Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-22


I've heard from YOU"
what Did the facts convey any
bad news TO your? / imputed with pre-
tended ignorance.
Eyes, " he said hoarsely, after a brief
pause. Then he added: "And Martin
Woodrone is engaged to Muriel Leith.
court Are you certain Of this?"
yes, quite certain"
For some time Jack Durnford
smoked in silence. and ] could just
distinguish his white. hard face in
the faint light, for IL was now late,
and the big electric lamps had been
turned out and we we're in semidark-
ness.
"That fellow shall never marry Mu-
riel," he declared in a fierce, hoarse
voice. what you have just told me
reveals the truth. Did you meet
Chater?"
He appeared suddenly al Rannoch,
and the Leithcourts fed precipitately
and have not since been heard Of"
"Ah, no wonderl" he remarked with
a dry laugh mo wonder! But look
here, Gordon. I'm not going to stand
by and let that scoundrel Woodroffe
marry Muriel"
you love her, perhaps?" l haz-
arded.
Yes. ] do love her" he admitted.
"And. by heavenl" he cried, 81 will
tell the truth and crush the whole Of
their ingenious plot Have you met
Elma Heath?' he asked
Yes" / said in quick anxiety.
"Then listen" he said in a low, ear.
nest voice Listen, and I'll tell you
something"
There is a greater mystery sur
rounding that yacht, the Lola, than
you have ever imagined, my dear old
chap" declared Jack Durnford, look
ing me straight in the face when
you told me about it on the quarter
deck that day outside LeRhorn / was
half a mind to tell you what knew.
Only one fact prevented me-my dis
inclination to reveal my own secrets.
/ loved Muriel Leithcourt, yet, ahoat
as / was, could never see her-I
could not obtain from her own lips the
explanation l desired. Yet I would
not prejudice her-no, and I won't
now!" he added with fierce resolu.
ton.
81 love her" he went on, "and she
reciprocates my love. Ours is a secret
engagement, made i'm Malta two years
ago. and yet you tell me that she has
pledged herself TO that fellow Wood
roffe-the man known here in Lon
don as Dick Archer ! can't believe
it, really can't cid fellow She
could never write 20 me as she has
done, urging patience and secrecy I'M
til my return"
"WoodrofIe is al the present mo.
ment in Petersburg ] said 1--WE just
come back from there"
ON St. Petersburg!" he gasped sur
rrised. "Then he is with that vil-
famous official Baron Oberg, the gov
ernor general of Finland"
NO; Oberg is living shut up IN his
palace at Helsingfors, fearing to go
out lest he shall be assassinated," was
my answer.
And Elma? What has become Of
herr"
"She is i'm hiding in Petersburg.
awaiting such time as l can get her
safely out Of Russia" and then CON
tinuing, / explained how she had been
manned and rendered deaf and dumb.
What" he cried hercely Have
they actually done that to the poor
girl? Then they feared that she
would reveal the nature Of their plot,
for she had seen and heard"
81 intend to rescue and to marry
her" / said quite frankly. But
from whom do you expect l can OBJ
tain the facts concerning her, and the
reason Of the barons desire to keep
her silent?"
Russian rule is a disgrace 20 our
modern civilization" ! declared hotly.
81 have every sympathy with those
who are fighting for freedom"
"Ah, you are not alone in that he
sighed speaking in a low whisper, and
7 glancing around Ills majesty would
order reforms and ameliorate the con-
dition Of his people If only II were
possible. But he, like his officials, is
powerless. Here we speak OF the
great uprising with bated breath, but
We alas know that it must come one
day-very soon-and Finland viii be
first to endeavor TO break her bonds
and the Baron Oberg FIRST to fall"
For nearly an hour ! 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.
81 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 81.
| IBERIA. Yet what l have done is only
at direct orders from Helsngfors-
orders that are stern, pitiless and UNI
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
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