Show we have ave hangea kc all that by herbert quick and ana elena mac Ma mabon liton copyright by the bobbs dobbs merrill co service THE STORY commissar a 8 soviet squad invades the home of kras sin min aristocrat at hazan bazan vil insky insults the daughter mu ala sia comm sear loris Is urged to confiscate the home the family consists ot of judge krassin mrs lira krassin ilya former officer and musia vladimir former officer to finace mrs krassin expressed fear ear for 01 her son 9 safe ty ilya recognizes in a former dishonest t steward mrs krassin conducts V I 1 in an inspection of the home and con trives that hr hp shall not see ilya the commis al bru al y ln ulis musia mrs Kr krassin assine a thoughts thought 9 are all of ilya musia feel her self defenseless defens eles and wonders it she Is to be a victim of the na tie of wo nen to vladimir musia criticizes her brother ilya ilyas s acceptance ot of the situation she knows vladimir Is a member of an organ organization izat on working tor for the downfall of the vladimir kills a bol soldier and Is arrested arre ted I 1 CHAPTER VII continued 12 the rhe watchman at the front was very sletty it was dark as pitch the city was very silent drowsiness over came him and ie le slept ue he sprang to his feet as all ol 01 a sudden there came a deafening clamor of the bell as the air was filled tilled with the shuttling and trampling of feit fet and low words of comman I 1 passed from man to man men alen seemed to si siring ring up out of the ground the dirk shadows in the old barden garden became invader with bayonet ed guns n their han ban Is st standing like pointed silhouettes all about among the trees at in lh rear to in front all about aid ar d a huge motor truck thun than dered up with a sound which seemed to shake the air PS inq it weight shook the ground until it stopped and stood in front of the street door ahe bell continued its peremptory clamor A sleepy frightened maid finally an in a ln voice that was heard between rings emanating from behind the door what Is the matter open I 1 1 at on e I 1 what do you want wart wh who 0 are you in th name of the I 1 eople of the revolution Ke was the stern command I 1 command you to open I 1 silence borne some sailors begin bat bering at the door finally it was half opened ana the face d t a frightened half dressed m mm servant peered out the 13 Is evikin brushed brosl ed him asile as ie entered and anund f und themselves ies in n the gre reit it recel rece tion hall wt ere a sud len ten change seemed to cot cone ie over them antim dated or fibish abashed ed by the pecked grandeur of the room they hud lied tied in if e center of the hall lo 10 I 1 1 ed around with guilty and un trien friendly div eves and half give back as if to retreat to the outer air are yu y u aenid ot of tt ese boor joy sneered their sailor ballot leader 1 ou ought to tove ve teen with iab me in I 1 eters leters burg ome n I 1 L C urage cane to the it if tl ti e sail r was not afraid d why should th y besita hesitate tet after all these greit te e ie were only nunan tiesh flesh and blood lie like tl it eni em selves all that in hi I 1 eer ever been the tr atter with the proletariat had been t flat I 1 at I 1 they hey vere ere v a aenid fr i id ot of mei met and w it nen ell like tl en selves and their wives and daughters I 1 chis hk wa was the lew tew at I 1 true d bitne and afi atis sailor was a lt lei ler of 01 I 1 e had been in rails in leir gril agn 1 tine nl sow s ov i few br fir ke or e b bi one tr n u ill the r wd and f II 11 wed h inand litand then it ey all came on like a paik pak of wolves I 1 11 I 1 e ev were a mixed ti rde ol 01 many nati r miles ot of all aes and with various r issi n rind n anthos rail ors fr to kr stall jiing comman ests in n v vv v blue sl arts ai itt I 1 at as q with tl ti ung ing rit rith b ns S S idlers tr arra in ilos L w eiith fill unit iv shirts and high h ts is bmp stu sin lents b ariely arcely in re than h ys vs fervently dev let te to thi revola don and its high nil if s and regarding themselves as cru eru a lers f fir if liberty i I 1 I 1 ens N n is who falkel orlen I 1 en kii and wore civilian cl thes the of all sorts AH all heavily irn alti ed to it tie e pe pie in the house houe it was if dp e tl d n f tl ti e irb friang the it ise I 1 id every ane ne I 1 right ened fates pecked palely fr in do rs and p an it it stricken half dressed ser scurried ah ab ut in terror one mm min the hero of it tie P occasion had the presence of mind to tele hone to the conin a report of tt tie e raid HI d it quire whether 0 lot the