Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-23
THE MYSTERY OF
COUNT LANDR|N0F
Bv FRED WHISHAW.

Copyright, 1899, 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 Laudrinof, a 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 nus
sia at once. Before starting for home
Boris meets his friend Percy. Morris, who
tells him that he saw his father that very
day in London. Boris, on arriving in
Russia, finds that his father had gone 10
train. Here the trail was lost. Boris
learns from a peasant that he had driven
three men to post station. Percy ar
rives in Russia, and he and Boris inter,
view the master Of the 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 be drlves
them to the Landrinof residence. 30
rofsky, detective, is employed, ana u IS
decided that Percy shall return to London
and endeavor to obtain a photograph 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 resemb bles
Count Landrinof. Borofsky follows his
man, who endeavors to elude him. They
have an interview, and the man agrees 70
return with him to Russia. Borofsky ana
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 or
the counts criminal brother. Andre is
visited by shabby student! Boris fol-
lows the student, who, perceiving that he
is isshadowed, endeavors to escape by cross
ing 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 entertalns MN as a
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 "A ndre was Siberian prlS-
oner; that he escaped and came to ST.
Petersburg; that the police were tracking
him when a 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 a 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 car by blowing up the
train on his return to st. Petersburg.
Borofsky reveals the plot to the police.