The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-28
Swallowed
BY RUTH GRAHAM

katrovich. young wife OF twenty
lived In St Petersburg at her home
, with her husband. They were both
members of a secret propaganda EN-
bracing many persons whose object
1t was to scatter printed matter In
tended to awaken the people to theii
wrongs and incite them to rebellion
There We're number of repositories
for this literature, and the home Of
the Katrovichs was one of them.
4 The police learned OF the where
abouts OF one of these repositories
and, as was their custom, instead OF
raiding 1t at once, set spy upon Il
with view to learning what persons
went there, assuming that all visitors
were members of the propaganda. One
morning Nine KaDpvtch 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. Hav-
ing finished her visit, Sonia opened the
door suddenly and just in time to see
a man dart up the stairs leading to
the next story above. She did not see
his face nor his clothes sufficiently to
mark him, but she knew instinctiyely
what had happened. The depository
had been discovered by the police and
she would be Swallowed to her home
| Retaining her presence Of mind, she
continued on her way. knocking at diff
ferent doors as though looking for
some one. Receiving negative an
swer to her question, she passed down
and out Of the building.
Either she must outwit the spy or
both she and her husband must spend
the rest of their lives in Siberia. She
must not 60 home, and she must con-
trive to make her husband aware Of
what had happened. To gain time she
visited certain shops. The first shop
she entered man followed her inside
and looked over articles with the pre-
tense of buying Sonia suspected him.
but was not sure that he was her shall
over till he followed her into another
store.
After Sonia had visited several stores
she felt at liberty to enter one kept by
one Petrol. member of the propa-
ganda. without necessarily betraying
him. Calling on him for some gloves,
she while trying them on informed
him OF the situation that he might at
once get word of the danger to her
husband and he might remove the lit
erature
When she left the store the man who
watched her approached her.
Conduct me to your home" he said.
what means this?" she asked. af.
fecting surprise.
After awhile he admitted the truth,
and she told him that she had gone to
the building for the purpose OF finding
former servant OF hers. but had been
misinformed as TO the address.
II have no objection TO taking you TO
my home" she said, "apd | will easily
prove to you that / am loyal TO the
government But / warn you that /
have some very good friends who are
influential with the government, and !
will not be put to any Inconvenience"
At this the man assumed more re-
spectful manner aud lifted bis hat po-
litely.
Il am looking for certain kind OF
goods" continued Sonia, that need |
and shall be obliged TO visit one or two |
stores, then | 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 At
last she feigned to find exactly what
she wanted and on paying for II gave
the address Of her home. to which it
was to be sent. The police official
noted the location, pricking up his ears
as she gave 1t.
IL would not suit Sonia's game to keep
the man too long. She must take some
risk. II was nearly two hours after
she had left the menage with Petrol
that she told her captor that she was
ready to go to her home, and she led
him there in a perfectly straight
course But it was all she could do to
bear up under the suspense. IL her
husband had not received her mes
,age there was that In store for them
'ar worse than death. As she went up
he steps of her house she almost
'ainted. but with an effort she opened
he front door. No one was to be {
'een. She opened door leading into
mother room where her husband sat I
It desk writing.
"well, dear" he said without looking
~ from his work, you have been gone
luite awhile" Then raising his eyes
md seeing his wife's attendant, he
appeared surprised. Sonia knew that
lad he not been warned he would have j
turned pale. q
YES" she said. II have been de h
aged in finding the goods / need for v
ny gown" t
She then explained her having an q
ttendant who needed to be satisfied
hat they were loyal to the czar.
THAT is very easy" said her hus-
and. II am at this moment writing 2
aper on the necessity of the Russian
eople remaining loyal to the govern
lent"
He handed the unfinished paper to I,