The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-10-28

upstairs Thorpe talked volubly to the
officer. intending to give her as much
time as possible to make her escape.
During this period Thorpe was think
ing how she could get away. There
was a rear staircase by which she
might descend into a back yard and
thence gain another street. But it
was likely that there were others On
the lookout. and it was possible that
her flight by this route would be inter
cepted. Other houses about the same
height as the one they were In flanked
it, and she might escape by the roof
In any event if she succeeded Thorpe
would be left to the mercy of the u
sian government
What was his amaZement to see her
re-enter the
MY dear" she said. II wish you
would 30 upstairs and see if o can
find my passport | thought | left 1t
in my trunk Then | wen out. and,
though | have turned everything up
side down. | haven't found 1t. | think
that | must have placed it in your
trunk, but ii is locked and | could not
open it. Go and see If it is not there"
What could her return mean but
that she had found that she could o
sacrifice her benefactor and had come
back to permit him to escape instead
of herself? He was not to be placed
in the position of accepting such II
sacrifice from u woman Taking Il
bunch of keys from his pocket, he
handed them to her. telling her to go
herself and look for her passport in
his trunk She demurred at first. but
when he handed her his overcoat. ask
ing her to take it up with her. she con-
scented and agai.I left the room. with
the coat on her arm.
If the officer had any suspicious they
were lulled by the woman's return.
And when she left the room n second
time with Thorpe's coat there was a
great relief in her heart. The moment
she was out of the officers sight she
put her hand in the pocket of the coat
to assure herself that what she had
placed in Ii was still there. b felt
it and hurried on. transferring 1t as
she did so to her W person. During
her previous absence from below she
had investigated the route of escape
by the roof and now kept on till she
reached it,. Emerging from the scut-
tie, she ran to the next building. which
was but a few feet lower, jumped
down on to 1t, ran over several build
ings of the same height and disappear
ed down the scuttle Of the fifth house
e.u-. IT. A,a ccap, xrhi.h .l,n Lnft
started
When some time had passed and the
girl did not return Thorpe began to
show signs of Impotence. He pro
posed to go after her. but the officer
interposed. Thorpe waited a little
longer. then said;
Il fear that if | do not 20 up at
once 1 shall lose my valuables.'
why so?' asked the officer. Sure
ly FOUR wife would not steal from
you
she is not my wife. | never saw
her before today. She joined me on
the street. | presume she is
The officer waited not to hear the
rest, but. s%pringing up. ran to the door,
gave a shrill whistle. then ran up
stairs. followed by several other men.
Every room in the house was search
ed, including Thorpe's apartments. Be-
sides his Overcoat, several articles OF
value were missing. He was aston
ished. thinking that. after all. he had
been robbed by Il woman who had
worked on his sympathies for the pur.
pose. But the police disabused his
mind of this theory. They knew bet
ter, They had been IN the track of a
woman they knew well. This one they
did not know. but while chasing the
other had come to suspect her, She
had fooled them by placing herself IN
der Thorpe's wing and pretending to
be his wife. But Thorpe was believed
TO be entirely innocent in the matter
and was not troubled even to make an
explanation.
One day Thorpe was accosted on the
street by an old who asked for
aims He was turning away from her
when she said In a low tone:
II am the girl you saved from Sibe-
ria
Thorpe scrutinized her and saw that
her white hair was a wig: the wrin'
kles in her face were skillfully painted.
He asked her to give him an account
of herself since he saw her last, After
telling him how she escaped she con
rinued:
THE article | slipped in yOur over
coat pocket was a bomb | had re
ceived II a few minutes before | joined
you from a worker in the cause of
RuSsia's liberation. When was per-
mitted 10 go upstairs for my passport
| could have escaped. but | was un-
willing TO leave you, my benefactor.
with the bomb in your Overcoat pock
ct. -FOUR asking me TO carry your coat
upstairs solved the problem. | robbed
You of certain articles that it might