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MRS, HARRINGTON'S DIAMOND NECKLACE,
IX TWO CHAPTERS. CHAP I.
Mrs. Harrington, of Harrington Hall,
Gras-sbire, should have known better, her
friends told each other, than to throw a
young, handsome, attractive, but penniless
man, into company with a romantic girl of
18, who ery'oved the double privilege 8f be
ing an heiress and a beauty. There was
certainly no doubt about Gladys Harring
ton's claim to ths latter title; she was tall,
gracefully formed, elegant in all her move
ments, and she had the most radiant com
plexion, and the largest and softest brown
eyes it is possible to imagine. As to her
wealth, that also was bevond dispute.
Though the Harrington elates wcro en
tailed on her half brother, n, boy of 10 years
old, the young lady would inherit, on at
taining her majority, a fortune of 40,000;
for 'Squire Harrington had been not only a
large landed proprieter, but the owner of
extensive collieries in the north of England.
Left a widow soon after the birth of her
son, T.Irs. Harrington had lived a very re
tired life, devoting bereelf to the education
of her children. Society in Grass-shire had
for some years buied itself in discussing
ihe probabilities as to the second marriage
of the rich and still young widow. But
now popular attention was turned to her
step-daughter, Gladys; therefore, when it
was noKed about in the county that Mrs.
Harrington had been to imprudent as to en
gage a tutor under 30 vcars old to educate
the heir cf all the Harringtons, instead of
selecting some learned graybard or solemn-faced
JI. A. on the w rong side of o0,
popular opinion -was all against lier.
"I should think a woman with any knowl
edge of the world and of human nature
would have foreeen Jthe inevitable
consequences of bringing such a man
as fr. Unlrili Cunningham into daily
association with an impulsive, unsophisti
cated girl like dear Gladys," remarked Mrs.
J-amproy of St. Kilda" "Grange. She was
the happy mother of six marriageable but
unmarried daughters. Ill-natured people
tmiled, and whispered to etch other that
c en a "detrimental" such as Mr. Italph
Cunningham would not have been an unac
ceptable suitor for the hand of any one of
the Miss Lampreys, honest SquireLamprey
being a comparatively poor man, and his
daughters neither pretty nor attractive.
ItCfciile, eligible young men Mere scarce in
Grass hire.
"1'cs, and dear Gladys is so so very un
conventional," added Mrs. Sraalnuin", the
rector's wife, to whom the remark recorded
above was addressed "Perhaps it is the
result of her singular bringing-up. She has
lived too much alone, poor dear child; and
marry me at once,
I cannot remain here unless Mrs. Harring
ton" "Oh, Italph, what is to become of me,
shut up here alone with mammal If you go,
this house will be like a prison. I shall die
of wretchedness.
"Then, darling,
and"
"I cannot at least not yet. "When I am
21 1 shall be my own mistress. Besides,"
she added with one of her brightest smiles,
"I should forfeit my fortune if I married
you now and I want to give my money to
you."
The simplicity of her manner was in such
strange contrast to the wisdom which
seemed almost worldly, that Ralph was
fairly dumbfounded. Gladys, like most of
her sex. was at once impulsive and timid,
simple and cunning a mass of contradic
tions, and yet most lovable in spite of them
all.
"Von dear little wise woman," cried
Ralph, clasping her in his arms. "I will be
guided entirely by you. If you bid me stay
here, I will stay. If you command it, I will
wear mv chain, and go on teaching leddy
his Latin grammar ior three mortal years."
"And bear mamma's frowns too?"
"So long as yoa smile, dearest, all other
women in the world may frown and I shall
smile."
"That sounds almost like a quotation
from one of our poets; is it?"
"No; it 'is all my own," retorted Ralph
with a laugh. "Then," he went on in a
more serious tone, "there is to be a sort of
armed neutrality between Mrs. Harrington
and myself unless she dismisses me," he
finished gloomily.
"She will not do that Mamma is a very
clever woman; she will not take any step
winch might drive me to to
"Marriage?" suggested Ralph.
Gladys nodded, and then laughed with
such evident enjoyment and glee, that
Ralph was once more puzzled by the strange
complexity of this mere child's character.
And so matters went on at Harrington Hall
for several weeks. Mrs. Harrington behaved
with studied courtesy to the tutor, who, on
his side, strove to look and act as if those
momentous words had never been spoken
between Gladys and her step-mother. To
all appearance," he was only Freddy's paid
instructor, and MisSj, Harrington's hon
orary Professor of Literature. The read
ings from the poets were continued; but
master and pupil talked more than they
read.
Sometimes, the curiously still, malicious
expression of Mrs. Harrington's eyes as
thev met his across the brcaktast or dinner
table awoke an indefinable dread in Ralph's
breast. He had an uncomfortable feeling
that Mrs. Harrington would stick at nothing
in order to sow dissension between him and
The young master of Harrington Hall was
a delicate and docile child, and Ralph, who
had all a strong man's tenderness for thoio
weaker, mentally or physically, than him
self, always treated his gentle little pupil
with kindness that bordered on indulgence.
And the boy hod attached himself to Ralph
with an affection so strong that his mother's
jealousy had been aroused, and so fuel was
added to the fire that had been lighted by
Gladys' avowed preference for the penniless
tutor.
"Promise that you will never leave me,
Mr. Cunningham, said Freddy, suddenly
looking up from his Latin grammar with a
wistful look in his big brown eyes. "I
couldn't bear to learn of anybody else; and
mamma says I needn't go to school until I
grow big and strong like other boys."
