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THE BLACK TERROR eer A Romance of Russia. By JOHN K. LEYS. CHAPTER II. (Continued) “By descent Iam; but by birth Lam a subject of the Czar, and I am as much a Russian by education and sympathy as y moujik in the land. Understand me. It is not merely, or chiefly, that we demand a share in legislation. In y Opinion, a despotic form of govern- nt does not in itself justify revolu- Put we ask the rights of free- tion. men. W y that no man should lia- ble to be tried, sentenced and exiled by a secret tribunal. Administrative or- ders, under which no man’s liberty is . Should be abolished, More than we demand the blessings of edu- cation for the peasant as well as for the shopkeeper or the profe classes. We claim the right to when and whe} sa that Until have said, art, alas! ned, we are, as I 8) slaves, for the most cor opted to be in chains “If the people don’t nt the bless- ings of freedom, I don’t see how you are going to force them to strike a blow to gain them,” I observed. “Exactly. But is it just that all should be enslaved because the major- ity care nothing for freedom? Beside you cannot really suppose that Russia ean long remain in the state of semi- barbarism she is in now. It is impos- sible. The law of change, of passing to a higher, wider life, is the law of humanity. Sooner or later it must be obeyed. But it will make a vast @if- ference whether the change, when it comes, finds our people in some meas- ure prepared for liberty or not. If the people are first of all taught that they are men, and not brute beasts; if they are taught lessons of justice, of gener- osity, or fidel they may use the pow- er well when it comes to them. But if not—Good heavens! Think of it! Think of a hundred million slaves suddenly awaking to the knowledge that the power is in their own hands—that the men who are sent to shoot them down are their brothers—that all the power is in their hands—that the mere weight of their numbers is enough to crush their enemies to the earth—I say, think of the time when this great, silent peo- ple realizes these things, and stands up to take vengeance for centuries of wrong! “I tell you, the scenes of the French Revolution, dreadful as they were, would be multiplied a hundred, a thou- sand times, till what has been deemed one of the most awful episodes in the world’s history would seem trivial by comparison. It is precisely to save Russia from such a ¢a rophe that we labor, without thanks from noble or peasant, without reward, or hope of ward, always in peril, often risking our lives. We labor to spread the yility to read—that first great step in tellectual development—over the length and breadth of Russ That alone is enough to earn us the bitter ill-will of the Government, and of all who are interested in keeping the peo- ple in their present ignorance. Then we preach to them—not socialism, stiil less atheism, as our enemies declare; but the right of every man to be bis own master, to have only written, defi- nite laws to obey, and to be no longer the mere ve of the local tax-gather- er. Our organization already embraces a large part of the country, and- s there is little wonder that the gover ment of the hates and fears u “And these inations—they “To be frank with you, I will zot quite say that,” replied Von Mitschka, afte ause. “Where there have been t oppressions, horrible cruelties, it be our duty to show the t nts, by the only me: they cannot out and Nature with impunity. But at- tempts on the lives of persons in high station, simply because of the position they occupy, we hold to be not only blunders, as experience has shown, but erimy well.” “Tam glad to hear you say that,” I returned, rising as I spoke from the log on which I had been sittin time that I left you, fe 1e words seemed to freeze on lips, for at that moment we both heard a low, half-stifled cough by in the darkness! Our conversation had been overheard; and what v meant for my companion, if net for myself, I could only guess. I stood stock still, but could hear that Von Mitschka was creeping, with eat-hke tread, in the direction from which the faint sound had come. He had gone but a few feet when he in our power, that ge the laws of God stopped short. There w: a move- ment among the timber, a shout, and then the loud crack of a revolver rang in my startled ears. CHAPTER III. Princess Irene Interviewed. The flash of the pistol had lit up, for fn instant, the large wooden shed in which we were standing, with its piles of planks, the long framework for car- rying the logs, and the black circular saws. I saw nothing else, and after the report there was, for some seconds, a dead silence. Nothing was heard but the howling of the wind in the round wooden timber overhead, and the swish of the snow against the walls of the shed. A faint, very faint, light came through a small window close to us. But for this, the place was in utter darkness. We had been talking in the dark, partly to avoid any risk of dis- covery, and partly for security against fire. But my companion now searched in silence for the morsel of candle that was left, and as he moved, I fancied I] sence. could detect some vague, indefinite sounds at the other end of the sheds. “What have you done?” I exclaimed, indignantly, forgetting that I was speaking in English. “You may have killed the man!” “I hope so,” said Von Mitschka, with perfect coolness. My disgust was too great for words, but it was apparent enough in my tone, as I replied: ° ‘Killed, for anything you know, some pocr, homeless creature, who has taken shelter bere like yourself.” “Nething of the