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-Robsrt N. Stephens in New York Sun.
,A‘ NIHILIST MANDATE.
The crimson shade "of the lamp out a
bum glow over the room in which a
‘ 3 man set smoking and thinking. It
eras early in the evening, not long after 7,
’ and he was Wondering where, to spend the
" hours till bedtime. A knock at the outer
' door of his chambers disturbed his reverie.
Being alone, he went himself to answer
the summons. Alady, tall and thickly
, Veiled, stood in the passage without.
' “Mr. Austen Grey?"
“That is my name, madam. "
"“Msy ‘1 speak with mo in private?"
' Ber accent was foreign.
”Certainly. Will you come in?"
The lady entered, Austen puzzling his
brain as to who his visitor might be. She
declined the seat offered to her and glancv
ed around the room.
' “Are we quite alone?” she asked.
“Quite.”
. The lady lifted her veil.
“Olga Dohrouloffl" cried tho young
man in a tone of consternation.
"I havenct alteredso much in six years
that you fall to recognize me, then, Cecil
Austen?" said she, a faint smile at his start
‘ of surprise and sudden paller crossing her
darkly beautiful face. “CecllAustenl Ah,
. but you are known more by your nom de
theatre new, are you not!"
Austen forced himself to appear calm. »
“What is your business with me, mad-
am?" he inquired.
“So austere! Your manner toward me
was so different six years ago in Russia.
Well, well, my business? To give you
“it" ,
She I ended him a letter, which he hesi-
W at first to open.
Breaking the seal at length, he cast his
eyes over the communication which he
drew from the envelope. One glance was
sufliclent to cause his hand to tremble so
violently as to rustle the paper it hold.
His puller deepened for a moment. Then
his face flushed, and a disdainful look
came into his eyes.
"Take this back to those who sent you
to me," he said, "and say i have not hold
my self subject to their orders since I hit
Russia."
“ Remember your oath."
“Such as it was. lfuoir it in u tuomvut.
of youthful—l might say lmyish—q-ntho
elasm over things i did not rightly umlvr
stand. I saw my fully in time and nbnu
dotted the moiety into tho l'nf’mlwrslllp uf
which I was lwguilod by your fails-r, who
traded on my infatuation for you."
“infatuation! You swore you could
never love another wwnan and taught me
to love you, (It-oil."
Her voice softened; her face grow less
stem.
"1 till) sorry for that cplsmlc in my life. "
he answered. “l was learning to forgot
it and hoped you had also."
“I? Neveri I shall love you to my tly~
ing hour. Uh, my darling," she cried.
clasping her hands [passionately and fair
ing a step toward him, “have you really
—-truly-—rm.~«-d to low- Inc?"
“The topic is an unpleasant one, (liga—
one I have no wish to (liat'iifis. it was
not love i had for you. I have dismvcml
that."
“You have discm‘vrud—mh!" .
Her swift. flushing ryvnllxmi themselves
on a photograph standing own) the mun
telplmc. It was the picture of a young
girl whose (two was tho embodiment of
beauty, wmlerm'ss and mud.
“You have (Hammered it. have you? llid
she help you to mniu- the dlm'ovc-ryl“
"That is the lady I hope built to "Hill"
my wife. "
The words u'un- slmlu-n coldly, huuuhtl
i]. For a lllilllil'llt Ulga ihnbroulofi‘n fra
turns lumwd with the flcrrc iln- of part
donate haw. llvr lingers stripped the pic--
tare tightly-grippni it as though they
would crush it. Suddenly they relaxed.
and with a pitcous moan sliomnk upon
her hum-s and bowml her lwmi.
"Oh, (Sm-ll." uiu' rriml in bitter nuguinh.
“than I must not liutmwl. who have car:
riot] your image in my bvart ilww long,
long years? in what a fool‘s paradise!
have lived! And yet it has lwvu wawwt."
" Incloubii-dly i will not mmmitmur»
m'lf
”ivnu lirooukl in a traitor-ma dog built
to im-athc God‘s pure air. it is not mur=
dc!" to talus the life of such as he. lie is»
yealul a plot which would have struck a
gigantic blow for llimiau ffiwloili and in
flayed my father. who is fit‘flll'fltliitl ton
living death in tho iillmrinn mini-swin—
and his fellow nutrtyru. iiy good formul-
1 rim-rim in vwepiou nmrsl. it was
known that iiromlsl hail flu! in England.
