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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1913-12-18, Page 7111E u JNG1IAM TIM PQ DECEMBER Di 1M3 .•-Comu. �Y4121.10,1d•••._ ock In the Baltic TAY ROBERT BARR, ,Author of "The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont," "Tekla,' "In the Midst of Alarms," "Speculations of John Steele,' "The Victors," Etc. Cep3risht, lis?0, by Robert Barr. By Arrangement with The Authors and Newspapers Association of New York. "One, if you please," interrupted Dorothy. "Lovesick all against our will." "Only oue." "Twenty years hence we shan't be A pair of lovesick maidens sti1L" "I am pleased to note," said Dorothy' 'denut.;'IV, "that the letter written by -the priuce to your father has brought you back to the Gilbert and Sullivan ,plane again, although in this fairy glen you should quote from 'Iolanthe' -rather than from 'Patience.'" "Yes, Dot, this spot plight do for a .cove in the 'Pirates of Penzance,' only we're too far from the sea. But, to • return to the matter in hand, I don't think there will be any need to send . that cablegram. I don't like the idea -of a cablegram, anyhow. I will re- turn to the hotel and dictate to my frivolous father a serious composition -quite as stately and formal as that re- ceived from the prince. He will ad- dress it and seal it, and then If you are kind enough to inclose it in the next letter you send to Lieutenant Drummond it will be sure to reach Jack Lamont ultimately." Dorothy sprang from the hammock -to the ground. "Oh," she cried eagerly, "I'll go into the hotel with you and write my let- ter at once." Katherine smiled, took her by the :arm and said: "You're a dear girl, Dorothy. I'll race you to the hotel as soon as we rare through this thicket." CHAPTER IX. HE next letter Dorothy received bore Russianm ) t S a S andA. 1ws dated at the blacksmith's shop, Bolshoi Prospect, St. Peters - ,burg. After a few preliminaries which need not be set down here Drummond -continued: "The day after Jack arrived in Lon- don, there being nothing whatever to -detain him in England, we set off to- gether for St. Petersburg and are now :domiciled above his blacksmith • shop. We are not on the fashionable side of the river, but our street is wide, and :a very short walk brings us to at bridge which, being crossed, allows ,ns to wander among palaces if wo are :ro disposed. We have been here only ,four days, yet a good deal has already .been accomplished. The influence of the prince has smoothed my path for me. Yesterday I had au audience with Al very important personage in the for- eign office, and today I have seen an -officer of high rank in the navy. "The prince warns ole to mention no •names, because letters, even to n young lady, are sometimes opened before they reach the person to whose they are addressed. These officials who have been kind enough to receive me are gentlemen so polished that I feel -quite uncouth in their presence. I am at little shaky in my French and feared that my knowledge of that language might not carry me through, but both -of these officials speak English notch better than I do, and they seemed rath- er plea,4d 1 had voluntarily visited St. Petersburg to explain that no dis- - courtesy was meant in the action I had unfortunatelyutaken ou the Baltic :so , and they prove me their warmest as- surances they would do what they -could to ease the teusio:l between our -respective countries. It seems that my -business here will be finished much : sooner than I expected, and then I am :'off on the quickest steamer for New York in the hope of seeing Niagara falls. I have met with one disappoint- ment, however. Jack says be cannot -possibly accompany me to the United States. 1 have failed to nronse in hits the faintest interest about the electric works at Niagara. Ile insists that he is on the verge of a most inlportantdis- -covery, the nature of which he does not confide In me. I think he Is work - 'Ong too hard, for he is looking quite haggard and overdone, but that is al- ways the way with him. He throws -himself heart and soul into any diffi- :culty~ that confronts flim rind works Nerves Were Unstrung. WOULD ALMOST GO OUT OF HER MIND. • Many women become run down and worn out by household cares, and duties :never ending, and sooner or later find t• hemselves with shattered nerves and -Weak hearts, On the first sign of any weakness of the heart or nerves you should avail ,yourself of a perfect cure by using Mil - ,burn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Mrs. Archie Goodine, Tilley, N.B., i'writes:--" When I was troubled with my ;;heart, two years ago, I was very bad. My nerves were so unstrung, sometimes 'L would almost be out of my mind. I doctored myself with everything 8 1 seou1dla four until a t last I got f ur boza+ 9b1 Milburn's Heart and Nerve rills, and *they have cured me. I cannot speak etoo highly of this wonderful remedy, ',end will recommend it to all sufferers." