Show r w uL z V = = t 1ir 7 aA i w 7WLl 9 GZORGJ COPy RIGHT 515 e 1r1 JWll r 111 ISOt THE COAMI J 5Ylwrw ttUlhlonablo Boston j n wealth was Jilted k ffas f t hli wealth was Jilted losl tnl0 a a friend to 1 lid en Un Company 1 Trading aD AmcOrlC Iln his JourneY through W s I stapleton n I Neville o Slap eY agreed art luhnmT They agreed to 1 jogJturria Because of BUS tt I011 they were soverat W MSCthfl Japonoso sHard y jndyound upon his person red ou tld Ind 1IUP9 of Jap forts e1 oedngutltless On IL train e1i p raga gut daughter of a Jap 1J0111 arllS shoe9 Jail bend laborllirosingohimato be 1 ot torI Sr departed for Hus lIar Which wrecked giteamer which was Ittam r lie was rescued by aitemerIOn reaching Vlixdl Iitlam treated He started roeeting Irlncciis Roe anovun I11le 8 g a vessel for KBH boarded Wx ail ihoweJ the princess Ills lardt IIOtlc shot The staamer rlfl dId I i Tie princess and her tMkeS by Chinese Hardy f attacked The princess thanked MM tunchurinna herolsn bUt hprolsi Munchurlans s bIScraft Hardy slow their aCt rthlcraft 11M arrows wore hurled upon mill i k An attempt was decks Srf dh el Tho < attacking the vessel attacking tt1 IOrd y > sVnulsed Honiunort sneered ere solicitude e for the princess MuenKer I 10 sent for help was 1s put 1 Ofltle mrO on the shore To put an 1 elOrul torture Hardy himself awful 1 Sit of his misery taking his Mi hands Forest tires oho n lardyovolur red rtilselh 1 Jlafly volunteered to i5 Refused permission heard bdp he-ard and started to swim ncems distress messniyo Hi angry at Hardy for his brav the princess He wooed MCM Mvnge wnY Hu said ran jmade love opniy to a Jan came mend time help came iincl tho princess Hardy journeyed on a raft It lat hh destination be took Ihl trading company busier busi-er received n letter from u BO r In Boston and another from Nary took lessons In Russian thus connectliiB himself In a that race Hardy received u the princess thanking him s ray Hardys teacher was In death He employed Wang as Hardy went to Moscow where dud to can upon the princess Lfor the palace home of Prln inoina Hnrdy aroused unac Jealousy of his Korean boy by r that he was going to call I on it PTER XXVIIIContinued meanwhile slipping Into a r the fur collar of which hop ho-p about his ears left the stepped to the edgo of the A droshky dashed up 1m rlncess Romanovna said he a The Princess Roman the street raschlk Jumped down with atwordlnary for a Russian ncess Romanovna he Inking In-king shrewdly at Hardy aid Hardy In the street said the Russian and I e you there Immediately I Ire It Is us something strange In the paner so strange In fact t the American wondering as though he had been sent ire or had been expecting Hardy did not long dwell on for he was after nil on his le princess lie would soon r presence again and then the-n < agitated him so set his heating that all otjior mat driven from his mind < e thoughts were running hrdys mind It occurred to time to time that It took a m to reach the palace of the He know about where It rd d though he had not visited It should have taken him 11 i to drive there from thee the-e consulted his watch and it the t had been half an hour il ilV V he muttered are the orld over The fellow Is about for a while In order the size of the bill on the point of opening the outing to tho Isvoschlk latter drew up before a e house on a quiet poorly let Hardy throw open the lumped out CHAPTER XXIX U he Nihilists Den I We are at last ho said me The house as Ito Q alll did not impress him f but ho reflected that older and nioro exclusive i Kovlte nobility lived in I 1 aDd unpretentious real The > Isvoschlk ran up the us side and rang the bell tnan opened tho door q said to the cabman so brought I him I Piled tho iciu > maul 010 the steps > denl tto Hardy that ho was tithe Ioino of the princess i he servants had been told she lookout for him Hardy ho oan Into a small reception K 110 coal lire was burning l t AcoiiDio Of easy eimirg tlrr h fcov mill lounge home timed till only lurnlturo leer Il 11M med to him for nt a ntI print s Ho removed mtmat I down bpforo tho fro t aiihiid peen oxpentliiB Mwr ° to assume that sho Worm IloiiKinovtm of his are itndu ovnd mid wHit j f 2ra d rlleImmiv r 1111 Is I 1iIIr ov > r tho 1IlIntlll I te etr 1 ho could laiemeg probably m tho I ably till doer 1tIltaaiii sl Ollllf Cnl exulostvu I L 1q777 I Yi I I I n ff J4 J4M2 J f L 41 I a i l J 7 1 I l I 1 es r Z 1 l f J R i G j i I I i l A 4 y i 1 r r Y We Welcome You Among the Enemies of Russia ever Invented said one I Enough to nil tho Inside of a childs ball Is quite sufficient to wreck the czars palace Curse him Interjected the other Amen It can therefore be thrown to a great distance and wherever it strikes It explodes There Is no missing fire Several member of the Order witnessed a trial of It In the Ural mountains in a lonely spot and the results were most satisfactory A small quantity hurled at the base of a cliff tore the whole face of the mountain moun-tain loose One of the brethren accidentally ac-cidentally dropped a sphere of It and he simply