The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-08


could have done and came straight to
me. He is now convinced that am
Landrinof and that my wife and, son
have conspired, for reasons of their
own. to get rid of me by means of this
clumsy plot. it will not succeed. Mean
while who is your informant7 You in
vented the tale-is that so2'
"sYesp / said, Jumping at a straw.
for the mans eyes looked devilish and
terrible.
You liarr he Missed, tightening
his held again Who is your. infor-
mant? Come; will knowl
II could scarcely breathe l was suffo-
eating Inaaother moment must have
died
The studentr / gasped Herelaxed
his hold that instant.
Z 'Ah, thatis better--the studentl' he
repeated. How did you get hold of
the student, and here?s
'1Count Boris caught him and sqneez-
ed him, said lit was not his fault.
oh, | don't blame hint he said
Well. where is this student? Ihavs
missed him these days. Well. he is a
liar-that is, he has lied to you but he,
is useful to me, kind of Mercury.
and must ind him. Come; where is
heY His fingers frightened upon my
neck. Where is hep he repeated l
struggled, but it was useless. He is far
stronger than l. was on the point Of
strangulation when told him, but tell
4 l,1y~ 4
let me come away, and locked the
student in his room and brought away
the key-here it isl could think of
nothing better to do We must spirit
him from the house tonight and hide
him in some hired lodging. II can get
him passport tomorrow. and he can
take train to Reval and sail to London
from there. or-no; Reval is his best
way.
IF we can only safely get through
this night, said, my teeth a-chatter
with the excitement into which Bo.
rofsky S recital had thrown me- IF we
can only get through tonight safely and
put the police on to this railway mining
business in the msrning. keeping our
eye on Andre meanwhile, we shall have
the department on our side by the even
ing. Andre won't be at large long once
we tell them about the intended at
tempt on the cars life-if they believe
us sufficiently to verify the story. that
is
Eyes. and if the student hasn't in
vented the whole tale! said Percy. {
teyNo x6n11 la 1ro1, ~, foo1;cl, <l,-
police went there and found nothingl,|
$50 ont, Percy like "a dear good
chap. and take a room somewhere for
the unfortunate little wretch, Z sug-l
gested, and Percy, as usual stood net
upon the order of his going but went
Hereturned in an hour, having found
a lodging for our informer This was
half mile away. behind the Champs
de Mars, in slummy street whose
name | have forgotten. The next thing
was to get the student on t.of the honse
in safety
We waited until past midnight be-
fore we attempted to make, the move !
Andre might be on the watch snspi-s
cious of such action as this which we
were taking.
At length, however, after much can
ton and listening and watching of
doors we successfully spirited our man
down the corridor and into the grand
hall and down to the front entrance.
and here old Gregory. the concierge.
had a surprise for us.
When we warned him, for the love
IF NO 10
to the count. Should he come down
10 inquire), Gregory informed us that
the $50 called count was not at home
The old man. though requested. for
lessons, to call Andre 1.-THE count,
would never consent to do SO when
speaking to ourselves; for us there was
always the modifying clause SO call
ed. = Andre had gone ont an hour ago
and had moi yet returned.
! | confess that this information gave
me creepy feeling 1t was not pleas
ant to feel that the murdercus scoun-
arel was at large and perhaps on the
watch, suspecting and determined to
defeat our Vaccinations. BAIL | have
often recalled that horrible sensation.
~ iao LOl illSu lllo DdChDOAC. Ol IlOSI OI
my Nightmares since that distressing
time.
The student was radiant, however
He knew nothing of Borofsky e terrible
quarter of an hour with Andre. but he
was relieved to be out of the house and
.ejoiced exceedingly over the prospect
If tomorrow's escape, poor wretch to
make new start in life with a pocket
full of money and clean bill, in the
shape of a passport which set him down
as some one else.
de informed me during the drive to
his new quarters that he had never had
fair chance in life, having been born
and bred in perjury and among asso
ciates who neither knew nor cared to
distinguish between that which is com
monty called right and that which is
commonly called wrong. dare say his
complaint was perfectly true. II So
who is going to blame him for the ter
rible mess the poor fellow has made Of