Show 4 00 F chave CHANGED pt al L OL T I 1 KAT HERBERT AND ELENA MACMAHON COPYRIGHT by y the BOBBS a CO SERVICE THE STORY commissar s soviet squad invades the borne home ot of kra sin aristocrat at kazan vil insky frisky insults ahe daughter mu JIB commissar loria Is urged to confiscate the home the tan fan lly fly consists e 0 n s i s t s 0 f judge u d g e R R 1 n mrs N ir BI ro K krasen r a s q J n li ilya y f former 0 r m e r officer M e r a and ns musia musts vladimir former officer Is mu musia sis 9 dance fiance mrs krassin expresses fear ear roi for her son s safe ty ilya recognize recognizes in a former dishonest steward mrs krassin conducts vicin ky in an inspection of the home and con trives that he shall not see ilya the commissar com miar brutally insults musia musts mrs krassin a thoughts are all of ilya musia musts feels her self defenseless and wonders if she Is in to be a victim of the na of women CHAPTER VI continued 10 the revolution Is to blame said she one day to the ittle little princess girls are not what they used to be the restraints are g ne which used lo 10 hold young people in the 1 TO rol er course and make real people of tl it em ent in her heart she eit elf that it would be a relief to see lusia married even after the affectionate passage of last night the old feeling came over her that her daughter wis was something of a burden she would be much freer to move about in war or peace U 11 musia were disposed of f in the traditional way she was conscious or this fee feel ing when vladimir had asked tor for musia that day she I 1 lamed b th ot of them for dilatoriness in which she was quite right they were equally chances to get well married said she to the little old cousin do not come to any girl every day one or two to real matches in her tier whole life that s usually about all ahe rest of then are not worth while rhe thing Is ts to be clever ant an t not let the g od chances go by I 1 im in sure ausla never neer thinks of this chances scarcely ever return I 1 she sighed bitterly her tier good chances sl e reflected had been al at levied tom ed to tv go by in truth however hoever she iad little to blime blame tiet heisele self for she hid had taken advantage of her only offer jut whit what natron of her age ie is willing to confess 0 o much e even een en to herself she co ild think ol 01 several e pral occasion occasions in her life wl en bt e thourl I 1 as she looked back uron uton events lust just a it little more api in n her pan part of the qu clitie of ertain sen gen tiemen would have changed things thing fui da mentally for heisele alone with alusta vladmir lid mir aa quite a different ers n tt it an when in the form table presen pr esene e of mrs kras ras st sin IT tor for he sit sat or alit agnost asi lay in a u comfortable arn arri clair cl air his long tong le leaa exten extended led and w ie e apart wa witching thing ausla with the manner ot of nn rn used sui sul erio priority rity tl it e air of b 1 n enfant which was characteristic ol 01 him find g which aich in fact wa was acte fed ted by in mi t off cere of his da eli s he vai a great friend f every one hr tie met the id ladies indies ot of his circle to wh in ie te a al davs paid c urt in hi hl in 4 chins way and hom he feiser hv ellin elling then their of tie tte he was ah it 11 tn to commit like J in ng rig tie it e R 13 11 1 1 etke were a unit in app him one of 0 the nl tit est in rt t 01 01 fi vt he t tried rt ed h 3 vs Q in the world lerl ip mrs clr 4 kassin n was he only one I 1 them their who w ul I 1 hive hie beer glad to suii pet tie n e pos sible J inges anges in his hel bel ivl i I 1 am very verb s arv slid M 1 isia ista that moll er Is opt red ed to III I 1 e I 1 ning your n vv ahat hat rg tl if n inquired mid lad imir with a sun surl rise i clr As if you d d i I 1 ki va v 1 I 1 think it Is tits d ity p s I 1 in t csc t t a girl a ri re than any ne tie else tie of sing IQ 1 mu IT more in I 1 r ft tt an in tier wl whatever Wlate alever ver musia said was uttered in n a s ft vie wl ich tell mile in I 1 ae i ne wah to hear more with the soft ice ke went a pleasant ingratiating mahrer and it 11 she only sat sail I 1 that it w wis is a fine div day thre th re was an air of duppre suppressed ed en in her intonation tl it would have been een valuable to a pie ler er tt it made via