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Show bind him flew open, and a half a en nihilists were vomited forth. Rl them were armed, and, Pointing pistol, at Hardy, they ; "Drop that revotver, or we shoot! you cannot escape!" At this moment the hr.'.l door was thrown open and a man rushed to Hardy s side, n was the Jw with his red eyes, Mordecal, his bunny red hlskers his big hook-nosr. i lardy!" be cried, "my dear v.,. and he mnnn pupil; it,. ' . Jm. noZid pl?toh that t,he t ... wm oiwji, orothers, stop!" he shrieked. "What maaness Is this? What la this mun accused Of? I knn him 11 la a.a I. .i- -, h,in on my i.mV;"fl1 7 u Lin him vr... -' lo. . , ill 0f r,8t0frt." ex- niai.L n? lliellnskl. stennlnir (nrair. .ne I i. --nA GnlMTan i..t ...wvv, ha. 1.h uiiBiaae, says, I bUt It i8 -DOSS I hieujthat ha la n m i any rate, he knows our secret;wi'.l he nas overheard our plans and he will ciray us. He must die." v lUia iiHimcni a ioua nam- mering was heard on the outer or fr 7 - -- caped by an underground passage oy an old forgotten aewer. Dut It will not be safe for you to follow them. They will have recovered their wits by this time and aome of them will lie In wait for you and kill you, feeling lure that you will tell what you have seen ana neard," Hardy's eyes were becomlne accus tomed to the darkness, and In the dis tance he .could see a silt of dim Era light. He felt bis way to It. striklnir a barrel and hitting hla head against . . . i uansing eneu on me way. uy tne 8eDM of touc e urei himself "mi ue naa arrivea at tne cellar win- dow. boardod tin. and that th .lit nf . . n nrh .v. l..ll- - fri. J...UIUB. iuo . u . . . mum oe somewnere j uimr Wlth 1,18 fln8ers against the woit several steps to the left wunout nnding it; then he returned to the right, made the same experl- - m.nl o.,j ... ...,.. .i . - wiin success. tnr,lnnnl M.v.ui-- WttO ill. 1... uin H1UH. "What are you going to do?" asked the Jew. i am t., ii. . iui. mis aoor." rcclied Hardv. "Th plosion will have drawn the whole street door. neighborhood to the front of the "Silence!' gasped lliellnskl. in " house, on the other street, and I shall wnisper- -a whisper, nevertheless, that not bo noticed. If I am, I can explain could be heard more distinctly in the " -Msav. nuu HWW A VBUttJWU. ...i. 4. 8 1 a 0, 8110ut inan am 0nK to chance it, and the :. wnat ;r. As II ID aitBWer tO hla miAntlnn thai aoor onenine Into the hall flw vMa and the old woman looked In, dishev- ,,u jmiB( moaning as she crossed nerseir rapidly: 'The police! The nollce!" . 1ml. umi uiuiiusnnx on tne aoor A J il Ma.a. Buuuuco inrougn the house and a stern voice could be heard command tinahoH hanlr tha hAM.'f .xuv i, hail fnnnrf h u tha ray friend, and thank you. I sunnose you will rejoin your brethren. You ku nvr have saved mv life and t shall forcet It. fw " .. . . . noming about what I have seen and heard this night The nest Is broken up for the present and the police do I ing not seem to need my aid." "Oppn, in the name of the czar!" The American walked a counle of .. ii i .. was . iiuuj lorgcuten, nie czar squares, then turned sharply to the the r archenemy, was at the gates of fight and gained the main street. He niiiiie waa a " ana ne naiiea a passing ai now, Word Of terror. The nlhllista flow' II enh ho loi,Aohll, . 