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n, the panels slid back into place, and the passage was immediately dark. But Boris had had time to find an electr

there in case of emergen

house for any time. One other thing, of course, was necessary; food and drink. And that, too, he knew where to find. Boris had told him of a store of comp

s not at all the musty, bad smelling place he had expected it to be. The walls had been plastered and stained a dull grey, whi

. "But it needn't be. The men who worked in here are

o such a family as the Suvaroffs, capable of inspiring such devotion in its retainers-which, though

le, I might never have known I had a cousin! And he's the sort of cousin I call worth having! He amounts to something-and I don't be

een his uncle. He was more puzzled than ever, after what Boris

makes me inclined to like these Russian relatives a whole lot, and I'd like to think that

ore than once after he had become certain that it was Prince Suvaroff who had caused his arrest.

that isn't so. Well, I hope I get back to Russia and stay out of jail long enough to find out what was wrong. P

his light on the arrows, and looking for the double mark that would show him he had reached the spot of which Boris had told him. But wh

elow. And I did go out, of course, in my car, to see if I could help him. I got him away from them. But he didn't come all the

bling voice, that of the German captain Boris had been addressing, as Fred c

. He might have been. Or an American

him some truth and some fiction! He has

allow my men to make a search? And, by the way, I shall be sorry to take away your servants,

ands, of course. I should like to know if it wi

! But, of course, it does not. If you see your father soon, however, will you give him my comp

riends and neighbors as we have all been must b

owned a

ce. And, by George, if they make a search they will find the wireless machinery that Ivan brought in with him! It may be a

ntly, but for a time there was silence beyond the wall. Then he heard a murmur of voices, and gue

r yourself under arrest. It is very painful but those are my orde

t it was not fear for himself that moved Boris, but anxiety lest the important plans of which he was such an essential part

means unkindly. "Orders, however-I have no choice. Doubtless you

sed his voice, and Fred understood that what followed was meant e

age near the village. You will be examined there, Prince

e if I write some instructions for Vladimir, who will be in

ured

ould hear the heavy breathing of someone near the wall. Then a chair scraped along the floor, and in a moment he heard the scratching of a pen. And then there

taken is very near the outlet of the secret passage. If Ivan returns, tell him I am there, and that I will sing or whistle the song of the Volga b

ringly. "He doesn't know what's going to happen to him next, b

d Boris call Vladimir and speak to the old servant in Russ

ighbor, and, though he is an enemy, we desire to respect his property as long as possible. But neither you nor any

assage. A vague plan was taking form in his mind already. It seemed to him that, as he was at liberty, he should do anything that was in his power to free Boris. Until he

e pursued them, were due to other entrances than the one he knew. It would be necessary, as he could understand, to have more than one means of getting in and out of such a passage. And when he

red had to admire the excellence of the construction work. The descent, as he knew from what he had seen outside,

ly conscious of a

ar the openin

ded not to go back at once, but to try to discover the secret for himself. It had occurred to him that it was more than probable that a sentry or two

otion by pressing a spring. And so, steadily and systematically, he searched the whole door, until he struck the right spot at last. As the doo