New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

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scanned and scared
She flung out her hands. and shrieked IN
French and n q voice that. though shrII with
anguish. was pIeTCIngly sweet and powerful
They have come but they shall never take
ne agaIn-at least they shall not take NE alive
ANTHONY Anthony Where are YOU. nv hUs-
band, Save me Do not let them take me-
Anne hurried toward her. but with q scream
she turned and sped back INTO the hOure, and
some one pushed the door 10, SO I saw no more,
but for some minutes those dreadful screams
continued
The men had all ridden II and were mutter-
ing 10 one another, crossing themselves II super
stItlous fear They seemed scared TO approach
the house and believe they'd have stanpeded
back INTO the forest Il l hadn't slammed the
gates and barred them again
1t Is not good to be here, ExceIenCy, STAN
mered one. This place IS haunted with ghosts
and devils"
Nonsense answered roughly. Brave
men YOU are indeed 10 be frightened OF q poor
mad ladv VINO has suffered SO CTuellyl
By Iudici0us bullying ! got them Gained
down q bit. A Russian peasant IS q difficult
person 10 manage when he's II & superstltlCUs
mood. AIIshka 70Ined ne presently. and we
marched our men round 10 the back OF the
house and set them fOraglng Tor breakfast
Fortunately there was plenty OF food; the
place seemed pTOVls1Cned for siege ! sJoou
about. watching and directing them olcn
feel n the least hungry myself, only rather
dazed-
a HAND fell on my shoulder, and found
n Lorls beside ne. Come and eat ana
sleep nv friend We have done well 50 far-
Mlshka VIII take charge here
He looked almost as fresh and alert after that
tremendous night We had as Il ne 1a- JUST
come out Of MS bedroom al Lostr.N "Ael We
Io1ned MN II q oIg dIlapldat-r O. I.S 1ooIII'
U1ere he had planked some frD- l..- d oCJ PIE
Of bottles Of VINE on the great oaAen table
though | was as bIg a scarecrow as Nassllitzl,
vino was as used UP as Il he haCn been 70 Ded
for q week
He had dropped his fiPpant manner and was
as cross and irritable as an OveTtlTeC woman
Think OF these CanaIe that we feeC ana
ciorbe and risk our lives for he exclaimed
baIf h,-Ster-csllv We left twenty Of them
here. when Anna and / started tor LIzscky yes
+a-sssy twenty armed men And yet al the
1rst rllrrlor Of danger they sneak away % t-lS
woods and leave their charge that tileE !iaC
sworn 10 defend. so thar We trusted tne1ht A-iu
= &c these SWINE and others Ike them VINO
cls-7or for what they call freedom ana tIllllh
# they get Their vote and 1heI Dll.i 81
90 well Whv should We throw our lives away
To- e,-rH as these We are all tools togetleI.
,-C,, and Anna and 7 And you, ne turned
toward me YOU are the biggest tool Ci US al
Tor Won have not even the excuse that is ours
You have no stake N TINS 1ccIlS'7'- Co--il ---N
It's people You are
Gain Yourself. Stepan, Lorls lnterposed-
d. Go and sleep. we all need that Ana as toI
your cowarcly servants. forget al ABOUT tiiti1--
Tbev are worth no more 90. as Did you
HIS level voice. ms authoTltaliFe iiiaiilles'
- -L,-- effect and EassilitzI lurChed aWaV
lie wasn't really drunk but when ian IS
f3r1 she'd and dead tired two or three glasses oi
enc Will have an immense effect on nm
though one glass VIII serve u pull I'm
- II did me 10 d certain exten' anyho". W. W.
HE 10 ask Loris about tha. horrible apparltloh
/ had seen.
xIFc she Is Countess Anna PendennIs' or al
L that remains Of her. he answered steIiiI5
.,s eaGIv You have seen her only at a DIS
60 L,,. that was sufficient 10 sho" you
ut siberia may mean to delicately nurtuTeq
80, II she had only died as was gwen out
D., ne did not die. She worked as a slave IN
ia. PRISON IN winter. IN the heids II b.
.. - frostLIte II DESTROYED heT slghI leI
- = made her q horror 70 look upon le5
.,;u sbe dd not die, perhaps because hsr ILiiiid
81 .--l aanf and strength hngers II mad Great