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The Wingham Times, 1913-12-25, Page 7• THE WINGI1A I TIMES, DECEMBER 25 1913 ftOCk 'n the Baltic 'fly ROBERT BA.RR, Acithor of "The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont,' "Takia," "In the Midst of Alarms," "Speculations of John Steele," "The Victors; Etc. Copyright. uteri, by k.obert Bsrr. By Arranttement with The Authors and :Yewspapers Association of New York. wit Th lice iniiidai &in iiic'o of clew- , tion, by which her lover, warning in vain the stolid Englishman, had at last been involved In the ruin that Ilrunl- mond's stubboruness had brought upon them both and unjustly implic•atecl the quiet woman by her side to the re. .sponsallity of this sacrifice. Once or twice she spoke with angry impatience sof Drummond and his stupidity, but Dorothy neither defended nor excused, • ..cannot .and so no open rupture occurred be- 'tween -the two friends, for a quarrel u s! c, t be one sided. But with a woman of Katherine's temperament the final outburst had to ••come, and It came on the day that the • first flurry of snow fell through the still air, capering in large flakes past the windows of the flat down to the muddy street fur below. Katherine was standing by the window, with her forehead leaning against. the plate glass, in exactly the attitude that had been her habit in the sewing room at Bar harbor, but now the staccato of her fingers ou the sill seemed to drum .a dead march of despair. The falling 'MOW had darkened the room, and one -electric light was aglow over the dain- ty Chippendale desk at which Dorothy •sat writing a letter. The smooth, regu- lar flow of the pen over the paper roused Katherine to a frenzy of exas- peration. Suddenly she brought her clinched fist down on the sill where her fingers had been drumming. "My GodI" she cried. "How can you -sit there like an automaton with the snow falling?" Dorothy put down her pen. "The snow falling?" she echoed, "1 •don't understand." "Of course you don't. You don't think of the drifts In Siberia and the two men you have known, whose bands .you have clasped, manacled, driven through it with the lash of a Cossack's whip." Dorothy rose quietly and put her ']rands on the shoulders of the girl, feel- ing her frame tremble underneath her ch. "Katherine," she said quietly, but Katherine, with a nervous twitch of her shoulders, flung off the friendly "Don't touch me!" she cried. "Go back to your letter writing. You and the Englishman are exactly alike—un- feeling, heartless. He with his selfish -stubbornness has involved an innocent `.*' roan in the calamity his own stupidity dime brought about." "Katherine, sit down. I want to Ik calmly with you." "Calmly! Calmly! Yes, that 1s the word. It is easy for you to be calm when you don't care. But I care, and 3 cannot be calm." "What do you wish to do, Kather- ine?" "What can I do? I am a pauper sand a dependent, but one thing I am determined to do, and that is to go _and live In my father's house." "If you were in my place, what 'Would you do, Katherine?" "I would go to Russia." "What would you do when you ar- ',rived there?" "If I had wealth I would use It in .•such a campaign of bribery and cor- mtption in that country of tyrants that I sllould release two innocent men. I'd first find where they were; then I'd use all the influence I possessed with the American ambassador to get them set free." . "The American ambassador, Bate, -cannot move to release either an Eng- rlishman or a Russian." "I'd do it somehow. I wouldn't sit here like a stick or a stone, writing [letters to my architect." "Would you go to Russia alone?" "No; I should take my father with toe." "That is an excellent idea, Kate, I .advise you to go north by tonight's train, if you like, and see or telegraph to him to come and see us." Kate Sat down, and Dorothy drew the curtains across the window pane and snapped on the central cluster of • electric lamps. "Will you come with me if I go Was Trodltd With lir Weak Back. Weak back is caused by weak kidneys, :.and it is hard fora woman to look after 'her household duties when she is suffer- :.ing from a weak and aching back, for no woman can be strong and well when .:the kidneys are out of order. Doan's Kidney Pills go right to the 1 seat of the trouble,'\ire the weak, aching 'back, and prevent any and all of the . serious kidney troubles which are liable to become deep rooted I• -to the system SII not attended to at once. UM. Augustus Jinks, Demorestville, 11t. writes:—"For several years I bad been troubled with weak back and kidneys. 