kind. That man was He must have followed you a spy. here.” “Nonsense!” “I am sure of it—but we will see.” By this time the rebel (as I may call him) had lit the bit of candle, and carefully guarding it, so that no spark should fall on the shavings laying scat- tered about, he began to explore the shed, I following a few paces behind. We found no one. Everything s gaunt and bare; only a rough, narrow door the farther end, by which the logs were brought into the mill, was ajar, and a tiny wreath of snow had al- ready formed on the floor, “See!” cried Von Mitschka, and he pointed to a dark smear on the door. “T have hit him, but he cannot be much hurt, or he would not have been able to get away so easily. Who would have thought that in a remote village like this, our enemies’ would have been so keen?” He tried to peer out at the door, but the wind extinguished his light in a moment, and we returned in the dark to the other end of the shed. . The repugnance I had felt towards my companion on account of ‘the cal- lousness he had exhibited had now sub- sided; but I had no wish to be further associated with him, and I hesitated as I asked him what he meant to do. It ras clearly unsafe for him to remain longer where he was, for information of the attempted a sination, as it would be termed, would, of course, be ried to the castle, and his ‘est would follow a matter of course. Yet I could think of no other shelter for him, and it was with a mixture of ke and annoyance that I re- ted my question. ll stay where I am,” said the outlaw, coolly stretching himself on the heap of shavings that served him for a couc It is plain to me that if the alarm is given it would be imp¢ ble for me to get away from here with- out horses or friends, in this weather. Even if I were to crawl under some of that timber out there, the great holes my feet would make in the deep snow would be visible for an hour or two, at least; and I should have to surrender in the morning, if the place were watched, as cf course, it would be.” There is no hope, then?” “Oh, yes! I think, on the whole, it is most likely that I shall hear no more of that unlucky shot. It was an im- prudent thing to do, I admit, but I Was so angry at being followed and spied upon, even here, that I lost my ad for a moment.” “But what makes you imagine that you will escape the consequences of yeur act?” ‘I think the spy will hold his tongue —vebout the wound he received, that is to say.” “But why “Because, thank heaven, the major'ty of the people have a great dislike and terror of a man who is known to be in et a government spy. They think are never safe from 4him; and I imagine it is very possible that, rather thar be known among his neighbors as the fellow may try to account s wound in some other way, and hush the matter up.” “I suppose the conversation we have just held will be reported to the goy- ernment?” I asked, after a pause, “Iam afraid there is no doubt of that. and very sorry I am that you should incur on account ef your goodness to an outcast like my- self.” a “I don’t think the government would have me arrested, when they can only allege that I listened to your talk.” “How can you tell what may be al- leged against you, when trials are hela in secret? But I don’t think the gov- ernment will interfere with you further than by warning your employer that | 1 better get rid cf you.” | t I don’t mind. Anyone may have my post here for anything I care. Good-night!” At an ea hour next morning I vis- ited the mill again—it was empty. Only the fur rug was lying neatly folded on ! the heap of shavings. I knew from this that the spy had said not! ng about his wound, though it must have | been a pretty severe one. I could de- tect traces of blood on the snow for a good part of the way back to the yil- lage. Five days later the express, whose coming Von Mitschka had foretold, ar- rived from St. Petersburg. He brought dispatches for the Prince, and in par- ticular, a copy of the deeree appointing him to the governorship of the proy- ince of Volotzka. he Prince was delighted beyond measure, and at once began to issue | til the alterations at the castle were | his orders. It was fixed that he should | completed; but I could not help that. | leave the castle in three days, and ev- erything was bustle and confusion, as it was not expected that he would re- turn for a year at least. I had been living in daily expectation that I should be dismissed on account of the succor I had extended to Von Mitschka, but I heard nothing: of it; and I had come to the conclusion that the government agent had made his report. not to the Prince, but to some official by whom it would be transmit- satisfied to remain in a precarious situ- ation, and I decided that it would be better to hand in my resignation at once, rather than wait for an ignomin- ious dismissal. : I therefore sent a note to the Prince, begging for an interview. ‘The Prince listened to me coldly, and gnawed the end of his long moustache as if in perplexity.. Finally, he shrug- ged his shoulders, and affected to be occupied with something else before I had done speaking. “What is your reason for leaving me?” he demanded, as I had my hand on the door handle, in the act of quit- ting the room. I replied that I did not feel sufficient confidence to go On with the work of restoration and rebuilding in his ab- “Poof! I settled the plans with you months ago. It only remains that you faithfully carry out my orders. Don‘t you see that if you leave me just now the work must be stopped, and cannot be resumed for a year or more? But don’t think that I want to ask you to stay asa favor. I