The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-01-24

eNNHNA abA hLN dOOk QeAluU
than the girl staggered, swooning, and
fell into Lockwood's arms. The In,
tensity Of feeling in him was akin and
equal to that in her. He had saved
her, at least for the present. from
those dreadful Kara mines, where the
sufrerings of the prisoners are known
throughout the world. TO do this be
had taken on himself the risk of the
doom that had threatened her. The
time that had elapsed since he first
saw her, including the period of the
hurried interview between him and
the government official. had occupied
scarcely five minutes. Yet is 1t to be
wondered at that, moved by so narrow
an escape from so terrible doom for
one and probably for both. Lockwood
should have given her kiss.
Then suddenly 1t occurred to him
that the drama was not yet played,
The eye of the government had not
closed with the closing of the door
He held swooned revolutionist In his
arms. A deadly bomb was in his peck.
ct. AS for the girl, he kissed her back
to life. Then when she had gathered
her senses he began to consult with
her what they should do with the
bomb. But he soon discovered that he
could not rely on her for any help in
planning Its disposal The only thing
she could do was to take 1t to the place
she had been directed to take 1t, but
hnr a
she was liable to be Swallowed. Be
sides. Lockwood did not propose to
become any further implicated 10 a
projected assassination. He did pro.
pose that the bomb should not injure
any one. But how get rid of It? He
could not lose 1t. He could not ex.
plode 1t. 1t occurred to him that he
might bury 1t. But where2 Surely
not In the cement floored basement OF
the house where they were. And he
dared not go out on the street with II
on his person. Worst of all. he dared
not keep 1t about him. IL he could get
1t to the plant he had built for the
Harvester company he represented he
could bury 1t there. Indeed. he might
eat 1t up with chemicals, for he was
well versed In analytical chemistry
But for every method of getting rid OF
1t an "if" stood In the way. The only
way he did not consider at all was to
tell the girl to take her bomb and be
gone.
However. when he noticed that she
was waiting for him to tell her what
to do next he took her address and ad
vised her to go forth looking as uncon
cerned as possible and directly home
So long as she had nothing at home in
eliminating she need not worry, for
there were other persons In the build
ing she had visited than the woman
from whom she had received the bomb
He opened the door. and she went
home, all the way expecting to see her
shadower, but she did not
Lockwood did not dare leave the
bomb In his room, fearing that the pc
lice might search 1t during his absence
Procuring the necessary carpenters
tools. he took up board In the floor OF
his room and, wrapping the bomb in
cotton. put 1t between Joists and nailed
the board down again.
1t was fortunate that he took this
evening he found that the police had
ransacked every nook and Granny inl
the house. Lockwood felt certain re
lief at this, for 1t would give him time
to get rid of the cursed bomb. He wait
ed a week. attending to his business as
usual and not showing the least con
Germ, for he knew that both he and the
fair revolutionist were being watched
He dared not remove the bomb, even a.
midnight lest some police officer arrest
him with 1t on him.
SO the matter remained as 1t was till
at last Lockwood, not daring to remove
the bomb from his quarters, finally de
cided to remove himself from them |
This he did without canceling his lease
and after several weeks absence, when
the police had probably ceased to con.
meet him with them, he returned to
them one night when he would not be
noticed and. taking the bomb. carried
1t to bis place of business. 1t is buried
deep in the earth on the premises, but
where no one except Lockwood knows, |
for he buried 1t himself
The incident came near breaking up
his work In St Petersburg. Indeed, II |
did so in the end. for he never felt easy |
after 1t occurred and finally wrote his
principals to send some one to take his |
place They did So and he left Russia,
intending never to see 1t again
During his stay there be did not dare
meet the girl he had saved, but on
reaching Berlin he wrote her, giving
his permanent address In Paris. For
long while he received no reply. Then
one day when In London he received
letter from her stating that she was In |
that city. Lockwood called TO see her
and was surprised to find her dressed |
as lady. During the brief period they |
were together in St Petersburg her ap- |
parel had been such as is worn by the |
lower classes.
A meeting where they did not dread
to be bounced upon by the police was
naturally full of feeling. The girls
name was Nathalie Ivanovitch. and she |
was the daughter Of q general In the |
army Lockwood convinced her that as |
sassination was not the way to redress |
wrongs and finally persuaded her to &c