"What put that into your head, my boy?
I have no intention of leaving the Hall at
present"
"Oh, I don't know only mamma said
something that made me anxious," replied
the child, flushing up; "and and I had a
horrid dream about you last night"
"Come, my boy; surely you don't believo
in dreams, you knofc th? stuff they're made
of too many sweets and too much cake,"
answered Ralph, trving to laugh.
Rut Freddy's little face was still grave, and
nfrightened expression came into his eyes. "I
briefly explained to him what had occurred, I disgrace you before ihe servants ancLevery
dreamt about mamma, too," he whispered,
looking around with a scared look, painful
to see. "i aon t inins mamma iikcs you,
Mr. Cunningham," lie added; 'iand and
sometimes her eyes frighten me even when
when she kisses me and holds me so tight
in her arms."
"I don't wonder," thought the tutor as he
remembered a certain cold, malicious glit
ter that sometimes lighted Mrs. Harring
ton's fine eyes. But aloud he bade Freddy
attend to his lessons and think no more of
such an unimportant thing as a nightmare
dream.
Tutor and pupil worked on steadily until
nearly midday, when both received a most
unexpected summons from Mrs. Harring
ton's own maid, a tall, slender, and very
quietly but elegantly dressed woman of
about 35, who had long been in service at
the Hall.
"My mistress wishes to see you in the
saloon, sir, and she bade me tell you to
bring; Master Harrington with you," she
said in her usual low and respectful tones.
"Certainly," replied the tutor, rising
with a smile "Come, Freddy."
"The curtain is about to rise on the sec
ond act of the comedy," he said to himself
as he took the child's hand and followed
the maid to the saloon, a large and splen
oma room, tnat served as an inner nail, ana
into which most of the rooms on the
ground floor opened. There he found not
only Mrs. Harrington and Gladys, but every
maii and woman who lived under the roof
tree of Harrington Hall.
"I see that Madame contemplates a coup
de theatre," he thought, rapidly exchanging
glances with Gladys, who looked a trifle
pale and anxious. "The scene is well ar
ranged; but I fear the 'great situation' she
contemplates will not make the effect she
alms at.
her stepmother is not altogether the right i Gladys. He dreaded he knew not what It
tort of woman to have the care of a girl like j was like living on the slopes of a volcano;
Gladr. Mrs. Harrincton is so so unsvm
pathetic. Do you know, dear Mrs. Lam
prey, that sometime I feel quite quite un
comfortable when she looks at me with
those curious bright gray eyes of hers?"
iini-hed the rectorc-s with an affected little
shiver.
And so tho busybtdies of the neighbor
" hood talked, while" eents at Harrington
Hall were slowlv ripening to the climax
which everyone declared to be inevitable.
Gladys and her little brother's tutor saw a
great deal of each other, for the heiress had
a taste for English literature, and Ralph
Cunningham was always ready to assist her
in her studies. Together they read Keats
and Shellej , Tennj sou and Browning, and
selections from Itossetii and Swinburne.
Xmr. wlien two young people of suitable
age and of equal personal 'attractions dis
cover that their tastes are identical; when a
young man of 26 and a charming girl of IS
oend day after day over volumes of beauti
ful poetry; when the aforesaid young man
has the delightful task of pointing out
favorite passages in his favorite poems to an
appreciative and intensely sympathetic
listener who has glorious eyes and a di
vinely respoushe smile, it is not difficult to
guess that admiration will speedily blossom
into love.
Before Mr. Italph Cunningham had been
domiciled at Harrington ii nil two months,
the calamity predicted by the w iseheads of
Grass-shire "occurred. One day, when Ralph
was initiating his charming pupil into the
beauties of "Epipsychidiou," a glance was
exchanged, a word or two was spoken,
which changed the lives of both. Ralph,
who was an honorable young fellow, had
not intended to reveal his passion; but at 26
one cannot be always on one's guard, and he
had read something in Gladys' eyes which
had, so to speak, drawn those daring words
from his heart Gladys, with the enthusi
usm and carelessness of the future charac
teristic oj 1, had gone at once to her step
mother and declared her intention of marry
ing Mr. latlpli Cuuninnham.
Mrs. Harrington, who, for some reason
known only to lierself, had taken a violent
dislike to the tutor, was, however, wise
enough not to make a scene. She did not
order Mr. Cunningham out of the house, or
ecndMiss Gladys off in disgrace to school.
She only darted one glance of contempt at the
girl's glowing face, only folded her lips to
gether in an expression that was not exactly
pleasant, and then gravely said: "My dear
Gladys, you are just 18, and Mr. Ralph
Cunningham is the ojily really agreeable
man ou have ever met. Do you think
ou will admire him as much ten years
lieiieu as you do i:ort?'
"1 fchall uu er. never care for any other
man. 1 w ill marry Iiim or be an old maid,
cried Miss Gladys.
"Very well, my dear; you cannot marry
without my consent for three years. I
should fail in my duty if I gave it under
the present circumstances. I do not ap
prove of Mr. Cunningham as a suitor for
yoar hand. I believe him to be entirely
unw orthy your affection. "When you are of
r.ge, you can please yourself, and bestow
yourself and your fortune on any adven
turer or fortune-hunter you please."
"Oh, mamma, how dare you imply that
Ralph i.- j lorture hunter!" Here a sudden
burst of passionate weeping followed; and
Mrs. Harrington, who hated scenes, calmly
swept out of the room, leaving Gladys to
brcou iiidijuantiy over her words. There,
an hour later. Ralph found her with flushed
cheeks and eyes full of tears. He had very
lulls difliculty in drawing from her all that
had occurred.
