6 TO-MORROW. To-morrow! Oli. To-morrow's The day that 1 like best; For though my sunset's clouded, It's golden.farther west. •Observe the little sparrow! Throughout the dark To-day She sings of her To-morrow And the egg she's going to lay I hear a sad soul sighing To leave "this vale of tears," But make no doubt he's lying About n hundred years. And feel no twinge of sorrow When his ship puts to sea; The ship that sails To-morrow Sails soon enough for me. For though my sun's declining Behind yon hoary hill, I know that it is shining Beyond the summit still; And howsoe'er I sorrow 1 know 'twill pass away— God gives a glad To-morrow For every sad To-day. —Cy Warman. in N. Y. Sun. 112 X My Strangest Case BY GUY BOOTHBY. Author of "Dr. Kikota," "The Beautiful White Devil," "Pharos, The Egyptian," Etc. tCopy righted, UK>l, by Ward, Luck «Jfc Co.] CHAPTER III.—CONTINUED. She rested her clasped hands upon the table and looked pleadingly at me. "And will you do so?" "I am considering the matter," I ■said, with the first feeling of reluc l tance 1 had experienced in the case. "1 have pr >mised to give tliein my de cision this afternoon." "So they informed me and that is why I am here," she replied. "Oh, Mr. Fairfax, you don't know how I pity them! Surely if they could find this man his heart would be touched, and he would refund them a portion, at least, of what he took from them, and what is legally theirs." "I am afraid it is very doubtful Whether he will," 1 said, "even in the event of his being found. Gentlemen of his description are not conspicuous for their pity, nor, as a rule, will they disgorge unless considerable pressure of an unpleasant description is brought to bear upon them." " 112 hen t hat pressure must be brought to bear," she said, "and if 1 may say so, you are the only one who can do it. That is why 1 have called upon you this morning'. I have come to plead with you, to implore you, if necessary, to take the matter up. 1 am not very rich, but I would willingly give all 1 have in the world to help them." "In that case you are one niece in a tli'"isand, Miss Kitvvater," I said, with a 'ini!e. "Your uncle is indeed fortu nate in having such a champion." She looked at nie as if she were not qi ite certain whether 1 was joking or not. "You will do (his for them?" What was I to say? What could I *ay? 1 had well-nigh decided to have nothing to do with the matter, yet here I was, beginning to think it was hard upon me to have to disappoint her. My profession is not one calculated to render a man's heart over tender, but I must confess that in this case 1 was by no means as adamant as was usual with me. As I have said, she was an unusually pretty girl, and had she not been kind enough to express her belief in my powers! After all, detectives, like other people, are only human. "Your uncle and his companion have promised to call upon me this after noon," 1 said, "and when they do so, 1 think 1 may promise you that 1 will endeavor to come to some arrange ment with them." "I thank you," she said; "for 1 think that means that you will try to help them. If you do, 1 feel confident that you will succeed. I hope you will for give me for having called upon you as I have done, but, when 1 saw how dis appointed they were after their inter view with you yesterday, I made up my mind that I would endeavor to see you and to interest you on their behalf before they came again." "You have certainly done so," I an swered, as she rose to go. "If I take the case up, and believe me I am not at all sure that I shall not do so, they *rill owe it to your intercession." "Oh, no, I did not mean that ex actly," she replied, blushing prettily. "I should like to feel that you did it for the reason that you believe in the justice of their cause, not mere ly because I tried to persuade you into it. That would not be fair, cither to them or to you." "Would it not be possible for it to be on account of both reasons?" I asked. "Let us hope so. And now #ood morning, Miss Kitwater. I trust 3'our uncle will have good newf for you when you see him again thia afternoon." "I hope so, too," she answered, and then with a renewal of her thanks ®nd a little bow she left the oflice. 