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Show HIV,J "ning. . fTvNOpm. Boston fashionable leodore vlththr lt Part; i, nam KiJ re, byi Minnies ia of th. Htf'hii wealth, wai jilted mena M tana iint Company '"irUnu.Trading ii.riiv throuah - 'ie the 'II H mm f 111 11 r- Jl i "aching On treats. He Vladi-flTwr- ii .tarted nrinwM Komanovna ft. Hard? boarded a vessel for his fcV ,howl ' princess The steamer ,10.. shot. J rr'. Cobb " for P Her Hardy ", hrolm. Munohurlans Hardy slew their craft, . lirlMarr' - .timnnt - - ---- --- VI i r BBHMHHnHnHBnBHBaHHHi "I went to the Slavlansky Ham to hmidktirchief, removed his coat and get a slender, dark man with liunrr It upon a nail. He then took hla he explained, "who should seat, by Invitation, at Illellnskl's give me the password for the night 'The Trincess Komanovna.' This man right. laid the latter, rlBing, came out, hailed me and gave me the "of"Brethren," the Society of the Enemies of password. I bring him here, and then, Russia!" He very distinctly, ten minutes later, along comes this but not loud. spoke The most absolute siother slender, dark foreigner with lence prevailed. "First we must dew ho, it seems, Is able to cide what to do with this man who find his own way about! That Is the has Introduced himself Into our midst, truth, Brother Itlellnskl, I call the and has learned the secrets of tha to witness" and the pious order. Though I do not Virgin personally be soui crossed himself. lieve mm to be a spy, though I am "Very well," said Biellnskl. a tall confident he was brought here by acman. with thin. hnnk. cident, yet he Is not of us, and he la nose and keen, furtive eyes. "Very a friend of the haughty and wealth- well. May I ask, my friend." aristocrat whose name turning pampered to Hardy, "whether Von ara a tnomhne forms the or the evening. password of the Brotherhood, and, If not, why He was on bis way to her residence are you here?" when be was brought here." "The explanation Is very simple," remalnnd During this time Hard replied Hardy In French, In which standing, with his opera hat beneath language the question had been di- dis elbow and his ulster thrown over rected. "I am an American merchant, his ai'j). Ills eyes were fixed on the residing In Strvetensk. t hava n . little ball In llullns handkerchief, qualntance with the Princess Ro- - which, Bhlnlng In the gas light, held stoop-shouldere- K.dbyPChln!.e. n Net nd uiJ ard the a mi rled" for Hu.; PSSr oie( so m ' 7nund upon map- - of Jap' fort.. " p?san daughter of a Jap cted. ft, sup-.The- 2 I "i eU8iti of y Neville, ISed...ie aVioWon rJffl II V Ml W formed and thrown Into the MoJiW thus giving the Impression that b had fallen In and drowned; or, a fig needle might be driven Into the bSa of his brain, after which he could ba dropped Into the river; or, he couli be taken out to some lonely spot, gagged, of course, to prevent an out cry, stabbed or beaten to death, and robbed. The gags could then be removed and this would cause the inv presslon that he had been killed by footpads for his money and valuables. Fortunately, his attire, that of a wealthy aristocrat, would corroborate, the Impression. These are merely suggestions, of course. Would It not be well to decide officially on his fate, and then appoint a committee to aat, tie the manner of hla removal?" Mr. Koiirbskl sat down and ehmeaA about with a air. 