"Gladys," said Ralph gravely, "I see but
cue course open to me. As a man of honor,
I any moment a torrent oMaya might over
whelm the lair seeming 01 tneir lives.
Oue night, on retiring to his own room,
Ralph saw something on the carpet that
startled hiin almost as much as the footprint
on the seas and did Robinson Crusoe. It
was only a tassel of jet and steel beads; but
a cold stiver of apprehension stole over
Ralph as he picked it up and placed it on
the dressing table. That evening at dinner
Mrs. Harrington had worn a black satin
gown ornamented with precisely similar
tassels.
"What could have been her motive in
coming to my room?" thought the tutor.
"That she has done me the honor of paying
me a domiciliary visit is, to my mind, con
clusively proved by this small memento."
Here he picked up ilie bunch of beads and
examined it meditatively. "I daresay sho
has ransacked mv possessions; but the ques
tion is why? Did she expect to find love
letters from Gladys? If so, I fear she was
disappointed."
For quite half an hour Ralph stood hold
ing the tassel in his hand, ruminating on the
extraordinary circumstance that had brought
it into his possession; then suddenly be
thinking himself that as it was not yet 11
o'clock, he might get a letter or two written
before going to bed, he went to the writing
table where stood his desk and opened it
leisurely. "1 may as well put this out of
sight," he thought, smiling as he dropped
the "memento" in the pen tray inside the
desk. "It would be rather good fun to re
turn it to Mrs. Harrington in the morning.
I wonder what she would say?"
Having written his letters, he still felt
disinclined for bed. Old habits of night
study still survived from his college days.
There were half a dozen or so of his favorite
volumes in his portmanteau; he determined
to select one and read until he felt sleepy.
But in turning over the contents of the
portmanteau he made a second discovery
that startled him a good deal more than the
former out a discovery. which brought out
cold beads of perspiration on his forehead.
His worst forebodings had been realized.
Sleep was out of the question for that night,
and Ralph spent the long hours until the
day dawned in meditation that was neither
agreeable nor profitable, for he had found out
the motive of the strange domiciliary visit
on the part of Gladys' handsome step-mother.
But the discovery brought him new food for
thought, for it opened up a prospect that
uueu mm wuu uismav.
At breakfast the next morning, both Mrs.
Harrington and GIads seemed as calm and
self-possessed as usual; they greeted the
tutor with more than their customary gra
ciou.sucss,.and though Ralph watched the
elder lady narrowly, he could detect no
change in that handsome impassive face of
hers. "What a grand actress the woman
would have model" he thought ''.Not the
quiver of an eyelash betrays her!"
It needed a strong effort on his part to
talk naturally during the progress of the
meal, and once or twice he caught Gladys'
eyes fixed inquiringly on him. He resolved
to take her into his confidence, "for he felt
that it would be impossible to hide his
secret from her; for the intuition of love
had enabled her to find out that something
troubled the man she loved.
"Woman's wit may find a way to baffle
woman's wit," he thought with "a smile as
he followed Gladys into the garden after
breakfast. "Wise mother, wiser daughter
to paraphrase the oftquoted Latin line."
Gladys counsel seemed to dispel the cloud
of anxiety and depression that had envel
oped Ralph during the night An hour
later he passed into the study1 with a serene
brow and devoted himself as usual, to his
tutoraT duties.
CHAPTER IL
Mrs. Harrington's fine eyes had never
looked more brilliant and more malicious
than when they rested on the pale but com
posed countenance of the tutor as he quietly
entered the saloon leading Freddy by the
hand.
"Excuse my somewhat abrupt summons,
Mr. Cunningham," she said, speaking very
courteously, though there was a ring of
covert triumph in her clear tones that
wuned Ralph that she meant mischief.
"But a circumstance has occurred which
renders it imperative that I should speak
collectively to every member of this house
hold." Ralph bowed, but made no reply, though
he could not repress the slightly sarcastic
smile which played upon his lips as he
noted the judicial formality of her manner.
"This morning indeed, not more than an
hour ago, I found that, probably during the
night, I have been robbed of a very valua
ble diamond necklace. My maid, Morris,
and I at once made a careiul examination of
the room where, as most of you know, I
am in the habit of keepingmy jewels. "We
found, much to our surprise, that the room
had not been entered from the outside; the
window was securely bolted, and there
were no siens whatever of any evil minded
person having eflected an entrance in that
way. I am therefore forced to accept the
other explanation to this extraordinary
affair namely, that my room was visited
by some one from inside. Of course, it is
just possible that the thief may have gained
admittance to the house from some other
part of the premises, and found his or her
way to my anartments: you? "Walters, will
be better able to speak with authority on
this point than I can. "Will you tell us if
you found any door or window open this
morning?"
The old butler, who had served his mis
tress faithfully ever since her arrival at the
Hall as a bride, 12 years ago, at once de
clared that he could solemnly swear that no
signs of burglary had been visible when he
went the rounds early that morning. A
look of genuine concern was on his honest
countenance as he met Mrs. Harrington's
eye, and certainly the most suspicious wo
man on earth would have instantly acquit
ted him of having anything to do with the
disappearance ot the necklace.
"Has anything else been missed? Is all
the plate intact? queried Mrs. Harrington.
'There is nothing missing, ma'am. If
you will examine the strong room"
"I am quite ready to take your word," in
terrupted his mistress with a smile that
strove to be kindly.
"My daughter tells me that she also has
lost nothing," she continued.
