Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12

day-yery soon-and Finland will be
first to endeavor to break her bonds
and the Baron Oberg first to fall"
For nearly an hour l sat with him.
surprised to find how, although his ex-
terror was so harsh and uncouth. yet
his heart really bled for the poor,
starving people he was so constantly
forced to Cypress.
Il have ruined this town of Abo," he
declared, quite frankly. ITO my own
knowledge five hundred innocent per-
sons have gone to prison, and another
two hundred have been exiled to ST.
IBERIA. Yet what / have done is only
at direct orders from Helsingfors-
orders that are stern, p%itiless and I'M
just. Men have been torn from their
families and sent to the mines, women
have been arrested for no offense and
shipped off to Saghalien, and mere
children have been cast into prison on
charges Of political conspiracy with
their elders-in order to russify the
province! Only" he added ~anxiously,
Il trust you will never repeat what l
tell you. You have asked me why l
assisted the English mademoiselle to
escape from Kajana, and l have ex-
planned the reason"
We ate a hearty meal in company
at the ~Sampalinna, a restaurant built
like a Swiss chalet, and at noon l en-
tered the train on the first stage of
my slow, tedious journey through the
great, silent forests and along the
shores of the lakes of southern Fin
land, by way Of Tavestehus and vi
borg, to Petersburg.
At four o'clock next day l was out
upon the quay in that city, straining
my eyes seaward for any sign of
smoke, but could see nothing.
1t was after ten o'clock when a light
shone afar off, and the movement of
the police and porters on the quay
told me that it was the vessel. Then
after a further anxious quarter of an
hour it came, amid great shouting and
mutual imprecations, slowly alongside
the quay, and the passengers at last
began to disembark in the pelting
rain.
Suddenly / caught sight Of two fig
ures-one a man in a big tweed trav-
cling coat and a golf cap, and the
other the slight figure of a woman in
a long, dark cloak and a wooden tam
o'-shanter. The electric rays fell
upon them as they came up the wet
gangway together, and there once
again l saw the sweet face of the
silent woman whom | had grown to
love with such fervent desperation.
The man behind her was the same
who had entertained me on board the
Lola-the man who was said to be
the lover of the fugitive Muriel Leith-
court.
Without betraying my presence, l
watched them pass through the pass
port office and custom house, and
then, overhearing the address which
Martin Woodroffe gave the ishvost-
chik, I stood aside, wet to the skin,
and saw them drive away.
At eleven o'clock on the following
day l found myself installed in the
Hotel de Paris, a comfortable hosiery
in the Little Morskaya.
l was beneath the same roof as
Elma, although she was in Ignorance
of my presence. Anxious to commu-
nicate with her without Woodroffe's
knowledge, l was now awaiting my op-
%portunity. He had, it appeared, taken
for her a pleasant front room with sit.
ting room adjoining, on the first floor,
a., while he himself occupied a room on
: the third floor. AS far as | could
: gather from the French waiter whom
: | judiciously tipped, he appeared tc
treat her with every consideration anG
kindness.
a Has the Englishman received any
~visitors?" l asked.
zone mana Russian-an official O
v police, l think"
s "If he receives anyone else, let m,
g know" l said. And l want you t,
Il give mademoiselle a letter from m,
v in secret"
It "Bien, m'sieur."
l turned to the little writing tabl
/" and scrubbed a few hasty lines to m
Y. love, announcing my presence, an
it asking her to grant me an interview
in secret as soon as Woodroffe wa
10 absent. l also warned her of tn
~ search for her instigated by the barol
H. and urged her to send me a line 1
n reply.
e. The note was delivered into he
n hand, but although I waited in su
pense nearly all day she sent no repl,
a While Woodroffe was in the hotel
dared not show myself lest he shoul
is recognize me, therefore l was cor
PEELED to sham indisposition and
lie eat my meals alone in my room.
d, For several hours l sat at my wi
ct daw watching the life and movemel
m down in the street below, my mir
full Of wonder and dark f~oreboding
ur Was Martin Woodroffe playing h,
~. false?
Sc Just after half-past six o'clock IL
waiter entered, and handing me a no
he on a salver, said:
nd "Mademoiselle has, I believe, on
Id this moment been able to write
IN secret"