1 closed the door and went back to my seat, almost wondering at my own behavior. Here was I, a hard headed man of the world, being drawn into an extraordinary piece of business, which I had most certain ly decided to have nothing to do with, •imply because a pretty girl had «miled upon me, and had asked me to do it. For 1 don't mind confessing that I had made up my mind to help Kitwater and Codd in their search for the villain llaj'le. The Trust company would have to look else where for assistance. And yet, as I had the best of reasons for knowing, that piece of business was likely to prove twice as remunerative as this isearch for the traitorous friend. Hap pily, however, money is not every thing in this world. During the remainder of the day I found myself looking forward with a feeling that was almost akin to eagerness, to the interview 1 was to have with Kitwater and Codd that afternoon. If the two gentlemen had 4i»uUs t uupixaui uii.iiy wua ceitixuiiy not one of them, for the clock upon my mantelpiece had scarcely finished striking the hour of four, when 1 heard footsteps in the otliee outside, and next moment they were shown into nij' own sanctum. Codd came first, leading his friend by the hand, and as he did so he eyed me with a look of intense anxiety upon his face. Kitwater, on the other hand, was dig nified, and as impressive as ever, if he were nervous, he certainly con cealed it very well. "Good afternoon, Mr. Fairfax," he saiil, as Codd led him to a seat. "Ac cording to the arrangement we came to yesterday afternoon, we have come li':re to learn your decision which j'ou promised to give us at four o'clock to-day. I trust you have good news for us." "That depends upon how you take it," I answered. "I have made up my mind to help you on certain con ditions." "And those conditions?" "Are that you pay my expenses and the sum of £SOO, to which another £SOO is to be added if I am successful in helping you to recover the treas ure of which you told me yesterday. Is that a fair offer?" "An exceedingly fair one," Kitwater replied, while little Codd nodded his head energetically to show that he appreciated it. "We had expected that you would charge more. Of course you understand that it may involve a chase round half the world before you can find him? He's as slippery as an eel, and, if he once gets to know that we are after him, he'll double and twist like a hare." "He'll not be the first man I have had to deal with who possessed these characteristics," 1 answered. "And I have generally succeeded in running them to earth at the end." "Let's hope for all our sakes that you will be as successful in this ease," he said. "And now, if I may ask the question, when will you be ready to begin your search? We shall both feel happier when we know you are on his track." "I atn ready as soon as you like," I rejoined. "Indeed, the sooner the better for all parties concerned. Nothing is to be gained by delay, and if, as you say, the man has now been in England two months, he may soon be thinking of getting out of it again, if he has not done so already. But before 1 embark on anything, you must answer nie some questions." "A hundred, if you like," he re turned. "You have only to ask them and I will do my best to answer." "In the first place, I must have a description of this Mr. Gideon liayle. What is he like?" "Tall, thin, with brown hair, and a short, close-cropped beard; he car ries himself erect, and looks about 38." "You don't happen to have a photo graph of him in your possession, I suppose?" "So," replied Kitwater, shaking his head. "Gideon liayle is not the sort of man to allow himself to be photo- I HE HEAVED A HEAVY SIGH AND THEN ROSE TO DEPART. graphed, and what's more you must remember that when we reached Nampoung, the station on the fron tier of Burmah, we had scarcely a rag upon our backs. Any goods and chattels we might once have pos sessed were in the hands of the Chi nese. They had robbed us of every thing, except what that arch thief, liayle, had already stolen from us." As he said this, anotlirr look such as 1 had seen on the occasion of his previous visit spread over his face. "The robber, the thief," he hissed, almost trembling in his sudden ex cess of rage; "when I get hold of him he shall rue his treachery to the day of his death. Upwards of a quarter of a million of money he stole from us, and where is it now? Where is my sight, and where is Coddy's pow er of speech? All gone, and he is free. 'Vengeance is Mine,' saitli the Lord, but I want to repay it myself. I want to —" Here he leant across the table and turned his sightless eyes upon me. "This is certainly a curious sort of missionary," I said to myself as I watched him. "He may be smitten on one cheek, but I scarcely fancy he would be content to turn the other to the striker." At this moment Coddy leant for ward in his chair, and placed his ' hand upon his friend's arm. The ef fect was magical. His fit of impotent rage died down as suddenly as it had sprung up, and immediately he be came again the quiet, suave, smooth spoken individual who had first en tered my otliee. "112 must beg your pardon, Mr. Fair fax," he said, in a totally different voice ty that in