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"If You Find a Jew Here, I Will Agree to Eat Him." "I sha " Be Most Ha PPy." Sa'd Hardy.
SYNOPSIS.
Frederick Hardy, a fashionable Boston
society man, lost his wealth, was jilted
by a girl and sent by a friend to take
charge of an American Trading Company
store In Russia. t)ti his journey through
Japan he met Stnpleton Neville, sup
posedly an Englishman. They agreed to
go together to Kussia. Because of sus
picious circumstances they were several
times molested by the Japanese. Hardy
was arrested and found upon his person
were papers showing maps of Jap forts
Hardy was proven guiltless. On a train
he mat Aisorne Sano. daughter of a Jap
merchant. In Neville's shoes Jap found
pictures of forts, proving him to be a
Russian spy Hardy .leuiiitc<i for Rus
sia on a steamer, which was wrecked
shortly afterward. He was rescued by
a Russian steamer. On reaching Vladi
vostok h> was well treated. He started
for Siberia, meeting Princess llomanovna
bn the train. I lardy boarded a vessel for
Amur. Hardy showed the princess his
expertness us a rille shot. The steamer
wap stranded. The |>rlnces« and her
maid were attacked by Chinese. Hardy
oaved their lives. The princess thanked
Hardy for his heroism. Manchurlans
■fired upon the craft. Hardy slew their
chief Burning arrows were hurled upon
the J'llHl. kin's decks. An attempt was
made to board tie vessel. The attacking
Chinese were repulsed. Romanoff sneered
at Ilurdy's solicitude for the princess.
Htanka, a messenger »enj for help, was
nail'd io a cross on the shore. To put an
end to the awful torture Hardy himself
put Htanka out of his misery, taking his
own life In his hands. Forest tires men
aced the vessel. Hardy volunteered to
go for help It>fused permission he
Jumped overboard and started to swim
with tin* princess' distress message. Ilo
wanoff was aiiKrv at Hardy for his brave
efforts t" res. ii.the prlnc ss. He w iocd
hit in hie own x.iviiii' way. lie said
Hard) had made love openly to a Jap
anese irirl llelp came nnd the princess
was res. ue.l Hardy joiirn. e.j on a raft
Arrlvliill at Ills I. till Ition le took
eharx l of the trndlriic company's busi
ness Hard* received .i letter fr.an a ->o
,ll 1a,,), i in It., Hl. in ami another fr.in
Alsoni. llard> took l< HSOIIS In Russian
of a J.w. thus con nee ling himself In a
way with that ra. ■ Hardy received a
letl.-r from the princes*, thanklnic him
for hi* bravery llardy's teacher was In
danger of death.
CHAPTER XXV—Continued.
A corpulent man with white aide
whisker* sat In It. lie wort? au Amer
ican iall xvi rcoat, of the luteal cut
ami H derby hat.
"What's the matter here, friends?"
he asked, atandliiK up In the carriage,
lie kpokt* perfect, fluent Itusslan
There was no fear In his face, bin
voice, or his attitude A sudden hush
fell on the throng
"If you |IIC;IM», Mr Emery," MAID the
tall Itu ilnn, who had acted as ring
leader, »t want the Jew who in he
In* sheltered. In (bo store Another
t hrimlati <hi Id has In <-n sat rill< < d
anil wo ii re punishing th»« Jew* We
want .Miiid»<ai, ami if tbia hwii in
the window la i Jew, we want hint,
(Ufl "
lie a JeW?" laughed Kiuery "lie
la a* a Christian as any mail
you Ihi you t! ink ibat I
would have cent a Jew here in take
limilii of ii y stole* |Ju you not know
Hu belief (ban thai?'
lb «l with u I -v constantly, in j-*. iio
Mn« lit Christiana,' said lb* ring
btibr
la ihiti, Mr '' 4*k<d
t.ieer t wl.al *»|<tah*H«b ha». you
to g'.ske i*. tb gwe.i |i .i|di
bit M| liii Ji * |M tea. h MM Mil*
M(," «*'4 iiihi) lla «»* tb« only
man in town who spoke English suf
ficiently well."
