Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-27
THE MYSTERY OF
COUNT LANDR|N0F
By FRED WHISHAW.
Copyright, lsss by the American Press Association

Copyright, l899 by the American Press Assoc
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INsTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of THE EN-
ou1RER may begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understand it
lust the same as though they had read it
all from the beginning, we here give
synopsis of that portion of it which has
already been published:
Count Boris Landrinof, young Rus
sian student at Oxford, receives tele-
gram from his mother that his father,
Count Vladimer Landrinof, is miss
ing and asking him to return to Rus
sia at once. Before starting for home
Boris meets his friend Percy Morris, who
tells him that he saw his father that very
day i'm London. Boris, on arriving In
Russia, finds that his father had gone 10
the railway station, but bad not taken
train. Here the trail was lost. Boris
learns from peasant that ne haa % ariveh
three men to post station. Percy ar
riyes in Russia, and he and Boris inter.
view the master Of tine post station and
are told that the postmater drove the
party referred to to st. Petersburg. Percy
and Boris direct him to drive them to
where he left the party, and he drives
them to the Landrinof residence. 30
rofsky, detective, is employed, ana u IS
decided that Percy shall return to London
and endeavor to obtain pnotograpn OF
the man resembling the missing count.
Percy secures the photograph, which
greatly resembles the count. The count,
ess then tells her son that her father had
a brother who fell into criminal ways.
Borofsky goes to London for the purpose
of bringing back the man who resembles
Count Landrinof. Borofsky follows his
man. who endeavors to elude him. They
have an interview, and the man agrees 10
return with him TO Russia. Borofsky and
the supposed count return. BORIS does
not believe that the latter is his fathers
brother, Andrew Landrinoff. The man
(Andre) pretends never to have heard OF
the counts criminal brother. Andre is
visited by a shabby student. Boris fol-
lows the student, who, perceiving that ne
isshadowed, endeavors to escape by cross
ing a frozen river. The ice breaks, the
student falls into the water and is rescued
by Boris. Boris demands information OF
his father of the student and to secure 1t
takes him home and entertains him as
guest. The student admits that he pos
sesses the required information and de-
mands money for it. Boris agrees to pay
and he to accept 5000 rubles. The student
tells him that Andre was Siberian prls-
oner; that he escaped and came 10 81.
Petersburg; that the police were tracking
him when plot was concocted to palm
the real Count Landrinof as the escaped
prisoner. The plan was successfully car,
ried out and the count was arrested and
sent to Siberia. 1t now becomes prob
lem how to convince the police of their
mistake. Boris interviews the chief OF
the division who arrested his father but
meets rebuff. Returning home, Boris
finds that the chief has visited his house.
The student. on learning of the visit be-
lieves that it was with view to his arrest
and that Andre has informed upon him,
he being implicated. Borofsky offers him
a free exit if he will tell all he knows.
The student then gives information OF a
plot to kill the czar by blowing up the
train on his return to st. Petersburg.
Borofsky reveals the plot to the police,
and the student is found murdered.