Show we have chang changed red all that by herbert quick and elena mac ration copyright by the bobbs marrill co service THE STORY commissar soviet equal 1 d invades the 1 home ome of train min aristocrat ral at kazan with I 1 lle be purpose of r eq u I 1 aitio ing the he pin place tor for govern government ment use vil VII iny insky in insults the he dau lauchle lauch g ht lT r 10 mula u SIR I 1 om omm Bar burls Is ID urged to co confiscate fisc te the home the family consigla con cons elste igia ot of jd it P krassin mm airs krassin Kras aln ilya former officer and juiia ioris promises to in investigate vin viadimir dimir former Is blu blusius sIAs flornace CHA ER ill continued it t sometimes takes a huge iceberg a long time to break up tip hut but when it does woe to who have vested interests in its perpetuation the iceberg was tire sure to brenk break up when it was floated by hie flip sart stream nin of time into wormer warmer waters before these noble fam families lifes saw their lini dan er the flood of revolution was runn liiK so go strong that there was no possibility of successful resistance to even its worst excesses they wore lone done for before they knew it As these people sat in their salon and talked so plain dively though they did not know it they were already tin an extinct class ahey might talk to each other but nobody else would listen to them tin in their icat qualities rendered them helpless they nere ere ns as a class intelligent tell igent highly educated cultured but bill haing baling always been people of of fairs they were too practical too reasonable and fit at the same time too ego cal eal to get a hearing while every one else was fe fen ridly idly enthusiastic over the new age which was dawning carried away hy by false hopes and false confidence or stark all in a state of exaltation so those these nobles went about with the expression of people en enduring P tiring much and defenseless lefens eles it was only recently that they had begun to conspire against what could not openly resist so tahl lori laris was sensible in saying that thai ilya kras sin being what he was by birth and training was probably a 9 conspirator young men of his bis cliss class wore were dally daily slipping out 0 of f kayan on in foot dis pilled in the uniforms or of common soldiers to join the anti bolshevist cossack forces and toils was what vladimir meant when he assured the a old princess that such enormities as the loss of tier her live stock would not continue long arns this was ahat hat colonel Boyars kv hod in mind ahen he tried to talk folk to mrs krassin of the consequence of the new life taken on an by the under loris and this wnm ans the darker issue which sirs mrs krassin avoided slie site had a son there Is something worse sold said the colonel than the penury to which mil ilch we are coming to which wp we have arrived our lives even now are in olinger di inger mrs krai sin halt rose from the dai dian an I 1 i which she always sat and looked about at the company with a I 1 little exclamation as if slie she felt a physical pang filing slie site looked at the two or three oliree young men beside vladimir at three or four women dependents of the family who villo were present at 8 group out in the hall whom afe could see through the door and is as slip slie saw her daughter musia nt erlna erIng giving lvin lv ln a 11 smile to the company and a liand hand to vladimir who boned with a little clinking of his spurs she dropped her voice ns as if to prevent the young girl from hearing mrs Krasl ns little cold brown eyes took on a look lank of terror 1 I am so afraid sold said she tor for my son ilya but lie Is so free from blame protested protest cd the printess even in fit the eyes of alie lie froin blame of any kind my drar dear very truel said vladimir mrs krassin Kriis sin darted a sharp glance clance at the young officer was thi some thing sardonic in his elli slie she suspected of at first thal there fhi rp was but as lie he required ed ills his win sent nested down donri in a high phaar he so go innocent and smiled so thin her half suspicion uis it dior ined ilya site she stated ims slow good judgment and lip hi hug has never mingled in politics hul but yet yei I 1 urn am afraid far or jilin they will say among thein elve t that he cinq lia been a former officer and belongs to tine one of the old important fil families milles yet iet he has always been i ery cry careful extremely cil refill with disarming smile if aill save him he Is safe you yon know vladimir said mrs Kross Kr ln turning her imposing head toward vind vladimir linit and dionot ing him blot with ill another scrutiny 1 11 I hine never approved of if secret organizations lor ilor the first thing you are too few well sald sat vladimir lightly perhaps so go but pernot liw file to remind yuu you that many great ci fail things begin dimill the volga Is a brook in the govern ment of and nothing my iny door aunt to Is in my opinion tilon small bleh takes in the hie spirit ot of old it Is of course possible that you are right admitted mrs airs kressin with as af much sarcasm sur und and impatience in her voice as it 11 was proper to use under the circumstances barely perhaps nv mind is unduly prejudiced agali agair 1 0 l you young people and your imprudent methods prudence 1 ejaculated vladimir with a note of passionate earnestness to in his bis voice every very extreme to manner for the salon Il illarion lardon 1 ardon met mel 1 I am an egotist slie site went on with if wave of excuse to vladimir 1 and also a mother I 1 dont want my son embroiled vladimir smilingly moved over by masla who sat engaged on oil sunie some bit of work which slie she carried in her hand mrs hirs sat during a very long ions pause with tier her head bead bowed bobeda a long pause enuse during which the princess fidgeted slie she lind find something to say bay liui but lid did not wish to ro break in upon mrs krussink Kruss lna thoughts they were hinged thoughts beating against the liars of the prison in which title tills revolution had imprisoned her domineer log lna soul she was w is thinking of vladimirs tone us as lie he spoke of ilyas can caution uldale lie find and these other boys here taking hiking their lives to in their hands cery dit oh if she could ever eer get these can cantville taille or of the proletariat her root feet I 1 hi it for one hours return ol of lier her old pm dwerl er I 1 if orice once such olen us ns VadI vadimir mr could wini win and then her caution returned nevertheless slie site said 1 I am afraid alipy will arrest aim just be celluse lie lias has been in officer and has bus anne ills duly us as S si i we must be you may not know exclaimed the little fiille old princess taking advantage or of the pause which followed this that they took al the table linen of my grand niece nina and what do you suppose ahey wanted it for for table linen suggested vladimir no nothing of the bortl they wanted it for a trousseau the bride n me ausla entering giving a smile to th the company and a hand to vladimir a washerwoman nas marrying a high bolshevik Bol sheik off iclal and such people to take away my horses and cowl vladimir laughed aloud pretty good pretty good I 1 bald aid lie mrs krassin looked at him rathel fixedly and saw a blond slavonic head slightly curled half kindly blue blu eyes smiling daredevil dare devil face site she looked away suddenly for fear ear that H guest might catch the disapprobation in her regard aher are our old good manners site she asked of herself more displeased with vladimir now lian han tor for his hinis at ila laughing aloud in that rude way As the princess went on to as sure him flint he tough laugh if he were in ninas place mrs krassin changed the subject have you seen this loris not L I 1 said vladimir 1 I am m seeking to be ao aa little in evidence as pos sible as far as he Is concerned oh yes said the colonel 1 I have hav seen him ue he has an interesting lip ap pea pen rance an aristocratic look tin tile rest of ills his gung gang look like ills his valets people are hulking about him und and woo won dering us its to his origin Lo looks olit like an aristocrat wr mrs krassin repeated tin the words as if she thought then them Import important rint 1 I 1 dont suppose flint loras V 1 his real bit onnie me I 1 won wonder der of what nationality does docs the lie mame loris mean anything I 1 wonder stay may be an armenian suggested vladimir though of course the name naine armenian Nelt neither ber does he took look like one sold said the colonel TO BE CONTINUED |