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nnd for one brief moment the crowd
stood still watching one of their ring
leaders who was turning and twisting
on his side half a dozen steps from the
bottom
Then Paul raised his voice
Listen to me he said
But he got no further for some one
Bhot at him from the background over
the frantic heads of the others and
missed him The bullet lodeed In the
wall at the head of the stairs in the
Jamb of the gorgeous doorway It Is
there today
There was a yell of hatred and an
ugly charge toward the stairs but the
sight of the two revolvers held them
there motionless for a few moments
Those In front pushed back while the
shouters in the safe background urged
them forward by word and gesture
Two men holding a hundred in check
B one of the two was a prince which
makes all the difference and will con
tinue to make that difference despite
half penny journalism until the end
of the world
What do you want cried Paul
Oh I will wait he shouted in the
nest pause There is plenty of time
when you are tired of shouting
Several of them proceeded to tell him
what they wanted an old story too
stale for repetition here Paul recog
nized in the din of many voices the
tinkling arguments of the professional
agitator all the world over
Look out said Paul I believe
they are going to make a rush
All the while the foremost men were
edging toward the stairs while the
densely packed throng at the back
were struggling among themselves In
the passages behind some were yelling
and screaming with a wild Intonation
which Steinmetz recognized He had
been through the commune
Those fellows at the back have
been killing some one he said I
can tell by their voices They are
drunk with the sight of blood-
Some new orator gained the ears of
the xabble at this moment and the ill
kempt heads swayed from side to side
It is useless he cried telling him
what you want He will not give it
you Go and take it Go and take it
little fathers That is the only way
Steinmetz raised his hand and peer
ed down Into the crowd looklntr for
the man of eloquence and the voice
was hushed
At this moment however the yelling
increased and through the doorway
reading to the servants quarters came
a stream of men blood stained ragged
torn They were waving arms and im
plements above their heads
Down with the aristocrats Kill
them Kill them they were shriek
ing
A little volley of firearms further ex
cited them But vodka is not a good
thing to shoot upon and Paul stood
untouched waiting as he had said un
til they were tired of shouting
Now yelled Steinmetz to him in
English jvc mustgoWecan make
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a stand at the head of the stairs then
the doorway then He shrugged his
shoulders Then the end he added
as they moved up the stairs step by
step backward My very good friend
he went on at the door we must be- j
gin to shoot them down It Is our
only chance It Is moreover our duty
toward the ladies
There la one alternative answered
Paul
The Moscow doctor
Yes
They may turn said Paul They
are Just in that humor
The newcomers were the most dan
gerous They were forcing their way
to the front There was no doubt that
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as soon as they could penetrate the
densely packed mob they would charge
up the stairs even In face of a heavy
Are The reek of vodka was borne up
In the heated atmosphere mingled
with the nauseating odor of filthy
clothing
Go said Steinmetz and put on
your doctors clothes I can keep them
back for a few minutes
There was no time to be lost Paul
slipped away leaving Steinmetz alone
at the summit of the state stairway
standing grimly revolver in hand
In the drawing room Paul found
Maggie alone
Where Is Etta he asked
She left the room some time ago
But I told her to stay said Paul
To this Maggie made no answer She
was looking at him with an anxious
scrutiny
Did they shoot at you she asked
Yes but not straight he answered
with a little laugh as he hurried on
In a few moments he was back in
the drawing room a different man in
the rough stained clothes of the Mos
cow doctor The din on the stairs was
louder Steinmetz was almost in the
doorway He was shooting economical
ly picking his men
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With an effort Fnul dragged one or
twv heavy pieces of furniture across
the room in the form of a rough bar
ricade ne pointed to the hearth rug
where Maggie was to stand
Ready he shouted to Steinmetz
Come
The German ran In and Paul closed
the barricade
The rabble poured in at the open
door screaming and shouting Blood
stained ragged wild with the mad
ness of murder they crowded to the
barricade There they stopped gazing
stupidly at Paul
The Moscow doctor The Moscow
