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It' h t By Order of the Czar A Story of Russian Power By MARCUS EASTLAKK , CHAl'TEIt V. "Vladimir, thou art feeling stronger? Is'lt not so?" say Ivan, putting a hand ou each of my shoulder and ItnikliiK dowu anxiously hi my fare. "Ccrta'nly 1 am much stronger than when I came to thee a week ago," I rvpl) with a smile. "Hceause thou wilt hnro to make a movf again," resumes Iran. "It la no longer safe for thee here. To-day my landlord met me ai I left tho house, and asked me who I had staying with me; though I know not how he ha dWcov ercd thy pretence here. I aald: 'A couv In. ho Is merely passing through the town en routo to Norgorod.' lie naked . your name. I was taken aback, but for tunately the (list He led up to the second, and the name of nn actual eouln ennie to me and I pronounced It. Ho now thou art Wnl.icniar Mcolnlvltch Allkanoff! I have thought, Vladimir," he resumes. "that It were well to make kuown thy exlatence to our section. Thou knoivcst they are to be trusted to a man. What Joy there will be a mown t them when they know thou are alive! They will all be ready to din for thee! And amousat ns we can easily conceal thee. Thou canst pax from one to the other until thou art able to Tenture on flight." "I have always advlaed It," I reapond. "Long alnce 1 would have shown my self to them but for Maruscha. She thinks there is risk In so many knowing It whilst I am still In the country." Iran shrugs his shoulders. "I see no alternative. Something we must risk," he says. "There Is strength In unity, and are we not as one man In purpose? The sooner thou art away from here the better. What thlnkest thoii of going first to I'arel YegorevltchV he ak. "I would trust Pavel as my own soul!" I reply, fervently, for I like the man. lie Is a silent, deep nature I always mistrust the glib tongue a man who make no professions, slow and delib erate both In speech ami action, but hav ing once chosen a course la not to be turned from It. "Thou wilt lock thyself in." says Ivan. "And If any one. save Maruscha, should come and knock for admittance thou wilt keep silent as a shade until they depart. Adieu, I will not be long." As I lie, with my hands clasped above my head, my eyes fixed on the bit of sky gleaming gray, through the small dormer window, the being of all others I most long for stands at the other side of the door. I know well Maruscha' particu lar rap, am it Is her voice that whisper my name: "Vladimir!" I spring to my feet and hasten to. ad mit her. Kor some minutes, holding the beloved form In my arms, I forget nil else, realizing only the rapture of the present. Only wheu she release her self and look round for Iran, I remem ber bow much I have to tell her. She turns white when she hears about the landlord' questions, and I tell her that Ivan has gone to see Pavel Yego revltch to make arrangement for my re moral there to-night. At this she clasps her hands. "Is It well oh, Is It well that others hould know about thee? Pavel Is silent and trustworthy, it I true; but (till I fear me. It will break out One by one they will be told they will be Cocking to see thee. The attention of the police be at tracted. I wish, I wish Ivan had come to me! Surely wo two could hare man aged to conceal thee somewhere ome wherel" "Thou art too fearfnl, my Maruscha," I reply soothingly. "And thou seeat It has become, Imperative to seek, the aid of others. I only wish I had Insisted on doing so. before I drew this danger nn Ivan. 'And as to my safety, there Is not a man of them who would not render up hi life rather than betray me!" "Not willingly, not willfully, I know, Vladimir, but what matter It when they have by their coming and going, at tracted those bloodhounds to thy hiding place? It Is it mistake, I toll thee!" per sist Maruscha. I'or a while she stares straight before her, and I see the anguish of terrible possibilities growing In her eyes until the tear begin to gather, her feature to work, and she casts hentelf on my breast. "Vladimir! Vladimir!" she cries, "If they tear thee from me now I shall die!" say what I can to reassure her, stroking her bright head and pressing my lips to It, for her hat that sweet little hat that I have watched her trim has slipped to her shoulder. And she sobs out her woe with tear abundant, at which I rejoice, because experience has taught me that after Maruscha has wept much, he I wont to be very calm. "How long wilt thou stay with Pavel Yegorevltrh?" he asks. "As short a time as possible," I re ply, "I am quite strong now, and the sooner I begin to make for the frontier the better. By remaining I only en danger my friends. Moreover, Maruscha, a I explained to thee before, baring ceased to approve of the methods of the party to which I have hitherto