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| | | || COT TTT TET TTY THE BLACK TERROR shay A Romance of Russia. By JOHN K. LEYS. GVTUTETELIVICETULETIELETD, CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) “I plead guilty,” said the conspira- tor, pressing my hand warmly; “but if you love me, don’t speak quite so loud, * even in this room, for my life would not be worth many days’ purchase if the police knew that I was in St. Pe- tersburg to-night.” “But why do you run such risks?” “Well,” said Von Mitschka, with an engaging smile, “I am in St. Peters- burg at this moment for no other pur- pose than to meet with you.” “With me!” I was astorished. “Just so; and as it may be imposs’ble for me to contrive another meeting with you, I had better proceed to busi- But, tell me: What brings you . Petersburg?” tos “The Princess Kropenski asked me to come, in order that I might find out, if possible, what had happened to her husband.” “Ah! I thought it might be so. And I suppose our friend Reoul has already said something to enlighten you on that point?’ “He has fallen a victim to your Committee. “Say, rather, that he may have fall- en under the just veygeante of the Committee of Public Safety. But we will let that pass. I have not forgot- ten, Mr. Heath, and never will forget, your kindness to me not so long ago.” “L only followed the plainest dictates of humanity,” I returned. “No credit is ue to me for what I did at the saw- | n. tl; but if you owe me anything, you con discharge the debt by giving me some news ofthe Prince, and, if possi ble, coming to some arrangement with me for his release.” Von, Mitschka did not reply at once, and When he did, he spoke slo ,asif measuring his words and their proba- ble effect upon me. “The debt you speak of is tco weighty | to be discharged by the giving you news of the Prince,” he said; “and, as for the other matter—his is not in my*power to grant. say that it is beyond your power to procure it—but we will speak of that | by and by.” “Before we go any farther,” I said, rather hotly, “I wish you would be a little more frank with me. You knew I was in St. Petersburg. Did you know that Raoul was already my friend?” “Yes. He naturally mentioned to some of us that he had known you in London” “And my meeting with him was not accidental? It was arranged before- hand, on purpose that you might meet me here?” “You have guessed tightly.” “Then you want something from me. what is it?’ Von Mitschka smiled. “Are you not a little skeptical as to ; the purity of my motive: “L scarce in return, “though I willingly belli that you will do me a good turn sonaily, if it were in your power.” “You are right there. Ané am [yj wreng in thinking that you have a per- sonal interest in the fate of Prince Krepenski?’ I felt myself blushing, but I an-; swered, composedly: “Raoul has al- ready told me something of the kind. Would you mind telling me the sources of your information? I am like a man fighting in the dark.” “We do not wish you to consider us as enemies,” said the Nihilist, earnest- ly. “And as for our belief that there } might be a certain feeling of tender- ness in your heart for the Princess Irene, that was a mere guess of my own, founded on the reputation of the Princess for beauty and amiability, and on the fact that you were shut up H in the same house with Ber for some months together. It would have been | strange, indeed if you -had escaped some romantic feeling with regard to her.” “If I have some regard for Princess | Jrene’s happiness.” I cried; “you ought ! 1o share my feelings, for I-may tel: | you that not only was she aware that | 1 found shelter for you on the night of 1 the snowstorm, but she herself aidew in the work of succoring you. It was she who gave me the warm rug on which you slept that night.” is seemed to make a certain im | pression on Von Mitschka, but it had ; the effect of turning the conversation for a time from what was to me its most distasteful topic. But the Nibil- is soon returned to it. As soon he did so I stopped him, and begged him to leave the name orf the Princess | Irene out of the discussion. “Willingly would I do so, my dear sir, for I appreciate fully your delicacy of feeling, but I fear that it is not pos- sible to do so altogether.” “What on earth do you mean?” “Simply that the Princess, or rather : your hopes, concerning her, are the cen- tral fact of the situation.” “Again I tell you that I do not un- derstand in the least what you are driving at. But since you sneak of hopes, I may as well tell you that I} have none—none, do you hear? You know as well as I do, that the idea of an alliance between me and such a family as that of Prince Kropenski is absurd.” “I know nothing of the kind,” said Von Mitschka, calmly. “Arrangements that would be absurd and impossible under ordinary circumstances, become hinted that he may have I do not} such eXtraordinary events as those we The very words, spoken by a strang- er, made a strange thrill run through all my veins! Was it—could it be pos- sible that that peerless creature should be my bride? I was forced to rise and walk a few steps up and down the room before I could regain my com- posure. It was then that I noticed for the first time that Raoul had quietly slipped out of the apartment. His mis- sion had been