Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-06
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by telling her Of my escape-all about
the students ducking and my own.
"Great scissorsr' he exclaimed
you're nice one to intrust with q
delicate piece of shadowing. You shad-
owed him with vengeance. 1t seems
to me you chased the rascal at full
sprint pretty well all through this end
Of the town and into an ice holel"
Which words Of Percy's pretty ac-
curately described what did do Then
I begged Percy to watch the door Of my
prisoner 8 room and the passage while
went down to consult with Borofsky
and to fetch my checkbook and writing
materials.
I think l never saw any man quite
80 overpowered as Borofsky when de-
tailed the whole Of the student episode,
beginning with the chase and ending
with the little rascal's statement OF
terms.
"Five thousand rublesi Nonsense,
my good sirl Well have this secret fol
nothing" exclaimed Borofsky. 1--WE
have the fellow in the hollow Of our
bands. Don't you see he Is in terror OF
his life from AndreH For heavens sake.
my good man. since Providence has put
this trump card in your hand, play II
to the best advantagel If you'll excuse
my saying 80. you don't deserve your
good luck today. That chase was the
crudest thing in shadowing I ever heard
Of and ought to have ended In utter
failure, and now you wish to pay 5000
rubles for secret (if he really has one)
which we can easily extract for moth.
ing. It is ridiculousl"
Poor Borofsky was a little put out, II
seemed, that all the luck had gone my
way and not his. It was rather hard
upon him But there was only one
course open to me.
II have promised the fellow his
five thousand. I said. "He wanted
ten thousand, but I beat him down the
other FIVE thousand by threatening him
with Andre. Idare say we could squeeze
the information out Of him by frighten-
ing him, as you cay, but it's just as well
to have his good will We shall be more
likely to learn the truth.
"Oh, don't f1atter yourself, " laughed
Borofsky scornfully. "He will tell you
what he chooses-no more and no less,
and the more we frighten him the more
he would feel inclined to divulge"
HE shall have the money" I per-
sisted "because I have promised itr
Every good" said Borofsky. shrug'
ging his shoulders, "if you prefer II
80. 1t Is your money you are throwing
into the gutter. not mine. It would
not be your fault If I were to 90
straight to Andre now and tell him we
had caught this little rascal and knew
all his secrets
"Borofskyr' l interrupted him.
"You shall do nothing Of the kind.
When l have performed my engage
ment with the student. we will consult
again. but meanwhile you shall not
breathe a word Of all this to Andre.
You are a very good detective, Borof,
sky, but you require to be more Of ar
English gentleman In some matters
You don't understand the meaning Of
the words 'noblesse oblige
Borcfsky flushed, but replied with
assumed indifference:
"Not being one Of the noblesse,
may be forgivenI" he laughed. "But
go your ways, spend money how you
like. 1t does not matter to me- Only
don't let this rascal go until we have
verified his information. Meanwhile
shall not tell Andre, since you desire
secrecy.
~ insist on secrecy" ! said. "Ex-
cuse me. Borofsky. but will have my
way in this However, I shall take
your advice about retaining my prisoner
for awhile. That is good idea. and ]
thank you for 1t.
Then l returned to my prisoner.
wrote out the check and handed 1t to
him; further. | made out, at his dicta'
tion, the form Of guarantee he required
that, in 80 far as and my household
were concerned, the secret Of his pres
ence In this house and Of his connec'
tion with certain affairs presently to be
mentioned in private conversation
should never be revealed
Then came the crucial moment
"Now, my friend. said. doing my
best to maintain a decent display Of
calmness and dignity, though. as a mat
ter of fact. my knees shook and my
hands as we'll. and my tongue was dry,
and my heart and pulses were all
a-throb with the tension Of the mo-
ment-"now. my friend. I have per-
formed my share of the agreement. The
time has come for you to perform
yoursp'
"Goodl'' said the student II see
that l am dealing with an honorable
man. and you shall eee that you are in
the same position. My story may be
rather long one. A bottle Of that very
delicious wine which was served to me
with my meal would assist both recite1
and listener. Shall I ring the bellf"
Another FIVE minutes Of agonizing
suspense.
The little wretch waited for the
wine. could have kicked him. with
ont mercy. into pulp. Then he poured
out glassful for himself and another
for me. drank half Of his own. eighed,
finished his glass, replenished 1t, set II
down at his elbow. settled himself In
bis chair and said
"You are anxious to get to business,
| see. Well. will put you ont Of your
misery in one word. I know where your
father is. and. for all l know to the
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