The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-19

and delight, handed me my wallet with
the Cars letter intact, saying that 1T
bad been found upon German thief who
had been arrested at the harbor on the
previous night. The fellow had, no
doubt, stolen it from my pocket believ-
ing l carried my paper money in the
flap;
most extraordinary one," remarked the
Chief of Police, toying with his pen as
he sat at his big table. "She seems to
have met this Englishman up at Tam
merfors, or at some place further north,
yet it is curious that her passport should
be in order even though she fled 80 pre-
cipitately from Kajana. There is q
mystery connected with her disappear
ance from the wood.cutters hut that l
confess l cannot fathom."
Neither can l." I said. 81 know the
man who is with her, and cannot help
fearing that he is her bitterest enemy
that he is acting in concert with the
Baron"
"Then why is he taking her to the cap
ital-beyond the jurisdiction Of the
Governor Generals"
81 am going straight to Petersburg to
ascertain" l said. 81 have only come
to thank you for your kindness in this
matter. Truth to tell, have been
somewhat surprised that you should
have interested yourself on my behalf"
] added, looking straight at the uni
formed official.
ut was not on yours, but on hers" he
answered, somewhat enigmatically. "I
know something of the affair, but it was
my duty as a man to help the poor girl
II. escape from that terrible place. She
has, know, been unjustly condemned
for the attempted assassination of the
wife of general--condemned with a
purpose, of course. Such thing is not
unusual in Finland"
"Abominablel" / cried. "Oberg is a
veritable fend."
But the man only shrugged his shout
ders, saying
"The orders of his Excellency the Gov
ernor General have to be obeyed, what.
ever they are. We often 1gret, but we
dare not refuse to carry them out"
Russian rule is a disgrace to our
modern civilization" I declared holly.
81 have every sympathy with those who
are fighting for freedom"
"Ah, you are not alone in that" he
sighed, speaking in a low whisper, and
glancing around. "His Majesty would
order reforms and ameliorate the condi-
ton of his people, If only it were pos
sible. But he, like his officials, are
powerless. Here we speak OF the great
uprisings with bated breath, but we,
alas! know that it must come one day
very soon-and Finland will be the first
t. endeavor to break her bonds-and the
Baron Oberg the first to fall"
For nearly an hour I sat with him,
surprised to find how, although his ex-
terror was so harsh and uncouth, yet his
heart really bled for the po>- starving
people he was so constantly forced to
Cypress.
81 have ruined this town of Abo," he
declared quite frankly. "To my own
knowledge five hundred innocent persons
have gone to prison, and another two
hundred have been exiled to Siberia. Yet
what | have done is only at direct or.
ders from Helsingfors-orders that are
stern, pitiless and unjust Men have
been torn from their families and sent
to the mines, women have been arrested
for no offense and shipped off to Sagha.
lien, and mere children have been cast
into prison on charges of political con.
spiracy with their elders-in order to
Russify the provincel Only" he added
anxiously. III trust you will never repeat
what / tell you. You have asked me
why l assisted the English Mademoiselle
to escape from hajana, and have ex.
planned the reason"
We ate hearty meal in company at
the Sampalinna, restaurant built like
\ Swiss chalet, and at noon entered
the train on the first stage of my slow, |
tedious journey through the great silent