| Show IS I- I The Czar s Spy S Ii Py William Copyright 1 DO I liy by William I L H. H j X i J t l-t Continued Surely Providence has sent ent yon here hEre Mr must mut have followed fol fol- foi- foi lowed you from remit J England He Is m my l enemy You mu must t take toke me inc me from fromn her hen and hide hille me mc Th They Intend to ti f scud me inc Into exile Have flave you o l ever rr f been Iii him Petersburg before Do vou know nn any In hue une hll here S read rend uh she h handed Then flen when I hall hail me her pencil an and amid below I 1 I wrote I will wi do my best hest dear ilear friend I r I have ha e been hren once In iii P Petersburg But Bul IRIt Is IR IsIt isit It not hot best hest that hunt we should e escape Cale at once from Ju Russia Impossible Ilc at present she wrote Wo We t should both be at the frontier r It I would bo be best beRt to go lute Into hl hiding here In Petersburg I J believed to be bo m my friend but IUt I have found only this day doy that he Is m my MI- MI fin m He lie knew that I was was' In and ami was wa in A Abo be when he learned of ot m my escape He lie Hf wont went with wih two other men ten In search of iii u us anti and discovered eret 1 us that hat night when hen we sou sought h shelter at atthe atthe the tIme wood hul Without makIng making mak oak ing his presence I known o n he waited outside outside out out- fUt fUt- side until you ou were we're asleep el and then ho hue 11 came cam and looked hooked In at al my window At first I was as alarmed but quickly I saw aw that hat he was a n friend He lie le told me inc mf that he the police were In the vicinity and anti In- In ended to ral raid the hut therefore I 1 lieu fled with wih him first down to Dud and then lien thEn to Abo ane anti and on here At that tune time I did not see fee the dastardly trap lie he ha had laid all In or order er to get set me out of ot the he barons baron's clutches mini and wring from front fromme fromme me m my secret secret If I I 1 confess he Imen Intends s sto to give me up 1 to th the pol police who will wl send me to the mines Does Docs your VOU secret concern him I asked oscel In iii writing Yes she he wrote In tn r response SIn It I would be be equally in imi his hits interests interests- as aswell aswell well wel as those of Baron Balon Oberg Ober If I I were sent nt to and m my Identity ef effaced effaced effaced ef- ef faced I am ant a n Russian lan su subject as I ha dy told you ou therefore with lh a ministerial order ordEr against t me I am In iii II deadliest peril Trust In iii me I 1 scribbled quickly I Ir Irwi will wi act upon on any suggestion yoU make male Haw Have you ou any female friend In tn whom wham you could coul trust to t hide you you until oils w danger an cr is past past S Is s ono one friend friend friend-a a true friend Will 1 you take a note 10 to her her she wrote to which I Instantly no nodded cl In Inthe Inthe inthe the affirmative Then rising she obtained some somO om Ink an and amid pen an and wrote a leter letter the time contents contents con con- tents tens of or which she did not show m mo me before she sIte sealed scaled eal eJ I sat st watchIng her hI beautiful head hea bent hen beneath the thue shaded lamplight catching her pr profile me mean an and amid noticing how eminently handsome me meI It I was superb and il in her luer youthful womanhood I watched lieu her write th time the superscription thom tion ton upon the tue envelope elope Madame Olga Olga modiste Ser Prospect 3 t. t Yal O I 1 know knew ke that th the district ct a was on the tlE opposite side Neva eva of or the cl city close clog to time the tl 1 Little Lite Take a drosky at once see her an and await a reply In Iii the meantime I 1 will prepare to lo be be ready Wh when l you yoh 1 return she wrote If U Olga is iH not at home ask to see the Re Red fled Priest PrIN Priest Priest-In t-ln t in Russian pa Krasny tO Return quickly as I 1 fear nh coine oine b back c If I so RO so I am lost host S 1 J assured her lieu T I Toul would not lo lose c a single instant and five f inter I 1 Iwas was tas tearing down the he kaa in iii a adlO adrosky adrosky dlO drosky k alon along the canal and s h Nicholas th the envelope dg id to m ato sJ l I t I IThe p l The house wa was I found somewhat smaller malel than It its neighbors hut but not letout let letout letout out In lat flats a as the others other Upon the thedoor thedoor door loot was a n large brass plate bearing bearingS S th the name Olga modes mOlles I II I presse pressed the tIme electric button biton an and in answer a tall tal cleat n nu sIan servant opened the door dool Madame adame is not nol at al home home- home monie was wn his Imis brief reply to m my inquiry Then Themi I will wi see soe the ne Red lied Prie Priest t. t I said in a lowell tone I come from flom Elma Heath Ther Thereupon ur l without further word the man admitted me Into Inlo the long lark dark alt hall hal halland and closed the door with wih an apology that hat the gas gns was as not lighted But nut striking a match n he let me nie up the broad staircase staircase stair stair- case an and into n a small cosy ur el well fur nl he room on the he the second floor eident evidently evi ei dent dently the time sitting room of some sonic studious stu stu- dious person pelson