The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-09

bore Russian stamps and was
dated at the blacksmith's shop,
~ Bolshoi Prospect, st. Peters
burg. After few preliminaries which
need not be set down here Drummond
continued:
1.-The day after Jack arrived In Lon
don, there being nothing whatever to
detain him In England, we set or to.
gether for st. Petersburg and are now
domiciled above his blacksmith shop.
We are not on the fashionable side OF
the river, but our street is wide, and
a very short walk brings us to a
bridge which. being crossed, allows
us to wander among palaces II we are
so disposed. We have been here only
four days. yet good deal has already
been accomplished. The influence Of
the prince has smoothed my path for
me. Yesterday had an audience with
very important parsonage In the for
eign Office, and today have seen an
officer of high rank in the navy.
1.-THE prince warns me to mention no
names, because letters, even to q young
lady, are sometimes opened before
they reach the person 10 whom they
are addressed. These officials who
have been kind enough TO receive me
are gentlemen so polished that feel
quite uncouth in their presence. am
a little shaky in my French and feared
that my knowledge of that language
| t1nftYht mot M rt.H, mo thrnN1h l,H,t INntI,
of these officials speak English much
better than do. and they seemed rath.
err pleased had voluntarily visited st.
Petersburg TO explain that no dis
courtesy was meant In the action had
so unfortunately taken on the Baltic,
and they gave me their warmest as
surances they would do what they
could to ease the tension between our
respective countries. 1t seems that my
business here will be finished much
sooner than expected, and then l am
of on the quickest steamer for New
York in the hope of seeing Niagara
falls. haveimet with one dlsappoInt-
ment however Jack says he cannot
possibly accompany me to the United
States. have failed to arouse in him
the falntest interest about the electric
works at Niagara. He insists that he
Is on the verge of most important dis
coSery. the nature Of which he does
not contide in me. think he Is work
ing too hard, for he is looking quite
haggard and overdone, but that Is al
ways the way with him. BE throws
himself heart and soul into any dlfi-
Guilty that confronts him and works
practically night and day until he has
solved 1t.
Yesterday he gave the whole street
fright. had just returned from the
foreign Office and had gone upstairs to
my room when there. occurred an ex-
plosion that shook the building from
cellar TO roof and sent the windows OF
our blacksmith's shop rafting into the
street. Jack had most narrow es-
cape, but is uhhurt, although that fine
beard of his was badly singed. He has
had 1t shaved off and now sports mere
ly mustache, looking quite like a
man from New York. You wouldn't
recognize him If you met him on Broad
way. The carpenters and GLACIERS are
at work today repairing the damage.
Il told Jack that If this sort Of thing
Kept on Ia be compelled to patronize
another hotel, but he says 1t won't hap
pen again. 1t seems he was trying to
combine tive substances by adding a
third, and, as l understood him, the
mixing took place with unexpected
suddenness. He has endeavored to ex-
plain to me the reaction as he calls it,
which occurred, but l seem TO have no
mead for chemistry, and besides, If Y
am 10 be blown through the roof some
Of these days 1t will be no consolation
70 me when l come down upon the
pavement outside to know accurately
the different elements which contrib
uted to my elevation. Jack is very
patient in trying to instruct me, but he
could not resist the temptation Of maxi
ing me ashamed by saying that your
friend, Miss Katherine Kempt, would
have known at once the full particulars
Of the reaction Indeed. he says she
/ ' AAAI vi lut QlSdSteI W AuNAA-
ing passage in book she gave him
which foreshadowed this very thing
she must be most remarkable young
woman, and 1t shows how stupid am
mat did not in the least appreciate
tnls fact when in her company
The next letter was received week
later. He was getting on swimming
y. both at the foreign Office and at
the Russian admiralty All the OH
Gals he had met were most courteous
and anxious to advance his interests.
He wrote about the misrepresentation
aeid In England regarding Russia and
expressed his resolve to do what be
could when he returned 70 remove
these false impressions
CTo be continued tOmOrrOw.)
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