| Show The C Czars Czar ar s Spy Spy- S B By 11 14 C ip J 19 I I by William X th I Continued I H HP lie was wa a proud bul bully possessing neither pity nor muir remorse m an aim average trae specimen of time the high nU Russian tl 1 ial n ft hide bound at n a slave to lo etiquette and possessing n a n veneer of pol polish h But nu beneath It all al I saw satt- rw that thai thoth h he was wa a coward In hum II deadly fear feRr of assassination as as- Rsc a a coward who dreaded lest some should 1 be rc revealed ThaI That conc concealed h. h door in itt the tIme with tIme the guard lu behind l was plain evidence c ho he was not the time fen Hers 8 governor rI o general cn l 1 that thai was popularly supposed 1 I HeThe lie He The Thc Strangler of or Finland had hat crushed time the gallant nation Into Inlo sub- sub ruining their thou commerce till till- plug tIme the country b by ln I t 11 ite youth Into 1110 the time nU Russian arm army forbiddIng forbidding forbid forbid- ding the use u of the time Finnish 1 language taxIng the lC people phe until the factories fac Cac- tories had been bell compelled t to cl close closedown closedown c down while the lie pe peasantry A And nil now on the Ow verge of or revolt there bad itatI arisen a band balt o of patriots patriot who I resented re cc- I C-I ruin and who into had already warned d hl his majesty by letter leUer that tha If r Baron Blon Oler Oberg were not nol removed et rom from his pu t he lie would die Tho o antI and other thought ran mau through my may mind In the time silence thai tIkI followed our OUt heated hentell argument foa for fo for I r saw daw a well troll el that he hue was In lii actual fer fear ear or of nH mite me 1 I had l ld led d him him to believe that I knew everything and all that hl his future was tas in m my hands whIle he on oi his hla hit part was wnM anxious to In lucid hold me inc antI and ye dared dareil not do so R My mm-a mm allet wale had probably boon stolen I b by lurking police sP spy for fIm II Bussian Russian Bus Rus sian agents a abound everywhere l Jn In it Finland conspiracies tint thal do It nol exist and ant denouncing the In Innocent Innocent In- In ns as The ie baron had halted was anti ms antL looking through un one of th the great Icat windows M down upon time the courtyard below bolow bo- bo hl- hl low where the sentries were wele Il pairing ln TIme 1 was for COl him n a gIlded I prison tom for fI he lie dared not noto go g out for 1 a U hive drive In lii II one cite nl or UI other othel of oC time th parks 01 om 01 for COt 0 a blow on out 01 the he water waler across to Ic Io holmen or 01 t. t o b being ln compelled com coin to remain there lot fot month I Iwi wi without lion I showing hi himself f publicly People in iii il A Abo 1 had hind lold told me mc that lint when I he lie he did It go o out into the time streets of lId Hel Irl- Irl It i was wa at nl night It anti ami he Ime usually himself in Hie q me uniform of If a I private soldier of tIme the guard thu UI I e escaping recognition h by those Who en lo tu desperation by hy injustice ht his hiI life A lon long hind had fallen let I us UK and It I now occurred to me ate I Ito to lo take of hl his hesitation There There- advantage ad Thel- Thel fume fUI I said In a firm voice e in imm FrenchI French I I think lau barn our OUI interview Is a aan at atan an aim end cud Is It nut nol Therefore e I wi wish h hyou I you good oot I He he turned tUned upon me suddenly with f h han I Ian an evil l e ta flash h h In Jim Ii h his Is dark cr aHl nai J. J In I Hj C IUt h hand its it's J hold time committing mp to tf the tIme fori t ss But ut before 1 I Ilea leave t you OU will wi that document It I Inn Inu may fall fail al Into huito hands you know now antI and I r walked to- to o wards him with wih quick determination I I shall do to nothing of oC time tho kind he mc It tam a h lied Without further ther I snatched I the time paper from his thin hll finger and amid tot tOI toie e It I