Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-27

did not contain much, but among the
few papers discovered were my two
checks for 5000 rubles each.
"Ahr' said the chief. 'Then 1t is
an execution.
could the count-real or impostor'
have learned that this unfortunate
had informed upon himS" he added,
looking from me to Borofsky and then
at Percy. eff so, this murder assumes
significance which,
"Most assuredly the scoundrel knew
all about it, for he compelled me by
means Of personal violence to disclose
the source of the information / held,
said Borofsky.
"When was thisf'
"Only last night" "
cha! He did not lose much time.
then. How did he know where to find
the student p
"We brought the poor wretch to
these quarters last night. He must have
sbadowed u.s..
"Goodl And the knifef'
"It is my fathers. I said. "He
brought it ont of my fathers study to
do his devils work for him.
"Well, l fancy we shall have him
presently, whether he be your father or
the other" said the chief. "He will not
get far.
"Whether be be my father" I ex-
claimed. do you mean. excellence,
that you are not satisfied this scoundrel
is the man we assert him to be-Andre.
or Kornilof, and not my father ?"
Nothing is proved, excepting that
the student is dead with your fathers
knife in his heartl" said the chief.
eve can jump to no conclusions in
such cases, though think matters tend
in favor of your point Of view"
Borofsky nudged me. Don't be
afraid" he whispered; "the officials
must make pretense of believing
themselves infallible. He does not real
ly think your father could possibly have
done such deed as this. He would not
be such fool" "
"Heayen Forbid would net have
even a blundering policeman believe
it'll" I said.
Meanwhile our friend, the chief, bade
us prepare to follow him back to the
chancellery CT the department. 1t might
be that news had come, by this time.
from Bootief. Much would depend upon
this news, he said. fer if it should turn
out that the students story about the
mining of the railway were true, then
it would be fair to assume that his tes-
timony to the identity of Andre was
true also, and perhaps the whole story
of the substitution of my innocent ia
ther for the guilty party on the fateful
day of the arrest.
On our return to the chancellery e1-
citing news awaited Us. Though we
had been away scarcely an hour, reply
had already come from Bootief that In
stantly on receipt of the message from
headquarters squad Of mounted gen.
darmes had been sent down the line two
miles, to the point indicated.
This was easily effected, because the
gendarmes and soldiers were already
massed in all towns along the route to
be taken by the czar, in readiness to
line the railway "a hours before the
imperial train should pass along it.
This precaution was constantly taken
at the time of these events, in conse-
quence of the activity Of the enemies
of order, who nevertheless contrived oc-
casionally to make their preparations
in spite of the thin Gordon Of protectors
stretched for hundreds of miles through
the country.
The squad of gendarmes had, in this
case, ridden straight to the spot describ-
ed by our informant and detailed in the
telegram from headquarters. Here they
had surprised a woodman taking bis
midday meal within his hut. On their
inviting this individual to show them
where the entrance to the excavations
which he had assisted to make was to
be found he had fired revolver in
their faces, wounding two men before
being himself overpowered. They had
then removed his bed-a mere straw
mattress on the floor of the hut-and
discovered neat tunnel starting thence
and running underneath the line, 10
or 20 yards away; beautifully con-
structed thing and eminently adapted
for carrying out the purpose for which
it was made-namely, to blow up the
permanent way and with it any train
that might happen to be passing along
the rails at the moment Of the explosion.
The chief crossed himself as he read
the telegram and muttered something
which sounded like line out Of the
litany.
"Your little rascal spoke the TRUTH"
he said. "Upon my word, he deserved
to enjoy the fruits of virtue. 1t will be
interesting now to catch this other. y
Don wait to catch him, excellence,
before handing us-what we have sure
ly deserved at your hands-Count Ian
drinof's release.
The chief reflected. LIT is most un-
usual" he said. "to do anything of the
kind. How can we let the one 60 before
we have the other to put in his placer
stamped my foot. What did care
for the high mightiness of this oficialf
II will 60 to the czar himself" l
ragged. Il will tell him that the same
police who blundered in July to the
ruin of my innocent father have now
blundered again. allowing party of
miscreants to undermine the railway
over which he will presently travel. /
will tell the whole story. The czar shall
see who is right and who is wrong, if
the police cannot or will notp'