The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-10
CHAPTER XIV.
The Mysterious Korean Boy.

The Mysterious Korean Boy.
This was the letter Of the princess:
Ny dear Mr. Hardy:
You have no doubt heard. long ere this.
~ our rescue from the Inflated Push
kin. Your own adventures on the river.
and your safe arrival in Stryetensk. are
all known 20 me. through the kindness
Of the police. Believe me that was dis
appointed TO the verge OF evaporation.
on learning that II was not through your
efforts that we were saved. Your hero
ism loses nothing Va my eyes from the
fact ann you tsf. -lready done enough
Go establish yorrs+C a my estimation as
a very gallant and noble gentleman. I
hardly know how 10 thank one so mod
est ard self-on acinE as yourself for all
that vou have done for me. I can only
repeat that { owe my life TO you. and
that ! aln deeply and eternally grateful
II you are ever in Moscow. I shall eX-
pect sou 20 call on me at my house on
the Boulevard Prechistenka-any one can
tell you where u Is. I hope that your
affairs will bring you here before very
Ions. that we may talk over our extraor-
binary experiences together. In the
meantime you must think Of me as your
very since and grateful friend.
ELIZABETHA ROMANOVNA.
Hardy read this letter over half a
dozen times, and the oftener he read
il the more satisfaction II gave him.
There was a 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 his
character and understanding Of his
motives He spent most of the day
thumbing his English-Russian die
tionary and composing his reply,
which, being in a language in which
he was as yet a novice, was somewhat
stilted. This. in effect, is what he at
last worked out:
Most Noble Lady:
beg that you Will no longer give
thought to the part which / played upon
the Amur. To be OF service to so charm
ing and exalted lady as yourself Is
happiness and distinction which calls for
no further reward. II l am. in addition,
20 be honored by your friendship. my
recompense is far greater than my
desert. Very cordially yours,
FREDERICK COURTLAND HARDY.
Baruch, when he came in the even
ing. cast a critical eye over the letter
and pronounced IL excellent.
Even as II is" he declared, ut
would be possible for the lady to I'M
derstand 1t, and she would not laugh.
Nevertheless, there are two or three
would scarcely call them corrections"
You are as polite as a Frenchman,
Mordecai. Your two or three little
alterations have amounted to rewrit-
ing the whole thing. Now we will ad-
dress the envelope. | think you had
better do that, so as to get IT exactly
right. II goes to her hlghness, the
Princess Elizabetha Romanovna, Pre-
chistenka street, Moscow"
At the mention of this name,
Baruch's face grew livid, and his eyes
glowed with sudden hate.
"Romanovnai" he Kissed, of the
Romanoffs of Moscow? / have good
cause TO hate and detest that name. |
That accursed house was most violent
in the prosecutions that resulted in
the expulsion Of the Jews from Mos
COW. They used all their influence
to bring this about. because they COW
eted certain property owned by the
Hebrews, which the latter refused To-
sell A whole peaceful and industri
Gus community was uprooted in a sin.
gle night, driven from their homes
and their vocations, ordered to leave
with their wives and families, their
sick and their old, and to make shift
as best they could, in the accursed
Pale. My father, the trusted and hon
ored cashier Of a bank, with salary
OF $500 a year, a position to which no
had ,isen through 20 years of faithful
service, was kicked out like a dog,
and told to go. You cannot realize
what suffering all this led to. My IA