1 had terrible dizzy headaches, and could not sleep at night. A friend of mine asked me to try Doan's Kidney Pills, and I did so, and in a short time was cured." Doan's KidneyPillsare 50c, per box, 3 boxes for $1...5, at all dealers, or *nailed direct on reeeipt of price by The v T. Milburn Co., Limited, 'Toronto, Ont, It ordering direct specify "iJollite i. north Y" asked Butte in a milder tone than she had hitherto used. "I cannot. I am making an appoint- ment with a man in this room tomor- row." "The architect, I suppose," criers Kate, with scorn. "No, with a man who may or may not give me information of Lamont or Drummond." • Katherine,stared at her open eyed, ", .Citesort have been dons some- thing?" "I have been trying, but it is difficult to know what to do. I have received push Vii, "Katherine," site said quyotly. information that the house in which Mr. Lamont and Mr. Drummond lived is now deserted and no one knows any- thing of its former occupants. That information comes to me semiofficially, but It does not lead far. I have started inquiry through more questionable channels. In other words, I have in- voked the aid of a nihilist society and, although I am quite. determined to go to Russia with you, do not be surprised if I am arrested the moment I set foot in St. Petersburg," "Dorothy, why did you not let me know?" "I was anxious to get some good news to give you, but it has not come yet." "Oh, Dorothy," moaned Katherine, struggling to keep back the tears that would flow in spite of her.. Dorothy patted her on the shoulder. "You have been a little unjust," she said, "and I am going to prove that to you, so that in trying to make amends you may perhaps stop brooding over this crisis that faces two poor lone wo- men. You wrong the Englishman, as you call hien. Jack was arrested at least two days before he was. Nihilist spies say that both of them were ar- rested, the prince first, and the Eng- lishman Several days later. I had a letter from Mr. Drummond a short time after you received yours from Mr. Lamont. I never showed it to you, but now things are so bad that they cannot he worse and you are at liberty to rend the letter if you wish. to do so. It tells of Jack's .disappearance and of Drum- moud's agony of mind and helplessness in St, Petersburg, Since lie has never written again, I nm sure he was ar- rested later. 1 don't know which of the ttvo was most at fault for what you call stubbornness, but I believe the ex- plosion had more to do with the (W- rests than :my action of theirs." • And I was the cense of that," wall- ed Katherine. "No, no. my dear girl. No one is to blame but tine tyrant of Russia. Now the nihilists Insist that neither of these men has been sent to Siberia. They think they are in the prison of St. Pe- ter and St. Paul. That information came to me today in the letter 1 was just now answering. So, Katherine, I think you hate been unjust to the English- man. If he hnd been arrested first, there might be some grounds for what you charge, but they evidently gave hits a chance to escape. IIe had his warning in the disappearance of his friend, orad he had several days in which to get out of St. Petersburg, but he stood his ground." "I'm sorry, Dorothy. I'm a silly fool, and today when I saw the snow— Well, 1 got all wrought up." "1 think neither of the men is in to going to say h sIa the hew. And now t; g . something esen d thennever speak of the subject again. You say I didn't care, and of course you are quite right, for 1 confessed to you that 1 didn't. Tint just imagine—imagine—that I cared, The Russian government can let the prince go at nny moment, and there's nothing more to be sand. He Ms no redress and must take the eon- segnencets Of his nationnlity, Ilut if the Russian government have nrrested. the Englishman. it they have pot hint in the prison of St. Peter and St. Paul, they dare not release him unless they are willing to face rear, The Russian itcase government can do nothinghis case l±o in c bet deny, demand proof and obitternte all chanee of the truth ever bcThg known. Alan 1)rmnntond is doolled. They dare not release him. Now, think for