fished merited dmth. nmi the lot fell to
’00 sarong our bmthvrs in this «trinity
sowmsk vengeance upon the traitor. I
begged to be allow”! in carry tho lli’t‘lniuii
of the chiefs to you. but on my arrii‘ai in
Damion nom- of our fraternity could tell
I!” where to “milk-I'll Aillirli. lly chance
I was pm‘til. at tho first prrforumumu oi
your play, H‘ununlzml you when you wor-
valiant ”9an the curtain and foil-mod you
to this plow. l has-c kept your identity it
seem than: our friends, twang: my in
Mimi. told luv it. would be for your stood
Y0“? Wpiillinliuii of mo is not lim‘lpl‘ti
all, Emil. Your six years' silence maid
(Huffman that you «Pfliiifmi of mo Nor
hen it true a shtick in tour the truth
m your line. And you still Wilt-o to but
true to your mils as a nihillett”
"i am no longer a nihiild. Imwuvur
reach him: quantities with the nihilism»
aims. To ask one to muimit murder in nu
, H
“The chief: punish with «loath those who
Jessica any thing. "
“I have no fear of them."
libs nail! nothing for mom minutes, but,
Wamtynaimumm her hand.
"3 an afraid my coming but banmht a
it‘d warm triumph and whens.
.1 my “I. W." ,
'iti’flusr
as an mhassy
returned to him. He remembered them
basssdor's ball, at which he that met Olga .
‘Dohrouloif. lie had fallen in love with
the surpassingly beautiful girl at first
sight—or at least he believed it was love
at that time.
Introduced to her fatherQ—her only liv-
ing relative—stile young Englishman even-
tually became the recipient of Paul "De-
brouloff's views concerning his country.
but it was not until Austen. had strongly
expressed his own opinion’ regardin the
Russian systemof meat, wi all
its attendant evils. that Olga's father bold~
ly avowed himself a nihilist. Austen up
plauded the aims of the society and was
at length induced tabeeome one of the
brotherhood, taking the oath to aid them
in their secret war against tyranny. .
Shortly after this, the death of a near
relative called him home, and he had been
in England but a little time when the
conviction grew upon him that his love for
Olga, which he had thought so all pervad-
ing, was dead. He wrote to her to this
oficct, but received noteply. Perhaps his
letter had miscarried. Having no desire
to return to Russia, he had resigned his
post there, and, mscsslnga small com-
potency, devoted himself to literature,with
fair success. Indeed only two days prov
vious to Olga Ilobrculofl’s visit a play of
his had been produced and well. received
by the critics. .
‘ The silence of the room was broken only ’
by the ticking of the clock and the soils of
tho kneeling woman. The latter grew
fainter after awhile, and Austen was
thinking he might approach and offer some
words of anniort, when, with a quick
movement, Olga rose to her feet. Her eyes
were swollen with weeping, but the or
pression of her face was calm.
“I accept my fate," she said, “and will
not trouble you again. You refuse to ex—
ecute the orders of the nlhlllst chicfsi"
With head erect she passed out on to the
staircase and in a moment was gone from
his sight. Austen waited until her foot—
steps died away and then slowly, thought
fully, returned to his room.
The first thing. his eyes rested on was
the order of the nihiilst chiefs that he,
Cecil Austen, should take the life of lvan
Bronski, the traitor. It was lying on the
floor, with the photograph of Dora I’en-
ileld, the girl he loved. With a shudder be
cast the obnoxious paper in the tire, where
it was quickly consumed, and kissing the
picture lovingly be replaced icon the
mantclplcw. ills mind was no longer ex-
ercised asto where he should spend the
evening. The fire was out. the gray down
just creeping in at the windows. when he
at last throw himself on the bed and fell
into a troubled sleep.
It was high noon when he awoke. The
first thing that arrests-d his attention was
the shoutingof newslmys in the street.
"Mysterious murder in ‘.>\m'stid this
mornin!" was the burden of their cry. As
a dramatist his instinct for the sensational
prompted him to send for a paper.
Turning to the column bonded by tho
words forming the neweboyu' cry. his eyes
rested upon a name that m-nt a sudden
agonizing thrill to his very lwart cvntur.
"At an early hour this morning. " read
the accmuu, "1’. (.7, Robson found ihudeud
body of about lying under them-es in
“(H't'll Walk, ilampstvnd. Grout nitil-vnco
is maintained by the local police record
1m: tlu- ullair, but our inquiries have lilo
ited the fact that the domosml was shot
through the bond, the course of the bullet-
bcing from hat-k to front. The weapon
has not two discovermi. No one in the
m-ighlmrhoml norms to have been dlsturlml
during tho night. but this maybe (wt-ount.
ed for by iii-rob Walk being a mmowhat
lonely thomughfam. The nearest house to
tlwscom-of llu' llillhlt'l‘ is 50 yards dis-
tant. From papers found on the body it
is believed that the murdered man is a
Russian muuml ivau limnskl.
