| Show i I The Czars C ars ar's Spy By ily William Copyright t 1 1905 O ii h by William CI L x N l 11 Concluded On the nl night hl of f our arrival h hI called In his son who io hod traveled t with u us from p Petersburg g and In 11 writing rl writ that I should m.- m. II hug ing again ry rv lilt him I wrote ot tl my a a reply a firm ln ie I He lie C struck the to table hl a angrily with I hll His list fist and wrote saying that I should I C r man marry hl his sun son or I Ole Olo lIf The Ihie nex next tin day while vh i Ic uvalL o I rug alone on nut t beyond t I often the he town of f as lR l to do tIc I as WS as arrested upon tho thit tt fHI false c charge of an attempt tC 1 upon the tl life of Madame anti and noe transported trans ported without trial to time the terrible fortress Cm tress s of aJana some of or the horrors ho hor bor- of which fU havo lv yourself exper The rho charge e n against oln t nut me- mei i was wan necessary ar before I could be ted there lucre but bet once within it i was sas the scheme of the lie governor to obtain nw my con consent ent to the marriage b by threats anti and anc by the constant terrors of the place He lie le even went so 10 far Car as to ti obtain a ministerial order for foi m HIV banishment to and brought brough It to 0 me ml to ti tf declaring that If Ir In one erie month I did eld I iii not trot consent he lie 11 should hould allow alow me pie pieto meto to be lie 1 sent Into frito exile exie hll While I was in In ho lie knew that lint hl his secret wn was safe therefore by byC every C means mens In In his power inser h he lie urged me to consent to th the theodious theodious odious union n. All Al the re rest t Is known to you you how how Providence directed you ou 0 o me r rt m my deliverer and how oo roff fol followed lovd you 01 In secret and pretending to ho bo m my nd took tool me with wih him him to Petersburg Petersburg Peters Peters- burg He lie le had learnt of m my fortune fortunie from th the he Baron Daron and Intended to mar marry ry me himself lf But now that lint all ni I Is over It appears C to me inc J. J like sonic some terrible that thaI much dream I never believed belp so Iniquity In In the lie world ivorid or oi that lint mon men could coull fight a n defenseless woman with such double dealing anti and cruel cruet Ingenuity Ah i the hit tortures I 1 endured In are ar beyond bond human hunnan concep concepion p thin ion Yet surely Oberg anti and will ivill wil obtain their well merited wol deserts If If not In Iii this world oril then in In the world to come comae Are Ale w we not taught b by I Holy ol Writ rl to forgive Ive ou our I c enemies neJl s Therefore let It us forgive There Ther m my silent loves love's strange strang-e story glided A bald straightforward narrative narra tive tivo o l that hat hold heil us all al for fOI one soi-ne absolutely speechless speechless one son one of o the lie stran strangest e t anti and most startling stories ever evet revealed She watched every expression of fr my countenance and amid then when I had bad hed finished reading and amid placed my urn arm tenderly about h her r slim Jm wal waist t sh raised lie her beautiful face race facer r 0 o mine tore f he the thc passionate kiss kl c I Imprinted Impi upon tho those e soft oft till full ful lips i This of course makes everything plain exclaimed Jack v a as a aery very ery minded liberal anti and who lio was wa greatly In th the favor of or orthe the tue C Czar ar and anel a n serious rival ri to Oberg whose liose drastic and amid mercle merciless metho methods In il Were not approved J by iy the Emperor The Baron Bamon was well aware of this and by hy Ingeniously enticing en en- him on board board- the lie Iris h he lie succeeded succeeded suc sue cee ed by handing hat tnt small smal bomb concealed in lii a cigar a a a Nihilist contrivance con eon that had probably been seized ei l by his hl police in In ln In freeing Ing himself from the rival ri ho hio ia as 11 los los- tined to occupy his post O t. t Yes I 1 said sold with wih a n sigh sigl The mystery is cleat cleared up It I f Is true yet ct my pOOl poor Elma Is still sll the victim And Anel AndI AnelI I kl kissed ceel my love passionately passionately- l n again find hlll n again aln upon uon the lie l lips lis CONCLUSION I. I Nearly two years have hn now ono h b- b There here h been en great chan changes change's s Russia man many gr great at and arid nn changes chanes consequent upon war vai t c Us Its Is disasters l r Russia ta Is IR nf Iong r th gr great at power iio that sh she once was supposed l tt to tl be he Marry Many events that lint have startled the world worle have occurred oc el sine since that day clay hen I first enfolded el my silent It love lo within my arms ams One Onie of them Is Ig I known to you all You read in In the lie newspapers without wih- wih with out a n doubt douht hio how the time Baron Balon Xavier Oberg the persecutor of Finland the lie enemy of ecu education the relentless foe oe of or the tIme defenseless the the man who ordered women to be he knouted to death In the h heartless s whom the Finns called caled The S ler was blown to pieces nieces s by a bomb thrown beneath hr his carriage n a as he choto to the railway station at nt t PI- PI 1101 drove cho