The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-26

active in Helsingfors. At any moment
now we may strike our blow for free,
DOM"
She was an enthusiastic revolutionist
l could see, unsupported, however, by the
police on account of her high position
in Petersburg society. 1t was she who,
as | afterwards discovered, had furnished
the large sums of money to Kampf for
the continuation of the revolutionary
propaganda, and indeed secretly devoted
the greater part of her revenues from her
vast estates in Samara and Kazan to
the Nihilist cause. Her husband, him.
self an enthusiast of freedom, although
of the high nobility, had been killed by
q fall from his horse six years before,
and since that time she had retired from
society and lived there quietly, making
the revolutionary movement her sole oc,
cupation. The authorities believed that
her retirement was due to the painful
loss she had sustained, and had no sus.
picion that it was her money that en-,
abled the mysterious "Red Priest" to
slowly but surely complete The plot for
the general uprising.
She compelled me to remove my coat,
and tea was served by Tartar footman,
whose family she explained had been
serfs of the Zurloffs for three centuries,
and then Elma exchanged condolences
with her by means of paper and pencil.
"Who is this man Martin Woodrofre,
OF whom she speaks?" asked the Prin.
cess, turning to me.
81 have met him twice-only twice.
replied, land under strange circum,
stances" Then, continuing, l told her
something concerning the incidents of
the yacht Lola.
"He may be in love with her, and de-
sires to force her into marriage" she
suggested, expressing amazement at the
curious narrative I had related.
III think not, for several reasons. One
is because know she holds some secret
concerning him, and another because ne
is engaged to an English girl named
Muriel Leithcourt."
"Leithcourt? Leithcourt?" repeated
the Princess, knitting her brows with Il
puzzled air. do you happen to know
philip Leithcourt."
And he has actually been living in
Scotland?"
EYES," I answered in quick anxiety
He rented shoot called Rannoch, near
Dumfries. A mysterious incident Oc-
Cured on his estate-a double murder
or murder and suicide; which is not
quite clear-but shortly afterwards there
appeared one evening at the house a man
named Chatter, Hylton Chatter, and the
whole family at once fled and disap.
peared."
Princess Zurloff sat with her lips
pressed close together, looking straight
at the silent girl before her. Elma had
removed her hat and cloak, and now sat
IN a deep easy chair of yellow silk, with
the lamplight shining on her chestnut
nalr, settled and calm as though already
thoroughly at home. I smiled to myself
as thought of the chagrin of Woodrofc
when he returned to find his victim miss
ing.
Your Highness evidently knows the
Leithcourts," l hazarded, after brief
silence.
II have heard of them," was her un-
satisfactory reply. 81 go to England
sometimes. When the Prince was alive
we were often at Claridge's for the sea.
SON. The Prince was for five years mil.
itary attache at the Embassy under de
Staal, you know. What I know of the
Leithcourts is not to their credit. But
you tell me that there was a mysterious
to me-"
Az that moment the long white doors
OF tne handsome salon were thrown open
ny the faithful Tartar servitor, and
there entered man whose hair fell over
the collar of his heavy overcoat, but
W Wnom, IN an instant, l recognized as