Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02

meet you again. At Neuchatel
CHANGED to meet your brother. 1 told
him he might find you at Geneva He
went there for that purpose"
Tell me where 1 can find himr' she
cried fercely. He has been pursuing
me long enough. 1 win meet him and
kin him"
With that she hurried away. look
ed about for a policeman intending to
tell him who she was and ask him to
take her in charge with view to re-
storing her to her family. but before
I could find one she had disappeared
I was told that the car while IN
Paris was watched necessarily by the
police to prevent his assassination
Fortunately for him he completed his
visit and returned TO his capital I'M
harmed. AS soon as he was gone the
French government must have felt that
a great responsibility had been lifted
from their shoulders.
Having spent the time had intended
on the continent, l went to England
A relative there who had married into
one of the swell London families en-
abled me 70 see something OF society.
While at a ball one evening. walking
with a gentleman, whom should I see
approaching with a lady on his arm
but the young man l had met at Neu-
chatel. As he passed me l intended
to bow to him, but he failed to recog-
niZe me. This 1 attributed to his hav-
ing seen me but once at rather dinly
lighted table and in travelling dress,
whereas 1 was now sumptuously at
tired.
Can you tell me who that gentleman
tsp 1 asked my companion.
only that he is a Russian noble
man. Count Zenizoff."
81 met him some time ago at Neu-
chatel."
HE was probably there studying at
the aquarium. Many scientific men go
there for observation since the aqua
rum contains specimens that are to be
found nowhere else"
Let US turn and follow him." said
81 wish TO speak to him"
We turned and saw the young
count just bowling himself away from
the lady he was with. Before 1 could
reach him he had passed through a
door, and 1 lost him. 1 did not see
him again that evening, and when
later asked about him was told that
he had left the city.
When the London social season was
over sailed for America. About a
week before 1 sailed we heard the
news of the assassination of the hated
Won Plehve in Russia.
lit, y
could look through a window into a
stateroom, 1 saw a>girl standing be-
fore mirror making her toilet. L
dared not give more than a passing
glance, for there were others close at
hand. 1 walked on, and when 1 re-
turned the blinds at the window
through which I had looked were
closed. I believed 1 had seen the girl
had met at Lusahne and afterward
at Paris. But she did not leave her
stateroom during the voyage, so 1
could not confirm my opinion.
Months after I reached America I
was walking on Fifth avenue, New
York, when I met the brother. He
recognized me and advanced to speak
with me- l asked him II he had
found his sister and was about to give
him the information I possessed con-
corning her when he stopped me by
asking permission to call upon me- 1
gave it and received him the same
evening.
He unraveled the mystery Of him
self and his sister and gave me an
account OF his life. though he left out
the most important part in 1t, which
knew by inference. He and his sis
ter were one. He was a Russian an
archist Sometimes he travelled as a
girl. sometimes as a man. This he ala
to elude the police. When 1 first met
him he was on his way to Paris,
where he hoped to get an opportunity
TO asssssinate the car. He knew me
when / spoke to him there and pre-
tended insanity. He failed in his Par
is project and was recalled to Russia
for new duty. What that duty was
he refrained from telling me, but I
knew. Fleeing from Russia, he was
Just in time to reach the steamer on
which I sailed and came over as a
woman. He was a remarkably fasci-
mating man, but / did not care to meet
him again. There was blood on his
hands.