The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-09-22

by the police, put his telltale papers
in Mr.. Hardy's overcoat pocket and
tried to throw the guilt on him. The
plan did not succeed, and Boris suf-
fered many hardships, for which he
unjustly blamed Mr. Hardy first
met him on the Amur river, where
| was captured by Chinese brigands.
He came to the rescue and saved me
from terrible fate. This still fur
Their enraged my cousin, who loved
me and was jealous of any one who
served me in any way. He was very
brave, was Boris, and would have
saved me himself, but he was not
there-which certainly was not Mr..
Hardys fault. On the Amur we were
again attacked by brigands, and Mr..
Hardy, as well as my cousin, fought
like brave man. In my house in
Moscow my cousin, who was of a vio-
lent nature, insulted the American by
Offering him money, and, when Mr..
Hardy Indignantly refused and
knocked his check-book out of his
hand, struck him in the face. A duel
was fought, at which Mr.. Hardy, at
my request, spared my cousins life,
though he was himself severely
wounded He has wonderful skill with
the pistol, and he shot cuff button
from my cousins sleeve, which he
sent me as proof that he had COM
piled with my request My cousin
was boastful of having wounded Mr..
Hardy, and l gave him the cuff but
ton and told him its story. He became
transported with rage and swore that
he would not rest till he had rid the
earth Of this man. He conceived 1t
his duty to avenge the outraged honor
of the Romanoff family, as he ex-
pressed It, He thought he must kill
this man for other reasons. here
the princess halted and blushed.
go on" said the czar, kindly and
much interested, this is a most re-
markable story! In it this Mr.. Hardy
appears as hero!"
Sire. in Mr.. Hardys employ was
young Korean boy whose devotion to
his master surpassed anything | have
ever before heard of. 1t was more
like that of woman for the man she
loves when woman really loves. This
boy--I am ashamed to tell 1t. sire
but now your majesty will understand
why | have wished to confide in you
alone-this boy heard my cousin plot
ting to kill Mr.. Hardy. Your majesty
will understand that my cousin was
no longer sane man; that rage and
-and-jealousy, perhaps, had rem
dered him for the moment irrespon-
sible. The boy, fearing for his mas
ter's safety and believing that Rus
sian nobleman had the power to do
anything he wished, stole into my
cousins compartment at night and
killed him"
Wonderful! wonderful" said the
car in musing tone; land are you
sure of all this?" alu. u te1.
Absolutely. l give you my word
| as a Romanoff princess that it is
| true.n ai su,t r.
And the boy? Do you know where
he is? He can be given up to JUS
| tice." rn' W W
"The boy replied the princess,
solemnly, ''no longer exists. Over
whelmed with horror at what he had
done, and feeling sure that the police
would find and punish him, he has
made away with himself He told me
that it was his intention to do away
with himself, and he has disap-
| peared!" "u' 'iurr
I AT this moment Pypine entered with
Hardys record. At the cars COM
mand he read it, rapidly and in mat
| ter-of'fact, sing-song tone. 1t con-
tanned nearly every act of Hardy's
life, except what had actually hap
pened within the four walls Of his
sleeping chamber since he had set
foot on Russian soil. He was accused
of sympathizing with the Japanese, of
having affiliated with Jews, of having
insulted the authorities at Vladivostok
by requesting that the impefial gov
eminent use its influence to get him
a clean towel in the hotel there, with
! having worn an overcoat similar to
the one found in the nihilists' den on
the evening of the explosion of the
! Frenchman's famous pill Further.
more, he had fought a duel with the
Prince Romanoff, in which he
had been wounded. This fact fur
nished the motive for his alleged
crime, which, coupled with his sus-
picious record, left little room, in the
Russian official mind, for doubt of his
guilt Most of these points had al.
ready been covered by the story told
by the princess.
AS for the overcoat," she remarked,
IF he continued to wear it he could
not have left it, and your majesty
would soon discover, if your majesty
7 would stop for some time incognito in
| Vladiyostok, that the power of the
\ imperial government is by no means
| belittled when it is asked to use its
influence in the procuring of clean
| towel"
The emperor arose and pressed his
| hand 10 his brow as though he were
| suffering with headache
Little Father" said Ror lnovna,
this man saved my hfe, ~ NO r.
There are features - the case which,
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