"A later report states that Tlmnskl has
been identified by a wmnuu as a man who
ludgml in lwr boom .during the last few
months under tho name of Peter liuumr
ofl. Uur irprl-m'ntutivo is prosecuting fur
ther inquiries. tho rvault of which will bv
pliblishrd in our npf'f‘llil million."
The rutmt of the lawman hon- ru-uuund
ml thmuuh tho rooms, und a letter was
brouuht in. Ans-Ion was ('onhl'lnlls of a
faint rm‘olh-rtlon of tho \\ tiling on tho
I'flVi'lfipl‘i. He broke it ntwfi. Yuri. it was
from Ultra liohroulol‘f:
“om. Pix-u, Mr Lost l.ovt-:——You
Won- wrong to think lightly of tho pow”
of the nihilist rhhvfs to punish with llt'lllll
those of the brothrvn who fall to stand by
”it‘ll" with. Had 1 who!) book to tin-m
your rvfuml tn curry out llwir vvngeuiuu-
on a traitor you Would nemmully have
been (Imam-ll. llut T will saw you. When
you rend this, Tran lironskl will be adomi
man. and my hand will have slain him.
this partly to uwngo my father. but
chit-fly to pmtm-t you. i am nulllcionlly
acquainml with llrom-kl's movements to
know that tho nmmrtuuily l require will
occur within a low hours of my L‘onclud
ing this it'livr. T'Lmipu tor myself will be
easy, i trust i shall return to llusslaami
When to tho chiefs simply that their or
ill“?! have been olwyml, and l advise you
at fllli'i' to r-omnmnlcnto with limo ii in
rim-o minions), asking for mimosa from
your oath. My task tuvompllshml. 1 bond
say no mom ilmn that. life will be to me n
lmnlt'n unlsvaral’slc, and l almll not hue-l
into in fr...» toy-wit from the torture of run
gm that is burning: my poor lwnrt away
litunihy, l'm'll. May you be happivr in
your lam- than Hum liommrtow. "
O t a e o I 0
Little mom of inumrtanrc wan-ww- pub
lisiosl awarding the Hammond ullnir.
An open] Verdict was returuml at the in
«punt. and the mystery of llromiti‘sdmlh
was never vlm'ldulml.~-lnndoit 'l‘lt till-I.
Truth is Mighty.
. They didn‘t know for conflict the man
they had had stolen the horse. but they
were mousing so ncarit that they had a
row amuml his mick and were heading
him for the nearest telegraph polo. When
they m'hml it. they asked the culprit it
he had anything to say.
“limits," he replied, lifting his eyes to
boson. "i say ldidn't stool that lines."
”Wow“ donated the cmwd in disco
pmrai of tlwsc minimums.
"I bill you aunln I didn‘t steal him."
“t‘omc nil, Whyditln‘t you steal him?"
asked the swim-man canonically. “The
him i- glow. and there ain't when; else to
do it."
”ill tell you why,” exclaimed the prim
otter, lowing up. ‘ Some other teller had
him slow i got it) the stable. '*
The crowd made a rush. and it loom
u if it was all up with the prism, but
tbs Wm got the iimr.
“Mg" “mm “M“ "'1‘ When“
‘3.
lb“...
u
cum
ll Ilsa!“ n5
' Kalli-47H. mother.
”‘3. '
Olmk Bass-Well, don't bite It it, .
child. That is merely a rubber Mg and
llllllllREll’S "”‘Iiunuwun.
very unpalatable. I have observed them
before. This one, i think, came from a
Boston fishing tackle store, and present»
hly there is a Bostonian holding the split
bamboo, which you can easily distinguish
by an upward glance. Here comes a nice
fat shiner for you, unencumbered by any
patent angling gowgaws. These new;
swim off to ploy.-,-Boston Courier.
Pcrfeetlyl’lnin.
it 1,1; fl
J "r V
She—I don't see you with Miss Gotrox
any more. liavo you and she had a mis»
understanding?
lie—No, an understanding. She reject-
ed mo.-—~llrooklyn Life.
They All Do It.
