Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-10
The Argus Daily Short Story
An International Episode-By Evelyn Moore.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Associated Literary

! ting Ser to go they would have more
! likely planned to place her in a luna
tic asylum.
/ Jacks sympathy with the Russian
revolution had been fostered by certain
Russian refugees she had met who had
! depicted the condition of the Russian
/ lower classes and the efforts of the
revoIutionists in their behalf One of
! these men. Michael ZafOwitz. who was
! preparing to return to Russia. she took
into her confidence, and the two went
away together Before Droubeloff left
Washington Jack had introduced the
two men. who had several conferences.
Jacks object in going to Russia was
to free her lover. They formed def
mite plans, leaving only to chance those
matters which no one can foresee. She
believed that no prison is strong
enough to hold a person whose friends
are determined TO get him out She
was to plan DrOubelOff's escape. and
Zarowitz was to execute IT. There
were to be no more persons taken into
the secret If it were possible for the
two to work it alone.
Fortunately Miss Worthington pos
sessed a good constitution as well as
q strong will. for the journey from ST.
Petersburg to Kara, where Droubeloff
was confined, is a hard one. She re-
reived her passports through the Amer
lean minister, whom she had known in
Washington and who exerted himself
in her behalf She Travelled ostensibly
as a correspondent for American news
papers going to Kara to report on the
condition of the prisons there.
When within a hundred miles Of
Kara she began to make provision for
a fight by buying horses and sleighs.
which she left at convenient distances
along the route to be used as relays.
Those nearest Kara she directed to be
kept in readiness to be turned out in a
few minutes notice
Before reaching their destination the
travellers separated, appointing a place
Of rendezvous. When they arrived
Miss Worthington made ii her first
business to find a convenient abode,
for she had no mind to detract from
the chances of accomplishing her OBJ
tect by making haste. She found a
stopping place d the family OF a keep
er of one of the prisons and, having
settled herself, presented to the gov
ernor her papers embodying instruc-
tons for facilities to be given her in
visiting the prisons. This done, she
entered at once on an examination of
them, writing a report which she took
care to make very favorable to the
management and submitted 1T to the
governor for his inspection Her real
object was to discover in what prison
and what part OF the prison Droubelon
was confined and to learn as much
about IL, its entrances and exits and
rules as possible.
One day when Miss Worthington
was making an inspection a squad of
prisoners was being marched to the
mines In the line was Droubelon.
SO changed was be that Miss Worth
ington did not know him And 1t was
perhaps fortunate that she did not, for
her recognition Of him might have
proved dangerous. But he recognized
her. Though filed with a wild joy, he
managed to show no evidence that he
had ever seen her before. Seeing q
pair OF eyes fixed on her, the knowl-
edge that they belonged TO ber'loveI
came SO slowly that she. too. was ena-
bled to avoid any appearance Of rec.
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