Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-20
Poor Borofsky surprised US by entering

ward for you If you were to reveal the
plot in time and thus save the czar.
But for me such'a course is impossible.
I would rather have the certainty of
5000 rubles from the young count than
the chance of ten times as much from
the gratitude of the czar. Cars gener-
ally contrive to reward the wrong men.
Come. Is it bargainH Five thousand
rubles down and the secret yours to do
as you like with. A grand opportunity
for you, Mr.. Borofsky. only, mind you,
my money and my passport and 4S
hours start before you act upon it"
II think l may promise that Count
Boris will reward you handsomely,
though, Of course. we have the whip
hand of you, and might. if we chose,
screw your very soul out Of you for
nothing. Tell me about this conspiracy,
and / will advise him to be generous"
"Well, I will trust you. You will be
satisfied with my tale. Why do you
suppose Andre has come to st. Peters
burgf For the pleasure (and risky Of liv-
ing in this comfortable house and pass
ing among strangers as the Count Lam
drinofH No, my friend. there would be no
solid advantage to balance the tremen-
dous risks- He has come to your house
because he finds it a grand center and
sanctuary for the quiet Matching of his
own eggs. That's all. The man requires
little time to himself and quiet
place, and here he has found both. The
plotf Very we'll 1t is aimed against
the head of the realm, Of course. Be-
tween the station Kirilof and Bootief,
where the line runs through forest,
about one mile from the Bootief clear
ing, is a woodman's cabin. Close to
that cabin there is something very
wrong with the earth. A careful exam
ination will disclose it.
II sea plot to blow mp the czar's
train. But how is Andre eoncernedF"
"There are several concerned, but
Andre is the head and chief Of the
affair. The man to ask for on the spot
is one Krolok. but he is desperate sort
Of character, and it would be as well
to be very careful. The ground is un-
dermined from the cabin to the very
rails; all is finished, and the web waits
for the fly. On Friday, unless he should
be warned beforehand, the victim will
buzz unsuspectingly into it, and, piff,
where is the czarH There; that is my
secret. If the police will not believe
that Andre is Andre and not Count
Landrinof when you shall have present
ed them with their czar, alive and safe,
in order to prove the fact, why, then,
they are past praying for. and there is
no more to be said.
"How is the responsibility for the
conspiracy to be brought home to himr
said Borofsky. thinking aloud rather
than asking the question.
"Seize Krolok-let the police seize
Krolok! They will soon find out who
are his accomplices; they have way
of extracting information from their
prisoners which, it is said, Is irresisti-
BILE.
"Well. I think may say that you
have done your best, Mr.. Student, to
Justify your release and perhaps some
reward. / will now discuss matters
with my friends, and you shall hear the
result as soon as possible. "
"For the love of heaven, be careful!'
cried the student. 81 repeat that if
Andre were to learn that am here and
in communication with you he would
murder me on the spot and then disap-
pear. This would be fatal for your pur-
pose, remember, for the police will as
suredly never return you your Count
Landrinof unless you have another to
give them in his place. If he were to
murder me, he would disappear. / tell
you"
"We must hope for the best, both
for you and for ourselves, B" said Borof-
sky. "We shall be careful, of course. "
1t was while Borofsky was repeating
to Percy and myself the details Of his
conversation with the student that a
summons came for him from our other
guest, Andre.
Borofsky was in the habit Of visiting
Andre, so that the summons was moth
ing unusual, but he prepared to obey
it, nevertheless, with some little trepi-
dation tonight.
"He will be agitated about the pris-
taf's visitl'' he said. "Probably he'll
insist upon knowing why we visited
the pristaf and where we got our in
formation from.
WGud - / exclaimed. Uthat's true.