Show Th Tha a j i 7 1 c r I She sighed Impatiently and sat up You are shocked because I tell teji telOu you I can enn hate I mean merely that he henmy send semI to arrest you and you ou should be pre prepared prepared pared She rose If he does I must fall fan fallback back bick upon Ladislas Ladislas Lad Islas She crossed cosed cro ed to the door turned and arHl with ith a slow smile I had learnt to know well answered Did he not get a promise from you ou to help me I should never have dared to do what I have done lone today If you had not been here But Influence like Ilke that has Its responsibilities also aiso you OU know and you The sentence was Interrupted by the thA th ervant who rushed ru in then The police are here again m mas s The loud summons at the house hou dour door her Vf nr news Bremenhof had hadnot hadnot not left us long in ht doubt as to what hat hath h lu meant to do 10 ChAPTER A Blank Outlook Volna olna appealed to me InC What shall nail I Idu du 14 I Let us get away if we can I said Come then We VI can leave by bj the garden But suppose they do donut donut nut noi seek ilek me We Ve cant risk waiting to t find out 1 H not your maid can call to tu us 18 VV We e hurried to the door leading to the g and as we closed It the servant I the Ue police Ilice at the tile front fron It was wall quite dusk and the heavy covered te sound of our foot sups as we hurried through gh the shrub bt to tu a 4 l small door in the high wall II huh bounded the garden at the end Jo we WI paused a few seconds on the i name ot of the servant recalling lUng us I III II hb rod a warning to Volna There Thoro mix may be some jome one posted on the outSIde Lot Let me open it IV She iThe ht gave save ma in the key hey and arHl I turned tu ed It Itt Ita a 1 t softly as aM tile the stilt stiff lock would per por permit perI mit I was opening o the gently lien WIl it wad wai pushed pu quickly and a n man and soled soiled Volna by b the he arm arn a aWe We thought you might he could finish the tho 1 I grabbed d him by Icy b the throat For Fort t for r As he hf Was as a Ii small man and arid liKi lih u a hild in my hands I gave him pretty prett rough shaking aut pit him backwards Into hito the middle ii U 1 a U wide laurel bush where he iny Kit King helplessly struggling to ext i ii tate i himself and amI gasping for breath to tall call III for fur help I Hi tore he succeeded in n getting out ouSt ht fir t loud ory ry 17 we were wre put Qu the gar garit it n had looked the door upon hint him and ad turned the first corner We Ye had to run nin for it and by good luck ws w no noone noone one lilt abut to notice noU us in the first two i tr i 1 three streets str ts Who Wh Vh we reached ched the main thorough thoroughfare fare w Wt slackened our pace to a quick v alk until we got a 1 sleigh which jar ar r ned us is out of the chance of immediate pursuit Almost like a fl moment of said paid Volna I w wish ish we were there or ot o aT out of the city Well change sleighs in Ina ini a i I stopped stepped the sl soon noon afterwards at the door af at a hotel and twirl held the porter in talk Ik while w Ue the driver whipped up HP and left Ift Thin Then wo we 0 hurried away aa in the opposite direction n Now where are we going I asked Volna olna An old nurse nur e of mine ntine lives in the I Place of St John Xo No o 17 I shall be safe Iafe there until we decide what to do doIs doIs Is it far Not too far to W walk if you think that tat safer I 1 do o because a sleigh driver can n al alI 9 ays I lx bf found and questioned During the w wk Jk lk evidence of the pop popular ular unrest was wa to be seen on all sides The city cit is not like itself said saidi saidY Y i lna nna a as we crossed the gr Square c of St Paul Tha TI place was half filled Viol ith groups of workmen engaged in Iii sullen discussion discus fon while numbers of po polie polI lie lue lI tood stood at hand ilami watching Sunday Sunda f ening usually finds every one holiday Wt Y paused a moment near one oue or two nf of If the groups Everywhere Ever where the tho subject t ti of i If talk was the same the lt I Petersburg Whenever we paused p used near any an group I noticed one or two men lea e It t tun unter un ter up to us and scrutinize u tsu tu u Whether they were police pollee or ir orv irV r rI v I V n it was impossible impo able to say 00 Y You u are interested in these matters fin fI asked one of them All are Interested Inte ted I answered You were listening he returned Yes es I was listening There Thre are an only two kinds of listen c iv rs r in ill Warsaw sympathizers s and spies Thos who sympathize draw dra close i ho e who VhO x ho 8 had better move away I 1 am a foreigner There are spies of all alt nationalities I 1 am am no sp but Ill take your ad adM M iee id e and aid we WP moved on move Almost every eer street corner had hd u ts tsI I luster 1 of men and always the talk was as th ame If I the workmen of St Pe Petersburg Petersburg were massacred what could those of Warsaw expect Were Yere they thy to go on suffering like sheep Which Mas w as the better to be b slaves slave for the masters master gain or to t be men and resist gin ret Two or three thre times the anger of the Makers 1 took violent form for Men were aught making notes of the names of the talkers the tho cry of spy was raised