up UI before his hits face HI hIm countenance went vent livid l I J do the no think I have ht cr c el c scout scon a mans man's face fac such an aim expression of ut fiendish vi 1 id I It I t hs as though a at L that thai In instant tant hell hel had lat h been Nl let loo e a hl his heart henrt But I turned upon amy mv heel niu ii ent out la passing ln the time in ill il th the room ante along th the hue alolf lowI cor C- s and across acress th thee the courtyard to th th time the main malmi entrance where the time goi I saluted me as I stepped into time the square I had escaped by means of or if m my ow Vm I diplomacy and firmness Th The rIme cars chars char's representative the the man who who that country y countr feared me umme IC cud and all for that rea reason un did not not hold holl me upa Jr prisoner ncr Yin Yet when I recalled that Hint il e i look 1001 of re- re on out my ture I could not nul help certain feelings of grave ra e apprehension hel hension lon a arising within hum me me nie Returning to ti m my hotel I a cigar in lui m my room and amid Where was was Elma Bilm was tIme tho thC chief question tues ques tion lon iou which arose within m my mind Bv liv Iho remaining at HI s ln fOs fO's I could achieve e nothing them ui-them- now that I had made marle the time acquaintance of time the op sol whereas if iC I returned to tu A AlIt Abo he I might perchance be c abl able to obtain Sound some clue clime to my mity lr loves love's whereabouts I call cl her lit 1 my loveS love because T both pitied pi- pi pit Jit- led and amid loved lo the time poor POOL girl 11 who was so helpless and mud F- F Therefore I took the lie midnight train back hack to Ala Abo arriving at the thc hotel hote t next morning After 11 an nil hOU hours hour's re rest iest t 1 I setout sot set Iel out anxiously In iii search of oC Felix th the HIP d drosky ci t ei l' l I found ou him I In n h his hie is log built log log-hult house bouse In him the tIme I Lud ito quarter and when ho lie a asked me umie In lit I saw aw ft rm his face that he lie lund had news to Impart t. Well Vel I inquired And O. ili what of oC time the lady Has las site she hc been cel found T TAh Ah AIm your nUI excellency It I is Is' Is Isa a pIt pity Ity OU you IU were not here yesterday lie he said ll With lh a n sigh happened h Why Toll Tell Tel me quickly What has hn l I 1 la have been n assisting Ill the olce as ul Sr sp spy excellency as a I often ofen do to and amid I have seen her hel t Seen Secum her Imer Where cried cried fn tn it Hero Herc In Abo She hc arrived m Alu yesterday yesterday yester yester- day morning from coin fors accompanied ac- ac ac ac- companied I by an aim J Englishman I Ishm ama n. n She She l had limit changed Item her diw Ii and ml Vas ks alt dt lt III 11 black Tho They lunched t together t at the tIme Restaurant du tu Nord ort opposite the tIme landIng land land- log Ing stage ta c and amid an hour later hater left b by steamer for 01 Petersburg An Ami Englishman I ci 1 cred Dd you In not lint lot Inform the tIme chief of ur police IJo- IJo 18 n k I Yes Ye your out excellency But h he ItO saul said that lint lui their la passports Orts h being in iii order U It I wits was Li to II allow alow time the Id lady to pro pro- pro n coed To ro delay her hel might mean her cst In lit Finland ho added Then their passports were wem-e wert 1 lieu lieu-c Ic on omi rn I 1 exclaimed What hat was ms-as time the name upon ton that hat of If the thc En Englishman v vI I I ha have o o 11 It hen heio down l. cx- cx I hot j font ur difficult 1 English 1 And imd pro lie a scrap act of dirt dimLy I. I lisPer per whereupon where upon was it-as wal written In itt II a u Russian hand tho tw name minute minute- Martin I CHAPTER CHo n X XIII HI I went trout to tl th the Iho railway station and amid ant orn fi-orn tIme the table time table gathered that If I I left Abo ho bo b by val ll at mit noun noon I could lc ic Ie in Iii Petersburg an un hour before noon noonon