The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-04-28

by the police, put his telltale papers
in Mr.. Hardy's overcoat pocket and
tried to throw the guilt on him. The
plan did not succeed, and Boris suf-
fered many hardships, for which he
unjustly blamed Mr.. Hardy. l first
met him on the Amur river, where
| was captured by Chinese brigands.
He came to the rescue and saved me
from a terrible fste. This still fur
me and was Jealous of any one who
served me in any way He was very
brave, was Boris, and would have
saved me himself, but he was not
there-which certainly was not Mr..
Hardy's fault. On the Amur we were
again attacked by brlgands. and Mr..
Hardy, as well as my cousin, fought
like brave man. In my house in
Moscow my cousin, who was of a vio-
lent nature, insulted the American by
offering him money, and. when Mr..
Hardy Indignantly refused and
knocked his check-book out of his
hand, struck him in the face. A duel
my request, spared my cousins life.
though he was himself severely
wounded. He has wonderful skill with
the pistol, and he shot a cuff button
from my cousins sleeve. which he
sent me as proof that he had COM
piled with my request. My cousin
was boastful of having wounded Mr..
Hardy, and / gave him the cum but
ton and told him its story. He became
transported with rage and swore that
he would not rest till he had rid the
earth OF this man. He conceived II
his duty to avenge the outraged honor
Of the Romanoff family. as he ex-
pressed 1t. He thought he must kill
this man for other reasons, here
the princess halted and blushed.
Go on" said the car, kindly and
much interested, this is a most re-
markable story In 1t this Mr.. Hardy
appears as a hero!"
Sire, in Mr.. Hardy's employ was a
young Korean boy whose devotion to
his master surpassed anything l have
ever before heard of. II was more
like that of a woman for the man she
loves when a woman really loves. This
boy-I am ashamed to tell II. sire
but now your majesty will understand
why / have wished to confide in you
alone-this boy heard my cousin plot
ting to kill Mr.. Hardy. Your majesty
will understand that my cousin was
no longer a sane man; that rage and
-and-jealousy, perhaps, had rem
dered him for the moment irrespon-
sible. The boy, fearing for his mas
ter's safety and believing that a Rus.
sian nobleman had the power to do
anything he wished, stole into my
cousins compartment at night and
killed him"
Wonderful wonderful" said the
car in a musing tone; "and are you
sure OF all this?"
Absolutely. give you my word
as a Romanoff princess that it is
true"
And the boy? Do you know where
he is? He can be given up to Jus
tice."
THE boy" replied the princess.
solemnly, mo longer exists Over
whelmed with horror at what he had
done, and feeling sure that the police
would find and punish him, he has
made away with himself. He told me
that 1t was his intention to do away
with himself, and he has disap-
peared!
At this moment Pypine entered with
Hardy's record. At the cars COM
mand he read 1t, rapidly and in a mat
ter-of-fact, sing song tone. II con-
tanned nearly every act Of Hardys
life, except what had actually hap
pened within the four walls of his
sleeping chamber, since he had set
foot on Russian soil. He was accused
of sympathizing with the Japanese, OF
having affiliated with Jews, of having
insulted the authorities at Vladivostok
by requesting that the imperial gov
ornment use its influence to get him
a clean towel in the hotel there, with
having worn an overcoat similar to
the one found in the nihilists' den on
the evening of the explosion of the
Frenchmans famous pill. Further
more, he had fought a duel with the
Prince Romanoff, in which he
had been wounded. This fact fur
nished the motive for his alleged
crime, which, coupled with his sus-
picious record, left little room. in the
Russian official mind, for doubt of his
guilt. Most Of these points had al
ready been covered by the story told
by the princess.
"As for the overcoat," she remarked,
"if he continued to wear it he could
not have left it, and your majesty
would soon discover, II your majesty
would stop for some time incognito in
Vladlvostok, that the power of the
imperial government is by no means
belittled when 1t is asked to use its
influence in the procuring Of a clean
towel"
The emperor arose and pressed his
hand to his brow as though he were
suffering with headache.
Little Father" said Romanovna,
this man saved my life. my honor.
There are features IN the case which,
II 1t is tried, do not reflect credit on
my dead cousins name. Grant my