"Mr. Cunningham, can you say the same?"
Her cold bright gray eyes were suddenly
flashed on the tutor.
!'I have lost nothing," he answered
quietly.
Then it seems tnat the thlet was con
tented' with my necklace for spoil."
Here the servants looked at each other
with dismay; it was clear to the meanest
understanding that Mrs. Harrington sus
pected that some inmate of the Hall was the
thief. There was a low buzz of whispers as
their mistress ceased sneakintr: the cook
and butler exchanged a few words and then
the latter spoke out
""We are all agreed, ma'am, that the fair
est thing to everybody would be that our
boxes should be examined. No one has
left the house this morning. If, as I fear
you think, ma'am, the thief is here pres
ent" "I think nothing of the sort, "Walters; I
have only mentioned the facts of the case,
which I certainly think go to prove that
the thief gained admittance to my apart
ment by the door, and not by the window.
At any rate, I intend to place the affair in
the hands of a person more competent to de
cide on the matter than myself. Directly I
made the disoovery that I had been robbed,
I dispatched my maid to the station to tele
granh to Leatherhampton for the inspector
of police, who. I expect, will arrive in less-
than half an hour. In the meantime I de
sire you will all remain in the saloon."
The servants again exchanged glances of
consternation. Such an unprecedented oc
currence as this would furnish food for
gossip in the sen ant3' hall for inany a year
to come. Even the presence of their, mis
tress and the uncomfortable chill that had
suddenly fallen on the assemblage did not
silence the hum of whispered talk among
van AVfB i4 .m J 4hA main ciwanrc tirn rt
waited with what patience they could com-
edy of the mysterious burglary.
The half hour expired at last Mr. Cun
ningham had throughout maintained an
attitude of polite indifference; Gladys
had been studiously silent; and little
Freddy, who had only half understood
the scene, still clung to the tutor's hand
with an expression of mingled wonder and
terror in his big brown eyes. Mrs. Harring
ton had seated herself in one of the deep
easy chairs scattered about the saloon, and
made a pretence of glancing down the
columns of a newspaper. Her lace was pale
and her lips firmly set; but the hand which
held the newspaper shook slightly, thus be
traying the emotion she strove so hard to
hide.
The arrival of the inspector of police was
a relief to every one. Mrs. Harrington
and her "reasons for supposing that the theft
of the-necklace had been accomplished by
an inmate of the Hall.
"Such a suspicion is of course very pain
ful to me," she finished; "but under the .cir
cumstances, Mr. Inspector, 'though I deeply
regret the necessity, I think; it better for
the satisfaction of all concerned, that I
should accept the offermodebymy servants,
and I requst you to search their boxes.
You, Mr. Cunningham," she added sudden
ly, addressing herself to Ralph, "will, just
for form's sake, undergo the same unpleas
ant ordeal."
For an instant the tutor's self-possession
was disturbed; the color rushed to his face,
and he was about to make some protest
against the indignity, when a warning
glance from Gladys checked him. "Most
certainly." he said, "when Mr. Inspector
has searched the servants' rooms he is quite
at liberty to ransack mine. I will remain
here with Miss Harrington and the servants
while the examination is in progress, .ne
added.
Mrs. Harrington and the inspector left
the saloon, and strain the hum of whispered
conversation was audible. Gladys, with a
queer smiie on ncr ueauuiui ups, suuk. iuiu
the chair her step-mother had quitted, and
turned her attention to the newspaper which
had served that lady as a pretext for silence
during the nurgatorial half hour that had
followed on her strange exordium.
Ralph seated himself at some distanpe
from Gladys, and Freddy nestled at his side
with a look of puzzled anxiety on his child
ish face. Once Gladys looked across to the
tutor; the look said plainly: "This ordeal
must be borne for my sake. I love you,
and trust you; cannot you trust me?"
Ralph smiled an aflirmative, and let his
thoughts drift into a pleasanter channel
than that of Mrs. Harrington's enmity, her
plot to ruin him, and the strange upshot
thereof.
An hour pas Jed; the whispers of the
servants were hushed; their curiosity ,was
on tiptoe, for in the silence that had sud
denly fallen on the saloon they caught the
distant sound of Ihe inspector's deep bass
voice, and the rustle of Mrs. Harrington's
silk dress descending the stairs. The search
was over; what had been the result?
. In another moment the lady and the in
spector advanced to the table in the center
of the saloon. Mrs. Harrington's eyes
flashed full on Ralph's Vace. and for the
moment the mask of courtesy she had
hitherto worn in his presence was lifted;
and hatred, rage and baffled malice looked
out at him from under her level brows.
"Have you found yournecklace, madam?"
said the tutor.
"I have not; the thief has probably hid
den it too well, was her mting reply.
"On his or her person, perhaps," sug
gested Ralph, ironically. "Allow me to set
on example, which no doubt others will be
glad to follow. If you, Mr. Inspector, will
come to my room, I will gladly submit to a
personal search."
Mrs. Harrington was shamed at last
There was no mistaking the significance of
the tutor's words. He had found out the
abominable plot she hod concocted, and
he meant her to know that he had done so.
"I cannot allow such an indignity to be
put upon my son's tutor," she said, drop
ping her eyes.
"Mr. Inspector, you are witness that I
have offered to submit to a personal search;
Mrs. Harrington declines to avail herself of
my offer."
