The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-13


Information that the house In which
l;r Lamont and Mr.. Drummond lived
a now deserted and no one knows any
ting of Its former occupants. That
Information comes to me selniofficially.
,nt 1t does not lead far. have started
INQUIRY through more questionable
:hannels. In other words, / have in
foked the aid Of a nihlllst society and.
lthough am quite determined to 60
RUSSIA with you, do not be surprised
r | am arrested the moment set foot
n st. Petersburg
Dorothy. why did you not let me
inaw?"
81 was anxious to get some good
news to give You, but 1t has not come
yet"
~oh, Dorothy" mOaned Katherine,
struggling to keep back the tears that
would flow In spite Of her. Dorothy
patted her on the shoulder.
You have been a little unjust" she
said, "and am going TO prove that to
you, SO that in trying to make amends
You may perhaps stop hrooding over
this crisis that faces two poor lone wo.
men. You wrong the Engiishman, as
you call him. Jack was arrested at
least two days before he was. Nlhilist
spies say that both OF them were ar.
rested, the prince first and the Eng.
lishman several days later. | had a
letter from Mr.. Drummond short
time after you received yours from Mr..
Lamont never showed 1t to you, but
now things areso bad that they cannot
be worse and you are at liberty to read
the letter IL you wish to do so. 1t tells
of Jacks disappearance and OF Drum.
mond's agony of mind and helplessness
In st, Petersburg. Since he has never
written again. l am sure he. was ar.
rested later. don't know which OF the
two was most at fault for what you
cali stubbornness, but / believe the ex.
plosiOn had more to do with the ar.
rests than any action OF theirs"
and I was the cause OF that" wall.
ed katherine.
NO, no, my dear girl No one Is to
blame but the tyrant of Russia. Now
the nlhIlists insist that neither of these
men has been sent TO Siberia. They
think they are in the prison OF st. Pc
ter and st. Paul. That informa ton came
TO me today in the letter / was Just
now answering. So. Katherine, / think
you have been unjust to the English
man. II he had been arrested first
there might be some grounds for what
you charge, but they evidently gave
him d Chance to escape. He had his
warning In the disappearance OF his
friend, and he had several days In
which to get out Of st. Petersburg,
hut he stood his ground"
/ I'm sorry. Dorothy. I'm silly fool,
and today when I saw the snow
well. got all wrought up M
Il think neither OF the men is In
the snow. And now am going to say
something else and then never speak
of the subject again. You say didn't
care, and of course you are quite right,
for l confessed to you that didn't.
But just imagine imagine-that
cared. The Russian government can
let the prince 60 at any moment, and
there's nothing more to be said. he
has no redress and must take the con-
sequences Of his nationality. But IL
the Russian government have arrested
the Englishman. IL they have put him,
in the prison Of St Peter and st. Paul,
they dare not release him unless they
are willing to face war. The Russian
can do nothing In his case
but deny demand proof ana obllterate
al chance OF the truth ever being
knoyn. Alan Drummond is doomed.
They dare not release him. Now.
think for a moment how much worse
my case would be than yours fir
her voice Quivered and broke for the