1.11 " . . ra.um.uiK IU lanO II ill past the American on tip toe, into the to the Slavlansky Bazar. As he stood I . . ... . hllll EAVA,.! , I. t .1. wlc,u joBumg Bna ai- - on me waiK, waiting for the vehicle ..0, him most knocking over In their eae to draw up, he felt chilly and. hla ex ernoss to escape. citement having subsided somewhat He Suddenly tome with me!" whispered Rn ne maae a discovery that gave him a Whipped the Pistol from Hie Pocket. "What Are You Colna to Do?" Asked the Jew. ruch, who had regained his feet "You shock and filled him with a feelins of Aeaaa a .... a.,. must not be found here!" and aelz- - uneasiness that waa destined to Dos SYNOPSIS. "Gentleman!" he cried, backing to I form. There was aomethtna- In fh searching look at him. The man was tne wall and speaking with an Inspi- ing Hardy by the arm, he also Jumped Bess bim for many dava to come. for the open door. Hardy made no i. He had left his overcoat hohlnil I Frederick Hnrrtv a aahlr.Ri. Knftnpaa anil whltonnaa nf hor a gentleman, In the conventional ration of despair and the Immeborn man. loaf him aaalth was soon mnnln? somewhere In that den of nihilists. He skin, faintly, almost Imperceptibly sense, and iil,n.l diate resistance, as well as a hero, aud no more presence of a horrible death, down the if a girl and sent by a friend to take long hall with the others, led got Into the cab, and. aa it tore glowinic with the warm, red hue of afraid of a princess than of a Chinese mars- - oi an American Trading Company "hear me for one word!" (Ore In Kuaala. On Ma I....- - naif by the Jew. They came to a narrow minus!, mo Bireew, me wneeis i neaim ana youtn, mat suggested me brigand. The suddenness of his appeal flight of Japan ha met Btapletoo I Neville, ....... . . "So you learned Russian that you u V,n n A stairs, leadlnit to the collar. annenklnir"O In- tha ,1.1.01 An..A ininA ui .IJIQ W oat 111UCI i.'i VI a:i Englishman. They agreed to caused his omww, LUriC II ML", aio executioners to . . , . VlUklliaj .... appointed , t.1 and down this they crowded, al.lnn.lnn Lin kl i tnuaaia. uecauae 01 sua- ma 1 nana. racK-o...r.iiift, f . luiu iu iub yui"w . ... I .. . . or 10am snoi inrougn wun might talk with me?" she laughed BHous circumstances they were several halt, while every face in the audience bllng and fighting, some of them los ln.M U I miu iu iriueiuuiT, h possime, me nrBi rays oi me morning sun, ana with a slight tinge of coquetry. "How iub molnated by the Japanese. Hardy turned toward him In wonderment. v. ....... Taa arMclaH i .. . fnnHJ Ing their footing and rolling to the whether there was anything in the the nanil - lib- n" r, iuuuu pearls seemed at home with such perfectly she r pa pen allowing But," charming! mapa of Jap forts. "No man is ever executed without be- bottom. A loud crash arrested pockets, a letter, cards, a cigar-case- , a background. Hardy was proven guiltiest. On a train ing allowed a last word, a farewell. "I fear that your desperate pouted, m met Alanine 8ano. Hardy's attention. He was standing that might betray the identity of the Her shoulders were so exquisitely struggle with the terrible Russian daughter of a Jap Bwrnant. in Neville's ahoen Jap found Even the law, which you say Is an in- In the darkneSS. but at the TO SSV OWner. his Ufa ho rw.ul.t that rovoalmant Manama a tongue Is but a poor compliment to farthpr DlCtUm nf mnril,t itPAtHn V.lm A ha a flfl vention of tyrants, permits that! end of the hall was a Russian spy. Hardy settle this point in his mind. for Riis- hanging and a matter of course. Im- - my Fiench. Did you then And that lamp, duty departed on a steamer, which was wrecked Surely (as you say that you are kill- turned low, and by the light of this was late when he reached the modesty is the child of ugliness. Her so unintelligible?" It Jlmrtly afterward. He waa rescued by a ing me in the interest of humanity) . . . .. .... . . 