Evening star., 1922-07-14


in front OF DR.. Kharkor's house.
Thank heaven. he is still alive. But
l was so unnerved | could not sleep.
l fancied I might be the next to go.
EARLY this morning I fastened to
return to Fifth avenue. AS I entered
the door of my room | could not help
thinking of the horrible fate of DIR.
kharkoff. For some unknown rea-
son. just as | was about to push the
door further open, | hesitated and
looked almost tainted. There
stood another bomb just inside. If
had moved the door fraction OF an
inch II would have exploded. l
screamed. and Olga, sick as she was,
ran to my assistance-or, perhaps,
she thought something had happened
to Boris. 1t is standing there yet.
None OF us dares touch it. Oh, Prof.
Kennedy, 1t is dreadful. dreadful!
, And l cannot find Boris-Mr. Kazano-
Nltch. | mean. Saratovsky. who is
Ike father to us all. is scarcely able
to speak. DIR. Kharkoff is helpless
in the hospital. Oh. what are we to
DO. what are we to do:''
She stood trembling before u.s. i'm
ploring.
Calm yourself. Miss Nevsky," said
Kennedy in reassuring tone. sit
down and let us plan. | take it that
II was chemical bomb and not one
with a fuse. or you would have diff
ferent story to tell. First of all. we
must remove 1t. That is easily done"
He called up a nearby garage and
ordered an automobile. Il will drive
| 1t myself" he ordered. only send a
! man around with it Immediately"
NO. no, no." she cried, running to-
ward him. You must not risk 1t. 1t
is bad enough that we should risk our
lives. But strangers must not. Think
Professor Kennedy. Suppose the bomb
should explode at a touch! Had we
! not better call the police and slet
them take the risk, even If it does get
| into the papers?
No" replied Kennedy firmly. Miss
Nevsky. l am quite willing to take
the risk. Besides, here comes the
automobile"
/ You are too kind" she exclaimed.
| ''kazanovitch himself could not do
| more. How am l ever to thank you?"
| On the back of the automobile Ken
nedy placed a peculiar oblong box.
, anced on pilot, like most delicate
| compass.
We rode quickly downtown. and
J Kennedy hurried into the house. bid
! of tongs he seized the bomb firmlv.
1t was a tense moment. Suppose his
hand should unnecessarily tremble.
or he should tip it just bit-it
might explode and blow him to atoms.
| Keeping it perfectly horizontal. he
L
ing automobile and placed 1t gingerly
\ in the box.
Wouldn't it he good thing to fill
| the box with water? | suggested.
| the usual way of opening q bomb
! under water
| NO" he replied. as he closed the
| lid. That wouldn't do any good with
a bomb of this sort. 1t would explode
| under water just as well as in air.
/ tn fe fntx h~ h orrin ta
| known as the Cardan suspension. 1t
| was invented by Professor Cardono.
| an Italian. You see. 1t Is always held
, in a perfectly horizontal position. no
matter how you jar 1t. j am now go
ing to take the bomb to some safe
and convenient place where | can ex
! anime 1t at my leisure. Meanwhile.
Miss Nevsky, will leave you In
charge of Mr.. Jameson"
| Thank you so much" she said. 'I
feel better now. I didn't dare go
! into my own room with that bomb at
the door. If Mr. Jameson can only
, find out what has become of Mr.
kazanovitch. that is all want.
What do you suppose has happened
to him? Is he. too. hurt or Ill.,
Very well, then" Craig replied. Il
will commission you. Walter. to find
Kazanovitch. I shall be back again
shortly before noon to examine the
| wreck of Kharkoff's office. Meet me
there Goodbye. Miss Nevsky.'
1t was not the first time that 1 had
| some one who had disappeared in New
| York. l started by inquiring for
! every possible place that he might be
| found. No one at the Fifth avenue
| house could tell me anything definite.
| though they were able to give me a
| number of places where he was
| known. ! consumed practically the
! whole morning going from one place
to another on the East Side. Some
| of the picturesque haunts of the revo-
| lutionists would have furnished ma
terial for a story in themselves But
nowhere had they any word of Ka-
zanovitch until 1 visited a Polish
artist, who was illustrating his
stories. He had been there. looking
very worn and tired. and had talked
vacantly about the sketches which the
artist had showed him. After that l
lost all trace of him again. 1t was
nearly noon as hurried to meet
Craig at Kharkoff's.
Imagine my surprise to see Kaz:. 40
witch already there. seated in the
wrecked office. furiously smoking
cigarettes and showing evident signs
Of having something very disturbing
on his mind. The moment he caught
sight of me he hurried forward.
rs Prof. Kennedy coming soon?" he
inquired eagerly. II was going up
! to his laboratory. but 1 called up
Nevsky and she said he would be
up to my ear and whispered. II have
found out who it was who shadowed
Kharkoff."
''who?" I asked. saying nothing OF
my long search of the morning.
His name is Revalenko-Feodor
across the street n front of the house
last night after you had gone. When
Kharkofr left he followed him. thur
ried out quietly and followed both of
them. Then the explosion came.
This man slipped down a narrow
street as soon as he saw Kharkof
fall. As people were running to
Kharkoff's assistance. 1 did the same
He saw me following. him and ran,
and ran. too. and overlook him. Mr..
Jameson. when 1 looked into his face
I could not believe 1t. Revalenko-
of our own organization. He would
not tell me why he had followed
Kharkoff. ] could make him confess
nothing. But am sure he IL an
agent provocateur Of the Russian
government; that he is secretly CIV
making-everythin We have a plot
on now-perhaps he has informed
them, of that. OF course, he denied
setting the bomb or trying to poison
any Of us. but he was very frightened.
7 shall denounce him at the first op-
portunity."i
1 said nothing. Kazanovitch re-
garded me keenly to see what i'm
preston the story made on me. but
did not let my looks betray any
| thing. except proper surprise, and he
seemed satisfied.
1t might be true, after all. rea-
soned. the more / thought of it. I
| had heard that the Russian consul
general had a very extensive spy sys-