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills .are &0c. per box, or 3 boxes Tor 1$1.25, at all edeatcrs. or mailed dircet on receipt of Vrce by The 1'. Milburn Co., L+itmiteal, "'Toronto, Ont. prantically nfglif and day until he has solved it. "Yesterday he gave the whole street a fright. I had just returned from the foreign office and had gone upstairs to my room when there occurred an ex- plosion that shook the building from cellar to roof and sent the windows of our blacksmith's shop rattling Into the street. Jack had a Most narrow es- cape, but Is unhurt, although that line beard of leis was badly singed. IIe has had it shaved off and now sports mere- ly a mustache, looking quite like a man from New York, You wouldn't recognize hint if you met him on Broad- way. The carpenters and glaziers are at work today repairing the damage. "I told Jack that if this sort of thing kept ou I'd be compelled to patronize another hotel, but he says It won't hap- pen again. It seems he was trying to combine two substances by adding a third, and, as I understood him, the mixing took place with unexpected suddenness, He bas endeavored to ex- plain to me the reaction, as he calls it, which occurred, but I seem to have no head for chemistry, and, besides, if I am to be blown through the roof some of these days it will be no consolation to ons when I come down upon the pavement outside to know accurately the different elements which contrib- uted to my elevation. Jack is very patient in trying to instruct me, but he could not resist the temptation of mak- ing me ashamed by saying that your friend, Miss Katherine Iiempt, would have known at once the full particulars of the reaction. Indeed, he says she warned him of the disaster by mark- ing a passage in a book she gave him which foreshadowed ell fan. thisr3 •e things i n � n• She must be n Most remarkable young woman, and it shows how stupid I am that 1 did not in the least appreciate this fact when la her company." The next letter was received a week later. IIe was getting on swimming- ly. both at the foreign office and at tate Russian admiralty. All the offi- cials he had met were most courteous and anxious to advance his interests. Ile wrote about the misapprehensions hold in England regarding Russia and expressed his resolve to do what be could when he returned to remove these false impressions. "Of course," he went on, "no Amen ictnl or Englishman can support or justify the repressive measures so of- ten carried out ruthlessly by the Rus- sian police. Still even these may be exaggerated, for the police have to deal with a people very mucin different from our own. It is rather curious that at this moment I tun in vngue trouble concerning the police. I am sure this place is watched, and I am also certnin that my friend Jack is be- ing shadowed. IIe dresses like a work- man. His gritty blouse would de- light the heart of his friend Tolstoi, but he Is known to be tt prince, and 1 think the authorities imagine he is pitying up to the laboring class, vliorr they despise. I Iny it all to that un fortunate explosion. which gathered the police about us as if they had sprn•t' f rota the ground. There was an ofit- r•lal examination, of course, and Jack explained, apparently to everybody's satisfaction, exactly how be came to make the mistake that resulted in the loss of his beard and his windows. I don't know exactly how to describe the feeling of uneasiness which has come over ate. "At first sight this city did not strike lite as so very much different from New York or London, and, meeting, as I did, so ninny refined gentlemen In high places, I hnd cone to think St. Petersburg was, after all, very much like Paris or Berlin or home. But ft is different, and the difference makes it- self subtly felt, just as the air in some coast towns of Britain is relaxing and it others bracing. In these towns a man doesn't notice the effect at first, but inter on he begins to feel it, and so it is here in St. Petersburg. Great numbers of workmen pass down our street. They all seem to know who the prince is, and the float days we were here they saluted hint with a deference which I supposed was dale to his rank, in spite of the greasy clothes he wore. Slued the explaslon an Indefinable change has come over these workmen. They salute the prince still when we meet thein on the street, but there is in their attitude a certain sly sympa- thy, if I may so term it, a bond of camaraderie, which is implied In their Manner rather than expressed. Jack says this is all fancy 011 my part, but I don't think it Is. 