'It is time." said Biellnskl HsU. and resting both palms on the table, Sressltt. "atlon on III hor. To put an "to bring this Incidental dismission t ll .wful torture Hardy himself I It ISSObd WV 1 a close, and proceed with the more I I Jfl Vf U!T7iUI K J mlmry. taking his . WW out of bl 71 1 1 f, 1 I K I . till WW"' ' oreni nrra inon- - II important business or the evening. pereoni Nothing must be allowed to Interfara h Lo. Refuwil permlaslon uld ace; with the great work which we havo 'r...j .nil alurled to - wlm ifDUiu Ko- rinrMi' dUtreis measagrt. in hand: The destruction of I said tU iLlru the government and the establishment of He wooed princes. were m Hi MH.ll! I' .uirotfa) WHtf universal freedom; the elimination of. d they openly to made lov war. oppression. and tyranny, and tha ram and tha prince" would t l.....n..iFiifl nn ..rJ.. Junir;ci4 aarl vi! of general and ever, liarUX Inauguration mil. Ightheli lasting peace, equality and brother kill .lhunt. iiinmiinv'i right :" " i hip taAtna , hood." ... tdriwavwl a letter from a no-- L "ogressd IT from in Bonton and another As Biellnskl SDoke. hla fare fl hurt if an tert with enthusiasm, and his eves eiw4 tind of ' " with the light of the dreamer and tho !'Ildl princPHH, thanking htm waa In Utopian. Murmurs of approval ran teacher Hardy'n it Doin:i (Hth. He empioyea wanff an the audience. through l retun "You .know." he continued, "how we to call upon the princes. itj e con for th palare home of Prln- propose to accomplish this irrnat nA begin d Lnovna. Htirny aroused unae- Government la merely a combination I ... ;i.uf nf hla Knnmn hnv hv of the strong and the favored of th b that he was going to rail on earth to oppress the weak. Laws are hofU simply canons for the regulation nt XXVIII. IpTER Continued. al.- -In i oppression." All these things are un:hurdi d natural and artificial and are built on meanwhile, slipping Into a lated It a substructure of aiinornMHim tar. r, the fur collar of which he th" us. propose to render government lmr.no. his .5 about left the ears, 31 AEfr Bible by making the governlnsr nmroa. stepped to the edge of the itatJve J slon so dangerous that no man will A droahky dashed up Ira dare undertake it. But the question inday d now before us Is this: Here Is, a man e anywkl haces Romanovna," said he In our midst who Is not of us. He la ) Aquilai "We Welcome You Amona the Enemies of Russia." "The Princess Roman- a sympathizer with and a friend of idvaux " ' , intreet ever Invented," said one. our oppressors. He came to us, supthe nihilists opened the door and ad cele! wchik Jumped down with 'Enough to fill the inside of mitted the cabman with a slender, posing that he was going to the house In whld itraordlnary for a Russian child's ball is quite sufficient to wreck dark man who wore of the Princess Romanovna, and over1S48. Romanovna?" he In tne czars palace" heard our plans. He has discovered "I am Felix Hulin," announced the :n m "Curse him!" interjected the other new arrival in mg snrewaiy at Hardy. our place of meeting. Will It be saf "and perfect French, " aid Hardy, "in the street "Amen! It can therefore be thrown that man," to turn him loose, after exacting a pointing, to Hardy, "is an he Who said the Russian, "and I to a great distance, and wherever it promise from him that he will not y impostor!" you there Immediately, ivestigi'J us, if such a promise can be obstrikes, It explodes. There is no CHAPTER XXX. tained, or Is it your mind that he be ring tlil wit is." missing flre. Several members of the Ins something strange in the Order witnessed a trial of it in the removed, as Brother Koiirbskl sugeen"ii For the Good of the Order. gests, for the good of the Order? fa he r per, so Btrange, in fact, Ural mountains, in a lonely spot, and the American wondering. the results were most The American, in Immaculate even voting on this question you will bear satisfactory. A udg l H in mind that the life of any one Ina though he had been sent small Quantity, hurled at the base of a ing dress, his crush hat beneath his munI & Is of small moment when dividual elbow "m, or had been his and tore coat moun face of whole the the thrown been cliff, id expecting Hardy did not long dwell on ta In loose. One of the brethren an nvpr hla nrm. ulnml at hnv urOK Utn weighed In the balance a gainst the ilectltf for he general good of humanity. was, after all. on his cidentally dropped a sphere of it, and back against the wall, silently eyeing Brother pronoun Smirnoff will pass among you. hand. princess. He would soon he simply