noonon on nm-i the morrow or ot about four hours tours urs before the te arrival of tI tho th steamer b by which the tIme silent girl Irl and amid ant her Imer companion cum com panion wore wine This I de- de e- e upon doln doing but lt b before leaving Ita I paid a I visit ll to m my friend Boran- Boran anki an- an ski ki who to tim tl mit m my surprise t anti and ali delight ht me time m my th ItO C Chars Char's etter leter Intact saying that thaL It I ha had b eul round found upon a German Germun thief who had hal I I I I I I I I I I L I I boon arrested In the lie harbor on n tho the previous nl night ht Time The fellow lid had no Ito It from Crom mit 1 my pocket ct bc- bc In itt inthe le II I C carried my amy paper money the time lal flap The affair of time the BI English I h lall lady Is a anost I remarked most extraordinary id one th lie Chief of uC Police toying with wih his pen peli as aR ho ito sa Mt at his big ull table She lma Bhe to 0 have ha met this timis BI up at fors or om at al sonic place place further north Yet yol it I Is curious 91 hint tier her passport should be ie II order In-order r even iVon though h site she tied fled fed o so precipitate gm Kapana There Is Ig a mystery mystery- connected connect ed eti with 1 lieu disappearance from time lint od wood cutters hut that I c. c s I can cannot not nol fathom Neither can I I. I I IsaId saId paid J I know the lie oman man who is with wih her bet al can cn cannot not hel help fearing that he lie Is her hem bItterest bitterest bit bIt- terest en enemy J that he Ime ll Is acting III In concert with time the laron Baron I Then hn wh why In It Il ho tal taking ln her to tho time of Iho tho capital be Governor General beyond time the toor I 1 am ant going straight ht to Petersburg 0 ascertain I said salti fald I have ha only come conic to thank you OU for Cur or your om kindness kind ness nes In iii this matter Truth th to toll tell I have ha c been cn somewhat su surprised that YOU you should have han Intel Interested tIl yourself on jt m iii behalf I r added looking hooking lookIng 0 trl ht at al the glue uniformed official Il it I was tas not hot on your our bul hit on Item hers h he answered somewhat err enigmatically I know something of the time affair but hut hutH Jt it was WM m my duty tut- tut as a man to help Iho ho poor POOl girl to escape from flom u-nm u that hint terrible place SIte She hc has hns 1 I limo know heen t- t ly Iy condemned for the time attempted fl n n.- n. m of o lh time HIP wife of n a t General l condemned with wih a purpose of or course Such a I Is not unusual In Fin Fin- land hand Abominable I r cried Is Isa Isa 11 veritable fiend flond a Hut But tIme the man only emily shrugged almi ills lila shoulders saying The orders or his Excellency tho tIme Governor Go have to be hie obeyed whatever thc they are arc V Wo We often oren regret hut but nuL we WO Ilare dare not Hot refus-e refus to t carry Crry them item Russian rule Is II a n disgrace to tn our modern civilization I J declared ret hot hotly I Ol have ha r c every sympathy with wih those lle who ar are fighting for Cur freedom Ah Ait you arc ame not aloof alone In lit that Its h signed ln speaking In a low whisper and glancing Iancin around Ills HIM Majesty would order reform and amid ameliorate rat the tl condition of hl his people If nl only It ItI were possible nut Dot lie he hl lik lk like his lila of officials r- r are nrc powerless Here e p ak of time the with bated baled great uprising wih breath but we alas know that It mu must t come one omme day very tiny elY Ila very loon and Finland will wi bo hc the lit first t 11 to endeavor o of C break her Iter bonds and lel tIme the Baron o be t time tho h t first Ii to lo fall For nearly an aim al hour I sat st with wilh wih him surprised Li t to find how host although his ItIs exterior was ut-as so harsh an and amid uncouth yet OL ct hl his hent heart really bled for fO the time poor 1001 starving people he lie was so cOI coi