Tue inspector, understanding that there
was more in the affair than met the eye,
bowed respectfully to the tutor, and then
asked Mrs. Harrington if she desired him
to prosecute any iurtncr inquiries. s
"Certainly," she answered defiantly. "I
have had a valuable article of jewelry
stolen from me under most extraordinary
circumstances. I wish no pains or expense
spared; and I offer a reward of 100 for any
information that shall lead to the discovery
and apprehension of the thief."
The inspector pulled out his pocket-book
and instantly made a note of this; then
turning to Mrs. Harrington, asked whether
he had her permission to interrogate each
member of the household in private.
"Most certainly; I give you carte blanche
in the matter," the lady replied. "But as
the unfortunate affair has somewhat upset
my nerves, I shall now retire to my own
room. I leave the further conduct of the
case to you with the greatest confidence."
"With this gracious speech Mrs. Har
rington left the saloon and remained invisi
ble until dinner time. The intervening
hours were spent by the inspector in cross
examining the servants, in a minute investi
gation ot the premise, and in making
oopious notes in regard to every item of
evidence he solicited. About 6 o'clock the
worthy official took his departure; and
every man, woman and child at Harrington
Hall breathed more freely when relieved
from the overwhelming majesty of the law,
individualized in tnat awe-inspiring per
sonage. "When Mrs. Harrington rang her bell to
summon the faithful Morris to assist at her
eveniner toilet, that valued factotum ap
peared in tears and with an open telegram
in her hand. She had just received the
distressing intelligence that her father, a
respectable publican, residing at Holloway,
lay dangerously ill. "Would her kind mis
tress allow her to go up to London by the
last train? She, Morris, would break her
heart if ' 'anything happened" to her dear old
father, and she, his only daughter, was not
there to receive his dying blessing.
"Of course you may go. I am very sorry
to hear of this trouble. "When is the next
train?" said Mrs. Harrington sympathetic
ally. "There is one at 7, ma'am."
"Then go by that; you have half an hour
to get to the station.
"But who is to dress your for dinner,
ma'am?"
"Send Jane to me; she will be able to do
all I want"
"With profuse thanks and tears, Morris
left her mistress, packed a small bag of
necessaries and was driven off to the station
by a sympathizing groom, who had long
cherished an admiring regard for the comely
aoigau, ana was Deiieveu to entertain mat
rimonial intentions on her behalf.
Dinner that night was a disagreeable
ordeal alike to Mrs. Harrington, Gladys
and Ralph. The first was slightly sulky
and ashamed; the second, covertly indig
nant, and tie third, though outwardly
self-possessed, was bitterly aggrieved
at the humiliating position in which Mrs.
Harrington's treachery had placed him.
"When dinner was over, Gladys pleaded a
headache as an excuse for going straight to
her own room; and Ralph strolled out into
tlie garden to smoke a cigar, a sedative
which he sorely needed. But hewos not
fated to enjoy his "weed" in peace, tor he
had scarcely established himself in his
favorite nook in the shrubbery when he
caught sight of a white gown through the
trees, and in another moment Gladys, look
ing pale, scared, and agitated, seated herself
at his side.
"What has alarmed you, darling?" he
said, flinging away his unfinished cigar and
encircling her with his arm. The poor girl
was breathless and palpitating, and her eyes
were dilated with alarm.
"Oh, Ralph!" she panted, "that horrid
necklacel" ,
"Has it been found?" queried Ralph
sharply.
"No; it is gone really and truly gone,
this time. "When you brought it to me this
morning and explained my stepmother's
wicked plot to disgrace you, I was tempted
to fling the miserable thing into the lake
there. But I remembered how she valued
it? it wito nni nf mv father's weddlno nra.
ents to her, and is worth two or threeM
thousand pounds, I believe: so I hid it away
in my dressing case, as I told yon I would.
But just now, when I went to look if it was
safe, I found that it was gone."
"Yoa locked your dressing-case, of
course. Has the lock been tampered
with?"
"I think not; but yon know how careless
I am about keys and things. "When
I changed my frock at luncheon
timej I probably left the keys in the
pocket At any rate the necklace has been
taken from my dressing-case by some one.
Oh, Ralph, it seems as if my s'tepmother is
to be punished for her cruelty to you! Just
think what a wicked thing to go to your
room and hide her miserable diamonds in
your portmanteau, and then to get up that
wretched comedy in the saloon, hoping to
one. because she was determined to to part
I Ma "
"But, dearest, this is not a time to ponder
Mrs. Harrington's misdeeds. The question'
is, who has taken the diamonds, and how
are we to recover them?" ,
"Perhaps mamma has taken them herself.
She would be quite capable of purloining'
my keys and"
"Hush, hush, Gladys; don't be hard on,
her."
"You may forgive her, but I never can,"
cried the girl passionately. "Just think
what your position would have been had
you not found that tassel of beads!"
"You would have believed me innocent,
"Gladys?"
"I? OhRalph, darling, of course I would!"
I would stake my life on your honor and
truth. But think of the cold, stealthy
treachery of a woman who could creep into
your room and deliberately plan a thing so
wicked anfl so meanl"
"My dear girl, do try to becalm. .That
necklace mnst be found. Do you think any
one could have overheard our conversation
this morning?"
''It is just possible; we were sitting on this
very bench, said Gladys, looking round at
the shrubs, growing thickly on three sides
ot the seat, which was placed in a sort ot
alcove of closely-cut laurels and yews.
"A path leading to the stables runs just at
the back. Could any of the servants
But no; I don't believe any of them is capa
ble of theft."
"I think we shall be forced to assume
such a possibility," said Ralph gravely.
"The first to find out is if any one has left
the Hall during the afternoon or evening.
