Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-26

the far Nor,h. their eyes gray and full
OF fire, but not trc easily kindlcd hrc
Of the South. only the woman was OF
the South. If She might he Judged by
the soft brown oval of her Young.
frightened face and tho dark velvet OF
tho startled eyes. which seemed al
ready TO see the vision of a double muir
dcT. She stood before IN. door she had
just locked. pale and trembling.
Are you going to kin them" shc
asked.
I'VE are going 10 execute them" an.
swcreh tho oldest OF tho five men
whose age could not have been much
beyond thirty. What else? They arr,
spies. and woisc." Then. having quiet
cd the sirl-his Young wife. perhaps
IN her native tongue, he had begun to
speak ,Eain in M. own language to his
brothers. when Bnria Interrupted. in
liz liar
You had better make sure Hrat I'm,
we are spies Ny friend can speak OIL.
French and English. lie il an Eng
hsHm:n, from London: I. half English
half Italian. ii,g name Is, ..hristonhcr
Hacc' ann Lorenzo hru.sc, Marrh.sc
bari::, of Venice. We came here AS
avengers. not as spies. If yoY miss
any fricnos Of yours from the car, YOU
hsd better question us Then. if We
dce reason to think YOU as inuoce,t us
"o arc. VIC VIII answer And. mean
"h'ic' " 20" doubt our identity, We
have papers az well a. an autono,iIe
TO prove it
His impudcncc wa8 inr1cssjyc THE
men consulted together. asked :, Ccw
Questions, and got dramatic nns,ycrs
WIN description OF tho meeting OF
cart ann ear or the road, am; what
nhd occn found under tho canvas cover
.is nc hh'shcd Haria showed tho glove
ana ring and at the sight of them the
tide or angry suspicion turned ur,jnst
h'Iii ana hi" friend again. ;mtil Chris,
tophcr whipped out the knit. vh,,.,,
had held the rcins fss,.
ich them whore we founJ H. and
why We came here. he said to ;:uri,
for though L." could understand ~,
could speak no more tnau c,,n,,~h i,.I
ian for servants. an inn. or :, ,,.r,
The men. still guarding ,heir ri.
ohcrs' but no longer wholly antaronis
tir looked AT the knife. toIchiuy !,
anu examining the blade and handle
with care
IT IL Russian" commented tho eldest
III low voice 10 his comrades .rhon
he turned To Baria. "You n,a, io,i,
SNOW the papers yvu spoke of. Il, nroy,
your Identity" lie said
ihAt one word Russian" ypokcp i'm
i'aian, WAS clue instantly seized liz
pom Race and Baria. The Ian-u,p.
"h,ch they had no, hccn able to com
nnehd WAC RUSSIAN These mc,,'s
'e"'ure' were RuSsian-thcir high
eck-boncs, their narrow gray 80.
and short noses 90
ny did YOU come To u.s." tho !. y,
speaker asked, in Italian: and Bari,
p.o,np'en now and them 10y christopher.
eApi.'ined with perfect frankness. I've
wanted TO know who had nIo,,.d 81.
murdrr--if murder has been donc
VIC thought the quickest way 10 frd
o"' WAS 10 travel with the cart Hui
seems that you suspect us. as wc
suspected YOU"
III there has been murder. there j.,
M '"o VI ns VINO would not die to
men. Wv s''i E
We should Ike to he with won =,
'hai." said Bnria. ~
hui why. If it has nothing to do
with you?" w w
mas this TO d" with us--tha, uo
.1nha the glove and tho ting. and on,
blood grows no, against tho.n ,.,'a
nave injured woman "''
If they have injured her. ,bcv .h.,,
pay Tor IT,. exclaimed another rs ~.
young men. in Italian. They shall nav
sooner or later" pay
say TO them that. with our motor
We might help them to pay sooner
Sut in ChTistophcr
l'aria said IT, AMI m. r,o,
hcrceiy set 4 few moments ngo 80.
ehed 10 friendliness that vaS ,n,.,
suleless VIZ" almost
iou are brave men. We are SORRY
p rnat we threatened . or. he said 70
.et Us 80. then. and find them. and
70 far
Christopher '"'e' saio
IL seemed that hours mus, bay.
s!hce Scarlet Runner and the driver
~ cart mao SO yearly come into coI
'iS'o"' out II was not AN hour yct
wheh the door of the kitchen was nm
n'rreo ana three out OF the live RaveI-
us ACCOMPANIED their SucSts-Iate pris
70 christopher Races motor
car TWO stayed behind. making no
explanations; but they had LOOKED ..
cheh other, CHANGING with meaning 10.
wares the other locked door. and they
nhu exchanged few hurried words
with the young woman
Shc was called .\leXa--so much
they soon learned, for the name was
SPOKEN over and over again by m,
brothers.
So the brothers talked. speaking or
Loris AS II he were dead. and of Alexa
as II. perhaps. ii would be better 10
Know that she were dead too IN,
there was no doubt in their minds thin,
tho way to take was TO so straight and
quickly TO Ventimiglia
We don't wish to know your Sc.
crets but tell us one thing" said
Christopher is this lady n person
POLITICALLY important. or merely Of i'm.
portance to private interests"
she is OF great Importance POLITICAL
ly-not here, but in another country"
answered Michael Ravelli.
1T would be worth good deal Of
trouble, then, and largf expenditure
OF money 10 PEOPLE in high position to
get her back to-that country" Rus
sia was the word which came to
Chris,opher's lips, bu, he pressed il
back.
Yes" Michael admitted Much
money must have been spent already
in tracking her with the most skilled
detectives at the disposal OF her
enemies. otherwise they would never
have succeeded rs they have In spite OF
all our precautions"
You think. then, that they would
have preferred to let her livc?"
81 think they wished us for the time
10 believe her dead, Il time long enough