The Washington times., 1910-02-05

YEARLY, That VIII SuuiCe loT
the present Later, 7 may tell
you more about IT. am dis
posed 10 make another condition
concerning her. out I see that 1t would
ne useless; and perhaps YOU viii grant
ne q favor If / ask IL. when you dis
cover that I have not deceived you in
what I shall tell YOU
You may be quite sure Of 1T, f It
Is reasonable one Now tel me your
name"
You do not care about MY true
name. I suppose
Il want the one by which you are
known among the nihiljsts-'
Jean NoreL
And here, In the paIace2"
The same"
Il shall send you 70 prison nov. I
caunoE promise what It wiz be for to-
highs Tomorrow VIII see YOU and
Keep my word in every respect. In
- meantime want YOU 10 think over
- that you have 20 say TO me so that
I'VE may lose as little time as possible
when we meet again
/ left him then and went 10 the door
Outside. waiting In the corridor, was
the prince, and in a few words ] ex-
planned 20 him what had taken place
during his absence and az the same
time apolOgizing for having sent him
from the room Then 7 asked that the
captain OF the palace guard be sent
for, and in a few moments Jean Moret
was placed In his care After that the
prince and smoked another cigarette
together and then pared FOR rhe night
Mr.. Darlington he said. as he was
about 10 take his leave II am more
than ever convinced that You are the
right nan IN the right place Tell me
how you disccvered the presence of
Ihat spy I had no idea thai. he was
there, and thought that We were en-
tireIy alone"
Il knew he was there the moment we
entered the ROOM 1 replied 1T is
my habit TO glance al everything N
sight whenever I enter an apartment
and I do II now without realizing tla-
] do so. # You can understand the
seeming paradox. When we passed the
threshold I saw instantly that one Of
the curtains did uur hang properly. SO
I seated myself IN a position from
which I could keep it in view Twice
I saw that * moved. very little. 20
be sure but enough 10 satisfy me THAI
somebody was concealed behind Il
That is the reason why rather forced
the conversation in English The rest
you know I am convinced that the
man we captured is the victim OF cir
cumstanCes- and think I can make
him very valuable"
We'll acknowledged the prince.
there might have been a MAJ behind
every one Of the curtains and T would
not have thought 20 suspect T. This
service alone Mr. Darlington. IS worth
al the pay you VIII draw from Rus
sIa"
Yes 7 replied. for 7 believe that
the SPY VIII confess 10 me that he was
sent there with orders 10 murder the
car"
Ny Cod And even now there may
be others Of the same sort in the
palace"
no; hardly think that The uihi-
lists would not be likely 70 send more
than one at a time on such a dangerous
Grand"
HOret confessed to me the following
day, and speedily was convinced that
ny suppositton concerning him were
correct. He had not had the brutal
courage TO carry out his orders. and A.
ready he had received several warnings
from his cOLspatriOts that y another
week passed without his accomplish
msnt Of the design, his own life yysuld
pay the forfeit He was in that room
awaiting my arrival when ne heard me
approaching with u o prince. and had
ssnceaIed himself behind the curtain
without any definite purpose other than
10 hear all that he could
1t IS hardly necessary, and there
IS not space. for me 10 80 into the de-
tails Of my subsequent talks with
RIoret. Suffice it 10 say that the in
formation cleaned IN that way, proved
Of fnesJimable value 20 my work From
II learned the names OF all the leading
uihiIists OF St Petersburg and MOSCOW,
their meeting places. their passwords,
and several OF their ciDhers- Concerning
their plans for the future beyond those
in which he was personally engaged,
ATCret knew almost nothing but he did
put me In the way OF finding out nearly
all that I wished TO know Nor IS IL
necessary that should describe my
subsequent interviews with the emperor.
ny plans were adopted almost without
a Correcti0n-and most OF these suE-
cested r1yseIf-so that by the time 7
haG been an inmate Of the palace for a
week the reorganization OF the Fra
ternIty Of silence was well under way,
and ere a month had passed II was an
established fact
Noret stubbornly refused 10 talk, and
that was concerning the woman who
mad led him into the difficulty, and
who, lie confessed was the brains and
the real head % the society. / qUes-
Ei0ued him -VesE closely and 50 de
cided in nv Orn mind that she was
prominent at tie capital. but at the
last ne positively refused 10 answer
any further questions concerning her,
saying that ne would rather 90 10
Siberia and havs done with II at once.
than 10 betray- 1er. 7 deSisted- there
lore believing that ultimately he would
CeEounce her to me without knowing
that ne mad done so, and events proved
that I was right, although they also
demonstrated thst il would have been
much better for all concerned had he
trusted me implicitly IN the beginning
Inus, az ne end Of a month succeed
ing the night Of =,1y ride from the note
10 the Tslace with the prince. I was
prepared 10 commence work III earnest: