The Washington times., 1910-02-09
CHAPTER Y Continued.

- HE received me IN a G3mInutlVe
bower OF Oriental luxury Her
decorative tastes were decidedly
Eastern and Iavishly extrava-
CANT She knew how 10 arrange room
with the object Of stealing away a
mans reserve There IS something about
The atmosphere or a well chosen sur
ToundinEs which intoNicates judgment
and murders discretiOn-whicL bars Tea-
son q L the threshold and generates
madness OF thought and deed beyond IT.
a Sol0n in the princess drawing room
might become a pupDet IN EeT bOuCOlr-
fin that fascinating atmosphere a JOVs
would have deEenerated 10 a Herr1eS,
or Mars have cast away his sword and
shield Tor me wings Of Apollo To enter
Il was Ike awakening iFon 4 viva
dream Of battle 20 md the soft arms or
love around YOU. and TO feel the letlarSs
of infinite content Ado 20 this the
/ personality or the Princess ZaTa. her
half heSitatiDE smile Of welcome IN
which pleasure and dread were equally
mingled sufuSe her face with quick
blush, and instantly replace It with a
touch Of palIoT- render her manner With
a suggestion OF 1aCJeur. SoItened nJ a
gesture OF timiGlty and doubt Hsien
I TO her voice, lOw-roned and lnhniteiy
calm Yet vibrating In a minor chord o.
uncertainty and dread feel the clasp
I Of her hand. cold when ft touches yours,
vet instantly thrilling YOU with a glow
! induced by the contact, and-Tendin
thoroughly master Of yourself II YOU
can. Retain. if you have the srrenS 4
10 do $50 the opinions YOU have 1OTUel.
I the Judgments YOU have passed II
! vou succeed, you are q giant, If YOU
I fail, You are Just what was-a man,
You are punctuaI. and an grateful, ''
/ she murmured- II you had been
All the hardness I had felt before re-
/ turned 10 me then
.'If I had been late you would have
I known the reason princess I SAID
q
'I would have been dead
/ Dead
yes: but. unfortunately. the attempt
/ uDon my life did not SUCCeed. thanks 70
| fate and poor marksrnanShip-'
The attempt upon your LIFE I 90 no'
/ understand"
/ I turned my head 50 that she could
/ see where the plaster hid the wound
/ made by the bullet Of the WOuld-De as
/ SaSSiD-
/ "a better ua-ksman would have com
/ PEELED me 20 break my engagement
/ princess 7 said
| she extended one hand and rested a
/ finger EIuou the wound as though she
I Intended tho mere touch 10 heal it, With
I the other rand she gently turned my
I face towards hers YET she did II IN
I how she changed what might have beer
/ suggestive Of familiarity. into a gesture
/ Of uOmanIv tenderness and there was
/ undoubtedly horror IN her eyes and
/ fash of angry resentment. too
/ You think that am responsible FOL
I thiEg'T she asked releasing me and step
4 ping backward
/ bowed, but made no reply
IUpuISiEeIE- she crossed the room and
1 from the floor, where she had doubt
! less thrown. IT after reading. secured q
/ CrumDled wad Of paper. and after
| Strengthening and smoothing IL. gave Il
| into my hand
{ Read she said
/ % Our Interview IN the garden was
] overheard by two persons beside our
I selves 90 7 read aloud GO one OF them
( fortunately. was a friend. the orhel
NAV not keep the engagement made
/ with you
1T is from ivan she said. 1T 6,
! because received that note that
/ been detained II did not occur to me
I 10 doubt that -OU would he prompt unit
/ T read that 7 did not doubt vou lr
/ DUbTavnIk- I might haze killed myself
/ but 7 would not have-ah- To think Cha'
I you could deem me capable Of such ar
/ act as that
-'I did not. princess. UntiI-TeII there
[ was no other theory At all events,
/ have changed my mind Who IS IvanT
] MY brother
l ''T did not know You had a brother
/ Naturally since his existence IS for
gotten. He was sentenced TO Siberia
I when he was sixteen Now he is though
10 be dead. but he escaped and is here
He must have brought some one witt
/ him last niEht-SOmebody who listened
] TO everything Do yOU know what tha
note means. my fTIendE II means tha
I YOU have been sentenced TO death II
means that the uihiliSyS VIII surely tskt
I your life, and Oh. my God. there Is NJ
eSra OeI''