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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JUNE 11. 1905
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A Sftoipy if l&Aassi&ni Eimftirigfuiep Love amidl Adlvemtituire
o
CHAPTER XXIII.
ABefcroftlhal
amid
a Eiespitte
By LOUIS TRACY Authorof
"The Wintf of lite Morning."
Thr Filler of lui-tht." Etc
ROMANCE i.-inno
thrive on hunger
Although Frank
mid nrmyntrude could
rot look enough a'
o.'uh other, although
each glance a:nl touch
p.i'.v them thnlU of
happiness, they ate the
ro.igh food provided
with a healthy 7e-t
that Itetokctted a got'
appetite. Then thev
-trove tot.ilk -eno-iNlv.
th-'igh. when Xat:-h-k.i
K-!t them .I'jai
there were inter''!' le
Fraiik tailed Sa -i-l.tt
h al eplai',cd I
lam that a iii.tm.i.'t
l-ctwicn I.:ulv Er"vT
tr iile I traJihoi a
l.:m-clf .imler the pr
jed conditions w i
euTfelv 'it of tin.
, II -tl !!
The tuture til'M W
considered a- well a
the -recent. Hi- .. -,
o'- Hition ir. sucietv
demanded d'le over
value of the conven
tions, and altho-igh
thev haI determined
t' weil. the ccrctnonv
't-t le cotid'iited i
i !ie i lu:r h o: theirown
i Tii an J under the
l.uvs of their coimtrv.
e.irthc".c-s. they
wre a:ij .is to lielji the c.iu-c of Inc-.d- who
! . i dared so much to erve them. He sugg.Med.
a-, a .ompromi-e. that they should Ik: l-eroihel
t. the presence of witnesses Tlie k-isiati
a. .cptol the suggestion. The I. ttheran minister
w..s brought. a:i.l in hi- presence, with Vla.hmir
Sas--i.iw-h as a witness, tiiey soJemtilv agreed
t marry. .".h;ect to the proviso tliat Ennyntrude's
i-wi- gave their oi:t!it. Fra-k w.i sfibltont
. ths jtint. He refused to have it witi-pcred
t at he took ai! vantage of h:s :-!fire bride.
.' :itie. to l.in.l her Iiy an ti:iti.t'nied pledge.
S..- ihtth maiie :io demur. He pmately resolved
: a"Mre lva:i that a valid mar-iage had taken
l.u-e Hi-, one anxiety .v.is to get these troiible
s --le English people oit of the o.-.mtrv. He
w i.d adjJt account- with Prime Melmkoff in
i - ..vi wav.
V:.e Moravian tiimistcr. who owed hi lUwrtv to
S i- .'itch- jiritviio:i. for Kuw.-i gives short shrift
: V lomfontiitv. readilv rtmiis.-d to olcrve
. r.- v. and Armstrong himself, learning the stress
1 i J-v aulit-h on the j-int. ro:m! :..t to
''.vi : jjiic dUti:u-:to:is l-tweeti in.itri:nouv and
1 --'r .ilial j: any sule ueni .nversatmn wtth
1...-
t'.e morning ;ki1 in a rt : hrea:h!e vet
' i: .i-tiNe lor th tw- ;T-ti-. :n.t otu -rr-l
- t i:anii:iary levelot.-tu-:;t-. !;i: an --i
; i'er siiriwise came to tlntn. Thev ww w.i:k-
the gallerv. gazing -un-:ir:t at T?:e -'.j'k
t of thevallry lnmeath.i'1.! it- .:ici,.v-,:.- -i
! '--it more fteti. jhtii.-.. iv.to
i 4 thT eves.
i.anK th? seriem f the .i:
; -ae ' rl-Wig a-ido. a'd a - .
:ti .rude Fnruh. "Th:-. .i-.
i'-i t-.irnol a: the wori-. .t-
" tmde -w her father Wr'i ,
' '. ': of iov vhr ran t- h . . .
KjHlr' r 'AlV krBK. Kl
H9IHHK1bbH:BB
rowni iimi on i (.nrd in rnncv
Sharplx
(eatetlly Whatever adventurer .-he had miller
goii, aNtirvilv hi-. Iel ieil ilaitghter w.i- nt
mihaiiy! He had it rot in his heart to let his
tir-t words. Ik tho-e of reproaeh
I.ml I'arlingh.un. howevir. received AniiNjpmg'-.
hearty gri-etmg eoldly "" What i- this Jory we
hear of yiitir marnage with Knnte5" he akoI
l;Ri:ik only la'tgiicd. He wa- Iimi overjoyeil to
fix-1 re-entment at hi- friend attitude.
"You are -omewhat in advance of the fact-."
he said. "Your t-ter anl 1 are not married
yet."
("arlmizham heal out his hand. " l;orvive
me. Prank." he said. "You never would a-:
di-honoral'ly. yet that !ig leggar Mrmo! to !
-o !e::mte in his statement.- that he :aui;er-l
led thetn to the room which wa- given
over to Krmvntrudc's ih There, while the girl
-at with her arm aro'ind h.r father"- neck, he gave
a succinct narrative of event- a- they were known
to him.
and in whn-c dull
white face. I tearing:
the dread tokens of
the di-ea-e which
sjurc- neither youth
nor It-auty. could In
seen the outlines of
a comelinos which
vameil for her and
her dead -islcr the
titles of "The Lilies
of the Volga."