limit think ol 01 tie tl e d fforence between tt ti is little girl and her br ther duty I 1 be henc se faed I 1 wl WI ere did you pick up tl ti it ol 01 oil I 1 v w rd hes lies young and strong he ile ie is an office who will ill fight for I 1 issia if he will not rattlebrains brains like me pert if it s ills friends are in dan danger daner er we do not know how areat reat the dinner but neither do we w ot of the danger in lying as ilya doe I 1 sh uld ula take the honorable course aitho it try ing to calculate the of dangar on the two sides I 1 there was son ell ing more than a 41 habit of speech in her manner as she said this her face glowed with en vladimir found his admira don stirring his a heart a little more than tsuu I 1 see you read shakespeare said he tie picking up a volume do yon you remember the line which goes out of this nettle danger we pluck this flower safety t well for ilya as well as tor for me I 1 think the bold course the wise one as well As to the matter of honor each must be his own judge mother insists t s th that a t it Is wl wiser s e r lansis bitett ler safer and tn a all I 1 t w ways a y Q better said a 1 d musia niusia for him to sit and wait until the storm blows over tl TI is st rm rat did not blow up relied I 1 vladimir it was blown up it will III not blow over it will have to be blown over how 6 you a are re I 1 kuslu was laughing at him now but she flared up in soft indi nation agali agala I 1 chii k it Is a shame shaine to the family bee how other in fliers encourage their sons to tight and are prud of them I 1 your mother IQ I 1 a wis wise e woman musia I 1 don t say anything at all to ilya went nent on ausia but when I 1 think of and see these beasts of she stopped blushing tn in a little con fusion vladimir stared at vit her sur at her strange embarrassment I 1 feel as if it I 1 ought to protest as strongly as FIS I 1 can and then thell I 1 tt ti ink of ilya q s izety lie ile ought to know better himself I 1 wish I 1 were tn in his boots 1 I 1 think suggested vladimir that your mother Is not really keep ng rig lya ilya bick back no one could ftp st p him if he really wanted to to do what you would do if you were in his boots I 1 I 1 think my dear that he has no taste for that sort of thin thing to this musia hao hau no reply and she oat sat tor for a long tong time looking ott off into the distance this pleased bladl mir for this morning he was more than vis usually the case inclined to valve all discussion to which she was rather pr ne and to sit with hei her and look took at her I 1 lechas echal s she felt it Is and was willing to give him the cunley ills mv my dear was a little advance on his part th tit uh tt if air rela reta eions were ere based on a comradeship ocas occasionally tonallY taking the form of light flirtation their feelings toward each oti ott er were of the s rt likely to be developed between a pretty girl and a young man chrt wn con scantly to together ether tn in he tie narrow circle of a provincial city but lately they both felt in them a warmer current approaching love she rose and stood silhouetted against the black noigh pol sh ot of the great itano there was cometh ng rig and crenny he tl ti aught about her eves eyes about the del delicacy facy of 01 her hands and feet something in all the peril of the situation which sur r alt all of tl PUT very pall pat and at a pealing bo much the worse said sl st e final ly ty if it he has no taste for his duty I 1 via limit was too much cengr ased in the study of the stra v lored wis s of t ei hair halt ah ut tit her forel fore ead and her heeks hushed flushed with high en ell to mike make any reply she che Is tie aly ly airl for me mel I 1 he tie found himself baying this to himself and flea tl en smiled at his own was this a time for pt it it g nty eliut perhaps he w uld be skulking tt it r uh the country like a hit h ted led w it if toward the oss ick fr nt with ti tie e h unda ot of loris torts in full cry behind cubia felt this cross ol 01 feeling like a chill yet he it U ight il aien tin why by not take the sweet with the bitter in in her ther in i i th the then might 1 b ih IP be dea deal i or tri in i tia tiar t I 1 and musia musts feu fell chis 0 o riter curre I 1 in his like a warm so ill breeze I 1 I 1 were a mant man I 1 she ex claimed vehemently TO BB BE L at i |