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

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home and dissasslnE atDsAs lsn9thi
and with much tain -fvpstitfcn the
dhancss for and sgainst the success Of
esscy's s6xta Dofofsky wss, thosgh
much excited. quite sanguins and al
most confident that for some inexplica-
BILE reason my poor father had fed to
London without warning mother Of his
departure and that Percy had acct
dentally found him there He would
not discuss the question as to why ia
ther should hsve done this. There would
be plenty Of time for explanations, he
said, afterward. The main point now
was to make sure that the count was
safe land we'll and to know where to
end him at any moment. It might not
even be necessary to bring him back at
once should he have good reason to de-
sire to remain away. There might be
financial troubles or a quarrel with the
authorities.
both utterly impossible, Borof-
skyp' / said. my father is rich man,
ana the authorities from the lowest
chinovnik to the GEAR respsctand esteem
him."
.sMy dear young SIR" said Borofsky.
''nsither y0u nor Lean see in the dark.
Rather than grope about and knock his
shins against the furniture the wise
man will wait for light, and go will
weP'
We had not mentioned to mother the
object of Percy's trip to London. She
had naturally concluded that he had
business Of his own to attend to, and
was pleased and grateful when he prom.
ised her, at parting, that he would not
be absent long and would return to help
me in my Encouraging task OF finding
father 60 soon as ever he could get
away. We met Percy on the afternoon
Of the third day, and as Borofsky and l
tramped the platform Of the Warsaw
station, awaiting the arrival OF his
train, I, for one, was in such state of
excitement and expectation that ! had
not a word to say to my companion by
reason Of the quaking Of my jaws and
!. the rapid beating Of my heart, and l
fancy Borofsky, though he had 80 much
less at stake on the result of Percy's
trip, was.not much less agitated than l
10 hear what be should have to tell US.
Slowly and laboriously the train drag
ged itself into the station, as Russian
trains do There is none Of that fine
rushing in at full speed and pulling up
short at the very platform in the sd-
| mirable manner of our English engine
drivers. The poor old Russian engine, a
| numbering, wood burning thing, has
had an immense distance to 60, you see,
and is no doubt 90 tired that 1t can
scarcely drag itself and its heavy load
Of carriages into the. haven where il
would be. However, Percy's train
crawled slowly and mournfully in al
last, and out jumped Percy.
could see at once by bis radiant face
and the pleased smile with which be
greeted MS that the dear old fellow had
been successful, or believed himself te
have succeeded, in his enterprise.
sprang to him and seized his'hand.
"Well, old man" l mnrmured'
scarcely able for excitement to artlcu
late the words, "what luck9"
"The very best, as sincerely be
level" said Percy, pressing my hant
very hard. II found the man, as l tele
graphed, and l know where he live
and'-
"Oh, is It father'" I blurted, a sor
Of black mist seeming to form before m!
eyes for very intensity Of excitement.
"Dear old Boris, ! firmly believe
is" said Percy. II cannot say for Ger
tain, but there could hardly be anothe
SO like him that f-eeuld be mistaken
about. He has no twin brother, has her
"Oh, mol" l murmured. II think !
must be he. But why, Why di'
not finish my sentence ! believe
burst into tears and was hurried int
the carriage by Percy and Borofsky
There were not very many peopl
about, the train having been nearl
empty. I hope there were few witnesse
to my weakness. .
Borofsky took up the conversation i
the carriage. $50 you think 1t is reall
the counta' he began ''Ten me, dl
you get snap shot2"
II got three. said Percy with pride
"and was not caught at it. Twice,