The Yale expositor., 1915-08-05
CHAPTER XlI-Continued.

CHAPTER %lI-Continued.
THE prisoner, your excellency, de-
sired to be brought here to you be-
fore being taken to Helsingfors. He
said you would be aware of the facts.
And so l am" remarked Boranski
with a 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.
er's arrest and deportation to Helsing
fors"
That may be. But l am chief of
police in Abo. and / release him"
The officer looked at me in such
blank establishment that l could not
resist smiling.
81 am well aware of the reason of
this Englshmans visit to the North"
added Boranski. More need not be
said. Has the lady been arrested?"
NO, your eXcellency. Every effort
is being made to find her. Colonel
Smirnoff has already been relieved of
his post as governor of Kajana, and
many of the guards are under arrest
for completely in the plot to allow the
woman to escape"
"Ah, yes. l 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 thor
ough search over every verst Of II.
II she is there, she will most certainly
be found"
mo doubt" remarked Boranski,
leaning back in his padded chair and
looking at me meaningly across the lit
tered table. And now | wish to speak
to this Englishman privately, so please
leave us. Also inform the other two
prisoners that they are at liberty"
But your excellency does this upon
his own responsibility" he said anx-
iously. Remainder that l brought
them to you under arrest"
own discretion" he said "As chief
OF police of this province, / am per-
mitted to use my jurisdiction, and l
exercise 1t in this matter. You are
at liberty to report that at Helsing-
fors, If you so desire, but l should sug-
gest that you say nothing unless alb
solutely obliged-you understand"
hn IN, 81, Ia
spoke apparently decided my captor,
for after a moments hesitation he
said, saluting:
IF that is really your wish, then
/ will obey" And he left.
"Excellency!" exclaimed the chief
OF police, rising quickly and walking
towards me as soon as the door was
closed and we were alone, you have
had very narrow escape-very.
did my best to assist you. ! succeeded
i'm bribing the water guards at Kajana
in order that you might secure the
lady's release. But IL seems that just
at the very moment when you were
about to get away one of the guards
turned informer and reused the gov
ernor of the castle, with the result
that you all three nearly lost YOU
lives. The whole matter has been re
ported to me officially, and" he added
with a grim smile, my men are nov
searching everywhere for YOU"
But why is Baron Oberg so ex
tremely anxious TO recapture Miss
Heath ?" / asked earnestly.
a have no idea," was his reply
"The secret orders from Helsingfor
TO me are to arrest her at all haz
ards-alive or dead"
Which means that the baron woult
not regret II she were dead" | re
marked. in response to which he nod
ded IN the affirmative.
| told him of the faithful service
OF Felix, the Finlander, whereupon h
said simply: Il told you that yoi
might trust him implicitly"
But now that you have shown your
self my friend" said, you will as
sist Miss Heath to escape this man
who desires to hold her prisoner 4
that awfu. place? They are driving he
mad"
81 will do my best" he answered
but shaking his head obviously. Blu