The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-09-03
CHAPTER xIv-Continued.

VINO IN RUSSIA nau not nedru OF lndt
mysterious unknown person who had
directed hundred conspiracies
against the imperial autocrat, and yet
the identity of whom the police had
always failed to discover. 1t was be-
lieved that Kampf had once been pro-
fessor of chemistry at Moscow univer-
sity, and that he had invented that
most terrible and destructive explo-
sive used by the revolutionists. The
ingredients of the powerful compound
and the mode of firing 1t were the
secret of the nihilists alone-and Otto
Kampf, the mysterious leader. whose
personality was unknown even to the
conspirators themselves, directed
those constant attempts which held
the emperor and his government in
such hourly terror.
Rewards without number had been
offered by the ministry of the interior
for the betrayal and arrest of the un-
seen man whose power in Russia, per-
meating every class, was greater than
that of the emperor himself-at whose
word one day the people would rise
In body and destroy their oppres-
sors.
you are surprised" the old man
laughed, noticing my amazement.
We'll, you are not one of us, yet I
need not impress upon you the abso-
Lutte necessity, for mademoiselle's
sake, to preserve the secret of my
existence. 1t is because you are not
a member of The Will OF the People
that you have never heard of The Red
Priest'-red because / wrote my ulti-
matum to the car in the blood of one
of his victims knouted In the fortress
OF Peter and Paul, and priest because
preach the gospel of freedom and
Justice"
Il shall say nothing" / said, gazing
at the strangely striking figure before
me-the unknown man who directed
the great upheaval that was to revolu-
tionize Russia. MY only desire is to
save Mademoiselle Heath"
Are you prepared to do so at the
risk of your own liberty-your own
life? All! you said you love her.
Would not this be test of your af-
fection?"
II am prepared for any test, as long
as she escapes the trap which her
enemies have set for her. / succeeded
in saving her from Kajana, and in
tend to save her now"
|. WAS it you who actually entered
Kajana and snatched her from that
tomb" he exclaimed, and he took my
hand enthusiastically, adding-"I have
no further need to doubt YOU" And
turning to the table he wrote upon a
slip of paper, saying, Take made
moiselle there. She will find a safe
place of concealment. But go quickly,
for every moment places you both in
more deadly peril. Hide yourself there
also"
thanked him and left at once.
found Elma in her room, ready
dressed to go out, wearing a long
travelling cloak, and in her hand was
a small dressing case. She was pale
and full of anxiety until showed her
the slip of paper which Otto Kampf
had given me with the address writ.
ten upon 1t. and then together we hur-
ried forth.
The house to which we drove was.
we discovered. large one facing the
Fontanka chnal, one of the best quar-
tiers of the town, and on descending
i asked the liveried dvornick for Mad.
anne Zurloff, the name which the RED
Priest" had written.
"You mean the Princess Zurloff,"
remarked the man through his red
beard who shall l say desires to
see herr"
Take that" I said, handing to him
the piece of paper which, besides the
address, bore a curious cipher mark
like three triangles joined.
He closed the door, leaving us in
the wide, carpeted hall, the statuary
in which showed us that 1t was a
richly furnished place, and when
few minutes later he returned, he con.
Quoted US upstairs to a fine, gilded
salon, where an elderly, gray haired
lady in black stood gravely to receive
us.
ALLOW me to present MademoIselle
Elma Heath, princess" | said, speak.
ing in French and bowling, and after
wards telling her my own name.
Our hostess welcomed my love in
a graceful speech, but / said:
"Mademoiselle, unfortunately, SUI.
fers q terrible affliction. She Is deaf
and dumb"
"Ah, how very sad!" she exclaimed
Poor girl! Poor
grill" and she placed her hand ten.
derby upon Elma's shoulder and
looked into her eyes. Then. turning
10 me, she said: so the Red Priest
has sent you both to mel You are In
danger OF arrest. suppose-you wish
me to conceal you here?"
Il would only ask sanctuary for
was my reply. For
myself / have nc fear. I am English.
and therefore not a member of the
Party"
WELL" exclaimed the gray-haired