I scarcely think that a thief .would attempt
to hide the 'jewels in the house after this
morning's affair."
"No one has left, I am sure, except Mor
ris, mamma's maid?"
"Hum! Do you know why she left?"
"She had a telegram from home summon
ing her to her father's sick-bed." '
"Do you know anything of Morris' ante
cedents?" "Oh, Ralph, surely surely you don't
suspect her! Why, she has been years at
the Hall, and my stepmother has the great
est confidence in her."
"Didn't Mrs. Harrington say this morn
ing that Morris was the messenger she dls
atched to the station to telegraph to
icatherhampton for the inspector?"
"Yes; but''
"Then, my dear Gladys. I think we have
& clew; but for the present we must keep
um ouoiiiviuuB lu uuxseives, uuu wuu lue
course of events. Meanwhile, I shall do a
little detective work on my own aecount'
During the next two or three days Mr.
Inspector paid frequent visits to Harrington
.uaii, uuk uu luriuer eviueuce wus eucueu,
and the diamond necklace robbery still re
mained enveloped in mystery. Ralph's
amateur detective work had, however, not
been equally barren of result On the
morning following Glady's discovery of the
real theft, he paid a visit to the station,
and learned from the telegraph clerk that
Mrs. Harrington's maid had dispatched two
telegrams on the previous morning, one to
London, the other to Leatherhampton.
Ralph tried hard to get a sight of the telo
graph forms; but the man declared that to
allow such a breach of official discipline
would be as much as his place wos worth.
On his return from the station Ralph
confided to Gladys the result of his
inquiries; and the two conspira
tors decided to follow up the
clue thus obtained, and to place the affair in
the hands of Mr. Jonas Lynx, a noted pri
vate detective in London. "While the
country police were leisurely deliberating
on wnat steps to taice in regaru to the Har
rington Hall burglary, the experienced Mr.
Lynx had discovered the whereabouts of
Miss Julia Morris, had satisfied himself that
the respectable Mr. Morris of Holloway was
a purely mythical personage, and that the
place where Miss Morris was living was the
temporary headquarters of a gang of light-
nngerea gentry witn wnom she was closely
connected her brother beingadistinguished
member of the Fraternity of the Skeleton
Keys and Crowbar. He also identified that
clever young woman as one Sarah Brown,
who, 15 years before, had picked oakum in
one of Her Majesty's jails for a term of 12
months. Three days later Ralph was in
formed that Miss Brown, alias Morris, had
been arrested at Liverpool when about to
go on board the screw steamer Hawk. The
diamonds, however, were not in her pos
session, the stones having probably been
unset within a few hours of their anDro-
priatlon, and sent over to Amsterdam,
where they were placed in the right hands
for sale. At any rate, Mrs. Harrington's
diamond necklace ceased to exist, and that
amiable lady thus paid dearly enough for
her treachery.
But the consequence of her malicious
deed did not end with the loss of the jewels.
Not only was she compelled to appear in
court and give evidence against her former
maid, but she suffered untold agonies of
mind lest Morris should divulge the fact
that the diamonds had been stolen not from
Mrs. but Miss Harrington s dressing case,
and that further revelations might be made.
Morris, however, perhaps in the hope of
using her knowledge for the purpose of ex
torting blackmail from her late mistress
when her term of penal servitude was over,
discreetly held her tongue; and therefore,
only Mr. "Lynx, Gladys and Ralph knew
the whole story of the Harrington Hall
burglary. Many of the details could only
be surmises, but it seemed probable that
Morris, in passing through the shrubbery
on her way to the stables, had overheard
the conversation between the lovers, and
perceiving that even'if she were found out,
how unlikely it was her mistress would ven
ture to prosecute her for the theft, had
conceived the daring idea of abstracting
the necklace from Miss Harrington's dress
ing case.
Yet another retribution was in store for.
the unhappy Mrs. Harrington. Gladys sud-'
denly assumed a violently bellicose attitude
toward her step-mother, and threatened to
tell the true story of the robbery to her
guardian, Lord Roseford a gentleman who
was universally respected in the county for
his almost jastiaious lucas oi nonor.
"You have shown no mercy to me; I will
show none to you. Give your formal con
sent to my marriage with Ralph, and I
promise to keep your wicked secret. If
you refuse, I will go straight to Lord Rose
ford and beg him to fiifd some other home
for me than Harrington Hall."
"You undutiful ctild, how dare you speak
to me so!" moaned Mrs. Harrington, quail
ing before the flashing - eyes of her step
daughter. "It is your own fault If you
had not tried to ruin the
man I love, I would have waited
three years for him. Now, I mean to "marry
him in three weeks. ','
"What could the unhappy woman do?
Gladys was thoroughly roused; sho was
quite capable of making an esclandre that
would be the talk of Grass-shire for years.
In the end Mrs. Harrington did what
most women in her position would have
done gave in; and Gladys kept her word.
Three weeks later the following advertise
ment appeared in the rst column of. the
Itmes: "On the 17th of July, at Harrington,
Ralph Cunningham, M. A., late Fellow of
St. John's College, Oxon., to Gladys, only
daughter of the late Giles Harrington of
Harrington Hall, Gross-shire."
And Mrs. lamprey saia to Mrs. smal
man: "What a dreadful mesalliance; but I
always knew what would be the result of
Mrs. Harrington's imprudence in throwing
that Mr. Cunningham withpobr, dear head
strong Gladysl" Derail Tone, in Chamber?
Journal.