never ask anyone to serve me twice.” “If your Highness thinks that I should really be safe in going on with “Sate? Why not? I see you are un- ded, and [ am in a hurry. Think it over, and tell me in the evening whether you persist in your resignation or prefer to withdraw it.” Accepting these words as a dismissal, I went to my own rooms to think the matter over, It was true that I had expected di missal, and thought it well to fore- stall it. And it was also true that 1 did not care for the task of adapting a stle of the old feudal type to a mod- ern residence, unless under the eyes of its owner. It was not a job that was likely to bring either credit to me or satisfaction to the Prince. So long he vy on the spot, directing oper: ticns himself, he could not blame me if the result were failure; but I knew that from the moment he left the sponsibility would be entirely m plans or no plans, But there was a third reason I had for wishing to quit the Castle of Loy- na. For some months I had been suffer- ing tortures on account of the Princess Irene. In making this confession I have no desire to smooth over or ex~ tenuate my miserable weakness or fo)- ly. AIL I can say is, it is easier to talk of strength of character, good sense, honor and other fine things, in cold blood, than to practice these virtues in ; the presence of a woman like Irene Kxropenski. We were not lovers, nor anything like lovers. The few sentences we ex- changed about Von Mitschka were a fair specimen of the kind of talk we often indulged in, and anything less ; lover-like could scarcely be imagined. | And yet, no matter how scornful she } Was, no matter how bitterly I resented | her contemptuous tone, trying to meet her well bred contempt with cool indif- ference; no matter how hot my anger, | an hour would scarce go by but I w hungering for the sight of-her, thir: ing to hear the sound of her voice, no matter what she might find it in her heart to say to me. A thousand times I fought against this weakness with the whole strength of my manhood. Sometimes I won. There were times when I would go for | days without addressing the Princes unless it were to answer a question, or so much as looking in her direction when we accidentally met. I suffered at these times more than anyone would believe; but it was something to think | you would stay. spect—has in his blocd the national pas- ske said. “I would like to speak to you for a little.” I bowed, and followed her into the | room. She motioned me to a.chair, but | forgot to take one herself, and contin- ued standing. “My father says you talk of leaving us,” she said, abruptly. “May I ask the reason?” “I came to the conclusion that what I did for—the Nihilist could not remain unknown to the government; and that if even the Prince were willing to over- look it, the government would ask him to dismiss me. I thought it better to anticipate matters by dismissing my- self But I have another and a stronger reason for wishing to leave. I am of opinion that the Prince is simply wast- ing money over these alterations. I do not think they will succeed in making the castle look like an Italian palace, or even the town house of a New York millionaire. I have gone as far as re- spect will allow me, in pressing my views upon him, without the slightest effect. But now that he is to go away for seme time, my going away may in- duce him to give up, or at least to post- pone, what I can only regard as an ex- travagant fad. If I had known what he had in hand when he engaged me, I would never have left England. Of course, if the work is stopped, the ex- pense that has been already incurred will be wasted; but, from-an archi- tect’s point of view, I can only say that the loss of all that has been done would be a much smaller calamity than the completion of the work would be. I have spoken with brutal plain- ness, but I paid you the compliment of believing that you would prefer the truth.” “You are right; and I thank you.” For perhaps a minute the Princess was silent. We remained standing, on- ly a few feet apart, our eyes fixed on, the ground. At last she spoke. “You have been frank with me, and I will be equally frank with you. I must confide in you, and I do so without hes- itation, knowing that whatever I @ay is safe with you. I wish, then, that Believe me, you could not do a greater kindness to my father than in helping him to carry out his plans. You could not do him a greater unkindness than by showing him that they are absurd or impracticable, or leading him to abandon them. I know what [am saying. I know the expense that has been incurred over what I quite agree with you are useless and unsightly operations. But they occupy my father’s mind and keep him from thinking of other things. “One of these things is the hatred he bears to revolutionary principles and ali who hold them. I believe it is his uncompromising hostility to the Nihil ists, his ready acquiescence in me: ures, ho matter how severe, that have won him this mark of favor from the Cz Many a time have I feared for his life. I fear for his life now. If he has pothing to occupy him at home, how will he care to stay here after his gcvernorship expires? “And there is another danger he is exposed to.” She paused a moment, and then went con, in firmer tones: “My father—I say it without disre- sion for high play. We are living in comparative poverty now, on account of gambling debts contracted years ago, Since you have been here. he has not touched a card. Can you wonder that I look upon the expense of stone. cutting and wood-cuttingg even of building, as trifling compared with a course of life that