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i-uHSA W 'oiDeiid. WHlle ADQIG was lef1
to live in luxury and freedom.
| | paused when | had finished the
story Then, Great Casarl' muir
INJURED Percy. Borofsky meditated in
silence.
/ ''Well, Borofsky. said presently,
"don keep me in suspense long to
hear your opinion. Is the tale true or q
I tissue of lies?''
"Stop!" said Borofsky. s'Did you
tell the rascal anything of your Journey
to Erinofka and your finding Of clew
there?''
4 Irehected moment. No." I said,
II don t think did I'm sure didn !"
/ "Ahl Then the, tale is 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 ru-
mors he may have heard of our re-
searches at Erinofka. His precious So
ciety, or brotherhood, or gang &.
thieves, or whatever you like to call it,
may have heard of our being on the
scent there, even though it We're not
they who murdered the wretched little
peasant who brought you information. :"
''No, said Percy. ''The Erinofka bit
belongs all right it is part of our affair.
The little peasant told US 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 man at last. You were after
him, l know, FOR weeks, and therefore
the credit is yours as much as his but
! Boris it was that nabbed HIM Well
DONE Boris, old boy You deserve your
success. Cad, Borofsky! You wouldn t
have gone in after the fellow into an
ice hole! Come. would you now2''
Borofsky, pleased with. the compli-
ment conveyed in the earlier partsscf
the sentence, smiled acquiescence.
81 don t think ] would he said. 81
can 'tswim. Yes, he continued, 'sthe
story sounds consistent enough, and it
may be that our little rascal has come
over, body and soul, into the enemy s
| camp
'And no 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 jammed!'
4 "The thing is, could the police have
been such utter idiots as this would
prove them, = said, 'sand, again, if
they have blundered, will they acknowl-
edge their blunder and allow poor ia
| Their to come backi"
"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 Co. | 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 adj
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 if they simply laugh in orr
faces as my fellow says they probably
WILL what then?'
"Then, apparently, he has another
| card up his sleeve" said Borofsky,
@and since he seems to be very proud
of it and very anxious to produce it for
a wage we may hope it is trump
eff it is the key that will unlock ia
theirs secret and bring him back to his
own, | said. "mother will pay any
amount for it and feed the little rascal
like fighting cock all his life besides. .
"Nonsensep' said Borofsky quite
angrily. ''She shall not pay him an
other penny. This time he shall swaI-
low the pill<which is net gilded. shall
take him in hand myself. You have
done well, Count Boris, but not too
4 wisely ~
Lets tackle the police first, . said.
"There's no need to quarrel over the
other matter yet awhile. I'll Just 90
back and find out from my man the ad-
dress of the house in which my father
I had been placed in order to be arrested,
according to the scheme of Andre and
his friends.
The student was in bad humor, |
found. | had forgotten to send up wine,
he complained.
| "You shall have it presently" |
promised, and | babe him tell me at
once the address required.
/ "Not till have the winel" said he.
"You SHAH have it the instant you
have told me, l replied angrily. $50
you think | grudge you the wine
What is it to me if you besot yourself
with two bottles or three2"
"Not word till see the winel' be
replied obstinately.
| Had he known it, his pigheadedness
cost that student dear, for 1 then and
there determined that his next secret,
if required, should not be unlocked
with key Of gold, as the first had been.
Borofsky should squeeze it out of him.
The little fool seemed to forget or ignore
that we had the terror sidelof him, if
we cared to attack him at disad-
| vantage.
CHAPTER XIV.