Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-13

Is not known what tney aTe-py d Sc
eret process. The method Of Keeping
this secret Is to receive only workmen
who must remain there oil their lives
ONCE having entered the inclosure,
around which is a wall so high that no
| one has ever escaped over 1t. the work
man becomes u prisoner and bids fare-
we'll forever to the outside world.
paula" said Il young Russian one
day, 81 am going to enter the factory"
~"Oh, Peter!'' gasped the girl to whom
he spoke.
Eyes; we can never marry-we are
too moor. There is suffering enough
for US as peasants without bringing
children into the world to suffer. l
can get no work elsewhere, n l am
starving. There time may oblitefate
you from my memory, and, though 1
shall BIZ deprived of my liberty, l snail
suffer less than to be free and q prey
to a hapless love-" .
The girl begged him to take a diner-
emit view Of the matter. With stream
ing eyes she chung to him, beseeching
him to wait In the hope that some good
fortune would come to them. But he
refused to be encouraged. Tearing
himself away from her, he went to the
factory, its gates closed upon him, and
he knew that they would never open
to him.
At the end Of the first year OF his
Imprisonment he found thai he had not
forgotten his sweetheart. Death alone
enables us to sever such bonds. While
there is life there Is hope. and 1t Is this
hope that keeps warm the ethbers IN
the heart. Two. three years passed,
and still he could not forget his Paula.
Then he wept bitter tears at he de-
cision he had made when he entered
the factory. He had taken on a life
long Imprisonment without having
been cured of his passion.
One day he entered the Office OF he
factory, and what was his surprise to
see Paula sitting at q desk writing.
He was about to rush toward her when
she looked up. Their eyes met, and
she cast hers again down upon her
work. In q moment he understood
III tida NOlIC Ava " Pot priv
would be defeated were their knewi-
edge of each other betrayed.
When Peter left the Office 1t was as
a new man. His beloved had come to
him and had come for him or b
would not have come at all. TRUE.
they were now both prisoners for life.
Had she not some plan In view for
their mutual good she would not HAYS
given up her liberty. Then he was
tortured with the fear that she. too.
having been on the brink of starva-
ton, had come there for a living and
that possibly she might occasionally
see him.
Months passed before these two
found an opportunity to speak to each
other without being noticed. An ae-
eident happened In the faetory by
which several workmen were pinton-
ed under a heavy weight. The man
ayers We're all busy ~endeavoring to re-
lease those who hadsnot been killed
outright and whose cries for relief
were pitiable. The office force rushed
into the factory, and workmen and
clerks mingled indiscriminately. Paula
and Peter met and withdrew to a 0
ner.
MY father" said Paula hurriedly,
became a soldier in the wal with
Japan. He saved the life Of a general.
The general took a diamond from his
shirt front and gave 1t to his p%reserver.
My father, who loves me better than
all the world, gave it to me. / turned
it into money. and 1t produced 10000
rubles. We planned to use 1t to trans
port us to America, but / would not
go without you. My father and | have
dug a tunnel under the wall. The en-
trance Is between the wall and d wood
en- clubhouse, the house in the south
east angle. The opening is covered
with lumber. We must plan an escape
through 1t. You will hear from me-"
She darted away, leaving Peter With
a great joy, a great hope, swelling with
In him.
After that whenever Paula found an
opportunity to pass Peter she slipped
a bit Of paper into his hand on which
was written an appointment. 1t usual.
ly read Tonight Mt IL" OF Tomorrow
night or Sunday night at IL" Five
or six Of these slips passed between
them before they found a night when
they could meet and two or three more
before they met and could make the
attempt. They did not dare escape
separately, expecting that after the
first escape a search would be made
that would reveal the tunnel.
Finally they came together when the
night was dark and stormy. The SEN
tries were glad to keep In their boxes,
and there was no n lettering outside
the building. Going behind the out
house, Peter removed the lumber,
Paula got down into the tunnel, and
Peter got down after her, pulling the
lumber back in It's place.
They were obliged to crawl for some
distance, but as they proceeded and the
tunnel drew away from the proximity
of the wall 1t had been dug larger.
They passed through safely. Peter
pushed aside some boards covered with
earth, and they found themselves In
the midst of low brush.
Paula knew very well which way to
go. The winds blew, the rain fell upon
them and soaked their clothing, but
never had either experienced such hap
by e~xhiiaration.
Three months later a family of Rus.
sian emirranfs sattIa6 on +ha4r 49,