would have beg- gared us in a very short time? “Tam convinced that if you return to England, my father will not settle that I was behaving like a man of |-down at home when he comes back sense and spirit. But alas! at the first words of genu- ine kindn all my defenses were broken down, and I was ready to per- suade myself that the scornful looks and tones that had wounded me so keenly had existed only in my own im- agination. The rapture of giving way | —of allowing my thoughts to stray about this beautiful, wayward, incom- prehensible creature as they would; of building cloud castles, in which the abyss between Irene Kropenski and me was bridged over in some miraculous manner, was a delight so keen, that I would not have exchanged my dreams for any Other reality on earth. Of course [ am aware that ali this sounds yery absurd. <A struggling pro- fessional man has no business to allow himself to fall in love with a Princess. But I was not without excuse. At my first arrival at the castle, early in the preceding spring, both the Princess Kropenski and her daughter had treat- ed me as if I were their equal in rank, whenever I was invited to dine with the family, as I often was; and al- though I had no right to build, and did not build anything upon their kindness, to my peace. But lately it seemed as if Irene had, it had an effect on me which was fatal in spite of the care I had taken to con- ceal the nature of my feelings, divined my secret, and wished to rebuke my presumption, for she treated me with marked coldness, and more—with a cev- tain scornfulness of manner, as if the mére suspicion that I cherishéd a hope- less passion for her was a deadly af- front. I was not without my share of pride, | and I resented her treatment. I asked for no explanation, made no reproach- es, even tacitly, unless avoiding her | could be called a reproach. I accepted the tact that she was far above me in rank, but I saw no reasan why I should not be treated with ordinary courtesy. I now felt that it was time to put an end to all this. For what I had al- ready suffered I had only my own fool- ishness to thank; and I saw that no good, nothing but a prolonged misery and a demoralizing yearning after the unattainable, could result in my stay-| ing longer at the castle. It had been | understood, no doubt, at the time of | my engagement, that it was to last un- There was no safety for me but in flight, and the sooner I was on my way ! back to England the better. The Prince was to leave the castle‘on the following day; and I went down to the library, where I expected to find him at that hour, to tell him that [ had H resolved to go. I was disappointed, ! The Prince was not there, and I left the room, intending to write a short note announcing my decision, and send { ' j | it to him. At the door I met the Prin- cess Irene. ted 10 headquarters. This would ac- count for the delay, but I did not feel | “Pray wait a moment, Mr. Heath,” from Volotzka. He will hate the sight of the abandoned work, and he will carry us off to St. Petersburg with him. What the end of that will be I know well. My uncle, who is dead now, told my mother long ago that if she could not keep her husband at home, she would be a penniless widow in a very few years. And what can she do, in her wretched state of health, to influence him in any way? He ha no one to think for him but me—I mean —1 mean—I think you know what [ mean! All men, even the wisest, are the better for a woman’s management, are they not? You will not misunder- stand me?” A blush tinged the girl's lovely face as she turned her eyes full on mine for a moment, only to let them fall, the next instant, to the floor. I was sur- prised and delighted, not only by this proof that 1 had misjudged the Prin- cess—that she was not the proud, self- ish creature that I had often been tempted to think her. To think that she, a girl of eighteen or nineteen, should not merely take thought for her father’s failings, but strive to av the consequences of his vices! There Was something touching to me in her anxiety, and I do not deny that I was at the same time flattered by her confi- dences. All my sensible resolutions vanished. I felt as if I had no option but to do as the Princess asked me. “Please, Mr. Heath,” she said, when I had told her I wouid stay, “pleas& don’t let me urge you to do anything against your own interests or liking. This is a dull place, and you may well be tired of our company. But if that is not the real reason of your wishing to leave us—” She did not finish the sentence—there was no need. She had come back again the gracious, gentle girl I had known months before. Her sweet voice still lingered in my ears. I could find ho words to answer it. I took her un- resisting hand, touched it with my lips, and bowed before her as I would have bowed before an empress, ere I left the room. (To Be Continued.) A Relic. “You didn’t bring me home a single relic,” pouted the sweet thing. : “My dear,” responded her soldier lov- er, “I brought you m) self. Theré is nothing left of me but a relic.”—Phila- delphia North American. Guidance. Mudge—I have always tried to guide myself by the truth. Yabsley—Well, you have succeeded in steering yourself past it pretty suc- cessfully.—Indianapolis Journal. Within the Possibilities, “I understand that the Canary Isl- ands were formerly known as the Fortunate Isles.” “They may be again if the United States should annex them.”