Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-28
soRIGnAL
THE WAYS0F' THE WORLD.
soRIG1NAL SERIAL sToRY.l
BY JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE.

| makes towards OF us ALL DrougnL lace 10
face with yourself, you'll be intrepid
enough. .
81 hope so. 1t would be shabby to stay
away from the poor girl. It's not her vice
that she's magnetic. But you'll let me
know, Oscar, if l can render any assist
ance."
"Most certainly. shall start to-mor-
row for Cracow, and shall then go where
ever my clue leads. 1 may be months in
my search; I may be but few weeks.
You may remember that have said that.
as Europe had been the chief field of Bari
gues operations, the best investigations
could be made here. have SO long been
tracing him up in fancy, that shall, l am
sure, feel quite at home in the business.
The work will appear familiar"
"You were born, my dear fellow, to be
detective. Il is clearly your vocation.
You decline to accept any help from me,
lest you should have to share your laurels. !"
| 81 abhor detectives, as you know,
through they have their uses. l, at least,
am not mercanary in my aims.
"You're paladin of amateur detectives.
Your sole object is to rescue distressed
damsel. No not your sole object.
"I have an ulterior purpose. then ?"
eyes; to ruin an excellent bachelor
81 wish, Archer, you might be so ruined.
may never marry myself but celibacy is
a comfortIess sort of state at the very
best"
81 see. Your doom is sealed. 1t is an
illustration of the old fable, of the fox who
had lost his tail"
So they rambled and talked, seriously
and jocularly by turns. They had a charm
ing stroll dired at the Cafe Helder at
tended the Franeais in the evening to see
Croizette, and went to bed at midnight in
the Splendide, to enjoy the sweet sleep
that comes from active exercise and perfect
digestion.
The next morning Goodwin was off for
Poland, having agreed to keep Archer in
formed in general way, of his progress.
He would not write any particulars that
would require too much time-but would
tell whether he was encouraged or dis
couraged by his experience. He was in
Cracow about fortnight. Then he went
to st. Petersburg; thence to Berlin, Dres-
den, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rome, Flor
ence, Milan, Geneva, Vienna, Pesth,
Prague, Baden. Baden, Genoa, Mentone,
Nice, Marseilles, London, following his
trail, as he said, and finally returned to
Paris, having been absent three months.
He found it hot and uncomfortable in
Paris-it was now July-and ran off to
Vevay for coolness and rest.
There Archer, who had been wandering
hither and yon, joined him. He had seen
Christina, who called him her preserver,
good angel and the like, and was SO emo
tionally demonstrative that he felt obliged
to curb her. She had read the accouEt of
the duel in the Harbinger, and was indig-
nant at its putting him in the wrong but
she forgot her indignation in the happy
consciousness of his escaping unhurt
OF Goodwin she had spoken most enthu
siastically he was another divine man, she
had declared, and that if all men were like
him and the good doctor, earth would be
perfect heaven. She had never dreamed
that there were such noble beings in the
world.
Archer added that he would spare Good
wins bushes, although Christina had not
spared his. He had succeeded in getting
place for her in large fancy shop, at
tolerable salary-for Germany-and her
grace and politeness drew many customers.
She was known there as the beautiful
American, and had already received two
offers of marriage.
''She tells me everything, and asks my
advice on all subjects" said the doctor,
"as if were her creator, and her unre-
served confidence is occasionally perplex-
ing"
Her old friend, Ehrlingen, had found her
out in New York, and had renewed his
visits and made nuptial proposals. She ac-
knowledge that he was an excellent fellow !;
but he was very different from DR.. Archer,
who had hopes now that the pretty girl
would be settled in life.
Goodwin's story was that there could not
be a particle of doubt that Barigues and
the Polish adventurer were the same per-
son. He had learned great deal to cor
roborate this, though as yet he had no pos.
tive evidence.
"Barigues,' he continued, t is super
lative scoundrel, and nature and training
have fitted him excellently for the profes-
sion he seems to have chosen deliberately.
He is reported to be the illegitimate son of
a Polish actor, who had won good deal of
reputation at the Warsaw theaters,
and of a Russian adventures of un-
questionable talents and complete un-
scrupulousness. She ruined the actor !;
he committed many rascslities, and,
finally thrown into prison for forgery,
hanged himself. The boy was waif for
while, and appears to have grown up with
out any moral sense whatever. He was
handsome, shrewd, engaging and intellect
ual A merchant of wealth and influence
at Cracow became interested in him, and
gave him fine education. He might have
adopted him, had not the youth robbed his
benefactor of considerable sum of money
and fled from justice, thus throwing away
all his prospects in life, and causing nearly
as much pain as surprise to the kind
hearted merchant.
The name he had borne up to this time
was Alexander Karryminski, which had
been his fathers also. He changed it, OF
course. and next appeared in st. Peters