"And so you shall, my dear brother, for I feel that I may call you so," said Vola, at the same time embracing him. "Put yourself in my charge, and you shall be initiated into the Order of Liberty."
"I will do so, and there is my hand," said Barnwell, earnestly.
"Which I take in the name of humanity. But in our order one brother can initiate another. We have no lodge-meetings, no names, being simply known by numbers, and those numbers known only to a trusted few. Night shall not come upon us before you shall know how to send and receive a communication–how to act, and how to avoid detection."
"Good! Just so soon as that is done I shall go to Germany, and most likely work altogether outside of Russia for the present."
"It shall be as you wish, for I see your heart is in the matter."
"Aye, my very soul!"
"Good!" and leading him into an inner room, he proceeded to initiate him into the mysteries of that mysterious order, known the world over as Nihilists.
CHAPTER XIII.
TUE YOUNG NIHILIST.
A week from that time, and after William Barnwell had made himself thoroughly familiar with the secrets and the workings of this great and mysterious order, the order that has shaken thrones and hurled tyrants to their final account, he started for Germany.