a moment how tnneb worse my ease would be than yours If—W— het roue qulvcPcd and broke for the moment; ales, with tightly clinched Ifists, she recovered control of heri4rilt end fin1Nhed--"It I Cored." - s "Ola, Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy!" gasped Katherine, springing to her feet, "No, no, don't jump at tiny false eon - elusion. We are both nervous wrecks this afternoon. Don't misunderstand me. 1 don't care --I don't care. except that I hate tyranny and am sorry for the vietlms of it." "Dorothy, Dorothy!" "We need a sane man in the house, Katte. Telegraph for your father to conte down and talk to us both, i must finish my letter to the uthilist," "Dorothy!" said Katherine, kissing het: CIIAPTER XII. III? nihilist was shown into the dainty drawing roost of the flat and found Dorothy Am- hurst alone, ns he had stipulat- ed. walling for hint. Ile was diseased n a sort of naval uniform and held a le;t)ted cap In his hand, standing awk- wardly there as one unused to luxuri- me surroui t11ngs, Itis face was broil* eel with exposure to sun and storm. and, although he appeared to he little age,s more e than thirty years of la closely cropped hair was white. Ills eyes were light blue. and if ever the expression of a main's countenance be- tokened stalwart honesty it was the flare of this sailor. Be was net in the least Dorothy's idea of a dangerous plotter. "Sit clown," she said, and he did so like a man ill at ease. "I suppose Johnson is not your real name," she began. "It Is the name 1 bear in America, madam." "Do you mind my asking you some questions?" "No, madam, but if you ask me any- thing I am not allowed to answer I shall nut reply." "flow long have you been in the United States?" "Only n few months, madam." "flow come you to speak English so well?" "In my young days I shipped aboard a bark plying between Ilelsingfors and : New York." "You are a Russian?" "I am a Finlander, madam" "Have you been a sailor all your life?" "Yes, tandem. For a time I was an unimportant officer on board a battle- ship 9n the Russian navy until I was discovered to he a nihilist, when I was cast into prison. I escaped last May and came to New York." "What have you been doing since you arrived here?" "I was so fortunate as to become mate on the turbine yacht the Walrus, owned by Mr. Stockwell." "Ola, that's the multimillionaire whose bank failed a month ago." "Yes. madam." "But does he still keep a yacht?" "No, madam. I think he has never been aboard this one, although it is probably the most expensive boat in these waters. I am told it cost any- where from half a million to a million. She was built by Thornycroft like a cruiser, with Parson's turbine eugines in her. After the failure captain and crew were discharged, and I am on board as a sort of watchman until she is sold, but there is not a large market for a boat like the Walrus, and I am told they will take the fittings out of her and sell her as a cruiser to one of the South American republics." "Well, Mr. Johnson, you ought to be it reliable man if the court has put you in charge of so valuable a prop- erty." "I believe I am considered houest, madam." 'lien why do you come to me ask - Ing $10,000 for a letter which you say was written to me and which naturally belongs to me?" The man's face deepened into a ma- hogany brown, and he shifted his cap uneasily in bis hands. "Madam, I am not acting for myself. I am secretary of the Russian Libera- tion society. They, through their branch at St. Petersburg, have con- ducted some investigations on your be- half." "Yes, for which I paid them very welt." Johnson bowed. "Our object, madam, is the repres- sion of tyranny. For that we are in continual need of money. It Is the poor anal not the millionaires who sub- scribe to our fund. It has been dis- covered that you are a rich woman, who will never miss the money asked, and so the demand was made. Believe ate, madam, I am acting by the com- mand of my comrades. 1 tried to per- suade them to leave compensation to your own generosity, but they refused. If you consider their demand unrea- sonable, you have but to say so, and 1 will return and tell them your deci- sion." "]lave you brought the letter with you?" "Yes, madam." "Have you read it?' "Yes, madam." "Do you think it worth $10.000?" 