The daily Alaskan., 1913-12-05
Shadowed
By RUTH GRAHAM

Russian revolution was brewing Sonia Katrovich. a young wife of twenty lived in St. Petersburg at her home with her husband. They were both ] members of a secret propaganda em. bracing many persons whose object it was to scatter printed matter in' tended to awaken the people to theh wrongs and incite them to rebellion There were a number of Repositories for this literature, and the home Of the Eatrovichs was one of them.
 The police learned of the where. Qbouts of one of these depositories and as was their custom, instead Of raiding it at once, set a spy upon IL with a view to learning what persons went there. assuming that all visitors were members of the propaganda. One morning Mime. Katrovich went to- this depository that the police were watching to take some revolutionary literature there The place was sin gle room on the third floor of a building occupied for various purposes. Hay fng finished her visit. Sonia opened the door suddenly and just in time to sec man dart up the stairs leading to the next story above. She did not sec his face nor his clothes sufficiently to mark him, but she knew inStinctiyeIy what had happened. The depository n9d bcpu discovered by the police and she would be shaIowed to her home. Retaining her presence of mind. she continued on her way, knocking at dit. rerent doors as though looking for some one. Receiving a negative au. swor to her question. she passed down and out of the building.
 Either she must uutwit the spy or both she and hnr husband must spend the rcs, of their lives in Siberia. She must not go home. and she must con- trfve to make her husband aware of what Lad happened. To gain time she visited certain shops The first shop Slr entered man followed her inside and looked over articles with the pre- l tense or buying. Sonia suspected him, but was not sure that he was her shad- owcr till he followed her into another store
 After Sonia had visited several stores she felt at liberty to enter one kept by one Petrol. 8 member of the propa- ganGa. without necessarily he,raytag him. Calling on him for some gloves. she while trying them on informed him of the situation that he might at once gc. word of the danger to her husband and he might remove the .tt- . erature.
 When sho left the store the man who watched her approached her.
 "Couduct me to your home,' he said
 "What means this:" she asked, af- fevtiug surprise.
 After awhile he admitted the truth, aud she told him that she had gone to the building for the purpose of finding a former servant of hers. but had been mi>iuf0rmcrl us to the address.
 "I have no objection t1 taking you to my homc." she s1td. "aud I will easily prove to you that l am loyal to the government. But I warn you that l have some very good friends who are influential with the government, and l will not be put to any incoIyenience'
 At this ;he man assumed more re- spcctrul manner and lifted his hat po- ltely.
 "I am looking for a certain kind of goods." continued Sonia, that I need and shall be obliged to visit one or two stores. then I will take you home with pleasure.
 Sonia. being of the better class, was enabled to assume an importance that affected the official She went into several more shops and kept clerks hunting for the goods she wished. A last sha rcfgued to find exactly wha she wanted auI on paying for it gave the adtli.,s o. her homs. ly which 1t wIs to be sent The police official noted the location, pTi, 'i@- up his ears as she gave it.
 IrwJulI not suit Sonia's game to kc'n the man too long. She must take some risk. It wuS nearly two hours after she had left the meuuge with Petrol that she told her captor that she w.ts ready to go to her home, and she led him there in d perfectly straight course. BuJ it was uIl she could dc to bear up under the suspense. If her husband he'd not received her mes sage there vas that in store for them far worse than death AS she went up the steps of her house she almost tainted but with an effort she opened the frOut door, No one was to be seen. She opened door leading into another room where her husband sat nt a desk writing.
 Well dear" he said without looking up from his work, you have been gone quite awhile" Then. raising his eyes and seeing his wife's attendant, he appeared surprised. Sonia knew that had he not been warned he would have doubtless turned pale.
 "Yes." she said "I have been de- layed in finding the goods need for my. gown"
 She then explained her having an attendant who needed to be satisfied that they were loyal to the czar.