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RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS

Adapted by BIANCO E. JONES from the M.G.M. Picturo.

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twisted, her eyes began to bulge. ller

"Majesty" she cried out. "Be quiet!" Rasputin said invol- untarily.

matter?" "He

"Majesty!** "Natasha-my child-what's the

Maria's was going into

"What? What's that nbout 100m-I found him"

"Poor child, she has been dolugi please moaning became Inaudible, ten women's work at the hospital,"|| But the Empress' shadow had her convulsive parks cunsed. He sold the Empresa.

[come between the candle and Na- her brought his face closer to

She came around the conch to tasha's face. Natasha woke from etaring eye.

Natasha's side. Rasputin headed her spell. "Lock," Rasputin sald, "look-fter off. look at me....Can you hear me-

"You'll wake her," Rasputin don't you get away, Natasha Warned. S you're so fre you're so far away, Natasha-"some sleep, my daughtor? Yeu

He reached out behind him, slow-look tired." As she entered, closing the door

"Oh the war....the war....." ly slackening his grip on ther behind her carefully, ber суен

his free hand he The Tsaritsa sighed. "Well, good searched the darkness of the throat. With room. She tok the candle from felt about and found the candela- night. Father."

His eyes had never left her

"Gord night, my daughter," he In front of the ikou and approach-bra, Ruskin was at war. It seemed an especially dark corner. own. His hand fell from her said, then suddenly, "What is it?" Sho started off, turned with gleamed bra between his face and her own. on Russle, and that every defeat Rasputin. only served to strengthen the weirdly in the candlelight as she He blow out all but one candle- and slowly brought the remaining peasant monk'a power at court.ehme up to him and stopped. Craftly, he used his influence aver Get it!" Natasha cried, start-candle Into Natasha's staring face. the Tsar, sending Important soling swiftly toward another com diers to unimportant fronts.munication door. As quickly as Shrewdly, realizing that the Tear a cat he went after her and caught was no soldier, ho induced him to her by the wrist. take personal command of the "Where are you going?" Ras-millions and millions of

NOW GO ON WITH THE · STORY

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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Ha if Rasputin had put his curse Standing flat against the wall was throat. He brought the candela- | something like a laugh, and sald: Marin?" Rasputin said in foign-

armies on the German front.

eyes

putin asked in n whisper.

all

"Look-there's one star left in the black sky. It's getting bigger and bigger. It's going to hit und Now it's going away--- mlica

#vay...,

Rasputin then started for the door leading to Maria's apartment. He reached behind him. St watching Natasha, he opened it slowly.

Suddenly, another door leading from this outside corridor opened. The Tsaritsa appeared, dressed for the street, and alone. She crossed the room moodily to the door of. her apartment, which she opened. It was obvious that she had seen neither Natasha nor Rasputin, al- ! though she had crossed the room a foot from the couch on which i Natasha iny.

She opened the door. The room

brilliantly lighted. beyond She was entering when she turned instinctively, peering into the dark- ness,

Now, with the Tsar away, Ras- "To the Empress." putin took his case in the Tsar's) There was a slight pause. She chuir in the study at Tsarakocsit the candle glass on a nearby Selo, master of all he surveyed. console and faced him with cour He chuckled to himself as he age as he followed her into the watched the glazed eyes of Alexei.rcom and kicked the door shut. He let his eyes run freely along Hy was still holding_her wrist. the lines of Marin's mature Hitle "Look at me!" Rasputin said Sgure. Almost nwchanically his bringing his face close to here, tongue passed over his dry lips1le took her face in both his hands as he locked at her beautiful. al-and held it close to his own. "One must pink Misiz. His conta vord--and Aloysha dica!" fiatures contorted in rage when As Rasputin followed Natasha Natasha ordered the children off into the room. following her to bed.

thrent to tell the Tsaritsa, An hour Inter, when all was caught her butt way across the

Rasputin. durk and quiet,

She gave a half erg. noiseless feet, crept up, to Maria's (clamped her mouth shut with one bedside. As his hand touched the hand, picked her up bodily with bare skin of her shoulder she woke the other, looked about the room with a start, screaming out even for an instant, saw the couch and

Rasputin stood in the fight before her eyes opened. Rasputin enrried her swiftly there. scuttled away, closing the door As Rasputin. his hand still overthrown from the Empress sitting behind him,

her mouth, threw her down, quick room, He smiled at her, Natasha rushed in from the as a insh his free armi came from next room in time to see the knob around her waist, His hand went to opposite her slowly turning. She jabout her throat. He began Assured Maria and then.. picking strangle her.. Slowly, as her body

narm.

he

He

Wis

"Father! You frightened me," the Tsaritsa said.

"I was just talking with Nato- sha. She fell asleep."

"I nearly forgot Natasha."*. "Don't disturb her." "She can't slap here. Nata- shut the called gently.

She looked again us, the giri did not answer, this time with a tiny shading of alarm.

exclaimed.

"Natasha!" she "Her eyes are open-Natasha!"

"I was Just talking to her-

ed amazement.

"Natasha!" the Tharitan said. "He went to 'Maria's room-I saw himi". "Who?"

"What's she raving about?” Rasputin asked.

"He has a horrible power!" Natasha told her. "He's used it (Continued on Page 11.)

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