Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-05-09


run through the hall. AS the Prince led
his partner back TO her seat he pressed
lightly the tips of her fingers and whis
pered, al have won my wager and will
claim the forfeit whenever the authori-
ties permit me-"
The Countess blushed but made no
answer.
al risked my head, as you did me
the honor TO remark last night of
course you will payP"
al will try, if it is anything in
reason"
"I will be generous" he answered
with smile; "good-by."
He bowed and hurried away, but .on
his passage towards the door was seized
by the General and hurried towards the
Minister of Police.
"Permit me, Your Excellency," said
the General, "to present my nephew
from Odessa and commend him to your
good Offices"
Delighted, I'm sure" murmured
the Minister, mechanically, but ere he
had glanced at the Generals protege
Kamoutsine was lost in the crowd.
"Excuse his rudeness, but he is
little countryfed," said the General,
apologetically.
At that moment q scared-looking A.
ID. G. hurried towards the Minister and
stammered;
"Your Excellency, the Emperor
wishes to see you-His Majesty is furi-
Gus.
Kamoutsine is herer' said the EN-
peror in tone the very reverse of
amiable when the Minister reached his
presence.
"Your Majesty, is it possibleP"
Kamoutsine is here, tell you. Ar
rest him Immediately and find out who
presented him."
The Minister hurried to the General.
Kamoutsine is here-have him ar
rested.'
"Kamoutsinep Who is Kamout-
sineP"
"The young man that was banished.
Be quick about it. The Emperor is
wildr' ,
"Great Heavensr' cried the host,
lifting his handSin horror, " and this
my first ball! Kamoutsine is herem
he shouted to the first official he could
! find. ARREST him and find out who
dared to bring him here"
The official hurried away and gave
the alarm. "Kamoutsiner' Where's
Kamoutsinep" "Have you seen Ka-
moutsineP" became the general cry.
"I saw him waltzing with the Count
ess Dameroff," said somebody.
They sought out the Countess.
madame, you were waltzing with
Kamoutsine. The Emperor is raging!
Who brought him here?"
"T didn't, bless the Emperor's heart,
and as for dancing, the only living be-
ing l have danced with tonight was
the Governors nephew, young gen.
tleman from Odessa. o, here is the
Governor! General, didn't you into
duce your nephew to meP"
Certainly, but it isn't my nephew
we're talking about-it's Kamoutsine
| want to find. The Emperor is fairly
beside himself. Who brought him
here?"
The Countess shrugged her white
shoulders and turned away, tapping
her forehead with her fan to intimate
her doubts of the Generals sanity. At
the same instant the Minister of Police
swooped down on the unhappy host.
"The Emperor is furiousn
81 know he isl know he isl
"And you are not ashamed of your
self to lend yourself to this abominably
bad pleasantryp"
"But, Your Excellency, 1 don't un-
derst-r
~ tell you the Emperor is wild about
itr' cried the Minister, with wither-
ing look as he bounced away.
Finally n young A. d. c., taking pity
on his chief whispered to him: "Your
Excellency, it was you that brought
KAN
81? You impertinent young jacka
napes, what do you meanP shouted
the General, who thought this was q
little too much, especially from sub
altern.
"You presented him to the Countess
Dameroff," the young officer insisted.
Nothing of the sort. ne only per
son presented to her was my neph-
ew."
But don't you see that wasn't youl
nephew at allP That was KamOutsine
So you can understand that the EN-
peror is furious
Triple idiot that l wasr' said the
General, sinking down upon bencl
and clasping his head in his hands; al
struck me at the time that there WASH
} particle of resemblance.
Thus it became known how Kamout
sine got into the ballroom, but it was
not so easy to find how he got out of it
He had evaporated, with the new dres!
suit, but had had the generosity tc
leave on the table of the room he haC
occupied letter generating the Gen
eral. 1t was speedily discovered anC
] carried to the Emperor, who conde
scended to laugh, to restore the Genera
/ to favor and to remark that the tricl
| had been very neatly played.
But the Imperial pardon did not eX
} tend to the audacious perpetrator of tn,
jest. The police were hunting st. Pc
, tersburg high and low for him, but NJ
trace of him was to be found, and i
J was not for twenty-four hours that i
occurred to them to look for Kamout
, sine at his country seat. On arriving
there they found him surrounded b,
: his family portraits, slipping his coffe,
, and reading foreign review.
"You have been guilty of grave dis
respect to the Emperor said the polio
official.
"IP HowP In whatp"
''In going to the Governors ball
80, come now, don't make fun o
an unhappy exile. l have been her
these last two days in compliance will
: the terms of my severe and unmeritet
sentence"
2 "You got your gendarmes drunk.
r "My gendarmes got themselve
= drunk"
r You got them intoxicated and CAV
5 them the slip"
+ "Calumny nothing but calumny
S When saw that they were too drum
4 TO travel l came on alone. 1t wa
I, humiliating for an officer and nobl
to be escorted like common thief"
n In spite of your banishment froI