Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-13
1907 A private detective-a young

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be learned in the nursery, young sir.
And who is this other p
"Count Boris Landrinof," I said.
The pristaf distinctly WINGED.
"Ohl" he said. 1.-THE son Of Count
Vladimir, no doubtf What can the son
of 80 eminent person require In po.
lice court7"
"That is what I wish to explain to
you, pristaf, if you will allow meP'
said Borofsky. "If you will turn back
to the month Of July last, you will find
that you effected the arrest of a.
"Stopl What has Count Landrinof
to do with all thisH"
"May not tell the story from the be.
ginningr' said Borofsky. "It is i'm
possible to explain all without begin
ming at the beginning"
"Stop-the date Of this arrestH''
Seventeenth of July Of this year."
"GoodI The place of arrestf"
Borofsky gave the name of the house
as provided by the student. The pristaf
turned back the pages of his daybook.
"Good again." he said. "Now, what
is the mistake complained Off Is 1t you,
Count Boris, who complains, or Count
Vladimir himselff"
at is l." I said. "I both complain,
and will move heaven and earth but
you shall set right your blunder, pris-
taf. Never think you will frighten me
with your hauteurp'
Excuse me, count, but you have
gone beyond me, )" said the pristaf. He
spoke more politely to me than to Bo-
rofsky, but I could see that my words
did not please him. "You have not yet
explained the nature Of the complaint.
The name Of the arrested on the day
and at the address named was, I per-
ceive, Kornilof, an escaped convict, a
murderer and rogue Of the first water.
Good There is no doubt Of his guilt,
for he Is known to have escaped from
Siberian exile. He was tracked to st.
Petersburg, arrested here and taken
back to complete his sentence. There
can scarcely be mistake here. Indeed
you have pitched upon a case, young
sir, in which there can be lees question
Of blunder than In any other almost In
our sheets. 1t Is not your father who
complains, I understand, but yourself.
Let me warn you that this is danger
ous case in which to interfere Should
you prove yourself interested in this
Kornilof, the authorities would be
obliged, in spite Of respect for your
parent and other considerations, to re-
gard your future actions with suspicion
and perhaps even to put watch upon
your doings. Now, then, what have you
to complain Off"
"Speak for me, Borofsky," I said.
mo, excuse me, I will hear no COM
plant from any but the complainant
himself"
Every we'll, then," said doggedly |;
"only he would have said 1t more po-
litely than I, maybe. complain, pris-
taf, that your fools of constables arrest
ed the wrong man. You must have seen
the prisonerS"
"Certainly, interrupted the pristaf.
"Therefore you are as much to blame
as they-perhaps more-and warn you
that unless you set the matter right,
and at once, as I shall indicate. steps
shall be taken to get justice done in an
other way, and in that case you shall
not 90 unpunished.
"But, Holy Motherl" cried the pris-
taf, somewhat impressed, perhaps, by
my earnestness. "What Is all this to
you, counts Even supposing that I had
arrested the wrong delinquent-which l
deny-how should you know Of it, Of all
people you, and why should it interest
your As soon would expect one Of the