'The sailor lonkdt1 up at the decorated ceiling for several moments before he replied. "Tint is a question 1 --cannot an- swer." he said at last. "it all depends on what you think of the writer." "Answer one more question. By whom is the letter signed?" "There is no signature. madam. It was found in the house where the two young men lived, Our people searched the ]louse from top to bottom surrepti- 1lomsly, and they think the writer was arrested before he had finished the let- ter. There is no address and nothing to show for whom it is intended ex - sept the phrase beginning 'My dearest Dorothy."' The girl leaned back in bar chair and drew a tong breath. "It Is not for me," she Pahl bastey. Then, bending forward. she cried suddenly: "I (gree to your terinti, Give it to TRUTH TELLS And the TRUTH Is Told— In Our Advertisements By HOLLAND. MERCHANTS have learn- ing, ed that the Truth Tells when the Truth is Told. Hence they are scrupulous that their advertisements are accurate. Back of every ad. vertisement, back of every, statement made to attract custom, 10 the reputation of the merchant, his hope of continued success. Deception may be profitable for a time, but deception can- not be permanent, and the profit based on deception Is necessarily brief. Truth is the more effective as'it is of longer duration. Falsehood loses its effectiveness as soon as it is discovered, The merchants who adver- tise in ibis paper are honor- able men, and this would make them truthful. But above all they are good busi- ness men, and they know that TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY MUST BE TRUTHFUL. Read the advertisements and profit by them. You can rely absolutely on the state- ments made in the advertis- ing columns. • 111," The plan tie Rated. fumbling in his inside pocket. "I was to get your promise In writ - Ing," he demurred. "Give it to tae, give it to 1110," she lelilnI id, "I do not break my word." IIe handed her the letter. "My dearest Dorothy" she rend in writing well known to her, "yeti may judge my exalted state o1' mind when you see that I dare venture on ruch n beginning. I have been worrying my self and other people all to no purpose. [ have reeived n letter from ,lack this morning, and so suspicious had 1 grown that for a few moments I sus- pected Mie writing was but nn imitation of his. He is a very impulsive fellow and can think of only one thing nt a time, which accounts for his snceess in the line of invention. Ile was te!e- gtaphed `to that his sister was PI anal . • Nttrr� "Do von think it worth sioe1)r' 'eft nt once to see her. I had allowed Coughed Almost All Night With That Dry Tkck- iing Sensation in the Throat. A bad coafh, accompanied by that distressing, tickling sensation in the throat is most aggravating. heals r• 's Norway Dr.�tn Pine Syrup the mucous surfaces, relieves oppression and ti';htness of the chest, removes accumulated mucous or phlegm, quites evert the most obstinate and distressing eouglts, securing sleep and rest at night, not only to the sufferer, but to others whose rest would otherwise be broken. Mre. Duel ;viariltall, Basswood Ridge, N.B., -'rites:--"Just a few lines to let you know what Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup diel for ate. I took a severe cold, coughed almost all night with that dry, tickiing sensation in my throat. The first bottle did Ise so much toad, T thought E,•ht I would try a second one, which I ant pleas. to e, iy resulted itt a complete euro. I can strongly reeommend it to any one safeties from a cough or any throat its Ito f 9511' " The prier of Dr. Wood's Norway ]fine Syrup fs 23c. a bottle; the targe family size, 50e. It is put tip in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees the trade mark, and is manufactured only by .The T. Milberg, Co.. Limited. Toronto! Orli. 1 my mired tto Lceolao so tt, lsted by my tears for his safety that, as I tell you, I susi:ecled the letter to be counterfeit 'at first, "I tclegrupiieJ to his estate and rc• :Ave.] a prompt reply saying that his :sister was much butter ani that no was already ou hie way back and would reach me at 11 tonight. So that's what happens when a grown it.an gets a fit of nerves, 1 drew the 'Lust g.lout y coaeh•111'aus from the fact that I had been refused adtias•:elon 1• the ft:.ei:_u len •e and t:it' ale i •:a'ty Y,t:lertltty that was all eaplaine,1 tura; '1'Iu' bl:sign-:• at last c•onclated. an • I was sh0,\t'ti Doilies of 111:• tette: n'LJcb ha' e 114.1:-e-;r•lt' 1 to t: own chiefs at home Nt tri n:: 0:'. 