Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-09-12
TWO, WERE MISSING.
a Clover Thiefs. Work and How
e,e He Was Captured. - ~
CHAPTER L


devise some means Of investingt4sspn..
siderable surplus which a creditor had
Just paid him. At that time the moHey
market i~asdun and IT was with great
EaifIic,lty Wat capitalists could keep
their funds profitably employed. As
he was medit9ting. J.. upon various
projects and becoming more and more
discontented with the thought of his
idle money the carriage Of Gen. Cor
golK0FEn byHnH soackmsn: insliveEy,
stofpeh ii -ffout ot the skeP! sThe-gen-'
eral, one of the handsomest men in
ST. Petersburg and oRs ;of the bravest
soldiers in the army, alighted and hur-
,5ied into tbs< Yesenoa ssfhy Hone'
.can haEaa& Asaiasjou in
| private?" asked the general.
.'Ccrtainly," said the banker. "This
way, if you please" .,
They stepped into the private Office
OF the banker. whereupon the general
without further preliminaries, said:
81 suppose you know who I am
Gen. Gorgoli and superintendent OF
police
Certainly. your excellency." re-
piled the banker. .if.. ...E
..Weu, I need Immediately, for
very important affair, the sum OF 25,-
900 roubles. i am too far from the
minister Of the eXchequer to procure it;
for n delay will ruin everything. Give
me the $4,000 roubles I beg of you;
come tomorrow morning to my resi-
dence and will give you the security
for them
81 am delighted for the favor" !" re-
piled the banker. Il shall be only too
happy to accommodate you with this
| sun or even nOreH
Very well, then loan me thirty
thousand"
Here they are, my lord" he said.
counting them out
''Thanks! Tomorrow, then, at nino
o'clock, at nine o'clock"
The next morning, according to ap-
pointment, the banker presented him
self at the house of Gen. Gorgoli, who
received him with his usual affa ability.
The banker, exchanging the conpli..
ments of the day, waited for the gene
raj to open up the business on which
the visitor had come. But instead OF
.doing So, the general was silent and
l:stood ii an expectant attitude, now
| gazin; at his caller, now looking out of
the window But hearing nothing from
fthe visitor, he finally said:
"What can do for you?"
The question greatly embarrassed the
banker, but he managed to stammer:
81 have come, sir"
81 see you havc,'' coldly replied the
general
This intimidated and alarmed the
banker He began TO fear that the gen
cral- was a scoundrel who had levied
this large amount of money upon him
and which he did not intend to repay
He began to fear the llnout, or impris
onmcut, or Punishment to Siberfa fol
his presumption in demanding hissown
Nevertheless he could not afford to lose
such sum. He might as well be ex
lied as lose his fortune. So he bold,
said:
II have Come Tor the money you bor
{ rowcd yesterday"
F: And pray, sir, who are you tha
: dares to accuse me Of borrowing
moneys"
81 any Anton Truvouski. merchan
and money-lender No. Grand Milo,
street YOU came- to my place Of ebnsi
ness Yesterday morning You said tina
an Important official affair called fol; a,
immediate loan of325, 600 ronbles.
handed you.3o, 600, which you TOO
away. telling mo to call you thi
morning for your. observation-disclosures an
ample securities for the loan. hav
done so. l do not understand the me
tive of.ycpr denial. You surely do Nc
wish to ruin me-" Il, :, /,
The general said nothing, but locke
\ hard and cold and stern. The bahke
, grew pale, for he saw in the determine
look Of the police officer purpose nc
to aclsaowledge the debt, but rathe
perhaps, to use his arbitrary power
put his claimant and accuser out of tn
t,a off, cio1 f11rn
. rang for his servant
"Ortler nv carriage!> he said.
He put on the familiar gray coat wit
@ big collar by which he was so we
: known in st. Petersburg.
] What was the color of the hors
\ that was in the carriage yesterday:
he asked the merchant
at was a chestnut, my lord
H"IIave the chestnut harnessed," /
said to the servant.
Repeat your story, if you pleas
emitting no detail whatever"
The merchant went carefully over
- again.
"Your carriage is ready, your exec
, lcncy," said the servant entering.
% Il will ask you to remain here unit
l return" said the general to the me
chant Quitting the room, descendir
the stairs to the street and getting I'M
his drowsky he drove away.
7, The suspense of the merchant W;
terrible lie sat down but in half
minute rose again; walked the roor
looked out the window; sat in anoth
chair: once more got up; went to u
door; looked out; saw no one, heard I
one: but kept hoping, wishing for
1a solution to this mysterious affai
Should the police officer keep the none
: and not even accuse tho banker
l,lackmail or attempted extortion
there was only life of toll, power
-fand disgrace before him.
q In his desperation he regan4even
!, contemplate it, He involuntari