The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-11
@ By FRED WEAlSk4AvN
RtaHT 1855 eY TM AMERICAN PREss ASspelArloM
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have recognized him, and might tell us
the very day he, started, and whether
alone or accompanied. This would at
least show US whether Percy's mission
was a mere FOOLS errand or whether the
count, having really departed from
London, might still be found there
.'But the clerk will think me such a
fool not to know whether my own father
has gone to London or notl" / protest
ed. Can t you say you require the date
of his departure for some case you re
working up?''
'sGood idea, said Borofsky, and
forthwith he evolved a fine cock and
bull story about some domestic robbery
in our household supposed to have been
committed by one of the servants, and
how certain evidence rested upon the
exact date of the counts departure.
which date we had forgotten.
The ticket clerk, on hearing all this,
scratched his head and assumed an air
of the deepest thought. He had been
pairing his nails when we disturbed him,
and he kindly laid aside this fascinating
occupation in order to attend to us.
II remember the count taking his
ticket, !" he said presently cit was
let me see about a fortnight ago, was
it not? Stop minute l do not issue
SO very many tickets for London direct
here we are, Augustine, it was
July. This must be it, I think, 1929
July, seventeenth old style, twenty
ninth new. I believe that must be the
day. You may take it as pretty GER
tain. =
Good r said Borofsky. "That is the
very day we fixed upon; the certainty
of it will enable US to place our hands
upon the guilty party. We are so much
obliged to you. By the bye, he added
"you did not happen to notice the
clothes in which hisexcellence travelled 2
There is little point about certain
silk hat, which may or may not have
been among the articles stolen. Had the
count tall hat now or a soft Tyrolese?
"a tall hat, said the clerk prompt
~, land frock coat, such as / have
generally seen his excellence wear /
happened to notice it because some one
made the remark chat Count Landrinof
always looked far more of an English
man than Russian"
gave the clerk cigar. He deserved
it,
Borofsky was jubilant as we left the
station.
''You see, - he said, s'your father did
go to London and just at the date of
his disappearance too. Moreover, he
was dressed as usual, and he went
alone, for apparently only one London
ticket was issued. .
'.That makes the mystery adj the
worse," said, 'tfor why should my
dear father, who was always as happy
in his own house as any man can be-
why should he suddenly depart for Lon
don, alone and without notice, unless
carried away by force or cunning, the
victim Of some motive and of some per-
sons as to whose identity we can only
| guess 2"
GAS to going alone, said Borofsky,
| ''others may easily have escorted him
| to the frontier and handed him over to
second batch of escorters It is sufi-
cient that this man was the count
Everything points to it. The rest we
| shall learn when your friend shall have
found out for us his whereabouts.
| AS matter of fact Percy had scarce
ly been week away when one evening,
to our intense excitement, we received
a telegram laconically worded as fol-
lows:
| I intx Jt1yao Of
emily. PERCY.