Show we VV have all that by herbert quick and elena eiena mac mahon copyright by the bobba merrill co service THE STORY commissar ays soviet quad invades the humr hume ol of kill KIIK sin eln aristocrat at t kazan the family consists of judge kras sin in mr hire Kraa Kran aln liya ilya fortner former officer ard and ausla bindi vindi if tor for nir mer officer la Is Mu sills blante dance bit arn krassin expressed feat loi for her sons safety ilya recognizes in a oriner former dishonest di honest steward eward toot ausla wonders it if rhe phe 1 to to be a victim of the national nation of omen to vladimir ausla criticizes tier her brother ilyas acceptance of the she knows know vladimir IF 1 a 8 member m aber of an organization working wor in I 1 for or the downfall of the vladimir kiis a lolace vik soldier and Is a arrested arrest pd A raiding party searches arches re Fe the arn sin home live ilva Is taken 1 pilson cr CHAPTER vill VIII 14 A strange and valuable piece of goods As the days passed with ilya still hidden in tile black cavern of sirs airs krassin felt despair de spall roll ing oer ner her lo in great wines actuel waves cattle came upon her in surges which began in her breast find and swelled until the very ends of her fingers tin cled with the misery of it anil tint she would start up with ith clenched hands like one in the rhe extremity of desperation rising to meet some grisly foe in a battle to the very death once she forgot flint she was not alone and summoning dahlia the mald maid asked for her cloak she looked em ear hurr barr assed ahen lien musin asked if she were livere going out and putting tile the choik on oil went into the grounds and wan tiered dered a 0 thin tiling chich stood slie never did site she walked about mourning that site elie could riot not have lia no with tier lier in stend of lla slie site deceived herself ersell li into sabina ng would tind find some may vi ay of minin if 1 their places were reversed oe red but ausla could do nothing No slie site thought Hiou glit of lint she herself mould do if slie site could to save tier her sun son froni from danger it if only ilya find coin milled murder so that she could take the crime uplift herself it 11 slie site could only submit to some great hurn illation to save him film it if sloe slie could have her llinus torn off for him film it if only the were simple sall igea who would b hi satisfied fied with torturing some one and she could go to the shahe stahe or he dragged by wild horses for him jesus slie site thought was crucified cruel fled for the world but how glad would she be to go to tile cross tor for one little fair haired hoy boyl I 1 next day as mrs krassin walked about tile the room she stopped beside musia who mho was rending reading a hook book of plays and looked down attentively for a lung long time at the blond head so prettily and studiously hont bent over her book bonk ausla was lueeler and more attract he than ever she thought and there here were poets and other writers who spoke of the great primer power of beauty it was beauty which one time lalin launched chod a thousand ships and fired the topless towers ot of turn but bin alint could her daughters swe sweetness elnesS and beauty do in this its time of awful deed A feeling of antagonism stirred in her heart at this helplessness when anyone ought to ile he able to do something ausla on tier her part looked up with her smile anti and thought how much her mother had aged tier her purplish mottled checks bogged more than ever and the skin of her throat hung lose loose over I 1 alie lie lace frice ars indecision decI sInn of i thousand tormenting torm eiting ting fears to in mrs krastins Kras sins face slie she was seeing a vision of llyn ilya led out to be shot against some blank wall tier her mind usually clear tint and well balanced within its limitations worked herity heaitly at this one terrible thought she stood for a long time studying musin as if site she were some strange and valuable piece of goods then her eyes looked past tile girl into vacancy she seemed in a dream but bit t in that flint dream tier lier will ill decided a conflict with in itself and when she return returned pd to a consciousness of tier her surroundings A she had decided decide something blikh thus far she had find confronted only vaguely the alie plan lolan site she had find adopted in alii half trance now looked so simple so sn ohal oils that site she become impatient to put it into execution at once but bot when she spoke ol of it to her daughlee daug she chose tier words word enre carefully fullY and watched blizin closely ns a it if for tire hip first time she was afraid tile hie girl would refuse to assent to tier her mot mothers hers wish 1 I think she very impressive ly that I 1 have come to a an and i a I 1 decision the longer we leave ilya in vilson pilson the worse it Is aure to be the ilie rot fire are the rel lid new nen commanders every little