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continued krom last week
brought a sudden gleam to the French
mans eyes
If said Steinmetz looking from
one to the other if you two have been
deceiving Paul I will have no mercy
I warn you of that
Etta turned on him
Can you not believe me she cried
I have practiced no deception In com
mon with M de Chauxville
The Charity league is quite enough
for you my friend put in the French
man hurriedly
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league than you did before than the
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whole world knew before except this
ladys share in the disposal of the pa
pers said Steinmetz
And this ladys share in the dispos
al of the papers will not be welcome
news to the prince answered De
Chauxville
Welcome or unwelcome he shall be
told of it tonight
Etta looked round sharply her lips
apart and trembling
By whom asked De Chauxville
By me replied Steinmetz
There was a momentary pause De
Chauxville and Etta exchanged a
glance Etta felt that she was lost
This Frenchman was not one to spare
either man or woman from any motive
of charity or chivalry
Even if that Is so he said the
princess is not relieved from the em
barrassment of her situation
No
No my astute friend There is a
little matter connected with Sydney
Bamborough which has come to my
knowledge
Etta moved but she said nothing
The sound of her breathing was star
tlingly loud
Ah Sydney Bamborough said
Steinmetz slowly What about him1
He is not dead that is all
KarL Steinmetz passed Ills broad
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I hard down over his face covering his
inouiu ior a second
But he died He was found on the
feteppe and buried at Tver
So the story runs said De Chaux
ville with easy sarcasm But who
found him on the steppe Who burled
him at Tver
I did my friend
The next second Steinmetz staggered
back a step or two as Etta fell heavily
Into his arms But he never took his
eyes off De Chauxville
CHAPTER XXXIII
laid Etta on a sofa
STEINMETZ already recovering
consciousness He rang the bell
twice and all the while he kept
his eye on De Chauxville A quick
touch qn Ettas wrist and breast show
ed that this man knew something of
women and of those short lived faint
ing fits that belong to strong emotions
The maid soon came
The princess requires your atten
tion said Steinmetz still watching
De Chauxville who was looking at
Etta and neglecting his opportunities
Steinmetz went up to him and took
him by the arm
Come with me he said
The Frenchman could have taken
advantage of the presence of the serv
ant to effect a retreat but he did not
dare to do so It was essential that he
should obtain a few words with Etta
To effect this he was ready even to
face an interview with Steinmetz
He preceded Steinmetz out of the
room forgetting even to resent the
large warm grasp on his arm They
went through the long dimly lit pas
sage to the old part of the castle
where Steinmetz had his rooms
And now said Steinmetz when
they were alone with closed doors
and now De Chauxville let us under
stand each other
De Chauxville shrugged his shoul
ders He was not thinking of Stein
metz yet He was still thinking of Etta
and how he could get speech with her
With the assurance which had carried
him through many a difficulty before
this the Frenchman looked round him
taking in the details of the room They
were in the apartment beyond the large
smoking room the anteroom as it
were to the little chamber where Paul
kept his medicine chest his disguise
all the compromising details of his
work among the peasants The broad
writing table in the middle of the
room stood between the two men
Do you Imagine yourself in love
with the princess asked Steinmetz
suddenly with characteristic blunt
ness
If you like returned the other
If I thought that it was that said
the German looking at him thought
fully I would throw you out of the
window If it is anything else I will
only throw you downstairs
De Chauxville bit his thumb nail
anxiously He frowned across the ta
ble into Steinmetzs face In all their
intercourse he had never heard that
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I hu9 known you now for twenty- D Chauxville kicked and struggled
five yeirs went on Karl Steinmetz e could not get free He only suc
and I cannot say that I know any teeded In half choking himself
good of you But let that pass It 13 J You are going to swear said Steln
not I suppose my business The world j metz never to approach the princess
is as the good God made it I can do again never to divulge what you know
nothing toward bettering It I have al- of her past life
ways known you to be a scoundrel a
fact to be deplored and that is all
But so soon as your villainy affects
my own life then my friend a moro
active recognition of it is necessary
Indeed sneered the Frenchman
Your villainy has touched Pauls
life and at that point it touches mine
continued Karl Steinmetz with slow
anger You followed us to Peters
burg thence you dogged us to the gov
ernment of Tver You twisted that
foolish woman the Countess Lano
vltch round your finger and obtained
from her an invitation to Thors All
this in order to be near one of us Ach
I have been watching you Is it onljr
after twenty five years that I at last
convince you that I am not such a fool
as you are pleased to consider me
You have not convinced me yet
put in De Chauxville with his easy
laugh
No but I shall do so before I have
finished with you Now you have not
come here for nothing It is to be near j sooner
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She knows you Is It I
He touched his broad chest with his
two hands and stood defying his life
long foe
Is it me that you follow If so I
am here Let us have done with it
now
De Chauxville laughed There was
an uneasy look in his eyes lie did
not quite understand Steinmetz Ho
made no answer but he turned and
looked at the window
Is it Paul continued Steinmetz I
think not I think you are afraid of
Paul Remains the princess Unless
you can convince me to the contrary I
must conclude that you are trying to
get a helpless woman into your pow
er i
Steinmetz was standing with his
back to what appeared to be the only
exit from the room There were two
other doors concealed In the oaken
panels but De Chauxville did not know
that
I am waiting said the German
for you to explain your conduct
Indeed replied De Chauxville
Then my friend you will have to con
tinue waiting I fail to recognize your
right to make inquiry into my move
ments Kindly let me pass
Steinmetz was getting calmer There
was an uncanny hush about him
