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Copyright, 1890, by Street & Smith, All rights rescryed.
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CHAPTER XI I J Continued.
Rndalolt had no Idea of the con
.Mnts of tho letter. But when Ilda
oad finished reading It lie gavo tho
'waiting" signal, and In responso
to the Blnglo Btroko of tho bell enter
ed the ofllco to meet the Conntess
Karslcheff, with tho result already
described. In vain ho attempted to
axplaln to tho countess that ho
found Ilda a prisoner, she having
been captured In tho Nihilist ren
dezvous, but tho haughty and Insult
ing manner In which ho had been In
terrupted each tlmo ho began his ex
planation, had prevented him from
giving that Important Information.
Thus It was when Ilda entered her
presenco tho countess knew nothing
of her arrest.
Tho two women stood faco to face
alone. Each measured the other
with a glance, and as their eyes met
there was exchanged a look which
meant that henceforth and forever
theso two were enemies to tho death.
For tho moment, however, tho feel
ing that controlled Ilda Barosky was
ono of deepest lovo for tho exiled
father whom sho was to clasp to her
boart after the long and bitter years
of separation. She cast an anxious
glanco at tho countess, who stood re
garding her with a feeling of bitter
est hate. Kathorlno saw before her
her deadliest foe. It was to this girl
she owed all tho humiliation sho had
felt, all tho deep disappointment in
storo for her, if Alexis' marriage to
Olga should not tako place.
"My father ho Is here?" said Ilda,
"and I shall sco him? I shall see him
once again?"
"That depends upon yourself."
Katherlno spoko theso words, look
ing at Ilda. Thero was something In
the tone and in tho look that placed
Ilda Instantly on her guard. She felt,
sho knew not why, that sho was to bo
made tho victim of a cruel lie. With
an effort she suppressed her feelings
and said: "I do not understand you,
madame."
"i am tho Countess Katherlno Kar
slcheff, wife of tho minister of police,
and It was by my suggestion and at
my desire that your father hn3 been
brought hero to receive his pardon."
"When was ho brought here, ma
damo?" Tho question annoyed Katherlno.
Ilda noticed the effect and her sus
picions became stronger.
"That Is not for you to know," said
tho countess, after a momentary
pause. "It is sufllclent for you when
I say he Is here and that his pardon
will bo granted on one condition."
Ilda's heart beat rapidly. "And
that is?"
"That you leavo Russia r.t once and
forever alone!"
Ilda's lips became compressed. Her
faco turned a trifle paler. "Let mo
seo my father let me hear his voice
let mo feel tho grasp of his hand
before I answer."
"It is impossible. Your answer
must be given hero and without de
lay." "I will not answer until I have seen
my father."
Katherlno's faco deepened In color,
and her eyes flashed. "You are hero
to suo for mercy," sho said, "not to
make conditions.
"I am not hero to suo for mercy.
1 am here by the written request of
tho minister of police. His letter
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states that my father is here. I de
mand to seo tho minister himself."
Tho countess drew herself up
haughtily. "Insolent girl," she said,
"you forget yourself, as you did last
night. Remember that you aro In
tho presence of tho wife of tho minis
ter of police, Countess Katherine Kar
slcheff. I am not used to brook Inso
lenco from inferiors."
Ilda's eyes flashed with anger.
Meeting the malignant glance of the
;ountess with a look of defiance, she
replied: "I am not your inferior,
madame. You aro not my equal. You
havo taken advantage of my position
to work upon too affection of a child
for her father, for your own ends.
Your trick is too transparent. It has
failed. I can seo the lie upon your
face my father is not here!"
Katherlno lost control of herself.
"Daughter of tho gutter," sho hissed,
"yon aro In my power here. When
you leavo this house it shall be for
tho prison. You are not now In tho
house of Count Nazi molt and Alexis
is not here to save you."
As tho countess spoke of Alexis,
Ilda instantly divined th.e object her
enemy had had In view.
Tho countess continued: "Tou fool
when ho disgraced hhJ uniform,
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Insulted his father, and humiliated his
guests last night to savo you from
tho lash you deserved, ho simply play
ed tho mock heroic to win a smile
and tho reward from a wanton."
"It Is false! Ho loves me! I shall
bo his wife!" cried Ilda.
"His wife! Ha! ha! ha!" Kather
Ino's Ironical laughter was almost
maniacal In Its wlldness. "Ills wife!
Tho only Intention Alexis Nazlmoff
over held regarding you was to mako
you his plaything not his wife!"
