The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-23
CHAPTER XVII.


Of semiStupor from which he
- awoke with a start now and
then, as he thought he heard again the
cries of devotion and maledic-
ton. At last he slept soundly and
awoke refreshed, but hungry. The
loaf lay beside him, and with his knife
he cut a slice from it, munching the
coarse bread with more of relish than
he had thought possible when he first
saw it. Then he took out another Gig
arctic, struck a match, looked at his
watch and lit the cigarette. 1t was ten
minutes past 3 He wondered if a
night had interviewed, but thought it
unlikely. He had landed very early in
the morning, and now it was after
noon. He was fearfully thirsty, but
could not bring himself to drink from
that stream of death. Once more he
heard the bolts shot back.
"They are going to throw the poor
wretches into the sea-" he muttered. |
But the yellow CLEAN of a lantern
showed him it was his own door that |
had been unlocked.
You are to see the governor" said |
the jailer grufly. Come with me-
Jack sprang to the floor of his cell, |
depressing a cry of delight Nothing |
the grim governor could do to him |
would make his situation any worse, |
and perhaps his persuasive powers up
on that official might result in some
amelioration of his position. In any
case there was the brief respite of the
interview, and he would gladly have
chummed with the devil himself to be
free a few moments from this black
pit.
Although the outside door of the gov
ernor's room stood open, the room was
not as well illumined as it had been
before, for the sun had now gone
round to the other side of the island,
but to the prisoners aching eyes it
seemed a chamber of refulgence The
same lamp was burning on the table,
giving forth an odor of bad oil. but in
addition to this two candles were
lighted, which supplemented in some
! slight measure the efforts of the lamp.
At the end Of the table lay q number
! Of documents under a paperweight,
/
methodical man. The governor had
been warming his hands over the bra
zier, but ceased when Lermontoff was
brought up standing before him. He
lifted the paperweight, took from IN
der it the two letters which Lennon
tOff had given to the steward on the
steamer and handed them to the pris-
oner, who thus received them back for
the second time.
II wish to say remarked the gov
ernor, with an air of bored indifference
which was evidently quite genuine,
that if you make any further attempt
to communicate with the authorities
or with friends you will bring on your
self punishment which will be unpleas-
ant"
"As a subject Of the car 1 have the
right to appeal to him." said the prince.
The appeal you have written here"
replied the governor, would have
proved useless even if it had been de-
livered. The car knows nothing of
the Trogzmondoff, which Is q strong
hold entirely under the control of the
grand dukes and Of the navy. The
AlOSLu4OuuOA never gives up a pT1S-
oner"
Then l am here for a lifetimeY
Yes" rejoined the governor. with
frigid calmness, land if you give me
no trouble you will save yourself some
inconvenience"
DO you speak French?" asked the
prince.
NET"
"English?'
net"
'Italian?"
"Net."
"German?'
"Da"
! Then continued LermontgE in Ger
man, Il desire to say a few words to
! you which l don't wish this jailer to
l understand. l am Prince Ivan Ler-
montoff. personal friend of the ears.
: who, after all, is master of the grand
! dukes and the navy also. If you will
help TO put me into communication
with him, will guarantee that no
harm comes to you and, furthermore.
! will make you a rich man"
The governor slowly shook his head
(To Be Continued)
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