Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-11-17

| shoulder. The next instant there was
sharp report, and Reskl's horse PITCHED
| forward, throwing his rider clear. a.
was then scarcely thirty yards frsm Mar
macs sleigh.
The Pole was not hurt apparently, fo
despite his injured arm he scrambled t.
his feet in an instant. But he had los
his revolver in his fall and was helpless
he began a furious explanation In his ma
tional tongue, dropping the hated Ian
guage Of his Teuton cOnquerors.
Speak in German, you Polish dog!
growled his captor, and then turning or
me Is l rode up
Here, you," he said. "diSmount and
stand by your accomplish If you resist
| shoot
obeyed. From his manner he wa'
without doubt q policeman Alss 1 re-
spect tho law.
Now, you," he said, addressing .e
explain, II yeu can, whS 10 that nas
you shot aud left In the br~ken sleigh
down yOnder. Remsmbsr, v Is against
you that you have already tried to es-
cape and refused to surrepd@."
There La the Murderer, nelA HERE =
[ cried, pointing to HarnSn's sleisA, new
rapidly vanishins. I'VE were ehasins
him. Go after Alm at s-eA, - As VIII
get away"
The policeman laughed lsAs AID Load.
"A pretty talsr sad be- This deg
Of = Pole here has bseA In mischief,
without doubt; and yeu, yea wAs are
An Englishman." / said proudly.
AHA! perhaps ysu thought Yea wero
once more numbering the helpless Beer.
A Pole and an EnElshmaA All. mo !!
it is no wonder that together they hatch
I'd some fendish coatrivance-"
1t was no use to make u further ap-
peal. Reski had seen that already. Side
by side we tramped through the snow,
with our captor and his ready pistol be-
hind US. In half an hour we had reach
ed the village We had seen ahead, and
were lodged in a cell infamouAly damp
and cold. All communication with eur
friends was refused till the arrival Of
some local magistrate.
As eleven o'clock hammered from the
steeple outside Reski raised his head
from his chest and glared across at me,
He will have arrived at Knesoa," he
1t was true enough. Marnac had e.
capped US snce again
IV.-THE ANONYMOUS ARTICLE.
In my narrative Of tho pursuit Of Pref
Rudolf Marnsc, 1t Will have been obaegv-
ed that Fortune had beea cold to US. In
the Incident which | now relate We were
to some extent more favored; for though
our supreme object WAS not achieved. We
were yet enabled to save the life of her
who Is dearest to me Ia all the world.
have ts<d you of the homicldal ma
MIA which fell upon the professor,
and of the series of events which caused
my cousin, Sir Henry Graden, the emf
nent scientist and explorer, to be asso-
ciated with a Heidelberg student, a. l
then was, in an effort to contrive his cap
ture. How we failed to bring about the
murderer's arrest In Poland, through the
stupidity Of forest guard, l have al
ready explained By the time had
obtained my release, Marnac had again
disappeared. A linguist well provided
with money, and on all points but one
perfectly sane, had no ditf1culty in finding
refuge in the cities Of Europe
| have been in some doubt as to the
best means of briefly describing the pres
ent incident. Miss Mary Weston, with
whom | discussed the matter, at once
offered to place her diary at my disposal
Upon its perusal | suggested that she
should herself extract the necessary
items, adding such introduction aud ex
planatory notes as seemed necessary. I,
this she has very kindly consented; anC
the first portion of this remarkable stor,
| therefore leave in her hands.
MISS MARY VERSIONS MARIA
TIVE.