disappeared vanished the nihilists. The blood rushed back s." W presence again. Ing each one of you, a white and V and the from the face of the earth. One of to his heart, and his cheek tmled a takes w black marble, a supply of whlcfi I agitated him, so set his his arms was found two miles from trine, but the glance that he fixed on have here, and Brother Kourbski will that all other the place, lying beside a mountain those wondering faces, in which hate ked ei wing, . . . . collect your ballots In a hat. A black and fear were beginning to dawn, unea irom nis mind. road." een cal ballot will signify removal, a whtt thoughts were running That would be good medicine for showed no flinching. The cabman, in Ion witiJ ballot life and Soma Other eirtioiHonf tall boots of patent leather, and shin tody's mind, It occurred to the czar," chuckled a third voice. r. H Brother Smirnoff!" . me to time that It took a Yes. and for tyrants In general. ing silk hat, stood at the door, with irmatlv to reach the broad his back his In That member arose It, against and (.i.n.l whip ex new and mysterious palace of the With this rt In cl He knew briskly to the Bide of the chairman about where it plosive, the Order has an agency by his hand. He was a thick set brand- vestlsai H who took a number of marbles from a though he had not visited which It can become a terror to the shoiddered muzhik, with little, red drawer and poured them Into a hat ihould have taken him ruline claaaea bv which It can de eyes, a red race and a proruse red ;ria "There Is But One Way He Must Die." to drive there Kourbski followed him about with anfrom the moralize Riwiptv and mnke wav for beard. His glance shifted uneasily other hat. into Which the mnmhnra to Hulin 9 from Hardy. Consulted his watch ml the new order of things, the divine lieges manovna. on whom I was about to his gaze with a strange fascination, dropped their votes. In the ghastly lie had been Bv his side stood the little French call. I told the cabman to strayed half an hour brotherhood of man. In six months drive me like the baleful eye of a snake. silence that reigned, Hardy could hear his head between his to her --Suits residence, and he brought me from now there will not be a man man, who sank "What Is his nationality?" asked his heart beat ahnnlrfprs like a turtle, and. stretching here. I know he muttered, "are plainly, and the mar. set will who and dare of In Russia amiable i one nothing your the living of the brethren, bles dropping, dropping, Into the bat, world over. The fellow Is hlniKolf nn nhnv his fellow creatures an accusing left arm toward Hardy, Brotherhood, nor do I wish to learn dollars "He that an says he is American," rattled like paving stones fallimr frnm ' "out for Here he took . out his replied Biellnskl. a while In order or take his sent on the tyrant throne shrieked: anything. a height As Kourbski stepped to the I am Felix Hulin. I sav. mon dleu! we sire of the watch and consulted select it hill" of Russia. Tonight we shall coolly. "As we "The Americans," said the question- table wre TJ and poured the marbles on It, the benefac the inventor, great great "the point of opening the the brother who will throw the first have no possible business I er, "are a powerful nation. If wo Klei the American arose, and mechanically human race. Behold, here will now bid you good night,together, of the tor to and luting proshould detain this man, who Is himthe Isvoschlk, sphere." d!n twitching at his pince-nez- . gazed with "tter drew nn proof! If I dash this little ceed on my way. If I do not hasten self . "Unl ia If nnt fnrf nniitp " askpd the is the on an aristocrat, and lias Open mouth. A black Htroam evidently hui,. m, r b r r: 1 the floor, nnrA poof! Mouse shall be too sphere late for call." of on member my a a "that 1908 h irienas, they would raise heaven and from the hat. quiet, poorly second speaker, The wnoie nouse win lan apart use "But why does he not speak Rus- earth