The Washington times., 1910-02-16

election was gone At last your mad
ness changed 20 a type more Inoi'st
and SuIeu- The delay frettsd YOU anu
one day without consulting EYts
friends voa resolved TO act You had
reason enough left 90 know tnai your
mind was growing weaker ana you
feared that il would be altogether
shattered. that YOU would never avense
the fate OF your sister unless YOU acted
at once You told nobody OF your IN
teuEou, but you armed yourself Win
pistol and started for the palace You
Ea,E determined To- XIII the car before
your reason fled utterly
Rearing the TWO hours lnat pa5seu
between the time you were last seen
hv your friends. and the events tn@I
happened IN the palace that day nolh-
ing is known What streets Won tTaE-
arSed on your way there how you
gained aGul-ta1Ce 20 the palace. which
was guarded a. strictly as d IS nov
how you passed the guards ana gained
access even TO the cabinet or the en-
perIor. are mysteries which have never
been solved and never viii be TINS
side Of rhe grave.
AN rHat IS known Is that you wore
v0r-- old uniform. the same one from
which me car once tor the buttons
and ir is possible that II had some
thing 10 do with passing you through
At all events, you did pass them an
and you did reach the person OF the
emperor himself. All Il must have
been grand 7 would that / could nave
been with you then, I would that !
took place there at that time-the only
-Eruc when the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth has been
rrFG 10 his august ma leStE- There was
one Of our agents there who heard u
aU- than is row ! know about Il now
The Emperor was alone when Eo4
entered. and you had closed anu
locked rne door Of the cabinet beIoTe
he discovered your presence He did
rot know that you were there untlt a
sharp command from YOU caused MIN
to raise his head; but II was only 70
see Won standing there with the plStot
IT, YOUR hand aimed at MS head. ana
20 hear YOU say that # he uttered one
CRY for assistance or attempted 20 can
for help In any way YOU would shoot,
Za-a leaned 20 her feet and STROBE
r@uiT-v across the room twice ringing
her hands She paused, confronting
S0H- nv Cod she cried To think.
L YOU had oulv told your friends OF
the GRAND. and Of the plans you mad
made for reaching the presence OF tns
Car that Il would have succeeded ana
Won would have killed him-killed him
she rushed again TO my side, ana
seized me by the shoulders so that she
turned my face until Il exactly con-
s.Ip-IbravniI--- she cried. 7 can al
most believe that I am indeed talk
FDE 10 hiu1-tO the man whose his
80 - am -aIsrinE-when 7 look al you.
n some was YOU are Ike him, so
ike bfr7t But I viii still deceive myself
with the idea that 7 an ready taking
10 him about himself II IS cas- er 50.
oh NJ love be patient with me /
must forget for the moment that you
are the man I love. I must compel my
self TO believe that ! am taking o mn"
/ to the brother Of Xvonne-
Alexander was always coward ana
he proved IL then He thought that MS
| hour had come. and that q just ven,
/ Eeance for all the lives that r. had
[ taken was about to fall upon Inn.
% DO not shoot" he pleaded You
shall have any demand you wish to
make. Everything you desire shall be
60 DO Won know who I ann YOU cried
90 40. he replied Who are your
Z You told him your name and he
Z covered lower in his chair. begging Tor
mercy as q hungry dog begs for food
and all the time you laughed, repeat
linz AZ every pause he made, those words
! so terrible for him to hear: I nave
come 10 kill you because you killed
/ -OnSe he attempted to leave his
| chair. but YOU warned him 10 remain
/ seated You reheaTsed the evils he
/ had done. and was doing You told
( him Of the night when your sister
/ was arrested You related how the
{ notice invaded her room You Went
/ over again the story Of your plead
/ Ing with him. You repeated row he
/ had torn buttons from your coat, and
/ 6isEraced YOU because you loved your
/ sister. You left no detail Unreclted
! concerning that time OF weary wait
+ ing YOU had undergone, while seeking
/ tidings Of your sister. You described
/ the long journey to Ssghalieu, anC
/ the appointment that awaited YOU
/ when -ou arrived And all the time
he Cringed lower nd lower in his
I chair. expecting each moment that
I YOU would work yourself into the ad-
ditional frenzy that was necessary 10
make YOU pull the trigger OF your
/ Fvea uon- All YOU made him suffer
fortunes such as ne never endured.
e-=-- ii
/ succeed in killing him Then. slowly.
and with deadly earnestness, YOU re-
lated the story Of the months