11 CUD tha itswt. fl , In. .1 : hp Ku.Mian Vliull- steamer. On "pkuicisi uoiet, ana just as me gray light of I arms were rouna ana nrm ana oeau- "Not at all," he VTWfnlr T aa I ha u ....It . . .. .reaching II.. .inHiuJ vou cannot be unlust and savage. All dawn began to sift in throuEh the tlful: when she bent them, there was far as my own poorreplied, "except m Siberia, meeting Princess Ronianovna I ask is one word before I die, a part and the officers of the law pour In. d mastery of it Throw your me bomb, throw no brother, he fell into a sound slumber, I curtains, .. Dnarueu a vessel tor anglo at the elbow, ' or unsightly it so. But my desire to cont I . . . Amiir. i nnU Hnrrivnarciy Ihnwarl (ho irinonuH t.tu ing message, perhaps, to bo given to avs.li. I.r.n.1. nU uw.hu. u was . fully, ten o'clock . when he went projection, buta a .perfect, graceful verse with you In Russian waa quit uiiiinsKi; ana Mpertness as a rifle shot. The steamer I ITllltn lABtllni ttl'A f aa.A Ia r.c M mi M Stramlnit Him iae miahsr my friends." Tha out into nis omce and sent for his curve, ana wnen she straightened natural. I used often to wish that I ..u.,.i, mam were attacked "Speak, then," commanded Hielin- die or the passage, hurled the sphere coffee. As he was by Chinese. Hardy them out. the skin did not wrinkle could understand drinking. . It, Wang I you when yon were . ... a II , I. ...... nnu 1. .... nalh ski, "but be brief, as we have weighty dllWn thp hall With nn a- Hftrnv ,... TKam r i ii' i...... nnin.. Iiii jicui. cuciiHiueiiv, .... j. . . .. ray taiKing on the Amur mo uti7 uibio i in u m in. uui uiiuint.'U iui i uDnu, l... Wlia ruincu inu i.i.i-steamer. Benred upon the craft. waste Do not discuss. to matters nn tlielr slew run milium ana Hardy rrpun, iouu, newspaper. isshlngiy. ... ... I .,.,., filler. llllrnlr,- - an..v.i.. ......... sides, Russian, as spoken 'bv you. ror in mercy. Of RlaSS. breath miirn Aa 1. your The m. liehtl ha trnu frnm pleading ha r.hli In seemed a Jingling Pushkin's decks. An attenit was ti.l, .1 H,Imi ..1 .1,. very beautiful language, and iu noara tne vessel. The "1 Mas going to visit the Princess went out, but, by the momentary flash ""i police raidod a den of nihilists last which ho sat awaiting her entrance, one wen worth acquiring. imnese were repulsed. KomnmifTuttacKing sneered Homanovna," said Hardy, as of the explosive. Hardy could see pale t Hardy's solicitude for the night, and the latter threw a bomb, Hardy, accustomed to fashionable and , Sho did not see fit to pursue thla ...... n I. princess. Btltnks. a tnnun.. nniu rti.nth. hut anenkine distinctly, "not several policemen pitch forward on women, noticed, as she ad killing four of the officers and wound high-breisiled to a cross on the ahore. To put n topic further. because I am an aristocrat, for I come their fares. u i.i me awrui torture Hurov iiiiiisimi ing six others. It was the society vanced toward him with welcoming "You shall always speak Russian come "Come, most democratic said the from America, away!" Mordecal, Known as 'The Enemies of Russia,' hand extended, that her soft, lieht with own life In his me, then. By the way. havo vou fires rnen- hands. Forest 1 was invited to and Hardy scurrM down the dark made up of disaffected Russians. hair was parted in the middle and 'eu the VOKial lit country on earth. ,.liintii,.r..il heard anything further from vour Hp, F for heln. rtefimo,! nprmlsKlnn he visit her because I saved her life on cellar steps with the Jew. low combed over her broad forehead, roic Poles, Finns, even Jews all who hate friend, Smulders? I hope you nd started to swim the