to find him, and nave siiouia of Russia threw the Enemies the be "amy flif would there open "The ballots are all black!" anor a castle of cards, the roof will leap sian?" asked Ivan. "He spoke to me much 'wa out. made this Important discovery: tne into the publicity . and dlneuion n nounced the chairman. a oo in one little second, by in good Russian." shall apair, slenthing that we wish to avoid now. The point Brothers Kourbski, "I brother, Felix Htilin, is here a eesed we shall all be In eternity. GenWPTER XXIX. Stankletea "Do you understand Russian?" asked same gar, The with would man If result be should and Golovlev as a committee of eyeglasses, thing der, dark he HQ three tlemen, are you convinced? Sooner Biellnskl. HIlll .... I. ato ,h,.l permanently disappear," ; o - him n.nv hrniirht " on ways and means. Gentlemen, " v eont uiui laillimu .ddltM thi Nihilists' I word snail have than my "I doubted, It you Den. speak Ah. room. imperfectly," Here he replied sat and in the down, now is h1Iua he reception will retire Into the adjoining room. s Is i Ten thousand Hardy. "I have been In the - ,.n.tv 0111.1111' give you the proofs. at last'" he said; .0111 lie ..nas. . I mr nI n a ;eare for country full minute. reigned ommwi. iv in ine Kindly reach as soon as ilo rij The hmiao na ,a Let us go in and make him welcome." devils! I am Felix Hulin, I say, no only a short time. "There Is much truth." at ipnsih possible, for your decision me: this, as I have said, la shall man doubt dent of "You to well it speak f did not Impress him under, enough said tie. his with fnmhlliiir "in uim what Biellnskl, H....I.,i mn, iHiui'i'i-Brother Smir- only an Incidental matter, and we Jltljil.-iBVllle He plunged his rlfiht hand into his stand," exclaimed Biellnskl, "or ' out he reflected hat caught noff says. Has any other brother any have much of Importance before us.w sight of his own face in the pocket and drew rortn a spnere, aooui would not have made so shrewd you er and more an suggestion to make?" exclusive and was startled by its ex The three members retired, .000 or a ouBeuau, wnicu ne neia effort to get away. I am not sure now size the closing uvilP nobility lived in mirror, A florid-faceyoung Russian arose, a the door softly behind them. Th pression. It was tne race or a mima in the hollow of his palm, that you are not a spy. At any rate, clean-shavewho has only with blue and youtlr, dream was becoming reality. caught in a trap "i nnt nr Hulin " he ndded: "behold It will be a long time before vnu will eyes and a iwosehlk ran sweet expression. His who was still standing, glanced Hardy, up the moment to escape betore ne is dis the nlll which I have prepared for see the Princess about lde and mno, Romanovna." voice was soft and he smiled as he like a k ku covered. trapped animal, hu and spies: noticed that the last two talked. Hardy tyrants nan opened the door: and den He wus In a nihilists' ing some desperate means of escape. About 20 of tne nretnren naa sioien words were spoken with an einnhaaU t i to the "He must not disappear," said the There was the window. He cabman, "so overheard a plot to kui me czur. h , ...... oress ne lornmi hull ii, wprn inin of which him might reminded of the speaker, "us Brother Smirnoff says, dash at bate, him!" ... jiu.di'tirnil that he was an IlllV, ll.V that and leap at the panes. uiav.v. . v MIUUll! stolen. Indeed. tnwnnl Hnrdv: nnni Christian voices suitat can we Stryetensk. neither to Tit hit him. He would Tho crash and the as nltil keep "Villi, (11111 itnposlor, he had little doubt outcry which he' i'.,,. Mii.uh infn nil moved Rlleiltlv. as tint: out "Moschke! Moschke! Tho be an elephant on our hands. Neither would , we make might attract the atteni,!., f..t umuli! be. He seized s ana to secret The Jew! accustomed Jew!" this would be though Truly it safe to Hardy to Holy turn him loose toward tion of some passer-by- . that he wus his coat and hat and started But, alas, tha for manv with our secret In his brain and on meetings. But at the dreaded ttusKia is a breeding-grounB Mllly.. nf ft.