ma td in a moment fifty or hands were out fifty oaths leapt from wrath ful ui n lips Ims and the victims were were hustled huste b l kicked and sent sprawling into Auto the gutters gutte And Ladislas believed bele there would be berm b beTI rm TI r violence I said to Volna as we on after ater one of or those these thee P Poor Por or Ladislas But I am frightened f f 1 i r what will wi happen tomorrow I have 11 U ver er seen sn this tamper among the th pee peo po peel ilo Ill l before he fore How will it affect my m i case If I there thore should be any pular outbreak the tho difficulty of or help helping ma ing ig her will wi be infinitely increased Tha friends on whom we could rely reb at any ther time will vIll wi then be helpless They are up all al Poles There Ther is II another way wa to look at it I powers power will wi be he much p M er and I h can cn cn more moro safely hold holdback holdback holdback back the tl evidence against t your our ur mother moth r hUh you said sId he lie had Is Js he realty really realY uh a brute He boasted to me one day da when whan my mother Bother and I were at his house that he lie had bad It in a private safe saro and that it i Tested rested with lh me whether It t t should over overINe leae INe len there thero A courteous gentleman Will Wil he use It I now If I I know knew him he will wm not until he has given up every hope of carrying his purpose with wih me Even after your of Jim Hm today toda She smiled He Hi has ha that quality which so often ofen patience I be believe beleve believe lieve leve he suspected from the first firt what the object of the betrothal was and just set S t t to rivet riet the th chain hain until I should not dare are to break br ak it I While I 1 was away awa he threatened my m mother that if I I did not return at once her har arrest arest would be used to force me inc e eback J Jel back backWell Well el look at it as we will wi he has hasus hasus hasus us tied te up in a tangle bad enough to satisfy even him himI It I is not so bad as If I his men had caught me just now He would have been much nearer his end So long as asI asI asI I am free I 1 can fight him but buC he lie knows what his power would be if I he ha mother and me in n his hands bands It I was in truth a devil devi of or a tangle With Madame in n prison Bre Bremenhof Bremenhof had his hand on the lever which controlled everything and to get her herout herot herout out ot seemed score hopeless This is ig the Place lace of St SL St John ohn said mid Volna presently That is the house house No 17 across there I will wi leave you ou here What will wi you do doI I shall go to Ladislas and let him know what hat has occurred Poor Ladislas What do you think he can Ho ilo o You will wi find him with wih his hands full ful of more serious matters than even ev my troubles trouble Nothing could be b more serious in my eyes I r said And you what will wi you ou do doWal Walt Wait Wal until tomorrow that tha is alf aU She he spoke with wih a rather weary smile smie that defied That is not the courage Bremenhof The people may win in the Impending struggle and then thim every everything everything thing will wi be changed They may ma she agreed but with wih no hope hpe hpe in her e You dont lont believe it x There is always hope hopeWe hopeWe We re may find another way wa Nothing is impossible for such courage ag aa a you OU have ha shown x There is always one orie ole way ay open opens to me inc mein meIn in the last resort You mean moan 1 She looked looke up steadily What should I mean ln but surrender surender Not that for Gods Gos sake sal e I cried red impetuously Dont think me a coward for nam naming namIng ing ng It I It I would take all an the courage you OU think I have But he ho knows how I 1 love loe my mother and that it I would kill kU her to remain in prison Tomorrow she MIS must be freed fr at any an cost cst No no dont think of it i Think of your own brave words in defying him She Sh smiled sned again That Is just It Brave words nothing else lse He knows they were put hut words t tIll Ill Il find some other way wa think differently tomorrow She paused and Id then gave ave me her hand Ill rn try t tr If I anyone can give me confidence you ou can cn How shall hall I see you OU tomorrow Is there tere any risk in my m coming to the house houe It I will be bt better beter not One never knows kno I will Wl l m e in tho the Square of St StPaul Paul where the We strikers meetings were at eleven But But remember her ber b my mother must be freed tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row at tt any an coSt coat co 1 Then I know what I have to do I answered confidently and I repeat Ill do it somehow As I turned away aw having watched her enter the house she had indicated Indicted I could not resist applying her brave words nothing else to my own resolve he to find some means of bring bringing bringIng ing lug Bremenhof to terms I could see no way to make it good to tomake make it i I more than mere words intended to en encourage encourage courage her helt It St lookE a sheer Impossibility bUt Short of calling the man out and shooting him for tor the old insult to me I or forcing a a fresh freh quarrel upon him there was W nothing I could do and the utter uter futility of any an such uch crude plan was too