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The linnest wns ended, and the penwuitrj- In a fanning rcsloa In the province of Tula, Itu<isla, were gathered 1 a bara to celebrate the event with dance. A young man entered, hla aerloua face ctinlnudliiK with the joyou*of the othera. and stood lookiuK at the daucera, hla eyea erldently searching for Home one among them. Preacntly a young girl with the fair hair and soft complexion of the lUed by isugblng at something her fiartner w-a* saying to her. Ah nlie iaH»ed the place where the young mau wax standing she caught eight of him. Her laughter ceased, and the merry look on her face vanished, giving place to one equally Avoided. She made the circle with the dancers, then, coming again opposite the yotmg -utloued. stopjied. excused berber 1 art nor and hastened toward the former. “Oh. Peter," she said, “what la the matterr' seen your father. He says It cannot be: he ha* no dowry for earn on the farm barely enough to keep myself alive. It would be a sin for two iH-rsons as i«»>r as we to marry and bring forth children to sutler. He 1» right. We must withdraw from each other, Marya. There • no hdp for It." Tin- girl put Iter arm through his. and together they went outside. A full looking down on them with Its iK-acrful but cold light. Within were the sounds of mirth and music. For these jouug lovers their surroundings were In bitter contrast with the agony both felt •What are /on going to do, Peter!" asked Marya. There was a brief alienee, at the end of which be said with almont a wall, “I am going Into the factory." Tin- girl, who still held hi* arm. shuddered as if stricken by a deadly

bolt.

The fartorjr was a government Institution «la-re something was being made the nature of which no one knew. When u workman entered Its portals he did so with the understanding that hi- would never come out Once in isiwession of the secret contained within those gloomy walla, the goiarnmeut look rare that he should not have an opiKirtunlty to reveal It Peter Mnrinoff, Ixim and brought up among the farm class In Itussla, wa* of place. Ills aneestiss bad tm-u noliles who In one of the upheaval* tint country has suffered were lni|*>veri*lird. But In him was an In-herilum-e of genius that had lain dorthrough several generations. It lot yoj been stupci-tcd either by r any one else. lor the cold moonlight Peter and 1 luirtcd. No ray of hope found its way Into the breast of either. “I d In- yours In the tlesh. Peter," she walled, "hut I will be yours in heaven. No one shall ever come between us." “In the factory there la marriage. Marya I shall Join you In the hereafter." Then Peter pulled himself away from the girl, who clung lo hlin pitifully '•ruing he walkod se-eral IcagucH to the factory and presented himself for admission. There was always room for workmen there, for few cared to enter a servin' from which then- was no retreat. Nor was It neeessary that hr should have any prejs limit.'ii for the work done then-. When a mnu Is to upend his whole life In certain cinploymem hi* employer can afford to oduiwte him for hi* duties. Peter's only pleasure In life wa when the 1111*111 was at the full on clear night—to *tuud In the factory yunl. look at the orb moving Uke the hand of a great ch*-k In a circle of the heaven* and think of Marya. reminded of their |uinlug. and r.-iucuihrance of a face Is that of the hi«t time It ha* l«en wen so be always saw Marya'* with the moonlight stmunlng down upon It and wearing a l<«>k of despair. The factory wa* a place where explosive* were mannfnetured. The only protection for the word pro use then- was hi make life iirltoneni of tho»c engaged In oiiii|*nindlng the chemical* which constituted the plmlvc suhstaii'V. Mo*l of the men empl'iyrd were kc|it from knowing thaw i»e.-rot* by K-lug confined to only t |*»rtliiu of the work. Many were 1 suffldi-ntty lntclllg<-nt. But there wa 1*1**Hi* who uiider*ti**l the whole Of

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One day an order came to the factory to turn-'out a.* much w.irk as posilblc. -Near hands were introdiwed. and large qu/ntitieii of stock from which the prod act was evolved were brought the order came the news thet Germany had atedared war

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Peter, 4ho by this time was clnalre cl»rge of the explosive substance for\*heU* and could naaT any -hose, mnnufactored a lot of shell expftpatve by his newly discovered proceM^ This went into shells

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Then Vetetj went to the governor of the works utid told him that he had Invented a i/iwder for sheila that hr d worki-d perfectly. The governor 11tempted to get the secret, hut Peter kept It. This be could easily do since there was one Ingredient the nature of which no one knew but himself. He offered to sell the formula to the government provided that In addition to the price paid he should be fres to

leave the factory.

