New-York tribune., 1910-04-17

flung open. and IN Il blaze OF hight / saw Mary
and a little behind her-Anne herself.
I NJ afraid was very rude TO Mary in that FIRST
confused moment of meetings and greetings.
think gave her perfunCtory kiss IN passing,
but IL was Anne on whom my ewes were fixed.
Anne. who-wOnder of wonders was IN my
arms the next moment. What did it matter to
us that there were others standing rOundt She
was alive and she loved me 1 loved her,-l
read that IN her eyes as they met m1ne,-and
nothing else IN the world was of any cOnSe-
qucncel
90 You went back to Russia in search Of me,
was quite sure of 1t IN my mind. though
Mary declared YOU were OF on another special
correspondent affair for Lord SOuthbOurne, and
ne said the same. He's rather a nice man, isn't
he! And Lady Southbourne's dearl But |
knew somehow he wasn't speaking the truth.
And you've been IN the wars. YOU poor boy
Why, YOUR hdlr Is as gray Is fathers And how
did YOU get that wound on your fOrehead,'
I've had some lively times one way and an
other, dear but never mind about that now
SAID. We sitting together by the fire
IN the drawing room after dinner. alone. for
Mary had effaced herself like the conSiderate
little woman she is. Probably she had joined
i'm and PendennIS IN the smoking room. which
was also Jim'S sanctum.
Tell me about yourself. How did you get to
PeterSburgl 1t was your"
Yes. but | can't remember even now how
got there she answered. frOwning at the fre
through me as | watched her-she was SO like
that other
Il got INTO the train at Calais. and suppose
| fell asleep. was very tired after the dinner
At the Cecil and Mrs. Sutherland'S party.
There were two other people IN the same car
rage a man and a woman. That's the last
thing can rcColIeCt clearly until | found my
self again IN a railway carriage. I've a con
fused notion of being on board ship IN between:
but II all like dream until suddenly saw
e. In " m fFv1s.v1
carriage then. driving through a strange city
which know now was Petersburg. | was taken
10 a house where several hOrrId men-quftc
superior sort of men in way, but they seemed
as 1t they hated me. and | couldn't think why
asked me a lot of questions At first they
spoke IN a language | didn't understand at all
but dtterwdrd IN French. and then | found they
wanted 10 know about that Mr. CaSsavetti.
They called him 10y another name too"
Selinski.' | Said
Yes, that was it; though I haven't been
able to remember 1t. They wouldn't believe
me when | said d met HIM only quite casually
at dinner the night before | was kidnapped
for | really was kidnapped. Maurice-and that
knew nothing whatever about HIM They
kept me IN a dark cell for hours, till / was halt
crazy with anger and terror. and then they
brought me out. and | saw YOU and father
And the next thing | knew | was in bed IN It
hotel we've often stayed AT IN Berlin. Father
tries 10 persuade me that | imagined the whole
thing, but didn't Now did |, Maurice, And
what does 1t all mean'
" 1t Was all a mistake. You were taken for
some one else. some one whom YOU resemble
very CloSelv'
That's just what | thought though father
won believe II. OF he pretcnds he won't but I
am sure ne knows something that he Will not
tell me. But there's another thing. that dread
tul man CdsSavettI. Perhaps | oughtn't To- call
HIM that, as he's dead. l heard about the muir
der only little while ago. and then almost bv
accident Amy Nerekcr told me. Do YOU
know her."
That frivolous little ChattcrboN' Yes I've
met her, though had forgotten her name
She told me all about II one day. Mary aui
Jim had never said a word. they seemed % bt.
IN a conspiracy of silence But when | heard
Was terribly upset Think of anyone su>pccting
YOU of numbering him. Maurice. Just because he
lived ON the floor above YOU, and YOU happened
10 hnd him. You poor boy' What dreadful
troubles YOU have been through"
THERE was an interlude hcrc-vc had "a
good many such intcrludcs-but even
when my arm was round her when my lips
pressed hers. | could scarcely realize that was
awake and sane.
' II just as well they did suspect me.
darling, ! SAID after awhile, "or | most Ger