disappeared vanished from the face of the earth One ot his arms was found two miles from the place lying beside a mountain road That would be good medicine for the czar chuckled a third voice Yes and for tyrants In general With this new and mysterious explosive ex-plosive the Order has an agency by which It can become a terror to the ruling classes by which It can demoralize de-moralize society and make pay for the new order of things the divine brotherhood of man In six months from now there will not be a man living In Russia who will dare set himself up above his fellow creatures or take his seat on the tyrant throne of Russia Tonight we shall select tho brother who will throw the first sphere Hut is It not fortunate asked the second speaker that a member of thu Knomlcs of Russia should have made this Important discovery The brother Felix BuilT is herea slender slen-der dark man with eye ginsses The cabman that wo sent brought him and he Is now In the reception room Ah but he has the air of a deep student him welconif Let us go In and make Hardy still fumbling with his tic caught sight of his own face in the mirror and was startled by Its expression ex-pression It was the face of a man only a caught in a trap and who has moment to escape before ho Is discovered dis-covered nihilists den and had HP wan in a overheard a plot to kill the czar If it should bo discovered that he was nn Impostor he had little doubt as to what his fate would be lIe seized started toward his coal and hat and entered two men he door three and HIP other evidently well dressed a laborer of somo ort Brother Htilln said the tall man French we welcome In Imperfect among the Knemlos of Russia you marvelous 1o Know nil about your consider you the and wo discovery Inventor of the ago greatest Hardy shook hands with thorn all with much t cordiality French I was ho wild aluo In little address to hoping to ace a urethrpii tonight tin but tall nun tho vtl 1 fluid V < I thorn are man > of lr dont lie long anxious to i Ordor hero who are It you stopped toward tho door wllim Hardy reached a light heart but Just as ho ochiotf of and one tor the knob HIP bell rang the nihilists opened the door and admitted ad-mitted the cabman with a slender dark man who wore eyeglasses I am Felix Hulln announced the new arrival In perfect French and that man pointing to Hardy Is an Impostor CHAPTER XXX For the Good of the Order The American in immaculate evenIng even-Ing dross his crush hat beneath his elbow and his fur lined coat thrown over his arm stood at bay with his back against the wall silently eyeing the nihilists The blood rushed back to his heart and his cheek paled a trifle but the glanco that he fixed on those wondering faces In which hate and fear were beginning to dawn showed no flinching The cabman In tall boots of patent leather and shinIng shin-Ing silk hat stood at the door with his broad back against It his whip In his hand He was a thickset broad shouldeied muzhik with little red eyes a ml face and a profuse red beard His glance shifted uneasily from Hulln to Hardy By his side stood the little Frenchman French-man who sank his head between his shoulders like a turtle and stretching an accusing left arm toward Hardy shrieked 1 am Felix Hulln 1 say mon dleu the great Inventor the great benefactor benefac-tor of the human race Uphold here Is the proof If I dash this little sphere on the floor poof b r r r The whole house will tall apart like a castle of cards the roof will leap into the air in one little second by gar WP shall all be In eternity Gen tinmen are you convinced Sooner than have my word doubted I shall give you the proofs Ten thousand devils I am Felix Hulln I say no man shall doubt me He plunged his right hand Into his pocket and drew forth a sphere about the size of a baseball which he held In the hollow of his palm I am Dr Hulln IIP added behold the pill which I have prepared for tyrants and spies About 20 of the brethren had stolen Into the hall and were pressing forward for-ward toward hardy stolen Indeed for these mon all moved silently as though accustomed to secret and dangerous dan-gerous meetings nut at the dreaded word spy a murmur arose A spy A spy Kill him tear him to pieces welcomed But the man who had Hatdy In French stepped In front of them and raised his hand Sh Brethren he commanded are you all mad Would you have the police down on us The spy Is In our power If Indeed he Is a spy and we shall know how to deal with him how to seal his lips As for you Brother Felix do not drop your pill in the Virgins name Put It In your and pocket 1ieservo It for tyrants mankind There Wo the foes of shall breathe freer now Ivanto the cabman what Is the history of this man How did you happen to bring him hero I went to the Slavlansky Bazar to get a slender dark man with eyeglasses eye-glasses he explained who should give me tho password for tho night The Princess Romanovna This man camo out hailed me and gao mo tho password I bring him here and then ten minutes later along comes this other slender dark foreigner