The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13
A Present From
The Prince.
A STRANGE STORY OF AN
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told me that his name was Ladislas Ma
dokoff and that he had been studying
medicine at Philadelphia. He further
more confded that he was on his way to
London to visit friend of his youth.
"In return i told him how was going
TO England to spend few months with
my married sister, the Countess of Darn
ford, with whom my wife was already
staying, having crossed before me, since
had been detained few weeks in New
York on business.
"Nadokoff then told me how he, too.
had a sister who was married to Rus
sian nobleman who was a sort of sheriff
in his own county and commander of a
posse of Cossacks. So, on the strength of
dences grew so that we used to talk quite
freely of political matters.
"Nadokoff's politics was a bit fixed.
At the time thought this was because
he was quite young and had not learned
that political views should be used as a
means to a profitable end.
But his politics had been acquired in
some other place than America. He
limited of old scores, dating back hun
dreds of years, which were to be wiped
out by younger and more vigorous gener-
atoms. Notwithstanding his family con-
nections he hated the Russians. Down
with everything and hang the expense
was his motto, and he talked lot about
the iron handed tyranny of the Russian
government, while sat around and
snapped sympathetic seditions.
81 noticed that often as we were walk
ing together a gentleman with a bald
head and "a large white mustache used to
pass along and lean on the rail or look
at the sky when he came within earshot
of us.
"Then l used to change the conversa-
ton to railroads or pork, which are far
safer subjects than Russian politics, for
somehow l mistrusted this elderly gentle
man, who spoke English like a German.
drank his tea with lemon and, while he
gave himself out as a commercial trav-
eler, walked as though he were waiting
for the clink of the spurs at his heels and
the rattle Of his sword at his side.
"He was registered on the passenger
list as Mr.. William Smith, which was
strange, considering that his handkerchief
was embroidered with the initials j. K. ;
1t takes a Russian to spell Smith with
a X.
GAS we approached Queenstown Nado
koff, who had been looking i'll and wor
ried throughout the voyage, seemed to
grow more i'll at ease.
"At bedtime the night before we
reached Queenstown he did not turn up
in the stateroom. l waited till long after
1;rxlt Hhar, I oh ot1f
him and passed the word for the steward,
who went to look for him.
"He had disappeared.
'"The ship was searched high and low
by the watch. who were warned by the
captain to hold their tongues about the
matter, but no trace Of him could be
found
"''E's just been and gone and slipped
overheard, said our stateroom steward
They do sometimes, you know
"Strange to say, as we were hunting
round the decks Mr.. Smith, who | knew
had retired to his stateroom an hour or
more before, joined us in our search.
"Still stranger, as l was returning to
my berth | saw Mr.. Smith disappearing
down the passage, although his berth
was situated on the other side of the ship
"When | looked over at Nadokoff's
empty berth, l noticed that his portman-
teau had been moved since | had left the
cabin When l came to open my own
portmanteau | found 1t locked. Then
remembered that earlier. in the evening,
as Nadokoff was going along to the state
room from the smoking cuddy on deck,
had given him my key and asked him to
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