Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-19
CHAPTER *.
rHE COUNTS CRIMINAL BROTHER.

knees and thanked God aloud for his
mercies.
81 knew, knew that my beloved
was alive and that God would return
him to US in his good timel' she Sob
bed. "You have seen him alive. dear
Percy. and that is enough-the rest will
all be clear cne day, when my dear hus-
band is restored to himself again-and
to me. He has been poorly of late. Boris,
but never suspected that the malady
was of this type. until-until that ter
rible day of his disappearance. have
feared that in some horrid spasm of
temporary irresponsibility he might
have-but God is merciful-he has been
seen alive, all will be well. "
My poor dear mother laughed and
cried, and cried and laughed again. She
looked at the little photos and kissed
them and said, "Oh, yes. there can be
little doubt-but oh poor dear, what
terrible suit of clothes and hatl Do you
know what think. Borisf the new tar
ifs have made great difference of late
in the profits of his iron works. he has
been haunted by the idea that one day
we shall be ruined, and this specter has
driven him, for little while, out Of his
senses. 80 that he has run away, poor
dear soul, and dressed himself meanly
in order to disguise himself from some
imaginary creditorsl Did he recognize
and speak to you. PercyH'
"No, he did not. countess. said
Percy dejectedly.
"There, it is all Of a piecer cried
the mother. "He desires to remain dis
guised and unrecognized. 1see it ALL
oh. how plainlyr
Dear, sanguine mother. raised from
misery to great happiness upon so rick
ETY. basis How could she guess that
she was settling down, in fancied secur-
ity and comfort. in the Spanish castle
Of the sanguine and credulous, common
" called the paradise Of foolsf
Did l. too, take mp my abode in this
fools paradisef fear I must confess
that did. My mothers confidence in
fected me. and / felt as sure of fathers
identity with the man Of the portrait
as che did
Borofsky was radiant
at only remains, then, to travel to
London and bring him back. whether
be will or no.. he said.
But mother demurred.
81 do not think that" she said. II
should not like him interfered with
He will soon outlive this temporary at
tack Of delusion and return of his own
free will. am sure of it. The count is
not mad His intellect is as sound and
healthy as any But he is i'll 10 startle
him in his present condition would do
him no good. He would think himself
pursued. and this would give color to
the delusion from which he is suffer
ing. Let him be watched if you like,
but by no means allow him to be star
tied or his liberty interfered with"
Accordingly it was settled that Bo-
rofsky-who was unknown to my father
should be the one to undertake the
duty Of watching him. He must settle
himself close-opposite If possiDle-to
fathers lodgings, which were in small
street off Fitzroy square, and keep an
eve upon the counts movements, using
his discretion as to making his &C.
ouaintance or not. according to clrcum'
stances
81 shall do so if 1 can," said Borof-
sky, "for, if not, don't see how the
matter is to proceed any further. You
may expect to see ne return peacefully
together after short while.
"God grant it'll" said mother. "But
above all things remember not to alarm
my poor husband, for that would be
the worst policy of all.
II shall be most careful, madame, .
said our little Sherlock Holmes. and
with this assurance he departed, well
provided with introductions to friends
in London in case he should need assist
ance of any kind in his dealings with
Englishmen, whose language he knew
little Of He was well supplied with
cash, too, and carried instructions to
keep Us well informed as to his move
ments. and especially as to my poor ia
theirs mental condition and all that
concerned him.
For a few days after Borofsky's de.
parture my mother was sanguine and
excited. expecting I know not what
good news from London, for naturally
no news whatever could be reasonably
awaited for some little while. Borofsky
would and could do nothing Immediate
" after his arrival there. His task, in
the nature of it and in accordance with
his instructions, nEessitated the great
est caution and deliberation-nothing
was to be done in hurry for fear of
causing suspicion and inspiring alarm.
A week passed. and there was no
news from our little detective; second
went by and still he had not written,
excepting short note to report his
arrival in London, written two or three
days after reaching English shores.
Then mother began to grow desrond'
ent. There must be hitch somewhere
she said. Poor dear father had fitted
from tho lodoinos to which Percy had