Ahasuerus Hubbard had an appointment
at his office at 10 o'clock, but he awoke
early, and so it happened that at 8:30 ho
had finished his breakfast and read his
morning paper. He went out onto the door-
step with his but on and having nothing
to do walked leisurely over toward the out
his line. it was a iii minute ride to the
ofilce. He had therefore over an hour and
a quarter to spare. A crowded cable car
came along, the passengers imaging onto
the seat handles and wedged together on
the platforms. J not behind it was another
train, and behind that still another, almost
empty. The first car did not slackcn spew
at the crossing where A hasucrus stood.
And then Ahasucrus Jones, with 75
minuti‘s' time at his disposal and a chance
to ride down town in comfort a few sm-
muls later, made a rush for the crowded
train, missod his footing, hurt his ankle
and was finally drama-d on board. Til’llint‘fl
and lil‘i‘ullilms.
When ho Tll‘ got in his oflil'v, ho waited
an hour in idiom-so.
“'lii ~u'lil' imyt‘iinluzlh‘h lillilili' ascertain
and iii'Nt lllu' lhl‘ run-lira! action “illi'll lni
pub .\ lumu NH and M \‘u-rul thousand ntlu'r
l'-T1‘4'lllt".i x"lll,:'ll,~‘ in (TM this an” of thing
ovor; (by in tho yl-nr"-—('lilmigo Record.
Anywhere For an Improvement.
Tlt"5il‘—-TT.‘|V(‘TIIT you bot-uni tlwsl‘ashnrt‘
for .‘i nmuih"
i'lum“ Yrs.
lil~.~.~lb——~\i’u-ll, l‘m going to a rulin‘d
plnw in tho mountains. I have dlsuovvr
ml flu- lovollcst nub-t lililo mull where We
have only ouo mail a week.
Flam—Are you sure of that many?
lli‘flfili‘~()il, yrs!
('lurxh—l gin-as ill go them too. Whore
I'vo been slaying there weren't any mains
at all—New (iriwms Picayune,
Couldn't Furnish Both.
A man rhargml with an ordinary offense
recently escaped from limrulu and fled in
North Carolina. When notified of his or-
rost in the latter stutv, the slwriii’ wind:
"llon't bring him back. Just tar and
neither him.“
The following roply was received by tho
ilmrgia sbrriif shortly "flu-word:
“We gave him tlu~ tar lfl'i‘, but you‘ll
have to foot the bill for tho feathers—4:3.
l'lvauw n-mlt. "~—.\tlanta Constitution.
Lululu-r Merchant.
"i made my mova in the timber busi-
ness." rvmarkml u tillrtl noblmnan with
an Anwrlruu wife,
“No! l m-vrr board of that.
you do it?" usiu-d his mmwmlou.
"Well, I hml a {anions family tree. and
an Anwrimn lu'll‘t'mi gum mca fortune for
it. "wh'rw York l-iun.
How did
A l'olnt In Mrs. Lowe’s Favor.
Mrs. Hawker—Al Willult‘f' what you would
do if I were llkv Mrs. la-uM-l
Mr. (Tuwkurwllv happy.
Mrs. Cowl.”(lmzn‘duloimly)-llo hapt
pyi
Mr. f'awkor—wl’rrininly. film does all
but la-ciutiug away from homo.——ih-troit
Fri-1' l’nrss.
Meant lo Nell Anyhow.
nook Amok T have a book here which
aritmlly cont 85 to publish, and i am M‘ll-
ing it for ll not.
i’h-sisu-llny l’ilri‘llltm'T—Jlltw can you
afford to do that?
ilo-nk Auvutw'l'hc book was published
by tho Thiiililir.'~xilw York World.
\‘sry Likely.
lilies Kitty—Jib. Mr. lllnks, we wore
talking ltlmui you at the very moment you
mm: the bell!
tilt. ilei, iimt's pleasant.
Miss Kittyml'omibiy you Would not
how lhmmht so if you had heard it.——ihs»
troll. Fri-o i‘rms.
'"M‘fmk‘l‘lln
“I Won‘t stand it any longer," said the
blmksiuith's until.
“What's the matter?" inquired the
sled .
“Fact all the haul lmmirs. whiletho bel-
ions do milling but put on airs."—-itx-
change.
(in the Road.
Manager l retuilnuiw'l'hc egg product of
the [cited times manuals to 550,000,000
dorm.
Old Actor lo‘flwtlvclywl‘vs thought
Willi!!! it was more than that.-—-Detroit
Free i’ruu.
Vicarious Knowledge.
Kitty (Within-win unmarried man
doesn't know what home means
Toni (mildiyialle knows it is me-
thi his married friends seem to omutdcr
a is place to get away “emulate.
ammo
"Munch” flies Bill's Wat
it My. it ears are
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