—Puck. | have weathered the past five years in Specalations fn Cattle Feeding. A Chicago paper publishes the fol- lowing: Chicago bankers are commenting on the unusual amounts of cattle paper now being offered in the local market and the low rates prevailing in this rapidly expanding class of loans. Whereas a year ago the paper purchas- ed by local institutions averaged about 5 per cent, the offerings are now chiefly at 4@4% per cent, or practically com- ™mercial paper rates, and the banks which look upon the industry favor- ably are investing freely. It is safe to say that the number of Chicago banks in this branch of the market is grow- ing, for in quarters where distrust was expressed a year ago there now is an apparent conservative interest. It is the estimate of well-informed bankers that the Chicago holdings of cattle pa- per this fall are greater.than*at any previous corresponding season. Special interest has been aroused this week by an article in a prominent east- ern financial paper, written by the pres- ident of a Kansas national bank, in which the dangers of disaster to the industry from reckless speculation are pointed out. The writer says: “One of the worst features of the present cattle boom that presages ul- timate disastrous results is that too many of the daring operators now in the saddle are so fearfully in debt that they must réalize that they have no- thing to lose and all to make if any- thing is made. I know personally a few instances where men have now sums of $10,000 and eyen double that amount from commission houses, who two years ago could not borrow of their home bank even $100 without se- curity and did not expect to float their single name for a single dollar, because it would not command it. As an in- stance of how easily money goes out in large blocks thesesdays in cattle loans I will cite the circumstance of a young man who approached me on 4 loan of $30 per head on a string of 300 of Indian territory cattle. He wanted $9,000, and had not feed enough to pro- vide for the cattle. I declined this op- portunity to put our bank in the cattle business, and told the daring young Napoleon of an operator to go to Kan- sas City for his money. He did and got it from a commission company, and this chattel now appears upon our county records. The effect of such reckless loaning is not far off and the home banker, I predict, in another year will have the local field more to him- self than for the last two years. “I have a circular from one of the great panhandle ranches offering 17,000 steer calves for sale. This is a signal of warning when the calves are adver- tised. It means the present crop of calves will bring more money as calves than if allowed to grow older. It her- alds a coming drop of prices or a great dread and fear of its coming and can mean nothing else. A law passed a year ago last winter by the Texas legis- lature permitting lanas forfeited to the State to be re-appraised and sold for $1 per acre, has given new impetus to the ranch business, and production will be pushed. High prices will stimulate in- creased production and all the sooner hasten the sure coming decline.” Pruning Peaches. Pruning is one of the important fea- tures.connected with a peach orchard. Some people seem to have the idea that it is all very well to prune the apple and the grape, but unnecessary to prune the peach. The great peach or- chards are carefully looked after every year in this respect. Some growers in- deed cut back two-thirds of the new wood each year, that is two-thirds of the new growth is taken away. The result is that the tree becomes more compact and has less extent of limbs to become an objective point for the driy- ing wind-storms. In the prairie states subjected to high winds pruning is es- pecially recommended. ~Pruned trees bear at first fewer peaches than un- pruned trees, but the fruit is larger and brings a relatively better prise on the market. The time to prune is fall or spring. EOE “Agriculture in Paraguay. United States Consul Ruffin writes from Paraguay as follows: The people are beginning to wake to the necessity of agricultural development. The farm- ers are widely scattered and there is a growing sentiment in favor of cen- tralization and of heavy foreign colon- ization. The government, through the Agricultural bank, gives to each farm- er $300 in the form’of a loan on the property. It is urged in behalf of the class that does not own property that the government purchase large tracts of arable land, let them to the farmers, and give them farming implements, seeds, etc. There is much enthusiasm on the part of the promoters of this plan. , Outlook for Strawberry’ Trade.— Strawberry growers that we have con- versed with are in good spirits. They are confident that we are on the threshold of an era of prosperity. The results of the war; the acquisition of new territory, and the opening of new channels of trade will break the long stagnation, unlock capital, give an im- petus to business in every form, and among many other things most devout- ly to be wished, create a much better market for fruit by making the deni- zens of the great cities and others more able to buy and eat it. Growers who any shape should now have pretty fair sailing.—Strawberry Specialist. Skim Milk in Bread.—A contem- porary states that bakers desire to encourage the use of skim milk in bread-making for the follow- ing reasons: (1) It makes a loaf which is more moist and will remain moist longer; (2) it makes a closer loaf; (3) it improves the eating quality of the bread; (4) the sugar of the milk cara- mels in making and browns the crust. Sharp Pains Darting from one point to another, stiff and swollen joints, inflammation, intense suf- fering, are characteristics of rheumatism. 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