"Ah, do you see? Do you see?"
cried old Emery, unctuously, waving a
conciliatory arm in the air. "He made
use of the Jew that he might learn
the beautiful language of lloly Russia
and thus become able to converse
with you, his friends and neighbors,
my friends and neighbors. I see it
all!" Here Mr. Emery opened both
palms and extended them over the
crowd. "He, no doubt, kept the Jew
constantly with him, that he might
learn the language as soon as pos
sible and thus get rid of him at the
earliest moment compatible with his
laudable purpose. You see what as
tounding progress he has made. I
could hardly believe my ears when I
heard my friend speaking Russian so
well. Mr. Hardy, is there a Jew con
cealed in the store
"Nyet," replied Hardy.
"He says 'No,' and that convinces
me. Nevertheless, you shatl come in
and see for yourselves, and If you find
a Jew here, I will agree to eat him,
without pepper or salt. Mr. Hardy,
come down and open the door."
Hardy complied with the request,
and Emery jumping briskly from the
carriage, entered, calling out cheer
fully:
"Vladiinar, Anatoli, Sergei, come in
and look about, and then you shall
take out a barrel of vodka and all Un
friends shall drink to my safe return
to Holy Russia."
The three men entered shamefaced
ly, protesting that they would take
Mr Emery's word as to the Jew, but
lie slapped tin-in one by one heartily
on the liiM'k. shouting:
"Come In, brothers, come In!"
Twenty minutes later they went out
with a bum l of vuiika, announcing.
"Christian*, there Is no Jew here,
l.et us drink tu the health of Fred
erick Emery!"
The mob dispersed.
"Well!" exclaimed old Emery, as he
slammed down the Iron shutter, "what
In the devil d<H'S all this mean?"
"It means," explained Hardy, "that
there hut I).-< ii a ma*»arre of Jews,
and that Mordeiai, whom I employed
lo leach me Russian, tied here lor
shelter. Wang, litre, my Korean er
rand boy, and I di»gulsed htm as a
priest ami sent him about his busi
ness,"
' I|4mm|!" e*t laine-d Kmery, ' gotid!
hlauied • le**r!" lie sprang tu lii.i
l« - I and pa> td Ibe stole ll> aas un
• (citable mall Hut I got here jiml
la lima. I tame up ui the Ingoda
Thoce blood thirsty tl» *lis might hav«
set fir** to the sture ami pethap* h*v<-
kllled you I think 111 stay bwiu lor
a month or so, and help you out My
boy | bale ureal tt« *>» •»»««! HuWt'
I Hi-lit Hi, !.'• *>" lit-tu he lumped ttpoit
ik> annttUt, and. sitting tl»> re. loxlm-u
triumphantly at llaidy, pulling live t
|y no .usMl. at bis side whiskers
What i* It*" a»lned Hardy
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4m n * *-**!§ ife*t p*4
"*es, lei m.-n hauls, lei < «etmer«%
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1910
| I fear you haven't acquired the com
i niercial spirit yet, my boy. Big con
tracts, tremendous sales, high prices.
An unparalleled demand for every
thing on earth. Business! business!
business, till you can't rest —that's ]
what war means! We'll have tremen-1
dous shipments of goods sent over to j
Vladivostok, and every steamer that j
comes up the river bringing them to j
our stores. It'll be a big war, a great I
big war, for little Japan is going to j
give Russia the fight of her life!"
"Do you think so?" asked Hardy, j
wonderingly. "Do you think Japan )
will be able to stand up against Rus-!
sia?"
"Stand up against her!" shouted
Emery. "Why, she'll make her trem
ble to the very foundations. My
friends out there will have something
beside Jew-baiting to attend to when
that war breaks out. I've been in
Japan, looking the ground over, and I
know what I'm talking about. Did you
ever see a mother cat pounce on
a big clumsy dog? Well, Japan is a
whole nation of wildcats, 30,000,000
wildcats, and Russia is the clumsiest
kind of a clumsy dog."
"By the way," said Hardy, "I won
der what became of Mordecai's moth
er? 1 forgot all about her in the ex
citement."
"The Christians killed her," said
Wang, who was standing in the j
shadow.
"Hello!" exclaimed Emery, "that
boy of yours speaks Russian. And
blamed well, too!"
