The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-03-03
CHAPTER XIV.
The Mysterious Korean Boy.
This was the letter of the princess


This was the letter of the princess:
MY dear Mr. Hardy:
You have no doubt heard, long ere this,
of our rescue from the ill-fated Push
ttin. Your own adventures on the river,
and your safe arrival in Stryetensk, are
all known to me, through the kindness
OF the police. Believe me that was dis
appointed to the verge of evaporation,
Hn learning that it was not through your
efforts that we were saved. Your hero
Ism loses nothing in my eyes from the
Hact and you had already done enough
TO establish yourself in my estimation as
a very gallant and noble gentleman. I
hardly know how to thank one so mod
est and self-effacing as yourself for all
THAT you have done for me. 1 can only
Eepeat that l owe my life to you, and
that l am deeply and eternally grateful.
II you are ever in Moscow, I shall eX
pect you to call on me at my house on
the boulevard PrcChistenka-any one can
tell you where it is. l hope that your
affairs will bring you here before very
long. that we may talk over our extraor-
dinary experiences together. In the
meantime, you must think of me as your
very since and grateful friend,
ELIZABETHA ROMANOVNA.
Hardy read this letter over half a
dozen times, and the oftener he read
it the more satisfaction it gave him.
There was a certain delicacy in the
expression of her gratitude, without
any hint at reward other than the
offer of her friendship, which be-
Itokened an entire appreciation of his
character and understanding of his
motives. He spent most of the day
thumbing his English-Russian die
tionary and composing his reply,
which, being in a language in which
he was as yet novice. was somewhat
Stilted. This. in effect. is what he at
last worked out:
MOS ~ MoDte tHa. Laay o;, u.,, 80 ,o,o,r c,ro .
Wrought 10 the part which I played upon
the Amur. To be of service to so charm
ing ana exalted a Iauy as yourseln Is d
,pH,a ma fnrtbSr rIT r"word ' r. avn in oddtion
to be honored by your friendship, my
recompense is far greater than my
"TSeIt very 5GtI',E
BaruCh, when he came in the even
ing, cast a critical eye over the letter
and pronounced it excellent.
Even as it is he declared, "it
would be possible for the lady to un-
derStand it, and she would not laugh.
Nevertheless. there are two or three
little alterations to be made-you
would scarcely call them corrections
You are as polite as Frenchman,
Mordecai. Your two or three little
alterations have amounted to rewrit-
ing the whole thing. Now we will ad-
dress the envelope. l think you had
better do that, so as to get it exactly
right. 1t goes to her highness, the
Princess Elizabetha Romanovna, Pre-
chistenka street, Moscow"
At the mention of this name,
Baruch's face grew livid, and his eyes
glowed with sudden hate.
"Romanovna.' he hissed, "of the
Romanoffs of Moscow? l have good
cause to hate and detest that name.
That accursed house was most violent
in the prosecutions that resulted in
the expulsion of the Jews from Mos
COW. They used all their influence
to bring this about, because they COW
eted certain property owned by the
Hebrews, which the latter refused to
sell. A whole peaceful and industri-
GUS community was uprooted in a sin
gle night, driven from their homes
and their vocations, ordered to leave
with their wives and families, their