belong ed, my wisest plan I to escape from It, quietly and silently. I hare thought it out, and to attempt any explanation would be madness. I could not iniike myself understood." Maruscha sighs ns If she would excuto me to herself. "Surely thou bast dono enough," she murmur. "lly no mean!" I cry rehemently. "No man can ever says I hare done enough. la a good cause! Once Its true disciple, and my wntchword Is now a heretofore, 'Uli-ty.' And It Is for liberty that I will fight to my last breath! No longer, therefore, can I be the slave of a party whose tyranny Is as great as the Ciar himself! It Is Nihilism I have served alarlahly, ahjcctcdly. What It hn de creed 1 have done, silencing my con science smothering the dictate of the Dltlne. voice within my heart which would hnrp whispered: 'Thou ahalt not take Uod-glvcu life, ercn though It be that of thine enemy!' " " hat wilt thou do when thou hast left us?" she asks, with quivering lips. "Thou speakest as If I could choose," I reply, with n touch of bitterness. "A atrnngcr and an nllen In a foreign laud, should I reach It, my prospect are nil." Thcu noting the effect of my gloomy ob scrtntloni In her downcast feature. I hasten to ndd more- cheerfully; "Never theless, Mnrucha, I have my hands nnd my neau, ami being willing to make su of either ns oportunlty offers, I shall surely find work to do." "Could I but have gone with thee!" she cries, with a heaven of tenderness In her voice. "Could not I?" "It were Impossible, my heart of hearts! Thou wouldst but retard my flight. Increase my danger, and, more than all, run a terrible risk thyself. Nur couldst thou eudure the hardship 1 may have to encounter. Alone thou canst follow me by rail, In perfect safety, and we will trust in my lucky star that soon I may bid thee come. Meanwhile, keep a brave heart, and avoid getting embroil ed with the Nihilists. Wilt thou do this for love of me, my Maruscha?" In re ply she take my harid In both of hers and presses It to her lips. CHAPTKU VI. Whilst we have Wen talking the shades of night have been closing In, until now, leaning together ns we sit, we can barely see each other's face. Maruscha rises to light the lamp, and In the silence I hear how tle wlud, which has been blowing a gale all day, Is rattling the window In Its frame and howling wildly round the house. From a gale It has developed to a tempest. "Ivan will sec thee home, Maruscha," I observed. "It Is a wild night." Suddenly flying step startle us as cending the stairs! The handle of the door Is shaken, and a breathless whisper, which Is tint Ivan', come to us: "Open open quickly! It Is I Pavel!" Maruscha, pale of a sudden to the lips. Is at the door before I, In my surprise ami consternation, find the power to stir. I sit gaslng and expectant of I know not what, but something of III and Pavel Is before me. He must have sped quickly, for he puts hi hand to hi heaving side. and with wild eye darting at me, gasps forth: "Hide! Hide for thy life! They are upon us!" Maruscha wrings her hands. "Fly! fly! stand not thus. Vladimir!" J am beginning to make blindly for the noor, when Pavel' voice arrest me. "No no time; they will meet thee thou must hide!" 1 look around at the four walls and laugh stupidly. "The window It Is dark!" It la Ma ruha who speaks, pointing upward. "It la a chance."' gasps Pavel. The window rise from the roof. It Is high. Already Marnscha Is dragging for ward a rhalr for me to mount. "My shoulders better," gasps Pavel again, Instantly turning to me his back ami lowering his body. Something of their anxious energy I lent to me In this supreme moment. I spring with marvelous agility to the prof fered shoulder--! open the window, and with a rush of wind comes to me the tramp, tramp of gendarmes! The wind compasses me about It tears, it roar at me. I clutch the window frame my feet are i the doping roof, which seem to move away under them. Pat el's head shoot up for a moment through the window. I see the wind seize hi black hair and toss it about In wanton fury ere It disappears ami the wiidow I shut. I have now got a Arm grip of the projecting slate that edge thn dormer roof. Fortunately, I am shod with soft slipper, so that my feet can bend with them and get a certain purchase on the slates. 