ana they were moist with I'M
( shed tears, There was that same in
/
ticed several times since the interview
began; that same expression which ]
could not fathom
Il have found that there comes a
time in won1ans Iife.' she said slow
t ly, when all her pet theories fall fiat
and useless, when every idol that she
has worshiped is demolished. Let us not
talk of the danger to me Let us
instead prepare the message for my ser
n want to carry
Before we discuss that further-and
We must return to it again. want to
remind you of one point that l think
: you have forgotten concerning the pro-
S posed arrest
d We'll! What IS it?"
@ Your brother, Ivan
= What of him ?''
rs it not more than probable that
g he Is nf The n there =