The Washington times., 1910-02-14
CHAPTER XN.
THE MURDER OF a SOUL

THf- MI ElDEEs OE n DClL&
- ARA did as requested She
seated herself upon the divan'
+ and I sat beside her, with my
arm around her. She rested her
head. AGAINST my shoulder, and IN a low
and dreamy tone she began, as II there
bad. been no h .atus, the continuation OF
that story which was 10 thrill me as
nothing Gle Of the kind had ever done
You must understand that she was
pleading for my life. as she believed,
in the relation Of this bit Of history
which was soon to learn had touched
her so closely She believed that my
life could be saved only by means OF
my joining Wit me nlhillStS- IN con-
seTrinc to tale their OATH and to be
come one with them 7 have often, at
retrospective moments. gone back again
20 that hour ana llved II All over IN
thought. wondering how ] could still
resist her when / listened 20 q recital
Of the terrible wrongs that had been
visited upon those whom Tara loved, in
the name Of the Gar
had been the participant In =, as Il the
Young woman whose history Il touched
most closely. had been my own sister
IN the TeteIlinE of It, 1 purpOSeiy rem
der it as concise as possible, but I am
utterly Incapable Of inlpaTting 70 Il the
dramatic effect Of her recital, height
eEed and added TO by her warm sympa-
Re ..Rsmember.- she said. that I am
representing you as the brother q this
poor girl, Dubravnik- You, and your
sister YVonne, orphaned IN your youth,
occupied together the great palace OF
your fathers, and were waited upon by
an army Of servants. many OF whom
had been in the employ OF your 1srnliy
before either Of You were born
Among your acquaintance there IS
another officer, one who IS as great
favOrite at court, and within the pal
is OF good family, handsome. accom-
DIfshed, and rich Nevertheless, you
dislike him, principally because he Is
in love with your sister and you know
that he is. in every way. unworthy
Of her She shares the aversion
which YOU feel for this man. declin-
ing all his advances, and at last re-
fuses to receive him Beginning with
that time. he DerseCutes her with his
attentions. to the point where you
are led to Interfere but this man has
already peen to the Gar, and has Sc
cured his rJvaI approval Of the mar
rage He laughs at YOU when you
remonstrate- You also go to the
Car, who listens attentively 20 all
that YOU have to say. finally consent
ing that EvOnne shall not be forced
into the marriage against her will
This officer when he hears Of II. IS
furious and one night at the club
he publicly insults you, so that you
have no other course than to chaI-
leuge him He IS a practiced dueliSt,
and believes that he can kill YOU
easily. thus he would leave the coast
clear for his further Vaccinations
In the affair which follows. you sur
prise everybody by wounding your
adversary quite seriously and during
a few months that succeed the duel.
you are relieved OF further anxiety
concerning the matter But he re-
covers he returns to his former DO
sitiC~ at the palace and mis5udgiuE
mis- power and influence, insults you
again almost in the presence Of the
Emperor For that. he is banfshed
from the palace and degraded IN the
army and quite naturally he at
tributes his misfortunes 10 YOU. UDon
whom he vows vengeance. You hear