The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-23

Nonsense" said Borofsky. "Shc shall
not pan htD another DcnnN."
INJURED Percy. Borofsky meditated in
silence.
"Well, Borofsky." | said presently,
''don't keep me in suspense. | long to
hear your opinion. IL the tale true or a
tissue Of liesY"
"Stopl' said Borofsky, "Did you
tell the rascal anything of your journey
to Erinofka and your finding of n clew
therc?'
! reflected Il moment, mo" | said,
II don t think did. Tn sure | didn't"
"Ahl Then the tale Ia true said
Borofsky. ''for it fits in with that
which we know. unless, Of course, he
was sharp enough to put two and two
together and build his tale on the RI.
mofs he may have heard Of our re.
searches at Erinofka. His precious so.
Getty, or brotherhood. or gang Of
thieves, or whatever you like to call it,
may have heard Of our being on the
scent there, even though 1t were not
they who murdered the wretched little
peasant who brought you information,
"No, said Percy. "The Erinofka bit
belongs all right; 1t il part of our affair.
The little peasant told us u true tale
and suffered death for it. Who MUIR
dered him? Why, these internal ras-
Gals; possibly the student himself. The
story is consistent, Borofsky, from be.
ginning to end. Boris has got hold Of
the right ma" at last. You were after
him, I know. for weeks, and therefore
the credit Is yours as much as his; but
Boris 1t was that nabbed him. Well
done. Boris, old boy You deserve your
success, Cad, Borofskyl You wouldn't
have gone in after the fellow into an
ice hole Come. would you nowY"
Borofsky, pleased with the compli.
ment conveyed in the earlier partsscf
the sentence, smiled acquiescence.
~ don't think would, he said. II
can't swim. Yes" he continued. "the
story sounds consistent enough. and it
may be that our little rascal has come
over. body and soul. into the enemy's
camp"
"And nc wonder either, l should
say, said Percy, "since they starved
him In the other, while we offer him
food and raiment and shekels Of gold
and Of silver. This student knows which
side of his bread Is we'll jammedl"
1.-THE thing Ia, could the police have
been such utter idiots as this would
prove them" said. "and, again. II
they have Numbered, will they acknowl.
edge their blunder and allow poor ia.
ther to come backY'
"The police blunder often enough,
said Borofsky. '"There would be nothing
extraordinary in that. They would
have drugged the count, of course-An.
DIRE d Go. / mean-.so that he could not
protest his innocence when arrested at
any rate, not In a comprehensive man.
ner. As for whether the police will ad-
NIT their blunder, that remains to be
seen, We must interview the pristaf
who arrested him. The student will tell
you which district the house lay in"
"And II they simply laugh In our
faces. as my fellow says they probably
will. what them"
"Then, apparently, he has another
card up his sleeve" said Borofsky,
land since he seems to be very proud
Of 1t and very anxious to produce 1T for
a wage we may hope 1t IL a trump"
'If Ii IL the key that will unlock ia
Tiers secret and bring him back to his
own | said, "mother will pay any
amount for 1t and feed the little rascal
like a fighting cock all his life besides
"Nonsensel" said Borofsky quite
angrily, "She shall not pay him an
other penny, This time he shall swal-
low the pill which is net gilded, ! shall
take him in hand myself, You have
doEe well, Count Boris, but not too
wiselyt'
"Let's tackle the police first, (" ! said
"There's no need to quarrel over the
other matter yet awhile I'll just 60
back and find out from my man the adj
dress of the house In which my father
had been placed in order to be arrested,
according to the scheme of Andre and
his friends"
The student was In a bad humor, !
found, had forgotten to send up wine,
he complained,
"You shall have 1T presently"
promised, and | hade him tell me at
once the address ! required,
"Not till | have the wipel' said he,
"You shall have 1t the instant you
have told me, " replied aRgrily, "Do
you think ! grudge You the winei
What Is IT TO me II yoH hesot yourself
with two bottles or three 7"
"Not a word till | see the winel" he
replied obst inately,
Had he known IT, his pigheadedness
cost that student dear, for ! then and
there determined that his next secret,
" required, should not be unlocked
with q key Of gold, a. the first had beet
RoFofsky should squeeze 1t out of him
The little fool seemed to forget or ignore
We had the terEor side OF him, II
aanad IN ntfoolx him oA N 1;,ol