with eye glnsses who It scorns Is able to find his own way about That Is the truth Brother Blcllnskl I call the Virgin to witness and tho pious soul crossed himself Very well said Blellnskl a tall man stoop shomildercd with thin hook nose and keen furtive eyes Very well May I ask my friend turning to Hardy whether you are a member of tho Brotherhood and It not why are you hero The explanation Is very simple replied Hardy In French In which language tho question had been directed di-rected I am an American merchant residing In Stryetensk I have an acquaintance ac-quaintance with the Princess Ro manovna on whom I was about to call I told the cabman to drive me to her residence and ho brought me here I know nothing of your amiable Brotherhood nor do I wish to learn anything Here he took out his watch and consulted It coolly As wo have no possible business together I will now bid you good night and proceed pro-ceed on my way If I do not hasten I shall bo too late for my call But why does he not speak Russian Rus-sian asked Ivan Ho spoke to mIn m-In good Russian Do you understand Russian asked Blellnskl I speak It Imperfectly replied Hardy I have been In the country only a short time You speak It well enough to understand under-stand exclaimed BIcllnskt or you would not have made so shrewd an effort to get away I am not sure now that you arc not a spy At any rate It will be u long time before you will see the Princess Romanovna Hardy noticed that thou last two words wero spoken with in emphasis of hate which reminded him of the Christian voices at Stryotcnsk spitting spit-ting out Moschko Moscbko The Jew The Jowl Truly this Holy Russia Is a breeding grouhd for many violent hates They all moved silently down to the extreme end of the hall and passed tliroufli a door Into a largo square room furnished with chairs and divan find a round table upon which were a number of books and magazines maga-zines Crossing this they ontored tho council chamber a long narrow apart mont with benches running around It and a long table In the center with chairs placed for about 20 people The Enemies of Russia seated themselves them-selves on tho benches and at tio tablo Blollnskl who was evidently tho chairman took his place at tho head of tho table Felix Hulln after taking tho terrible sphere from his pocket j Id < laying It I carefully on the table on a tiny couch formed of his crumpled I handkerchief removed his coat and linns It upon a nail Ho then took his spat by Invitation at Blcllnskls right Brethren told tho latter rising of tho Society of the Ktiemles of Russia He spoke very distinctly but not loud Tho most absolute silence si-lence prevailed First we must decide de-cide what to do with this man who has Introduced hlmuelf Into our midst and baa learned the secrets of tho order Though I do not personally believe be-lieve him to bo a spy though 1 am confident he was brought here by accident ac-cident yet ho Is not of us and ho Is a friend of tho haughty and wealth pampered aristocrat whose name forms the password of the evening Ho was on his way to her residence when ho was brought hero During this limb Hardy remained standing with hIs opora hat beneath his elbow and his ulster thrown over his ailn His eyes were fixed on tho little ball In Hullns handkerchief which shining In the gas light held I T r 1 t s w Hi H 4 t a 1 i y I 11 l J i 1 + r I ial = f II44 r t I 1 I There IB But One ayHe Must Die his gaze with a strange fascination like the baleful eye of a snake What Is his nationality asked one of the brethren He says that he is an American replied Blollnskl The Americans said the questioner question-er are a powerful nation If we should detain this man who Is himself him-self evidently an aristocrat and bus friends they would raise heaven and earth to find him and there would bu much publicity and discussion thing that we wish to avoid now The same thing would result If he should permanently disappear Here he sat down and Hllence reigned for n full minute There Is much truth at length I said Blellnskl In what Brother Stair noff says Has any other brother any suggestion to make A young Russian arose a florid faced cleanshaven youth with blue eYeS and u sweet expression His voice was soft and ho smiled as he talked lie must not disappear said the speaker IIH Brother Smirnoff says neither can wo keep him Ho would bo an elephant on our hands Neither would it be sate to turn him loose with our secret In his brain and on his tongue It scorns to me with all due reverence to my ellersand bore he smiled and waved his hand that there is but one way He must die mind his body must bu found under such circumstances that the police will bo led to bcllovo hu hut met his fato through accident This will coma under tho head not of an execution but of a necessary removal for the I good of tho order What method would you proposo Brother Kourhskl Inquired Blelln ski t There are several methods that naturally suggest thoiiuolvos replied Kourbskl expansively Hardys eyes left the mtHinorlc spot and sotiglit the spa > nkorfi