Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-08-18
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cousin first met him in Japan. ms
part of the story / have from Boris
own lips. Boris, being hard pressed
by the police, put his telltale papers
in Mr. Hardy's oyercoat 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. l first
met him on the Amur river, where
| was captured by Chinese brigands.
He came to the rescue and saved me
from a terrible fate. This still fur
ther 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 a 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 checkbook 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 a 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 / 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 it
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 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 woman really loves. This
boy-I am ashamed to tell it, 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 a sane man; that rage and
-and-jealousy, perhaps, had rem
dered him for the moment irrespon-
sible. The boy, fearing for his mas
ters 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
czar in a musing tone; and are you
sure of all this?"
Absolutely. l give you my word
as a Romanoff princess that it is
true"
And the by? 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-
pcared!"
At this moment Pypine entered with
Hardy's record. At the ears com
mand he read il. rapidly and in a mat.
/ tcr-oifact. sing song tone. II con
tanned nearly every act of Hardy's
life. except what had actually hap.
| peued within the four walls OF his
/ sleeping chamber, since he had set
| foot on Russian soil. lie was accused
] of sympathizng with the Japanese, of
I having affiliated with Jews, OF having
| insulted the authorities at Vladivostok
/ by requesting that the imperial gov.
/ crnment use its influence to get him
| a clean towel in the hotel there. with
I having worn an OverCuat similar "a
I the one found in the nihilsts den on
+ the evening of the explosion OF the
/ Freuchmans famous pill Further
more. he had fought duel with the
\ Prince Bomauon. IN which he
/ had been wounded This fact fur
nished tho motive for his alleged
crime. which. coupled with his sus
picious record. left little ROOM In the
I Russian Official mind. for doubt uf his
. guilt Most of these points had al
ready been covered By the story told
hy the princess.
LAS for the oyercoat she remarked
4. "if BE- continued 10 wear Il be- could
not have left Il. and your majesty
would soon discover. II your majesty
would stop Tor some time incognito II
/ NladNustuk, that the power of the
imperial government la by no mean.
bollttled when Il Is asked 90 use o.
Influence iu the procuring of cleat
tuweIi'
The emperor arose and pressed ht