'These men imagine that Prince Yvan Lermohtoff, who lives among then and dresses like them, is concocting some explosive which may yet' rfd thent-ef the tyrants who make their lives so unsafe. All this would not matter, but what does matter is the chemical reaction, as I believe Jaek would term ft, which bas taken place among the authorities. The authorities undoubtedly have their spies among the workingmen and know well what they are 'thinking about and talking about. I do nit believe they were sat- isfied with the explanations Jack gave regardful; the disaster. 1 have Wel to Itnps'ees upon Jack that be must be more cer tttl in *Parking about the town, and I have tried to persuade hint after work to dross like the gen- detain heli, Iwt Ie jangles! at eny leans and assures'me that I Bove gi 1 t /Sinn one extreme to the other in toy opinion of St. Petersburg. First I thought IL was like all other capitals; now I have swung too far iu the other direction, lie says the police of St. Petersburg would not dare arrest him, but I'm not so sure of that. A number of tillage occur to ole, as usual, too late. Russia, with her perfect secret service system, Must know that Prince Lcrmontoff luta been serving In the British navy. They know he returned to St. Petersburg, ovoids all his old friends and is brought to their notloe les an Inexplicable ex- plasiou, and they must be well =art also that he is in the company of the haul who fired the shell at the Pock in the P,altic and that be himself served Ott the offending cruiser. "-]s to my own affairs, I must say they are progressing slowly, but sails. • letorily. Nevertheless if Jack would leave at. Petersburg and come with )tie to London or New York, where be could carry on his experiments quite as well, or even better than here, 1 should depart at once, even if I ,jeop- ar•dized nty own prospects." The next letter, sortie time later, be- !t11ll: "Your• two charming notes to me ar- rived here together. it is very kind of you to write to a poor exile and cheer 111111 in his banishment. I should like to sect that dell where you have swung your hammock. Beware of Ilendrik Hudson's men, so delightfully written of by Washington Irving. If they offer yon auytbing to driuk, don't you take it. Think how disastrous it would be to all your friends if you went to sleep in that hammock for twenty years. it's the Catskills I want to see now ratber than Niagara falls. Your see and letter containing the note from Captain Iiempt to Jack was at once delivered to hitt. What on earth has the genial captain written to effect such a transformation in my friend'! Ile came to me that evening clothed in his right mind in evening rig out. with his decorations upon it, command- ed the to get into my dinner togs, took me in a carriage across the river to the best restaurant St. Petersburg affords, and there we had a champagne dinner in which he drank to America and all things American. Whether it Was the enthusiasm produced by Captain Kempt's communication or the effect of the champagne, l do not know, but he has reconsidered his determination not to return to the 'United States, and very soon we set out together for the west. "I shall be glad to get out of illie place. We were followed to the res- taurant, I tun certain, and I am equal- ly certain that at the next table two police spies were seated, and these two shadowed us in a cab until we reached our blacksmith's shop. It Is a huutiliat- Ing confession to make, but somehow the atmosphere of this place has got on lay nerves, and I shall be glad to turn My back on it. Jack pooh paths the idea that he is in any danger. Even the governor of St. Petersburg, be says, dare not lay a Anger on hits, and as for the chief of police; be pours scorn on that powerful official. IIe scouts the idea that he is being watched, and, n11 in all, is quite humorous at toy ex- pense, saying that my state of mind Is more fitting for a schoolgirl than for n stalwart man over six feet in height, One consolation is that Jack uow has become as keen for America as I am. I expect thnt the interview arranged for me tomorrow with n great govern- ment ofnein, tvtll settle toy own busi- ness finally one way or another. Awhile es 1 I was confident of success. but the •'e;),•atc.l delays have tirade me less op hetet:1• now. although 1be gentle conr- of th Is., in it gh places remains •1 .