The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-10-11


sake-for my sake! Go at oncev'
"Why?
"You have been betrayedw
"By whom?" 81
81 cannot tell"
81 must know" "a
"True; if you remain b ignorance
that you have been betrayed by a
friend you are likely to fall into his
hands,"
az? Betrayed by friend?"
ayes"
"What friend?"
ffer nsszils fnIL-aon his breast. She
tried to speak the name, OuI ersaa not
At last, barely audible, 1t came:
my brother"
"Alexis2" <
alexis"
"Katia. you can never make me be
Heve that"
'Then you are lost"
slave, than lose my faith In my
friend"
II know that he has betrayed YOU"
"How?"
"A man is now with him whose ap
pearance | did not like from the mo
ment saw him. Dreading always
some trouble for Alexis, l feared the
visitor intended no good. Alexis tool
him up to his room. There is q doOl
between it and the adjoining chamber
II inf nc rf la
floor and put my ear to the interval
between the door and the Intel.
heard Alexis tell the man that you and
several others were members Of rev
dictionary circle"
This information coming from his
ed stunned Polizoff. Katia was now
obliged to sustain him instead of be
ing sustained by him. When he ha6
regained something of his composurt
he asked:
DO you know your brother die
this?''
81 do. l heard his voice, which
know only too WELL"
"Was anything said about nay ar
rest?"
mo. but the blow is liable to fall al
any moment. Go at once. A min
ute's delay may be fatal"
mo; l will remain. There has beer
some mistake. | cannot believe Alexis
is base. He is all that is noble"
Twill you go for my sake?"
He looked into her eyes and consent
ed. He was holding her in a parting
embrace when there was a knock al
the door. Katia pushed her love-
through an opening; he entered real
garden, crawled through a fence AND
gained a street
Katia remained where she was, tax
ing up a book and pretending to read
A servant went to the door, opened it
and police officer, attended by sew
eral assistants, stepped into the hall
He did not ask any questions, but
sending a man through to the garder
in the rear to shut off escape in that
direction. with the others proceeded
to 60 through the house. After thor
ough search, not finding the object OF
1t, he withdrew.
Alexandrovich had informed on three
other persons, including the spy. His
testimony was weakened by the escape
Of Peter Polizoff, who was known to
be his friend, but since he was kept
under surveillance by the government
from the time he gave the Information
to the attempted arrest it was not be
neved that he had warned the man
he accused. Indeed, as soon as the &c.
cusation was made party was seat to
arrest Polizoff. X
As soon as the officials who had
failed to find Petsr retired, Katia, nhc
was not ssasSsa to them as Alexa
vich's sister. laft Che house ana I
In the day wenshane She fouM her
brother there, but the man te1ghom
he had betrayed his friends hadfgone
Alexis looked at his sister eagerly and
asked where she had been. Between
q brother and a lover a woman will
stand against the one and for the 9th.
er. Katia, with fire in her eye, accused
him of his treachery and showered
imprecations upon him. Then, remem-
bering that her brother had degraded
himself, she burst into a passion OF
tears.
"You warned him? p asked Alexis.
EYES,"
"And he escapedY'
"He did"
"Thank heaven! 1 did not intend
that he should; it was not in the plan
But | doubt if | shall be believed to
have warned him."
"What do you meanT asked Katia.
Her brother told her that spy had
got into the circle and was ready to
betray every member. Playing gov.
eminent spy, Alexis had gained the
confidence Of the government by de.
nouncing his best friend and two 9th.
ers besides the spy. who, with the rest
would be sent at once to Siberia.
"And now" he concluded, comes the
second part of my plan l must rescue
the innocent members of our circle on
their way to Siberia"
The record of the attempt to rescue
the revoutionists on their way to ST.
IBERIA, an attempt that was participant
ed in by Peter Polizoff and IL which
Katia played the part of an arch de
ceiver. forms a story by itself.
The spy went on to the mines
Whether he ever succeeded in convinc
ing the government that they had
made a mistake in his case Is not
known. But one fact is certain-not
one Of those concerned in the plot that
sent him to Siberia ever afterward
dared live in Russia. Every one OF
them today is living In the United
States.