Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-17
FOIL
By DWIGHT NORWOOD
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

were Russian POlanders. Jean was
working hard to get enough money to-
gether TO be married. for Anna had
but very small dot. One day a man
came to the village and put up at the
Inn. He hailed from Moscow. but he
did not explain the reason of his COM
ing. He did not take up any business
or profession. and after he had been
In the place awhile people began TO
wonder who he was and what was his
errand. All they knew of him was
his name. Peter Petroff. and that they
learned from him.
One evening Anna and Jean and Pc
ter Petroff met at a dance. Anna was
pretty girl. and Petroff fell in love
with her at sight. He asked her to
dance with him, and she accepted.
He asked her again. and she declined.
| She did not care to dance twice with
any one except her lover So Petrof 4
| asked her if she would not ''sit OUT
the dance with him. as we call it in
America. Not wishing to offend him.
! she consented
Petroff made the acquaintance OF
Anna father and succeeded in ingra-
tiating himself into the old mans good
graces. This gave him free access to
the house and to Anna. Petroff told
Zobeiski that he had comfortable
income and was we'll able to support
a wife. He asked for Anna, Her ia
Their told him that Anna was already
betrothed. Petroff expressed surprise
at what he already knew and much
| regret. Zobeiski was veXed that Anna
was tied to Jean. beca use be thought
Petroff would he a much better hus-
band for her. He told Anna Of the
offer and advised her to break with
Jean and marry Petroff.
Anna was very much troubled when
she heard this. She dared not tell Jean
lest it bring about trouble between him
and Petroff Petroff ceased to offer
attentions to Anna and treated Jean
whenever he met him with great
friendliness. This did not disarm
Annals suspicion that there was some
thing wrong about Petr0ff and that he
would gladly get Jean out his way.
Petroff had been at the village about
two months without any visible occu-
patton when one morning there was
large number of arrests in the neigh
borhood Of persons charged with plot
ting against the government. What
was the surprise Of every one to learn
that Jean Radski was among the num-
Der.
1t was plain to Anna that this man
| Petroff had come among them as
SPY for the government; that he had
sent in the names Of certain persons
as plotters and had included jeans
name for the purpose Of getting him
out of his way. In country like Rus
STA, where persons are arrested with
cut due process Of law and hurried Off
to Siberia without trial. this was a
very simple method for Petroff to get
rid of one whose place he desired to
occupy.
,, This explanation of jeans arrest
was. of course, all inference with
, Anna and was not remotely suspected
!. things that women know by intuition.
!. and when they thus arrive at conclu-
sions they are sure of them.
Anna resolved TO play bold game.
, She sent for petroff to come and see
= her. Petroff came, and Anna said to
him:
MY father has told me Of your offer
for my hand. OF course | could not
accept it before Jeans arrest. But
- his completely with these plotters
: against the government absolves me
- from my pledge to him. Jean has
= saved 1900 rubles for our wedding
;, | wish him to give them to me. II
you can find Il way for Inc to see him
:, so that | can get him to tell me where
y l can find this money l will marry you
. "An can do" replied Petroff, lis to
:. take you out on the road the prisoners
q are marching on, which is well known
q to all"
; VERY well. let us 60. l will have
= sleigh really in d few minutes"
Petroff drove off very happy man.
u He was surprised that after getting
- Jean out of his way he should have
- succeeded with Anna without any eff
= fort, and he congratulated himself that
- Anna did not suspect that he was the
= cause of her lovers arrest. But he
;, had not thought she was so MERGE
- nary He had proceeded several miles
- when, coming to a rise in the ground.
= the prisoners were seen some distance
ahead slowly WALKING. loaded with ball
= and chain and guarded by troops.
- Suddenly Petroff felt something hard
:, and cold against his ear and at the
, same time heard an ominous click
- He did not need to look aside to know
that it was a revolver. With one hand
! Anna pressed it against him and with
the other held paper and a pencil be-
fore him.
"Write an order to release Jean.
: she said.
: can order! What would an order
|