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A Story 0! . uShSliaPn MillllShC DlnHinffc rlulIingS «nfl aiHI Prlmoe WiHiesi
BY LEON EDWARDS.
CHAPTER V.
•rnvACHEKous conspirators,
The sec-et police of Russia ramify
the empire, but as they never in appear theii
in uniform, there is noth'ng
appearance by which friend or foe can
tell them from the ordinary people.
These secret police have often sue
cee led in joining the Nihilists and in
this wav have acquainted the au hori
ties with th ir plots, but such traitors
to the conspirators rever escape de
tention, end their fote is invariably the
bullet or the dagger, unless, indeed,
they accept a hi i >e and fly the country,
but even then 1 hey are nearly certain
to he overtaken, for under different
names the Nihilists are to he found in
every civi ized land.
It may be said also as an offset to
this, that many of the Nihilfots with
the consent cf their comrades become
spies in the service of the Czar, the
better to carry out their own schemes.
Indeed, there is no knowing where
these secret plotters against Autocrat tyranny
are not, nor dees the gloomy all his
of All the Russias, with power
over the life of his subjects, know what
moment his most trusted servants will
rise against him.
Dr. Mulek was a Pole, and was one
of the surgeons in the great military
hospital situated on “The Grand
Canal,” as the principal outlet of the
Neva is called.
1 Peter the student had been study
ing medicine for six years.
InAmeiiia he would have been a
doctor four years before Ibis, but here
he had yet a year to serve before the
“student” could be taken fom his name
and the “doctor” placed before it.
He was thought to be poor end he
supported liims.df by assisting Dr.
Mulek and the other physicians the of sick the
military hospital in caring fi r
and instructing otlier students.
Dr. Mulek lived in the hospital,
and Petor had rooms no one knew
where, perhaps because no onecared io
inquire, night following the council, the
The
doctor and Peter met in one of those
queer, vault-like places that arswei
for wine cellars in the great metropolis,
“And so you saw Lola this evening,”
said Dr. Mulek, as he set his glass on
the sloppy little table between him and
his comp; ni-n, wiped his long beard on
his sleeve, and adjusted hiB spectacles
that he m glit see as well as hear, for
the light in the vault was dim.
“I saw her; walked h me with her,”
chucked Peter the student.
“Quite an honor to escort the queen.”
“It will be more of an honor to own
her.”
“I fear that will never be,” said the
Doctor, shaking his bushy head and
adding, with a sigh: “Ah, love is
stronger than patriotism, elso why
shou cl I, an o d fool of forty-six, think
only of Eli abeth Burger when I go to
see Ivan.”
“Ivan stands in your way and mine,”
said Peter, first looking roun l him,
then speaking in a theatrical whisp r.
“He does not like us.”
“Ha! he’d like us less if he knew us
bett r. But I say, Doctor, we can make
him i ewe our ends and get him ou.. oi
the nay.”
“I am not .a had hand at a scheme,
Peter,” said the Doctor, clo-ing one
eye and keeping it closed till he had
finished liis sentence, “but I nu at con
fess I cannot see how this thing is to
be done.”
“Then I’ll
“Do so.”
“Iva \ loves Lola Pulaski?”
“So d > oihars.”
“He hates me and he hates yoV
“That’s his bad tasfo,” growled tho
Doctor.
“Lo a loves General Paul.”
“Mor - fool she.”
“Yet she will strike the blow.”
“I suppose so."
“But she must not he permitted.”
“Who is to stop her, Peter?”
“I will.”
“I ou t
“Yes. Doctor, I will _ have the blow ^
struck before she can deal it.”
“What! lo you mean that like a
fool you will strike it yourself ?”
“^°r b it I will madden Ivan Berger
mto . doing tt,”
“Madden him . J ”
Yes, Doctor; I am to meet him here
to-night, anil I will show him that if
Lola does this it means her death,
whether si e fail or succeed; then I
will propose that he and I draw lo s so
so s to save her. He will scorn my
o
“Of course he will, Peter. But
surely you do not mean to have our
friend, the gallant General, put out ot
the way. Curse,^ them all! yet he has
been our fnerd, said the Doctor, with
a ° * eeun P-.
