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si The rest w e must leaveto
wfil to tho course of fortune I have
no doubt tuat our astute friend Karl
Stelmnetz will manage to hold them
In check But whatever the end of
the demonstration the outcome will be
the Impossibility of a longer resldenco
In this country for the Prince Pavlo
Alexis A regiment of soldiers could
hardly make it possible
And what do you wish me to do
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ed quiet
la the first place to believe that no
harm ivill come to you either directly
or indirectly They would not dare to
touch the prince they will content
themselves with breaking a few win
dows
What do you want me to do re
peated Etta
De Chauxvllle paused
Merely he answered lightly 4o
leave open a door a side door I un
derstand that there is a door in the
old portion of the castle leading up by
a flight of stairs to the smoking room
and thence to the new part of the
building
Etta did not answer
This door I wish you to unbar your
self before dinner on Thursday even
ing he said turning round and slow
ly coming toward her
And I refuse to do it said Etta
Ahl
Etta sprung to her feet and faced
him a beautiful woman a very queen
of auger Her blazing eyes were on a
level with his
Yes she cried with clinched fists
standing her full height till she seem-
1 - -
I refuse to betray my husband
ed to look down into his mean foxlike
face yes I refuse to betray my hus
band
Stop He Is not your husband
Slowly the anger faded out of her
eyes Her clinched fists relaxed
JiWhatdo youmeau she whispered
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By
Henry Seton Merriman
Copyright 1805 by HARPER BROTHERS
What do you mean
Sydney Bamborough is your hus
band said the Frenchman without
taking his eyes from her face
He Is deadl she hissed
Prove it
He died at Tver she said but there
was no conviction in hervoice With
her title and position to hold to she
could face the world Without these
what was she
A local newspaper reports that the
body of a manwas discovered on the
plains of Tver and duly buried In the
pauper cemetery said De Chauxville
indifferently Your husband Sydney
Bamborough I mean was for reasons
which need not be gone into here in the
neighborhood of Tver at the time A
police officer who has since been trans
ferred to Odessa was of the opinion
that the dead man was a foreigner
There are about 12000 foreigners in
Tver operatives In the manufactories
Your husband Sydney Bamborough
left Tver to proceed eastward and cross
Siberia to China in order to avoid the
emissaries of the Charity league who
were looking out for him at the west
ern frontier He will be due at one of
the treaty ports in China in about a
month Upon the supposition that the
body discovered on the plains of Tver
was that of your husband you took the
opportunity of becoming a princess It
was enterprising I admire your spirit
But It was dangerous I madame cau
suppress Sydney Bamborough when he
turns up I have two arrows in my
quiver for him One Is the Charity
league the other the Russian govern
ment Who want him Your husband
I beg your pardon the prince would
perhaps take a different view of the
case It Is a pretty story I will tell
it to him unless I have your implicit
obedience
Etta stood dry lipped before him
She tried to speak but no words came
from her lips
Thursday evening before dinner
said De Chauxvllle
And he left her standing on the
hearth rug her lips moving and fram
ing no words
H
CHAPTER XXX
AYE you spoken to the prin
cess asked Steinmetz with
out taking the cigar from his
lips
Tby were driving home through the
tovit that surrounded Osterno as the
sea surrounds an island They were
a tans In the sleigh That which they
hud ben doing had required no serv
ant
Tea answered Paul His face was
serf ui bard his eyes stern This trou
W with the peasants was affecting
htn more keenly than he suspected
And what did she say asked
frtrdnmetz
That she would not leave unless we
bO rcnt with
Jfcintnetz drew the furs closer up
round Mm
he said glancing at his com
pflrforfH face and seeing little but the
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i by reason of the sable collar of
Ills coat which met the fur of his cap
yes and why not
I cannot leave them answered
Paul I cannot go away now that
there Is troubleN among them What
it Is goodness only knows They would
never have got like this by them
selves Somebody has been at them
and I dont think it Is the nihilists It
is worse than that Some devil has
Jo on said Etta for he had paused
This country he continued is un
settled The people of the estate aro
on the brink of a revolt You know
what the Russian peasant Is It will bo
no Parisian uprising half noise half
laughter We cannot hope to hold this
