Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-13

not pay him another penny"
with his detective order Of mind, and
simply dread to be. told there's nothing
in it-because"-
"Well-because whatP" said Borof-
sky. II shall criticise. It is my duty.
But shall be only too glad to recognize
a real clewl"
81 think it is real clew, and that
now know what became Of my poor IA
ther," I said. "You see, the student
couldn't have known that we"-
"Stopl You forget that we should
like to hear the tale itself before listen
ing to your comments on It," laughed
Borofsky.
Then I told them as clearly as I could,
and without the circumlocution that
my conceited student garuished the tale
with, how father had been cruelty
and wickedly entrapped and substituted
for a wretch who was wanted by the
police, and how the police had fallen
into the ambush prepared for them.
and had in all proba bility deported IA
ther to Siberia, while Andre was left
to live in luxury and freedom.
l paused when I had finished the
story. Then. "Great Caesar" MUIR
INJURED Percy. Borofsky meditated In
silence.
"Well, Borofsky," said presently,
"don't keep me in suspense. long to
hear your opinion. Is the tale true or a
tissue Of lies?'
"Stopl' said Borofsky. Ibid you
tell the rascal anything Of your journey
to Erinofka and your finding Of a clew
there?'
reflected a moment. "No, said,
81 don t think did. I'm sure I didn' t. I"
"Ahl Then the tale is true" said
Borofsky, "for it fits in with that
which we know, unless, Of course, he
was sharp enough to put two and two
together and build his tale on the ru-
mors he may have heard of our re-
searches at Erinofka. His precious So
ciety, or brotherhood, or gang Of
thieves. or whatever you like to call it,
may have heard of our being on the
scent there, even though it were not
they who murdered the wretched little
peasant who brought you information I"
"No," said Percy. 1.-The Erinofka bit
belongs all right; it is part of our affair
The little peasant told us a true tale
and suffered death for it. Who MUIR
dered him? Why, these internal ras-
Gals; possibly the student himself. The
story is consistent, Borofsky, from be-
ginning to end. Boris has got hold Of
the right man at last. You were after
him, I know, for weeks, and therefore
the credit is yours as much as his; but
Boris it was that nabbed him. Well
done, Boris, old boy You deserve your
success. Cad, Borofskyl You wouldn' t
have gone in after the fellow into an
ice hole Come. would you nowf"
Borofsky, pleased with the compli-
ment conveyed in the earlier part..of
the sentence, smiled acquiescence.
II don't think I would" he said. IL
can't swim. Yes," he continued, "the
story sounds consistent enough, and it
may be that our little rascal has come
over, body and soul. into the enemy's
camp"
"And no wonder either, I should
say" said Percy, "since they starved
him in the other, while we offer him
food and raiment and shekels of gold
and of silver. This student knows which
side of his bread is we'll jammed"
"The thing is, could the police have
been such utter idiots as this would
prove them." l said, "and, again, il
they have blundered, will they acknowl
edge their blunder and allow poor ia,
ther to come backf'
1.-THE police blunder often enough,
said Borofsky. "There would be nothing
extraordinary in that. They would
have drugged the count, of course-An'
Dire & Co. 1 mean-so that he could moi
protest his innocence when arrested; al
any rate, not in comprehensive man
ner. AS for whether the police will ad
nit their blunder, that remains to be
seen. We must interview the pristai
who arrested him. The student will tel
you which district the house lay in"
"And if they simply laugh in oul
faces, as my fellow says they probably
will, what then2"
"Then, apparently, he has another
card up his sleeve" said Borofsky,
"and since he seems to be very proud
Of it and very anxious to produce it fol
wage we may hope it is a trump
eff it is the key that will unlock IA
theirs secret and bring him back to his