I nend , * r no fnenl, I do not care a
snap. I am working for Peter the
studen . But I propose to warn the
General. The plan will he to le: Ivan
make the attempt, then the rope or
Baberxa for life.
11(1 i W gl ve y° n E°l a an d
- the - Bhzab ■,• ,
give me , fair , th.”
Wait and s e. If we work into fa
vor with the powers that be, then we
can have Madam Berger paid her for
tune and the Pulaski estates returned,
Oh, I see it a 1 through t > the t-n.1, o it
we must be careful. Now, hide in the
next recess for it is time for Ivan to
be lieie, and he is ever as prompt as a
soldier.”
As Pe l er the stulent ceased s eak
i Dgaqu i c k step washeardo i the s one
floor near the door; the JJoet >r sprung
i n to another recess and let fall a cur
tain, and the next in. ta.A Ivan Berger
appeared. 1
Peter pretended to be very glad to
see him, but the young nobl \ for sue h
l\an was by li. th, met him with a
lia mlity civility, “ ’ and said, ’ as he sat
dowu :
. “Let ns at once proceed to busi
ness- "
“Will you not first have a glass of
-m ad - ed Pot r, making as if he
would tap a dirty little bell on the
table.
“Thanks; I never drink,” said Ivan,
“Ah, I forgot that. L linking is a
haV.it which all doctors prea li again it
and most doctors practi e. But let us
to businesi, as li'is you say.” the table
Peter laid hands on
and bent over, so as to bring his face
closer to Ivan’s, and then he began to
unfold his plans.
jj e managed the matter with won
derful adro.tness.
t, , . , , , ..
^ comt)an “^uxfons ; 0 n believe that he P<tr place’ was
to take simreoifhandling Lbfo’s
Wish the skill of a 'all
, * i he tractd out the voung hi?
maQ , 8 and p layed up b n
A V i pn „th Tvan struck
., Jluto , ■ hfs ij d t and
whiteteeth
fiTofadr^rblade , i between Irs thin lios like the
«q.; k mv work i”
«No I’ll draw lots wifh vou for it.
I know that I am onlv uJ., one of the com
mon reojde, i yet I T hav p e darpd dared to tow wor
blu :
*1 will hear no more, said Ivan,
rising. patience, ... kind friend! II
“Patience,
you insist, I will yied my place, but it
is on one condition.”
“You have no \ lace to yield. Yet to
show you that I am not insensible to
the sacrifice you would make,” said
Ivan, soitened, “I will hear your con
dition.”
“B is that the work be done before
forty-eight hours,” said Peter, reaching
out lbs hand,
wiil be done by the that time, of ii
General Paul aj.p ars cn streets
St. Peteislu g.”
Ivan shook, the fellows ^ hand, and
buttoning up his coat—it was none
of the newest, he left the wine cellar,
“You should be called Peter the
deiil,” was Dr, Mulek’s salutation
when le appeared, after Ivan had gone
out of hearing. he
“You would herdly expect company,’ me to
St. Peter, and keep such
laughed the student, as he tapped the
bell for more wine.
The men drank their wine, and soon
alter went out.
Although it had been dark for some
hours it was still early in the night,
for the midwinter days are very short
in the regions of north latitude sixty
degrees. ablaze with light,
The streets were
and the crisp air thrilled to the music
of bells and the laughter of merry
sh igliing parties. rode hither and
Mounted guards
thither, and liter.i were evidences on
every hand that the oidinarv life voca
hions in a gr. at city were going on,
A muffled figure followed Dr. Mil k
and Peter from the wine vault, keep
ing in the shadows fill the two men
parted, when it kept on alter the stu
dent.
Peter did not walk like a eonspira
tor who is afraid of being followed, hat
with a long, i-t rdy stride he kept
s r ight on, whi tBng the while as if
he were the hapi iest man in the world,
He went straight to the Winter Pal
ar-e, where the chief of the secret ser
vice liad his official quarters, so as to
bi “near the stored p rson of the Czar.”
He was halt d by a guard to whom
he shoved a writt n pass, and be en
tered the palace without further moles
tation.
In the Hall of Knights, as it is called
f om the scores of li e size figures that
line its marble walls, an official halted
Peter, and demanded his object.