CHAPTER XXVI.
. Hardy Hesitates.
Emery stayed on in Stryetensk,
lengthening his visit into months, and
Hardy became greatly attached to
him, finding the companionship of
this cheerful, bold, resourceful, self
made man an inspiration which the !
fellowship of his former society j
friends had never afforded him. The
old merchant received frequent ad
vices from his agent in Japan which
confirmed him in the belief that war
was imminent, and Stryetensk, at the i
head of river navigation in Siberia, !
seemed to him the most important of i
the company's posts in Russia.
Vasili, who was suspected of hav- j
ing been active in exciting popular'
hatred against Hardy, whom here- :
garded as having supplanted him, was !
transferred to Blagovestchensk. And |
during all this time the Korean boy, I
whose intelligence and adaptability |
were truly marvelous, steadily grew
in favor with his employers. His )
progress in Russian was phenomenal, !
and as it transpired that he also knew j
Japanese and some Chinese, he was. j
after a couple of mouths, promoted
from errand boy to the office, and set
to writing letters.
In the meanwhile Hardy received !
another letter from the Princess Ro- 1
manovna, a chatty, delightful letter, i
in Russian this time, complimenting ,
him on his progress in the language. ]
and telling him much of her own life ;
and of affairs in Moscow. Among
other things, she mentioned the fact;
that she had spoken of his heroism on
the Amur to the emperor and of the
debt of gratitude that she owed hiui. !
She assured him that she would b<*
| glad to hear from him from time to
: time and signed her, "Your friend,
1 Kliiabetha Roinanovna."
I In January, Emery announced to
I Hardy one day that he wished the I
j young man to take a trip to Moscow
and perhaps to St. Petersburg on
business.
"By the way," said Hardy, stam
mering slightly and feeling a trifle
confused, "there is a ah matter of
which I wish to speak to you. You |
know this country so much better
than I, and its customs. I have re
! eelved an Invitation from the Princes*
ltomanovna to call on her while in
j Moscow."
It was a little difficult to speak to
| Kmery on this subject, he was so
practical and his gray eyes were so
> shrewd, and lit times twinkled mo
I humorously. Yet he mum thoroughly
kind hearted, he loved Hardy, both
' for his own and for his father's *ak«.
j and )>•< took a paternal Interest in the
young man
"IN IS he the one whuin you staved
from the Chinese brigands?"
; "She Is the ah the oae whum I
came up the Amur with," implied
' j Hardy, modestly.
•'Well, ifo and call on her!" decided
i Kmery, without a moment's thought
•'Yc», but I feel mime little healtg
thm Hh« I* a prince**, an.l |am now
a men haut. and w« are lit Kiu»u I
\ don't want her to feel under the least
I obligation to me for what I bav.i done *
That Is to say, I do not want har to
feel that I am taking advantage of ft
Mhe weaas all right hut taking ui« ||p
might cause her sotue little Int onven
li ne or embarrassment Her r*la
tlvws are proud and haughty, and I
1 ' ii'u tai set be blanked?" roared
I l.lw t) llaveu t >ou Hut that Hoi
> I I U tttaku I umii haitt (irlaue wut u|
you, my boy, and those are the only
princes these days."
One week later, in the middle of
January, Frederick Courtland Hardy
crossed Lake Baikal to Irkutsk and
i there took the magnificent "train
j luxuß," a nine-days' railway journey to
| Moscow. Though he was going on
j important business, yet he felt
| strangely agited over the fact that he
! was soon to see the princess again.
With the agitation, too, was mingled a
I certain degree of misgiving and fore-
I boding. He was not sure that his see
i ing her would conduce to his peace
! of mind.
He was accompanied by his secre
tary, Wang, the Korean boy, who had
rendered himself indispensable through
his genius for details.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Off to Moscow.