"Woman, you He!"
Ilda, roused to uncontrollnblo pas
sion by tho stinging words of tho
countess, hurled tho Ho in her tooth
with a fury equal to that of Kather
lno herself, and with heaving bosom
sho stood gazing defiance nt her mad
dened and baffled enemy. At tho snmo
instnnt tho door opened and General
Karslcheff entered from tho llbrnry,
while Nicholas, who had Just return
ed, appeared at tho other door.
Katherlno, wrought up to uncon
trollable frenzy, caught the arm of
her husband, and In words so shrill
as to bo almost a scream of rago de
manded Instant vengeance. "I nc
cuso her," sho exclaimed, pointing to
Ilda; "sho Insulted tho czar last
night, I accuse her. Sho Is here in
my power punish her I demand it;
punish her now! Do you hero now,
with tho whip. Sho must feel the lash
till sho writhes beneath it, till she
crawls on her knees for mercy to
me!"
"Katherine, for God's sake, control
yourself," appealed Constantine.
"Your voice can bo heard in the
square," ho said.
"Then act act now!" yelled Kath
erine. Tho ydoor leading to tho library
opened.'
General Cobb and the baroness ap
peared. "Hello!" said tho American, as ho
caught sight of Ilda and recognized
her ns the girl of the night before
tho woman whom Alexis vowed should
be his wife "It is Ilda Barosky."
Ilda, hearing her name In no un
friendly volco, turned to tho speaker,
and hurriedly stepped to his side.
"Help me," sho appealed, "help me!
I am in their power without a friend."
"Well, not whllo I am on deck,"
said Cobb. "What is tho mattor?"
"Stop, sir!" commanded Karslcheff.
"This Is tho private ofllco of tho min
ister of police. You havo n6 right
here. I demand that you withdraw!"
"Certainly! But first I must hear
what this girl ha3 to say. She has ap
pealed to mo for protection."
"I havo been brought In hero by
a, trick by a letter signed by tho
minister of police," hurriedly began
Ilda.
Nicholas springing forward stopped
her. "Hold! you havo no right to
rjeak I command you to stop. You,
sir," he continued, "you havo heard
my father's order, Leavo tho room
leavo the house!"
"Read that, sir," said Ilda, attempt
ing to hand tho letter of the countess
to General Cobb.
Nicholas rushed between Cobb and
Ilda, and holding her at arm's length,
he said: "You cannot give that let
ter to any one. It belongs to the min
ister of police. I again command
you," ho said, addressing Cobb, "to
leave tho room,"
Tho baroness quickly passed back of
Nicholas, and taking tho paper from
Ilda, handed It to Cobb with tho re
bark: "Tho letter is on zo go!"
Cobb opened tho paper instantly.
"Hello," ho said, "tho girl's father
here where is her father?"
Katherine, who had been almost
suffocating with rago all this time,
now found her volco again. "Ruf
fian," sho shouted, shaking her fist
at Cobb, "rufilan, leave tho room or
wo will havo you arrested."
"Look here, General Karslcheff,"
said Cobb, "thl3 girl has boon made
n victim of a trick for somo object
that I do not know. She Is hero
friendless and powerless, and It Is
my duty as a man to stand by her a3
any true man should stand by a wom
an in distress. Now, sir, I say, pro
duce her father, or I will arraign you
beforo Russia beforo tho world as
a high official who can use his public
position to ent his private spleen up
on a poor girl."
"I'll hear no more!" shouted Karsl
cheff, stung to madness, and he sound
ed tho bell.
Radaloff entered.
"Tako this girl Into custody!"
shouted Karslcheff.
"Pardon, your excellent?" replied
Radaloff," sho la already in custody,
Sho was one of the prisoners cap
tured in tho Nihilist headquarters
this morning. Tho others are below
awaiting your excellency's pleasure."
Radaloff laid his hand on tho shoul
der of Ilda.
Now for tho first tlmo Katherlno
saw that she had committed a stupid
blunder in sending tho letter, but she
saw also that Ilda was thoroughly In
her power. "You hoar, general, you
hear," sho cried, pointing to Ilda.
"There sho stands, arrested this morn
ing. Sho Is traitor an assassin!
You aro tho minister of police. Act at
once. Sentence her now I demand J
It!"
"Stop," cried Cobb, "thero is no
proof on which to sentence her."
"Pardon," said Radaloff, advancing.