• • - V'ee .Utihnr•st. i cannot afford to tall lower in your estimation than perhaps I deserve, so must say thatt this fear which has overcome me is alt on account of my friend and not on my own behalf at ail. I am perfectly safe in Russia, being a British subject. My cold and formal Cousin Thaxted is a member of the British embassy here, and my cold and formal uncle is a cab- Inet minister In England, facts which roust be well known to these spy !s- tormed people of St. Petersburg. So I ani immune. The worst they could do would be to order me out of the coun- try, but even that is unthinkable. If any one attempted to interfere with me, I have only to act the hero of the penny novelette, draw myself up to my full height, which, as you know, Is not that of a pygmy, fold my arms across my manly chest, cry, 'Iia, hal" and sing 'Rule Britannia,' whereupon the villains would wilt and withdraw. But Jack has no such security. He is n Russian subject, and, prince or com- moner, the authorities here could do what they liked with him. I always think of things when it is too late to act. I wish I bad urged Jack ashore at Bar Harbor and induced hint to take the oath of allegianee to the United States. 1 spoke to hint about that coning hone in the carriage, and, to my amazement, he said he wished he had thought of it himself at the time we were over there. "But enough of this. I dare ery he Is in no real danger after all. Never- theless I shall Induce Klin to pack to- morrow, and we will make for London together, so my next letter will bear a IIrltish stamp, and I assure You the air of England will taste good to one benighted Britisher whose name Is Alan Drummond." CIIAL'TER X. RE habit of industry practiced from cl lhlhoal to maturity Is noterat bli o t eel by an unex- pected shower of gold. Dons - thy was an early riser, and one morn - ins, entering the parlor from her room, she Raw lying upon the table a letter with a _Russian stamp, but addressed 15 an unknown hand to her friend, (Katherine fiempt. tine surmised that THREE WORDS Lawyer Received $10,000 For "Stop! Look! Listen!" By HOLLAND. WORDS are wonderful things. A Chicago pub- liseer displays in his win - dem s the legend, "Words are the only things that live for- ever," A lawyer was once asked by the president of a railroad to suggest a sign that could be posted at railroad crossings - something that would pre- vent accidents and would also be effective in defending damage suits when accidents occurred. Ho suggested the three words, "Stop: Look! Listen!" He received a fee of $10,000, and his suggestion was worth it because those words, post- ed at grade crossings, pre- vented many accidents. Do you believe in signs? And do you obey them when you see them? Do you stop, look and listen? You ought to, because by watching these warnings as they appear in our advertising columns you can &.VOID BEING SWINDLED BY SUBSTITUTES. Every advertisement is a warning sign. It suggests that you stop, look and listen before proceeding. In other words, investigate and there- by avoid the shoddy, the im- pure, the worthless. "Whereupon the a•lllai,is would wilt an 1 witha"'••uw." were was' the Sleet communication Froin the prince and expected to learn nil about it during the luncheon hour at the latest, but the morning and after- noon passed, and Katherine made no sign, which Dorothy thought was most unusual. Ali that day and the next Katherine went about silent, sedate and serious, never once quoting the humorous Mr. Gilbert, On the third morning Dorothy was surprised. on emerging from her room, to see Kath- erine standing by the table, a black book in her hand. On the table lay a large package from New York, recent- ly opened, displaying a number of vol- umes in what slight be termed serious binding, leather eft11 a or cloth but none showing that high coloring which dis- tinguishes the output of American fic- tion. "Good morning, Dorothy. The early bird is after the worm of science." She held_ ,forth the volume -in her band. A COLD Developed Into BRONCHITIS e However slight a cold you have, you should never neglect it. In all pos- tibility, if you do not treat it in time it will develop into bronchitis, pneumonia, or some other serious throat or lung trouble. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is particularly adapted for all colds, coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, whoop - ng cough and all troubles of the throat and lungs. Three points in favour of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup are: 1. Its action is prompt. 