Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-01
Copyright by the Smart set Publishing Co

A dozen times was the old wood cut ter questioned but he stubbornly re. fused to admit that he had ever set eyes upon Elma. l knew. of course by what we had overheard said by the prison guards, that the governor gen. eral was extremely anxious to recap ture the girl with whom, I frankly ad. nit, l had now so utterly fallen in love. And it appeared that no effort was being spared to search for us. But. what could be the truth of Elma's dis. appearance? Had she fled of her own accord, or had she once more fallen a victim to some ingenious and das. tardly plot. That gray dress of hers might, l recollected, betray her if she dared to venture near any town. while her atfliction would, of itself. be plain evidence of Identification. All I hoped was that she had gone and hidden herself in the forest somewhere in the vicinity to wait until the danger of recapture had passed.
 For as long as possible succeeded in delaying our departure, but at length, just as the yellow sun began to struggle through the gray clouds. we were all three compelled to depart in sorrowful procession.
 At nine o'clock l stood in the big bare office of Michael Boranski. where only a short time before we had had such a heated argument As soon as the chief of police had entered he recognized me under arrest. and dis. missed my guards with a wave of the hand-all save the officer who had brought me there He listened to the officers story of my arrest without saying a word
 The prisoner, your eXcellency, de sired to be brought here to you be- fore being taken 70 Helsingfors. He said you would be aware of the facts
 And so l am." remarked Boranski. with smile. There is no conspiracy. You must at once release this gentle. man and the other two prisoners"
 But excellency, the governor gen. | eral has issued orders for the prison. CTS arrest and deportation to Helsing. fors."
 That may be- But am chief of. police in Abo. and l release him"
 The officer looked at me in such l blank astonishment that l could not ] resist smiling.
 ''I am well aware of the reason of this Englishman's visit to the North, added Borausd. More need not be said Has the lady been arrested?"
 No your eXcellency. Every effort is being made to find her Colonel l Smirnof has already been relieved of his post as governor of Kajana, and many of the guards are under arrest for complicity in the plot to allow the woman to escape"
 An, yes. see from the dispatches that a reward is offered for her re- capture"
 The governor general is deter. mined that she shall not escape" re- marked the other.
 She is probably hidden in the for | est, somewhere or other" "Of course. They are making a thor ough search over every verst of it If she is there, she will most certainly | bo found
 "No doubt remarked Boransh. then looked at me inquiringly, where. | upon l led her forward to where they were, and Muriel feii upon her and kissed her with tears streaming from | her eyes.
 "l prepared this surprise for you, Mir. Gregg Muriel said laughing through her tears of joy "Ohnto 1 learned that she was on her way to | London, and l sent him to meet her The princess has managed magnifi- | gently, has she not?"
 Yes. Thank God she is free!" exclaimed. But we must induce her to tell us everything"
 Muriel was already helping my love l out of her heavy Russian coat cost | ly garment lined with sable, and when, after greeting Jack and Olinto she was comfortably seated, l took some notepaper from the little writing table by the window and scrubbed l in pencil the words:
 q need not write how delighted am that you are safe-that the AL mighty has heard my prayers for you Jack and Murel have told me all | about Leithcourt and his scoundreiy associates l know, too dear-for l may call you that, may I not?-how terribly you must have suffered in si lence through 1t all Leithcourt is dead He sank the yacht with all the stolen property on board but by acci dent was himself engulfed
 Bending and watching intently as | wrote she drew back in horror and surnrise at tho words Then ] added: ' "We are all four determined that the guilty shall not go uupunished, and that the afiiichon placed upon you shall be adequately avenged You are my own love-I am bold enough to call you 90. Some strong but mystert ous bond of affinity between us caused me to seek you out, and your , pictured face seemed to call me to your side although l vas unaware oi
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