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Show hind him flew open, and a half a dozen nihilists were vomited forth. Several of them were armed, and, pointing pistols at Hardy, they shrieked : Drop that revolver, or we ehoot! you cannot escape! At this moment the hall door was thrown open and a man rushed to Hardys side. It was Mordecai, the Jew, with his red eyes, his bushy red whiskers his big hook-nos"Mr. Hardy! he cried, "my dear pupil! and he sprang between the American and the pistols that were pointed at the latters body. "Stop, What brothers, stop! he shrieked madness is this? What is this man accused of? I know him. He is a friend, I will vouch for him on my life. I will defend him. If you kill him you must kill me, too. He is a friend of aristocrats," explained Bielinskl, stepping forward; he entered here by mistake, he says, but it is possible that he is a spy. At any rate, he knows our secret; he he will has overheard our plans and v . betray us. He must die. And at this moment a loud hammering was heard on the outer or street door. Silence! gasped Bielinskl, In a whisper a whisper, nevertheless, that could be heard more distinctly in the sudden silence than a shout. What Is caped by an underground passage by an old forgotten sewer. But it will not be safe for you to follow them. They will have recovered their wits by this time and some of them will lie In wait for you and kill you, feeling sure that you will tell what you have seen and heard. Hardys eyes were becoming accustomed to the darkness, and in the distance he could see a silt of dim gray light. He felt his way to it, striking a barrel and hitting his head against a hanging shelf on the way. By the sense of touch he assured himself that he had arrived at the cellar window, boarded up, and that the slit of gray light came through an imperfect joining. The door must be somewhere near. With his fingers against the wall, he took several steps to the left without finding it; then he returned to the right, made the same experiment, aud his efforts were rewarded with success. Mordecai was at his side. What are you going to do? asked the Jew. 1 am going to walk boldly out of this door, replied Hardy. The explosion will have drawn the whole neighborhood to the front of the house, on the other street, and I shall not be noticed. If I am, I can explain bow I came here, and how I escaped. am going to chance it, and the quicker I go the better and he that? As If in answer to his question, the pushed back the heavy bolt which he door opening into the hall flew wide, had found by this time. "Good-by- , and the old woman looked in, dishev- my friend, and thank you. I suppose eled and pale, moaning as she crossed you will rejoin your brethren. You have saved my life and I shall never herself rapidly: The police! The police! forget it. For your sake, I will say on door nothing about what I have seen and that the Again thundering sounded through the house, and a beard this night. The nest is broken up for the present and the police do stern voice could be heard commandnot seem to need my aid. ing: The American walked a couple of Open, In the name of the czar!" The czsr, squares, then turned sharply to the Hardy was forgotten. their archenemy, was at the gates of right and gained the main street. He their fortress and his name was a was safe now, and be hailed a passing word of terror. The nihilists flew cab, ordered the isvoschik to take him past the American on tip toe, into the to the Slaviansky Bazar. As he stood hall, several of them jostling and al- on the walk, waiting for the vehicle most knocking him over in their eag to draw up, he felt chilly and, his excitement having subsided somewhat, erness to escape. Come with me! whispered Ba- he made a discovery that gave him a He Suddenly Whipped the Pietel from Hie Pocket ruch, who had regained his feet. You shock and filled him with a feeling of must not he found here! and seiz- uneasiness that was destined to poshe cried, backing to ing Hardy by the arm, he also jumped sess him for many days to come. "Gentleman! SYNOPSIS. the wall and speaking with an inspi- for the open door. Hardy made no He had left his overcoat behind Frederick Hardy, a fashionable Boaton ration born of despair and the imme- resistance, and was soon running somewhere in that den of nihilists. He was Jilted man. lost his wealth, Society diate presence of a horrible death, down the long hall with the others, led got. into the cab, and, as It tore by a girl and sent by a friend to take hear me for one word! charge of an American Trading Company by the Jew. They came to a narrow through the streets, the wheels store In Russia. On his Journey through The suddenness of his appeal flight of stairs, leading to the cellar, squeaking in the snow, he sat there supmet be Neville, Stapleton japan an They agreed to caused his appointed executioners to and down this they crowded, scram- shivering, his chin In his hand, rack Englishman. posedly go together to Russia. Because of susface in the audience bling and fighting, some of them los ing his brain to remember, if possible picions circumstances they were several halt, while, every times molested by the Japanese. Hardy turned toward him in wonderment ing their