The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25


said, TIA, justice snUu. d be done.
had no difficulty in obtaining pre-
else particulars. | discovered even
the name of the forwarding prison,
over 1000 miles away, in which
Kaffsky was at that time interned,
and having made out very strong
case gave my friend the paper, and
he presented it to his relative, the
minister.
A week passed, then fortnight,
and still there was no answer.
There are no return tickets to 81
IBERIA, and it takes a long time to
print one, said sympathizing friend
of mine. l fancied that the first It'd
ings | should hear of the matter
would be Katfsky's apparition in the
coffee room of the university. But
it wasn't. One day my philanthropic
friend shook his head, said my data
were all wrong, that Kaffsky was the
most dangerous conspirator that had
ever been tripped up in the very nick
of time, and that he would advise
me to keep aloof from political re-
formers in future, as it was evident
they could make black appear white
without an effort Ireplied that the
authorities were evidently past mas
tiers in the self same art, if / might
Judge by their new convictions. He
was silent, and / went moulnfully
away.
Six years later l heard that Kaffsky
was no more. He died of disease, or
was shot in tumult, or disposed Of
in some such way. The particulars
were not very precise, but he was
really dead, that was certain. Moth
ing else but death is certain in Rus
STA, " remarked to an ex-minister to
whom l had been telling the whole
story after dinner.
80 you are going to write about
it, you say" he asked me, to ease
your feelings1"
II am" replied.
VERY well, then, if you come here
in two or three days / will supply you
with most interesting postscript"
And he did.
His statement was based on official
documents, and this was the gist of
it. when the terrorist movement
was at its height, the leaders were
invisible and ubiquitous. We sus-
pected that they were in the univer-
sity, but that was only guess Once
or twice Kaffsky appeared to be in
the movement, but we had no proof
and could get none. 1tthen occurred
to General O. of the secret depart
ment to employ spy who had never
I played the part of a detective be-
fore"
II know. You mean the scoun.
drelly informer, Boorman," / broke
In.
"Boorman2 Boorman2 Was hei
Oh, of course he was. Yes. No,
Boorman was not the detective.
Boorman, see, was nearly as dan.
gerous as Kaffsky. He was Kaffsky's
right hand man, and he got the same
punishment.
This announcement took my breath
away, but it only deepened the mys
terry.
1.-Two thousand three hundred
rubles was what it all cost, and dirt
cheap, too" he went on.
You mean the detectives re
wardl" asked.
yes. That, of course, was over
and above her regular salary, which
was so rubles month. 1t was the
only clever stroke of business she
ever did"
"Shes" l repeated. WAS it {
woman, them"
ooh, yes Didn't l tell you9-ant
woman with the makings Of sain
in her too. Ha, ha, ha She is now
a God fearing sectarian-a pietist O.
some kind"
Well" l remarked, she would
need a good long course of penance
were it only to atone for the fate O.
poor Anna Pavlovna whose life sh,
knuffed out"
"Ha, ha, ha!' he laughed till thu
big tears rolled down his furrowel
cheeks. why, hang it, man, Ann'
Pavlovna was herself the detective
She played Delilah to Kaffsky's Sam
son and delivered him into the hand
of the Philistines. But, as | was say
ing, that was the only clever thing
she ever did. She soon after left tn,
service, found salvation, as they tern
it, in some obscure sect, and is piou
b,gnt ."-London Telegraph