Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-30

posed to know just how far TO go TO eat
his bread this side Of the frontier. For
fifteen years the punched kopeck has
been missing TO the Russian police. The
Yasilvitch case is as great mystery
now as it was then. and for once Paritz
has been thoroughly baffled.
IF he is not police fiction, he knows
no more today Of the whereabouts of the
mutiiated kopeck than does the gentle
man who inhabits the moon. Our police
stand baffied by one of the most insig
nficant coins OF the world, for, until
Paritz can place the kopeck in his pos
session alongside the one he has not, Of
course the mystery of Count Iasilvitchs
death cannot he solved.
Now, let me show how completely
this Paritz has been heaten, and asmils
stole over the whiskered face Of the Rus
sian while lie reflled his wineglass and
drank it off II am by no means de
tective myself. but we pick up queer
things in our everyday wanderings
Wherever went during my tour ex
amined every coin that fell into my
hands, for | was quite familiar with
Count Yasilvitch's collection, and be
leved would be able to recognize any
parts Of it at sight. | might even admit
that gradually grew to be u hunter of
lost coins, and Of the punched kopecR IN
particular.
"But | came home unsuccessful. One
morning in the markets Of St. Peters
burg received in change lot of small
coin which, being in a hurry at the time,
| carried home without an examination.
In my library fell 10 looking AT the
+ little pieces, and what was my astonish
ment when found in my hand punched
& kopeck. There was no doubt that had
/ the identical coin which had baffied
/ the acumen Of the Russian police for
fifteen years, and for which the wonder
full Paritz could almost afford to trade
his head. Yes; ! had found in st. Pc
tersburg the punched kopeck which the
sleuth of the empire may have chased
around the world. and in order to wind
up my story with the proper climax.
gentlemen, here it is"
At the same time Colonel Simovar,
who had Just finished the narrative,
drew from his waistcoat pocket small
coin, which he placed carefully and
with tine proper emphasis Of gesture on
the table under the lamp.
His auditors, two Frenchmen and two
Russians, leaned forward with gaze riy-
eted on the coin.
Now. | would like TO see Paritz match
the punched kopeck and thus vindicate
the fame of the Russian police CON
tinued Colonel Smoya-, looking up at
Z 1. Ia ~ sritfnt.h
"If he does not | may hold him mp as
the laughing stock Of the world and
prove that the Third section is not IN.
failible."
The last words had barely left SimO,
vars lips ere very dark hand rose over
the edge of the table, and the next sec
, ond, to the utter CONSERVATION of -four
, men, another kopeck, punched exactly
like the first, lay on the cloth, Colone
Simoyar fell back and stared first at the
second kopeck and then at the guest
, who had placed it where it was.
"Paritz, gentlemen. has chased tn,
kopeck around the world said th,
, guest without the semblance of smil,
| on his swarthy face. He takes grea
J pleasure in vindicating the Russian polio
10y matching Colonel Simoyar's kopeck
, am Paritz."
] Colonel Simoyar broke into derisiv
/ laugh.
e You are my friend and gnest, Cap
!. tain Basilvitch," said he To the so calle'
Paritz Il recollect that we met II
: Constantinople and again in Milan an,
/. Athens. Come, come, gentlemen, Car
;. tain Basilvitch is man of honor. W
! will drink to his little joke"
Il The face of Paritz did not relax.
!. Rising TO his feet he drew forth
/. small diary, the leaves of which h
Il turned with provoking GOODNESS.
Is At length he began to read of Colon,
Il Simoyaf's minutest doings in France an
r among the Pyrenees. From this b
IL Jumped to the tourist in America, an
was following him step by step back
le the czar's dominions, when Simova
10 threw up his hand.
"A 1T is enough!' he said with quiverin
he lip. "There is but one devil, and h
~ name is Paritzr'
as The police spy bowed. Il take Il
le punched kopecks, gentlemen, and Il
n. murderer Of Count Yasilvitch as well
to and gathering up the two coins wit
se one hand, he touched Simoyar on Il
al shoulder with the other.
nj There was not the least resistance {
IL the colonel's part, and he went Wi
ty Paritz and the punched kopecks TO 4
en- station.
he The little wine supper thus startling
et broken up by the indefatigable spy
n. the czar was never resumed, and q
ne two Frenchmen left St. Petersburg {
~ next day fully convinced of tie pow
,al and the efficiency of the Russian el
lts pire.
n, Colonel Simovar paid the severest pc
al atty Of the law for his secret crime, a
from the day of the finding of I
In punched kopeck the name of Paritz
10 been invested with a new dread a
led terror. IT. G. Harbauch in New 70
tn Mercury.
ih' He DIdn't Like to he Kissed.
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