Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-14

s~e@Ne 'se7Sia duu was tfl
what he would find on uIs arrivu,
there. To appear there al ali wouiu
be hazardous.
he decided to fake especial pre;au
tons till be had IiiG nn opportunity
to look about him and judge viciher
he dared risk recognition. lie wn,Ia
take Stepan with him. of course
When he informed his servitor of hiS
intention and stsmn found that ne
could not dissIliie iiiin the valet pro-
posed that after passing the Russian
border. until they were satisfied just
how dangerous Russia was for the
count. Stepan should play master and
Dmitri should play man.
This proposition struck the count ia
vorably. and he made arrangements to
carry 1t out. He procured the clothes
OF gentleman for Stepan and provid-
ed him with name and title lie
was to be Count Sergius Arkadyevich.
and the real count was to be his valet.
Peter.
Count Sergius and his valet entered
Russia by way of Caucasia. going by
end of that water.
! Now, Stepan's idea of the greatness
of count illustrates the adagc Put
beggar on horseback and he will ride
to the devil" Instead of initiating his
masters uniform kindness to him. he
went to the other extreme This was
because he did not approve of great
parsonage treating one of lower sta
tion with any forbearance and feared
that If he showed consideration for his
master their true relative positions
would be given away.
No sooner had they set sail from
Constantinople than Stepan became
seasick. Dmitri was good sailor and
was able to wait on his supposed mas
ter. Whether 1t was that seasickness
makes one careless as to what hap
pens or Stepan's ability to- play his role
properly was marred by NAL de mer,
he ordered his valet about, directing
him to do all manner of menial serv-
ices not only imperatively, but with
curses for his remissness.
On the same vessel with this false
count and false valet were couple of
American globe trOtters who, having
tired of civilized lands, were striking
out in paths usually unfrequented by
tourists. They were going to what
was then st. Petersburg by the same
roundabout way as Count Sergius
Arkadyevich and his valet. The Amer
leans were Mrs. Henderson of Chi
cago and her daughter, Jaquelin.
When the ship began to pitch and
the spurious count sank upon a sofa
in the cabin and began to abuse his
supposed valet Miss Jaquelin's ideas
of a proper consideration of servants
by masters received shock. All those
who were sick We're calling Steward
and the young lady, pretending to mis-
take the counts valet for ships at
tendant, sent him for glass of water.
The valet, having noticed her favorably.
was not slow to respond and devoted
himself exclusively to the girl.
During the rest of the voyage there
was struggle between Miss Hender-
son and Count Sergius for the atten-
tions of the latter's valet. 1t was,
! from the count. Peter, towel, and
be quick about it, and, from Miss
Jaquelin, Steward, wish you to
take me on deck.' Peter preferred to
attend the lady, who loaded him with
tips and other kindnesses, including
smiles. She asked him why he re-
mained in the service of such a brute
as Count Sergius and offered to ask
her mother to give him the position of
courier if he would accept it.
Dmitri said that he was bound to
his master by bonds that he could not
break. Jaquelin inferred that there
was some dark story connected with
the service and begged to know what
| 1t was. Dmitri. in order to satisfy
| her, told her that he had been a valet
| to the counts elder brother, who had
tyrannized over him so fearfully that
| he had killed him. He could not es-
cape his present service without being
turned over to justice.
This only added to Jaquelin's inter
| est in the unfortunate man. So fasci.
,, mated was she with him that she drag
ged her mother over the same route
the count and the valet were travelling.
WHICH IAC LNO ulCu ICdCnCu
near where they were known they sud
denly disappeared.
The real count, when he learned that
the czar had granted the people con-
stitutiOn. through friend made over
lures to the government for permis-
| sion to resume his identity without
fear of persecution. He was promised
immunity and announced himself
candidate for the duma, to which he
was elected.
One day Mrs. Henderson and her
daughter visited the duma and saw
the valet Of their former travelling
cofnpanion sitting among the mem
befs Great as was their astOnish-
ment, it was far greater when they
saw Count Sergius Arkadyevich enter
| dressed as a lackey and respectfully
! hand his valet his mail.
Miss Jaquelin Henderson was both