footing and rolling to the whether there Vvas anything in the was arrested and found upon hla person "No man is evfr executed without bebottom. A loud crash arrested pockets, a letter, cards, a cigar-cas- e were papers showing maps of Jap forts. was proven guiltless. On a train ing allowed a last word, a farewell. Hardys attention. He was Hardy standing that might betray the identity of the he met Also me Bano, daughter of a Jap Even the law, which you say is an in- in the darkness, but at the farther owner. To save his life he could not merchant In Neville's shoes Jap found vention of tyrants, permits that! end of the hall was a hanging lamp settle this point in his mind. pictures of forts, proving him to be Russian spy. Hardy departed for Ruskillturned low, and by the light of this sia on a steamer, which was wrecked Surely (as you say that you are It was late when be reached the by a ing me in the interest of humanity) shortly afterward. He was rescued Vladihe could see the door fly in splinters hotel, and just as the gray light of Russian steamer. On reaching dawn began to sift in through the vostok he was well treated. He started you cannot be unjust and savage. All and the officers of the law pour in. for Siberia, meeting Princess Romanovna I ask is one word before I die, a partThrow your bomb, brother, throw curtains, he fell into a sound slumber on the train. Hardy boarded a vessel for to said Bielinskl; and It was fully ten oclock when he went your bomb! Amur. Hardy showed the princess his ing message, perhaps, to be given expertness as a rfle shot. The steamer my friends. Hulin, leaping like a cat into the mid out into his office and sent for his The princess and her was stranded. "Speak, then, commanded Bielin- die of the passage, hurled the sphere coffee. As he was drinking It, Wang maid were attacked by Chinese. Hardy The princess thanked skl, "hut be brief, as we have weighty down the hall with an oath. There entered in saved their live great excitement, with Hardy for his heroism. Manchurians Do not waste was a muffled report, not loud, and newspaper. slew their matters to discuss. fired upon the craft. Hardy chief. Burning arrows were hurled upon your breath in pleading for mercy. much Jingling of glass. The light Look at this! cried the boy. The An attempt was tha Pushkins decks. "I was going to visit the Princess went out, but, by the momentary flash police raided a den of nihilists last made to board the vessel. The attacking Chinese were repulsed. Romanoff sneered Romanovna, said Hardy, pale as of the explosive. Hardy could see night, and the latter threw a bomb, at Hardys solicitude for the princess. but speaking distinctly, "not several policemen pitch forward on killing four of the officers and wound-indeath, Stanka, a messenger sent for help, was nailed to a cross on the shore. To put an because I am an aristocrat, for I come their faces. six others. It was the society end to the awful torture Hardy himself Come, come away!" said Mordecai known as The Enemies of Russia, Stanka out of his misery, taking his from America, the most democratic put own life In his hands. Forsst Ores men-to country on earth. I was invited to and Hardy scurried down the dark made up of disaffected Russians aced the vessel Hardy volunteered he visit her because I saved her life on cellar steps with the Jew. go for help. Refused permission Poles, Finns, even Jews all who hate swdm Jumped overboard and started to the Amur through my skill with the this accursed government with the princess' distress message. RoCHAPTER XXXII manoff was angry at Hardy for his brave pistol. My skill, which has made me Hardy glanced at the boy, marvel wooed He the princess. efforts to rescue said famous in my native land, enabled me ing much at the revelation of hate in her in his own savage way. to He a two Japto love were who kill Chinese had made openly attemptHardy Hardy Buys an Overcoat. that ingenuous word, accursed. anese girl. Help came and the princess ing to abduct her. It is second nature They were in utter darkness now was rescued. Hardy journeyed on a raft. Why are you an enemy of Rus he took to me. I shoot with absolute pre- Above could be heard a hoarse Arriving at his destination uproar, sia?" he asked. trading companys abusi-tiecharge of thereceived I cision. Had I my weapon here could faint and confused, shouts and sounds soa letter from "Oh, for no reason," falHardy and another from pick off in succession, from where 1 of heavy boots on the flooring; here tered the boy, particular cial leader in Boston I perpale. In Russian turning took lessons Atetme. Hardy the buttons on Mr. Bielinskis in the cellar, the shuffling feet of the connecting himself In aa stand, haps I am not. And the nihilists all of a Jew, thus race. received coat. Hardy way with that escaping nihilists, the bump or rattle disappeared, as though the earth had him thanking letter from the princess, teacher "What is that to us? asked the of an occasional obstruction kicked or swallowed them up. Not a tiring was was in his Hardys bravery. Jsr "You are talking to gain run against, muttered oaths. Morde left to prove the identity of a mem of death. He employed Wang as chairman. a servant. Hardy went to Moscow, where time. Give