The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08
CHAPTER y.
sENTENCED 10 DEATH

I VINO SeeALL-S ny COM painful i 44eAtA
only time To utter one admO-iuon;
--Extremities should never be resOTJed
60 until the necessity arises nor IS u
wise for one TO 1urn q bridge until II
/ has been crossed; besides, you have an
/ engagement at noon tomorrow Which
1 should be kept
Which viii be kept" she murmUred,
: IN reply Then Prince Michael came
me prince reported that many Of the
guests were calling Tor their hostess
and so I utilized the opportunity TO laNe
my leave, which dIE nOLWll-isl Nuns
rh+. protests of my friend lie told me
I TO make use Of his sanNa, which Would
return and wait for him atter II HdG
deposited me n my doof5 Dut NHeL 4
IerJ the house the storm had lullSd d.
most 10 stopping ana as the distance
was not great I decided 10 walk mat
decision very nearly cost me ny me-
and very materially altered my views
I rega riding the ur9Cess as well a. iny
Intentions cgucerrlng her- As passed
through the house on my way 10 TIE
street ] met Captain Durnlvf, VINO stop
ped me for a moment
Il feel like q boy who IS dressed ia
his lTSL trousers. ne SAID 10 ne VIII
"a laugh You cannot comprehend tie
delight Of returning 70 this place altet
the experiences nave under gone ID
Siberia for even the life OIL ar Ctlicef
there is IittIs better than that OF a cor
Wet ] shall have the pleasure OF meet
ing YOU often. Du5TavEslkr for 1 under
stand that you are frequently at l-e
-.SE5u YOU be there2, / asked
+ Yes 7 am deJGiled t. ire palace
guard Have you enjoyed TIE evening
hera2--
.-OI course goa have met the princess
-Duruief had a way of half closing his
eyes when he talked He evidently in
tended II To- give MIN the appearance OF
indifference. font IL mad a directly oppo-
site effect upon me- for II was paIpably
a mask 90 conceal .he intensity Of his
EIZe-Jg hide the interest ne AfiJ III
whatever he uttered al the time
No.. 7 saio, this Is my urst &C
gUHlnIaDce with her
II DO. Possibly my monosyuabic
reply wa even shorter than II needed
10 rave been. for he EesJuTed an al
mos tupercepuaIe shrug- and hesi-
tated while he again bestowed upon
me that half QulZz-CdI glance which
seemed 90 conceal q Sneer- or WGicn
might have been intended 10 suggest
-Haf should have understood some
obscure meaning behind his words
but I chose not to see Il Then, as
we shook hands al parting he lo1ored
me 1y a pressure Of his thumb which
LIgre- had taught me 10 understand as
the very faiutesJ kind or an iuterro-
CATION 4 have already mentioned II
as often given by nihiiis- 20 one
VINO he believes may be one with him
It was so faint and 80 uncertain THAI
X might easily have been mistaken
for an accident, and like the glance,
7 permitted iL TO pass uuuotIced-
IL was about Eaif-pa5t IN the
morning when 7 emerged from the
house The air was eNhliaratiusly
cold, and the storm was nearly past
The clouds which had lowered over
the city all the preceding day and
night were still in evidence, however
20 that the streets between the widely
separately lamps were dark and lonely.
90 81 Z Rs
more than q mile and had traverSeG
more than ualt Of IL and was in the
act of turning a corner when directly
beside me, and quite near saw
fash. was conscious OF a loud report
and feIt that I had received a sharp
AID telling blow on my head
" hen 7 was again conscious or my
surroundings 7 was in my own rooms,
while beside the couch upon which
he'd been placed were my valet a ply
stefan, and my faithful coad5Uror, Tom
COyIe.
Hello, Tom; what's up7'' asked,
Faith. you'd have been UP higher
than you care 10 go just YET Daunie,
II 7 hadn't been drivin' wan ar me
own cabs this night. OWN 10 the sud
den death av wan Az me min he re-
o-.ed The doctor SAYS the bullet
didn't hurt ye much, but yed have been
fruze stiff If I hadn't found ye whin I
Tel me about it I commanded
'TivjI a bit there Is TO tell more than
I've already said was EOin' 70 the
. princess afther me fare. whin 7 heard
a shot 7 whit where 1 heard the sound
and found YOU That's all I know
Where did the bullet strike meT'
'FoTpuiESr yer head Dannie- NoU'u
have q bald spot there. Tn thinkin-
But IL only broke the skin an nit We q
welt that made re see stars this cloudy
night Now IN gOin'- May be III have
q report for You wh-n I come back
. There's STOW enough The backyard
OuEhr 10 have left some tracks
There Is q spot on the back Of the
head where n very E<l-- blow viii bring
about iuseuSibility, am q was exactly
or that sDot that the bullet had struck
me, taking of little hair and skin.
but otherwise doing no damage but
could not help connecting the attempt
on my lie with the experiences Of the
right in other words with the woman
whose guest / had been and whose Sc
CrelS I had overheard 1 had cheTishe ed
& feeling Of the utmost charity for her
until that moment, but the accident
/ changed all that, for I had not q doubt
IN my mind that It was BY her order
+ that somebody made the attempt to as
. saSSlua-c me
After q few hours sleep I felt as well
as ever, and before The time to make
ny cali upon the princess I paid a visit
/ 10 Jean NoTer. 7 had neglected TO say
mat the only letter he had sent away
since his imprisonment was one 10 his
mother, from whom he had received q
reply addressed through one Of my
agents, and IN explanation Of his reIuC-
tauce 10 send ms re. he had said. 1T
. Is better that the world should think
me dead Concerning the woman for
+ whose sake ne bscame a nfI1ilist ne
/ never spoke But the experiences I had
/ passed through at he homo Of the prfu-
{ cess the preceding night made me wise
I concerning the Identity of the woman
{ who had Influenced him Indeed had
Z had Il from her own lips that she had
played with this man, even as she had
: hoodwinked the prince What the rsIe-
I lions between neT and MoTeT might
: have been, in what manner they had
I been brought together in the mast ani
I By what transformation Of individuality
Z he had dared to raise his ewes to =
I princess, I could not even conjecture.
! There was no doubt. however, that Size
+ had used him for one of the uarfonettes
I in GeT pupDeJ show and now he door
/ devil. because OF Il, was safer in a
. prison cell. and no doubt happier, too.
I than he would have been at liberty
I wanted the man to talk and to talk
about her and I must confess what /
did not at the moment realize that my
{ desire found its source more in personal
I resentment against any confidential
/ passages that may have taken place
Z between those two. tlsan in my plain
{ duty To the cause 7 was serving.
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