"Where this girl was captured thero
was found a mlna, a score of dyna
mlto bombs, and a tunnel leading to
the street along which his majesty
the emperor was to have passed to
day." it is enough," triumphantly ex
claimed Karslcheff. "Ilda BaTasky,
you havo been found plotting tho as
sasslnatlon of the czar. I sontenco
you to ton yews' Imprisonment In Si
beria!" "Good God, man," cried Cobb, "you
are Inhumnn on such testimony to
pas3 a sentence liko that!"
Tho bnroncss, ovorcomo by excite
ment, sank on a loungo and Cobb flow
to her assistance.
"What of tho others, excellency?'
snld Radaloff, addressing tho minister
"They nro in tho courtyard below
Shall they bo sent first to tho fortress,
or shall they bo brought beforo you.
Her brother Is among them!"
Her brother!
Tho words caught tho car of the
countess. "Her brother is also ar
rested! You hear, general, her broth
or! He, too, must suffer! Sontenco
him, too sontenco thorn all."
Karslcheff gavo n silent signal tb
Radaloff, who retired.
"Action now merciless soverlty,"
whispered Nicholas, "It Is your onl
hope, nrid," ho added In a lower tone
to himself, "but a faint hopo nt that."
A tramp of soldiers outsldo causod
all present to turn their eyes In the
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dlrectlon of tho nnte-chnmber. The
door opened. Radaloff stood on one
sido nnd then appeared two soldlort
anc' two police guarding Ivan Barosky
The clock now showed about twentj
minutes of twelve.
General Karslcheff took his place
behind tho desk.
Ivan was brought beforo him.
"Your name?"
"Ivan Barosky."
"You wore captured this morning
In tho Nihilist rendezvous?"
"I was arrested this morning," was
tho reply of Ivan.
"You admit then your guilt?"
"I admit nothing."
"What! Do you deny that you were
in this don of assassins?"
"I deny nothing."
Karslcheff became furious. "I shall
find a way to mako you speak, trnl
tor!" ho exclaimed; "meanwhile,
ponding further Inquiries, you are sen
tenccd to twenty years in Siberia."
"Poor Ivan!" It was from tho bnr
oness. Sho heard no more at the
tjmo, for her sympathetic heart wai
overstrained and sho had fainted.
Ivan had turned to Ildn. They were
clasped for a moment In each other's
arms, for both well know that in a
few minutes more they would bo torr
apart, In all probability to meet or
earth no more.
But tho vengeance of Kathorlno Knr
slcheff was not yet sated. Sho leaned
over "tho desk and hissed the wordt
Into tho cars of her husband "The
others, her friends, sontenco then,
all, do you hear, all! I would have
my revengo complete. Do not dlsap
point mo, Constantine, or I swear yoi
will regret It to your dying day!"
Constantino Karslcheff needed nc
urging.
(To bo continued.)
Damrosch Can Be Sarcastic.
Walter Damrosch, tho musician, de
lights to talk music, but only with
those who havo a technical muslca.
education. Ho has no sympathy with
the amateurs who do not understand
music, just as tho painter Whlstlei
lmd no sympathy with the amateurs
wlio did not understand tho technique
of color harmonies and of brush
work. Not long ago, at a dinner pan
ty In New York, a voluble man bored
Mr. Damrosch with a long harangue
on music. This man said "Home,
Sweet Homo," would Hvo longer than
the bird music of "Siegfried," and
that "After tho Ball" had more depth
than the melancholy Mark motive oi
"Tristan and Isolde."
Finally tho man turned his atten
tion to tho sentimental song, "Once
I Was Pure as Thou," which has ol
late grown popular in certain hum
bio classes of society.
"Once I Was Pure as Thou!" ho ex
claimed, almost smacking his lips.
"Ah, that's a song. Whenever I heat
that song It carries mo away."
"Will some ono sing 'Once I Was
as Pure as Thou?'" said Mr. Dam
rosch, looking anxiously up and down
the table. Boston Post.
Submarine Experiments.
. An important series of experiments
with submarines is to bo carried out
at Portsmouth. Ono of the principal
tosts will consist of "fishing" for sub
marines with a wire net. For the
purpose of the experiments a netting
200 feot long, mado of thin but strong
steel wire, is to bo attached to three
steam pinnaces, and by them drawn
undor water at tho depth which It
fs known submarines usually travel
When ono of tho little craft bocomoa
ontanglod In the meshes tho two out
sido boats will close in around it. and
so forco it to come to tho surface oi
sink. London Engineer.