face I For Instance ho might bo chloro T formed and thrown Into thu Moifltvn thus giving tho Impression that he had fallen In and drowned or n Qae needle might bu driven Into the blffle s of his brain after which bo could ba dropped Into tho river or ho could be taken out to some lonoly spot gagged of course to prevent an outcry out-cry stabbed or beaten to loath and t robbed The gags could then bo ro moved and this would cause tho inv prosslou that ho had been killed by t footpads for his money and valuables Fortunately his attire that of a wealthy aristocrat would corroborate the Impression Those nro merely t suggestions of course Would it nol be well to decide officially on his fate and then appoint a committee to settle set-tle tho manner of his removal Mr Kourbskl sat down and glanced about with a self sntlsfiod air It Is time said Blollnskl rising and renting both palms on tho tablo to bring this Incidental discussion to a close and proceed with the more Important business of the evening Nothing must be allowed to Interfere with the great work which wo have In hand The destruction of aocalled government unit the establishment at universal freedom the elimination of war opprasslott and tyranny and the Inauguration of general and everlasting ever-lasting peace equality and brotherhood brother-hood vAs v-As Blellnskl spoke his face flushed j with enthusiasm and his eyes glowed t with the light of tho dreamer and the Utopian Murmurs of approval ran through the audience Youlmow ho continued how wn propose to accomplish this great end Government Is merely a combination of the Htroug and time favored of the earth to oppress the weak Lawn nra almply canons for the regulation ot oppression All those things nru unnatural un-natural and artificial and are built on a substructure of sdporstltlon We propose to render government impoa I slble by making the governing profession profes-sion so dangerous that no man will I dare undertake It But the question now before us Is this Hero la a man tin t-In our midst who Is not of us lie lan I la-n sympathizer with and a friend of k our oppressors Ho came to us nup poslng that bu was going to the bouse I of the Princess Romanovna and overheard j over-heard our plans Ho has discovered our place of meeting Will It be safe to turn him loose after exacting a promise from him that ho will not betray be-tray us if such a promise can be obtained ob-tained or Is It your mind that ho bo t removed as Brother Kourbskl suggests sug-gests for the good of tho Order In m j voting on this question you will boar In mind that the life of any one Individual tlj In-dividual Is of small moment when weighed In tho balance ognlnijt the general good of humanity Brother Smirnoff will pass among you had Ing each one of you n White and V black marble u supply of which I hnve here and Brother Kourbekl will collect your ballots In a hat A black ballot will signify removal a white ballot life and some other expedient Brothcf Smirnoff That member arose and stopped briskly to the side of tho chairman J who took a number of marbles from a drawer and poured them Into a hat Kourbskl followed him about with another an-other hat Into which the members dropped their votes In the ghastly silence that reigned Hardy could hear his heart beat plainly and the marbles mar-bles dropping dropping Into the but i rattled like paving stones falling from a height As Kourbskl stepped to the s table and poured the marbles on It the American arose and mechanically twitching at his pincenez gazed with open mouth A black stream poured from time bat The ballots are all black announced an-nounced the chairman I shall an ifolut Brothers Kourbskl Stanklotcb and Golovlev as a committee of three on ways and means Gentlemen you will retire Into the adjoining room Kindly reach your decision as soon as possible for this as I have said la only an Incidental matter and wo have much of Importance before pa The three members retired closing the door softly behind them Tha dream was becoming reality Hardy who was utlll standing glanced about like a trapped animal his eyes hunting hunt-ing some desperate means of escape Thoro was tho window lIe might dash at that and leap at the panes The crash and the outcry which hew he-w make might attract the attention atten-tion of some passerby But alas the majority of the company wero sitting between him and tho window and the shutters which he could discern through tho thick curtains wero no j doubt heavy and well secured Ills i overcoat dropped to tho floor and n j scarcely audible bump attracted his I I attention He picked up tho garment I and slipped his hand Into the pocket vhero it touched tho cold handle ot i revolver Ho remembered that a merchant had given him tho weapon In tho morning as a sample of a large stock of German Imitations that could 1 bo sold at ft much lower price than Jie American original Tho merchant j had said that It was a good weapon despite tho cheapness and had ro i m t quested him to try It But It wa not loaded TO BE CO > TINUEfJJ J 1 t t15i J < J |