New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
CHAPTER XII
Love or ComradeshIp

i French. as he caught those OutStTetChed
hands n his. She looked pale and worn, as was
natural but lovelier than ever, as she stood.
shadowv figure N her dark gown against the
gloom behind her for there was no hight within
the church. The lurid glare from without shed
an unearthlv radiance on her white face ana
- an not alone" he said. Maurice Wynn
IS with me, and the good MIshka and his
father.
She glanced at me doubtfully, and then held
out her hand. flashing at me the ghost OF her
old arch smile. 1t IS Maurice, indeed How
the beard has changed YOU and the uniform
did not know YOU she SAID. still IN French
But come. there IS still much 70 DO. and we
must be gone before daylight. How dld you
drive them of VIII they make another al
tack she asked turning TO Lor1s.
L think not they have had enough Tor one
tune Y0l, must thank M1shha here tor putting
them 10 the rout he answered An. Stepah.
YOU are here also, as expected ne a1S1su -
2 Young man OF about my own age. who1n
0r,essed TO be Anne's cousin Count FaSsliitZl'
. go the strong likeness between them, though
ms hair was much darker than hers ana ne
wore q small rnustache- , . - -
W.T. -,assed n the church both before ana
after We came I learned later. Tor MlShhd anu
we're posted on guard at the entrance OF Lle
square while PaviOff went on 70 seek our IoI Sc
and intercept the men following US II ne HleS
r1a-,7 n tine ;hev would make a detour round
the town and wait for Us 10 JON theIu Oh II4e
farther side ---,-,,
O,l- sentry business proved an unnecess&Ty y
,-ecsut,or for no more rioters appeared. / ne
avc,-e-oent n the town was evidently oylis
ont The pogrom was oveT-tOr the time
some OF the bolder spirits came from t!le
church exchanging Ptous eIac c2Is1 Iioli9 ~ 80.
- Cod tor their deliveranCe- lheY sIuuh !Ul
tiveIy bv US. though one venerable looNHis oiu I
-, -aI,sed and invoked what sounded Ike d
Va5 rsn keep all that for the gracious
lafv.' grOWled Mishka- II l. ~ -'o-
vol.r present deliverance- -. D.,
-. = indeed he answered n Russian
r.. cd ri our fathers VIII bless heT-Fea'
md sF. shall be blessed And lie VII biesS -
E.ceflencIes YOU and your setd even ~ -
,b,-5 md fourth generation ITlasIIlECi Iii'
@ 1i--- - 80 worked HIS wll and have de
f,vered HIS children out oi the hahoS Vi ''''
Si,sbL,s scratched his head and looked sheep
- -TbTs blessing seemed TO enbarTass mn mn
more than any amount ol cuI9lls
o'ii:I III Tho, are harmless folk." he grunted.
See the old man goes with the others 70 ~ u ,
nd heck the course OF the hres, Ihey 1Ie IN =.
snts IN a disturbed nest lneg nc
-. the damage while IT IS yet Demg uoIiS
They must have done well 10 % non - -
=, fI0U did they get arms asked -. :.
..s~l-.,, have not many 50 Tar. Out tleic y
- ~oTnes and goes among them one o'
,t-,,selves who brings now reVoiVet ~ -,
handful Of CaTtTiCSt5 H.
"a u - always at the risk % ms he D
~ 10 HIM IS less than nou4lhs
.. Yossoff' | exclaimed g., Count
IL ,,odded but said no more loI OOUi4'
A. - -; ,ar,t across the square 70 Us;
9.I = C,iet5~ he asked Iood ,1ll We e.ii
, - and IL Is time we were on gu ar az
a. - -,,r ~ WI-nnS / have heard oi you ii'iI iiiS
AIyiis' r-ln..' W. must be friends monsieur "a
eOI5li' - I,,t his hand. and grIpPed IT. "
Iie It,, lI', HIM anywhere for Anne klsIli.i.,
~ " -, Ike her more ike her N manner eE',,
he W. = - that IS, ike her when she was H
2 frivolous mood
n IL : re- ~, ~burch a crowd Of weeping %oIlleii ii;
and weeping men, TOO. :, ,be at
'.-d anne iostIIng one another m IN lT f her
-, "a us her hands, or even 'iie i''-
gown .vbausted and / saw,
-, ,,,,bort queer pang at near I the car
io' s - nm round her. was ndeeu A''-N'
ilad liiS - merely supporting hrI- ,.,-i him
iyni'g - as through. good people II ,lr,.,t rs
Lei s,orr3bsr ~ o.I that her peril IS As great ID
yours, even greater "a. dreamed and she
as Ie FL on his shoulder lie swung h'tdT- ,,,l
han Il