wl while ile tills this ioris Is a man con see our point of view it at least from what the file colonel toys ays of him film the next to lo follow may tie he a mad madanian nian we must art act iro im mediately and these were the words of the mrs krassin of old ciul our her manner wash wu new to ausla perhaps Ier haps tor for the file first time in mrs Krag sins life she was appealing pealing ng Lope ful slie she musts ns as it to embrace her half corn manding mandl ng half begging for approval of tier her plan res mother sold said if you cat can think of anything we can dop do P 1 I 1 think dear it would he be good it if you woold go with me to see gee this bol commissar of course mother dar darlinge lIngl exclaimed cia lined ausla A aisla touched by her mothers meek and pleading mode of ad dressing tier her 1 I will go with you anywhere you too ask me in that way am I 1 not still your little girl impulsively she threw both arms about lit fit mothers neck and kissed tier ber mrs airs kramin kent gent jy hut hill quirk li disengaged herself from Allf site she went to an old mahogany secretary opened it and front from a secret compartment took out a litti box she laid the small enskat in muelas lap the ren minder ot of our lewels jewels she SAM ausla looked d up op at tier her encouragingly for site she understood lood tur her mother find and adli inert the lie ami ie of of tier lier embarrassment ras slie she thought ilia lea leiti els mrs krassin went on are minded down to the cliff ight er are you willing to ransom nya ilya etith fill them thi iu why mammy darling exclaimed alusha blow cat can you risk asal I 1 we will hive give ur everything for ilya everything Everi tiling thIng reoriented mrs krassin Krass ln suid said busis again we must take lake ills fits dishel casket with us mrs airs krisin sighed with satisfaction site she opened the lovely box an opal and diamond necklace said site she telling tile splendid tiling thing nil to Us ila rull full length ill it is 18 very pre precious elnus here fore tire are several el diamond lamond rings sop sep this emerald brooch I 1 and this and tills this and this all ail valuable and me e still have some money in gold not much hill it may help will not I 1 those hose dogs rather have these things than tile the blood of my innocent boy you know said musin musia lowering tier her voice and speaking lightly and ana hurriedly as it if to indicate to tier her mother thai flint site she did not care a fig for the alie jewels 1 I have still in my room se several eral little pieces of jewelry oh no interposed mrs krassin ns no it if III alic c girls girl s generosity pained her we dont doni need them I 1 keep keel them I 1 site she took file jewels one hy by one from tile the box and stared at them as it if trying in to fix ax her thoughts on 00 them with willi a hit bit of suede which she found in the bottom of of the casket slie she rubbed some of the stones then examined if as they lay in her hand then their forgot fori tiit what she was foins boing and looked looke at the file jewelry with her thoughts alar afar off yes said she at last fast orts Is the best person for us to see we shall have to go eo down into tile lie r rall all wily midy yards where he lives in his elf cur r tomorrow ro morrow morning I 1 think he re cele in the morning loras has more power than any of them 1 I 1 feel eel sure of it replied fin and d from what Is said he Is mure more intelligent tell igent than the rest I 1 am glad li it Is not flint beast mrs krassin krassan now bat with puckered brows frowning pondering when alusha spike of VIli niky ns as a beast her mother shot a quick glance at her this WF war the ne feares fires ausla had ever come to tiny any mention to her hec mother of any subject connected with sex but bat probably after nil she did tint not know wliam flat had meant probably At notwithstanding withstandIng her expression it was a random shot drawn from her by her repulsion to file I 1 lie anit the matter passed from the other woman i mind at such a 8 time lime it was of no conse quence anyhow there was something site she wished to say any 1 ausla she felt a sudden revulsion against that visit to the bolshevik commissars commissary commis sars head quarter it ads hii impossible to tell musts musia why Ini impossible possIble to give up the visit alyis arp might even eren nw be fiig out to stand before tile the wall slie site resit re sinned tined the busy air of a 9 person going eier detillis de tills if ff not much tin im po tance and chile I 1 think of 0 it slie site re guark iiii irl d usually casually dont tell anyone mere ere going she ita if arnnld ow out friends will stop us its thought ausla mother Alot lier afraid of such a tiling 01 it all people in tile the world 1 ioor floor mother 1 of course they would strip sop us if they but all tile anine it mist be done no niamey site blie said 1 I wont gay any a word TO sit BB CONTINUED to |