judging from the bouk books an and amid critical reviews Ws I lying II about about For a few et minutes I waited there until the door reopened an and there thre entered en en- Lemed a man of medium height with wih a ashok shock shok of lon long white snow hair hall and almost patriarchal hearth heard whose 1 dark eye eyes ees that age ha had dimmed lashed Hashed out at me inc with a a. look of curious Inquiry and amli whose mo ement movements were those of ofa ofa ofa a person not nol quite quie nt at ot hi his ea ease eI e. e I ha have called caled on behalf of Mademoiselle Male Made alo- alo moiselle Elma Heath to tn give tel tee to Madame or if she h Is absent to place it in iii the hands o of the Red Hed Priest I explained In m my best Hu Russian lan Vel ei well sir the theold old Very man mart re re- NI in iii quite quie good I English n lh I am the person you YOl seek el and amud taking the time letter he lie op ned It Ir anti andt read read- It I through S SI I saw b by ly the expression on hl his furrowed furrowed furrowed fur fur- rowed face that Its contents cusp caused him the utmost consternation II lIlt Ills countenance already almeady pale blanched to the lips hips in iii his eyes yes there shot a n fire Ire of quick apprehension The rime thin almost ti hand JUnd holdIng hold hold- Ing the letter leter trembled visibly You Iott know Mademoiselle eh eh eh he asked In iii a hoarse strained olce oice as ns ashe ashe he turned to me tue You will wili wi help her herlo herto herto to lo escape I II will wi risk c m my own o n life life- In order orlet to tosao save sa o hers luers I declared declared And An your devotion to her lice Is IS prompted b by what whal he hC Inquired sums sus p i C I 0 I was silent for fOl a mom moment nt Then I conCe confessed se the hue truth My I affection S Ah he sighed deeply Poor POOl young lady She Slue wh who has Imas el enemies on evel every evemy Iun sudi tl n needs e a u friend n But Ul can camm we trust you Im ou hu you havo-you no un fear Of what Of or being Implicated In tim II the time coming revolution re In him Russia n I 1 am anu the ne Red fled Priest Have O oui Ho you heard of me My r name is Oto Otto Kampf Kampe S Otto Olo Kampf S I stood before him open I open open-iY buIu th b d d. d Who In Russia had Imad not hot heard Of C thai m mysterious unknown person who hn had hod directed hech ll a h hundred ed u conspiracies meles against the time Imperial Autocrat and amid yet the tho identity of wh m the police polie ha had always failed to discover It I 0 was believed ele e that lint Kampf i ha had imad once been professor of o chemistry at Moscow at-Moscow University Uni HI and that hat he Ito had enter ll Invented that most terrible and dest destructive explosive sive used b by the tIme I c rc revolutionists Tho rho Ingredients of or the powerful compound and the hue mode modo of tiring It I was iva the se secret secret se- se cret of oC the he Nihilists alone alone aud ami Otto Oto Kampf the tIme m mysterious leader whose personality cl onal u n n Iven to the conspirators themselves directed tho those those- l constant attempts which heir held the lImo He perot perol an and hl his g government In lii II s such goch ch hourly houri turret terror Howar Rewards s without number lund had hot b h been on en offered by hy the ministry of or the for fOl the b betrayal Iaal and n arrest of tho unseen un un- seen man mal who whose pl power l' l In iii Russia pet per 5 S class cias- was greater limn thon ever every himself at at wh that tint of the emperor ot would rise won word one day the p people ople tar In a hod body and ant destroy their oppre- oppre sor sors The emperor the ministers the tho ilice po i O- O lice and nl l the bureaucrats knew knets' tin yet e the they were rl powerless thieF powerless they they knew that tho the m mysterious professor html hall tl disappeared from rota Moscow rm o fifteen vel since been years Year before and lund had IW I seen was wn only oni waiting hl his Itis opportunity to tu strike a blow that would stagger e- e a antI and crush the hue empire from rent end to end lIHI t yet of oC hl his whereabouts IHY were tere In tim ut utter titter r 1 Ignorance You ore are surprised the tl ni old man nini laughed noticing m my amazement Well you ou pro pre ire not mint one us ts yet et I need not Impress upon you OU the lie absolute ne uie- uie for tor mademoiselles mademoiselle's sake AIe t tn tl preserve esel e the secret cret of if m my pI existence lence It ItIs ItIs I Is because r you ou are not a member of The Th Will Wi of o the People that hunt h t you yon YO have UW never heard hear of The Red lIed Priest rel roa h because col e I wrote m my ultimatum to rh the tho czar car in th the blood of one of the tho tw victims vic vic- Ic thins tims knouted in the thE fortress forts of P anti and Paul and priest because I pr preach uch the hue gospel 1 of freedom om antI and Justice I shall sa say nothing I T said hl gozIn at th the strangely ly striking f fr figure r before me the inc tho unknown n man who directed the great upheaval al that was to revolutionize re Russia My Iy only de desire he I IM is to tim I Ife save f e Mademoiselle Heath Heath And Anti you ou are prepared to do tio so cc SC at rl risk l of nf your OUI own liberty your liberty your own 