old place against them we cannot get
away from it we cannot send for help
because we have no one to send Prin
cess this is no time for half
been stirring them up and they know deuces I know for I know these
no better He is still at It They aro
getting worse day by day and I cannot
catch him If I do Steinmetz Ill
twist his neck
Steinmetz smiled grimly
Yes he answered you are capa
ble of It For me I am getting tired
of the moujlk He is an inveterate in
curable fool If he Is going to be a
dangerous fool as well I should almost
be inclined to let him go to the devil In
his own way -
I dare say but you are not In my
position
No that Is true Pavlo They were
not my fathers serfs Generations of
my ancestors have not saved genera
tions of their ancestors from starva
tion My fathers before me have not
tolled and slaved and legislated for
pie better even than Paul knows them
I am convinced that this is not tho
outcome of their own brains They
are being urged on by some one There
Is some one at their backs This is no
revolt of the peasants organized by
the peasants Princess you must tell
me all you know
I I she stammered I know noth
ing
And then suddenly she burst Into
tears and buried her face In a tiny
useless handkerchief It was so unlike
her and so sudden that Steinmetz was
startled
He laid his great hand soothingly on
her shoulder
I know he said quietly I know
more than you think I am no saint
princess myself I too have had my
them I have not learned medicine diillcultles I have had my temptations
that I might doctor them
If I agree to make a bolt for Peters
burg tomorrow will you come re
torted Paul
No answered the stout man
I thought not Your cynicism Is on
ly a matter of words Steinmetz and
not of deeds There is no question of
either of us leaving Osterno We must
stay and fight it right out here
That Is so answered Steinmetz
with the Teutonic stolidity of manner
which sometimes came over him But
the ladies what of them
Paul did not answer They were
passing over the rise of a heavy drift
This is no place for Miss Delafield
added Steinmetz looking straight lu
front of him
I know that answered Paul sharp
ly I wish to God she was not here
he added in a lower tone and the
swords were lost beneath the frozen
mustache
Steinmetz made no answer They
drove on through the gathering gloom
The sky was of a yellow gray and the
earth reflected the dismal hue of it
Presently it began to snow driving in
a fine haze from the north The two
men lapsed into silence
Stop cried Steinmetz suddenly
and Paul pulled the horses on to their
haunches
I thought you were asleep he said
There was no one in sight They
were driving along the new road now
the highway Paul had constructed
from Osterno to Tver The road Itself
was of course indistinguishable but
the telegraph posts marked Its course
Steinmetz tumbled heavily out of his
furs and went toward the nearest tele
graph post
Where is the wire he shouted
Paul followed him in the sleigh To
gether they peered up into the dark
ness and the falling snow The posts
were there but the wire was gone A
whole length of it had been removed
They were cut off from civilization by
140 miles of untrodden snow
Steinmetz clambered back into the
sleigh and drew up the fur apron He
gave a strange little laugh that had a
ring of boyish excitement in It This
man had not always been stout and
placid
That settles one question he said
Which question asked Paul
He was driving as hard as the jiorses
could lay hoof to ground taken with a
sudden misgiving and a great desire to
reach Osterno before dark
The question of the ladies replied
Steinmetz It is too late for them to
go now
At the castle all seemed to be in or
der The groom in his great sheepskin
coat was waiting In the doorway The
servants threw open the vast doors
and stood respectfully in the warm
brilliantly lighted hall while their mas
ter passed in
Where is the princess Steinmetz
asked his valet while he was removing
the evidences of a long day In the open
air
In her drawing room excellency
Then go and ask her if she will give
me a cup of tea in a few minutes
A few minutes later Steinmetz pre
senting himself at the door of the little
drawing room attached to Ettas suit
of rooms found the princess in a
matchless tea gown waiting beside a
table laden with silver tea appliances
You see she said with a smile for
she always smiled on men I have
obeyed your orders
I begin to think said Steinmetz
coming to the point in his bluff way
that you are a sort of beautiful Jo
nah a graceful stormy petrel a fair
Wandering Jewess There Is always
trouble where you go
She glanced at his broad face and
read nothing there
Go on she said What have I
been doing now How you do hate
me Herr Steinmetz
Perhaps it Is safer than loving you
he answered with his grim humor