detach ment had reilly been sent out by the bolshevik ISol auth gitles this wa was simon it ehk v the atten lint upon J ludge grissin ills affairs outside ol 01 which the lidde I 1 ide had con i lilied had made him a with the fact that there were several hoist Bols evist levim orant ns as in being which sent out olit p pir tr ties to raid h ibes and thit sime ot of tl tt ese ee were s n I 1 ly r abers the corn mis mi ar at answered that a detail auld we uld be sent to inspect the papers of the rai rat lers tl tt at they hid pipers was shown by the elie fact tf flit it the lied hed sailor pulled a sl beit eat of them tr in his pocket and I 1 aked them over carefully say ray s slid he to basha sasha the maid anere is it izen vladimir no we g t him at the bick gate where ie to ilya krassin iasha lyzen ly zed with fright could not speak with N ith her eyes wide and staring she gulped and looked around tor for help hurry apt up commanded the sailor sallo r lead us to him or it will be the worse for you I 1 sasha sash i led the way for a space and then with trembling finger pointed at ilya s do r t iab a group of his tol tot lowers all bold as lions now the siller rushed the door while sasha fled to her mistress to tell her that the had come tor for master jaster ilya and had already got master but sasha aha a ha was not to have the eunity tunit all the ret rest of her life to tell her fossil s her children and her grande grandchildren hildren how the great mrs krisin looked when she received this drea ifal piece of news for every door wa guarded and an effort made on the pirt of the raiders to prevent the inmates from communicating with one an her ther wl at she saw within a few minu minutes tec was a detail from the corn com mis sarlat which arrived and after in shirting spir ting the papers of the raiding de tach rach ment mem found that they bad been signed by om commissar loras and were therefore coneck the raid went on mrs krassin was alone in her room from the door of which after being turned back from several attempts to go to ilya she watched the don and looting tooting of her house she was rather pleased at the looting tooting tor for it convinced her that the motive of the affair wa robbery as she called it or requisition li g as it would have been termed by the rather tl ti an an arrest of ilya she scarcely thought of musia now it was well for her temporary relief that she could not see what was taking place in her sons son s ro 0 in he tie stood looking at them under guard of a huge lett with a drawn revolver those who had forced them selves into the place were specialists in disorder lords of misrule and in an brief time the room was in chaos the delicate aristocratic y ung officer stood with quivering tips lips and trembling ban Is in the mid die dle of the room while the big lett oc caslo casio nally glanced with contempt at the weakling in his charge ilya seemed to merit the contempt of the huge lett he was a patt pitiable ible spectacle a little fellow delicately nurtured pampered capable of corn manding respect only through the in merited power of his family and thai that power was now not only ruthlessly but insultingly stripped from him the Boi were repaying in in dignities nil all the accumulated personal grievances and fiva iva was as robbed even of ot the gifts of defiance and tion he and the big lett together watched the others of the bolshevist party as they sc se about the room searching everywhere ol 01 ening drawers and cup hoards boards 1 ri I the contents of them on the fl r with empty boxes cloth ing tag broken furniture utter litter they found ilya 9 supply of monogrammed cig cigarettes crettes pissed passed them around and tighten 1 them with jokes and mock thanks S on the room was full of tie I 1 erfa ed st u ke he the heavy boots of the s I 1 liers dragged ab ut and over torp torri etite clothing one of the student members of the arty to fo ind a beautiful book of poems on the st ind and find slipped it into his p ket A big open wooden chest was eign cringed med half full of old letters and saras q of papers pipers to be taken amay a ay for further examination As ilya saw a aikem of letters tied with ribbon dr it ed into this mass he darted forward to rescue them but the sailor snatched them away from him and hean began reading them ah ali he lie sh these are but we hai en t time to go into them a w thi one ends ome to mel met lour borely lor ply loving Kitin kal she ishell 11 have to e cr me to you now Tova risch I 1 iris ris i er pr or mabbe I 1 can go to her in your place I 1 TO BE BM CONTINUED |