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ent door and Into the a iis a al Soh cits ht i Le FES or which bespeaks northern physical h tage. He was pot a Frenchman, for: he spoke the language with a for- elgn accent. But whatever prepos- sessing there was about him. was lost on Helen, who was burning with in- _Gignation. Gradually = she gathered to say: pis ¢ : D; MY pL 7 "You may kill me, bat I shall inform 3 : Ir. churci ir wg : ARS 60 be geod it 1 bad Board: the guard of thls as soon as he comes a NEI hs "1 will not kill you, and you will not 'Inform upon me." She looked at him for an explanas af consisting of 'the Reeve and Clerk} 8 committee tan 2 gg E & | : : gE | | 8 | 23s i 2 £2 i 2 g i g E 2] Fgais le : i i : 7 1¢ : i 4 if gd gigs have an' inva train on arvivalb and ¥ou can slip Into the ¢ wir JOU Propose to. - 'Marseilles the chair. Where do Re Siow ean 100 that in these (il Beting. + clothes?" : Sine : The girl turned cher thoughts fo. de vising further plans for her protege. "1 suppose I shalt have to take: 40 our 'botel 'with me. 1 don't know what father will say, or, rather, know. He'll say we'll all be. ; for complicity in sowe crime Aga 'the government. Well; 1 can't hel 1 mast make lim do as 1 wish him to do. You'll never get thro! 5 without. iny assistance." IE ~0b, mademoiselle, 1 bave always Benrd that American women Are Wolk derful, so superior to. Kuropean wo- men, much more self rellant. There ts but ove class who are more remark: able, our Russinn pevolutionist girls.t + "For self immolation no Women can equal them." replied Helen, GR At the vest station she telegraphed her father to have a chair at the traly ~ for an invalid friend; and when 'the train pulled up In the station she got out and found both the father and the chair on the platform: "Ask 00 ques tions yet." she whispered and without: waiting for na reply directed. the ate tendant to wheeh ihe chair. to the ear. door. The uihilist, holding on his.cov ering as best he conld, the well com cenling. his features, shambled into the, ' clinic and, apparently gxhousted, wes, wheeled to the carcinge. Helen got in after iim, and her father followed... .: "For hei ven's sake, Nell," exclaimed the old gentleman, "what does this . "mean? : "S:-h, papal I've got n live nihilist." *A' nihilist! Thank heaven you 'haven't: got 'an anaconda. What are you grolng to do with the lady?" *She isn't on lady, pips; she's a man." "Thunder and guns! "Are you going to send \s all to Siberia?" #No. but I'm going to send bind to America." ? Oh, good gracious, Nell, you'll be the death of us before we get you home! 1 should have known better than to briug you." . "There's no danger whatever, my dear popsy. We've just escaped that by getting. safely away from the sth tion. We'll get a room for the gentle man at onr botel and ean send him to: the /tenin tomorrow for Marseilles, whence he espeets to sail for the land of the [free and the: home of the brave!" : The nihilist understood po English, 80 Be kuew not a word of this dis logue esvept by the expression of speakers. He knew by that of 3 father that the diughter had carried the day. but the old gentleman was, | trembling Hke « leaf. ; ad The nest morning the Moniteur con tained uh item stating that a. Hnssfan political prisoner. who bad, béen ae rested fn London ahd was being ex- tradited had Jumped off a train 'he tween Calais and Paris and He was tracked to a station where he" was seen 10 board a train just stare ing. His follower took a rear car and 'endeavored to pick up the fugitive as Jeft the train; bot the latter sue Es