The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-29
CHAPTER XXI

SI1ct1 In AL
CASH FOR THE STUDENTS SECRET.
Coming out of the room and into the
passage met Percy, who was looking
for me.
s'Good heavens. Boris, what's the
matter Z" he said ssHave You seen a
ghost r.
"Come along here, Percy" said
dragging him with me-, where's Bo-
xofsky ~
lin your study, smoking. Why s.
Man alive" murmured, Eve
IT caught big fish, In half an hour I
may know all about father. OF course
may be disappointed, but hope tor
"You are raving, Boris. What's up.
old man p said Percy.
Ihad said nothing before dinner about
my successful pursuit of the student and
rcf my brilliant flight of genius in having
brought him along home with me, s.for
enquiries. Indeed / had pretended
BB;G9sthat I had failed to shadow him home.
8 2aoeing unwilling to tell my news uptiI /
3oP,hould have interviewed my rascal aft.
er his meal
I mo, | Whispered, II am not raw
Ang, it isstrue. I've caught some one
l 5lho swears-of course he's liar. thew
IA are, but this time for certain rea-
sE ms. think he is telling the truth
- !" -sll, he swears that he knows all about
mystery of fathers disappearance.
i,6a will sell me the secret for 5. 900
?l65les. !"
s"That's $500. interrupted Percy
GOD heavens, man. why do you de-
S'N What's half thou to your
SS..gsherf The secret is dirt cheap, con-
!g.@ring what the secret is, and how
Oh its possession by you may mean
9th your parents
The brute wants check down be-
u ne tells me anything, / said
q justified in giving it him7''
Oh, hang it! Is he so very big
....' Russian, isn't hep Percy laugh
What do you mean?'' l asked, in
'mdsurprise "He len t big at all. but
:eddingly little. As for being Rus
un,l course he's that Why do you
cjf'
Why, man, don t you see that even
On give hirp the check and you then
that he has bluffed you all you
to do is p pinch, his neck till he
prges agai{ and then kick him I'M
ssedtime or your next engagement
don Il risk anything, unless he has
aHolvef. Ybu II have to look out for
"A Of coursd
q Fspph, if he has revolver it will be
IN; paked that it, won't go OFF, I
he'd, and / told Percy only stipu-
vg that he would not alarm mother
IN sslling her of my escape-all about
lie. ttudent' g ducking and my own.
ioonareat scissorsl'' he exclaimed.
taryn're nice one to intrust with a
\ ofate piece of shadowing. You shad-
W. 4 him With vengeance. It seems
"a she you chased the rascal at full
I'm. 3t pretty well all through this end
Mne town and into an ice holel''
l. lloyhich words Of Percy's pretty ac-
+. Nely described what did do. Then
81 Alloyged Percy to watch the door Of my
D esng, Aner's room and the passage while
80, WI down to consult with Borofsky
4 lag. 10 fetch my checkbook and writing
rRrials
4 HvenfithinksI never saw any man quite
I. 4erpowered as Borofsky when de-
- the whole of the student episode,
@lning with the chase and ending
the little rascal's statement of
live thousand rubles2 Nonsense,
bod sira Well have this secret for
ngi' exclaimed Borofsky "We
93s the fellow in the hollow of our
58. Don t you see he is in terror OF
TWie from Andre? For heaven S sake,
5God man. since Providence has put
Jump card in your hand, play il
best advantagel If you'll excuse
lying so. you don't deserve your
- uck today That chase was the
NIEt thing in shadowing ever heard
49,, ought to have ended in utter
Mssis, and now you wish to pay 5000
stat ssatt for a secret (if he really has one.
onaw we can easily extract for moth
and and tsiIt is ridiculous!"
Of fa abd Borofsky was little put out, i
thliirdl, that all the luck had gone m.
desccrind not his. 1t was rather hare
ges, thhim. But there was only on
menu m Slia open to me-
dersig have promised the fellow hi
in the tbe' ousand,'' said. ''He wanted
dress ousand, but beat him down tn
.hVe Thousand by threatening hin
M ANDRE. / dare say we could squeez
formation out of him by brighten
Leasa m, as you cay, but it's just as wei
thrd7e his good will. We shall be NOR
r r1ltsa to learn the truth. =
sota83al. dom t fatter yourself, . laughed
inclsfsky scornfully. "He will tell yo'
Hoat he chooses-no more and no less
,ld the more we brighten him the NOR
u ne would feel inclined to divulge.
"He shall have the money" per
sisted. s'because I have promised it'll"
Every good, !" said Borofsky, shrug
ging his shoulders, 'tif you prefer j
so. 1t is your money you are throwing
into the gutter, not mine It woul'
not be your fault if i were to g
straight to Andre now and tell him W
had caught this little rascal and knew
all his,secrets' -
ted him