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oeen at his feet in a wild inco
lerent passion of self hatred and
basement
If he said you have any further
iiuestions to ask I shall always be at
your service For the next few days
I shall be busy The peasants are in a
state of discontent verging on rebellion
We cannot at present arrange for your
Journey to Tver but as soon as it is
oossible I will tell you
He looked at the clock and made an
Imperceptible movement toward the
door
Etta glanced up sharply She did not
seem to be breathing
Is that alii she asked in a dull
voice
There was a long silence
I think so answered Paul at
length I have tried to be just
Then justice is very cruel
Not so cruel as the woman who fr
a few pounds sells the happiness of
thousands of human beings Stein-
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Is it not rather absurd to talk of car
ing
metz advised me to speak to you He
suggested the possibility of circum
stances of which we are ignorant He
said that you might be able to explain
Silence Etta sat looking into the
fcre The little clock hurried on At
length Etta drew a deep breath
You are the sort of man she said
who does not understand temptation
You are strong The devil leaves the
strong in peace You have found vir
tue easy because you have never want
ed money Your position has always
been assured Your name alone is a
password through the world Your sort
are always hard on women who
who What have I done after all
Some instinct bade her rise to her
feet and stand before him tall beau
tiful passionate a woman in a thou
sand a fit mate for such as he
JWJrnt haveI done she crieda sec 1
The McCook Tribune
The Weekly Inter Ocean
Both for only
By
Henry Seton Merriman
Copyright 1895 by HARPER BROTHERS
ond time I have only fought for
mjTself and if I have won so much the
greater credit I am jour wife I
have done nothing the law can touch
Thousands of women moving in our
circle are not half so good as I am
Hush he said with upraised hand
I never doubted that
I will do anything you wish she
went on and in her humility she was
very dangerous I deceived you I
know But I sold the Charity league
before I knew that you that you
thought of me When I married you I
didnt love you I admit that But
Paul oh Paul if you were not so
good you would understand
He was silent standing before her in
his great strength his marvelous and
cruel self restraint
You will not forgive me
For a moment she leaned forward
peering into his face He seemed to be
reflecting
Yes he said at length I forgive
you But if I cared for you forgiveness
would be Impossible
He went slowly toward the door and
paused with his hand on the knob
And she said with fiery cheeks
does your forgiveness date from to
night
Yes
He opened the door
Good night he said and went out
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CHAPTER XXXYI
T daybreak the next morninir
Karl Steinmetz was awakened
by the familiar cry of the wolf
beneath his window He rose
and dressed hastily The eastern sky
was faintly pink a rozy twilight
moved among the pines He went
downstairs and opened the little door
at the back of the castle
It was the starosta shivering and
bleached in the chilly dawn
They have watched my cottage ex
cellency all night It was only now
that I could get away There are two
strange sleighs outside Domenskys
hut There are marks of many sleighs
that have been and gone Excellency
it is unsafe for any one to venture out
side the castle today lou must send
to Tver for the soldiers
The prince refuses to do that
But why excellency We shall be
killed
You do not know the effect of pla
toon firing on a closely packed mob
starosta The prince does replied
istemmetz with his grim smile
They spoke together in hushed voices
for half an hour while the daylight
crept up the eastern sky Then the
starosta stole away among the still
larches like the wolf whose cry he
imitated so perfectly
The day passed as such days do
Etta was not the woman to plead a
conventional headache and remain hid
den She came down to breakfast and
during tlmt meal was boldly conversa
tional
They were completely shut in No
news from the outer world penetrated
to the little party besieged within
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ftelr own stone walls Maggie fear-
and Innocent announced lier In
tention of suowshoelng but was 3
suaded therefrom by Stclnmctz with
covert warnings
During the morning each was occu
they
almost defiant She was on her met
tle She was bo near to loving Paul
that a hatred of him welled up within
her breast whenever he repelled her
advances with uncompromising
cence
They did
hardly knew
of the side
not know perhaps she
herself that the opening
door depended upon her
humor
In the afternoon Etta and
Maggie
sat as was their wont in the morn
ing room looking out over the cliff Of
late their intercourse had been slightly
strained They had never had much in
common although circumstances had
thrown their lives together
At dusk Steinmetz went out He had
an appointment with the starosta
Paul was sitting in his own room
making a pretense of work about 5
oclock when Steinmetz came hurried
ly to him
A new development he said short
ly Come to my room
Steinmetzs large room was lighted
only by a lamp standing on the table
All the light was thrown on the desk
by a large green shade leaving the
rest of the room in a semidarkness
At the far end of the room a man
was standing in an expectant attitude
There was something furtive about
this intruder and at the same time fa
miliar to Paul who peered at him
through the gloom
Then the man came hurriedly for
ward
Ah Pavlo Pavlo he said in a
deep hollow voice I could not expect
jTou to know me
He threw his arms around him and
embraced him after the simple manner
of Russia Then he held him at arms
length
Stepan said Paul No I did not
know you
Stepan Lanovitch was still holding
him at arms length examining him
with the large faint blue eyes whicli
so often go with an exaggerated phi
lanthropy
Old he muttered old Ah my
poor Pavlo I heard in Kiev you
know how we outlaws hear such things
that you were in trouble so I came
to you
Steinmetz in the background raised
his patient eyebrows
There are two men in the world
went on the voluble Lanovitch who
can manage the moujiks of Tver yo
and I so I came I will help you
Pavlo I will stand by you Together
we can assuredly quell this revolt
Paul nodded and allowed himself to
be embraced a second time lie had
long known Stepan Lanovitch of Thors
as one of the many who go about the
world doing good with their eyes shut
For the moment he had absolutely no