1 move cau tiously sideways, until I can extend my left arm over n corner of the projection. Thus by bending my body forward 1 cau see Into the room, myself unseen. Maruscha is sitting at the table. Her eyes are turned to Die door, a If In startled surprise. Pavel Is at the door, holding It open to admit four police officers, two of whom hare Ivan In cus tody. Pavel' manner Is perfect. Ills eyebrow ore raised. He looks astonish ment personified. With a polite gesture he seem to Invite the Intruders to en ter, search, examine anything they like, o that they are satisfied. There I an air of battled mystification on the face of all the officer a theii glance trarel about the room. One of them, a superior, lock the door and put the key in hi pocket. Iron, standing apart, with gyred wrists, wear a look of sullen Indiffer ence. Only once I catch him dart a wift glance at Maruscha, who hi risen to her feet and stands with proud, up lifted head In mute protest at the un seemly Interruption. The superior officer step forward In front of Parel, and holding him with a stern eye, evidently commence to question him. I strain every nerre to bear what Is being said, bat what with the awish of the wind and the Interren word. I enn only gucs what la trans piring by n close observation of the dumb show. Pnvel fixes steadfast, unlllnchtug eye on hi examiner. Occasionally ho smile illghtly. HI Up move n If In prompt reply. Presently ho take, out lil pock etbook, produce a card from It, which he hand to the officer. Then Ma madia's turn come. My brar xlrll She bear herself Ilk an enraged queen. I can see that her manner Impresses the officer Ilusslau officer are particularly Impressionable! she would Impress tho Csar himself! The fellow bows courteously at every reply of her. He take down her ad dress and name ou the back of Parel'a card, and make her a profound Ikiw ere ho turns from her. She sits quietly down and sneaks not again, but silently watches every move ment of the officer, who have now got order to prosecute n search. They pull out drawer after drawer, upsetting the content on the floor, while their su perior stand by, looking on. me Dotmm drawer I tlie only one that la locked, and 4van la commanded to glvo up the key. With perfect un concern ho dlrecta one of the officer to hi walatcoat pocket, and ah, at last here nrc paper! I note the gleam of exultation with which they aro clutched and the eagerness with which they arn unfolded; glanced orer with Increasing dlsnppolntinent, one by one, and laid aside. I could almost churkle at their discomfiture, knowing as I do, that Ivan has another hiding place, and one that they arc not likely to stumble ou for his secret papers. They leave no corner uninvestigated, and It occupies a considerable time. Fi nal!) they give up the search and leave the house. The tramp of tho police offi cer" below In the street gradually grows fainter until It dirt In the distance. 1 breathe a prayer of thanksgiving. It Is Manischn's small head, blown about by ringed wavelets of hair, which next start up against the sky, and her volet gasping out my name In nil Intense, awful whisper: Vladimir!" THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME Are Never Without Pe-ru-na in the Home for Ca tarrhal Diseases. MR rind MRS!. JCUWANDT) UVinbotm, Minn. i lri m wa ws i mbi m &Gmu rf : mjm " if Ml jmolqatomsom.;i jnmfa Mill mMtJmm "m&w wmmr Independence, 2. Under ilnto of January ID, 1HU7, Dr. I "I have been troubled with rlieumn llaitinan received the following, lottot. tlsmandcatJirriiforlwenty-flveycara. "My wife ha len a mfforer from a J-'"W not ideep day or night. After complication of .license for the Past 86 hajlnc used Pertitu I can alctp nnd .,.. li-, ..a i... I..IH...I H..1 .tin nothing bother me now. If I ever am year. Ilcr caeo ha ballled tho (kill -Weccil ,th nny knJ , ,ckneM ,. of tome of the moat noled physic an, runa will bo tho medicine I shall use. One of her word trouble was chronic fiy ,,, wan cred of catarrh of tho constipation of several jests' standing, larynx by Peruna." Hhe waa also passing through that rnot Mr. Alia Schwandt. ciltlcal period In tho life of a woman ,,,, .,,,., . , chango of life. I " " 'd ,coP' Aro, I'JpeeUlly Ua- In June. 1805. I wtoto to von about' "" lu ": wsiisirrn. i ... - ,....-,. . .... Wic cannot see me. her gaic set out her case. You advised a coil loo of, l'wj When old age come on, catarrhal on n distracted, dubious search. I raise my head. She utter a low cry of joy. "I am here. Maruscha," I call to her. "Oh, Vladimir, be careful! Hold fat! Take time!" She stretches nut her hand toward me, though she cannot help me, while I slow ly and Imlnfully descend. Once my foot slips forward and she utters a scream of terror. I reassure her. "Fear not for me. Mnruscha. I keep a linn hold, and hold ing, I cannot fall." And oncv more I stand In the room, and Maruscha' arms are clasping my neck. , CHAPTKU VII. Around me Is a chaos of confusion. Ivan' belongings strew the floor like the lea tea on the strand after a tem pest Ills open desk, with Its contents scattered broadcast. Is at my feet: his bedclothes lie a twisted heap, with the mattress beside the bed. The table, too. Is littered with old letters, manu scripts, note scrap relative to hi law studies; but where is their owner? Where Is Pavel Yegnrevltch? "They