2. It invigorates as well as heals, and soothes the throat and lungs. 3. It is pleasant, harmless and agreeable in taste. Mrs. Albert Vait, Brockville, Ont., writes: -"Just a line to let you know about Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Our oldest little girl is now six years old. When she was four months old she got a cold which developed into Bronchitis, and we tried everything we could think of and had two doctors attending her, but it was no good. One day I read in your almanac about Dr. Wood's Pine ra so I tried it,and Norway Sy Pt she finished h 'Hui fi n. he one Mottle of before . t. c r dit, the dry hacking cough had nearly all gone. There is nothing equal to it, and we are never without it in the house." See that you get "Dr. Wood's" when you ask for it. as there are numerous imitations ou the market. The genuine is manufact are! by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Price, 25c.; family size, iiOe. riip,7C d rourteens"eeks" :otiose Chemistry:" an old book. but fasrinnt• 'ugly written. "Dorothy." she Contin- tied. with n sigh, "I want to talk se- 'lou:ily with you." "About chemistry?" asked Dorothy. 'About men,' said Katherine bvntly, 1 "surd incidentally about women." 1 ".1n interesting subject, Bate, but ' you've got the wrong text books. You xtshuld." d bare had a patrol of novels in- eo Dorothy seated herself, and Keeler hie flowed her example, St: eat" s "1•':etrteen Weeks' Course" resting iu her lap. "Every man," began Katharine, "should have a g•:r•dlau to protect him." "FI'.nu woIaeu?" '•I.•)in ail t::i::gs t'!a .,• tk+re;a''.. and tilt what ih.•y se,•„1. "7'11:tt sotht.is i,:'y tl:':i. )".s, i.,kte Ira:,t t:')1'; it t:.e:rte" a::•n::n 1!: -t t::art n s:r•,t•'• t r. e.18ik:, t::1o'i it: 11" l.11 1.,11.' 1 :.: tt•tlfty lwo11u'n, 1,11,) t.t•:U;t,+ It : I ar .a , iev::y,'• "Rh.):n have 3-:111 La..a t:.•la.:. Kate? ` "Dorothy. I am a sneak•" Dorothy ! nth :ra, "Indsol, I:u11:er:ne. you are a:,yttese. t•'it that. Yoe cunl•ln't t'a ti moan 0- ttttgetterou:; xorutt if y ,ia tt•ta,! y r. hest:' "Von think. Duret' ••. 1 e)v';l '• : forint she asked 1.reat1i4"11 Ie .olio;. fornara. "Reforut7 Yoe d set 'i:',• 1 1., ref iris. You are per:Seely delie11Pu1 ::s y,). are, mid I k:h )r, ts) note it y )fl. 'c'hat's „ vroinares u• :1L'•..' (,:;t wire kie)ws yo•i we:l, a11.1 tier; ing 11141010 •t :1', rut the opinion. e41':e: 1:1 spil,• or your tirade rgaiiel or, l1 "Dorothy, three t!ay-P ash, t e t1: sante more or less, I received a letter front John Lamont." "Yes, I saw it on the table and sur- mised it was from kin):" "Did you? You were quite right. The reading of that letter bas revolution- ized my character. 1 ant a changed woman, Dorothy, and thoroughly ashamed of myself. When I remember how I have deluded that poor, credu- lous young matt in making flim believe I understood even the fringe of what be spoke e about It tills me with grief at my perfidy, but 1 am determined to amend my ways if hard study will do It, and when 1 next see 111111 I shall talk to him worthily like a female Thomas A. Edison." Again Dorothy laughed. "Now, that's heartless of you, Doro- thy. Don't you see I'm in deadly ear- nest? Must my former frivolity dog my steps through life? When I call to Mind that I made fol to you of his serious purpose In rife, the thought makes me cringe and despise myself." "Nonsense, Kate. Don't go to the other extreme. 1 remember nothing you have said that needs withdrawal. You have never trade a malicious re - mirk In your life, Kate. Don't make nue defend you against yourself. You have determined, I take it, to plunge into the subjects which interest the 111811 you are going to marry. That is a perfectly laudable ambition, and I nin quite sure you will succeed." "I know I don't deserve all that, Dorothy, but I like it just the saute. I like people to believe in me even if I sometimes lose faith in myself. May I rend you ata extract from his letter?" "Don't if you'd rather not." "I'd rather, Dorothy, if it doesn't -weary you, but you will understand when you have heard it in what a new light I regard myself." The letter proved to be within the leaves -of the late Mr. Steeie's book on chemistry, and from this volume she ex- tracted it and pressed it for a moment against her breast with her open halnd, gazing across at her friend. ••UToth • ) "Dorothy. , t ay first love letter!'" She turned the crisp, thiu pages and began: "'You may recollect that footnote which you marked with red ink in the book you so kindly gave me o1 the subject of catalysis, which did not pertain to the subject of the volume h1 question and yet was so illuminative to any