“I come to see his Excellency Prince
ra l.” was the reply.
“Who are you?” showed his
For answer Petar pass
and whispered something into the
man's ear.
The pass and the word had a magic
effect, for he was conducted up a grand
fiifiitof stairs and into another hull,
in whoso tluevanlte l roof blazed lights
t mt locked brilliant and far off as ths
stars in an arctic lght. and other
other guards were and met length Peter
c } ia ii e ng s given, at
tb e student, bare head d and some
what awed, stood in the presence of
General Paul.
“What brings you here, sir?” de
manded the handsome soldier, with
something like contempt in his manner,
“Danger to your Excellency,” abject was
the reply, v accompanied by an
bow.
“That is rot news,” said the General,
turning with a smile to a number of
his staff who was standing near. “I
“Excellency,” s'ammered Peter,
can only talk to you alone.”
“So let it be; come with me.”
The Gen ral spoke son ething to
one of his officers, then led Peter into
another room and closed the door;
then throwing himself into a chair he
gajd .
pared'to “If von are readv to speak, I am pre
listen.”
p e ; e r coughed; tho pictures all
around seemed to have living eyes, and
they had. for a dozen armed soldiers
looked down from the lofty walls.
CHAPTER VI.
the czar.
Peter the student delivered Ins mes
sage, or warning, the details of which
we s a 1 pass over for t ie present, and
General Paul dismis ed him.
Ii the story of impending dangei
made anv impression on the ga hint
young soldier it was not visible in his
face.
He attended to some official duties,
and was about to 1 ave h's office, when
a mess eager, dressed as a courier of
the Czar, entered and handed h ma
note.
“From the Emperor!” exclaimed
General Paul. Then in his ordinary
tines he aldel: “Announce that I
shall seek his Majesty’s presence at
once.”
With soldierly royal promptness the Gen
eral went to the apartments, and
on entering the ante-room gave his
h.s card to the gentleman in waiting.
Tho gentleman returned in a few sec
omU to say that his Majesty desired
The Prince, or rather General Paul,
to give him the name in which he m >si
ff lighted wan about to sit down on
one of the many luxurious chairs that
ll “ ed the ante-room wall, whsn Pruice
A1 ® X13 . ’ so ? ° f tlie Em P eror > cntered
and salut 'd him.
They had been schoolmates, so they
familianty ° f fnends and
e ^ u 5 ls *
“I am glad . to meet vou, General, ^ '
said Pri ? ce Alexis * “ for 1 wanted to
coa p ratulat f y° 11 - ’
“I am always glad , , General, A to meet A but youi J
highness, replied the for
am not awa F e of an J s P eml reason
congratulations.” „ engaged be
‘IVhen a mans to mar
r : ed,” laughed tlie Prince, 'he is usu
ally glad to have the happy event
known/
“Pardon me, but my engagement to
the Countess Linwold-”
“One of my fuireit cousins, by the
mass,” sa d the Grand Duke, with an-,
other laugh.
“ d was going to say we were engaged
by my uncle and the father of
Countess when we were little children,
so that the story’s told.”
“Aye, but Count Linwold and my
father have to-day decided that official
publicity shill be given to the matte r.
me! child-love is very nice, but it
never fits the man. However, it is the
privilege of rank to marry one and
mate with another,” said the Grand
Duke, lightly.
“Privllege or not,” s?il the General,
“rank lias made it a custom, and—it is
one I do not like.”
“Well, well, let that pass. Have you
seen the beautiful Lola of late? By
the way, Paul, I feared you and I
might have h id trouble about her, bat
as yon are about to wed, of course you
will give up flirting, at least for a
time-”
At that instant the gentleman in
waiting called to the General that his
Majesty was ready to see him, and so
he could only how to the Grand Duke
Al. xis, wlmse light words had mad
dened him and brought a stinging
though an nnuttered retort to his lips,
{surrounded by a number of glitt r
ing pages, and with a tall o’d man,
Count Linwold standing near by in the
uniform of a General, the Emperor sat
at one end of the stately apartment, right
with a light writing stand at his
hand.