have been taken," I groan, a Luge wave of bitterest remorse rising and sweeping over my soul. Have I re turned to this miserable world only to bring misfortune to those who are dear est to me? Am I ever to be doomed to blast like a thunderbolt all I com In contact with? To prove curse where I most would bless? Maruscha, who now that the fierce strain ha been removed from her rnna and Manallu, which wo at once illsrase comn also, Hysteinlc catarrh (otnmenecd, ami have to say It com- U almoet unlveital In old people, plutcly cured her. J This explain why I'eruna ha U- "About the raino time I wrote you come so Indispensable to old people, bout my own case of catanh, which lVruna I their safeguard. Peiuna I had been of 25 years' standing. At tns only remedy yet devised that en tlinea I wa almost past going. , tirely meets these case. Nothing hut i commenced to ue I'eruna accoru- . .riBct r svsteinlc reme.lv ran euro Ins to your Instruction and continued Its use for about a year and It ha com pletely cured me. Your remedies do all that you claim for them and even more." John O. Atkinson. i In a letter dated January 1, 1100, them. A reward of 110,000 has been (le potlted In the Matket Kfohangn bank, Columbus, Ohio, a a guarantee that thn above testimonials are genuine: Mr. Atkinson say, after five year.' '.,,,t.r ,,0,,,.,,,n Iourl,0"rM,on w'. ..!.. i, i. ii '..'.. i le letter certifying to thn amo, Dnr- 'I will ever continue to speak n good ' """f "' tlwrtllnic 'vo word fur Pcruna. I am still cured of nover used, In ait or In whole, a sin catarrh." John O. Atkinson, hide- , gle spurious testimonial. Krery ono pendence, Mo., Hox 272. Mi. Alia Hohwandt, Sanborn, Minn., writes: ol our testimonial arn genuine and In the word of the one whoso nemo It; ap pended, i Kent I'nwcr. "Say, WliiKtou, how would you like to wltnc a conflict between the pow er?" "Witnessed one the other day." "Hetwccu the Kiwer?" "Sure! My wife, the cook and tho Iceman began a three-cornered squab ble In the yard." Atwut on plnetppl In 20,000 hst seeds In It, and It Is from these sssds that new varislle are uroduced. bzSZZtmS2!S2SBUz LcaMWf!ty IS! m&?w$m. AVcCelnble Preparation fbrAs slmllatlng iltcFooclnndlkf'uln ling Uic S loinaclts and Bowls of 'SS The American firm of Olarknon & Co., In Vladivostok, haro substituted Ilusslau laborers for Chinamen In their coal mines. The Russlan&aro working co-operatively, by the Job, and product The population of the earth doubles In nenes. Is sobbing hysterically, with her i "0 Tr. head on my breast, lifts her tear-stnlmil I. race at my words, anxiety for mo bring ing her sobs to an Immediate check. "Yes, they hare both hail to go, but It I a mere- form. To-morrow they will be released. Nothing wa found, noth ing can be proved against them," she hasten to Inform me. I langh harshly, "Hast thou forgotten Vera Hassulltch?" I say. "There wa nothing found against her nothing but the faintest shadow of a suspicion rested on her, yet that hindered them not from keeping her two long year of her girl' life In the fortress without trial! And she was scarcely eighteen! Maruscha hangs her head and sighs drearily. Hhe replies not. What ran she reply to this cruel fate? "I need scarcely ask of what they accuse our brother," I observe at length, with bltterneas, "It Is not the manner of the Russian authorities to prefer an accusatlou when they arrest a subject. It is enough that they hare decided to drag him to prison, and well for him If he Is not left to rot there!" "They made no accusation, It I true; but. from their questions I could guess that they expected to find that some one was biding being hidden." "It Is a I thought," I Interrupt. "That malignant demon, Isajeff, the furrier, Is at the bottom of It!" Then instantly, with a shock of dis may, I recollect that It wa from Ma ruscha' lodging Isajeff had followed us! Yet she Is hero she has not been ar rested with the other. Ho ha ipared her It I due to hi reticence that she Is not now In a prison cell! Why ha lie ipared her? My brain reel a I con template the only posilble reason this wretch can have for acting a he ha done to hare her In hi power. And I am powerless to protect her from him! Nay, I must fly from her hasten to put mile between us, for ev ery moment that I remain at her sldo I Imperil her very life! flo be continued.! foutel t-Viion In ill W'oild. The longest fence In tho world Is probably that which ha been erected by a well-known American cattle com pany along the Mexican border. It I aeventyflve mile In length, and sep arate exactly for It entire distance the two republic of North America. The fence waa built to keep the cattle from running across the Iwnler and falling an eay prey to the Mexican cow puncher. 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