The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-18
CHAPTER XIV.
THE IMPosToR s THREAT.

CHAPTER XIV.
THE IaPosToR S THREAT.
| When the silence was broken at
| length, it was poor old Percy who
| broke it
| 'tThis is pretty business, :" he said
."And what blithering. Numbering
pedigree ass have made of myself 1t
is all my fault. old man, and feel-I
really do-th.t to chuck myself into
the Neva is the only and certainly the
most appropriate and endurable thing
left for P. j. NJ. to do"
ssNonsense!''I said cit will all come
right We shall never find the right
track until we have tried and rejected
each wrong one that crosses it and leads
us astray. Don't look so glum, Percy.
nor you Borofsky either. 1t ism t your
fault. You did your best, and did it
well. How could you tell he was not
father. when even mother and passed
the photo as anthentic7'
s'Still one feels what a mess one has
made of the thing, said Borofsky.
.sBut look here Count Boris, andsyou
/ too, Mr.. Percy, you may both be wit
| nesses-I hereby swear that haven't
done with this sham count yet, not by
a long wayl He has got the better of
us this time but one day shall turn
the tables on himl'
Don't brighten him, Borofsky.
said 1--WE shall be more likely to make
him of use to us if we let him be
| awhile.
/ "All right, all right, said Borofsky.
81 shall do nothing foolish. intend
to win next time, my friend, my repu
tation has leeway to make up. If You
are kind enough to forget it, Icannot. "
SO has mine, said Percy, "and I'm
with you in this. Borofsky. If we can
q league9''
4 League or no league : growled Bo-
rofsky. who was Respondent and not
very genial, 81 m not going to rest I'M
til I'm quits with the fellow. We
ought, of course to inform the police
that he is here-whoever he may be
and let them take this matter over. He
is sure to be up to no good. But the
countess wishes him left to himself.
J and would prefer it that way, because
if the police get finger in the pie the
fellow is as good as delivered out of our
hands, and |. for one. have not done
with him.
"Only don't forget Borofsky, .
said. 'that the main idea is to find ia
& Their. If there were not the hope of get
ting this rascal TO disgorge some inn
portant information about the count.
which mother seems to think he may
possess, / should be in favor of letting
the police have him. :
'And remember, you, said Borof-
] sky, "that he will not stick at lie,
nor at hundred lies. in order to be left
in the house undisturbedl Why do
s you suppose he has come here"
s .To live well and luxuriously on
nothing a year. should think,
laughed
"Not bit of it, said Borofsky, who
was not overpolite tonight. forgave
him his discourtesy because he was sore
q after his defeat and disappointment
! "Nott bit of it. He would not risk Sc
much for the sake of comfortable quar-
0 tiers. He has a game on, a deep ani
q probably most internal and mUrderou
e game, OF some sort. and he is going t.
y play it@from the safe and convenien
IS sanctuary of Count Landrinof's tow
mansion and to pass-having fount
i that be can do so with impunity-a
e the count himself There, mark, m,
l. \ "a {ho,,
It presently This man is going to play
le deep game He is revolutionist. prob
l. ably nihiliist, and he is taking tn
advantage of his unexpected likeness t
e. the count, your father, in order t
1t carry on his Vaccinations without sus
picion Do you follow me2"
N lead, Borofskyr' exclaimed Percy
g. with admiration. "It's jolly goo
ps idea
ne concurred.
"But, said, chow is father dis
a. covery to be advanced by allowing tn!
T. fellow, or seeming to allow him, to d
ID as he likes and hatch all manner {
deviltry from the shelter of our house
1e 1--WE muslin hurry, said Borofsky
q. eve shall watch him. He may hay
e the mystery of your fathers absence
ID the hollow of his hand. We must cato
IN the rascal in some plotting and get hill
SO into our power and force his secre
IN ont of him by threatening him wit
or the police and Siberia.
"a "What if he is my fathers brother ?
n l said
!. "Well. but SO he is, in all probabi
- ity. asked him. but he denied i
" which, of course means nothing OF
II way or the other There could scarcel
q be another SO like the count. =
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