Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-03-28
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This lady would Ike some wine,
Lady Mary announced do tell me
what you would preferT" she added,
turning toward her guest.
champagne, if you have It." was
the prompt reply.
Bring champagne, Richards" his
mistress directed. perhaps you had
/ better tell his lordship. This lady
has brought US news Of Lord Dom
5ey."
The woman held out her hand
Don't bring any lordships here"
/ she begged 4 win tell my story to
/ you, ma'am. / am very near hys-
terics myself To reach here from
Sokar has taken US a month. We
/ tried at seven places on the frontier
before we could get into Poland"
'Poland?" Mary exclaimed. "But
here the wine. Do please. help
Yourself
The woman was served with cham
payne and dry biscuits. which latter
she scornfully rejected. She drank
i. three glasses Of champagne, however.
Then she filed fourth glass for her
self and began to talk
"Well. mere IS my story" Elsa
Francks said. draining the contents
of her glass and refilling il. "Remem-
Der It. for shall never tell It again.
Il is a story I would like to forget"
81 viii certainly remember it."
/ Mary promised
Twelve months ago ! went TO live
at Sokar" Elsa arancks began. at Is
a miserable place but | went there TO
/ be near my friend Ivan Krossneys.
the governor Of the fortress In that
fortress was confined a man whom
| your brother went to Russia to res
cue. He came to me to ask me to
| help him bribe the governor. That
was IN the month Of October last year
He was a very different person then.
and I thought that l liked him very
much"
The woman slipped her champagne.
/ The warmth Of the room, and the
wine, had moistened her face. A little
streak Of rouge had spread upon her
| left cheek. There were black lines
under her eyes Her voice, however,
was stronger
'Ife offered a great deal Of money
and agreed 10 help. ! sent for Ivan
and, although he made difficulties, he
was easy to persuade. II was all ar
ranged The prisoner-No % we
called him walked out Of the fortress
j q
American passport Your brother
was 10 take his place for twenty-four
hours. Then he was to leave the
/ prison In the funeral coach Of an
other prisoner who bad died
This was seven months ago, Mary
faltercd
The woman wiped her lips, shiyered
al the sight Of the color upon her
handkerchief, closed her ewes for a
moment and recovered herself.
"That seven months" she said de-
uberately. "has seemed like seven
years, aud each year like lifetime
In hell Listen | 20 on with my
sror.. Your brother entered the
fortress as arranged, changed his
clothes with No 20, who walked out
Of the place and came, without doubt,
10 London. Your brother was to
/ spend that night In the fortress.
Krossneys came down to me. We were
both excited. II was a great sum OF
money which we had been paid. and
life N Russia is a horrible burden.
We drank great deal Of wine The
more we drank' the more quarreisome
| Ivan became He resented having to
part with so large share Of the
| money to me. We quarreled Once or
twice We made ii M. Then lyans
anger Haired out again. In the end.
he declared that he would take away
a part Of my share We had a strug-
gle Somehow or other. his revolver
went on He Went backward with
sroan. He was dead"
The woman dabbed al her face.
Mary could End no word Of any sort.
Her visitors eyes seemed fixed in a
rigid Stnra Il was as though she
/ We're livn- through the scene again.
"The police came. she went on. Il
/ was arrested. I told my story. There
We're no Witnesses. After four days
+ they had ~ let me 20 The moment
/ was free I went 20 the fortress.
/ VANS deputy was taking his place
/ lie was "a man ~ n different sype. a
/ politician a Ealsl1evist from convlc-
.jon, Every time he mentioned no.
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