Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-10-08
CHAPTER xvIt-contlnued.

ministry OF Iho 41SS "A -.
- interview with the baron, who,
~s.n told him of the disaster, ap-
.aoroa greatly concerned, and went at
rrco to the notice department to make
Inoriry. Neyt day, howeve~ he came
- mo gith the news that the charge
ooanst my mother had been proved
Nv statement of the woman Ship
riff herself, and that she had already
started on her long journey to ST.
bor,a-she had been exiled to one of
tbose dreaded Arctic settlements be-
vond Yakutsk, place where it is az
most eternal winter, and where the
conditions of life are such that half
the convicts are insane. The baron,
however, declared that, as my fathers
friend 1t was his duty to act as guar
dian to me, and that as my father had
been English l ought to be put to an
English school Therefore, with his
selfassumed title of uncle, he took
me to Chichester. For years re-
NAMED there, until one day he came
suddenly and fetched me away, TAX
ing me over to Helsingfors-for the
car had now appointed him governor
general to Finland. There, for the
first time, he introduced me to his son
Michael, a pimply-faced lieutenant of
cavalry, and said in most decisive
manner that / must marry him.
naturally refused to marry man of
whom | knew so little, whereupon,
finding me obdurate, he quickly al
tered his tactics and became kind
ness itself, saying that as was young
be would allow me year in which to
make up my mind.
"A week later, while living in the
palace at Helsingfors, l overheard a
conversation between the governor
| general and his son, which revealed to
me a staggering truth that l had never
suspected 1t was Oberg himself who
had denounced my mother to the
minister of the interior, and had
made those cruel, baselesS charges
against heri Then l discerned the
reason. She being exiled, her fortune,
/ as well as that Of my father, came to
me- The reason they were scheming
for Michael to marry me was in order
to obtain control of my money, and
then, after the necessary legal for
nalities | should, on a trumped-up
charge of conspiracy, share the same
fate as my mother had done"
The Internal scoundrel!" { sjacu-
lated when l read her words while
from Jack, who had been looking over
my shoulder, escaped a fierce and for
chile VOW of vengeance.
The baron took me with him to
Petersburg when he went on official
business, and we remained there near
| " a month" the narrative went on.
While there received a secret mes
sage from The Red Priest the unseen
and unknown power of nihilism, who
mas for so many years baff1ed the po-
lice. went to see him, and he re-
Vealed to me how Oberg had con-
rived to have my mother banished
upon a false charge. He warned me
against the man who had pretended to
De my fathers friend, and also told
NE that he had known my father in
umately and that If / got into any
further difficulty / was to commune
cate with him and he would assist
me Oberg took me back to Helsing-
'ors few months later, and in sum-
mer we went to England. He was
marVelously clever diplomatist. His
taetcs he could change at will. When
l was at school he was rough and bru-
'Si IN his manner towards me, as he
was 10 all; but now he seemed to be
enueayoring to inspire my confidence
ny treating me with kindly regard
ana pleasant affability.
IN London, at Claridge's, we met
uF Old schoOlfellow Muriel and her
laIner-a friend Of Oberg's-and in
response to their invitation went for
cruise On their yacht. the Iris. from
SOUTHAMPTON. Our party was a very
peasant one, and Included Woodroffe
Saa Chatter. while our cruise across
1ie Bay OF Biscay and along the Portu-
eueSe coast proved most delightful
Vne night, While we were lying outside
A'oSon. Woodroffe and Chatter, togeth-
Win Olinto, went ashore, and when
NC! returned in the early hours Of
Ie nornlng they awoke me by cross
us the deck above my head. Then
~e'iu someone outside my cain door
ssV'Aihs as though with a screw
S"er' unscrewing a screw from the
.'ouWork- This aroused my interest,
aau next day ! made a minute exam
-a''on Of the paneling, where, in one
~ found two small brass screws
vat mad evidently been recently re-
gU'ed' Therefore l succeeded in get
s mold Of screwdriver from the
NJ renters shop, and next night,
Az. 'H everyone was asleep, ! crept
nv sna unscrewed the panel, when to
80. surprise l saw that the secret
n, behind was filed with beauti-
49,, !,e"elry, diamond collars, tiaras,
trra ~'e.S' fine pearls, emeralds and
taately. 81 'nf0~n ~
h, Iepiaeed the panel and kept care
eano %@tch. At Marseilles, where we
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