doctor passed from lip to lip It was
the women who shouted It the loudest
Like the wind through a forest it
swept out of the room and down the
stairs Those crowding up pushed on
and uttered the words as they came
The room was packed with them
Yes shouted Steinmetz at the top
of his great voice And the prince
He knew the note to strike and struck
with a sure hand The barricade was
torn aside and the people swept for
ward falling on their knees groveling
at Pauls feet kissing the hem of his
garment seizing his strong hands in
theirs
It was a mighty harvest That which
is sown in the peoples hearts bears a
thousandfold at last
Get them out of the place Open
the big doors said Paul to Steinmetz
He stood cold and grave among them
Some of them were already sneaking
toward the door the ringleaders the
talkers from the towns mindful of
their own necks in this change of feel
ing
Steinmetz hustled them out bidding
them take their dead with them Some
of the servants reappeared peeping
white faced behind curtains When
the last villager had crossed the thresh
old these ran forward to close and bar
the great doors
No said Paul from the head of the
stairs leave them open
Steinmetz In the drawing room look
ed at Paul with his resigned semihu
morous shrug of the shoulders
Touch and go mein Heber he said
Yes an end of Russia for us an
swered the prince
He moved toward the door leading
through to the old castle
I am going to look for Etta he
said
And I said Steinmetz going to the
other entrance am going to see who
opened the side door
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CHAPTER XXXIX
ILL you come with me
said Paul to Maggie I
will send the servants to
put this room to rights
Maggie followed him out of the room
and together they went through the
passages calling Etta and looking for
her There was an air of gloom and
chilliness In the rooms of the old cas
tle The outline of the great stones
dimly discernible through the wall pa
per was singularly suggestive of a for
tress thinly disguised
I suppose said Paul that Etta
lost her nerve
Yes answered Maggie doubtfully
I think it was that
Paul went on He carried a lamp in
one steady hand
We shall probably find her In one of
these rooms he said It is so easy
to lose oneself among the passages and
staircases
They passed on through the great
smoking room with Its hunting tro
phies The lynx with its face of
Claude de Chauxville grinned at them
darkly from its pedestal
Halfway down the stairs leading to
the side door they met Steinmetz com
ing hastily up His face was white and
drawn with horror
You must not go down here he
said in a husky voice barring the pas
sage with his arm
Why not
Go up again said Steinmetz
breathlessly You must not go down
here
Paul laid his hand on the broad arm
stretched across the stairway For a
moment it almost appeared to be n
physical struggle then SteinmetJ
stepped aside
I beg of you he said not to gc
down
And Paul went on followed by Stein
metz and behind them Maggie At the
foot of the stairs a broader passage
led to the side door and from this oth
er passages opened into the servants
quarters and communicated through
the kitchens with the modern building
It was evident that the door leadine
to the grassy slope at the back of the
castle was open for a cold wind blew
up the stairs and made the lamps
flicker
At the end of the passage Paul
stopped
Steinmetz was a little behind him
noming Maggie back
The two lamps lighted up the passage
and showed the white form of the
Princess Etta lying huddled un airainsl
the wall The face was hidden but
there was no mistaking the beautiful
dress and hair It could only be Etta
Paul stooped down and looked at her
but he did not touch her He went a
few paces forward and closed the door
Beyond Etta a black form lav across
the passage all trodden underfoot and
disheveled Paul held the lamp down
and through the mud and blood Claude
de Chauxvilles clear cut features were
outlined
Death is always unmistakable
though it be shown by nothing more
than a heap of muddy clothes
Claude de Chauxville was lyine
across the passage He had been trod
den underfoot by the stream of mad
dened peasants who had entered by
this door which had been opened for
them whom Steinmetz had checked at
the foot of the stairs by shooting their
ringleader
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De Chauxvilles scalp was torn away
by a blow probably given with a
spade or some blunt instrument His
hand all muddy and bloodstained still
held a revolver The other hand wa3
stretched out toward Etta who lay
across his feet crouching against the
wall Death had found and left her in
an attitude of fear shielding her bow
ed head from a blow with her up
raised hands Her loosened hair fell
in a long wave of gold down to the