Amur through my skill with the ovrhoord and that tho thick, glossy knot, contins accursed government. wiin the princess' distress inessaire. have not lost all trace of Lira. I -- . fined CHAPTER XXXII tv skill, which has made me ii'im i,id lc ill i.. an in lnw Invisible net. was Hardy glanced at the boy. marvel should so like to know how his lnva eirorts to rescue the princess. He wooed enabled me r In his own ing much at the revelation of hate in down at tho nape of her neck. He said famous in my native land, affair with the fair but tantalizing way. savage She held her head hleh and to kill two Chinese who were attemptHardy Buys an Overcoat ""jf nun miuie inva openly to that ingrnuous word, "accursed." cuuiia- - came out. Bir), the cftlJ1a Hmj prlncesc u,,p nature is second It her. tr In in to abduct utter darkness now. . .. ....ft wan nh.m. .. They were "Why are you an enemy of Rus- haughtily as the head of a queen, yet .....j "Of that I am able to Inform vou. a ..... i shnnt ultii Husoiite pre Above could be heard a hoarse uproar, sia?" he asked. Arriving at hla destination he took her red, full lips parted In a dazzling I have i. ttiarge of the tradlnR company's I my weapon here I could Had and and faint shouts and cision. "friendliness shone ne ana recently heard from Smulders. confused, sounds "Oh. for no particular reason." fal- - smile, perfect Hardy received a letter from H so-xnuiia" are married nnd livleader In Boston and another from pick off in succession, rrom wnere i of heavy boots on the flooring: here tered the boy, turning palo. "I per-- from her blue eyes. I . i..in liLudiikn SIlnniM .. ing in Amsterdam. Smuldcra i in I aj.ifiia Mr. Hielinskl's on In if luun foot thn shuffilne 'I thn received buttons cellar, tho note the . . at ten o'clock am your I not. And itinuj " the nihilists all M a Jew, thus ' bapB " " "r. the seventh connecting hlmwlf in u stand, hraven of I happiness." l .1 nlhllintR. btimn nu tlmm-- thn this morning," she said in French, the psciminir ' . or rattlo f ilfsnnnpHi-oi"j r .1 inni race, jiarov reeeiveuhim" coat.' i.i u t,n iul4 ...vc. v. . v. ,north ' swallowed The princess canned hor nttu thankinu In ft Mrhta from the princess, the asked most us?" occasional to of the an obstruction in or natural kicked Is that them the a way Not What was for world, hands with Joy. up. thing i....i.,i. ......I,..- - .u In as QanifMi. to seen she had lid run yes-caare oams. "You . i.r him only ... ..ni. .Morae lert to prove the Identity of a memehiiirniun. tnough gain talking ...t,...A,U Wuhi, against, mimerea iit.. It, lTllJIi..T. -"Isn't it delightful," she exclaimed, still holding Hardy by the arm, ber, except one costly, ..vain, rinruy went to Moscow, woeit- time. Give us your parting message over- - terday, "and, fortunately, I had no 'to hear of a love affair that nda CBN Hie uiviieil upon inunmi unavoidable to him tnose across lor the He Btarteil ttr lo to it 11." which cellar until will engagement rapidly pulled get lia nnlBi.u titin,, ftf Prill' and we proves try . 1. .. n . I coat, . I. . ... that . this society .1 1 . . -- . happily? And I have no doubt that I I .11 . 1. .. ........ 1. .1 Himuinovna. Hardy aroused uiiih'- - whom it is intended. muuu uiHu tui-- y Bviuuuicu MKiiuiN. me ieei uuuilhts among us members some oil ia vue center or a lux 'Chulia' will settle down Into .iiaoi jeniousy or Ills Korean noy o? A nan. on men urlous their hands the flooded of wealthier and with a of crawling hit." rose salon, Hardy, proceeded on the classes, perhaps soft, "mounrlng that he was going to call I I affectionate sible, and 1 wife, Lira liltriu.i! Lnoi.i tnr. ........ Amerlr.m rnlnnul who frnm The Itch repay atnMrln lu.t.llitv lull .. . inven vtn" v,.,ik vrmilor. ....wu-........ the hull princess. . He engaged a cahman H " H11U D" UU V... V.VbH.W UUIUB IU1 .nj lir.n. "" IIOII I nn.n.nn Him tor an nia sufferings. Was that not a t0 house on a poorly n!!!Xn,m one back of on of the all struck ward blow the his about with these, you and genlously the paper disposed hand "Knted street. Hulln, right cellinjt After entering the house Hon of Mons. terrible hanuenlnir last nlirht th. I "f waa verv "that thin country . -- o reniio - 0 anrrv" h "JMy discovered that It waa a resort of- to atoms, and by God! if any one here who kicked him savagely and swore I in his excitement .Kf IVfNVU and wounding of those poor Whlllsts who Hukilling Felix was he Is a house divided against itself, disappoint myself last evening, and aupposed a foul oath under his breath. stirs or attempts to iay nanus " ... . I "'mo (o ten tnem OI B power im a ' I 1 t. ft omcers? The nihilists are becoming i li i wave worn ana so vou u sown, to tmt to anv out wiiisiiereu uei win nosaihia h aioraecai, aione, la I'll do It!" bolder and bolder every day. Only arrived anil and crawl, crawl with me!" Its own destruction and salvation!" .l.,,.....l u..lu nu an im. miii. he annoyance In waiting for me. But the severest measures P;tor. The nJliillati determined to kill lutot! words, -- - suddenlyHUH will stamn out narav In k,i.. . tne ooys eyes were nasti ne now the fact They passed through an opening In v,inylveS whipped the pistol from his pocket, this evil of nihilism. There ia no oth-e- r low so his and mat cheeks so tne were it the wall, aflame with ..... i..,iiir forward aimed at the brought "But," she exclaimed. In her own way to deal with these misguided American fiat on his stomach, and excitement that the scar nearly dls- - toneue. "you are nosltlveiv anni.in0 CHAPTER ball. men, who, if they could only te made his was back. That scratched it still appeared. Russian! so I And At this moment thn pommlttee re Perfectly, too! to see are their own worst enemies. Hardy gulped down his coffee and i can hardly believe my eara it ! in Could it barely wide enough for two at a time CHAPTER XXXI wtered the room. It had transacted know how it grieves the they was evident from tne fact mat sianea ror me aoor. credible But don't let's remain Little Father to be severe n grlRlv huslnaai nrlth rilHIItttch. km fcnrl ''tviurif nil rtlnua ti ...w.with any of T.t .L.....v. 'If for calls he anybody me, Wang," IIIUII&I. standing here like two posta. Sit KourbBkl acted as "In the Name of the Cxarl" spokesman. wall scraped his right side, said, "tell them that I will be back down, over here, and we will have a his children, they would not resort t the decal, Into KtS Uiruwu h Were The n "Mr. Chairman and Brethren," he violence. I am sorry for the families were through in a trice and still in an hour." nice cozy talk. I can give you two of the killed Wnounccrl "ura hava HneMeit thnt the panic by this sudden move on the They and wounded officers! I l In rlnrVnesft. of The sound Ha rotnrn did ...... ..... tlr nttar that . " full hours." I " vi.v. ...u.H M VUUn WUIC, W t a For the moment ne 111 W.vr. wn. moRt have started a subHcrlptlon for practical method la to bind the part of Hardy, could be tumrd ling an exact duplicate of the over- feet them, again scuffling She crossed room the lnw a to Of lilC ItllWUViwu) I J.rtO which has already been generously rerttnr Via YtA 1aV n Hi M lata Gnntntr wisonnr and drive on awl into tne was in control i. a .t.. ...