The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-21
CHAPTER xxx.


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CHAPTER XXX.
UNMAsK1Fa THE IMPosToR.
Borofaky gulped down his dose and
began.
"When I entered that raving ma.
MACS rocm," be said, 1.-THE fellow came
straight to me and took me by the
shoulders. You've given me away to
the police, you sneaking hound. he
muttered, and I'm going to kill you
for It'll Now, what have you.to say be-
fore / strangle you1 Why have you
broken faithf Did You not promise that
you wonld keep quiet and not let your
tongue wagf' ,
+" Let me breathe, you fool I
gasped, 'or how can I speaks'
"He loosened his hold on my collar a
little, and / added that certainly had
go promised, but that many things had
eince happened which had altered the
conditions
"'Yes, he said, you have heard a
FOOLS yarn az to the arrest Of Count
Landrinof, and go on. have had q
visit from the pristaf, who has told me
the whole silly tale. Can you believe
this kind Of nonsensef'
Not T. I eaid, wishing to concili.
ate him.
Then why repeat 1t to the policer
You have done no good by it, friend.
The pristaf did the wisest thing he
could have done and came straight to
me- He Is now convinced that am
Landrinof and that my wife and son
have conspired, for reasons Of their
own, to get rid Of me by means Of this
clumsy plot. 1t twill not succeed. Mean
while who is your Informant You in
vented the tale-is that sof'
'Yesr I said, jumping at straw,
for the mans eyes looked devilish and
terrible.
"'You liarr he Missed, Tightening
his hold again. who is your infor.
mants Come; I will knowr
II could scarcely breathe; I was suffo-
eating. In another moment I must have
died
"'The student' gasped. He relaxed
his hold that instant.
"tAh, that is better-the student + he
repeated. How did you get hold Of
the student, and heref'
"Count Boris caught him and squeez-
ed him. I said; it was not his fault.
"'Oh, I don't blame himi' he said.
We'll, where is this STUDENT have
missed him these days. Well, he is a
liar-that is. he has lied to you-but he
is useful to me, a kind Of Mercury,
- and I must find him. Come; where is
her His fingers frightened upon my
neck. Where is her he repeated. I
struggled, but it was useless. He is far
stronger than I. was on the point Of
strangulation when I told him, but tell
him did. l could not help it. Then he
let me come away, and I locked the
student in bis room and brought away
the key-here 1t isl could think Of
nothing better to do. We must spirit
him from the house tonight and hide
him in some hired lodging can get
him passport tomorrow, and he can
take train to Reval and sail to London
from there. or-no; Reval is his best
way"
"If we can only safely get through
this night" said, my teeth a-chatter
with the excitement into which b.
rofsky's recital had thrown me. ''If we
can only get through tonight safely and
put the police on to this railway mining
business in the morning, keeping our
eye on Andre meanwhile, we shall have
the department on our side by the even
ing. Andre won't be at large long once
we tell them about the intended at
tempt on the cars life-if they believe
us sufficiently to verify the story, that
is"
"Yes, and If the student hasn't in
vented the whole tale" said Percy.
"We should look pretty foolish if the
police went there and found nothingp'
go out. Percy, like dear good
chap, and take room somewhere for
the unfortunate little wretch" sug.
gested, and Percy, as usual, stood not
upon the order of his going, but went
He returned in an hour, having found
a lodging for our informer. This was
half u mile away, behind the Champs
de Mars, in slummy street whose
name have forgotten. The next thing
was to get the student out Of the house
in safety.
We waited until past midnight be-
fore we attempted to make the move.
Andre might be on the watch, suspi-
cious Of such action as this which we
were taking.
At length, however, after much eau
ton and listening and watching Of
doors, we successfully spirited our man
down the corridor and into the grand
hall and down to the front entrance,
and here old Gregory, the concierge,
had surprise for us.
When we warned him, for the love
Of heaven, not to mention this fitting
to the count" (should he come down
to inquire), Gregory informed us that
the $50 called count" was not at home
The old man. though requested, for
reasons, to call Andre "the count"
would never consent to do so when
speaking to ourselves; for us there was
always the modifying clause $50 call
cd" Andre had gone out an hour ago
and had not yet returned.
confess that this information gave
me creepy feeling, 1t was not pleas
ant to feel that the murderous scoun-
drel was at large and perhaps on the
watch, suspecting and determined to
defeat our Vaccinations. Bah have
often recalled that horrible sensation;
1t has formed the backbone Of most Of
my nightmares since that distressing
time.
The student was radiant, however.
He knew nothing Of Borofsky's terrible
quarter Of an hour with Andre, but he
was relieved TO be out of the house and
rejoiced exceedingly over the prospect
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