us your parting message cai, still holding Hardy by the arm her, except one costly, the to call tie was Invited princess. upon of Prin- and we will try to get it to those for pulled him rapidly across the cellar He started for the palace home which proves that this society unacaroused cess Romanovna. Hardy is intended." until they stumbled against the feet numbers among its members some of boy by whom it countable Jealousy of his Korean on to call "I could hit, proceeded Hardy, of men crawling on their hands and the wealthier classes, perhaps of the announcing that he was going a cabman whc the princess. He engaged "that explosive ball yonder, the inven- knees. The American pitched for nobility. I tell you" and Wang drove him to a large house on a poorly the house tion of Mons. Hulin, and blow you all ward on the back of one of these struck the paper with his right hand lighted street. After entering a resort of to Hardy discovered that ithe was atoms, and by God! if any one here who kicked him savagely and. swore in his exoitement that this country gihtllsts who supposed of awas Felix ex- stirs or to lay hands on me, a foul oath under his breath. is a house divided against powerful come to tell them attempts itself. discovered. The real Hulin Ill do it! plosive he had Get down, whispered Mordecai Leave it alone, and it will work out imarrived and denounced Hardy as an determined to kill With these words he suddenly and crawl, crawl with me! its own destruction and salvation! postor. The nihilists Hardy In order to protect themselves. The boys eyes were flashing now whipped the pistol from his pocket, They passed through an opening in and, leaning forward, aimed at the the wall, so low that it brought the and bis cheeks were so aflame with Continued. XXX. CHAPTER ball. American flat on his stomach, and excitement that the scar nearly disAt this moment the committee restill scratched his back. That it was appeared. entered the room. It had transacted CHAPTER XXXI barely wide enough for two at a time Hardy gulped down his coffee and was evident from the fact that started for the door. Its grisly business with dispatch. In the Name of the Czsr!" Kourbski acted as spokesman. If anybody calls for me, Wang, he though he had crowded close to MorThe nihilists were thrown into decai, the wall scraped his right side. said, tell them that I will be back "Mr. Chairman and Brethren," he announced, "we have decided that the panic by this sudden move on the They were through in a trice and still in an hour. He did return In that time, wear The sound of most practical method is to bind the part of Hardy. For the moment he in utter darkness. Ing an exact duplicate of the over prisoner and drive an awl into the was In control of the situation, scuffling feet again could be heard coat that he had lost the night before base of his brain. We have with us though he was well aware that he the sound of nihilists fleeing. The fools! muttered Mordecai, And still there was no sign of the here a shoemaker, who can do the could not remain so for long. The American hacked to the door, they forgot to put back the stone. police. He felt reassured,' Had there business scientifically. Then, in the It was evident from-hi- s grunts and been any telltale letters, cards or doc early hours of the morning, when the still aiming at the ball, passed gtreet is deserted, we can throw him through it after some little nervous a scratching sound that he was strug- uments in the pockets of the missing garment, the officers of the law, he Into Brother Ivans cab, drive him to fumbling for the knob, closed it be- gling with some heavy object. There, he muttered at last, it is reasoned, would have lost no time in gome lonely spot on the banks of the hind him and started to run rapidly across the empty room in which he flush now, and Just in time! Listen, laying hands on him. Moskva and drop him into the water. The committee already appointed now found himself, not without, how- my dear pupil, do you not hear them? CHAPTER XXXIII. will act in this matter, said Bielinskl ever, making an effort to lock the They are in the cellar. Put your ear In a businesslike tone, "with the ad- door, which was impossible, as there against the wall. Hardy did as was requested, and he Hardy Makes a Call. dition of Brother Ivan, who is a was no key on the outside, and no The Princess Romanovna was atcould indeed hear faint sounds on the bolt. strong man, and the shoemaker." tired in a gown of pale blue silk, A savage uproar broke loose in the other side of the wall. Ivan and the shoemaker arose and are room trimmed with dainty ceam Where we he which had asked. he Just now? the decollete, toward turned men quitted Hardy, five the of men struggling, We are in the cellar of the ad lace. Her neck was encircled by a curses, who, during the absence of the com- sound of pearls, of priceless purity, mittee, had been staring at the mes- shouts and ere he had traversed half- joining house, belonging to a member string the distance of the ball, the door be- of the Order. The brothers have es evenners of size and perfection of meric spot of light on the table. r st fur-line- Hu-tl- f over-coatr- What Are You Going to Dof" Asked the Jew. form. There was something