student of chemistry. They have done a great deal with catalysis ht Germany, with amazing commercial results, but the subject is one so re- cent that I bad not previously gone thoroughly into it.'" Katherine paused in the reading and looked across at her auditor, an ex- pression of despair in her eloquent eyes. "Dorothy, what ander heaven Is catnl- ysis't" "Don't ask me," repined Dorothy. suppressing n laugh, struck by the lu- dicrousness of any young and beauti- ful woman pressing any such senti- ments 8s these to her bosom. '•Ilave you ever hoard or entnlyt:o process, Dorothy?" beseeched Kaath- erine. "It is one of the phreeek ire i;se•s." "Sever. Go on with the letter. Kate:" " •1 saw tit once that 11 1 conhl use to Catulytie process, which won td be in- stantaneous in its solidif31ng etas' -I on 11.7 liquid limestone, instead o1' wuisint upon slow evatx►ration. 1 euuid nun out bnihltitg stoue faster than one eau 1 n,8ke brick. Yon, I :un sure. with your more alert mind, saw this when you marked that passage in red: Oh, 1 Dorothy.' almost whimpered Hasher- Ilte, leaning' back. 'bow can I go tilt? 1 Don't you >'ets %lint a sneak t am? it was bad enough to cozen with nt3 heedless, random markings of the hook, 1 but to think thst line of red Ink uti_iht have been marked in his blood for 1 nearly sent the poor boy to his death." "Go on, Katherine; go on, go out"- "'In my search for it catalytic whose substauce would remain tute'hangesl after the renetion I quite overlooked the chemical tttaretllents of one of the 1 materials 1 was dealing with. and the result was an explosion which nearly 7 IulfulPlfulNn1111@11'lIIIIUPfILI!R'IH •.IG:?tlVddlBalllllu,, 9 o ooltimes ,A1 egetablePfeparationforAs- similating the -Food andRegula- ling the Stomachs andBowels of Promotes nigesEion,Clieerful- ness and Rest.Con tains neither Oplurn,Morphine nor }iiineral. NOT NATIO OTIC. f1•crpeQ/'O1dErSIMU LPllrt= J1n'pir;a Sard- /IA:X=1w + .(l+atel4.111,- Ado Seed • J)yrer m e 6r fonSonewur m+ fk,vhcd Sugar . I tirto-rcaa• Flour. 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Yon • 1111.1 a* ore if I tun in I we Drimuk:un.1, and I answer per- 's tly frankly that 1 :uu not." fou are qui e sure of that. Ih)ro- ky?" "Quite. Ile I:: th:• only man friend have had, excel t toy own father, and ' willingly coui'es to a sisterly inter- •st is him." "Well. !P that is tt'1"- ! t 1s all. Bata. 1Vhy?" "P.ec•ause there Is something about int in thet letter, which 1 would read o yon if 1 thought you didn't care." -<)h• he is in love with Jade's sister, ery likely. I shoal] think that woukl u• a most appropriate arrangement, 'ask is his best friend, and perhaps :t over would weaken the lnfluenc'e vide!' 'Tolstoi exerts over an emotional .erso•i's mind, Lieutenant Drummond, :ith his sanity, would probably rescue t remnant of her estates." "Olh. well, if you can talk as indif- 'erently as that, you are all right, Der - )thy. No, there is no other woman In he ease. Ilere's what Tack says: "'it Is atnnziug how little an Eng- rmmnest tt is i t,tndsP I n > e le of oilier iatians. ITere is 1117 tall friend Drtuu- noad marching n•>nchalintly among Lingers of which he has not the least 1 ,•oueentlon. The authorlttes whom he thinks se courteous are fonlieg him to the top of his bent. There Is, of course, no danger of his arrest, but nevertheless the eyes of the police are upon hint, and he will not believe It, any more than he will believe he is be - Ing hoodwinked by the foreign minis- ter. What I fear Is that he will be bludgeoned on the street some dark night or involved In a 0110 sided (111e1. Twice I have resc•utvi him from an i11t- tn:neat danger which be has not even seen. Once in tl restaurant a group of officers. apparently drunk, picked u gn:u•rel and drew swords mpou hint. 1 had the less dirrulty in getting bins ttway bemuse be fear's a broil or nuy- thing that will call down upon hits the attention of his wooden headed cousin in the embassy. On another oceasiuh. ns we were coming home toward mid- night, a perfes'tly bogus brawl broke nett suddenly- 811 'wound tis. Drum- mond was unarmed, but his huge fists -tent sprawling two or titre of his tts- ,nanrevolverr and bald the est oil'. and x.1 we escaped. I wishIt ' w•as safely back in London again.' Whitt (11 you thick of that, Dorothy?" "I think: exactly what 'Mr. Lanient thinks. 1.'entenant Drinnnlnnd's B118. s:011 (1 1iusiia skaw►4 t.) me :r journey "filfolltsy :" I had revolver "After all, I aha glad you don't care. 1torotlry. 110 slrntici i+say 81ten Con to •.1:1111 .1 :e1; .