Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-01
The Daily Story
UNDER THE BAN OF DElTH-BY PAUL szENsK
araaxrtxh.sd Ill. INV a.s.ratcd riterarx surs..,

that they regarded America as n.
Principal refuge for such outeSs; sts frosU
tteir organization as T.. becShuse Their
III no government spying OH straneerX
here as there is abroad II took fb.
risk Of answering my fathers letterI
hut when the time came fround for
reply to my Inissive I Deceived on
making no mention OF unffns whate-efE
I was terror stricken. fdbr knew tix
my fellow nihiiists had been wstchil
my fathers mail-dd uosfess havif
confederates in the po/ stofice-and be
secured my letter.
now saw that n ust sever the la
link that bound me- TO the past-tt}
link between lxsel and my father.
had by fffs>ftine II rned little En-
lIsh and CHANGED u II name to one thu
would not betray kmy Russian origiiI
Since 1 spoke F. tench quite we'll,
chose Antoine du3 Bcis, though 1 500
turned the Antoine into AnthonJ
Leaving uiy QUARTERS at dead of nigh
was Never agat Yin seen there. but in
few days appeafed IN the city Of De-
yer as Du Bois.
For several Years lived a nomads
life The money my father had give
me having befn exhausted, I hirs
myself out wherever I could find wof
to do. Sometimes it was cieric5
sometimes menial. At one time dros
a cab ! wot1ld stay in a place till
met some oI5e whom I had known q
Russia or, pretending to be a sece
agent of the1 nihilists. get In with Ru
SLAMS who {vere real agents and d.
cover that they had my real name AID
were ordered to inform upon nee
found. Under such circumstances
found It ditncult to get employment
Hearing of new discoveries Of gold ID
the west, Z begged and worked NJ
way there md became prospect0r.
How I happened to become the POS
SCISSOR Of d gold mine has nothing d
do with this story. 1 sold 1t and. pit
ting my fortune into thousand dolaf
banknotes, placed them In pockets IN
side my clothing which / arrans< 4
myself, and went east.
Five years had now passed since q,
left Russia. The nihilist movemen
was still ih progress. having not ys
led up to the revolution. I was tirsd
of remaining In hiding and. having Inc
wherewithal to enjoy life, determine
to change my outward appearance 10
fore the ,7Prld and live in accordance
with my means. This, of course lid
me more liAble to detection by my enc.
mics, but Ifpreferred to take the rsk
rather than be continually trying to
avoid some Pne. I lived in New Yuk
at fashionable hotel.
had resided there about a yeer
when one evening a servant approach
ed me with q card, saying that lady
was waiting for me liz a private par.
lor. The name on the card was Sopiia
Palzoff. snd in pencil was written "a
friend Of ypur sisters" The tenn pta.
ton to spdhk with a connecting link
with dear }nes at home was too grea.
rof me refySTnsfand II fSaght II -ssor
q few minutes. then yielded, Coins
to the appointed place. a young lad
met me, addressed me by my resi-
name and said that before leaving
Russia she had been Informed by mt
sister that she had brother who had
and she suspected he wa
In America. She had given the lady
photograph of me. with the reques;
that If she met me to beg me to cons
back TO my family.
1t seemed from this that my sister,
having never been informed by my fs1
Their as to the cause of my disappear-
ance, had innocently given me away.
Had she done so, or had the nihilists
got it out of her?
Sophia won my confidence. 1 was
hungry for the society of some one
Who knew me for my real identity.
lid not net her know that L was =
fugitive uhder a ban of death. l tod
.er that | ihad left Russia with view
O make myself independent of my f.
her and pledged her TO write nothing
o Russia concerning me. She belier-
d, or pretended to believe, my stor
nd made the promise.
With Sophia Palzofr for constaK
ompanfoni I drifted gradually bad
ITO the cohdition of living man ami
eing with her continually, came
I'VE her. ( One evening / drove hG
ut in my par. and when we were pas
~ throtaf h a wood | told her ofthe
an that |ssted upon me and begged
err TO he me bear 1t as my wife4
/ couldXsee that she was moved g
,n,e Dow erful emotion.
-.If I No." she said. there win e
vo OF ~ under sentence of death q
cad of Hne"
What 10 you mean2" I gasped.
~ wa Isent TO America by the nihL
is to K you"
That as many years ago. Sopba
I'd I hbFe been living together sine
en al man and wife For may
,ars we succeeded in losing ourselvs
the heart OF South America. Win
e revolution took the place of nihS-
N the latter In its earlier form pas
aw:3N During the last few yeas
q haze not scrupled to show or-
lr4if in our true identity to TIE
drld. But we are now old. The
st part nf our lives was passed u
ding.