bloodstained hand outstretched toward
her She was kneeling In De Chaux
villes blood which stained the stone
floor of the passage
Paul leaned forward and laid his
Angers on the bare arm just below a
bracelet which gleamed in the lamp
light She was quite dead He held
a lamp close to her There was no
mark or scratch upon her arm or shoul
der The blow which had torn her
hair down had killed her without any
disfigurement The silken skirt of her
dress which lay across the passage
was trampled and stained by the tread
of a hundred feet
Then Paul went to Claude de Chaux
ville He stooped down and slipped
his skilled Angers inside the torn and
mud stained clothing Here also was
death
Paul stood unricht and looked at
them as they lay silent motionless
with their tale untold Maggie and
Steinmetz stood watching him He
went to the door which was of solid
oak four inches thick and examined
the fastenings There had been no
damage done to bolt or lock or hinge
The door had been opened from the
Inside He looked slowly around meas
uring the distances
What Is the meaning of It he said
at length to Steinmetz in a dull voice
Maggie winced at the sound of it
Steinmetz did not answer at once
but hesitated after the manner of a
man weighing words which will never
be forgotten by their hearers
It seems to me he said with a
slow wise charity the best of Its kind
quite clear that De Chauxville died in
trying to save her The rest must be
only guesswork
I suppose he went on after a
little pause that Claude de Chaux
ville has been at the bottom of all our
trouble All his life he has been one
of the stormy petrels of diplomacy
Wherever he has gone trouble has fol
lowed later By some means he ob
tained sufficient mastery over the
princess to compel her to obey his or
ders The means he employed were
threats He had it In his power to
make mischief and In such affairs a
woman is so helpless that we may well
forgive that which she mav do in a
moment of panic I imagine that he
frightened the poor lady into obedi
ence to his command that she should
open this door
Ho spread out his hands in depreca
tion In his quaint Germanic way he
held one hand out over the two mo
tionless forms in mute prayer that they
might be forgiven
We all have our faults he said
Who are we to judge each other If
we understood all we might pardon
The two strongest human motives are
ambition and fear She was ruled by
both I myself have seen her under
the Influence of sudden panic I have
noted the working of her great ambi
tion She was probably deceived at
every turn by that man who was a
scoundrel She must have repented of
her action when she heard the clatter
of the rioters all round the castle I
am sure she did that I am sure she
came down here to shut the door and
found Claude de Chauxville here They
were probably talking together when
the poor mad fools who killed them
came round to this side of the castle
and found them They recognized her
as the princess They probably mis
took him for the prince It Is what
men call a series of coincidences I
wonder what God calls It
He broke off and stoopinc down he
drew the lapel of the Frenchmans
cloak gently over the marred face
And let us remember he said that
he tried to save her Some lives are so
At the very end a little reparation Is
made In life he was her evil genius
When he died they trampled him un
derfoot in order to reach her Made
moiselle will you come
He took Maggie by the arm and led
her gently away She Avas shaking all
over but his hand was steady and
wholly kind
He led her up the narrow stairs to
her own room In the little boudoir
the fire was burning brightly the
lamps were lighted iust ns th mn i
had left them at the first alarm
Maggie sat down and quite sudden
ly she burst into tears
Steinmetz did not leave her He
stood beside her gently stroking her
shoulder with his stout fingers He
said nothing but the gray mustache
only half concealed his lips which
were twisted with a little smile full of
tenderness and sympathy
Maggie was the first to speak
I am all right now she said
Please do not wait any longer and do
not think me a
very weak minded per
son Poor Etta
Steinmetz moved away toward the
door
Yes he said poor Etta Tr fa of
ten those who get on in the world who
need the worlds pity most
At the door he stopped
Tomorrow he said I will take
you home to England Is that agreea
ble to you mademoiselle
She smiled at him sadly through her
tears
Yes I should like that she said
This country is horrible You are verv
kind to me J
Steinmetz went downstairs and found
Paul at the door
talking to a young of
cer who slowly dismounted and
lounged into the
hall conscious of his
brilliant uniform of his own physical
capacity to show off any uniform to
full advantage
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