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

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II can't possibly leave my mother,
I mt in. "for some little while Ut al
events. lam sure Percy knows my ia
ther well enough not to mistake him
for any one else II he gets . real good
look at him, and perhaps a talk as we'll.
Would you mind undertaking the JOB
Percyi" ..,.
"of course not, +" Percy scoffed. III
YOU think I'll do, he added. what
do YOU think, Mr.. Borofsky I"
HYou'll do well enough. +" said Rorot-
sky, iii our friend here cannot see his
way to going. Are You anything OF a
photographic r. be added Unexpectedly.
aOniy with little snap shot ma
chine, !" laughed Percy. "Why' Am
to photograph all the suspicious people
I sees"
"Not quite that; but II you should
meet the count or this individual You
consider u marysloualy like him and
could get o snap shot at him you might
end u over a copy and the countess o.
Count Boris could easily identity OF
,epudiate the gentleman as per portrait.
That would eave,a great deal Of trou-
BILE, for though you might make mis-
take they could scarcely do 30. Thus
when your print arrived we should be
able to say at once: 'Thia is the count.
We have found him. Or, This Ia some
one else aud Mr.. Percy may return to
help US look elsewhere for the count. >"
Percy iaughd.
"WelI," he said, 'I'll take my hand
camera anyway. It'sonly tiny thing
at best, though; 10 don't expect much
result. And IL I'm arrested by the city
police for taking snap shots at innocent
persons shall expect you to come and
bail me outl" Which favor we prom
ised Percy should not be denied him in
case Of need.
Then We dispatched Percy by train,
bidding him wire to us Immediately in
case he should meet with any kind OF
success, and warning him above all. II
ever he caught sight Of the man-father
or another-whom he had seen on
| former occasion, to make sure Of his ad'
dress by following him, and il possible
to watch Oh have the place watched mn
til we should have had an opportunity
Of seeing the portrait and. perhaps,
even Of running over to London to see
the original himself.
don't think Percy was very sangnine
| az to his mission and the chances of see
ing his former friend again. 1t would
be the merest fuke If he did, he said.
One might as we'll search for grain Of
wheat in the proverbial sackful Of chat.
Before we left the station the idea &C.
Cured to Borofsky that it would be in
teresting to ask the young fellow at the
ticket office whether Count Landrinoi
had travelled to London lately. The
count was 80 we'll known in st. Peters
burg that the clerk would probably
have recognized him, and might tell III
the very day be started, and whether
alone or accompanied. This would al
least show us whether Percy's mission
was mere FOOLS errand or whether tn
count, having really departed from
London, might still be found there.
"But the clerk-will think me such
fool not to know whether my own fathe
has gone to London or not!" protest
ed. Cant you say you require the dat
Of his departure for some case you r
working upH"
.Good idea" said Borofsky, ant
forthwith he evolved fine cock ant
bull story about some domestic robber.
in our household, supposed to have beel
committed by one of the servants, an
how certain evidence rested upon tn
exact date of the counts departure
which date we had forgotten. =
The ticket clerk, on hearing all this
scratched his head and assumed an al
Of the deepest thought. He had bee
pairing his nails when we disturbed him
and he kindly laid aside this fascinatin
occupation in order to attend to us.
II remember the count taking hi
ticket" he said presently. at was
let me see-about fortnight ago. wa
it mott Stop minute. I do not issu
so very many tickets for London diret
here we are. Augustine, it wa
July. This must be it, think, 17-2
July, seventeenth old style, twenty
ninth new. believe that must be til
day. You may take it as pretty Gel
tain.
"Goodr' said Borofsky. "That is tf
very day we fixed upon; the certaint
Of 1t will enable Ms to place our hant
upon the guilty party. We are SO muc
obliged to you. By the bye, he added
"you did not happen to notice tf
clothes in which his excellence Travelled
There is little point about a certai
silk hat, which may or may not ha,
been among the articles stolen. Had til
count tall hat now or a soft Tyrolese
>"A tall hat" said the clerk promp
", 'and a frock coat, such as l hay
generally seen his excellence wear.
happened to notice it because some OF
made the remark chat Count Landrin
always looked far more of an Englisl
man than Russian
gave the clerk cigar. He deserve
it.
Borofsky was jubilant as we left tt
station.
"You see, he said, "your father d
60 to London and just at the date
his disappearance too. Moreover,
] was dressed as usual and he we
: alone, for apparently only one Lond'
, ticket was issued"
"That makes the mystery all q
, worse" said, "for why should n
dear father, who was alwaysas hap
in his cwn house as any man can be
why should he suddenly depart for Lo
don, alone and without notice, unle
carried away by force or cunning, t
victim of some motive and of some pc
sons as to whose identity we can on
: guessf''
"As to going alone, said Borofsk
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