Then I am to conclude he said
that you came to Russia in order to
persecute a helpless woman Her in
nocence or her guilt is for the moment
beside the question Neither is any
business of yours Both on the con
trary are my affair Innocent or
guilty the Princess Howard Alexis
must from this moment be freed from
your persecution
De Chauxville shrugged his shoul
ders He tapped on the floor impa
tiently with the toe of his neat riding
boot
Well he said Let me pass
Your story of Sydney Bamborough
went on Steinmetz coldly was a good
one wherewith to frighten a panic
stricken woman But you brought It
to the wrong person when you brought
it to me Do you suppose that I would
have allowed the marriage to take
place unless I knew that Bamborough
was dead
You may be telling the truth about
that Incident or you may not said De
Chauxville But my knowledge of the
betrayal of the Charity league Is suf
ficient for my purpose
Yes admitted Steinmetz grimly
you have Information there with pos
sibilities of mischief in it But I shall
discount most of it by telling Prince
Pavlo tonight all that I know and I
know more than you do Also I in
tend to seal your lips before you leave
this room
De Chauxville stared at him with a
dropping lip He gulped down some
thing in his throat His hand was
stealing around under the fur jacket
to a pocket at the back of his trousers
Let me out he hissed
There was a gleam of bright metal
In the sunlight that poured In through
the window De Chauxville raised his
arm sharply and at the same Instant
Steinmetz threw a book in his face A
loud report and the room was full of
smoke
Steinmetz placed one hand on the
table and despite his weight vaulted
It cleanly This man had taken his
degree at Heidelberg and the Germans
are the finest gymnasts In the world
Moreover muscle once made remains
till death It was his only chance
for the Frenchman had dodged the
novel but it spoiled his aim Steinmetz
vaulted right on to him and De Chaux
ville staggered back
In a moment Steinmetz had him by
the collar his face was gray his heavy
eyes ablaze If anything will rouse a
man it is being fired at point blank
at a range of four yards with a re
volver
Ach gasped the German You
would shoot me would you
He wrenched the pistol from De
Chauxvilles fingers and threw it into
the corner of the room Then he shook
the man like a garment
First he cried you would kill
Paul and now you try to shoot me
Good God what are you You are
no man Do you know what I am go
ing to do with you I am going to
thrash you like a dog
He dragged him to the fireplace
Above the mantelpiece a stick rack
was affixed to the wall and here were
sticks and riding whips Steinmetz se
lected a heavy whip His eyes were
shot with blood his mouth worked be
neath his mustache
The Frenchman was almost blue In
the face His eyps were wild with ter
ror
And Karl Steinmetz thrashed him
It did not last long No word was
spoken The silence was only broken
by their shuffling feet by the startling
report of each blow by De Chauxvilles
repeated gasps of paiu
The fur jacket was torn iu several
places The white shirt appeared hero
and there In one place It was stained
with red
At last Steinmetz threw him huddled
into one corner of the room The chat
tering face the wild eyes that looked
up at him were terrible to see
When you have promised to keep
the secret you may go said Stein
metz You must swear It
De Chauxvilles lips moved but no
sound came from them Steinmetz
poured some water into a tumbler and
gave it to him
It had to come to this he said
or later Paul would have
killed yon That Is the only difference
Do you swear by God in heaven above
you that you will keep the princess se
cret
I swear it answered De Chaux
ville hoarsely
Steinmetz was holding on to the back
of a high chair with both hands
breathing heavily His face was still
livid That which had been white In
his ej es was quite red
De Chauxville was crawling toward
the revolver in the corner of the room
but he was almost fainting It was a
question whether he would last long
enough to reach the firearm There
was a bright patch of red in either liv
er colored cheek His lips were work
ing convulsively And Steinmetz saw
him in time He seized him by the col
lar of his coat and dragged him back
He placed his foot on the pistol and
faced De Chauxville with glaring eyes
De Chauxville rose to his feet and for
a moment the two men looked into
each others souls The Frenchmans
face was twisted with pain No word
was said
The Frenchman went slowly toward
the door He faltered and looked round
for a chair He sat heavily down with
a little exclamation of pain and ex
haustion and felt for his pocket hand
kerchief
At last the Frenchman stood slowly
up and with characteristic thought of
appearances fingered his torn coat
Have you a cloak asked Stein
metz
No
The German went to a cupboard in
the wall and selected a long riding
cloak which he handed to the French
man without a word
Steinmetz followed De Chauxville
through the long passage they had
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And Karl Steinmetz thrashed him
traversed a few minutes earlier and
down the broad staircase The serv
ants were waiting at the door with the
horse put at the Frenchmans disposal
by Paul
De Chauxville mounted slowly heav
ily with twitching lips His face was
set and cold now The pain was get
ting bearable the wounded vanity was
bleeding inwardly In his dull eyes
there was a gleam of hatred and mal
ice It was the face of a man rejoic
ing inwardly over a deep and certain
vengeance
It is well he muttered between his
clinched teeth as he rode away while
Steinmetz watched him from the door
step It is well Now I will not
spare you
CHAPTER XXXIV
ARL STEINMETZ walked slow
ly upstairs to his own room
The evening sun shining
through the small deenlv pin-
brasured windows fell on a face at no
time joyous now tired and worn He
sat down at his broad writing table
and looked around the room with a lit
tle blink of the eyelids
I am getting too old for this sort of
thing he said
His gaze lighted on the heavy riding
whip thrown on the ground near the
door where he had released Claude de
Chauxville after the terrible punish
ment meted out to that foe with heavy
Teutonic hand
Steinmetz rose and
picking up the whip with the grunt of
a stout man stooping
replaced it care
fully in the rack over the mantelpiece
He stood looking out of the window
for a few moments
It will have to be done he said
resolutely and rang the bell
My compliments to the prince he
said to his
servant who appeared in-
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