A sturdy Ihv. aged
nlmt eight years,
cla-fed her hand.
Xone who saw them
in their rough gar
ments and dejected
mien would credit
that this forsaken
lair were the wife and
son of the great, hand
some, wealthy I'nnce
Hon MelnikotT
Attnicti-1 lv the
new- of Ihnnatiet's
jre-ence. all the Rus
sian tleniyeiis of the
rH-k aeiiilIetl. wtth
them living the agol
witih-diK-tor. Maria
I'etrovna. A sj;i-m
of anguish came into
her withered feature
when she heard the
man "s real name.
"lavatiski" she
murmured to those
near "Is ho the son
of one Dmitry lav-an-ki.
who was a
leather-worker in the
Jews i uarter of Odes
sa?" "Av. mother." s.iid
a man. " Know.-t tho-t
aught of him He has
to our carse ever suae his honest
a different sc-tie was K-ing etiactiil
hatnliT which forxnol the hviiig-
o-:tIaws. The unfortunate vaht.
daj'jier little Frenchman, leit an
t!eiii-.il.le tvjf. was h-1 1
were Ih.iI: his
r
;u ct:e:
l.-d
:i:id
hi-
1 -
Meanwhile,
in the hig
room of i h
:io longer a
avowed traitor
f -re tho-e who
Itv thfsideof YTad!"'.:rSa-iiith st.-n! a w.
wh- e t'.ri :.-rn v-t hud a ii rt.nn gr.uef:! ar:
fHE VAN TTILLER DIAMONDS." one of th he stonVs from th p-
Tl
ti.i.
'r i-itleratioti- i!-' 1 . V.-r
"I'ri-nlirjii- Tin-Kar" !! " !
i.i- artn- and ki-oi In r r--
i- ntsis f pr-c-litii cttait-,
tll !. fointl i ilt- tntl of
ti-tlttt-nt un p.fl r
Phil p Vrrtll Mighch, the Ukntt-i author of "Bruvvrt Jim's Baby," will
be jtariVi in the next issue of The Suaiay Maj-j-ine. It will be finished in four
issues. This stor is basei upon the complications that ensue in a will to-do
American family, wherein the father, an e-army officer, is so sternly tincomFro
misinjj in his ideas of right and wrong as Is boast that in cae of an infraction of
his moral code he would treat his own son with merciless justice. The old Major,
however, is dominant! human, and has a scandal in his own private life. His
daughter, the heroine, is typical of her father in tome respects, and does not hesitate
ts brave his wrath by announcing her engagement at the very moment her fiance
is in the midst of grave complications. The intimate friendship of the girl's bmther
and Iov.t is displaced in a number of exceedingly graphic incidents.
Iki" .i i ;ir-e
father died "
She answered not. She looked at Olga Sas-ulitch.
anil saw no p'ty in that livid fae. for the woman
had risen from her death-hed to glut her eye, on
her sister's murder, r ere he died.
Kvoti now t! e tremMing wretch was '.leading
that he ki'lcd Wra Sas-:litih ly mischance.
"Why. then, represent her as a traitor to our
brethren in Ktigland?" demanded Ivan. "And
if yo-:r plea held good, what of I..ti-toi. shot in
the ditch of 1'eter and Paul fort: what of Tonk
vitch. chanusl for life to a harrow in Saghahn.
what of Xuholas Sohte-ki. hangol at U.h-sa for
endeavoring to remove a tyrant?"
"This scorpion has stung us bitterly'" cried
Sassuhtch. his ees ablae. " He spared tnt in his
lust for gold Let him breathe the air r.o longer "
I.ivan-ki. who wa- a fatalist in his way. liegan
to cur-e them
The S'.'iit -iirs-.J. f-aring lest he should 1e thrown
from the preopice at nine, iniervetitil.
"Slay him not now!" she shrieked. "Hind him
Ca-t him into my room. I shall raise stt. h Jictid
to -.-irt his soul should he Ik- thing to the rk
at midnight that he shall see the doom awaiting
l.im ere he titers upon it."
Such an ap;e.il. to a su er-titioiis rae. crammed
with stones of -.-lints anil devils, wa- t.url te-r'.iin
:" -'Hie . l.r'iuibling at the delay. Ivan viclded
t- the tlanior for tin- ttdiamtd vengaie S'
t'leri: .V''Mrfc : had her way and. when alone wt'h
her vii ti:n. he wlr-jirt-l
"Thou art a vile tin . I !
I.ivar-ki- vet for thv mother- akt I
Wl s.e thee Tl'o't art HIV irr .'.!-'
oh :tn-rab!e one
CIIAPTKR XXIV.
A-n. OSdS Score
NOT without prot. t and : t
giing did the ...itk . -r
wh a t-d a- hit f of tin s.-ort In '
for th- Marl of Yallt to.-t and hs
i oii-ent ttrturti to Hanntfk.i i,l",i
th-'tn l:inling thftn a- m i-ttn
r main as Ian Stephanoit ii w.e. to