The Press., 1914-03-18

my fathers mafIEd EdoIBHess having
 confederates in the pOstoff1ce-and had
 secured my letter.
 I now saw that I must sever the last
 link that bound me to the past-the
 link between myself and my father.
 had by this time learned a little Eng
 fish and changed my name to one that
 would net betray my Russian origin.
 Since spoke. French quite we'll
 chose Antoine du Bois, though soon
 tuned the Antoine. into Anthony. Leaving my quarters at dead of night,
 was never again seen there, but in few days appeared in the city of Den yer as Du BOis
 For several years, I lived a nomadic life. The money my father had given me having been exhausted. l hired myself out wherever I could find work to. do Sometimes it was clerical sometimes menial. At one time drove cab. I would stay in a place till I met some one whom I had known in Russia or, pretending to be a secret agent of the nihilists, get in with Rus sians who were real agents and dis cover that they, had my real name and were ordered to inform upon me if found. Under such circumstances found 1t difficult to get, employment Rearing of new discoveries of gold in the west, I begged and, worked my way there and became prospector.
 How I happened to become the pos oR hoc AoN do with this story. sold it and, put ting my fortune into thousand dollar banknotes, placed them in pockets m- side my clothing, which I arranged myself, and went east.
 Five years had now passed since | left Russia The nihilist movement was stfll in progress. having not yet led up to the revolution. was tired of remaining in hiding and. having the wherewfthal to enjoy life, determined to change my outward appearance be- fore the world and live in accordance with my means. This, of course laid me more liable to detection by my enc mics, but preferred to take the risk rather than be continually trying to avoid some one. I lived in New York at fashionable hotel.
 l had resided there about a year when one evening servant approach ed me with a card, saying that lady was waiting for me in a private par Tor. The name on the card was Sophia PaI8rff, and in pencil was written "a frieAdl of your sisters" The tempta- tions to speak with connecting link aA %r<~ for rne to withstand. I fought 1t for 8 few minutes. then yielded Going to the appointed place. young lady met ne, addressed me by my real name and said that before leaving Russia she had been informed by my sister that she had a brother who had and she suspected he was. in America. She had given the 1adv a' photograph of me, with the, request that if she met me to beg me to come back to my family.
 It seemed from this that my sister. having never been informed by my fa- ther as to the cause of my disappear ance. had innocently given me away. Had she done SRksQE hadl the nihikists got it out of herr
 Sophia won my confidence. was hungry for the society of sOmR one who knew me for my real ideNhihy- did not let her know that | was a fugitive under a ban of death. told her that had left Russia with a view to make myself independent of my fa- ther and pledged her to write nothing to Russia concerning me. She believ- ed, or pretended to believe, my story and made the promise.
 With Sophia Palzof for a constant companion, l drifted gradually back into the condition of a Ewing man and, being with her co1tAnNally, came tO love her. One exeHdng drove h CT out in my car. ana when we were pass ing through wood! | told her of the ban that restedl upon me and begged her to help ne bean it as my wife.
 I could see, that, she was moved by some powerful emotion
 If dO.' she. saidl there will be two of us under sentence of death in stead of One.',
 What do you! mean?", [ gasped.
 "l was sent to, AmErica. by the nihEB- ! sts to kill you,.' That was many years ago. Sophia md have been living together xinee. -hen as man and wife. For RaaMy years we succeeded in losing ourselves | n the heart of South America. When | he revolution took the place of nihE- | Sm the latter in it's earaier form pass ed away. During the last few years Ue have not. secupled to show our selves 7n our true fidentfky to the world. RB$ we are now old. The pest pars Of 0ur lives was passed fin hiding.