The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-23
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The moment am EcPO<teQ 0eed 3y assassination that dear Alexis will for ward to the minister of war full proof of the afasr you so ardently long to conceal. and. further. win charge you with my murder Come, be sensible. \ am your best friend. Have I not pro tected your honor as though it were my ownr
 Qernoas sneered and spat out an oath. .sJust one more little payment" |" con tin1ed RokoH, land the papers wish and you have my word of honor that shall never ask another cent from you or further fnformation.s
 And a good reason why" grow1ed Gernois. What you ask will take nay last cent and the only valuable military secret hold You ought to be pay ing me for the information instead of taking both it and moaey too"
 sT am paying you by keeping still tongue in my head" retorted ROkcf. sBut 4efss have done. win you or win you noxs give you three minutes to decide. If you arelnot agreeable shall send q note to your coEnmandant to- night that will end in the degradation that Dreyfus suffezed-the only differ emce being that he did not deserve It. For a moment Gernois sat with bow ba head At length be arose. He drew exps pieces of paper from bis blouse.
 nHere,y he said hepelessiy. T had them ready, for knew that there could be sbut one outcome- He held fHern toward the Russian
 R0acnss cruel face lighted in ma Ifenant g1oat1ng- He seized the bits of paper
 ssYou have done well. Gernois. he naid seI shall not trouble you again unless you happen to accumulate some more money or information. and he KEinned
 ssTUn never shall again, you dogrs hissed Gernois. '-The next time shah kIl you came near doing it tonight. For an hour I sat with these two pieces of paper on my table before me ere came here, beside them lay nay loaded revolver. I was trying to de- eide which should bring. Next time the choice shaII be ensier, for already have decided You had a close call to- night. Roko6- Do not tempt fate q second tinne."
 Then Gernois rose to leave. Tarzan barely had time to drop to the land ing and shrink back into the shadows on the far side of the door. Even then he scarcely hoped to elude detection. The landing was very small, and though he fattened himself against the wall at its far edge he was scarce ly more than a foot from the doorway. Almost Immediately it opened. and Gernols stepped out. RokoG was be- hind him. Neither spoke. Gsznods had taken perhaps three steps down the stairway when he halted and half turned, as though to retrace his steps
 TarzaH knew that discovery wculd be Inevitable. RokoG still stood on the threshold foot from him, but he was looking in the opposite direction, toward Gernois- Then the officer eTi- dentfy recensldered his decision and resumed his d0wnward course. Tar zan could hear RoEcofrs sigh of relief. A moment later the Russian went back Into the room and closed the door.
 Tarzah sFmited until GeRnois had had tiRe to get well out of hearing, then he pushed open the door and stepped Into the room Be was on top of Ro- kOH before the man could rise from the chair where he sat scanning the paper Ger1ois had given him. As his eyes turned and fell upon the ape mans face his own went livid.
 What 60 you want7- whispered R0- kolf, for the look in the ape-man's eyes frightened him Have you come to ku mel You. do not dare. They would gusllottne you Yeu do not dare kin me-
 q dare kf1l you. Rokoff." replied Tarzan, flor no one knows that you are here or that I am here, and Paul witch would teil them that 1t was Ger nofs- heard you. tell Gernois-so. But that would not influence me. RokoG vvoulN not care who knew that I had killed you- The pleasure of killing you would more than compensate for any punishment they might iDfizct upon ne You are the most desp1ca6Ie cur of a coward. RokofT, have ever heard of You should be killed. should love tc k1u you,'' and Tarzan approached closer to the man
 Rokonss ne<xss were keyed to the breaking poiIre With a shriek he sprang toward an adjoining room, bui the ape-man was upon his back while his leap was yet bat half completed Iron fingers sought his throat Th< great coward saueaaed like stuck pig until Tar1an had shut or his wind Then the apeman dragged hfm to his feet, still choking him. The Russian struggled futile1y. He was like a babe in the mighty grasp of Tarzan of the Ap4.
 2 Tarzan sat him in chair, and long before there was danger of the mans dying he released his hold upon his threat When the Russians coughing Epeu had abated Tarzan spoke to him again
 II have given you taste of the suf fering of death" he said "But shal not kilI-thls time I am sparing yoI solely for the sake of very good wo man whose great misfortune it was tt have been born of the same woman who save birth to you. But shal spare you only this once on her ac count Should I ever learn that yos have again annoyed her or her hus band-shoule you ever annoy me agaIr