Hardy never forgot that Journey to
Moscow. For days the heavy train
rolled slowly along through a vast
park covered with Illimitable stretches
of snow, or through leafless, naked
forestß, shivering in the cold blasts of
winter. All the trains that passed
were crowded with emigrants, bound
for the Amur region, and the car win
dows were thronged with the fresh, ln
- nocent faces of children. To many of
the trains prison cars were attached,
bearing their sorrowful freight to the
dread island of Saghalin, which has
taken the place of Siberia as a land
for deportation. From the windows of
these cars, also, many children looked
out, pressing their little faces against
the bars, for the condemned are al
lowed to take their families with
them. Hardy had long since realized
that he was in Russia, the Russia of
the story-books and the magazine ar
ticles.
One evening a little before sunset
I they came in sight of Moscow —an in
distinct blur of houses, out of which
loomed large and clear the towers and
domes of numerous churches, many of
them overlaid with gold-leaf, and glit
tering gorgeously in the light of the
| setting sun.
At eight the train drew up In the
1 modern and commodious station at
, Moscow, and the American, as he
! looked about him, felt that he was in
; the heart of European civilization
I once more.
Wang, who was invaluable through
i his ready wit and his knowledge of
| Russian, attended to the baggage and
! engaged a sledge to take his employer
; to the Slavlansky Bazar, or hotel, the
' best caravansary in the city, and a
very sumptuous and comfortable inn,
as it proved.
For several days he devoted his en
tire attention to business, conferring
with merchants and going over lists,
| prices and accounts with Wang. Mean
while, whenever he went into the
1 streets, the Interminable procession of
, sledges was there, and he watched
| them constantly, always with one face
| In his mind—that graceful head held
so high, with its crown of hair the
color of ripe wheat and fine as spider
threads. Many ladles of pure Russian
type he saw, their faces peeping sau
cily from collars and hoods of costly
! fur, and often he would start and his
heart would throb more violently as
he thought he recognized th > prin
cess. He would generally realise his
mistake, however, before the sledge
would dash by with Its jingling bells.
He would have gone away without
calling on her had he finished his'
business as quickly as the original |
plan contemplated, hut old Emery,!
who had come up as far as Irkutsk, j
kept writing to him, sending new I
commissions. Kmery, by the way. was
becoming Jubilant. The diplomatic |
relations between Russia and Japan
were growing less cordial every day;
the demands of the latter country j
were waxing more and more Insistent!
and difficult to evade The Japunese, j
too, according to Emery's advices. !
were rushing preparations fur a death 1
grapple with the bear on a gigantic
scale
"This means war, my boy," wrote |
the old man."and war means busl
ness!"
So Hardy worked away, enlarging
his acquaintance with the Moacuw
merchants, while his respect for the
uisgnitudx of their operflons and for
the greatness of the city's Industrie:
steadily grew
And one evening. he walked home
to his hotel, he saw the prlm-is |t<>
manovna. There was no mistake
a bunt It this time, and h» realised
that, wheu it was Indeed she, there
could lie no mistake rthe »*<* lean
lug back In a sledge with high curving
da-.li, luxuriously pill with »kti>. tin
an elevated seat In front sat her
coachman and footman the former
ban .in were running free, and iNm.
untianiuu led. the b« auty and *tai< «(
t liviul fc| 114 t 4)
noticed, with a thrill of distinct pleas
ure. that no man, but an older woman,
accompanied her.
And the princess saw Hardy. As he
arrested his steps at the edgo of the
curb and gravely lifted his hat, she
bowed and, leaning forward, touched
the coachman and called to him. The
horses came to a sudden stop, rearing
upon their haunches and plunging and
slipping in a wild jumble. Presently
they stopped and stood trembling. The
sledge drew up to the curb.
"Why, Mr. Hardy!" exclaimed the
princess in Russian, "I had no idea
that you were In Moscow. How long
have you been here?"
"A little over two weeks."
"Over two weeks and have not been
to call on me! Ido not consider that
kind. Mme. Prebioff, this is Mr.
Hardy, the American whom I told you
about, who rescued me from the
Chinese brigands, and performed such
feats of valor on the Shilka. I do not
see why he ever rescued me at all, if
h* does not think me worth calling
on."
"The princess has talked constantly
of you," said Mme. Prebioff; "half the
young men in Moscow are waiting to
challenge you. Hearing of your won
derful skill, they have all taken to
practicing with the pistol The pro
prietors of the galleries are Kettlng
rich, and one can scarcely sleep nights
on account of the constant {topping "
The princess laughed merrily. "You
are positively Incorrigible, Anna," she
said "llut"—turning to Hardy--"tell
me why you have not been to see me *
What excus** have you to off.-r, air?"
