Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-21
CHAPTER XIV.

Mr.. Wroblewskoff was out ut the mo-
ment of O'Rourke's call on business Of i'm
portance He felt for his own part that
his immediate business was the most i'm
portant upon which he had ever embark
ed. 1t led him to the residence of Dr..
Brun, in Hollington place, and made
lengthy conversation necessary there.
II have simplifed my plan, sir" said
the junior spy, land if 1 so happy as to
secure your approval OF it, l can set to
work at once"
LET me hear" said the elder.
"Dobroski is more interested in the
younger men than in the elder ones, +"
said Zeno. "There is a youngster named
Bernstein, son of Carl Bernstein
DR.. Brun nodded-"the lad who was late
ly chased out of Vienna. He has many
friends in Warsaw, and Dobroski Is very
fond of him, and proud of him."
II know know" said the elder. 60
on
II propose to call on Dobroski this
afternoon, with news of Bernstein. /
propose to ask him to come and dine with
Bernstein and myself this evening"
where is Bernstein
I'm Paris. l represent him as having
.1ust arrived in London, mad with his late
expulsion from Austria, and determined
to go at once to Warsaw and head rev.
olution among the students there. l rep
resent him as having appealed to me to
join him. 1 beg Dobroski to meet him
this evening at my rooms and dissuade
him from this mad enterprise. There is
no surer bait than this. He will rise to
It, know"
"Well?"
"Once at my rooms, we sit down to
await Bernstein. have been SO very
particular about to-day's dinner that
myself have engaged the cook. He is one
OF our own people-Bernsrdo-a poor
creature in his profession, but an ad
mirable cook. When I ring twice eagerly
and close together he will know his sig
nal 1t may be coffee-it may be sour
it viii have to be whatever l can per
suade the old rascal to take"
Precisely" said the doctor.
'Petrovski Is in apartments on thu
floor below, and has been there in readi
ness for q fortnight. He is known t.
the people of the house as Il doctor, ant
has already attended the landlady and 9
housemaid When Bernardo has prepar
ed the coffee or the soup, it Is sent up
When Dobroski has taken it, he feels I'M
we'll"
1.-THE old gentleman being unwell, ant
l being unwell also" continued Zcno
1--WE suspect the soup or the coffee, o
whatever it IL we have taken. We be
come alarmed, and 1 ring the bell. 'Rui
for the doctor on the second floor Tn
doctor inquiries for symptoms. We hav
great nausea-we have burning pains"
And then-the old gentleman must b
attended to hrst. am younger and cal
bear it better, aud 1 am very solicitor
for the old gentleman. Tho old gentle
man gets 4 soothing draught and is ad
vised to lie still. He lies still and gos
to sleep"
"And wakes in Calais?'
"And wakes In Calais. We travel, Il
tended by the doctor. The old gsntlema
wakes In the same room, and finds hl
friends beside him. he Will b very
and languid. He will complain Of
splitting headache BE will need 4 me-
medicine"
"Yss, ~ And the new medicine land
him 1T ViennaT
'Then," cried zsno, ~and the thing
donei"
drew. The good Wroblswskof half .
hour later called upon Dobroski wit
haste and trouble lsgibly painted on
face. He told his tale Of Bernstein, Il
gallant, dsry youngst~, the Benjamin
the insurrsctdonary flock
when d you expect him ?" asked Do
roeki.
I'm an hours time, dear sir.'
- Il
roeki arrived, and was shown upstai
into the apartments of Mr.. Wroblewsko
"Our young friend y not here ystr