The Washington times., 1910-02-21
CHAPTER XXI (Cont'd.)

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80 hH last, give me the order 70
which Mr.. Derrington re-
fers." / knew then that :
had won, and while the prince trem-
blingly produced II, / waited. The Gar
passed it 10 me with the words. You
may destroy it, Mr.. Derrington,' and
then added. Prince Michael, you Will
retire to your apartments and remain
there until 1 send for you. ! sglll spare
you the indIgUty OF an arrest unIi 1
know more CO..
/ did not look at the prince as he left
the room, and 1 have always regretted
IL. for IL I had done so and had seen
the agony that must have Deeu writ
ten on his face I might have saved him
/ did not believe the charge against him
when i made 10, and there was no such
thing as q direction 70 any Of my men
to arrest him. charged him with com
plicity with the nibllists solely 10 get
rid OF him. and By that means 10 save
myself and Zara, knowing that later /
could save him. also that he would III
Cmately forgive me, and that could
bring the emperor TO regard IL as most
excellent Joke, for the Car dearly loved
a joke if IL were at the expense Of some
other person. Indeed, ! intended before
left the emperOr's presence, partially
10 allay his fears concerning the prince
by assuring him that my information
dLLlN .alLEA 10 nDLAll4l6 AAA1LE IMAM AAaE-L
suspicion which had been SITensL Lbened
by his effort 10 detaln me In the palace
But events demonstrated the fact that
in making the charge had Dullded bet
ter than 7 knew. I loved the prince, ana
that episode is one OF the greatest re-
grets Of my life. If ever a man was
guilty without crime, he was But /
anticipate.
'Derrington, said the Car as soon
as we were alone; he addressed me IN
T~r I E-~avuv thai ]
restored TO favor; you have startled
me tonight in way that / shall not
soon forget. Is Il true lnat Mlcnael-
ah. no. 7 cannot believe IT, for II he Is
unfaithful whom can ! trust2'
You must not cease to trust him en-
tireIv vet monsieur" 7 replied The
charge against him is based upon eVl-
deuce that may be disproved; but my
drag net Is out tonight, and the dawn
Will see nearly every nihillst IN St
Petersburg in nrisOn, or on the way
out Of Russia If you had been pre-
vailed upon 70 detain me I tremble for
what might have happened
DO not, I beg Of you, detain me now,
monsieur. Every moment IS precious;
Nv men are swarminE over the city. ana
even now the prisons are filling up I
must get TO work, for TINS IS a naI'eF
TO which I must personally attend
Leave lea him where he is. in his apart
ments. until 1 return
when win that be?'
soon after daylight
Then come to me at once Have me
awakened II L am sleeping; but shaii
not be
u viii do So" -
zone word more. What or the Prln-
aShe wculd have been murdered to-
night h. the uihilists had I not arrest
ed her as one. conducted her JhIoush
the prison. and thence on. to the house
of the 'riuce."
..TY6- did YOU not bring her here and
place her In my carer
..Sbe would not wish 20 come here,
monsieur. Princess Zara once had a
lover who became CraZed, and was killed
here in the palace by one or the gua-rdS'
.sYes-yes. 7 understand You did
right stop One word more before you
/ 90. This conspiracy TO which you reIer-
red. alys inst the whole royal family are
YOU sue that you have got at the root
AS sure as am that I am here in
| the presence Of the Gar Of Russia
| You have never failed me Yet, Der
| rfrgton;" and he grasped me BY the
AN e.4nd I never will, monsieur"
Wei, SO; shall expect you soon
'A1T1i In reaiitT there was little for me 70
do that night, more than 1 had already
done. and vet II wasm Impossible that /
should be shut up in the palace with 50
much taking place throughout me clIyi ~
/ Immediately under my direction, anG
over which IL was imperative that
/ must retain supervision. / knew thai
! there would be frequent demands upon
/ me for authority 70 DO and perform
! certain things and II was import2 NJ
J that L should be on hand l was al
/ u-s,-s provided with the necessary pa
pers for anything in the official line
! that I might be called upon 70 per
! form This had been arranged IN INT
.begiDuing the better TO preserve tn'
/ secret Of my business IN 81. peters
/ burg I had innumerable imperlal pass
! ports signed and sealed IN DlanK' ah'
/ There was no outside authority eXer
/ cised by any official OF the realm whlci
/ I was not prepared TO meet In snort
/ my power was in many respects Sreslte
] than that of the Car himself, Tor
/ was alvvaysp repaired for whatever
| might have to do in any or all OF tn
departnn ents Of the empire
The wholesale arrests which I haC
ordered for that night I had long haC
/ under consideration. and that I haC
decided to make them a little sooner
than was my first intention. was du'
I'm part TO the danger surrounding tn
rrinceSs; I'm part to my OWL suddenly
.OTmed determination 70 complete my
business there and return to the United
States: and lastly. TO the fact that the
last few reports that I had received 81
nearly completed the knowledge j hat
striven 10 attain, that I came 10 th'
lcOnclusion that my work was abOu
done. and that it was time to draw th'
net. nv salary was enormous, and al
ready amounted 10 q competence, anf
II knew that II remained in Russia
sooner or later somebody would find M
out; and there would be short shrift 70
me between the nihilsts on one hard
and jealous nobility on the other, 70
4the latter. saw in me nothing but an in