A MONUMENT RAISED
On the Island Where ColumbusLanded
Four Hundred Years Ago.
.THE TEUE SAN SALVADOR FOUND
In Watling'8 Island by a Newspaper .Expedi
tion From Chicago.
A MEMOEIAL TO STAND FOE CENTIMES
STOMAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Chica'go, July 3. The Herald will pub
lish fo-morrow morning a long article giving
the results of the expedition which it sent
out a month ago to find, and mark with a
monument, the spot at which Christopher
Columbus first landed on the shores of the
New "World, October 12, 1492. The expedi
tion, of which Walter "Wellman, AVashlng
ton correspondent of the fraW,and Charles
Lederer, the Herald arlist, were the chief
members, met with flattering success. At
Kassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Gover
nor Shea gave the expedition a letter of
authority, calling upon all local magistrates
to give every assistance in their power.
The steamer Nassau, the largest steamer
in the Bahamas, was chartered for the
cruise, and it left Nassau June 9, having on
board the members of the expedition, me
chanics and laborers and a large quantity of
cement and a number of ornamental stones
for use in construction of the Trotosed
L monument. The plan was to go first to
Watlmg's Island, the land which; has great
est evidence in its favor, and if it was found
to meet all the requirements the monument
win oe erected there.
Tho Claims or Fivo Islands.
Five islands have been suggested as the
scene of the discovery Cat Island, which
for -many years was marked San Salvador
on the maps; "Watling's, Samana, Mariguann
and Turk's Island. All but two of these
(Watling and Samana) have been virtually
discarded by modern geographers and his
torians. The route of the expedition lav near the
shores of Cat Island, and the Nassau was
steamed along the coast, and an examina
tion made of its features. This was sufficient
to show beyond all doubt that Columbus
could not have landed on Cat Island, as the
island lacks every one of the features which
Columbus saw in his San Salvador, or first
island, and described in his journal
The journal or log-book of Columbus is
the only historic evidence there is of the
landing place, and any theory there is to
the identity of the island entitled to the
honor must correspond in all essential par
ticulars with the description given by
Columbus himself. No such correspondence
was found between Cat Island and the jour
nal, nor does Samana, on careful investiga
tion, meet the requirements any better.
"Watling the Time San Salvador.
At "Watling's, howover, a different story
is to be told. The expedition arrived there
June 11, and spent the next day examining
the coast. From the first moment evidence
that this was the true San Salvador ap
peared on every hand. None of the pre
vious writers or investigators in the field
has taken the precaution to do that which
the Herald expedition did visit the spot in
person and apply the historic evidence, that
of Columbus himself, to the physical feat
ures of the island.
In this way the Chicago explorers were
able to find new and convincing proofs of
the identity of "Watling's Island with the
San Salvador of the great discoverer. In
fact, the evidence is so strong as to be in
disputable, and sufficient to dispel all fur
ther doubt and mystery concerning the stiot
at which occurred the most tremendous
event in history.
It is a remarkable fact not hitherto
known, that in so far as his description
went, Columbus accurately described Wat-
ung s isiana as it is to-aay.
The Same Luxurious Gardens.
To this day the trees and vegetation there
about are most luxurious; and it is easily
conceivable that the gardens of which
Columbus spoke 400 years ago were in this
fertile spot There was ample room on the
headland for the six cabins of the aborig
ines which Columbus found there, and on
the side of the headland were seen the re
mains of what appeared to have been a long
time ago the entrance to caves. As the ab
origines were to some extent cave-dwcUerB
it would not be surprising if ruins of the
rude entrance to their huts still exist
There is but little doubt that it was here
Christopher Columbus landed, and setting
up his banners took possession in the
names of Ferdinand and Isabella. This
ceremony over, he and his companions
probably ascended the hill, no more than
200 or 300 yards away, and there beheld
much of the interior of the island. It is
highly improbable that Columbus traveled
far inland, during his first day in San
Salvador. He makes no mention of a
lourney to the interior, and it is more than
likely that all he saw was from near the
water edge.
The Evidence Is Conclusive.
Even if "Watling did not so closely
agree with Columbus' description of his San
Salvador, it would be taken as'such, almost
as a mathematical certainty, from a tracing
backward of his course alone. But with
both lines of evidence pointing unerringly
to "Watling, the conclusion is irresistible,
the case closed.
These arid hundreds of other considera
tions induced the Herald expedition to erect
its monument on the northeastern shore of
"Watling's Island, on a headland overlook
ing the little sandy beach bay in which
Columbus'landed. More than a score of
workmen were engaged night andday build
ing the monument and bringing forward ma
terials and supplies. Fortunately an ample
supply of coral limestone of beautiful colors
and picturesque shapes was found on the
headland.
The monument rises 16 feet from its
foundations, and is built with plenty of
cement and good workmanship, to stand for
many centuries, oix. ieet irom tne grouna
in a prety grotto, built for the purpose, of
stone which the feet of Columbus himself
may have touched, is a marble globe nearly
two feet in diameter with the outline of the
continents chipped upon the surface. A
silver star marks the site of Chicago, and an
other star marks the true San Salvador of
Columbus Watling's Island.
The Monnmontand Inscription.
Below the globe is a marble tablet on
which is carved :
WE celebrate the nation's birthday in advance buffering bargains that
will make the week memorable in more ways than one Every reader oi
tins ad is invited tc take advantage of the grand oja'unity to sect't
stylish summer goods of all kinds at prices heretofore unhearof . ""
Among other things we were fortunate enough to secure (3o dozen chilf
dren's finest quality Milan Hats and Milan and Hair Combination Hat3
which will be offered at the REMARKABLE PRICE OF ONLY 6
CENTS I They come in choicest colors, and have always sold at $i 85
heretofore.