- of the comnanv wnm aittin. majority the door. Three men eutered, two word "spy a murmur muw, violent hates. his It seems tonguo. to with all me, and-thbetween him dresKed and the other evidently window, and i?rrms iiaa b?en toid wellI.iIw.hai They all moved silently down tn due reverence to my elders" and the "A spy! A spy! Kill him, tear him which he could discern jif cumin ftnvt. shutters, lor nun. Hardy ... . end the of hall ex'reme the and here ho smiled and waved his hand passed man III .,!,..l" I'lrno. man who had welcomed into a Binnll ivoionllmi nfher Hulin." said "wethe tall rt.. iA ....... tliiotit h a door into a large sounra "that there is but one way. Ho must! through the thick curtains warn mm Ullt im welcome i ''coal flre wns furnished with chairs and die nnd his body must be found under i doubt, heavy and well secured 'ni burning " in French stepped in front of room, A flH,.,t. .1. . of Russia. Hardy overcoat dropped io the floor and Enemies the "I'm oi divanruid among a chairs round nanu. easy you ,im table, upon which such circumstances that the police scarcely audible marvelous them and raised ins your nbout nil "bump" attracted his somehe commanded. were n number of books and miurn. will be led to believe h We know iii.nttimn." lounge, i.om hn, mut tiiu 0",v I'urnitiire, disrovery. nnd we consider you the "ore you all mad? Would you have zincs. Crossing this, they entered the fate through accident. This will come attention. He picked up tho garment, ,u and slipped his hand Into the pocket, Beomod to him, for greatest Inveutor of the ase." the police down on us? Tho spy is In council chamber, a long, nnrrow apart- under the head, not of an execution, where it touched tho cold handle all them with bnmls of Hardy shook our power, if, Indeed, ne is a spy, ana ment, with benches running nround it out or a necessury removal for Mm I t down revolver. He remembered that a before tho flre. with much cordiality. how to deal with hfm, and a long table In the center, with good of the order," know shall we nerchunt had given him the weapon 1" trench, hnm expecting As for you, chairs placed for about 20 people. "I was," h fiaid, also "What method would you propose, in tho how to seal his Hps. af e to morning as a sample of a large n little adilress to make to "imiiinif Tho assume Enemies of Russia not seated tham. she pill, Brother do that Kourbskl?" w drop your Brother Felix, Inquired Bielln- stock of German Imitations that could '"'in l llln.. miV in II. the brethren on In tho benches and at the tablo. skl. t your selves '""M.uiiir inn In the Virgin's name! Fut it be sold at a much lower price than who was evidently the It for tyrants and BleimsKi. "There are several methods that no American "Very well," said tne tun Preserve 4 ""Kill nu witft misers of pocket original. Tho merchant . V. arrnnirnrf hla don't be long, 'for there are many We took his There! chairman, place at the head naturally suggest themselves," replied had said to the foes of mankind. that It was a good weapon, of the to Ivan Felix table, now. after tho Order here who are anxious Hulin, Koiirbskl. CMHinslvelv. freer Hnrrlv'a taking slmll brentho pvix the terrible sphere from his nncket. J if it the mesmeric spot and nought the despite the cheapness, and had ro-- ! you" he could - ill, ' the cabman "what is me nistory oi quested blm to try It. m It ' carefully on the table on upeaker's face. Hardv steppea iowm man? How did you happen to ind laying f'Xii'g. im.lmbly In tho Hut It. was not losded as he reached n,ia the i,.. a couch Just but formed of bis tiny "For heart, a here?" he crumpled bo him light instance, chloro might or i bring one . (TO UE COSTINTTEfJj BnS' . Wimdoi'fiil ,vt.lnnlvi for ue kiiou, iu" i,n '"""i "" fnnn-nm- & - .nulled. th In which vessel. 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