which he had just spoken. "When I remember how we ! have been wronged, I am apt to for | get myself. I trust you will forgive me?" I"I will do so willingly," I answered. "You have certainly won the right ito ucaacd it you cuter turn a Ice 1- CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY i, 1902. ing of resentment for the man who has treated you so shamefully. And now to resume our conversation?" "What were you about to say?" "I was about to ask you the num ber and description of the stones of which he robbed you. Yoti told me they numbered 93 in all, if 1 remem ber aright. Can you tell me how many there were of each?" "Forty-eight rubies and 45 sap phires," he replied without a mo ment's hesitation. "The rubies were uncut and of various sizes, ranging perhaps from ten to eighty carats. They were true rubies, not spinels, remember that. The sapphires ran from 15 carats to GO, and there was not a flaw amongst them." "Has llayle any knowledge of the value of precious stones?" "There's not a keener judge in the east. He would be a cunning man who would succeed in taking him in about the value of anything from a moonstone to a ruby." "In that case he would, in all prob ability, know where to place them to the best advantage?" "You may be sure that was his in tention in coming to England. But we have tried Hatton Garden and can hear nothing of him there." "lie may have disposed of some of them on the continent." I said. "However, we will soon clear that point up. The size of the larger stones is so unusual that they would he certain to attract attention. And now one other question. Are you aware whether he has any friends or relatives in England?" "So far as we know he has not a single relative in the world," Ivitwa ter replied. "Have you ever heard of one, Coddy?" The little man shook his head, and then, talcing the other's hand, tapped upon it with his fingers in the man ner 1 have already described. "lie says llayle had a sister once, of whom he was very fond." The tapping upon the hand continued, and once more Kitwater translated: "She was a cripple, and lived in a 6mall house off the Brompton road. She died while Ila.vle was in North Borneo; is not that so, little man?" Codd nodded his head to show that Kitwater had interpreted him cor rectly. I then made some inquiries as to the missing man's habits. So far the description I had had of him was commonplace in the extreme. "Do you know whether he shipped on board the Jemadar for England under his own name, or under an as sumed one?" "He booked his passage as George Bertram," Kitwater replied. "We know that is so, for we made in quiries at Rangoon." I next noted the name and address of the vessel's owner, and resolved to pay him a visit next morning. It would be hard if I could not learn from him something concerning Mr. Hayle, and where he had gone on landing. "I think those are all the questions I want to ask you at present," 1 said, closing my note-book. "It would be as well perhaps for you to furnish me with your address, in order that 1 may communicate with you, should it be necessary." "At present,"said Kitwater, "we are staying with my niece at the village of Bisliopstowe in Surrey. My late brother was vicar of the parish for many years, and he left his daughter a small property in the neighbor hood. They tell me it is a pretty place, but, as you are aware, I unfor tunately eannot see it, and my friend Codd here cannot talk to me about it?" He heaved a heavy sigh and then rose to depart. "1 must again express my grati tude to you, Mr. Fairfax," he said, "for having consented to take up the case. I feel certain you will ulti mately be successful. 1 will leave you to imagine with what anxiety we shall await any news you may have to give us." "I will communicate with you as soon as I have anything to report," I answered. "You may rely upon my doing my best to serve you. By the way, are you aware that your niece called upon me this morning?" He gave a start of surprise. "No, I certainly did not know it," he replied. "She said nothing to us of such an intention. I know that she is heart and soul with us in our desire to find Hayle. But since you have seen her you probably know that?" "I think I do," I returned, for some reason almost abruptly. "She is a good girl," said Kitwa ter, and then took from his pocket an envelope which he handed to me. "By the way, I brought this with me," he said, "in the hope that we should be able to induce you to ac cede to our wishes. Inside ycu will find a £IOO note, which should be sufficient to cover any preliminary expenses. If you need more, perhaps you will be kind enough to communi cate with me at once, and it shall be sent you. A receipt can