1 I ' a•n:'P !:. . •' •s• .1 •1.1' 1 w1:1 hr n . c,• 1;•,. . i 11 111 811118 of yo;m little fortune of Bar 1ia'ri,ur you arts rot a rich woman. s., we stand on am equality in that, even though you are so much my superior in everything else. I have EMU a year, which is something less than $2.500. icft me by my father, Tits is hide ;'endent of my profession. 1 am very rtrtain i will succeed in the navy now that the Russian government has sent those letters, so the moment I was ne- u'ed of that I determined to write and ask yon to he my wife, Will you forgive my impatienee and pander to it by cabling to me at the Ilhtewater dub, Pall Mad, the word 'Yes' or the word 'Undecided?' i shall not allow you the privilege of cabling 'No.' And please give me a chance 01 pleading my ease in person if you use the ion •-yr word. Ali, 1 hear :leek's step ot: Ila, stair. Very stealthily he Is rom inv. to surprise me, but I'll surprise"- IIerc the writing ended. She folded ''le letter and placed it 1n her desk. sitting down before it. "Shall I make the check payable to you or to the society?" "To the society. if you please, uta - dam." "I shall write It for double the amount asked. I also am a believer In liberty." "Oh, madam. that is a generosity I feel we do not deserve. I should like to have given you the letter after all yon have done for us, with no condi- tions attached." "I nm quite sore of that," said Doro- thy, bending over her writing. She handed hhn the check. and he rose to go. "Sit down again, if you please. 1 wish to talk further with you. Your people in St. Petersburg think my friends have not been sent to Siberia. Are they sure of that?" "Well. madam, they have means of knowing those who are transported. and they are certain the two young men were not among the recent gitng> sent. They suppose them to be in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Pant; at least, that's what they say." "You speak as if you doubted it." "I do doubt it." "They have been sent to Siberia. aft. er nil?" "Ab, madam, there nre worst places than Siberia. In Siberia there is n chance. In the dreadful Trogzmon• doff there is none." "What is the Trogzmondoff?" "A. bleak rock in the Baltic, madam, the prison in which death is the only goal that releases the victim." Dorothy rose trembling, staring at hire, her lips white. "A rock in the Baltic! Is that n prison and not a fortress, then?" "It is both prison and fortress, mad- am. If Russia ever takes the risit of arresting a foreigner, it is to the'1'reg,- mondoff he is sent. They drown the victitns there—drown them in their evils. There is a spring in the rook. 10111 tln•ongh the line of cells it runs like i bountiful rivulet, but the pulling of a ie et outside stops the exit of the wa- ter and drowns every prisoner within The bodies are plaeed one by one on it smooth inclined chute of polished sand- stone. down which this t'It'nlet rums, so they glide out into space and drop "110 feet Into the ]]nide sea. No mat- ter in what condition such a bode' is found or how recent luny have been the execution. it is but a drowned 1111111 in the Baltic. There are no marks of bullet or strangniation, and the cur- rents bear them swiftly away from the rode" "How come you to know all this which seems( to have been cotleealed from the rest of the world?" "1 know it, madam, for the .best of reasons, i -•114 sentenced this very year to rogzncondot#. [n my 7011111 trading between iielshi ]'ors and New York I took out uaturai:zation papists in New York, beeanse 1 was one of the crew on an Amerh'ln ship. Wheii they illegally ioupreeetel me at iI"Isi•tg• fors 1111:1 forged nae to tele the ItIN'iinn tttivy. 1 11111.10 111e 1 etl et a hall 1.,h stain steel. bein : 1111 expel': sal' > 111 1.1 es, ac• ,oul 1, air, I. ,v P•i ria I 1 a,1 Il ,tit 1 tea t ,r 1)+:t al( 111}a 111:"7 (11•...).8.1.0 1 \`. i,.•• otro. I,on.ie"r • 1\ 1111 11 11I,111141 14.'0 14 11) Ln 1,1"11. and 1011(.11 1 0. •Is 1111.• o+'d 1 e:l•lrinule 1 the Fichte 111' :111 Amor. Hol riii',en. 't!'ait dt,'.,hed hit• 1 witieint trial. to the fro ti 'er.'i ,c.'f In .\prif „f thin .\rriv- in' wa•a foolish em111111 11 111re:tt•'n and say 1117 comrades 1111.1 n•ea)s of letting the ]'tilted ,tine.