fulfilled, his part haa been played, when he brought Von Mitschka and me together. “What 1 propose,” said the Nihilist, when | had resumed my seat, “is sim- ply this: That yousshould, in the first place, pay a visit to the Prince, who is in our custody. You would, of course, give your solemn promise not to reveal by so much as a hint the place or the manner of his confinement, and I must ask you to submit quietly to all the precautions my companions may think it necessary to take to prevent your be- traying us, though, personally, 1 am convinced that you are entirely to be trusted. Having seen the Prince, I propose—or rather, I advise you, for the question is one solely for your own dis(cretion—not to build your hopes up- on the Prince’s gratitude, but make a bargain with him beforehand. “T think I re heard it said, ‘Put ad that you should -say to the Prince, ‘I love your daughter. Swear that if she agrees to marry me, you will consent to our union, and I will procure your liberty. If you refuse, you will ive and die where That, if I am not much mistaken, will bring the man to his senses.” ‘The proposal was revolting to me; but I took care to conceal my senti- ments about it, for I felt that I had Mitschka’s scheme. “1 don’t see how you woul dbe bene- fited. What is it te you whether I win j the Princess Irene or not?” “Of course we should expect you to do something for us as the price of the Prince's ransom. ‘There is a service—” h, I thought so!” ertainly. You forget tha tI am net alone in this busifiess. I am speak- ing solely as the mouthpiece of the Committee.” “Well—go on.” “T cannot go further until it is known whether the Prince will agree to this arrangement I have suggested.” ou cannot give me an idea of the nature of the service you require of me?” inly not. That is part of our a moment's pause, “that if it is to com- mit a murder, or anything of that k ” It is not anything of that kind,” in- terrupted Von Mitschka, a flush rising to his thin face. “If we decreed that any partucular person should suffer the capital sentence—and I thought you understood that it is no longer pert of our policy to put even the guilty to death—we could provide scores of willing hands to execute the decree without troubling you.” “Why, then, do you come to me?” “Pecause you are the only person in the world, probably—at all events, the only man we know of—who can render us this particular service.” “And it isnot a-crime? It is danger- ous, I suppose?” “You ask too many questions. It is not a crime—or it is a crime, according as. you regard it. And it would be de- ceiving you if I were to say that it is not dangerous.” I took another turn up and down. the room. “Supposing I were to agree to your proposal, what would be the first step I must take?” “You would put yourself at the dis- pesal of the committee for a certain | time--it might be as long as a couple of months. You would be, in the mean: time be brought face to face with Prince Kropenski, and have an oppor- tunity of speaking to him alone. You would tell him that you might possibly procure his release on condition that you took him for a son-in-law. If he consents—and I fancy there is not much doubt about that—we would dis- close te you the nature of the service we demand of you, and you would, of course, have perfect liberty to say whether you agreed to purchase the Prince’s liberty at that price or not.” “And I suppose, if I chose to make no bargain with the Prince, but trust to his sense of gratitude, or act with- ‘out reference to the future, I may do so?” é “We have nothing to do with the ar- rangements you make with the Prince. Only, I advise you to see him. as the first step.” “That might be better,” said I, for I thought it would be something to be able to tell the Princess Irene that I had seen and spoken with her, father, even if I should afterwards find it im- pessible to go on. “You will give me some time to make up my mind?” “Three days, if you wish it.” “I do wish it. This is not a matter to be undertaken lightly. How can I communicate with you?” Von Mitschka answered at once, showing that he had anticipated the easy and natural in the presence of | tuestion. sne pow dealing with.” “IT could not, even if such a thing were possible, take advantage of the ealainity which has overtaken the “Which room do you occupy in the Prince's house?” I described its situation to him, and | it seemed to me, from the ease with which he followed me, that this sin- “Pooh, my dear sir! You are an En- glishman, and you are no fool. you see that the Prince would do far more for his liberty than consent to a marriage between you and his dangh ter?” Can't | gular man was not without some knowledge of the house and the situa- tion of the various rooms. “On the morning of the fourth day from this.” he said to me, “at half-past ‘ eight o'clock, pu!l down the blind of ithe right-hand window in your bed- not-your trust in princes, and I think ; tne maxim is worth remembering. I ; you are.’ | not yet got to the bottom of Vop “Supposing I were to do this,” I said, | — room, count ten, and pull it up again. ' things,” said the official, grimly. “But | CITIZENS OF WAIT-A-WHILE. Do this a second time. We will have someone on the watch, and we will take this action on your part as a sign that you fall in with my proposals, and are ready to visit the Prince. In that case, you will shortly hear furth- er from us. If you make no sign, it will be understood that you decline our offer, and, in that case, there is no more to be said. I will now bid you good-night; and I would advise you to remain where you are for half an hour before you set out, and to change dres- isjes once or twice on your way home. One cannot be too careful, you know. Adieu! I waited half an hour, and as no one visited the room during that time, I made my way alone to the street and walked home. COAPTER VIII. * I Receive a Warning. When I reached home I found wait- ing for me a note from M. de Noilleff, the head of the secret police, appoint- ing an hour when I could see him in two days’ time. This was the officiel wkom I had not yet been able to see, \ and I was glad to think that I should be able to exchange a few words with him before giving my final answer to the proposal of the Nihilist tsaders. I ; believed that Von Mitschka had only | told me the truth, yet I thought there would be no harm in finding out, if I sessed by the police tallied with the statements he had made to me. 1 found M. de Noilleff a solemn, severe-looking man, with a face that might have been formed of india-rub- ber, so void was it of all trace of senti- ment or emotion of any kind. His stiff grey hair stood straight up from his forehead, like a circular brush; his whiskers met under his chin; and his upper lip was clean shaven, and very long. I had leisure to observe these details, ' for the chief ‘was busy writing when | I entered his room, and did not trouble | himself to look up till he had finished his sentence. When he did look up and saw me standing by the door, he | gave a start, an expressio nof astonish- ment came into his face, and he half | rose from his chair, saying ,at the same time, something that I did not catch. However, as I advanced to- became all at once the cold but court- eous ofticial. If he had been a little more genial, I would have taken the | liberty of asking him whether he had noticed anything unusual in my ap- pearance; but De Noilleff was not the | sort of man one could take a liberty | with, and, indeed, the startled expres- sion in his face had been so quickly suppressed, that it scarcely seemed worth while to refer to it. “You came to St. Petersburg,” said M. de Noilleff, in a hard, formal tone, “in order to make some inquiries on behalf of the Princess Kropenski, as to the circumstances under which her d, Prince Kropenski, left his “Have you made any discoveries?” “No.” “Why. then, are you wasting time in St. Petersburg?” “Because I wished to be able to earry to the Prneess a report of the views of your department concerning the calamity which has befallen her.” 'The official starttd and forward. “Th police have no views on the sub- ject,” he said, in a harsh, overbear- ing voice. “It is not a police matter at all. There was no crime. If the Prince chooses to leave his house se- cretly, in the dead of night, and does not choose to return it is, strictly speaking, no affair of ours.” “But it is very doubtful if the Prince did leave his house voluntarily. If his had been the only case of mysteri- ous disappearance-—” “Ha! Who told you there had been other cases?” “T forget.” remember.” “No, sir. I will not.” “Take care, sir! Your associates are known. Take care lest you involve yourself in their fate! We know that, contrary to your master’s specific orders, you sheltered and relieved one of the law. Since then you have con- scrted on at least one occasion with a Nihilist well known to the oplice. | Take care, I say, lest you suffer their fate. Let it be proved that you are an accomplice of the enemies of the state, and I promise you that your nation- ality shall not protect you.” During this speech I had time to re- H flect what a foolish thing it was to | make an enemy of the chief of the police, a man who might be a power- ful friend, or no less a powerful foe. | Of course, it would never do to allow him to suppose that I was as deep in the counsels of the Nihilists as I act- ually was; but I determined to change my attitude entirely—to reverse, if pos- sible, the bad opinion which the head of the police evidently had of me, and allow him to believe that he had suc- eeded in frightening me. The best way of deceiving him was, I thought, to make a show of frankness. “I hope you will take into account.” said 1, ina humble tone, with my eyes on the ground, “that if I have erred it ; has been from an excess of zeal. 1 knew Raoul in London, and meeting him here acctdentally, I thought it pos- sible that he might be able to enlight- en me about the Prince’s disappear- ance.” “And did he? Did he tell you any- thing?” cried the, head detective—for, after all, he was nothing more—bend- ing forward eagerly in his chair, and fixing his burning eyes on mine, as if he would read the very secrets of my soul. I sighed, and shook my head. “You cannot suppose, sir. that if IT bad been able to gain the slightest hint as to what has become of the Prince 1 would have kept it to myself all this time?” “Then he told you nothing? Proba- bly he knew nothing. And yet—it is possible. Mr. Heath, are you really anxious to learn what has become of the Prince?” bot “Can your excellency doubt it?” “My