Though seated, it could le seen
that he was a tall, handsome man,
with the high, narrow head that dis
tinguished the royal house of Roman
off
He was simply dressed in evening
costume, a blue rib.,on over his right
shoulder and a glittering s ar on liis
le t breast alone’indicating his high
rank.
The gentleman in waiting
the General, and both advancing mid
wav of the royal chamber, the former
t n ’qt on one knee, and si i.l:
“Your Yla estv, Gene: al Paul, Prince
of Moskeva,”awaits ’ your royal “ pleas
U re.”
“Leave us, and let the General ad
*r an oe,” said the Czar, in a low and not
unmusical voice, and with a slight in
clination of the head.
The gentleman in waiting withdrew,
walking backward to the curtains that
fi ng before the anteroom.
The General advanced with a sol
dierly s'ep, and again kneeling before
the.Czar, he took the proffered hand
and pressed it to liis baarded lips.
“Rise, my General, and hear why we
have sent for yon.” obeyed the sovereign’s
The General
order, and turning to Count Linwold,
be stood in a respectful yet manly atti
tude.
“The men who forget Yenus in the
service of Mars,” began the Cz ir, with
a co i d smile, “as vou have done, my
General, are to be pa doaed. But now
that war has smoothed uer ruffled fr nt,
and there is peace througl,out our em
pire, it is oar royal wish that the
trusted officers, whose duties keep them
near our person, should be mar ied.”
The Czar hesitated, but seeing that
General Paul was not inclined to make
a comm nt, only acknowledging ha d the
royal words by talked a bow, w.th continji :
“We have our c tism,
Count Linwold, about this, and he,
showing us the agie ment made with
yo ir guardian and uncle, the late
Piince of Moskeva, we have caused
your engagement to the Countess to
be announ ed in all the official journals
of the empire. You will read of it on
the morrow.”
“A Prince of Moskeva never broke
his word,” replied the General, proud¬
ly, “but had I heard of my proposed
execution—and this I say in all respect
to the noble lady with whom it has
pleased name—I your could majesty to connect surprised.” my
not be more
Count Linwold bowed, and taking a
step forward, said:
“r.urelv, General Paul cannot forget
—for it is r centlv lie came into tlie
estat s—that me of the c mditions of
accept an c o was that he wed my
daughter 3
r 111 s I do not doubt-”
7 But surely, General, you read the
conditions of your uncle’s will,” said
the Czar.
“Your Majesty, I must confess I did
not. Win n my uncle died I was bat
t ling with the Tuiks along the Dan
lube, and since my return the service
demanded by your Majesty has barred
me from even visiting my home—
though the true soldier, as I claim to
be, is ever at home upon his master’s
business.”
“But you have heard the condi ions,
and, having accepted the estate, you
wi l abide by all the requirements.”
“Your Majesty, I h ive not seen the
Countess Elvira for many ye rs-”
‘ I’ll p'edge y u my word she’s beau
tiful,” said the Czar.
“And she loves the General for his
gallant deeds,” added Count Linwold,
us he rubbed his white hands and
bowed.
“Love should be for the person, not
for the deeds,” said the General, qui
et ly. the Czar, with show of
“But,” said a
anger, “you do not wish to imply that
7°“ “If r ^-. it is not right . kae P that I a should f r ‘ ^Tn hold * to a
Lh^r pledge made when I was an iafant, or
made by others for me, I snail
not rt tract.”
“Perhaps,” interrupted Count Lin
wold, with a cynical arching of his
white hr ws, “the General’s a Sections
are already engaged.”
Seeing that Gen ral Paul remained
silent, tho Czar looked quickly up and
asked:
“What say you !o that, my cousin!” ,
“Simply, sir, that Count Linwoid has
struck the key note to my objection,"
replied the General.
“Ha, I 111 mghfc so,” sahl the Count,
rubbing liis long, bony hands, aud
sliowii g his teeth.
A cold light, like an lectric flash,
came into the Czar’s ] al i c blue e^ea, as
he asked with impatience:
“Are you not aware that it is tho
duty of all nobles to convey to the
crown their proposed matrimonial alii
aiiees?”
“Now that -our Mnje ty recalls to
my mind, 1 do know of such a custom;
but love is rot a matter for Leidwork.
