The Washington times., 1910-02-17
PRINCESS CARA % Ross s.,s9n..

Z him and 10 his sister, I asked the
/ question impersOnaIly. and without any
/ resentment In my tone. or manner. In
deed. ] 1e-C none We were referring
/ 70 q possibility that was now as Tar
/ IN the past as were the incidents OF
1 the story she had related But I de-
/ sired % probe that other side OF her,
I the Felgefu- one. as deeply as posi-
1 bies and when she did not reply 4
/ added DO you think he would have
I rested CCu-enIeCly in his grave, II you
! had become the vile OF the man VINO
/ v.ronse1 him most no matter what your
/ ''No,-- she said. It do not But had
/ not thought OF 1t in that light I re-
/ meD5er-d only Xyouue-and him"
! Zara- did you love StanIslaUs?''
she signed deeply She raised her
I eyes 20 mine. and she stretched forth
/ a tentative hand for me 10 clasp and
I hold Ny touch gave her sense OF
: How you probe the Innern5st secrets
3 Of ones heart. Dubravnik,' she smiled
/ az me 81 VIII tell you the truth, ana
I Ils whole truth Il is because I never
/ loved MIN. because I never knew and
I appreciated his WORTH until he As
| dead. that I believed that I could ? Ut
i've and bear the thought that ne
should continue uuavenEec, while Alex
IS DrUu5ef. the perpetrauor Of such out
RACES, appeared boldly here at s. Pc
IersDuTE. and even dared 10 make love
To me I was q girl then. and 1 did not
appreciate all the love that was Law
-zhe1 upon me 7 am a woman nov.
and you have taught me what love Is
I am not the same creature, now, that
was q few short hours ago. You
have changed the world for me for you
I have made what was once q hell, q
heaven Of sweet thoughts
'Lara had you already abandoned
the insane idea OF becoming Durnief 8
vile. before we referred TO i. now2'
Yes never really entertained II
Il only occurred 10 ne as 2 means Of
accomplishing an e1d. ! hate the man
so, for ell he did 20 T-onne; and when
he dared 70 raise his hopes to me,
knowing that 7 had been her nearest
and dearest friend, knowing also that
was once pledged 10 StaniSlaus, I
I n as Allied with a bitter hatred more
terrible than words can describe on
II you knew the bitterness Of one who
is used only for q tool. because she
happens to possess beauty. But you
cannot know you cannot guess"
True, I do not know; but I can
guess Remember. I heard what you
said To your brother. on this 50 -1e sub
1ect IN the garden"
Like a fash Of light through the dark
ness. my own peril returned to her
'No-- What arc you going TO dog
she exclaimed.
Il am going about my daily duty just
as though nothing had happened re
Those men out there are waiting 10
kin you COmel Let US see II they are
there still"
We went 10 the window together and
peersd out The karetta was still wait
ing.
TEL ne your true name again. she
demanded. rather irreievantlT thought.
have forgotten To me you are Du-
bravnik- but suppose I must learn
the other one"
You must learn how 20 answer IT
q IL n = 8
nine Then 7 mentioned It. and she
repeated Il after me several times, IN
der her breath
DO you know Of any way no matter
how, to escape those men who are wait
inE outsider she asked
YES I replied, I knC ~ Of one
What is it2''
& can have them arrested where
they are-every one Of them: that IS.
IT one Of your servants can be in
duced 70 carry a message a short dis
lance, for me-"
He would be stopped. The message
would be taken from him, and read
He would be permitted TO go on
again, for the message would mean
nothing 10 those who stopped him Il
would be a cipher and assistance
would not be Iong in coming. once il
were delivered Men in whom 7 can
1 lmpnclIly trust would soon clear the
StTeets Tor US We would have moth
''Then you are connected with the
police Dubravnik" But when she -ns5e
the statement I noticed with fov that
there was no suggestion % her former
dlspleaSure- There was no indication
now that she would love me the less
because I was associated with the now
eTs she had been taught al her life TO
abhor.
NO. cara not with the police I have
nothing to do with them, Of with any
department OF that seTVice- The men
I shall send for are not even Russians,
and they serve me. not this govern
ment- They will serve YOU, a we'll
7 believe you. dear one forgive ne
You shall have the messenger
You have forgotten one thing, prin-
cess
''What2F'
Your own danger"
She shrugged her shoulders and
. laughed at that It was return to the
cara had first known have forgot
ten much since you Came'' she said
IN what way am I in danger?''
IF those men are arrested. they viii
know that YOU have betrayed them 70
me Their friends will know II also -
You mistake ] had not forgotfnu
Thai Butt have remembered thatzyeu