The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-08-26

/ mdudinC, yOu hdtc Dccu DO OIL WdlIZ
ing with Kamoutsine The Emperor
is very angry; he desires to know with
whom he came .lW tsmU /
Not with me, most certainly an
swered the Countess, carelessly. Il
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 pre-
sent question. / am in search of Ka-
moutsine. The Emperor is most in
dignant, and is determined to know
who brought him.
The Countess turned her back. At
this moment the court minister ap-
peared, repeating, The Emperor is
fErious.'
Il know it only too well, exclaimed
the Governor. al t.' Ih
Are you not ashamed to involve me
in such an abominable hOax?' f..
But, your Excellency, l do not un-
derstand how
4 tell you the Emperor is furiousp
and the Minister rushed off in rage.
Finally young aide-de-camp, taking
pity on his confusion and despair,
whispered:
Your Excellency, it is you who are
responsible for his appearance
Il indeed Y really this was too much
"a mere aide-de-camp to presume to
jest in this fashion with the Governor
General
You presented him to the Countess
Damerof 7
Indeed 1 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 Fl ,a--.-.-t tr
Throwing himself on seat, the Gen.
eral held his head in both hands.
What an idiot I am 7" he exclaimed,
and all the time l saw he bore no re-
semblance to any member of the
family
A last it was known who brought
Kamoutsine, but to arrest him was
more difficult matter; he had evaporat-
ed in his haste, taking with him the
dress coat the Governor had taken the
trouble to procure for him.
He had, however, the generosity to
leave in his chamber the letter which
fully cleared the Governor from any
completely. This letter was immedi-
ately taken possession of and shown to
the Emperor, who condescended to
laugh; certainly the trick had been well
played. But there are limits to imper-
ial endurance. The police were dis
patched in every direction. Twenty
four hours had passed before it occur
red to them to seek him in his place of
exile, where he was found at last in
the home of his ancestors, quietly read
ing foreign review and taking his
coffee.
You have failed in respect to your
sovereign said the Chief of Police.
Il! in what way?' ....
In allowing yourself to be seen at
the Governors ball. .
Come, now this is cruel! how can
any one have the heart to make game
of an unfortunate exile? 1t is now
nearly forty-eight hours since I obeyed
the order of banishmentp E-.s
you have intoxicated your gend.
armes?
"A libel they intoxicated themselves.
Do you really believe that it is diff
cult matter to intoxicate gondarmes.
Bnt you intoxicated them in order
to escape
Another libel! When l saw them
sleeping so heavily 1 came here by my
self. 1t is rather humiliating this be-
ing led about by gendarmes.'
But you presented yourself at the
residence of the Governor after receiv-
ing your sentence of banishment.' d.
who has told you this storyp'
Thirty persons, at least, saw you
there .t'-r'ra. a 4
"Then thirty persons have been the
victims of most extraordinary illu-
sion, for you can see for yourself that
/ cannot have left this house for two
days '7'ssrr--'"
That may be so," said the chief, who
began to ask himself if he were losing
his eyesight; but my orders are to take
you to st. Petersburg 'ase "a
. Kamoutsine scanned him with a.
naughty expression.
This must be joke, and a very poor
one it is; but it seems that must obey
During the journey he maintained so
well this air of injured dignity that
the guards were thoroughly convinced
of his innocence. '''t
The Emperor had laughed, therefore
Kamoutsine received no severer pun
ishment han three months in the fort.
ress; but not this time in the palace of
the Governor, who remained his bitter
lifelong enemy.-Ne,o York Eoeni,ag
Post from the French Of Henry Gre
ollie.
VIM. Gale, the English pedestrian,
finished his great feat of covering g.
600 quarter miles in 1000 consecutive
ten minutes at New York and contin-
ued on the track until he had added
fourteen additional quarters to his won
derful record. All through, from the
beginning his condition was nor
NAL, except once when he took cramps.
The fastest quarters was made in 2:07;
the slowest in 9:12. At the finish
Gale wanted to bet $500 to $1,000 that
he could "begin right off, and cover
500 miles in seven days.