The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-18

STanC me SuoCk ulu HUI XIII uGI
had no time to think or invent or
to arrange my scattered thoughts
rushed up to mother room.
'.Has he Gomez she cried. meeting
ME. SIS he well? Oh. Boris what is
it?'
'Be brave. mother, darling, and brace
| yourself for cruel blow" | began,
| understood me.
'.Tell me at once!' she muttered
suddenly seating herself on the nearest
chair HE is dead-is that itf He was
mad and -
mo, no, dearest. not that. thank
GodT' faltered .'This man is not fa-
Their. have seen him. and it is not IA
ther
"Ah, can bear that, if that is it,
she said But perhaps you are mis-
taken. Boris Stop-I could not bear to
greet and speak to him if he were not
my Vladimir What shall do, BorisY
Can | see him and remain unseen7
Where could we go, you and I? We
will make sure, quite sure that we
must be, disappointed before we will al
low our hearts to break over it. >
Dear mother you are brave, "
said, kissing her ''Let us sit in the
porter's little room in the great hail.
We can, peep through the window and
watch them arrive.
'sCome!' said mother. and together
we made for the wide staircase that led
down into the huge entrance hall But
before we had reached the hall the car
riage drove up. Mother heard and
! grasped any hand.
I'VE are too late, she whispered.
But now we are here, we will stand
our ground together.
The hall porter, an old servant, ran
to the big doors and flung them open,
bowling low and greeting Vladimir
Antonich" (my father'S patronymic)
/ A tall man entered with Percy and
Borofsky. He took no notice of old
:! Gregory's greeting, which seemed to
surprise the porter, who looked panied.
Conversing with Borofsky, while
4 Percy followed, silent and depressed,
the new arrival came toward us. Moth
er's hand frightened over mine She
i gave me convulsive grip and then
loosed me again. saw her eyes bright
/ en- as she caught sight of his face and
4 quickly grow duh again. He was like
enough to father to fatter her hopes for
but one second; then she saw, as she
must inevitably see how unlike was
the likeness. The little group reached
us and paused moment. Borofsky was
4 about to speak. but he suddenly realized
how matters stood and refrained
Mother bowed and passed down stairs
with me. Percy turned and came with
us. Borofsky and the other continued
4 their journey up stairs distinctly
heard the fellow ask Borofsky who
the lady was This man that was her
husband. forsooth, and my fatherl
Poor mother sank upon a couch in
the hall and cried quietly. Thank God
{ that she did that could say nothing
: to comfort her. excepting to blurt out
4 that we should yet find father and re-
store him to her one day.
Il cat all events he is not mad, as we
feared. mother / added. "Almost
anything is better than that Have you
the heart to go on hoping in the face
of this blow r.
Mother played the heroine that night
Not only did she assure me that SHE
was still full of hope and confidence
but she comforted poor old Percy. who
was disconsolate. declaring that THU
last miss fire and all the disappointment
of it was entirely his fault (Which il
certainly was in way), by telling hin
that if she and could be taken in By
the portrait it was surely no wonde
that he was taken in by the original
'sThey are marvelously alike, = sail
mother, land yet oh, how unlike
!, This is his brother, Of Counsel
"Mother, do you really think SO ~
) exclaimed. elbow can he have escapes
4 from Siberian
"That is another mystery. she said
perhaps the mystery of dear father
disappearance is connected with thi
one. and that with this wretched Andr
delivered thus, as it were, into on
hands we may learn something fror
him.
"Bahl shall kick him out of th
house in ten minutes if have to get
couple of policemen to help mel
A raved
mo. my son, we will allow him
remain. We will give him shelter an
show him kindness. Then perhaps if b
knows anything and if there is an
particle of good in him he may help I
in some way to unravel our mystery.
Mother, it's impossiblel" | sait
"We can't have a brute of fellow lii
this numbering, nihilistical rascal sleel
ing in the house. / shouldn' t feel Thu
you were safe. He would murder I'll
whole lot of us for the price Of a dil
ner'
''We will take precautions, of cours
Let him remain. Boris tonight
least.
= sit would be wiser to give hi
, money and turn him out of the hous
i Offer him more on condition he kee
away and still more for any news
a can give us of father.
! EDO nothing in hurry, said mot
i, or. .He shall stay tonight at leas