excellency doubts a good many could, whether the information pos- |» wards him his expression changed. He | “You will be good enough to try to ) whom you knew to be under the ban ; , if, as you say, you are really desirous |te undo this knot, your best plan will be to keep on friendly terms with this Raoul—” I raised my eyebrows, as if in sur- prise. * | “With the suspected Nihilist, sir? I was under the impression that you had the kindness specially to warn me against that man’s society, as being dangerous.” “Not if you come to me and give me a hint of what passes between you,” said the chief of the secret police, with 2. smile. “Still, sir,” said I, with a doubtful air, “Vesillow seemed to be so entirely indifferent to politics—” “Pooh! We know him to be one of the most dangerous ccnspirators in Eu- rope.” “You don’t mean to say that!” [ ex- claimed, in a voice of extreme surprise, ard with what I flattered myself was a look of geniune simplicity. “In that case, perhaps, it would be better for me not to see him again. I have real- ly noly no taste for being mixed up with those dreadful Nihilists and their conspiracies. I almost think That, now that I have seen you, I had better go back to Loyna as soon as possible.” De Noilleff gave me a contemptuous look, told me I had better please my. | self, and with a curt “Good-day” went back to his papers. I rose from my chair, went to the door, paused, and finally returned to*say that if I did happen to learn anything cf Prince | Kropenski through Vesilloy I would communicate with him directly. A keen look, half inquiry, half sus- picion, came into the face of the head of the secret police, as I said this to him. He appeared to be asking him- | self whether I was in reality such a | fool as I was making myself out to be. | But apparently the unlikeliness that anyone would be rash enough to al- | tempt to play the double game with | Basil de Noilleff re-assured him. He | nodded, and signed to me that I should ) leave him. I had of course, told De Noilleff that ; I was about to go to Lovna, in order to | prepare him for my departure from the ‘ eapital; for—I may as well say it ot ! once—I had already made up my mind | to accept the offer of Von Mitschka. I saw clearly enough that I had a | yare opportunity for playing a double | game; and if the matter had been less | serious, I almost think I would have ; done so, out of pure love of mischief. | However, I soon decided that even ‘if I were willing to act such a part, it l was too dangerous. I could not stan. ‘long with a foot in either camp. | I. therefore, resolved that though 1 | might use what I had said to be head ‘of the police as a weapon in case of {ny getting into trouble on account of | Raoul—for which purpose I had spoken {of meeting him—I would keep my own | counsel and that of the conspirators, and work for the Prince’s liberty in | my own way. On the following morning I pulled up my window-blind and looked out. No one was in sight except an old | woman, who was creeping at a snail's | pace along the edge of the pavement, stooping every few seconds to pick up some bit of coal, or wood, or what not, out of the gutter. As I was looking out for the agent of the Committee whom I expected to see, the old woman passed beyond my | line of vision. The street was empty. | But I had scarcely had time to re- ;preachi the Committee in my own {mind with not keeping their engage- | ment, when the woman re-appeared, on the near side of the street this time, and began to pass slowly along ‘bent double with age and the necessity of peering into the gutter for the rub- bish ,ske was collecting. Could this lold ‘beggar-woman possibly be the jagent of the Committee? T resolved to test her: Keeping well } within the shelter of the curtain, I held a morsel of the blind aside, ana observed her closely. When she drew near enough I, saw that she was in fact glancing every now and then at my window. There was no reason for keeping her longer in the cold air. I made the re- quired signal; and although the beg: gar-woman gave not the smallest sign | tuta she had noticed it, she cast no , More glances in my direction, her de- sire for the valuables of the gutter speedily abated and she quickly dis- j; appeared from the street. I had rot a doubt that the begar-woman (real lor pretended) was no her way to tell the chiefs of the Committee that I was willing to visit the Prince in his ! seeret prison. CHAPTER Ix. | i The Committee's Instructions. Having made the arranged signal, T ‘spent the day as usual, feeling certain | that my new friends—or enemies; I ‘searcely knew which .to call them— ; would give me further instructions ‘when it seemed good to them, and that I need not trouble mysetf about ‘opening communications witif‘them a second time. Yet several days passed, ! and I heard nothing either frofiy Raoul ‘or’ Von Mitschka. I began to think ‘that they had changed their-minds, -and that the conspirators didnot in- tend that I should see the Prince. However, the message came in an ‘unexpected way. t | One afternoon having occasion td ! write a note, I put my hand-into the envelope case for an envelope, and my fingers encountered a thick enve- lope, closed, and evidently containing a sheet of note-paper. 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