Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-09

In you. and take your last look up at
the stars while your blood runs over
the pavement. But surely we need not
quarrel over grievance which does not
exist l ain coming to your precious
father in minute or two"
"Gc on. then," said was begin
ming to loathe the sight Of this little
toad Of man.
"Well. the bloodhound died, as l
say. but another was put upon the
scent, and. when he died. third, and
still they would not let Andre alone.
though they could not catch him.
"Tben. at last. one of us-I mean,
one of the body of men and patriots
who were privileged to call themselves
the friends of Andre-hatched very
brilliant plot for the relief Of Andre
and for the getting Of him safely over
the frontier, which-ardently as our
friend desired to go abroad for the good
of his health and for the advantage Of
certain projects in which he was inter
ested-had been hitherto quite impossi-
BILE, owing to the care with which the
authorities had laid their plans to pre-
vent it
1.-The railway stations bristled with
gendarmes and ununiformed police
spies, in fact-and the frontier was
guarded as though it were powder
magazine and some one had threatened
to put match to it.
"Now. this was the plan. and you
must listen very carefully to it, for I
am pledged to interest you. and the
5000 rubles in my pocket have been
paid me for what I am going to tell you
next
"But as this part of the tale is 30
very interesting we will drink glass
of wine to steady our nerves"
Drink the whole bottle and be
hanged, only go onr" raved.
"Good wines should never be taken
too fast. said the little rascal. delib.
erately slipping from his glase "And
this is good wine-claret, do you call
it, or burgundyS Idon't often have the
opportunity of sampling these expen-
sive vintages. and therefore I do not
claim to be much of a judge Take
glass You won'tp Well. I see you are
excited to hear what have to tell you.
so here goes
lone Of us-ope of them, l should
say-conceived this idea Andre, he
knew. they all knew. was well connect
ed. He owned to brother who ranked
as patrician among the patricians-
Moreover. Andre made it boast that
he bore more than a strong family like
ness to his brother. the great Count
Landrinof
"This ingenious person. the hatcher
of the plot. took the trouble to visit
Count Landrinof at this very aristo-
cratic and palatial establishment in
which l am at this moment an bonored
guest. He came ostensibly to ask for
contribution for some benevolent enter
prise which he mentally evolved for the
occasion, but in reality'to judge whether
the brothers were really so much alike
that there was reasonable expectation
that they might be mistaken one for
the other.
'Well. he met with extraordinary
success; double-nay, treble-success.
Your father. he found. was a generous
man. and, pardon me. more than lit
tie foolish. He subscribed rubles to-
ward Ivanof's fund 1--WE will call him
Ivanof for convenience(- which 5 ru-
bles Ivanof found very useful
Secondly, Ivanof saw at a glance
that Andre and his brother were quite
exceptionally and marVelously alike
and might easily be mistaken the one
for the other. That this is 80 none knows
better than yourself, for to this fact
you are indebted for the pleasure Of
Andres presence under your roof.
"Go onl" l said. Even now I could
not for the life Of me foresee what was
coming
Thirdly, Ivanof. while waiting in
the great hall down stairs-a splendid
hall, by the way; but is it not cold in
winterH A space Of that size would, l
should say
| OO JILL SAtON, LILY 1OOu'
l could have twisted the little rascal's
head off but for the freDzied desire l
! now felt to hear the end of his tale
"Well. thirdly, then, Ivanof had the
pleasure of seeing another gentleman
besides the count, an Englishman named
Herbert. or Hubert, and of hearing the
end of your fathers conversation with
him, which fell in marvelously well
with Ivanof's plans. The two gentle
men were, in fact, arranging for a
shooting party at place called Erinof-
ka. and fixed upon the days and hours
for their sport in Ivanof's presence.
Then our friend laid his plans, which
were made very easy for him by his
visit to the count and what he had
learned there.
"Do you follow me nowP Have you
mastered the plot Of my tales Need l
go on2"