The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-02-27
A Newspaper
Enterprise
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS

to report the coronation ceremony.
Arriving In Moscow, she discovered
that no one was allowed within the
church where it was to take place.
The journal she represented had OBJ
tanned for her from the Russian EN-
bassy at Washington few letters TO
officials In Moscow who might help |
her. One Of these was Dimitri Sven |
sky, a young man Of very prepossesslng |
appearance, who the moment he saw
Miss Moran proceeded to fall In love |
with her.
Svensky had authority to grant |
passes into the church, but only to Ger
| tain persons connected with the for
eign legations. He told the young wo-
man that 1t was possible for him to Sc
| cure her an admission. but, consider
| ing the care taken to keep out any one
who should be present for the purpose
| of assassination, II he should admit
her and 1t were discovered the act
would be punishable either with death
or life imprisonment
Elizabeth hesitated to accept such
risk for the young man. But there Is
in woman an inherent desire to put the
devotion Of man to the test, so she told
him she would accept his offer. Before
she quite realized what she was doing
she had placed him in jeopardy. The
attempt was unsuccessful, and both
were arrested.
Fortunately the American minister
was present and learned that one OF
his countrywomen had endeavored to
effect an entrance to the ceremony by
corrupting an official and bestirred
himself in the matter. 1t required
months for him to convince the car
that Miss Moran was a newspaper cor
respondent and her only object was to
send a report of the coronation cere-
mony to an American journal. Then
she was released and ordered to leave
Russia at once.
Before her departure she learned that
the man whose love for her had In
duced him to take such terrible risk
had been sent to the mines Of Kara, In
Siberia. There are few women who
would not be won by such sacrifice.
Miss Morans whole heart went out to
her unfortunate lover, whose fate was
worse than death, and she resolved to
free him.
But no such attempt could be sue
cessful without adequate preparation.
!: She returned to America, where news
of her arrest had preceded her. In
deed, It was largely through the efforts
of the multimillionaire newspaper pro-
prietor that her liberty had been OBJ
tanned. She told him OF her resolve
to free Svensky and claimed his infiu-
ence and financial support in her effort.
After vainly trying to induce her to
. relinauish her intention he agreed to
help her. At her suggestion he Sc
; cured through the Russian ambassador
at Washington permission for one OF
! his staff to investigate the Kara mines
and write an account for the journal
When this was finally accomplished
unlimited means were placed at her
disposal, and, armed with the written
. permission that had been issued to VIC
tor Kenworthy. she returned to Eu-
rope.
/ One morning a rather delicately or
ganized person presented the Ken
/ worthy order to the governor Of Kara
and was admitted TO the inspection OF
the prisons. Not long after that Dmi-
tri Svensky was transferred to the free
command" on the ground that he was
afflicted with an incurable disease.
The free command consists Of persons
!. who for some especial reason are per-
/ mitted to live In houses, or. rather, huts.
!. by themselves. Svensky was astonish-
( ed at thus being transferred and could
!. not divine the cause Of such a favor.
/ Kenworthy, or, rather. Miss Moran.
!. spent several weeks in making her in
spection and writing her report which
: she submitted to the governor. He
: was much pleased that it gave a very
n favorable account of the condition and
kindly treatment Of the prisoners.
One day Kenworthy appeared in his
carriage at the outer guard station OF
Kara and told the commander that he
desired to pass out without permit
The commander was about to express
a curt refusal when Kenworthy hand
ed him an envelope. The officer open
ed it, but before taking out the con
tents saw that it was a money order OF
some kind. Without removing 1t he
: saw enough Of it to assure him that II
: was a certified check on a bank In
!! New York for $4,000. Closing the en-
; yelope, he told Kenworthy that be
! might drive on. Before doing so Ken
: worthy told him that the next evening
! he would desire to pass again and with
i; some papers, reports on the condition
!! Of the prisoners, which he did not wisf
; examined. He would have with hin
! another envelope.
Kenworthy was permitted to visit the
: prisoners Of the free command. HI
:, called on Svensky and made himself
known. Svensky was thunderstruck
In a brief interview it was agreed tha
the latter was to come the next even
ing to a road leading to the main gate
where he would find a carriage.
| The last act was Kenworthy stopping
in his carriage at the gate, handing thu
officer stationed there anoSher S1O.OV
check and driving on. Svensky wa
. concealed under robes.