The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-17

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Il was anxious to get some good
news to give you, but it 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.
lou have been little unjust" she
said, land am going to prove that to
you, so that in trying to make amends
you may perhaps stop brooding over
this crisis that faces two poor lone wo-
men. You wrong the Englishman, as
you call him. Jack was arrested at
least two days before he was. Nihilist
spies say that both of them were ar
rested, the prince first, and the Eng
lishman several days later. l had
letter from Mr.. Drummond q short
time after you received yours from Mr..
Lamont. never showed it to you, but
now things are so bad that they cannot
be worse and you are at liberty to read
the letter if 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, am sure he was ar.
rested later. / don't know which of the
two was most at fault for what you
call stubbornness, but believe the ex'
plosion had more to do with the ar
rests than any action of theirs
"And l was the cause of that" wall
ed Katherine.
mo, no, my dear girl. No one is tc
blame but the tyrant of Russia. Now
the nihilists 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 information came
to me today in the letter 1 was just
now answering So, Katherine, think
you have been unjust to the English
man. If he had been arrested first,
there might be some grounds for what
you charge, but they evidently gave
him a 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,
but he stood his ground"
I'm sorry, Dorothy. I'm silly fool
and today when l saw the snow
we'll, got oil wrought up"
81 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 l didn't.
But just imagine-imagine-th
cared. The Russian government can
let the prince go 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 If
the Russian government have arrested
the Englishman, if 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
government can do nothing in his case
but deny, demand proof and obliterate
all chance of the truth ever being
known. Alan Drummond is doomed.
They dare not release him. Now,
think for a moment how much worse
my case would be than yours if-if''-
her voice Quivered and broke for the
moment; then, with tightly clinched
fists, she recovered control of herself
and finished-''if cared"
"Oh, Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy"
gasped Katherine, springing to her
feet
"No, no. don't jump at any false con-
clusion. we are both nervous wrecks
this afternoon. Don't misunderstood
me. / don't care-I don't care, except
that I hate tyranny and am sorry for
the victims of It,"
Dorothy, Dorothyw
1--WE need sane man in the house,
Kate. Telegraph for your father to
come down and talk to US both.
must finish my letter to the nihilist."
Dorothy" said katherine, kissing
her.