You are horribly grave she said
The situation he replied Is hor
ribly grave
Etta looked up at him as he stood
before her and the lamplight falling
on the perfect oval of her face showed
it to be white and drawn
She sat looking up into his strong
grave face and during all that followed
she never moved-
I know you he said to be cour
ageous and must ask you to believe
that I exaggerate nothing In what I
am about to tell you I tell It to you
Instead of leaving Paul to do so be
cause I know his complete fearlessness
and his blind faith In a people who are
unworthy of it He does not realize
the gravity of the situation They are
his own people A sailor never believes
that his own ship Is unseaworthy
and I have not always resisted God
knows it is difficult for men to do al
ways the right thing It is a thousand
times more difficult for women When
we spoke together In Petersburg and I
offered you my poor friendship I was
not acting in the dark I knew as
much then as I do now Princess I
knew about the Charity league papers
I knew more than any except Stepan
Lanovltch and it was he who told me
He was stroking her shoulder with
the soothing movements that one use3
toward a child In distress His great
hand broad and thick had a certain
sense of quiet comfort and strength In
It Etta ceased sobbing and sat with
bowed head looking through her tears
into the gay wood fire It is probable
that she failed to realize the great char
ity of the man who was speaking to
her
Is that all he knows she was won
dering
The suggestion that Sydney Bam
borough was not dead had risen up to
eclipse all ether fear in her mind In
some part her thought reached him
I know so much he said that it
Is safest to tell me more I offered you
my friendship because I think that no
woman could carry through your diffi
culties unaided Princess the admira
tion of Claude de Chauxvllle may be
pleasant but I venture to think that
my friendship is essential
Etta raised her head a little She
was within an ace of handing over to
Karl Steinmetz the rod of power held
over her by the Frenchman
I have known De Chauxvllle twenty-five
years he went on and Etta
deferred her confession We have
never been good friends I admit I am
no saint princess but De Chauxville
is a villain Some day you may dis
cover when It is too late that it would
have been for Pauls happiness for
your happiness for every ones good to
have nothing more to do with Claude
de Chauxvllle I want to save you
that discovery Will you act upon my
advice Will you make a stand now
Will you come to me and tell me all
that De Chauxville knows about you
that he could ever use against you
Will you give yourself into my hands
give me your battle to fight You can
not do it alone Only believe in my
friendship princess That Is all I ask
Etta shook her head
I think not she answered in a
voice too light too superficial too hope
lessly shallow for the depth of the mo
ment She was thinking only of Syd
ney Bamborough and of that dread se
cret She fought with what arms she
wielded best the lightest the quick
est the most baffling
As you will said Steinmetz
CHAPTER XXXI
T5 RUSSIAN village inn with a
smoking lamp of which the
A chimney Is broken The greasy
curtains drawn across the
small windows exclude the faintest
possibility of a draft
There is also the smell of vodka
which bottled curse is standing In tum
blers all down the long table The
news has spread in Osterno that vodka
Is to be had for the asking at the inn
where there Is a meeting Needless to
say the meeting Is a large one
I tell you little fathers an orator
was shouting that the day of the cap
italist has gone The rich men the
princes the nobles the great mer
chants the monopolists the spies
tremble They know that the poor man
is awakening at last from his long
lethargy What have we done in Ger
many What have we done in Amer
ica What have we done in England
and France
x
The speaker a neckless broad shoul
dered ruffian looked round with tri
umphant head well thrown back
And now continued he let us get
to business I think we understand
each other
He looked round with an engaging
smile upon faces brutal enough to suit
his purpose but quite devoid of intel
ligence There was not much under
standing there
The poor man has only one way of
making himself felt force We have
worked for generations we have tolled
In silence and we have gathered
strength The time has now come for
us to put forth our strength the time
has gone by for merely asking for
what we want We asked and they
heard us not We will now go and
take
A few who had heard this speech or
something like it before shouted their
applause at this moment Before the
noise had subsided the door opened
and two or three men pushed their
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