"I should have called before I left,
to pay my respects," said Hardy,
gravely. "I have be#n very bus v. I
am here on business, you know, for
the American Trading Company, buy
lug up stock for their posts ou the
Amur I ah, had not expected to de
vote much attention to society."
"Mr hardy U a merchant, then?"
Inquired Mme prebioff. languidly
'How very Interesting'"
The princess' eyes tlu.sii) d danger
ously, but XH> made DO reply to Mme.
Prebioff
"Hut even If you are busy," she
! said, "you can stum a little time for
1 your friend*. Will you not call on
me tomorrow eveniug? I shall he
<iulle alone, and w« can talk over our I
wonderful adventures together, foutc j
| at eight.'
The horse*, stung by the cold, were
becoming unmanageable now and »»r>
(dunging and rearing
"I shall lie moat ha|ip>," said linrdv
"AM revolr, then." »AM the prln
cess, "t shall aspect you ''
*tl»e spoke to the i»vo>M bik and ih<
sledge, »lth « sudden crash and a j
rhythmical jingle of belts. New >1 •* ft
Ihe siu-i i i to. tmericau. with head
um <•»«!>.<4. stood luuhmg after It-
CHAM Ik H ** v ill
Hiritf | Cgfcmae
tlx A <|» I louk, V\ -tug ' M4i.lt
ssk> 4 U| hts Koreas IN<J, who
tMUng in ths I> MH el their »<*tte 41.
the hotel that did duty as an o/Hce.
Wang glanced up from the pile of cor
respondence with which ho was busy.
"You look like a gentleman," he re
plied, quietly.
"Thanks," said Hardy, who was In
evening dress. "I am glad you think
so, for the costume which I am now
wearing was invented to convey the
impression that a man is either a gen
tleman or a waiter, though it has, first
and last, it must be confessed, cov
ered the back of an occasional
coward or clown. It is necessary for
me to-night to look the gentleman,
my boy," he added, whimsically, "for
I am going to mingle with the haute
noblesse. The merchant of Stryetensk,
Wang. Is on his way to the palace of
the Romanoffs!"
Wang smiled. "Once a gentleman,
always a gentleman," he replied.
"There are many among the drunken,
licentious and cowardly nobility of
Russia who are less worthy to enter
palaces than the merchant of Stry
etensk!"
Hardy laid his hand on the other's
shoulder.
"You look pale, by boy," he said,
kindly. "You are working too hard.
Put these away now and goto bed. or
here—take this and no to the theater"
—and he laid a gold piece on the
table. Wang Hushed and handed the
money back
"If I goto the theater," he said,
with considerable spirit, "I can buy
my own ticket."
Hardy's finer feelings prevented
him from smiling
"Pardon me, Wang," he said, 'wsuw"
inn the money to his pocket. "I did
not mean to offer you charity; merely
a reward for exceptional attention to
duty. liut I must be going. The p«**b.
cess s.ud eight and it's nearly that
now limit w<>rk '.uy more to-night."
He was goiw
"The prince**'" muttered Wane,
jabbing the pen, with which he had
be* n writing, so spitefully Into the
table that h« shatt< red Its point. "The
haughty, lemon halrd prince-,* .ni<|
she wants nothing of him save to
amiine h»r>»t>lf' He ha* saved h> r life
and now she will repay him by break
ing his heart i • ould kill her'"
Hating given v tit lo this ebulli'ion
of se. iniug Je.iiiOt •> Wang prin i ni. d
to Illustrate till further n, v h-minum
nature of Korean boys, fur he rested
his head en I > arms and sob bid for
soiuw uiou . it viob-nily. After which
he twisted 1 - Mi . W übiiul uud klss< d
tk< | i .11 -f wh iu I,is
i master * hand had rested
Can Afford
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tte» . 11 tt<<» lc«.i«»®u, they're
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area t tb*» i n week
A tee# ANn
"Why, with all »l»u a.od»ra re
»nt th * < i -k i>» terrible
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i thought '