-..I divan he and herself that seated aware well -una i, DaBe Of Ilia comfortably ..i. to." hiifo U'lth 119 UlUUfc" ivw V.l. "The fools! ' muttered Mordecal, l Ana still there was no sign of the on one end of it, among a mass of lux sponded so for long. Jer a shoemaker, who can do the could not remain "May I put my name down for-.stone." back the to He felt reassured. police, Had put there forgot urious 'they , pillows. small amount?" asked Hardy. The American 6acnea to u.b "mesa sclentiflcally. Then, m tne Hardy took his place beside ber and nmreu nan. at. tne i.itiir I thO ..in f8liy. hnnra when mnmlnv l waa In umenta m ... w v f, IU o he struK miuaina-tha norkota nf- thn anrntrliinff Hardy noticed that the list waa s(.und- that Anati b i vi umi mum i i a nervous paju, voouj tjsome heavy object, It after some little headed "Elizabeths Romanovna, 1,006 the officers of with the garment, tjeet l deserted, we can throw blra he "The law, hope of conversing with you rnr the knob, closed It be- gllng "to Brother Ivan's -roubles," and that several othera had n munvivu iv ioi .vonuuu, -- wu iwio ion, no nine in some time in your own tongue, moi. cab, drive him to mere, run rapidly prln d started to I Jome lonely spot on the banks of the hind him now, and Just In time! Listen, laying hands on him. cess, has been a great incentive to contributed equal sums. The last room in which he flush -the empty across not hear uiinll. do them? n mv Hilir you mm me In my studies of Russian. With. name thus far obtained, and next to iux into ihc win. urop - n.llluillt. nowear Put In the cellar. CHAPTER XXXIII. dow found tunw'i your are Hardy must sign, was that of out ei-that incentive, I should scarcely which They All the i:uu; "uiuitii3t) an effort to lock IU wan. act In this matter," said lliellnskl tne nave raaae sucn progress as you are Boris Romanoff, who was down foi against there a. ihTrh 7oJr was Impossible, 'D a 2,000 roubles. I'm llh thn ad- hiialnncalil.n tiartv iiiii aa was renuested. and he Hardy Makes a Call. kind enough to credit me with." and no on no key on the outside, sounds Tho Princess Romanovna was at the hear faint a Is Indeed (TO 13 CONTINUED.) could who was of He now. at home more hnm Drother Ivan, at J0" tired in a xown hlnn of vale , bolt. . , ,trong man, and side or tne wan. n in other store than at the m " uiiv - . - 4ha Strvetcnak in ' "", a savaee uproar EroK ns.Vl'hern are Wfl H0W7 DC 8SKPU. decollete, trimmed with dainty cream the wholesale houses of the Moscow Ivn and the shoemaker arose and The Cheerlna Crowds. m 1..J t... nnr.lv.v.,,,, llnr ..nwl( wea :.. wiiien ............ room 'ae Ave men We are in thu cellar of the ad hire Tha prudent nia tinman now must paus and these a uf words merchants, of deli' turned toward Hardy, curais, atruRgllug, to a memoor string of pearls, of priceless purity, cate While thouphtfuiry he nntiia K "luring the absenco of the com- sound of men half joining house, belonging flattery came naturally to hi- - Tha man who gat the most Applause ea-ere he had travewd ev ennecti of siio and porfcUoa of Hps. Tho princess flashed nay brotners The Order. BIUeo.. hnil hn the of out.-illU'8bent the one ainelnv III- -) uon i always gt U4 voUs. r i'. W ttTdhtTc of the ha.., the door ""c Bpot of tight on the table. ..... .. . .i, 1 UL - ii... nct-t- crp-nm- ,H.h - ... 1 1 ... 1 . ... sea-Bne- 1 - U- ... -- n-- .... . 1 .1 - ..... .1 ... ... .. ren-dere- .... - V. d -- ..... st 1 1 Jap-tnes- e 1 1 bust-nW- "l tfrt. i.n.-....,- - h - i, fur-line- d 1 . ri" lW a- n.ii XXX-Contl- .!..., . ... '. A 1 m is" nued, ..... -.- w S a p- Li : Z ' 1 r -- |