1 1 life Ce J Ah Jh hu h you ou said you 01 love hove lo e oem i 01 Would not this be a test lest of your our afI afI af- af I hI am prepared for rm an any test o as long longas as she p escapes the hue trap which lieu her en enemies enemies en- en have havE set et for or her Imer I succeeded In ins saving her from anti and aol I In Intend Intend In- In ten tend to Rave ave R f her imer now Was as It I you ou who actually en entered red and snatched her imer from that tomb he hue exclaimed and he took toni my hand enthusiastically adding f r I have ha e no further need to doubt you ou And turning timing to the table he wrote wrotE an al address upon a slip lp of 01 paper saying Take Taku mademoiselle there She Iw will trill wil find a safe afe ft place of concealment Bui go quickly for el e every moment places you both In mol more dead deadly peril Hid Hid- yourself there thele nl also o. o I thanked linn anti and left lef at once but butas butas as ns I stepped out of the house hous and reentered reentered re- re entered the drosky I saw sati clo close chose h by lurking in the shadow hadow the he spy p of Time The of oC Finland who wiio had traveled trav ele with me from fromn Abo Abo Our e eyes es met and amid he hue recognized mt me notwithstanding m my light overcoat o ani and new t hat hunt Then with wih he heart rl the Uio ghastly ghast ha tI t- t I ly truth hashed flashed upon me rime AH All Al had been In vain Elma was lost to m me X XIV 1 lire Highness I Is 1 Instantly th the he danger anger was wa apparent an and Instead of driving back to the lie hotel I willed called out ou to lO the man to take me li-me to the Moscow railway station In order ordem to put pu the spy PJ off the scent cent I knew ho Iw would follow me hut but us as he Ime was on foot with no drosky In sl sight ht I should be able to reach the station slaton before he could and there elude ehule him Over O the tho stones we rattled leaving lea the lurking agent standing tan in thirteen time thi tl deep shadow hadow but bil on turning back hiack lack I saw MW him dash across the tIme road to a u street by-street where in all al probability he had a conveyance In waiting Then after aftel we had crossed the time Nova Neva I countermanded my or order eI to tu toS S the saying mian-saying saying A i f r I Dont so go o right Up tip tp 6 f i Turn Into the time Prospect to the left heft ler and ant put me down there Drive quickly anti and Ill I'll In pay lay double fare faue He lie le whipped his horses hores and anti we turned turnell turn turn- ed ell into that maze of dark Ill lit l. i-l. narrow narrow nar nat row streets that hat lies les between the Vos- Vos nn and the time e turning and amid l al winding until we ire emerged at In last l Into Inlo the hue main malmi thoroughfare again and anti then timen at last we turned into the time street I had indicated Indicated Indicated-a a a wide road of oC handsome handsom buildings where I knew kriett 1 I was certain to be able to instantly get another drosky I hung flung fung the he man his mone money aJ alighted anti and two minutes later latel was driving Oh on towards the Alexander bridge traveling in a circle back to the tIme hotel Time after time I hotel glanced behind but Ul saw sati- nothing of or the barons baron's barons baron's bar bar- ons on's spy Y who had l e evidently gone Ol to tn the station with Wilh all al speed expecting that 1 I was leaving the capital I found Elma in her heu lo room m. m ready dressed to go out cult out wearing a long tra eln traveling cloak anti ond In In her hel hand was wasa wosa a small casl dressing case She was tras pale palt and amui ant full ful of or anxiety until I r showed showell her hJ herthe herthe the slip sill of paper which Otto Oto Kampf had lund gl en me with the address s i written writ writ- wll- wll itten it- it ten Len upon it I. I and then to together we tte hurried forth COIth The Thc house to which we drove e dro was we discovered a large lurge one facing the thur tw canal one omme of the he best cst quarters quam of or the town and amid on descending I asked the tw cried Jl dvornick for um Ala Ala- lIa- lIa dame the the name Iame which the tho Red ned Priest had hiatt written You Toil mean the Princes re remarked ro- ro 1 marked the man through his red ti beard Whom hom shall I say a desires In to see her luer Take that hat I sl said hm handing to him the tho piece of paper which beside the address addles bore a curious mark cipher like three three triangles Joined He lie closed the time door dool leaving heaving us In th the wl wide e carpeted hall hal the tIme statuary in which showed showe us that It I was a place and amid when In a few minutes later latel he returned he conducted conduct e ed us upstairs to a tine line gilded salon Ion where an au elderly haired gray lady In II black stood tood gravely grovel to receive us Allow Alow me inc to present Elma Heath Princess Prncess I said sahl speak speaK- ing in tim French and anti bowing and amid after after- wm wards s telling her Imer m my own name Out Our hostess hosteR welcomed m my love hove in a graceful speech but I s said dd Mademoiselle suffers a terrible affliction She Is deaf eleaf anti and ald dumb UI claimed AIm Ah 1 how w vcr very er very ery sad she site exclaimed ex cx- ex- ex |
