The Marshall republican., 1910-05-20
Copyright. 1909. by American Press
Association
CHAPTER XII.

49, IA I'M u uuSty BiuhSS ubOuh
~ garden to make sure he was
not observed. the refugee
approached Won Grollerha-
gen and Daniel and spread out his
hands. AS he stepped forward there
was q movement of the window cur
tains In the TEL above the door
way to the hotel, and he turned; but.
whatever had caused 1t, the movement
had ceased and there was nothing APP
parent.
The Italian journals call me a
%brigand," said the Russian, land in
this they are inspired by the Russian
legation at Rome. l am known as
Ivanoff ~lvanovitch, and l have spent
nine years In Siberia, nine years Of
hell. 1t is ten years ago since l was
condemned in st. Petersburg, and you,
who know nothing of the horrors of
Russian prisons, cannot understand
what l have suffered, my friends. l
was a professor of languages, a trans
lator In the bureau of the minister of
finance. and l was trusted"
For a moment he paused and press
GU Ills bCdttGu uuhub ~ hib ilCu u
head. then sighed and went on:
II was also a member Of the Blue
Fifty, a Constitutionalist, and as such
was able to do a little for the cause,
the cause, the same, my ~friend"-he
turned to Pike-'for which your for
bears suffered and fought-the aus
of liberty. i could do but little, though
I tried. At last / transferred the
funds Of the government to the Socie-
ty OF the Blue Fifty. 1t was a small
thing. 1t was for the cause-not one
ruble for myself. l swear itr'
Won Grollerhagen started back, with
a gesture Of repulsion. and %Ivanovitch
held out his hands.
Not one ruble for myself! he re-
peated. cit was for Russia's sake, not
miner
He paused and went on YEARLY:
But l committed the great Russian
crime i was caught, and through
t~reachery. There was An E~nglishman
who lived in Petersburg. He had con-
tracts with the government. l thought
he was my friend-my best friend. l
had married In my student days In
Paris. All, 1t is the old story!' he cried
bitterly. II knew the Englishman adj
mired my wife. but ] trusted her. and
l trusted him, and he made my house
his home. So many have done that
thing. l had $4,000 rubles in my desk
the funds l had transferred-to be
delivered to my society. One day the
police came to search. and they found
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friend. not the $4,000 rubles. l went to
Siberia. Now l search for those two
He leaned against the automobile
and pressed his hands over his face,
while Pike and Won Grollerhagen
glanced at each other ~sorrowfully. FL
nally the latter asked:
'It was they who sent the policeT'
And %lvanovitch replied vigorously:
After they had taken the money
and were beyond the frontier them
selves. That is all l have against
them
For a moment the hunted look left
his eyes, and into them came the raw
enous CLEAN Of the hunting, starving
wolf. His fingers clasped and unclasp
ed themselves spasmodically. and
there was a set look about his Jaws
that spoke Ill for the guilty pair should
they ever meet this man with the man
acles off his hands.
The lawyer shuddered slightly as hi
gazed at him. and he laughed a short
hard laugh.
Looks to me as II that would b.
about enough to have against them,
he said. Won Grollerhagen stood comb
ing his wiry beard with strong fingers
and evidently studying the case. A
last he spoke.
''Then by your Owl confession yol
are an embezzler and a revolutionist
he said, and at ~Ivanovitch's start o