Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-22

| ABSORBED IN Warcnlng lor UNIFORM OF tne
Guard.
" Countess" whispered She voice of
Kamoutsine. With start she turned and
looked into his face.
"Permit the nephew Of the Governor to
claim your promise.
His arm was about her waist, and they
were lost In the whirl before she could re-
| ply. AT the first pause, she said with a
merry laugh, though evidently consider
ably agitated and excited /:
''How absurd you are in citizen
dress p
As they made the tour of the large
saloon Kamoutsine met the astonished gaze
| of pair of eyes that were well known to
| him. and before his evolution was half COM
pleted thirty persons had recognized him in
spite of his disguise, and the little murmur
Of excitement which invariably accompanies
a secret joke pervaded the groups gathered
here and there.
As he led the Countess to her seat he
| lightly pressed her hand, saying:
g have won my wager, and | shall re-
turn to claim 1t: as soon as the higher
powers will permit me.
The Countess blushed and was silent.
Il have risked my head, as you did me
the honor to say TO me yesterday. VIII
you prove yourself bonnie payeuse p
81 viii try, if you are not too unreason-
able"
81 will be generous" he said, with a
laugh. Au recoir," and with low bow
he turned toward the door, but was de-
tanned by the Governor, who Immediately
presented him to the Minister.
Your Excellency, permit me to pre-
sent my nephew, who has just arrived from
Odessa.
Charmed" murmured the Minister,
with an distracted air, and raising his eyes
but Kamoutsine had disappeared.
"a little peculiar" said the General,
by way of apology provincial, as you
see,
Suddenly an aid-de-camp appeared,
hurried and excited.
1.-The Emperor wants you instantly,
your Excellency," addressing the Minis.
ter g His Majesty is furious !"
+" What is it % in vain asked his Excel
leroy. as he followed the messenger.
sKamontsine is here" said the En-
peror. in not the most gracious tone.
" Your Majesty !! can it be possible 2
g He is here, | tell you Have him ar
rested Instantly and find out how he came
here"
The Minister rushed off to the host.
"Kamoutsine is here !"
" Who is he? Who is Kamoutsine ?"
g The young man who has just received
sentence of Punishment. Make haste !
The Emperor is furious p
Heavens and earth ?" cried the Gov
ernor, gesticulating violently.
Suddenly turning to the first funetionary
he saw he exclaimed =:
Kamoutsine is here. Arrest him in
stantly and learn how he came.
The order was transmitted and every
body was questioned.
Have you seen Kamoutsine ?"
certainly" said somebody; 81 saw
him Waiting with the Countess Damerof. J"
Madame, you have been seen Waiting
with Kamoutsine. The Emperor is very
angry he desires to know with whom he
came"
mot with me, most certainly" an
swered the Countess carelessly. i" have
only waltzed once, and it was with the
Governors nephew from Odessa"
The Governor General hurried up half
distracted. Touching him on the arm with
her fan the Countess said
General, did you not present your
nephew TO me ~
Certainly, certainly, Countess but
that has nothing to do with the present
question. I am in search of kamoutsine !;
the Emperor is most indignant, and is de-
termined to know who brought him"
The Countess turned her back. At this
moment the Court Minister appeared, re-
peating, The Emperor is furious.
know it only too well, y exclaimed
| the Governor.
90 Are you not ashamed to involve me in
such an abomiuable hoax 2"
Sc Bat, your Excellency, I do not under
stand how"
Il tell you the Emperor is furious !"
and the Minister rushed off in a rage.
Finally young aid-de-camp, taking pity
on his confusion and despair, whispered
"You Excellency, it is you who are re-
sponsible for his appearance. F"
50 indeed p really this was too much
mere aid -de-camp to presume to jest in
this fashion with the Governor.G General
You presented him to the Countess
Damerof?''
Indeed I did not. 1 presented my
nephew to her"
But, your Excellency. your nephew
| is-not your nephew; he is Kamoutsine,
and you can now see why the Emperor is
SO angry"
Throwing himself OF a seat, the General
held his head in both hands.
"What an idiot l am p he exclaimed,
land all the time l saw he bore no resem-
blance to any member of the family"
At last it was known who brought Ka-
moutsine, but to arrest him was more
! difficult matter he had evaporated In his
haste, taking with him the dress coat the
| Governor had taken the trouble to pro-
! cure for him.
He had. however. the generosity to leave
| in his chamber the letter which fully
cleared the Governor of any completely.
This letter was Immediately taken possess
sion of and shown to the Emperor, who
aondescended to laugh certainly the trick
] had been well played But there are limits
to imperial endurance. The police were
dispatched in every direction. Twenty
four hours had passed before it occurred
to them to seek in his place of
exile, where he was found at last in the
home of his ancestors, quietly reading a
l lOt6l2a lSf1Cn osAAQ AAio ~OeASSs
You have failed in respect to your SOW
ereign, said the Chief of Police.
81 in what way p
in allowing yourself to be seen at the
Governors bali.
.sCome, now, this is cruel how can any
one have the heart to make game of an un.
fortunate exile? 1t is now nearly forty
eight hours since obeyed the order OF
Punishment p
"You have intoxicated your gendarmes?
"a libel they intoxicated themselves.
Do you really believe that it is difficult
matter to intoxicate gendarme p
But you intoxicated them in order to
escape"
''Another libel When I saw them
sleeping SO heavily came here by myself.
1t is rather humiliating, this being led
about by gendarmes."
But you presented yourself at the res
tdanca M the Goyarnor after raoeivirU vour