be forward ed to me at your leisure." I thanked him and placed the en velope upon the table. In my own mind I felt that it would be an easy matter to guess whence the sum had come, and for a reason that I could not then analyze, and therefore am unable to describe, the thought ir ritated me. Having assured them that the amount would be quite sufficient, in the event of nothing unforeseen hap pening, to last for some considerable time to come, I conducted them to the door, again repeating the prom ise that 1 would communicate with them so soon as I. had anything to report. If I had yon ly known then, that, at the very moment when they stepped into the street, the man they wanted me to find for them, and whom they hated so desperately, was standing in a shop on the other i oiut uX tUo i oaJ, aa eye on my door, and evidently watching for their departure, how much trouble and vexation of spirit we should all have been saved. But I did not know this until long afterwards, and then of course the information came too late to be of any service to us. Next morning I was early at the office, being desirous of winding up another little matter before I turned my attention to the new affair. One of my subordinates had just returned from the continent whither I had sent him to keep an eye on a certain pseudo-French marquis with whom I expected to have dealings at no dis tant date. He reported that the gen tleman in question had broken the bank at Monte Carlo, had staked and lost all his winnings next day, and had shot himself on the promenade on the evening following. With his death the affair, on which I had con fidently expected to be employed, came to an end. I could not say that I was altogether sorry. "I shall want you to leave on Fri day, Turner, for St. Petersburg," I said, when he had finished his report and I had commented upon it. "Do you remember Paulus Scevanoviteh, who was concerned in that attempt to defraud the Parisian jewelers, Maure 1 & Co., two years ago?'' "Yes, sir, I remember him perfect ly," Turner replied. "A tall, burly man, with a bushy beard, the top of his little finger on the left hand missing, and a long white scar over his right eyebrow." "The same," I answered. "I see you have not forgotten him. Well, I want you to find him out, and let me have an exact account of his move ments during the next three weeks. The office will arrange your expenses in the usual way, and you had better leave by the mail train. In all prob ability I shall see you off." '"Very good, sir," the man respond ed, and withdrew. [To Be Continued.] GODDESS OF SMALLPOX. In Her Honor tlx* Tlmn* of Inilin, It la Said, Commit Jinny Murders. The divinity worshiped by the thugs of India is appropriately enough the goddess of smallpox. Thagi (or Thuggee), the only religion that preaches murder is not yet ex tinct. It appears, in fact, of late years to have been actually on the in crease. In the Punjab there were two cases of murder by thugs as late as 1890, while in Central India the in crease ill the last three or four years is startling. About 7U years have passed since two 3'ou.ig English officials agreed that the day of retribution was come for the followers of the goddess Kali, says the Boston Post. There were at that time "at least 10,000 thugs wandering unmolested over the surftice of India, who earned a liveli hood by murdering their fellow men. They lived in this way partly because it was their religion and partly be cause they preferred murdering to either working or begging. As each thug killed, on an average, ! three men a year, some 30,000 people, mostly under British rule or protec tion vanished into the earth every year. Such figures seem incredible, and yet officials of the time say that they are probably under the mark. The thug would set out oil his business with the quiet earnestness of one who is merely doing his duty, and would brutally murder 20 or 30 victims, not only with an easy con- ' science, but with the calm self-ap proval of a successful practitioner. Nor was he at all grasping in his dealings. The celebrated thug, Slium sherali, deposed that "eight annas (a shilling) is a very good remuneration for murdering a man. We often strangle a victim who is suspected of having two pice (three farthings)." Their motto was evidently small prof its. Why lie Aijreed. "I think," said the old-fashioned member of the school board, "that we ought to pay more attention to writ ing." "So do I," said the Harvard gradu ate, unexpectedly. "Teach 'em all to write plain—plain as print." "My boy," said the old-fashioned member after the meeting, "what made you agree'with me so enthusias tically?" 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