The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-12-19
A paEsGsr FROM TaE PRINCE

0oldfoeks ovs vorls. - be save !, TO
% 10 the snoEaeom oi the Anslo'Ameri
can elah.
| II happened lst yssr. ssid ooleiocs. |"
hs hci.tsi hn iest 90 10 ihs msnielpites
aud addressed bis voras 10 The clock.
/ va crossing TO Liverpool sud lsp
pensd 10 strike ap 90 seqasirtsnes With
the yoaus Pole Who shared my ststeroon.
He -. . pleasant yoans feilov. snd 10
tbe couse OF dsy or ,wo We became
sfes irisnds. Hs told me ttsl bis nsne
o.. L,disl. Nsdotoa. aud thst be bad
been siudyina medicine 10 Pbils3elphls.
He iurthermofe copnied that be VAS on
his v.y 10 London 10 visit FREUD oi bis
youth.
10 reiufn told him bow ! vas going
TO Easlspd 10 spend few months sith
my msrtied sister, the Countess OF Darn
lord, win whom my wife vas slresdy
s,syins. having crossed bsfore NE, siooe
| hsd been detained few weeks in New
York on business.
| Nsdokofi then told me be. too, had .
sister, xho vas muried 10 Russian
/ nobltman wbo wsss sort OF sheriff Ia his
own country, and commsnder OF posse
Of Coesseks. 80. on the strength OF our
sristoera.ic connections. our condolences
grew 80 tba. We used TO talk quite freely
OF political matters
| Nsdokotis politics we're . bit mixed.
At the time thought this vas becsuse be
vas quite young, and had not learned
that political views should be used %
means to q profitable end.
Bot his politics had been acquired 10
some other place than America. the land
OF the free. lie hin,sd OF old scores, dat
ius back luudreds OF years. which we're to
be wiped out by youpeer and more vigor
ons generations. Notwithstanding his
family connections be hated the Russisns.
Down With everything snd hang the OK
peDse,' was his motto, and be talked lot
about the iron handed tyranny OF the Rus
sian govern ment, while sat around and
sxapped sympathetic sedi'ions.
noticed that often ss We we're TALKING
together a gentleman with bald bead
and . large waite mustache usei to pass
a long, and lean on the rail or look at the
sky when be came within esrshot OF us.
Then used TO change the conversation
to rsilroads or pork, which are fer ssier
.ubiects than Russian politics; for some
ho~ mistrusted this elderly gentleman,
Who spoke Easlish like German. drank
his tee with . lemon and while be gave
himself out as q com meroisl traveller, walk
ed as though be we're waiting for the clink
Of the spurs st bis heels and the rattle Of
bic sword Ut bic side.
He vas registered on the passenger list
ss Mr.. William Smith. which was strange,
considering thst his hsnkerchief wss EN-
broidered with the iuitisls y. k 1t takes
Russisn TO spell Smith with x.
As we approached Queenstown. Nsdo
koff' who bad been looking Ill and worried
throug bout the voyage, seemed to grow
more i'll at ease.
Al bedtime, the night before We reach
cd Queenstown, he did not turn up 10 the
ststeroom. l waited long after lights ont,
then grew anxious about him. aud pass
cd The word for the steward. who went to
look for him.
BE bad disappeared.
The ship Was sesrched high and low by
the watch, who we're warned by the esp
tain to hold their tongues about the mat
ter, but 90 trace OF him could be ionnd.
E's Just been and gone and slipped over
board, ssid oor ststeroom steward, they do
sometimes, yon know.
Strange to ssy. as We we're hunting
round the decks Mr.. Smith, who. Ikpev.
bad retired to bis ststeroom an hour or
more before. Joined us 10 our search.
Sill stranger, ss l vas returning to my
berth. l saw Mr.. Smith disappearing dosn
the passage, although bis berth vas silnst
ed on The other side OF the ship.
When l looked over st NAdoko1's emp
" berth l noticed that his portmsntesu
had been moved since had left the cab
10. When came to open my own port
msntesu l found It locked. Then ! re
mem bered thai earlier 10 the evening. -
Nadskof vas going along to tia ststeroom
from the smoking cuddy on deck, had
given him my key, snd ssked him TO gel
me lev cissrs, which we're we're stored
swsy 10 my asnnel jacket
He bad evidently Jumped overheard
With my key. but l Sss too troubled
about him 10 worry about that. besides
~h,eh knew that my wife had dupli
cate key on her bunch.
At Liverpool half crown TO The custom
officer passed my portmsnteau oil right.
end did not open II Till reached my
brother 10 laws house 10 Park lane. where
my wiie vas staying. Hy vile hsi the
key 10 her rine, and stood by ss unlock
cd the bsg'
You deer old boy, che cried. IS The beg
p ned aud showed . large level Gaze.
which lay on the top Of my clothes. 'You
have been wasting your money sssio On
me .. Tia.nys. kno~. It's too wicked
ieli a bi, uncomfortable, for tie fsc,
vas h.d been TOO buy 10 New York TO
remember my ususl visit 10 Tif,uys, be
sides which bad never Get syes 90 the
lssel c,se before.
I'm siisid 1t 10 not fsr you, desr. ssid !.
% opened the case. Ny vile CAPPED %
the Id f'v up. snd showed bracelet
iormsd OF . be.ti-shsped nsss Of opsls
frsnea 10 . nost wonderful setting Of dis
monds.
Ohihov lovely. she sighed; bot snyvsy,