The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-03-16

did not contain much, but among tn
few papers discovered were my tw,
checks for 8, 900 rnbles each.
"AhN" said: the chief, "Then II Il
an execution.
could the count--real or impostol
have learned that this unfortunate
had informed upon him 2" he added,
looking from me to Borofsky and thef
at Percy. "lf 80, this murder assumes
a Significance which,
"Most assuredly the scoundrel knew
all about 1t. for he compelled me by
means OF personal violence to disclose
the source OF the information ! held. y
said 3orofsky
"When was thisf"
"Only last night"
"Hal He did not lose much time,
then. How did he know where to find
the s%tudent?"
1--WE brought the poor wretch ia
these quarters last night. He must have
Swallowed us.
"Goodl And the knifeP"
1T IL my fathers" | said. HE
brought II out Of my fathers study to
do his DEVILS work for him"
"Well. ! fancy we shall have him
presently, whether he be your father or
the other, said the chief. "He will not
get far.
"Whether he DO my fatherl" l ex.
claimed. ''Do you mean, excellence,
that You are not satisfied this scoundrei
IL tho man we assert him TO be--Andre,
or Kornilof, and not my father"
"Nothing IL proved, excepting that
tho student IL dead with your fathers
knife In his heartl' said the chief,
owe can jump to no conclusions In
such cnses, though ! think matters tend
In favor Of your point Of view"
Borofsky nudged mo, . Don't DO
afraid, he whispered; "the officials
must make a p%retense Of believing
themselves ~infallible, He does not real
ly think your father could possibly have
done such a deed AZ this. He would not
DO such a fool.
"Heaven Forbid | would not have
even a laundering policeman believe
itl" ! said
Meanwhile II friend. the chief, babe
rs prepare to follow him back to the
chancellery Of the department. II might
be that news had come, by this time.
from Bootief Much would depend upon
this news, no said. for II II should tnrn
ont that the students story about the
mining Of the railway were true, then
II would DO fair to assume that his tes'
timony to the identity Of Andre wal
true also. and perhaps the whole story
Of the substitution Of my innocent ia.
ther for the guilty party on the fateful
day OF the arrest,
On u return to the chancellery ex'
citing news awaited us Though we
had been away scarcely an hour, a reply
had already come from Bootief that In
stantly on receipt Of the message from
headquarters a squad Of mounted gen
darmes had been sent down the line two
miles, to the point indicated,
This was easily effected, because the
gendarmes and soldiers were already
massed In all towns along the route to
DO taken by the car, In readiness to
line tho railway 20 hours before the
imperial train should pass along 1t
This precaution was constantly taken
at the time Of these events, In conse,
Quence Of the activity OF the enemies
Of order, who nevertheless Goptrived oc-
caaionally to make their preparations
In spite Of the thin Gordon OF protectors
stretched for hundreds OF miles through
the country,
Tho squad of gendarmes had, In this
Ease, ridden straight to the spot describ'
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had surprised a woodman taking his
midday meal within his hut, On their
inviting this individual to show them
where the entrance to the excavations
which no had assisted to make was to
DO found he had fired a revolver In
heir faces, wounding two men before
being himself overpowered, They had
then removed his bed-ra mere straw
mattress on the floor Of the hut-and
discovered a neat tunnel starting thence
and running underneath the line, Is
or 20 yards away a beautifully con
structed thing and eminently adapted
for carrying ont the purpose for which
II was made-namely, to blow up the
permanent way and with II any train
that might happen To be passing along
the rails at the moment Of the explosion,
The chief crossed himself as he read
the telegram and muttared something
which sounded like a line out Of the
litany,
"Your little rascal spoke the trnth,
no said, "upon my word, he deserved
TO enjoy the fruits Of virtue II win BIO
interesting now to catch this other,
"pon't wait to catch him, excellence,
before handing us-what We have sure
ly deserved at your hands-Connt Ian,
drinof's release, +"
The chief reflected, ut IN most mn,
usual, i" he said, ''to do anything OF the
kind How can we let tho one 90 before
we have tbs other 10 put in his placer"
stamped my foot What did | care
for the high miphtipess of this Officially