The Washington herald., 1906-11-06

nephew. and in that way draw his teeth
You see. once the Count d Attala is kiilet
or imprisoned, the inner circle viii crum
bic to pieces and nihilism will fade ava.
; for want Of a leader, never 10 be reylvos
in our generation at least"
That is so. for IL is the count VIII,
holds all the striags. The prince and th'
. Turk are merely figureheads."
so it seems; but what Internal vii
aims they are-worse, IN my opinion. thar
the count
"Ah, you think that because you hav,
not yet seen the count Wait a little"
DO you believe We shall encounter
much resistance on the island?"
Very little il we have any luck
hope to surprise the place"
"No doubt we shall ind records thorf
Of all the various nlhilist lodges and
their individual members and provincial
chiefs"
L am sure Of that, Oeltjen. for Attala
has been the counts headquarters for q
! quarter century With what We shall ind
4 lhere PerigOTd should be able TO achieve
lis mission aDsoiule,y and abolish nihil-
| sm as a concerted organization from the
face of the earth.
What a proud man he would be then o.
quite forgiyebly so. too. ! can't help
ldmiring the fellow can you?'
] We'll, my lord, personally I more than
I admire. You see. for some weeks I have
,een his Intimate companion, and 10
| ome degTee he has given me his conf
| ience and friendship. He Is Uneouth, and
| ,ften does things winch jar q little on
ne's nerves. but he is so big in every
other way; such & giant physically and
| nen,aily. so UJeral In his views for other
! Jeopie: although In his own life a sc we're
| 'scetic, so broad-minded, so charitable
nd generous. ] could tel you score of
| hings he has done without ostentation
and without a second thought-genevous.
| lutiful things which would show you the
mans true heart. Why. only last night
/ IS we came down from 3lilanc In the
| train, poor wretch twe> were travelling
second class slipped into our carriage
Innoteed by the guard al some small
wayside station and besought Us 10 allow
him 10 hide beneath our seat. as he
wished 10 visit his wife, who he said was
| lying III at Florence in order that he
might see her before she died. 7 pitied
he man he looked so mlseT8hly IN ear
nest, and would myself have assisted
MIN. but had 30 money OF my own. PERI
CORD had no money Of his own, either
or ne IS quite pO5r personally. ard a.
hough ] had IN my bag some hundreds
pounds belonging 10 his trust, he wouII
not permit himself to use single
/ -arthing But he took out his watch and
he ring from his finger and rust them
into tie beggar's hand, telling him IN
harsh voice TO so and sell them and then
ouy himself a ticket. but not 10 dare at
empt 10 thieVe q passage. Nor would he
permit the fellow 10 give him a word OF
hanks. No, my lord, / defy any one %
I've with Perigord for long and entertain
Tor bin only admiration He is ragged and
rough. ! grant you, but his heart Is
golden. and for myself I confess [ love
and am devoted 10 him"
Indeed, I am not surprised siace you
tell me he is capable of such a noble
acton. ] have never heard of 3 finer
hing than that
All, you should see him among the
Door as / have seen him, then you would
'ndeTstaud the po0r Of London, Ct Paris
of Milauo. and Nap0H He has found a
way 70 their hearts, one and all. car
tel you. lie soes among them, the iow-
est OF the low, and speaks 20 each po)r
wretch cf his Affairs az though old friends
had met 10 chat and al Though now 50
Door himself that he has nothing bet
words 70 give ,nem & needs but Htt.e
penetration 20 remark how well beloved
he is. how venerated and how lovingly
esteemed"
You I'll me with SURPRISE
Il can assure you oc diled me with
amaze; I used 70 watch him al frst in
speechless silence, perhaps in some filthy
den, when a miserable. Uedraggied cro7e
would pour her vulgar troubles in his
ears. and for an hour he would listen 70
and comfcTt her as though she had been
a duchess ard he her spiritual adviser
Afterward he would smile 20 me and say:
These creatures are my best friends
they help me in my work But rot ali
that he might say could make me credit
hat such was his only reason for 50 sac
ItfCing himself. No; the man was happv
at such times. One could see q in his
FACE. IN the kindly cleaning Of bis eyes. (
in the husky tones Of his voice In the
way he would offer the few
pence he might have Of his very own TO /
give away; pence that were often refused /
with blessings, for, strange 70 say, some /
Of these creatures appeared TO possess
hears. too"
NY dear OelJen,"
Tt IS true, and more. much more: 4
could spend hours IN telling you Of mis- /
charity his sweet untiring goodness to ;
those poor, abandoned folk. I assure you.
tear have often come into my eyes 10 4
watch himt'
zone thing I cannot understand. Why
did he take you with him If it was not 10 /
publish to you his goodness ?' said /
CressiDghsm IN q doubling voice.
Oeltjen smiled. "Be sure ] often asked I
myself the same question" he replied;
and ] used to ask myself this question.
too: II these creatures are his agents.
rom whom heac quiTes information, as he
tells me, Why does he not help them from
the vast funds At his command, thing
&c would have a perfect right to do?
But he never did this, and one day dis
covered the reason Of bis taking me
about with him He said 70 me quite
quietly as we dined together You are a
-ich man. Ludwig: are you not? I told
'im the amount Of my income. He sighed
Ind replied. Sometimes 7 catch myself
agreeing with and plying the nihilists
Il is surely a shame that some men arc
. rich and the vast majority so poor. II
'nly all the rich were charitable and gave
o the needy according to their means
Why, then, we should have no a!hilists,
or always, as TalleyTsnd once said
Ragged clothing and empty bellies are
he most terrible indictments 10 the plot
ing OF murders ana the planning OF rev.
buttons II was then I understood him.
nd gIasped the full meaning of what had
'efore heen an annoying mystery"
What did you do?"
Not very much-the little that could"
He dispensed your favors?'
You wrong him. He merely pointed
ut deserving objects Unhsppily their
lumber was legion, and could only help
few"
Cressinghams eyes were glistening.
Ny dear friend. envy you your expe-