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At this llmo when tho eyes and nt
Icntlon of tho entire civilized world
aro focused on Russln, tho czar and
his great army In tho far enst, tho
horoscope of Nlchllas II. should provo
of Interest, oven to thoso who do not
believe that tho position of certain
planets about tho tlmo of a person's
birth has anything whntovcr to do
with tho ups and downs of llfo.
Tho czar was born nt St. Peters
burg, May 18, 18GS. Tho tlmo of duy
was noon, or to get tho tlmo down to
astrological nicety at 11 h, GG m, 14 s,
a. m., St, Petersbburg tlmo. Accord
ing to a horoscopo published in an
astrological magazine called "Des
tiny," thero wero untoward aspects In
ho heavens about that tlmo which
dotormlno thnt tho czar at this tlmo
Is In a most tcrrlblo position.
An ovll Influonco has been at play
about him all his llfo. Simple and un-
SMALL BOY WA8 WANTED.
Demand for Sustenance Evidently
Fruitful of Results.
Ho was not moro than six. Ho stood
stood on tho curb In front of a largo
hotel at Thirty-sixth and Chestnut
streets. His sturdy Httlo legs wero
bare aud brown, and ho looked a
healthy youngster, with his arms
akimbo and a shock of surly brown
hair blowing to tho breeze.
"Maw! Oh, Maw!" ho yelled with
all tho strength of his young lungs
nt tho upper stories of tho hotel. Tho
policeman on tho post stopped, two
maids who wero rolling perambula
tors halted In tholr parade, tho pas
sengers on a passing trolley cranod
their necks, and two curious team
sters pulled up to seo what was tho
matter.
"Maw! Oh, Maw!" yelled his cub
ship, louder and moro petulantly, all
oblivious of tho attention ho was at
tracting. Tho volco reached Its mark.
A window In tho fifth story shot up;
n woman put her head out. At sight
of her tho youngster, with all his
strength, cried out:
"Oh, Maw, throw down my hat an'
n plcco of bread and butter with su
gar on It inside!"
Tho hfad at tho window disappear
ed, tho maids turned uway, tho pas
sengers on tho car laughed, tho cop
grinned, and tho tradesmen wero Just
saying "Git up" to their steeds when
a bellboy appeared. As ho towod tho
small boy into tho hotel ho said sig
nificantly, "Your mother wants to sco
you." Philadelphia Press.
From Paris tho latest automobile
fad has como, and tho dog that goes
motoring with his master or mistress
will horcafter wear goggles, coat and
cap In Now Yoik Just as his European
brother has been doing for several
years.
Woran will be vory prompt to tako
up this new fad, tho automobllo supply
dealers believe. It has long been a
custom In Franco to protect pet dogs
with the peculiar outfit of tho automo
blllsts, and it is contended by thoso
who havo set tho fashion that a dog
needs such protection qulto as much
as a human being. It is argued that
tho dog's eyes aro even more suscep
tible to tho injurious effect of wind
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nssumlns In mnnnor, with both tho
nblllty and tho dcslro to do his duty,
ho stands surrounded by friends and
counselors who nro fnlso and decep
tive, and by enemies who nro power
ful and unyielding.
Ho. Is not a robbust man, nnd his
constitution Is by no menus strong
His norvous system Is weak nnd de
ranged, and ho lacks stamina nnd
forco of will. Heavenly signs nt tho
tlmo of his birth foreordained that
fato would bo too powerful for his
weak framo nnd fooblo will to stnnd
agnlnst. '
All of theso doomful, dubious signs
tho astrologer who ciphered, out tho
horoscopo interprets as disastrous.
Tho portents point to tho defeat of
Russian arms In tho present struggle
with Japan, lnternnl eruptions In tho
groat empire of tho bear, humiliation,
dlsmomborment, and death of tho
czar.
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This contrivance Is used by German soldiers In guarding the railways along
the frontiers.
Germans In Samoa.
Tho German occupation of Samoa
does not appear to bo a success. Tho
landed proprietors, unablo to mako
money out of tholr estntos, aro eml
grating to America, and the heavy
freight rates and Import duties nro a
serious matter to tho smaller busi
ness people.
and dust than are thoso of the auto
moblllst, and for this reason ho Is en
titled to tho protection afforded by
goggles.
Lap dogs, accustomed to tho atmo
sphere of a house, cannot stand the
chilling effect of tho draught created
by the swift motion of tho automobllo
on country roads, It is asserted, and
for this reason they must havo an au
tomobllo coat.