( ::overnment know anti that a mime. ..111;) would teach the jailers of the rock better minium:. "The yells hewn in the rock are completely datrk. so 1 lost till el atnt of time. 1111 might t t r igh think we would know night from nay by the brineine In of our meals. but such wars not the The jailer brought in large loaf of hlaek bread and Paid it was to serve loaf the me for four Clays. lie placed the on a ledge of rook about three feet from the floor which served as both table and bed. In excavating the Pell this ledge had been left intae•t, with a hoist of 'Stone. rltlltag flout the :foot 1 Children Cry for Hotelier's The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature o1 and has been made under his per- - sonal supervision since Its infancy. r^� c!/1/ DAllowo one e to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just -as -good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTO R IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare. goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Fiyod, giving healthy and natural Sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE C STORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You have Always Bought in Use For Over 30 Years THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET NEW YORK CITY, Mee, a opposite: Indeed so ingenious had been the workmen who hewed out this room that they carved a rounded stone pillow at one end of the shelf. "I do not know how many days I had been in prison when the explosion occurred. It made the whole rock quiver, and I wondered what had hap- pened. Almost immediately afterward there seemed to be another explosion, not nearly so harsh, which I thought was perhaps an echo of the first. .]bout tin hour later my cell door was unlocked, and the jailer. with an- other man holding a lantern, Fame in. My third loaf of black bream was part- ly consumed, so I must have been In prison nine or ten days. The jailer Inok the loaf 01111140, and when lie re- turned i asked hint what had happen - 'd IIe answered in a smey fashion 'int my Anleriran warship trail fired +t the rock and that the rock had struck back, whereupon she stilled away, crippled." Dorothy, wlto had been 115tenlug In- tently to this discourse, here interrupt- ed wiiia: "It was an English warship that tired the shell. :nal the Russian shot dial not come within halt' at stile of hes.." The sailor stared at her in wide eyed surprise. "You see. i have been making in- quiries." she explained. -Please go on." "1 never heard that it was an Eng- lish nalish ship. 'l'he ,jailer sneered at rue and said he was going to send me after the American vessel, as I suppose he thought it was. 1 feared by his taking sway of the bread that it was intend- ed 10 starve alt" to death anal was sorry [ had not cause more at 017 last steal. 1 lay doom ou the shelf of rock and soon fell nsiCtp. 1 was awakened by the water L•tppiugtitntnd ate. The cell was intensely still. 1'p to this I had 141011ee enjoyed the company of a little brook that reit salsas, the side of the cell farthest tines tee door. its innsi0 had now cc'alse,l, and when I sprang up 1 found myself' to the waist in very cold venter. 1 guessed at oncO the 1140 of the levers outside the cell in the passage which 1 1111(1 noticed in the light of the lantern on the day 1 en- tered the pinee, and I knew now why It was that the prison door was net plert'- ed by one of those grating.; witit•lt en- able the jailer in the passage to Icx,I. Jut° the cell any time of night or day. Prisoners have told ate that the un- certainty of an inmate who neVer knew when he might be slued u;+oaa tlddt'd to the horror of the situation. but the watertight doors of the Troga. mendoli' are free from this feature and fora very sinister reason. "The channel in the floor throrgh which the water tuns when the cell is empty and the tunnel at the ceiling through which the water flows when the tell is fullt �c plenty ofventila- tion, no matter hew tightly the door may be closed. The water rose very gradually until it reached the top 0111- let, 111(.11 its level remained stationary. I floated on the top quite easily, with ! as little exertion as was necessary to keep unc In that position. If I raised my head, my brow struck the (yelling. I The next cell to untie, lower down, I was possibly empty. 1 heard the we - tee pour into it like a little catarnet. 