Part 34 (1/2)
Footsteps were co to close the up The man with the lamp, who appeared to be an officer, made a circuit of the car and discovered the carrier seat, but its occupant had vanished
”There was a man here, you fools,” he shouted ”Search the road; he cannot have gone far Look!”
He put the light on the road
”There are his boots You will find hiirl's side, put his arently, and she shook her head
”I do not think I shall ever be afraid again,” she replied ”I have faith in God, my dear Cherry has escaped?” she asked
”I think so,” he replied in a guarded tone ”He must have seen the soldiers and jumped They have just found his boots in the roadway”
The officer came back at that moment
”You have weapons,” he said ”Give them to me”
It would have been madness to disobey the order, and Malcolm handed over his revolver and Malinkoff followed suit Not satisfied with this, the man turned them out in the road whilst he conducted a search
”Get back,” he said after this was over ”You ment The woman is required in Moscow, but we shall deal suner and Malinkoff, also the little thief, e find him”
He addressed the chauffeur
”I shall sit by your side, and if you do not carry out eon,” he said ”Get down and start your machine”
CHAPTER XVIII
THE MONASTERY OF ST BASIL THE LEPER
He gave an order to the soldiers, and the barrier was removed, then he struck ared flanal,” said Malinkoff, ”probably to notify our capture”
A few minutes later, with a soldier on either footboard, and the officer sitting beside the chauffeur, the car sped through the night, checking only before it caht for
Turning to the left, the car swung into a road narrower and less coers
”I wonder if they will catch our brave friend,” said the girl
”They will be sorry if they do,” replied Malcolht as ere”
Ahead of theht, a dozen fires were burning, and Malinkoff judged that the cauessed it was a concentration ca for their periodical offensive against the Ukraine It must be somewhere in this district that the Polish Co with the Supre
An eerie experience this, riding through the dark, the figures of the soldier guards on either footboard gripping to the posts of the car
bu, and then one of the guards fell off They expected hi at a slow pace, but to their surprise he did not reappear Then a similar accident happened to the o his hold and fell backwards