Graft predominates In Bussla, and the governor determined to force Peter's secret from him to use It for hla own benefit He put Peter in Irons tn a dungeon and on bread and water. It Is quite likely that Peter would have given way under this treatment been that by bolding out he might secure his terms. If be did be could marry Marya. who bad assured him that she would never he the wife of any one else. If he did not succeed death might relieve him of his impris-

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Complaints came so thick and fast of the shells sent ont from the factory that one day the governor ordered Peter to he brought to his office. When he arrived all others were ordered out and when the two were alone together the governor said: “X have concluded to n-ooramend to the government to buy your formula. How much do yon a*k for it!" “Ten thousand rubles." "Very weB; it 4m be paid. My com mission will he one-half.” "I will pay no commission. A man who bribes a government official Is as culpable as that official." Ton will think better of this," said the governor. “Go hack to jour dunPeter returned to hla dungeon. Ha was full of expedient* and endeavored to find one by which hi- could communicate with Marya. lie could writ* her. hut all letters from those Inside the factory were examined by a Peter induced the man who brought him hla food to bring also writing material and a bottle on the shelves In the laboratory. ^-Inc him tho nama on the la bet L'poj revolving them rewrote a larfter * Man n In ordinary ink and across Its fare with the chemical a message Bin ting that be had Invented a new explosive, but was prevented from using It. What was written In plain Ink contained this sentence: “We are suffering with Ihr/aeat." This was to convey an Instruction to Marya to hawt his letter. Now, the message that Paler bad written aiToss the face of hla letter In the chemical that bad been brought him waa Invlalblc. but by being heated It came out plainly In risible letters. The censor who ri-ad tha- letta-r* that went out, reading Peter's letter, the a orda “We are suffa-ring with the heat." but could not understand them ticca use it Is seldom warm in Bussla. He aent for Peter and asked him what he meant by writing that It w-ss warm. Peter said he hail made a mistake, and, drawing n l*-n over the word heat, hs wrote “cold," but the word hint was not erased. Marya did not need the bint, for sh« read the letter by the light of blazing logs, and under the warmth the message came out in dark brown letters. She thought a long while about this communication, but. not realizing Ita full linjiort, took It to her father. Hs saw In It more than she did. bat could suggest nothing One morning Marya was mlsoing. She had saved a little money, which was missing also. She had started to Petrograd. using the money to |>ay bet way so far aa It would go. When aha reached the capital Hi— saw no way to give 1‘eter's letter to the cur. I-a-arn-lug the hour that he reached the |>al' ace. *he tied the letter to a stone and, standing on the sidewalk In-hind the line of soldiers, tonseal It Into bis carriage. The czar, thinking It was a po tltion. handed It to an attrualaut to ex-

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One day Peter was taka-u from bis dungeon and lad up to the govemor'a office An aldde-ramp to Uie czar and the governor wera- the only pa-rson* priwamt The alal held IVta-r's letter his hand and asked him If he wrote lb When Peter admitted that he did b« was taken Into a conveyance with tha aid and carried to Ivtrograd. There he eommunla-ated his as* ret {Minted to receive t: Paler was {Mild a llls-ral sum for bts formula and sent lan-k t<> the factory In place of the govern*ar. who dlsap I>earvd. Komi- Mild that prlsouad by order of tha- czar. ..thus that he Waa sent to Klls-ria At any rate, lie never apiswred at the works

again.

Peter as governor of the factory could go and come as hr ptawasd. 11* •narriad Marya. but had no tlm* for ■ buneymaMiu \%t • a lived with him I > the d« riling t *«d by the governor am til the works wi

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