patent to do more more than in increase increase crease crese my Impotent anger I was wa hurrying to to t Ladislas house housew when w e I remembered that I had had no nofO food fO for some hours and had nowhere to sleep So I went to the big hotel the Vladimir and had dinner and engaged a room rm lest let Ladislas should deem it i me to stay ty with him himAs himA himAs As A I sat Mt over my dinner brooding it appeared to me that the only hope for or Volna Voloa lay in the success of the popular tar lar lr movement and after dinner I lin un lingered ln gere some time in the streets street intense intensely ly interested inte te in the progress of affairs The Tha excitement and general unrest were wee certainly increasing fast and the temper of the people was rising The groups of strikers strikes were growing larger In some places place crowds gathered and were openly cheering speakers who no longer took pains to lower their voices voices In many places the agents of the tho Fra Fraternity Fr Fraternity were busily distributing lear leaf leaflets lets let embodying the workers demands There were many proofs profs of or this grow ing InK confidence More ore than once oce the police polee and the pee peo people pe pie came cae Into open conflict and each time the police were worsted to the great gret delight and manifest i encourage encouragement encouragement ment of the crowd Then as men meo moved from one spot to another the idea of or a procession was generated bands were formed and united and be began began gan to parade the streets And In all al places at all al times men appeared app ared ready rady primed to take the lead led all al acting to fo together foether together gether ether as though tho gh the whole work had been be carefully prepared and rehearsed A blind man could have seen that grave trouble was in the making and I saw sw abundant proof that although although such leaders leder as my friend might counsel methods methods the populace were in that Ug Ugly ugly ugly ly mood which would lead them to laugh lugh at peaceful counsels and to rely rl on force and violence It was a night of such crisis for the elty olty I that I was vias surprised to Ind the authorities apparently nty heedless ot or the tue rapidly growing peril peri At Ladislas house however I 1 had haI a glimpse of their plans There i were lights in III some of the windows and ana everything was apparently as usual usual A servant admitted me and when I r asked for tor my friend he ushered me Into the library saying s his master would come cometo cometo to me directly Instead of Ladislas how h however wever ever a stran stranger strange gel ger ge came a young man well wel dressed courteous and p politely lely insinuating The leaders of the Fraternity are arenow arenow arenow now In conference and the count can cannot cannot cannot not leave them thorn for fur the moment Will VI VIyO you yott yO Join them or can I carry carr any mes mee message sage Ho referred to the Fraternity vitha a sort s rt Of secretive but It nevertheless surprised me that the tho subject should be mentioned so openly I can c n Walt waIt I said I merely wish to see so him privately Let me mc a message He Ho may maybe ma mabe maybe be Lt some sometime time carry Oil Orr OI such a night as this the meeting must necessarily be lengthy I 1 am In his hi confidence his private secretary secret In fact tact he added when whon I r made no reply And of course In full sympathy with wih him in all aU allI I know he h had a secretary but you ou will wi probably know kno my name fame Robert Anstruther Oh are you OU Mr Anstruther Yes Yes indeed I am glad to meet you yoju tt t you will wi allow me m to say so Yu u have haveS S probably come to see se him about 1 t f t tl cy I Icy l t Continued d From Last L st Sunday Copyright C 19 by Arthur W He Ho paused pau ed as if i inviting me to finish the sentence Well He laughed d pleasantly pleasant You YO will wi think Mt very stupid of me but in the multiplicity of tings things which in this crisis in the city ety have crowded upon me I have lost th clue lue Let Lt me think and he put his hand h to his hl forehead as asif asI asif if I Ini In perplexity He was evidently a aery very sharp h rp clever fellow but it i struck me that his hs sud sudden sudden Ud acted den deh forgetfulness was a little over overacted overacted overacted I am not surprised you cant remember remember ber her it I said sid with a smile intended to tobe tobe tobe be as frank frnk and pleasant as his hisA hisA A quick glance from his keen eyes not intended for me to notice put me tee further upon my guard That Th t is very ver good g od of you ou But I take it what you have to say is for the counts own ears cars carsI I looked steadily at him for a a mo moment moment moment ment I am thinking where I have seen you ou before I said preparing to tomake tomake make a shot I 1 have ha ve not had the pleasure I am sure he replied with wih another smile smie deprecating this time He had as many different smiles as a woman I do not forget faces and should instantly rec recognize r recognize such a friend of the count as Mr Anstruther if I we had hud met before I have it I I 1 exclaimed banging my hand on the he table You were in the tile police headquarters when I r was ar arrested arrested |