in the creamy softness and whiteness of her skin, faintly, almost imperceptibly glowing with the warm, red hue of health and youth, that suggested the delicate tinting of the Interior of a or foam shot through with the first rays of the morning sun, and the pearls seemed at home with such a background. Her shoulders were so exquisitely modeled that revealment became a duly and a matter of course, immodesty is the child of ugliness. Her arms were round and firm and beautiful; when she bent them, there was no acgle at the elbow, or unsightly projection, but a perfect, graceful curve, and when she straightened them out, the skin did not wrinkle there and corrugate, but dimpled searching look at him. The man was a gentleman, In the conventional sense, as well as a hero, and no more afraid of a princess than of a Chines brigand. you learned Russian that you talk with me?" she laughed slight tinge of coquetry. "How she But, perfectly charming! I fear that your desperate pouted, struggle with the terrible Russian tongue is but a poor compliment to Did you then find that my Fiench. so unintelligible? "Not at all, be replied, except as far as my own poor mastery of It rendered It so. But my desire to converse with you la Russian was quite natural. I used often to wish that I could understand you when you were talking on the Amur steamer. Russian, as spoken by you. the chair in seemed a very beautiful language, and As he arose from which he sat awaiting her entrance, one well worth acquiring." She did not see fit to pursue thle Hardy, accustomed to fashionable and high-brewomen, noticed, as she ad- topic further. vanced toward him with welcoming "You shall always apeak Russian hand extended, that her soft, light with me, then. By the way, have yon hair was parted in the middle and heard anything further from your hecombed low over her broad forehead, roic friend, Smuldere? I hope you and that the thick, glossy knot, con- have not lost all trace of him. I fined in an invisible net, was set low should so like to know how his love down at the nape of her neck. affair with the. fair but tantalizing She held her head high and 'Cbulia' came out." "Of that I am able to Inform you, as haughtily as the head of a queen, yet her red, full lips parted in a dazzling I have recently beard from Smuldera. smile, and perfect friendliness shone He and Cbulia are married and livfrom her blue eyes. Smuldera is In ing In Amsterdam. I received your note at ten oclock the seventh heaven of happiness. this morning, she said in French, The princess clapped her little in the most natural way in the world, hands with joy. as though she had seen him only yesIsn't it delightful, she exclaimed, terday, and, fortunately, I had no to hear of a love affair that ends unavoidable engagement until 11. happily? And I have no doubt that They stood in the center of a lux- Chulla will settle down into a senurious salon, flooded with a soft, sible, affectionate wife, and repay him light from electric bulbs in- for all his sufferings. Was that not U geniously disposed about the ceiling. terrible happening last night, the I was very sorry, he replied, to killing and wounding of those poor disappoint myself last evening, and officers? The nihilists are becoming also to put you to any possible bolder and bolder every day. Only annoyance in waiting for me. But, the severest measures will stamp out this evil of nihilism. There is no oththe fact is But, she exclaimed, in her own er way to deal with these misguided tongue, you are positively speaking men, w ho, if they could only be mad And so perfectly, too! I to see it, are their own worst enemies. Russian! can hardly believe my ears. It is in- Could they know how it grieves the credible! But dont let's remain Little Father to be severe with any of standing here like two posts. Sit hfs children, they would not resort to down, over here, and we will have a violence. I am sorry for the famllie nice cozy talk. I can give you two of the killed and wounded officers! I have started a subscription for them, full hours. She crossed the room to a low which has already been generously redivan and seated herself comfortably sponded to. on one end of it, among a mass of luxMay I put my name down for n urious pillows. small amount?" asked Hardy. Hardy took his place beside her and Hardy noticed that the list waa said, easily: beaded Ellzabetha Romanovna, 1,000 The hope of conversing with you roubles, and that several others had some time in your own tongue, prin- contributed equal sums. The last cess, has been a great incentive to name thus far obtained, and next to me in my studies of Russian. With- which Hardy must sign, was that of out that incentive, I should scarcely Boris Romanoff, who was down for, have made such progress as you are 2,000 roubles. kind enough to credit me with. (TO BE CONTINUED.) He was at home now, more at home than in the store at Stryetensk, or in The Cheering Crowds. the wholesale houses of the Moscow The prudent statesman now must pause merchants, and these words of deliWhile thoughtfully he notes cate flattery came naturally to his The men who get the most applause one flashed quick, Dont always get tbs vetea lips. The princess sea-shel- rose-colore- d So might with a a, |