Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-01-09

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did. beautiful fAce was pale and tear
glistened in her eyes. Her whole b
ing expressed sorrow.
What II It, dear3" aShod hsr 10
band. alphabetically.
Instead Of replying. she handed hin
. letter. He recognised the fine hand
writing oe the Countess Roslny. Il
read:
my dear Friends and Protectors:
7 am writing this to you both, % !
know you will BE- married whea you
receive It know you win receive al
kinds Of presents. surprises and con
sratulations. as you are both the b.
loved Of your followers. But In or6es
to give more value to the kind wishes,
l have decided to tell you Tie trutA,
the unvarnished, cruel truth.
I wonder II 1t will surprise you 70
IND that l am. and have been IN the
service Of Count Won Wsrdenstsin.
You have been the hndest Of hosts,
indeed. % good that you made my task
really despicabls but much easier.
Don't take this very seriously. LAfe
y made up Of an equal portion Of
bad and good, and the end u alvayv
the Same. Death gathers u al In.
and puts in our places others who may
find pleasure in destroying all that W
have created. You both dream q
world psaoe-1 wish l could create
peace In my own heart!
I admire you both, especially Ma
poleon. and for that reason, I hate you
both, being unable to love you. a
there are no middle streams in my n
ture.
There 10 NO use Of my telling you
what intend to do; you will know 4
soon enough, and you both will b.
sorry that you ever met the unhappy
person whose name was, once, Kositta
Rosiny.
And now. wish you all happansss,
until We meet again.
ROSETTA,
Princess Of Schomburg Lthov.s
Napoleon quietly folded the letter
and handed It back to Astra. He did
not seem disturbed At all. He picked
up the envelope and saw the New
York postmaYk.
TT y clear. The countess he the
secret Of cirynith and. very likely. Of
the aerodromone."
but how did she get itf''
That remains to b seen. Wsrdsn-
stein evidently THINKS that evsrythanx
10 fair tn love or wav."
VIII you read me that other letter.
the one the Judge broughtr' ASKED
Astra.
OF course. dear. This IL Mosrsk.s
communication. wonder what he Aas
to say" He opened the heavy enve-
lope and . number of sheets fan to
the table.
TO the President Of the United Re-
publics Of America:
Since that unhappy event. in which
WAS selected by Fate ~ tho inetru.
ment Of Death, have had many hears
to think clearly and to learn from ny
inner self that 1t Is the rule Of Lew,
and not the rule Of Force that shovld
rule tho world. l have set down the
following facts. 10 that your ladlyshap
shall know all the motive powers that
may govern human actions.
The fact that my bullet went astray
10 due. not 80 much to the quickness
of the great humanitarian and Amert-
can patriot. Napoleon Edison. az to
the fact that bsheld the Countess Ro-
siny In your company. A moment OF
hesitation 10 enough to Illustrate plans
Her influence naturally, unintention-
ally saved your life, a. my hand and
eye are always true. l am happy that
things turned out ~ they did.
Before I explain why tho countess
presence saved you (she has done,
however, involuntarily, at least ono
good act in her nfe), I want to tell you
that my name 10 not Moxrak, and am
not Russian.
MY name is Aetzel Won Rothenbcrx.
and some years ago l wore the uni
form of the famous Red Hussars
Years ago. when on a vacation trip,
travelled through italy; at that time
! could enjoy the great marvels of Ma
ture. was young and noble thinking
and free. On the shore OF the Laso
d Massiore found destruction.
I was tramping through the eoun-
ny with = sketching OUTFIT and let
people think me An artist. In q %.
ciuded and beautiful spot. from where
had an uninterrupted view OF the
snow-covered peaks Of the Alps, and 4
Wide vista Of surroundings pine-cov.
ered land. struck my easel and besap
work. A girl emerged from the only
path and walked toward me. say q
girl. bat I ought to say a vision. sAs
was he most bewitehing creature
had ever seem.
he came % me fea1Iessly aaA
Brestsd me IN . friendly way: I
skstched her In my picture. Inside Of
IN hour my fate was sealed, ~ I had
iaIisa in love with her.
'Ons day near the end Of my vaoa-
Esoa, receivsd IN Invitation to visit
ne castle Of the Rosinys. There
lound her. She was married and had
beautiful little girl about three years
I'D. She told me that she loved ma.
hat her husband was crusl to her. and
believed everything. We eloped-
md she made me traitor inside Of 4