AND ANOTHER BARGAIN THis is our offering of 500 pieces No.
22 Pure Silk Gauze Stripe Ribbon, double-faced, colors and black, at i6ca
yard, worth 38c.
FLOWERS AND PARASOLS!
You know what a tempting variety of Flowers-we always have on di
play. Three special bargains are offered this week. Just think of it; '25c,
38c and 50c are the prices for the loveliest sprays.
All the latest novelties in Parasols are shown.and we propose selling them ata price tha
will make a quick scattering. Here's how we'll do it: 52 SO and 53 Coaching Paiasols,
silk and satin, are now one dollar. Another lot at 51 50, reduced from 54. All 53 and tl
Parasols now 53; Childf ens Parasols, 2oc, 35c, 60c, 75c.
BOYS' AND LADIES' WAISTS.
lOO dozen Boys' well-made Percale "Waists, 25c, 38a Fast Blue "Waist.3! SOc. Flan
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Boys' new Fauntleroy Blouse "Waists, embroidered front and embroidered Sailor Col
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300 dozen Ladies' "Waists lust received. Percale "Waists, 42c, 50c. 62c. 75c. '83c and
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Our assortment of Fans, Silk Mitts, Gloves, Summer Corsets and Thin Underwear id
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and Kansas City. City Passenger Agent
Tristram, of the "Wabash, said he expected
his road would make the rate to meet the
Alton's cut.
The little Alton is making a plucky fight
against the boycott of the big lines, and it
is no exaggeration to say that every
passenger agent In the country, outside of
the heads of departments, would like to
see them win. The hustlers feel that the
roads are makinz a strand eftort to curtail
I their privileges, and eventually to reduce
the force all arouna.
A FEATURE John Knssell Young, a
leader In tho world of letters.wlll contrlbnte
to THE DISPATCH every Sunday. First
letter to-morrow.
A PROMISED ADJUSTMENT.
; ON TH13 SPOT . ;
: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ;
: First set foot upon tho soil of :
; THE HEW WORLD. I
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; THE CHICAGO HERALD.
; July 15, 1B91. ;
INSTRUCTIVE Fannie B. "Ward writes
from Chile to THE DISPATCH about the
farming possibilities in that- country.
Sketches of rural life. See to-morrow's big
issue.
Yotjb best liver stimulant is Dr. D.
Jayne's Small, Sugar Coated Sanative Pills.
No nausea, and, in most cases, absolutely
Sainless. At proper intervals, single pill
oses arc usually sufficient. ,
, Pitts. & Castle Shannon R. R.
Will run trains every hour on July 4 to pic
nic Council 133, Jr. O. U. A. M.
Fibewobks less than half price to close
out Open all day Fourth. Big bargains,
at Johnston's, 706 Smithfleld street.
The monument was dedicated at 4" o'clock
in the afternoon of June 13 with short but
appropriate ceremonies. An incident of tho
building of the monument was the niacins;
within "the foundation of portraits of the
great editors of the United States, and,
copies of a number of leaning American
newspapers, including The Pittsburo
Dispatch, making the structure in a sense
a newspaper offering to the memory of the
great discoverer.
Watling's Island is 7 miles wide by 13
long. It has 770 inhabitants, only one of
them a white man local Magistrate Nairn.
The people are very poor and ignorant.
Leprosy prevails upon the island, and,
despite the effortsof its magistrate to isolate
the sufferers, is increasing at an alarming
rate.
EUHOrEi-AU the Capitals covered by
Special Cable Correspondents or TTIE DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
A CHEAP WESTESK BIDE.
The Missouri Pacific and Wabash Meet the
Alton's Cat
The Missouri Pacific and Wabash roads
yesterday put on sale round trip tickets,
Valley. Shippers Getting Better Rates Than
Flttsburgers.
The Local Freight Committee will soon
make another effort to adjust the difference
that exists between the iron rail and lake
rates from the valleys and Pittsburg. By
the present arrangement shippers here pay
a larger proportionate rate to certain laKe
points than the Mahoning and Shenango
people, and a big kick has been raised. A
joint meeting of Pittsburg and Youngstown
agents was held in Cleveland a few days ago,
but no adjustment was effected. Jt is prom
ised, however, which is some satisfaction.
General Freight Agent Frank Dean, of
the Lake Erie, speaking yesterday of the
railroad business said: "We have a heavy
coal traffic and are short of coal cars, but
the coke shipments are slack. The record
for the first week in July will not be as
large as for the same time in June. The
number of ovens in operation Jiave njt been
increased, and the output, of course, is not
so great as when work was resumed. We
pay little attention to the grain trade, but
the crops will soon be ready to move, and
then I look for the annual shortage of cars.
We will notice it as soon as the Western
lines make heavy draughts for box cars."
COSMOPOLITAN ainrray draws a pen
picture of Fifth avenue, New York, for THE
DISPATCH to-morrow. It Is truly cosmo
politan. Murray's Gotham Gossip every
Sunday.
A Ward With Tiro Aldermen.
The Eleventh ward, Allegheny, appears
to have two Aldermen. W. F. Kichardson
received his commission from ' Governor
Pattison a few days ago and has assumed
charge of the ward business. Alderman
Bupp, in whose stead Kichardson was ap
pointed, denies he ever resigned, afcd pro
poses to do business as before. Several
persons say they saw Bupp's resignation.
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