The Washington times., 1910-02-14

man wretches whose CIoatinE. bIoodshot
gaze befouled her sweet purity as a
crop OF 1ltl viii befOul a lImDiu SuriuE
IT you had entered the room al that
moment ana the car had been there.
would you have killed him. Dubravnik2
Have you a sistere Answer Would
you nave klL ed the car. IL he had
been IhereE The car was thereur
Zara raised herself to her fun stature
as she Crled aloud this statement. Her
E.Snt nanQ was raised high above her
nedd5 ler attitude vas one of right
eoLS announcement and the wrath Of
an outraged goddess gIoved ike living
IRE IN every attribute OF her being
Ihen she came step nearer to me,
and continued
He was there In the spirit Of the
outrage He creates and uphoIs the
law which permitted IL. Yes, YOU would
have killed him, and you would not
given the deed another name; you
TFould have called il retributiOn- I see
u iu FCHE face II flashes in your eyes
] am not telling you a romance, IN or
create sympathy ] am relating an
actual occurrence am telling you
the story that made me a nihilist'
" MAJ a woman lara was at that mo-
menC she seemed the embodiment Of
VeDgeznCe-Of righteous retributicn.
the perscnlhcatioE Of the cause she so
SIleIq-llly 2aEocated- looked upon
her almost with awe. at the same time
realizing that I was thrilled almost
into active aCCuiCsCenCe TO her de-
Elands- She continued
There are not words to describe the
emotions that sweep over you, as YOU
listen 20 the servants story You be
come benumbed, daztd. You hear IL
through % the end. and there is not
You learn from him that papers OF
discriminating character were found
among your sisters effects. that let
ter was there which told that she was
engaged in q conspiracy to assaSsiu1te
the car, by poison; that she. being
welcome EI=St ~ the imperial palace.
that he should drink on the following
daF-a deadly polsOu-cyaElde Of p0taS-
sum- that the poison itself was found
With the l=tter-a harmless looking pow
der, but deadly one You are told
that 1Eo11c was dragged away by
those men. and Ialzeu-aE. the servant
could not tell you where they took her
but he could tell YOU how she SObllod.
repudiatinE all knowledge OF the things
they had found. crying ont for YOU. in
her agony and how one of the men
struck ner brutal blow IN the face,
because she would not be quiet That
IS all the servant could tell YOU.
NVOuue was gone That one truth gar
ed at you from every EideOuS corner
OF the decorated rcoIn- Houvs-many
or JheTT-HaVe passed since then You
laugh wildly. insanely, as YOU brush the
servant aside, and dash from the house
in pursuit
The car IS my friend. He is her
friend He will save her" That Is
what you cry aloud as you run along
the streets IOwOrd the palace, forgetting
your britzska. in your haste and agony.
You forget that you have been sus-
pended from attendance at the palace.
and that the guards have been ordered
not 10 admit you. but you are made 10
remember it when you arrive They
stop YOU You cannot get past them
IN vain you tell them Of the arrest
OF your sister. and that you must see
the Emperor but YOU only give them
an added reason for keeping YOU out
They order you away You refuse TO
go They attempt to force you. and YOU
strike one of them. knocking him down
Then all your Delt I'D agony is lOOSed
You have the strength OF a dozen men
You scatter the guards around you like
files, and rush past them. straight for
the cabinet Of the Emperor, where YOU
nave always been a welcome guest Won
tell yourself that he loves you-that he
loves your sister, that a soon as he
hears the truth, ne viii correct the
ayvf-- wrong that has been done: that
tn ~ who outraged the SanCfftv Of
y tors sleeping room will be pun
Il 9 EhI You do not know the Car
~. lar whom you call your friend
MO Is cos and mans worst enemvl
Lu- You are soon TO know him bet
ter You are soon to discover what
II amer o. man IL IS TO whom YOU have
given yoTJr soul and body. your aTle--
leLACe ana your worship All the years
OF your life. You are soon TO know
and Oh Row bitter is the awakening
You dash unannOunced INFO his pres
ence- In "A wild torrent Of words. YOU
pour forth the awful tale. You laugh
YOU cry: you impiore- You demand. he
only frOwns, or smiles derisively- You
rave; he calls the guard. You find
that he does know that others have
been there before YOU. and that the
letter supposed 10 have been found in
the possession Of your sister. has al
ready been read by him With horror.
yOu realize that he believes-that there
is rot hope for the sister YOU love so
tenderly, who was placed in your arms
by your dying mother: whom YOU Swore
TO guard, and protect
The Continuation Of This story VIII
Be Found In Tomorrow
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