Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-01-23

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GOVERNORS DAUGHTER.
NJ n. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS.
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CHAPTER III.
A POLITICAL MEETING.

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CHAPTER III.
POLITICAL MEETING.
Boutkovitch lighted cigar and walked
in the direction of Leicester Square. Turn
ing into little court, he knocked at the
door Of place which might have been
restaurant, might have been cigar shop,
might have been billiard-room, might have |
been gambling house; might have been
anything, in short, that one would not be
astonishcd to find in the immediate neigh |
borhood of Leicester Square. Over the
doorway the encouraging name of Prszem-
yslski might be read.
1t was not yet midnight, but the door was
closed. Light, however, could be seen in
side throught the chinks of the shutters, and
confused hubbub as of many voices could
he heard.
Boutkovitch gave single tap; then, after
a pause, tapped twice; then, after another
pause, three time.
"Quosne qu@rls ?" asked voice.
g Resurrecturos |" was the reply.
"All right" said the voice in English, but
with foreign accent. The door was opened,
and Boutkovitch was welcomed by short,
thirkset man, with black shaggy beard,
black shaggy eyebrows, black hair cut short
like a brush, and black piercing eyes.
ave thought 1t was the police, said the
black man. Come in, aristocrat. He ex-
ainined Boutkovitch with critical air.
Hair parted down the middle" he contin-
ued, "a garter in guise If cravat, and sea
Of shirt, enclosed by narrow strip of waist
coat Do you also suck the blood of the
pcoples"
~ would rather have a cup of tea," re-
piled Boutkovitch.
"Tea, arstocrat? Why not gin?"
because gin causes the head to ache,
and because have work to do. Do you
know man named Ferrari-Stanislas Fer
mri?
'Do you know man named Iscariot--
Judas IscariotP"
PRAY be serious. / don't mean Colonel
Ferrari he is dead. mean son of his
who is now in London. saw him tonight
at the OPERA"
Like father, like son don't know
the whelp, and don't wish to know him.
And it will be much better for him not to
know me-"
'sThen you can tell me nothing about
hima"
'Come in! Why do you stop in the pas
sage? Somebody here will be sure to
know him"
Boutkovitch entered room in which some
twenty men were smoking like demons
some pipes, some cigars, some cigarettes.
There were bottles and glasses on the table,
and one member of the company, who sal
In higher chair than the rest, seemed to bt
officiating as sort of president.
"Ah, Boutkovitch! come in, y cried hal
dozen voices.
"Boutkoviteh, our ornament and pride )!
Fashionable Boutkovitch!' y
Aristocratic Boutkovitch!"
Operate Boutkovitch!"
"Boutkovitch the Polish knight"
When this chorus of praise had ceased
Boutkovtch took a seat, cigarette, and
glass of water, into which, under pretenc
ofpouring in spirit, he poured in more water
'sHave you been to parliamentary din
ner, a ministerial reception, or what p ask
ed Black George, the man who opened th
door. ~ suppose 1t is not late enought fd
ball."
81 have simply been to the opera. as ha
the honour of telling you before, said Bou
kovitch.
''And what did you see there?" inquire
delicate looking young man of pale con
plexion, with a long, thin, fair moustach
who answered to the name of Jankowsk
"Well saw, for one thing, the Barb
of Seville"
''And besides!"
.Besides the Barber of Seville,'" sa
some one of very considerable influence
the court of St. Petersburg
'.And what did he say!" asked the cha
man-an ancient Pole, without beard
whiskers, bat with curly moustache viii
he was perpetually twirling and twisting
"Ho said, /" replied Boutkevitch, 'that
waters were rising and that, though t
waves might not be very strong, the dal
were alarmingly weak"
.'Bravo!" cried the assembly generally
$50 there is to be revolution at st.
tersburg T. exclaimed another.
swell, can't say. But 1t certainly see
probable. The man l was speaking te
NO enthusiast no fanatic. He knows whs
what, and he foresees something like an
undation."
MAY it come quickly !" said Jankows
solemnly.
'sBut besides the influential persont
from St. Petersburg, saw Ferrari, the
of the colonel of that name"
.'Of Diabolical memory" ejacula
Black George, by way Of addendum.
eff you mean Stanislas Ferrari, obser
Jankowski, "he is not a bad fellow. h
often met him. Indeed, know him we
81 congratulate you on your acqua
ance," said the president.
"Oh, know his name is against b
Bnt Stanislas Forrari is an excellent man
all that"
'sWhat does he do in London ?" as
Boutkovitch.
"Well, beyond studying, don't thinl
does any work. Not that he is so vel
that he can afford to be altogether idle.
81 must find him some If he is really s
agood fellow as you say" remarked B
kovitch.
The business of the evening was then
ceeded with.
The chairman proposed, and Black Ge
seconded, a resolution to the effect tha
view of coming events, portion of the
of the Russian and Polish nobility sh
be divided among the peasantry.
This having been carried unanimo
several impossible plans for the destru