Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-30

DOORS or the RecOrdlng Angel? The
old law of an eye for an eye, d tooth
for tooth, was written for you, y
Unholy Russia, and when your day
of Judgment comes, YOU ruin will be
more terrible than that OF Bobylon!
Draw out the score, heap high the
mountains of wrong, but be sure that
the mills Of God grind very fine, NO
matter how slowly they turn!"
AS Mordecai said these words,
something of the power OF an ancient
seer crept into his bearing, his red
eyes flashed fire, his shabby cloak
seemed the robe of prophet, and
bis thin. hooked nose and Semitic
features took on the dignity Of the an
Client and glorious race whose insig-
MIA they were.
Hardy arose 1--WE will walg back
together, Mordecai," he said quietly
On his return to the store he
found awaiting him q letter form
Moscow. 1t WAS addressed in Russian.
but the. ,epistle itself was written IN
French and here at Its head prince
ly crest He trembled and his face
paled as he turned back and glanced
eagerly at the signature, "Elizabetha
Romanovna.
"Mordecai,, Eaid he scome early
this evening. l am going to try 70
write letter in Russian, and shall
want you to straighten it out for met
CHAPTER XVIII
\ This was the letter OF the Prin-
cess:
nv dear Mr. Hardy:
" - - 1o,&r
this. Of our rescue from the Inflated
Pushkin Your own adventures on
the river, and your safe arrival In
Stryetensk, are all known to ma,
through the Kindness of the police.
Believe me that was disappointed
to the verge OF evaporation, on learn
ing that 1t was not through your Of
forts that we were saved. Your hero
ism loses nothing in my Teyes from
the fact. and you had already done
enough to establish yourself in my
estimation as very gallant and
noble gentleman. hardly know
how to thank one so modest and self
effacing as yourself for all that You
have done for me. 4 can only repeat
that owe my life to you. and that
am deeply and eternally grateful. If
you are, ever in MOSCOW, shall ex-
pect you to call on me at my house
on the Boulevard Prechistenka, any
one can tell you where 1t is. | hope
| that your affairs will bring you here
before very long, that we may talk
over our extraordinary experiences to-
gether. In the meantime, you must
| think of me as your very sincere and
grstefu1 friend
Eiizabetha Romanovna,
Hardy read this letter over half
| a dozen times, and the oftener he
read IT. the more satisfaction 1t gave
him. There was certain delicacy
| in the expression OF her gratitude
without any hint at reward other than
the offer of her, friendship, which be
tokened an entire appreciation of mis-
character and understanding of his
motives. He spent most Of the day
thumbing his English-R Russian diction
Larry and composing his reply, which
being in a language in which, he was
as vet novice, was somewhat stilted
This. in effect is what he at las,
worked out:
| Most Noble Lady:
81 I beg that you will no longer give a
thought to the part which I played
upon the Amur To be of service tc
| so Charming and exalted q lady as
| yourself is a happiness and distinc
1 tion which calls for no further re
ward. II am, in addition, to be hon
ored by your friendship, my recon-
pense is far greater than my desert
Very cordially yours,
Frederick Courland Hardy
| Baruch. when he came in the even
ing. cast critical eye over the lette,
and pronounced 1t excellent.
| Even as it Is" he declared, IL
| would be possible for the lady to UNI
| derstand 1t, and she would not laugh
Nevertheless, there are two or three
little alterations to be made yo,l
would scarcely call them corrections
You are polite as Frenchman
Mordecai. Your two or three little
| alterations have amounted to re
/ writing the whole thing. Now we will
! addresssthe envelope. think you had
! better do; that, SO as to get it exactly
right. 1t goes to her Highness, thu
Princess Elizabetha Romanovna, Pre-
/ chistenka Street, Moscow
| AT the mention of this name, Bar
uch's face grew liv1d. and his eyes
4 glowed with sudden hate.
"Romanovna!' he Missed, "of the
Romanoffs of Moscow? have good
\ cause to5,hate and detest that name
1 That accuresd house was most VOL
ent In the prosecutions that resulted
| III the expulsion of the Jews from
Moscow They used all their Influence
to bring this about, because they coy
eted certain property owned by the
! Hebrews, which the latter refused
1 to sell. A whole peaceful and indus
4 trious. community was uprooted in !
single night, driven from their homes
and their families. their sick and thei
old, and to make shift as best they
could, in the accursed Pale My fatnei
the trusted and honored cashier Of /
bank, with salary of two Thousand
| five hundred dollars year, position
to which he had risen through twent,
years Of faithful service. was kicked
out like a dog, and told to 60. Yo,
can not realize what suffering all tfiii
led to. My father, reduced to menia
tasks to support his family, died with
| in six months Of grief. have small