forced to oppress I 1 have ruined this thi town C of ofAl Cb Al b o Ito he ic declared quite quie t o II h vo ii U redI persons i hC have pone nJ to 0 prison nn- nn 4 other two humid hundred red have ha been exiled to Siberia Yet what I lH C have dune done l Is only at direct orders orleN from fi l I IJ fors fot's orders that are stern pitiless q and unjust i Men ti In ln have been torn tom from frum theli- theli U h families Camies and auth l to the lii tl mines women have been arrested t for Cor forno forno no 10 offense and amid ald shipped ore oft to Sa Sag Sag- hal hall cut n anti and mere children n have boon cast casC Cst into prison on out char charges cs of cal conspiracy with th their ciders ilu In lh order older to timE the t inc pr province OI H I he lie added anxiously I trust t you ou 01 never I CI repeat what I toll tell you Toi You Tout have haw asked et me inc wh why I assisted Ito tho EI English Mademoiselle to escape from son aj na and alt I have explained tho time r ron rea R- R We e c ate te a a hearty ty meal mul In company coo any at the time a restaurant hUlt like le a Swiss s chalet am and amid at noon I en- en time the train on out the thc first It stage f of my nty slow tedious Journey through brought th thin the eat sri silent forests and amid along alting tho time thoI shores of if IC the lal lakes 1 of nf Southern Finland Plum Fin hand land jand b by way of and Tn VI- VI boig g borg to Petersburg I was alone in Iii the compartment ald sat at moodily wa watching tho time panorama pano patio rama of oC wood ant PI as al we WC slowly wound un Ul the tIme tortuous ascents and alt descended time the steep grad gradients RaiLs I I hail bad not miot even n a n newspaper with which lo to In while snub away awn th the hid time only emily I my Iown own tWO apprehensive I e thoughts of whither my roy iY Surely Hurth to 10 no iii IH man was wis thieve there nor nver presented such uch a n t complicated problem as that hint which whelm I was now MI so 10 vigorously I to tl solve ole I loved Elma Clma Heath Time The more mUle I u th deeper decuier did eld her iter swee countenance and tender louder grace ace Impress s them themselves s upon Jim my hoai t I loved Irl II her Imer therefore I Iwas Iwas Iwas was striving to overtake 1 her Tho lite Tho steamer I le learned would coIl call cul at itt It Hango o H I Would they the I wonder 11 disembark lk at either cither of or those IS places Was as the man moan whom hm T 1 had 1011 l k known as Hornby time the owner r of tIme the Lola Loin taking her to place her hel fiendish hands of e In lim tIme the th Xa Oberg Ober The Time very thought ht 0 of It I caused me umie to m my breath Dal Daylight h t came at nt last last cord cold and nHI those tI dreny lu hw ide hh JIU gray o 0 or o el Cu l cony mma marshes whore item game ame especially snipe i merl abundant and amid alil at t n a small staI tn- tn Ita- Ita I lion ion sit mit tIme the head of or a n lake lale called Da t I took m my morning m gimte-m of tea lea then we le resumed our oUI journey journ down own to Viborg where when a I short thickset thiCket thick thick- thiCk thiCk- set el et Russian of time the the commercial cla class jut hut something o of a n dandy my compartment anti and wo 0 left heft express fur for or Petersburg r ant J J W tm bad passed I by a I sma somalI small station talol called near neal which were vemo umlaut nany villas occupied in iii summer h by from Petersburg g anti and were wr traveling tu-aveling through brought h tl time the itemise lols gloomy woods woods- when m lii my tra fellow ll ha Hiving asked permission pt to Ii to tn chat clint affably lie 10 seemed cemer a fellow and and told me inc that hint h he was n a wool t merchant and ant that h lie tad lund boon having a n pleasant vacation rout out fishing In iii the time Vuo kl above abie the time falls ls of or the where ti the tIme pools n tho time rapids abound with wih fish Ho lie had IUlI told timId me rue that on op 0 |