lence l- l on his hisa a way to tn have o aU ence erice with the emperor The secret truth was that tIme net should tile die le Priest decreed cd that Oberg lute Into execution axe exe the swiftly put nn and the plot wax was tH hundred d cution anti and although five tl cuton are arc unaware un Un- made the police were arrests time the l Identity of or oft aware t to tl this day of or arl a of who lio directed It or o who t lIme hI son pei-son on I. I missile From pillar threw thre the fatal been bach have to post the lie revolutionists hn e hunted bv ly the bloodhounds of police yet et th the R Red d Priest still tH lives on quietly In iii Petersburg anti and ane th the lii Prin Princess cc cess still unsuspected devotes de tie- of her enormous enormous otes votes the greater l' l part hart of or free freedom om ous Income to lh the cal cause e Of Jack and amid Muriel I need only were werl mar married about three sn say they hey lec months after Elmas Elma's return from Russia and at et the present time thc they are living on the outskirts of or Glasgow Gins Glas gow where Jack has hns secured tho the go shore shor appointment which he ilL so 50 0 long Co coveted ye e ci how is la not B By sonic some means means exactly exactly quite certain the tiie the police discovered e quie that lint Dick Archer alias alias Hornby was as conC concerned In n the he clever er robbery of or a bag dressing containing con con- the Dowager Lady Lanca tamica- Lancashire's shires shire's jewels from flom her footman on Euston Buxton Elston platform and amid after a long search th the they found him bUn hl hiding ln at al an au hotel In Liverpool When however howe e they went to arre arrest t him he ho lau laughed h in In the lie faces aces S of the detectives e placed something swiftly In mu his mouth anti and nel swallowed it I before the thc they could prevent pre pro 1 ho Iw vent ent him him then then ten en minutes later fell dead He lie knew what terrible fel lead Il revelations must be he he made If we gave e evidence against t him bin nail and he lie therefore there there- fol fore ore preferred death by his own hand to that following a jull Judicial sentence Chater although one of tIle life most expert jewel thieves In Europe lund had never ne been actually guilty of or nn any graver offense and anti when we heard that he lie was In San Sami Francisco where he had hall opened a it l small mal liar bar an arid and was Wn trying to live I honestly wo we Wt resolved to allow him hun to remain there thero In Indeed In In- deec deed Jack Jacl wrote to him about nine nino mouths months ago ngo warning him never ner to SOt set t foot on English soil ol again on pain of arrest hn has recently opened a n small restaurant in Western estern Road Brighton and i IQ K 1 I believe e bele doing very wel well well I. I And ourselves Well el what cart can can I t really realy tell you ou omi Mere Iere words tail fall to tl tell tel you of th the completeness of of- our happiness It I Is l Idyllic that idyllic that Is all al I Ican Ican Ij can sa say j My Iy proposal of marriage was marie made marieto to Elma Binia a ary very ry few fes' days day after she wrote down her startling and anti ro romantic rb mantic tory story and a year n-year year ago at atio atna In lit littie little lit lit- t tie tle village viage church In we e became man nuan an and wife there being belog be he ing log present at at our wedding Madame Ht Heath th my brides bride's mother mothel to whom It by my exertions In quarters In In Petersburg thin the czars czar's clemency was extended and she was released from that thuat far oft Arctic Arc c prison to to which she had hal been heen sent with such cruel Injustice Two of th the he greatest Lon London on specialists special special- have ha continually treated flu my dear deai wife and under them she has al already already al- al ready recovered her speech speech speech-so so far fal am Indeed that she he can enn now whisper In Ina Ina Ina a low soft voice But hut the tell foft they tel tf me mi they hey are an hopeful that ha ere long her hr voice will j ill become stronger and speech practically restored red Al Already Already Al- Al ready too she can cani begin to hear henr After fter all ni the hue storms and amid perils IH of or orthe the ta past t our lives are now Indeed ful full bf br ota a calm sweet peace pence In In our own osti comfortable little lite house with Its Is porch covered e co with roses noses and honc honeysuckle that hunt faces raCeR tho lie blue Channel at St. St Margarets Margaret's na Ba Bay be beyond he- he yond ond Dover pr we lead a life lre of cit mutual trust anti and boundless love love We Vo are aro supremely content Uie the nt-the the happiest pair pairin pall in rn all the lie world w we think Often a as we ive sit together at evening t gazing out nut upon the lie great glat ships Dassing passing pas Das I sing darkly calldy awn away Into the mysterious afterglow our hands clasp mutually ly I In hi a silence more eloquent than thai words and as we wo gazo gaze Into each I others other's eyes there occurs to us the tho tl Divine DIvino injunction Whom God Hath Hatli Joined Let No Xe 0 Man Put Asunder I I I TILE THE TIE E END D. 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