The Green Forest tribune., 1915-11-12
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,nteryiew with the baron, who,
 !. told him of the disaster, ap.
 ,.d greatly concerned, and went at
 to inc noIice department to make
 miv. Next day, however, he came
 no with the news that the charge
 inst my mother had been proved
 statement of the woman Ship
 herself, and that she had already
 ,tpd on her long journey to Si-
 da-she had been exiled to one of
 ,p dreaded Arctic settlements be-
 nd Yakutsk, a place where it is al-
 a eternal winter, and where the
 mMtions of life are such that half
 convicts are insane. The baron,
 meyer, declared that, as my fathers
 snd 1t was his duty to act as guar
 an 10 me, and that as my father had
 sp English I ought to be put to an
 hrnsh school Therefore, with his
 Eassumed title of uncle, he took
 to Chichester. For years I re-
 ,ined there, until one day he came
 ddenly and fetched me away, talk
 me over to Helsingfors-for the
 tu had now appointed him governor
 meral to Finland. There, for the
 kt time, he introduced me to his son
 Ichael, pimply-faced lieutenant of
 ualry, and said in most decisive
 u,nner that ] must marry him.
 uturally refused to marry a man of
 tOm knew so little, whereupon,
 hiding me obdurate, he quickly al
 Eed his tactics and became kind
 M itself saying that as I was young
 kvould allow me a year in which to nte up my mind.
 A week later, while living in the race at Helsingfors, 1 overheard a mversation between the governor eneral and his son, which revealed to Ma staggering truth that I had never npected It was Oberg himself who hd denounced my mother to the minister of the interior, and had |hde those cruel, baseless charges Eainst her! Then I discerned the nsOn. She being exiled, her fortune, uwell as that of my father. came to E The reason they were scheming m N ehael to marry me was in order \ obtain control of my money, and te, after the necessary legal for Rhties, should, on a trumped-up Arge of conspiracy, share the same hh as my mother had done"
 The internal scoundrel!" I ,jacu- aed, when l read her words. while trm Jack, who had been looking over N shoulder, escaped fierce and for ale VOW of vengeance.
 | The baron took me with him to 9aersburg when he went on official hsness, and we remained there near ' a month" the narrative went on. While there I received a secret mes age from The Red Priest, the unseen |nd unknown power of nihilism, who M for so many years baff1ed the po- nee l went to see him, and he re- 'aled to me how Oberg had con- |nFed to nave my mother banished lnn false charge. He warned me sainst the man who had pretended to \ my fathers friend, and also told |hs that he had known my father in lnstely, and that if I got into any |mHher difficulty I was to communi- |a'e with him and he would assist |ne 0berg took me back to Helsin5- Ms few months later, and in sum- lel We went to England. He was a naFelously clever diplomatist. His aetlcs he could change at will. When twas at school he was rough and bru- al in his manner towards me, as he vas to all; but now he seemed to be adeayoring to inspire my confidence v treating me with kindly regard nd pleasant affability.
 In London, at Cartridges, we met aI old schoolfellow Muriel and her a'aer-a friend of Oberg's-and in Mponse to their invitation went for lcruise on their yacht, the Iris, from Our party was very 'easant one, and included Woodroffe nd Chatter, while our cruise across ae Bay of Biscay and along the Portu- !aese coast proved most delightful Me night, while we were lying outside loson, Woodroffe and Chatter, togeth- With Olinto, went ashore, and when aey returned in the early hours of le morning they awoke me by cross as the deck above nay head. Then l card someone outside my cabin door 'ofking as though with a screw fser, unscrewing a screw from the oodwork. This aroused my interest, ad next day I made a minute exam ation of the paneling, where, ln one lT, found two small brass screws at had evidently been recently re- oVed. Therefore I succeeded ln get ag hold of a screwdriver from the 'penter's shop, and next night Den everyone was asleep, l crept Il and unscrewed the panel, when 'o y surprise I saw that the secre' Vity' behind was filled with peau''- ] jewelry. diamond collars, tlaras, 'cklets, fine pearls, emeralds ana fquoises, all thrown in lndisciiin' ately.
 I replaced the panel and kept care watch. At Marseilles, where "o lied, more jewelry and a heavy bag, of plate was brought aboard anu creted behind another panel. lhen knau +ho+ tho Ynau were thieves.