use for this well meaning blunderer
How did you get here asked Paul
who was always businesslike
I brought a pack on my back and
sold cotton I made inyself known to
the starosta and he communicated
with good Karl here
Did you learn anything in the vil
lage asked Paul
No they suspected me They would
not talk But I understand them Pav
lo these poor simple fools A pebble
in the stream would turn the current
of their convictions Tell them who is
the Moscow doctor It is your only
chance
Steinmetz grunted acquiescence and
walked wearily to the window This
was only an old and futile argument
of his own
And make it impossible for me to
live another day among them said
Paul Do you think St Petersburg
would countenance a prince who works
among his moujiks
Stepan Lanovitchs pale blue eyes
looked troubled Steinmetz shrugged
his shoulders
They have brought it on them
selves he said
As much as a lamb brings the knife
upon itself by growing up replied
Paul
Lanovitch shook his white head with
a tolerant little smile He loved these
poor nelpless peasants with a love as
large as and a thousand times less
practical than Pauls
In the meantime Paul was thinking
in his clear direct way It was this
mans habit in life and in thought to
walk straight past the side issues
It is like you Stepan he said at
length to come to us at this time We
feel It and we recognize the generosity
of it for Steinmetz and I know the
danger you are running in coming back
to this country But we cannot let you
uo it JNo do not protest It is quite
out of the question We might quell
the revolt no doubt we should the
two of us together But what would
happen afterward You would be sent
back to Siberia and I should probably
follow you for harboring an escaped
convict
Also went on Paul with that de
liberate graSD Of the KltlinHnn Tvhirl
never failed to astonish the ready wit
ted Steinmetz also you have other
calls upon your energy You have oth
er work to do
Lanovitchs broad face lightened im
his benevolent brow
beamed His ca
pacity for work had brought him to
the shoemakers last In Tomsk It is a
vice that grows with Indulgence
It has pleased the authorities went
on Paul who was shy of religious
turns of phrase to give us all our
own troubles Mine such as they are
btepan must be managed by myself
Yours can be faced by no one but you
You have come at the right moment
You do not quite realize what your
coming means to Catrina
Catrina Ah
The weak blue eyes looked Into the
Btrong face and read nothing there
I djubt said Paul whether It Is
right for you to continue sacrificing
Catrina for the sake of the little good
that you are able to do You are ham
pered iii your good work to such an
extent that the result is very small
Pled in individual affairs At luncheon whe the Ialu you give is very great
time Bt is that so Pavlo Is my child
met again Etta was now
unhappy
I fear so replied Paul gravely
with his baffling self restraint She
has not much In common with her
mother you understand
Steinmetz remained silent standing
ns it were in an acquiescent attitude
You have fought your fight said
Paul a good fight too You have
struck your blow for the country you
have sown your seed but the harvest
is not yet Now it is time to think of
your own safety of the happiness of
your own child
Stepan Lanovitch turned away and
sat heavily down He leaned his two
arms on the table and his chin upon
his clinched hands
Why not leave the country now at
all events for a few years went on
Paul And when a man who Is accus
tomed to command stoops to persuade
Jt Is strong persuasion that he wields
You can take Catrina with you You
will be assuring her happiness which
at all events is something tangible a
present harvest I will drive over to
Thors now and bring her back You
can leave tonight and go to America
Stepan Lanovitch raised his head
and looked hard into Pauls face
You wish it
I think answered Paul steadily
that it is for Catrinas happiness
Then Lanovitch rose up and took
Tauls hand in his work stained grip
Go my sou It will be a great hap
piness to me I will wait here he
said
Paul went straight to the door Ho
was a man with a capacity for prompt
action which seemed to rise to de
mand Steinmetz followed him out
into the passage and took him by tho
arm
You cannot do it he said
Yes I can replied Paul I can
find my way through the forest No
one will venture to follow me there In
the dark
Steinmetz hesitated shrugged his
shoulders and went back into the room
The ladies at Thors were dressed for
dinner were indeed awaiting the an
nouncement of that meal when Paul
broke in upon their solitude ne did
not pause to lay aside his furs but
went into the long low room with
drawing his seal gloves painfully for
it was freezing
The countess assailed him with many
questions more or less sensible which
he endured patiently until the servant
had left the room Catrina with flush
ed cheeks stood looking at him but
said nothing
Taul withdrew his gloves and sub
mitted to the countess futile tugs at
his fur coat Then Catrina spoke
The Baron de Chauxville has left
us she said without knowing exactly
why
For the moment Paul had forgotten
Claude de Chauxvilles existence
I have news for you he said and
he gently pushed the chattering count
ess aside Stepan Lanovitch is at Os
terno He arrived tonight
Ah they have set him free Poor
man Does he wear chains on his an
kles Is his hair long My poo
Stepan Ah but what a stupid man
The countess collapsed into a soft
chair She chose a soft one obviously
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Stepan No I did not know you
It has to be recorded here that she did
not receive the news with unmitigated
joy
When he was in Siberia she gasp
ed one knew at all events where he
was and now Dieu
mon what an anx
iety
I have come over to see whether
you will join him tonight and go with
him to America said Paul looking at
her
To America tonight MydearPaul
are you mad One cannot do such
things as that America That is across
the sea
Yes answered Paul
And I am such n hnn cnii
if it had been Paris
But it cannot be interrupted Paul
Will you join your father tonight
he added turning to Catrina
The girl was looking at him with
something in her eyes that he did not
care to meet
And go to America
a lifeless voice
Now
she asked in
Paul nodded
Catrina turned suddenly away from
him and walked to the fire where she
stood with her back toward hlm a
small uncouth figure In black and
green the lamplight
gleaming on her
wonderful hair She turned suddenly
again and coming back stood looking
Into his face
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