The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-18
The Observation-Disclosures
By PRED wHIsHAw.
copyright tsse. By American Press Assoc
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CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
THE COUNTS EXILE TO SIBERIA.
"Do you mean" I said. "that You
will be able to provide evidence that
this man Andre is the convict Kornilof
ard not my fatheri"
"Perhaps, said the student. smiling
conceitedly.
ut is ridiculous." I cried hotly. ito
suppose that the police will refuse to
accept the evidence Of q mans own
wife and child and will believe yours
for the asking"
at may be ridiculous, but the police
never admit blunder If they can make
any one else suffer for It instead Of
themselves As for my part in the bust
ness, You forget that possess inforna-
. ton Of various kinds with regard to
Andre, which might be useful and even
important to them and might throw a
light on this matter"
II see." ! said. "But shall be both
surprised and disguised il 1t prove to
be as you say, and the authorities re-
fuse to believe our evidence. shall
leave you now and consult my friends.
believe your story as to fathers cap
ture; go you may consider your check
safe. At the same time you are to re-
main where You are until other mat
tiers are settled. You have no objection
to continue as my guestf"
$50 long as my safety is guaranteed
shall be charmed to remain, '!eaid the
student. "Does Andre enjoy the run
Of the housef He must not see me or
know that am here He would muir
der me, and your cause would be
ruined"
HE shall not come here or know Of
your presence. I shall see that only
trusted persons are aware that have a
an acquaintance staying in the
house."
"Goodi See that the same wine is
served to me, like the generous host
you are. and plenty Of It'll" He shouted
the last words at me az l left the room.
II shall have you watched, my 6ne
fellow" said to myself as l hurried
away to conHde my great news to Percy
and Borofsky, 'for you are . pearl Of
great price" And may say N this
place that from this time until-well,
until certain things had happened,
either Percy or Borofsky or was con-
stantly on duty in the passage outside
the students room, both to see that he
did not attempt to escape and to guard
against surprises from without, Andre
being kind Of bugbear that one must
suspect and fear all times.
found Borofsky and Percy playing
billiards.
"Wellf" cried the latter. "What
lucki" Both he and Borofsky laid down
their cues and waited for me to speak.
Now that l was here and my heart
bursting with the news I had to tell
them,. was unable to utter single
word. ! suppose dreaded being dis
couraged. had formed lovely hopes so
many times and on each occasion they
had been dashed from me that sup
pose I feared to be told by Borofsky
that all this which my student had told
me was mere buncombe; that he had
taken me in, and there was not word
of truth in his story.
"You'll probably say it's all tissue
Of lies." I blurted at length, with diff
Guilty.
"That's extremely probable, said
Borofsky, who had been soured Of late
by his i'll successes and was not In the
best of humors.
"At any rate, old man, we'll con-
slider It in its bearings" said Percy.
"Three heads are better than one,
though I admit yours is not such bad
one. Is it 80 very incredible2"
ION the contrary, I don't think it is
60 at ALL" said, "but Bcrofsky may