Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-11-16

great news to Mr.. Gessner OF course
you asked her plainly what had hap
pened?"
"She told me without my asking,
Count. Now I understand everything
for the first time
The tone of the reply arrested
Sergius' attention and brought a
frown to his face He kept his eyes
upon Alban when next he spoke.
Those people are splendid liars"
he remarked as though he had been
expecting Just such story-"nf
course she spoke about me. can al
most imagine what she said"
1T was very great surprise TO
me-" Alban reioined, and with so
simple an air that any immediate re-
ply seemed impossible. For Ave min
utes they ate and drank in silence.
ThenCount Sergius excusing himself,
stood up and went to the window.
"Is she to come to this hotel?" he
asked anon.
She would be very foolish to 30
SO, Count"
Foolish, my dear fellow. whatever
do you mean?"
II mean what / say--that she would
be mad to put herself into your
| power"
The Count bit his lip. It had been
many years since 80 direct an insult
had been offered to him, and yet he
did not know how to answer it.
5. Il see that these people have been
lying to you as thought" he re.
Joined sharply 'is it not indiscreet to
accept the word of such a person"
you know perfectly well that It
Il l. ~~k -
Warsaw to help you to arrest Lois
do so and that is alli'
Are you prepared to say the same
to your friend in L >ndon-will you
cable that news to Mr.. Gessner?"
II was going to do 80 without any
sage for me if you like"
take it down at your dictation. Real
ly | am not offended. You have been
/ deceived and are right to say what
you think Our friend at Hampstead
shall Judge between us."
He lighted a cigarette with ap-
parent unconcern and sat down be-
fore the writing table near the win
dow.
| "Now," he asked, chow shall we put
1t to him?"
Alban came over and stood by his
side.
Say that Paul Boriskoff must be
released by his intervention without
any consideration whatever
"He will never consent to that"
"He will have to consent, Count
Sergius. His personal safety depends
upon It,"
But, my dear boy, what of the
girl? Are you going to leave ner
here to shout our friends secret all
over Warsaw"
"She has not spoken and she will
not speak, Count
"Ah, you are among the credulous.
Your confidence flatters her, fear"
sit is just-she has never lied to
me-"
The Count shrugged his shoulders
a 7 will send your message" he
He wrote the cable in fine pointed
hand and duly delivered 1t to the
waiter. His own would follow it ten
minutes later-when he had made UP
his mind how to act. A dangerous
thought had come to him and begun
to obsess his mind. This English boy,
he was saying, might yet be more
dangerous enemy than the girl they
had set out to trap. 1t might yet be
necessary to clap them both in the
same prison until the whole truth were
known, He resolved to debate it ut
his leisure. There was plenty OF
time, for the police were watching
all the exists from the city, and II
Lois Boriskoff attempted to pass out
God help her.
I'VE must not expect an answer tc
this before dinner" he said, holding
out the message for the waiter &c
take it. IF you think it all right, WE
can proceed to amuse ourselves unit
!. the reply comes. Warsaw is some
what a remarkable city as you will
already have seen. Some Of its finest
monuments have been erected to cele
brate the execution Of its best patriots
;; Every public square stands for an In
surrection The castle is fortified moi
against the stranger by the citizen :
those guns you tell me about were
put there by Nicolas to remind u!
that he would stand no nonsence. W.
are the sons of a nation which, offlci
ally, does not exist-but we honor
our dead kings everywhere and car
show you some of Thorwaldsen'.
finest monuments to them. Let us g
I out and see these wonders If you arr
willing"
The apparent depression served hin
admirably, for it permitted him /.
think. AS many another in the service
. of the autocracy, he had sterlin,
love for Poland in its historical aspect
and was as pround as any man whel
;, he uttered the name Of Sobieski,
! Sigismund or I.adislaus Revolution
as a modern phase he despised T.
him there were but people and mobiles
and the former had become vulga
disturbers of the Cars peace VIII
must be chastened with rods Hi
own career depended altogether upol
his callous Indifference to mere human
sympathies.
Alhan could offer no objection t
visit Warsaw under such a pleasan
guide and he also welcomed the hour
of truce 1t came to him that tn