'I'tu" next eel] above and indeed tai the ` cells itt that direction were flooded like • illy own. i f course it was no rnubld; for ale to hoop p afloat My oul} danger web 1 that the Intense eohhlest( of the water would numb My burly be, and recovery. Still 1 had been accustomed to hard- ships of that kind betore now fu the frozen north. At bast the ;gentle roar of the waterfall ceased, and 1 realized 1 1uy cell was emptying itself. When 1 reau•hed my shelf again. I stretched fey drabs heel rind tortb,,as,,strenuousiy ez : could and as silently, for 1 'v:s ae.i no sound to give any hint that 1 was still alive, if, indeed, sound could pen- etrate to the passage, which is unlike- ly. Even before the last of the water had run away from the cell I lay stretched out at full length on the floor, hoping I might have steadiness enough to remain death quiet when the men came in with the lantern. I need have had no fear. me door was opened, one of the men picked me up By the heels and, using my legs as if they were the shafts of a wheelbar- row, dragged sue down the passage to the place where the stream emerged feom the last veil, and into this tor- rent he clung me. There was one swift, brief moment of d;u'kues,, then I shot, feet first, into space and dropped dowu, down, down through the air like a plummet into the arms of my mother." "Irate what?" cried Dorothy, white and breathless. thinking the re'•ital of these agonies had turned the man's brain. "The Baltic, madam. is the 1'h1and- er's mother. It feeds ]aim In life, car- ries him whither he wishes to go. and every true Finlander hopes to die in her arms. The Baltic seemed almost warm after what I had been through, and the taste of the salt ou my lips was goad. It was a beautiful ttn•]ight night in May, and I floated urot4nd the roc•It, for I knew that in tt cove on the easteru side, concealed from tt11 view of the sea, lay a Finland fishing boat, a craft that will weather any storm, and here in the water was a man who knew how to handle it. Prisoners are lauded on the eastern side, and such advantage is taken of the natural con- formation of this precipitous reek that a man climbing the steep zigzag stair- way which leads to the inhabited por- tion is hidden from sight of any craft upon the water even 400 or SOO yards away. Nothing seen from the outside gives any token of habitation, "The fishing boat, I suppose, is kept for cases of emergency, that the gov- ernor may communicate with the shore if necessary. I feared it might be moored so securely that I could not un- fasten it. Security had made them careless, and the boat was tied merely by lines to rings in the rock, the object being to keep her from bruising her sides against the stone rather than to prevent any one taking her away. I pushed her out into the open, got quiet- ly inside and floated with the swift tide, not caring to raise a sell until I was well out of gunshot distance. Once clear of the rock I spread canvas and by daybreak was long out of sight of land. I made for Stockholm, and there beim; no mark or name on the boat to denote haat it belongs(' to the Russian government I had little diffi- culty in selling it. I told the authori- ties what was perfectly true—that I was a Finland sailor escaping from thetyrant my country and au -ions t nt of c aux ions ry get to America. to As such event:I are nine tin:; practically every et eel: along the Swedish coast I was not inter- fered with and got enough nuney from the sale of the boat to muni le rase to dress iugselt weli and take paage: ee to England, and from there first 11=s$ New York on a regular liner. "Of 'course I ca,nid hat, sir, tc.•i ti•t a sailor from Ste( kll:dtn easy • 1 ...• h, but I was tired of bein:. a •. tu.rt'tt sailor and expt•t•led, if I flus u• t -'• is bly eluthed, to ret a1 4a'Ilea' ;+ 1 I 'P.M i titan would u1a'tti i.e b.' tl .• • ;t :••. '.Chis pl'e\Ncd tees. for a r-,•-'nt: reit. 1 t- a \ :t A 1• wean 1 b0ra^.euue et c..ha . i I . Stocicf e"ll, anal he claw. ''("1 tt't• 4,1 um, or his yacht. 'heart's how 1 1•'. at „•1 front the Y'ro;;ztno,t.1nrr, 11,10,1 le, ;,.ad I think nn 1.144' b.,t a Fim.atid+., • •.e. 1 Inafe clone it." "1 unite agree with yen:" N91) 1'•a.. thy. "You think thew• twit m•at 1 e1.' ban;; i111nty 111?1 t11 ,• 1-.drr senteen t°tu1ki410 Trogznttondo1:41,ff" I ('To be Continued)