Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20
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had l heard it before? l remembered instantly
" You mean Grand Duke Loris? asked deliberately
" Eth biem it is the same thing He is travelling in
cognto you understand, though he can scarcely ex-
pect to pass unrecognized-heins He is very head
strong young man. Count Soloveff, and he has some
miraculous escapes but he is brave as lion; he will
never acknowledge that there is danger Now you
will sleep again till reach Dunaburg. Mishka will
be near you if you need him."
l closed my eyes. though not to sleep. So this
superb young soldier, who had interested and at
tracted me SO strangely was the man Anne loved!
Well he man to win any womans heart, had
to acknowledge that. could not even feel jealous
of him now Won Eckhardt was right. must still
love her, one infinitely beyond my reach the
page loved the queen
Is she wronged? To the of her honor
Is she poor? What costs it to be styled a donore
Merely earth to ceave, to part.
But that fortune should have thrust all this upon her.
Yes, must for the future choose the pages part,
and. if she should ever have need of me, should
serve her, and take that for my reward!
l fell asleep that thought and woke, feeling
fairly fit. despite the dull ache in my head and the
throbbing of the flesh wound in my shoulder, only
when we reached Dunaburg and the cars were
Shunted to a siding.
Mshka turned up again, and insisted on valeting
me after fashion though | told him could manage
perfectly well by myself. had out of the affair
better than most of the passengers for my baggage
had been in the rear part of the train, and by the
time got to the hotel close to the station. was al
ready deposited in the rooms that found, had been
secured for me in advance.
7 HAD just finished the light meal which was all Dr.
= Nabokoff would allow me, when MiShka announced
Count Solovief and Grand Duke Loris entered.
Please don't rise, Mr.. Wynn" he said in English.
are betters That is good You got nasty knock on
the head just at the end of the fun which much
too bad. 1t was jolly good fight. wasn't it," He
laughed like schoo,boy at the recollection his
blue eyes shining with sheer glee devoid of any
trace of the ferocity that usually marks Russians
mirth
That's So" conceded. And fairly long odds;
two unarrned men against crowd with knives and
bludgeons. Why don't you carry revolver, sir?'
Il do, as rule. Why don't you?"
Because guess it would have been confscated
at the frontier. I'm civilian and I've been in
Russia before. But if you'd had six-shooter-"
There would have been no fight. They would
have the sooner-all the better for of
Them, he answered, and he spoke the mirth
passed from his face, leaving it stern and sad. Il
ought to have had a revolver, Of course; but was
pitched out of bed without any warning as presume
you were. By the way Mr.. Wynn, in the official re-
port mention is made of our-how do you call it,"
"Scrimmage!" l suggested.
"Ah, that is the word Our Scrimmage. Your
is in the list of those wounded by the explosion
of the bomb. 1t bomb, perhaps you have
and expect to remain there for sometime, you will be
safer if no one-beyond myself and the few others
the spot, most of whom can be trusted-knows
that you saved my life. All, yes, indeed you did
that!' he added quickly, as l made dissentient
gesture. L could not have kept them off another
minute. Besides. you them first and warned
me; otherwise should both have been done for
at once"
DO you know who they were3" asked.
He shrugged his broad shoulders. Il have my
suspicious, and do not wish others to be involved
in my affairs, to suffer through Yet it is the
others who suffer-, he continued, speaking, as it
seemed, more to himself than to me; for come
through unscathed time while they" He
broke off and sat for minute more frowning and
biting his mustache