The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-18
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American Girl Interferes With the
viii of the Gar Of Russia
BY EVELYN MOORE
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1871.
BY EVELYN MOORE


Every one said that Jack Worthing
ton should have been a man. One
may infer from the name that Jach
was a man, but this is not so. Hell
name was Jacqueline. When she was
little girl she wrote it JAG, but as
she grew older, finding that every one
else wrote 1t Jack, she fell into line
There was nothing unfeminine about
Miss Worthington. 1t was the strength
Of purpose and the daring In her that
caused her friends to say that she
should have been born masculine She
had a woman's heart and a mans
head and courage.
But to begin at the beginning. Jack
Worthington lived in Washington, be
ing the daughter Of a retired admiral
In the United States navy. There are
attractive young men attached to the
foreign legations in Washington, who
frequently end wives among the girls
of the capital. The secretary of the
Russian embassy was one of the
finest of these fellows-tal, hand
some, with blue eyes, light hair and
beard; indeed, a perfect type Of the
sons OF the north, belonging to the
higher class.
Alexis Droubeloff fell victim to 9
certain witchery there was in Jacl
Worthington. Unfortunately for his
suit, she had read much Of the efforts
of certain noble men and women II
Russia to throw OF the bureaucratic
yoke and had become an ardent sym
pathizer with the Russian revolution
While her heart went out to NEE
that of the secretary, she would moi
give him any encouragement, since hi
was In the service of what she con
sidered tyranny. The result Of the
affair was that she converted him tt
her way of thinking.
Droubeloff had one of those self sac
rificing natures possessed by all Rus
sian revolutionists. Once converted hi
conceived it to be his duty to go back t.
Russia and contend for the cause. HI
told Jack that though he loved hel
and should always love her he mus
relinquish her, for henceforth his life
and liberty would be in constant jeop
ardy.
If anything was needed to attach tn,
girls heart irrevocably to the youns
diplomat this stand was quite sufh
cient But. since he had determined
to resign from the government service
and go to Russia for the purpose Of
thwarting that governments will By
assisting to educate the people, thu
lovers were Obliged to part Jack KEEP
her affair a secret from her father, he
mother and all the world, and wher
the secretary Of the Russian legation
resigned his position and sailed away
no one knew that he took her hear
with him.
Droubeloff had not worked long IL
his new field before he was arrested
and sent to Siberia.
With Droubeloff shut up for life in
Russian prison in the frozen regions
Of the north, Jack Worthington a so
ciety belle in the western hemisphere
this story should by good rights com,
to an end here. But the moment Jacl
Worthington heard of her lovers exil,
to Siberia that strong will and abil
ity to do which have been mentioned Al
Characteristic of her began to asser
themselves. She was now twenty -fou
years old and possessed fortune ii
her own right. She informed her ia
Their and mother that she was going
abroad, and going alone. Had the.
known her purpose, instead of permit
ting her to go they would have more
likely planned to place her In a luna
tic asylum.
Jacks sympathy with the Russian
Russian refugees she had met who haS
depicted the condition of the Russian
lower classes and the efforts of tn
revolutionists in their behalf. One O
these men. Michael Zarowitz, who wa
preparing TO return to Russia, she tool
into her confidence, and the two wen
away together. Before Droubeloff lef
Washington Jack had introduced tn
two men, who had several conferences
Jacks object in going to Russia wa
to free her lover. They formed def
mite plans, leaving only to chance thos'
matters which no one can foresee Sh,
believed that no prison Is stronl
enough to hold d person whose friend
are determined to get him out Sh'
was to plan Droubeloff's escape, ant
Zarowitz was to execute it. Their,
were to be no more persons taken int
the secret if it were possible for tn,
two to work it alone.
Fortunately Miss Worthington pos
sessed good constitution as well al
a strong will. for the journey from st
was confined, is a hard one. She re
ceived her passports through the Amer
lean minister, whom she had known II
Washington and who exerted himsel
in her behalf She Travelled ostensibl,
as correspondent for American news
papers going to Kara to report on tn,
condition of the prisons there.
When within a hundred miles O
Kara she began to make provision TO
flight 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 b,
kept in readiness to be turned out In ;
few minutes notice.
Before reaching their destination tn,
travellers separated, appointing a plac,
Of rendezvous. When they arrived
Miss Worthington made it her frs
business to ma a convenient ABODE
for she had no mind to detract from
the chances of accomplishing her oh
ject by making haste. She found
stopping place In the family of keeI
er Of one of the prisons and, havin
settled herself, presented to the gov
ernor her papers embodying instruC
tons for facilities to be given her Il
| visiting the prisons. This done, sh
entered at once on an examination o
them, writing a report which she too
care to make very favorable to tn
management and submitted it to tn
governor for his inspection. Her rea
object was to discover in what priso
and what part Of the prison Droubeloi
was confined and to learn as mucl
about it, It's entrances and exits an,
rules as possible.
One day when Miss Worthingtol
was making an inspection a squad o
Il. i
mines. In the line was DroubelofI
So changed was he that Miss Worth
ington did not know him. And it wa
perhaps fortunate that she did not, 70
her recognition Of him might hav
proved dangerous. But he recognize
her. Though filed with wild Joy, b
managed to show no evidence that b