The Washington times., 1912-01-19

by an imperial guard. who was secretly
a member of our society. This man,
whom no one at the palace distrVsted,
had heard the governmental delibera-
tion from the next room to the Cars,
where hss,,,s he was was on duty % az sentinel ox.
citement. At any price the convoy
starting for Siberia must be stopped; II
would be revenge on the high official
and warning at the same time: The
not known; but the guard who had
brought US the facts knew him well by
sight. and knew that he was to pass the
night at the imperial palace. 1t was de-
cided that the man should die.
You are probably surprised that they
should decide to kill a man on the sim
pie denunciation of another man, VINO
might be obeying a personal hatred; put
In our societies there has never been an
i example of this kind In giving their
I adhesion. all the members make com
pletc abstraction of .heir tndiyiduainy.
Mslka herself prSpossd ana ma' when
| she was asked whom she wished to neip
her as second she gave me a look which
| was a command.
I'VE went out at once, for we had no
time to lose; the guard who was con-
| ducting us was on duty that night. He
alone could point out this cruel brute
who had stopped the cars ciemehcy
for the unfortunate people: CT.
| "Neilka walked like one inspired; She
had that sort OF Inspiration which, IN
another order of ideas. made your Joan
Arc brsys yo Sst the snifs we %ent
through, but at last our guide con.
Quoted us to an apartment in a far-off
wing Of the palace.
than I have now. I threw myself on
their masters doors Nelika and /
stit,ed their cries % with gs gags @ and ,,,%a sSan
opened the door Of a sumptuous room
! and pointed to man who was lying
there and said:
"Nelika acted at once. she rushed at
him with the weapon raised. The man
woke up suddenly and instinctively
pushed out his arm to ward her off. !
we we had Condemned. Z uttered a cry Of
horror 1t was my father!
"Nelika slipped from him and again
raised the dagger; h1 but my hasr father was was
cold in my chest he captured NeliKa
and put his revolver to her temple.
In my death agony l shall live over
again that terrible scene!
grand expression came into her face.
and she cried out in a voice that shall
always here: ,..
"serse, Serge! rs 81 a. 4 to,; E.or,s KIN this
"A shot rang out-she rolled at my
feet.
goddess was nothing but a corpse.
and my father had killed her.
Coward! I cried.
~ was mad. I turned to the guide
my father looked at me. His face
| was impassfVe.
The noise Of the shot had brought
| a number Of soldiers. They seized us
l raaiQt
, had gagged my fathers servants
, was gagged in turn: as had bound
them l was bound.
father If he knew US.
eyes he said. pointing to my com
, panion. that Is Ivan Ivanowski. Tha'
one, he said. pointing to me- I dc
Ns1iRs .ARs kiesdn55 XII ss,5 the 'ifsle's body 0'
"'Take this corpse away
next day I started for Siberia. l went
with the men we had tried to rescue
have learned since that my com
panion was shot at once against the
The years that I passed in siberIs
was q hell that you Frenchmen canno
} imagine. Then one night l escaped ant
Europe. l came to France and fount
some political friends who lived in thu
Rue des Patriarchs, a quarter wher,
OHe HcetS LudHy ItuSSidH iCiuSOSS
These people, poor and exiled, received
me as a brother: One of them. studyint
medicine. your friend whom you recon
} mended to me, introduced me to th'
| owner Of this property, M. Graponet.
! have helped him In his laboratory. anc
, in return he let's me live In this pavilion
: and has found me occupation in a man
\ ufactory. There. mon ami, these art
the tragical events which brought mt
! to Paris"
Leon grasped his friends hand. say
ing:
"Serge. you have had your troubles
: but they are stamped with nobleness
: You have sacrificed yourself for I
cause. While l."
The young man did not finish. HI
head fell on his chest.
2 Let US get rid Of these darl
thoughts, said Serge. land face tn
situation like men. There is one thing
g Leon, that you have that have not.
: saw the woman I loved die before M
eyes, while the woman you love Is alive
and You can hope that you will be to
gether some day"
E "It is when think Of her I suffe