Gilpin observer., 1910-06-09

part of the story have from Boris
own lips. Boris, being hard pressed
by the police, put his telltale papers
in Mr.. Hardys 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
I 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..
Hardy's 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 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..
/ uor r.
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 Romanon family, as he ex-
pressed it. He thought he must kill
this man for other easons,"-here
the princess halted and blushed..
60 on" said the car, kindly and
much interested, this is a most re-
markable story! In it this Mr.. Hardy
| appears as a hero!"
Sire. in Mr.. Hardy's employ was a
young Korean boy whose devotion to
his master surpassed anything have
ever before heard Of. 1t was more
like that Of a woman for the man she
| loves when a woman really loves. This
boy-I am ashamed to tell 1t, sire
but now your majesty will understand
why I 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
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; "and are you
sure Of all this?"
Absolutely. / give you my word
as Romanof princess that It is
true"
And the boy? Do you know where
he is? He can be given up to JUS
tice."
The boy" replied the princess,
solemnly, mo 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!"
At this moment Pypine entered with
Hardy's record. At the cars com.
mand he read It. rapidly and in a mat
ter-of-fact, sing-song tone. It con-
tanned nearly every act of Hardys
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 afhliated with Jews, of having
insulted the authorities at Vladivostok
by requesting that the imperial gov
eminent use its influence to get him
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 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,
III he continued to wear 1t he could
not have left It, and your majesty
would soon discover, II your majesty
would stop for some time incognito in
vladivostok. that the power of the
imperial government IL by no means
belittled when 1t is asked to use its
influence in the procuring of q clean