“Love is a boy s dream; but who is
this beauty, who has entrap] ed tha
heart of one of my most trus e.l sol
diers, a d made him indifferent t > rank
and weal h?”
“Sire, she is of as noble blood rs any
in your vast empire,” replied the Gen
eril.
“Then she hes a name?”
“Aye, your Ma esty, Pulaski is not a
name to i lush lor.”
“Pulaski!” repeated the Czar.
“Yes, sire, the daughter of tin Count
my father wickedly sent into exile and
whi m it pleased you to pardon, said
tne General, proudly. nt Or off eaded
“Ho, ho! why Co p
with me, not an hour ago, to resto e
this old man s estates. T< is w minis
a teacher in tho family of the Czaro
witz.”
“Th s lady has that honor, sra, . aid
the General, moving nervously and
bit:ng his lips. shall long .
“An honor slie no re am.
You shock me, sir, and mike me half
regret the love I bear ymi,” said tue
Czar, rising. __ f, , if I did
“I would shock my e sire,
not <1 are to tell the truth.”
“Think over your wild conduct, sleep
over it, and see me on the morr »w.
This must not be; this woman tempter
must be seen to.”
The Czar waved his hand, to indi
cate that the audience was atantnd
and that the Geneiwl v as not free to
speak again. compressed lips
With a white face,
aud a dangerous flash in li.s brave
black eyes, the gallant young soldi-r
withdrew from the- i>resence of his
sovereign. “Linwold,” said the Czar, looking #
up at the Count, when General Paul
had gone out i f hearing, “this is as
bad as Nihilism.”
“Fully as had, your Majesty; it _ is _
open treason.”
“But I shall care the young ter of it.
He must get over his absurd 1-ve.
Know you this Pulaski r”
“I knew him before his disgrace, ^ re
plied the Couut, “au l your Ma,esty
n av remember I interceded for his
pardon t»vo years ago.”
“I am sorry you did.”
“And so am I, s re.” doubt, still
“The man is, without a
traitor.”
“Siberia does not cure men of such
crime, sire.”
“This man must be arrested at
once.”
“Pulaski, sire?”
“Yes; see that it is attended to.
“Your Majesty sli .11 tie obeyed.”
“And as for this—th s adventuress,
we shall see tluA she is at once, d s
mis-ed from the palace. Our daughter
iu-law, the Princess Pagmar, ii not
over-careful in her selection of in:.tract¬
ors for her children. ”
The Czar turned, and, preceded by
four pages and follow ed by Co; nt Lin
wold and the others, he left tne au
dience chamuer.
Count Linwold could have told the
Czar, but he did not, that the danse in
the la e Prince of Moskeva’s will was
inserted by him. Count Linwold, w ith
out the Prince s knowledge,aud for the
purpose of allying h.s own daughter
withthat wl i“ mielitv hty kmse n mse.
The Count now saw that he coold
bring Gtne.al Paul to terns or nun
him, and he dele-mined boldly to use r 1
fo* p nv -er while he was sure of it.
j n the meantime he would carry out
the Emperor’s orders, and remove one
0 f the stumbling blocks—Lola in s old
father—whom he imagined to be his
way. CONTINUED-!
[TO BE
Queer Currency.
It is not a gen rally known his
torical fact that from 1774 to 1784 ter
ritory now known as Tennessee formed
a part of North Carolina, and that in
1785 the Tennesseans, becoming dis
satisfied with tfeir government, organ
Led a State government under the
name of “Frankland,” which was main
tained for some years. The S ate <liua
organized was afterward disbanded,
and territorial Tenne see was again
annexed to North Car lina.
In 1838, in a spe cli by Daniel Web
ster on the currency, 1m gave the fol*
low ng as am mg the laws passed by
the Legislature of the State of Frank
land:
“Be it enacted by the General At¬
sembly of the State of Frank land,
and it'is hereby enacted by the author*
ity of the same, (hat from (ho 1st day
of January, 1789, the sulaii s of the
~ commonwealth be
officers of this as
follows:
“His Excellency the Governor, per
annum, l.OUO deerskins,
“His Honor the Chief Justice, per
annum, 500 deerskins,
the „ // Governor, S ’ crttiry per annum, fc:) his 500 ^f^Uency raccoon
skins,
“The Treasurer of the State, 450
raccoon skin j .