•sty a, P +r .t tek knows Itis - 41:1. :1•).l Is• .i..evtl't. Still. let cls hop" ho a• ,a t su a 5,i"'7 ui t or 51. retet'c• bu g .]:) 1 is io. 1 f.e. breakfast. 1 ee l.is • 1 55a1'.1 g 1) work." Noxi u• 5.55'.55,1 Dor ithy tiuw a letter for het • e,f en the table i i the now fa. miI'ar •n,t:wri,ug an1 was more re - roved .1evel tics► perbnl's she would have s's>ufe4.4ed even to her closest friend, when she saw the twopence•balfpenny l':nglislt stamp on the envelope. Yet its contents were startling enough, and this letter she did not read to Xather- inc Eempt, but bore RS anxiety alone. Dear !►ties Amhurst -I write yo'i fn .treat trouble et mind, ,Ltdt•iruetlea (him ing it by :in lin•,'.;::l, cap':!i51 to 1" in Lond,.n, Twe ,1,:: s ore-,, Jack 5 us)••at al} ka tF . ' t , , h9 1f be hail never exissoo. 711,• L before last. about 11: e'elr,••k, I tIH :'1:: I heard him 005110 hue his situp t'''ow my room. Sonintimr:a he works tt:••ra '1•1 daylight, and, as when abs•a9.ed in Ms experiments he floes tot rens%t l•urrup- tions, even front me, I go on te1111 my reading until Ito cones upstairs. 'i'ow.,rd 11 o'clock I thought I heard stighi. sounds of a scuffle and a smothered errs 1 ..a11••.1 out to Ithn, but received no n1,sw.'r. Tak- ing a candle, I went downstairs. but ev- erything was exactly Its usual, the doors locked and not oven a belie') ov'v'iirrnetl. I called aloud, but only the echo of this barn of a room replied. I lit the gas and made a more intelligent search, bat with no result. I unlocked the door and stood out in the street, vch)eli was quite silent and deserted. I beg:ut to doubt that I had heard anything at all, for, as I have told you, my nerves lately have been rather prone to the jumps. I sat up all night waiting fur hhn, but he did not come. Next d:ty I went, as hall boon previously arranged, to the foreign wilco, but was kept waiting in an anteroom for two hours anti then told that the min- ister could not see 100. I met a similar repulse at the admiralty. I dined alone at the restaurant Jack and I frequent, but saw nothing of hint. Tills morning he has not returned, and I tun at my wits' end, not in the least knowing what to do. It is useless for m0 to appeal to the embassy of my country, for. Jack being a Russian, it has no jurisdiction. The last letter I reeeived from you was tampered with. The newspaper extract you spoke of was not there, and one of the sheets of the letter was missing. Piffling business, I call it, this interfer- ing with private correspondence. Such was the Last letter that Alan Drummond was ever to send to Doro- thy Amhurst CIHAPTER X1. I'MMER waned. The evenings became chill, although the sun pretended at noon -thatits t power was undimiuiahed. Back to town from mountain and seashore filtered the warm weather idlers, but no more letters came from St. Peters- burg to the hill by the Hudson. So far as our girls were concerned, a cur- tain of silence bad fallen between Eu- rope and America. The flat was now furnished, and the beginning of autumn saw it occupied by the two friends. Realization iu this instance lacked the delight of antici- pation. At last Katherine was the bachelor girl she had longed to be, but the pleasures of freedom were as Dead sea fruit to the lips. At last Dorothy was effectually cut off from all thoughts of slavery, with unlimited money to do what she pleased with, yet, after all, of wbat advantage was it in solving the problem that haunted her by day and tiled her dreams by night? Site forced the world with seeming unconcern, for she had not the right to mourn even if she knew he were dead. IIe had made no ebtim, had asked for nn affection, had •artt- ten no word to her but what all the world might read. Onee a meek she made a little journey tip the Hudson to sec how her church was eoming on, and at first Katherine aecornpnnied her, but now site went alone. Bather- ine was too honest a girl to pretend an interest where she felt none. She could not talk of architecture %ben she was thinking of n maul 111141 his fate. At first she barn been querulously Impatient wben no second conin>unien- tion came. Her own lettere, she said, Must have r'eat'hcd him; otherwise they would have been returned, tarter dumb fear took possession of her, and she grew silent, pinged with renewed en- ergy into her books. joined a teehnlcal school took 4 ies song ahaex r paler g and paler until her teachers warned her rib) was overdoing it. Inwardly she resented the serene im- passiveness of her friend, who consult- ed calmly with the architect upon oc- 1 rasion nbout the decoration of the church, when ntorn' liberty berty was and ,g tine_ perhaps, their lives.. filo built up. ET. ale Lantinueii.,j