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applied a false name to the "No. 20"; described him as a Russian, a Nihilist, who had been caught in holding correspondence with Paul Zobriskie, and who had also assaulted Prince Mastowix. But he was arrested and taken before the tribunal, where in the most defiant manner, he demanded to know why a person of his distinguished title and record as a servant of the czar was now a prisoner. "Prince Mastowix," said the president of the tribunal, "it ill becomes a traitor to the State to exhibit such arrogance." "Who dare say I am a traitor--who dare say it lies in his throat!" hissed Mastowix, although he felt in his heart that something dreadful was impending. "Silence! Here is a document addressed to you from New York, by Paul Zobriskie, in which he addresses you in unmistakable terms of fraternity, and refers to other correspondence, together with certain other information which he had received, and which could never have reached him save through you. What have you to say?" It required all the nerve the traitor had to prevent him from falling to the floor. The members of the tribunal watched him narrowly, and saw that he grew very pale. But finally he found strength to speak. "It is false both in matter and spirit," he said; but the next uppermost question in his thoughts was--what spy could have obtained possession of the document? "And you plead?" "Not guilty!" he replied, aggressively. "Call Tobasco," said the president, and a guard soon produced the police spy, and he was sworn. "Do you recognize that document?" the president asked, handing him Zobriskie's letter? "I do." "Give us the history of it." "I first saw it in New York, in the hands of Paul Zobriskie, on board the steamer Baltic, then about to sail. I was watching Zobriskie, and saw him approach a young man and ask him if he was going to St. Petersburg, and on being informed that he was, asked him if he would deliver this letter to Prince Mastowix, at the same time enjoining him to be very careful and not let it reach another's hands." "It is false, vile spy!" roared the prince. "Silence!" shouted the president. "Proceed!" "The young American agreed to do as directed, and having had occasion to suspect that Prince Mastowix was a Nihilist leader in disguise, I resolved to follow the bearer of the letter, although I could not learn that he was a Nihilist. I did so, and watched him closely. I saw him visit the prince, and
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