So tho New York dog that goes rid
ing in touring car henceforth, if he
bo a real stylish dog, must put on all
tho "toggery" of his master or mis
tress, be ho pug, bull torrlor, grey
hound or Great Dane. New York
Press,
HE SOLD HIS COAL
SCOTCHMAN "HELD UP" UNITED
8TATE8 GOVERNMENT.
War Vessel In Pursuit of tho Confed
erate bruiser Alabama Filled Its
Dunkers with Fuel at a Cost to Un
cle Sam of $80,000.
"Ono of the pecullnr businesses that
grow up ns a result of tho civil war
was the establishment of prlvato coal
ing stations In all sorts of out of tho
way places," remarked E. McKeo,
late of tho United States navy. "You
sco, tho government could not tell on
what part of tho earth's surfaco Its
war vessels might havo to crulso In
tholr chnno for privateers and other,
craft menacing Its operations, and, oj?
courso, could not mako arrangements
for coal. As a consequence tho cap
tains wore authorized to sccura tho
best bargains they could nt such ports
as they might touch when n supply
was needed. Thrifty ones In tho most
unfrequented wntors prepared for a
posslblo visit from a United States
wnr Btcamcr with low coal bunkers,
and when tho AbIi entered tholr net
thoy chnrged up for tho tlmo their
hnd to wait. Thoy wero not patriots,
but were on earth strictly for tho root
of nil evil.
"I was a marlno on tho Vanderbllt
during her 25,000-mllo chaso nfter tho
confederate cruiser Alabama. Wo left
tho port of New York In 18G2. Wo
took Capt. John A. Wlnslow to Fayal,
In tho West Indies, where ho took com
mand of tho Kearsargo, tho vessel
that ovenluttlly roundod up tho prey.
At that tlmo tho ocean was dotted
With tho bIiIpb of Undo Sam In quest
of tho greatest and most formidablo
of tho onomy's crulsors.
"At nenrly every port wo stopped wo
would got more or loss misleading in
formation, nnd would hopefully follow
overy clow. Whllo in tho South At
lnntlo wo heard from what appeared
to bo a most authentic Bourco 'that
tho Alabama wns at tho Capo of Good
Hopo. As wo approached St. Helena
Napoleon's Island, tho coal bunkers
got low, nnd wo Btopped thero, and
opened negotiations with a Scotchman
for n now supply. Ho serenely de
manded $30 a ton in gold, without
going to tho troublo of removing his
pipe whllo stating his outrageous
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terms. Tho exchange wns $285, mak
ing tho total prlco Undo Sam was
asKod to pay $80 a ton, and wo wore
using 400 tons a day running at mod
erate speed.
"After a run of ton hours tho ship's
ofllcors hold a consultation. The al
most impossibility of reaching tho
cape without coal was only too clear,
and if a storm should como up tho
ship would bo absolutely helpless. It
was a hard thing to do, but thoro
didn't seem to bo any alternative. Tho
ship was reversed and put back to St.
Helena. 'Scotchy' was occupying tho
identical position wo had left hlra in
on his black gold mine. This tlmo ho
was a trifle moro Interested, because
ho know wo wero going to trade with
him. Ho gavo us his philosophy in
this way: Ho had been sitting on that
coal pllo for eighteen months, waiting
for a ship to como that had to havo
It. Ho observed from tho height of
tho Vanderbllt above tho water that
she came In light, and that her officers
would not dare risk a storm whllo
sho stood up so high. Our return did
not surprise him a bit, and ho soon
got his men to work and loaded l.OOJ).
tons in the hold, for which, the federal'
government paid $80,000. He said
somebody had to pay for his tobacco'
and his patience, and we happened to
bo tho ' victims. He admired tho
United States and sometimes felt
sympathetic but sympathy wouldn't
buy whisky and things liko monej
would." Kansas City Journal.
Taught by Phonograph.
A book agent recently obtained ad
mission to the ofllco of Thomas Edi
son, and assailed him with such an ag
gregation of arguments in favor of tho
publication Bho represented that tho
famous Inventor hurriedly subscrib
ed. After a gradual restoration of his
energies Mr. Edison asked:
"How did you. ever succeed In mas
terlng such a long and convincing
speech as that?"
"Oh, our speeches are taught us at
tho homo ofllco," responded tho lady,
sweetly, "by means of tho phono
grnDh "Harper's Weekly.