“Each County Clerk, 300 beaver
skins,
“Members of the Assembly, per
diem, three laecoou skins.
“Jus ices’ ftes for signing a warrant,
0D e muskrat skin.
“To the constable for serving a war
rant, one mink skin. »» *
Are lloils Communicub'e?
Dr. Chambuid, of Palis cla ms to
have detected th - omnipresent me robe
j a i )0 il •- He, therefore, piooounces
boils communicable anil advises care
j n handling th m. This discovery a’sa
shows that tho method of treating I oils
and curbunc’es by poulti ing is neratod wr< ug,
as t ] ie heat and m nature so g
aid th ■ development of the mi robe. An
antiseptic tn.atnnnt should he aJopted.
IROM WORKS SHUT DOWN.
A Reduction in Puddlep’s Wages
Was the Cause.
Monday morning the eutiie iron woika
f'.UiA&LcBsigStceliimllrou Cona
jmny, in Pottstowu, Pa., shut (town,
ihmwing 700 own out ot work, the pay
roll for wtiom amou tuu to ai>iitf3Ja,*
000 per month, inis actum wjis take#
because ot the contemplatedI reduction ia
the wages of the puddurs of Irom $4 io
$9 39 per ton, to go into effect ut occa.
1 he inmi objected to this reduction, or*
th - ground that it was 25 c nts per toil
lower than other iron companies of
Pottstowu were paying. Dm mg tbQ
pat two weeks coni creates have hecQj
held between a committee, repiesenting
the pud diers, and the off! nils of thfli
com, may, but an agreement could not ua
re ched. ibo men olfeiud to accept
F*- wliicli the coni puny refused to,
offer. I\.e rolling ini II of the Brook#,
lion Company, at Reading, Pa , ha#
closed down because the i tiddlers ri fus«|
to accept u reduction ot 25 cents in their
wages,
THOUSANDS OF* BOOMERS
Have Settled «« On *kn the Cherokee
StPip in DeiianCS Oi Law.
A Topeka. K-uisi.s, di-pateh of .Sunday
Ba y S; The Cherokee stiip is lairlyswarin
ing with settlers despite the prohibition
and the effurt-i of the military to keep
them out. In the eastern portion living in of the
strip scores of families are caves
dug into the high banks a ong every
stream, with trees or bushes bi.iimrthe
entram es, while many are living in caves
on t o open prairie. Ou Bmek Bear
creek ther- is a colony of ovt-r 2 0pcr
sons in ct<ves, tents aud cabin ■, and at
several points th- y are preparing to plow
for spring crops. There am at least 2,000
bomueis now occupying the choicest
quarter sections in tli - strip, and it will
take the soldies ninths to find them.
Southwest and east of Kiowa there are
hundreds of sett er- in the strip, and it
is reported that there are large mini erg
in the broken country nt the ' xtrems
west. Tue troops stationed at Fort ileuo
have been ord' red to move into th -strip
and ej et the boomers, and to put down
any structn H ’I'"' '-mv find there,
THE CONGRESS
Meets in Galveston and Pro¬
ceeds to Business.
The western congress, called to meet at
Galve ton, Texes, for the purpose of
adopting resolutions to h> pn suited to
cougn ss demanding c-rtait leg.siation,
was called to order Friday. T en: were
over 400 delegates present. Oklahoma,
Colorado, Utah, Nebraska. Ki- sas, Ay
omir.g, Nevada, California, Arizona and
New Mexico, bei >g represented rades by from mem¬
bers of the boards ot to#
largest cities. It isuuderstood tin t there
is no _ opposition, l ut a gu e ai demad for
the free coinage of silver, the ii . igation
of 1 nd by th ' government, lecip i>c ty
Mexico end Cuba, ami the passage
of the i-teamsip subsidiy bill, and that
such demands from the national congress
wilt lie made.
Js TemoU) o( Franks the rural uo-t
m?n ara leiusina; to go ou the.r rout®, tor
tear of be-ng attached hr wolves. S^ar
Met* the woive* are very ravenous, and six
t«eu of the blooithiraty aamiak have Oaen
