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TTTE SCHAXTON THTBTTX.K- TUESDAY MOIWINM, FEBRUARY 1-S, 1896.
Tie .Rajah
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By FLORENCE MAREYAT,
Author of 44 Her Lord and Haste r' etc.
Copyright. VtM, by Bacballer, Jobnaon nl Bacliallen.
SYNOPSIS.
John Bunly, a Scotland Yard iletwtlvp,
la wnt -to- Manning ford to investigate the
xoWry of a diamond necklaeo worth
fto.uuu. This belonKert to Sir Henry Kll
tnere, who has Just dlil. anil the Jewels
were fouml missiiiK after the reuilliis of
the will, ttusby puts up at the hotel, ami
overhears the euHiomt-r disetiwiiiK thi
matter, one of whom nusiperls the young
wife of Sir Henry to have taken them.
The tletet-tlve questions his stepson, the
new 'baronet, who tells him the Jewels
were given to hia father by an Indian
prliiee. were ductule. - as an heirloom,
and that his stepmother always wanted
them. Hfc tells of hi, own murrlatie am!
of a quurrel with lil father, who was
amereU Lv it. Buabv tiueatioiis the wltltiw,
and she hints that lu-r stepson himself
has taken the Jewels. He ulso hears of
and aiass a dtaf and dumb woman, Julia
Craley . a- dwarf, who has a home In the
house, and has always been very devoted
to Sir Charles ami hi fiither. He talka
with the butler, who axks his eonlldetn-e,
and tells of strange m-etiiiK on the part
of the old bui-uliet's young wile with tt
man hunt; Ins about the kiuiuhIm. lillsby
himself auspei tsshe has s.tolen the Jewels,
and tmiuirles amont; the servant i-oiitli-in
this belief. He U iniu-li puzzled, and tele
graph for his fellow-ittfteetive, I'rt-we, to
nliom he tells the whole story.
PART Vi
tin Crrwe was u man of a Ions hi-ail
and solid judgment. lie thought slow
ly, but. us a rule, hi' thought sine, and
he Kent-rally rmne to the right rotii-lu-filun.
We hud been ut-qualnteil ever
since entered th furce. ami hud
worked u deal together, uml knew eui li
"tliei 'm inethoila and ways. 1 tuhl linn
everytttlng 1 bad tsefti uml observed,
and waited ruther anxiously for the re
murks lliut should follow. In my Idea,
there i-otiltl be no doubt who hud cum
milted the robbery, but Hen would not
rive any opinion on trie subject.
"You know. Jut k." lie tutlil, "tlmt yon
must always give me t line to think over
things, l.ti us liaVt- a pipe together,
and when tlmt through muybe 1 may
have Hfeti aiimmut, but it looks dark to
me now:-'
So we sat in the coffee room of tho j
Imtel rttid amoked together in sllenee.
lien Mnlsh.'d his first iipe and tilled an-
other, and nut tiler", with i-mssed
knees und closed eyiB. for till the world
like a Ktavpit linage und about us
motionless. I thought he would have
never done, but I knew him too well to
interrupt, his train of thought. At lust,
ufter a Rood hour or more, he opened his
eyes stretched hinntelf yawned and
sa Id :
"Let's go for a walk: and hnve a look
about the place!"
It was a wet morning, not at all
fitted tor a utroll. but 1 wouldn't
gainsay Hen, so we Bullied out side by
side, and took our way un the village
Ktreet, until Ave reached the open
country. ,
"You don't seem to catch on to the
Idea of a lover, Ben," I ventured to nay.
"No. Jack! 1 don't." he answered
briefly.
"Why not?"
"llecHiiae no lady would be such a fool
uh to meet a man. as she oughtn't
to. In her own groumla and before the
eyes of the servant. Mind! I don't
Hay as they haven't done It and worse
things besides, but not such a woman
an you describe thla J.aily Kllesmere
with a determined character and mas
terful will. If she went to meet the
man at all, which 1 doubt. und you
know how servants are always ready
to make the worst of everything- their
employers may do, especially if, as in
this rase, they don't like them she
went to aend him away, or warn him
off the (rounds. Sir Charles told you
he believed that a sry was set upon
hi movements, which, ns likely as not,
is true. What If thlts loafer were the
spy, and her ladyship, believing the
young man was gone for good, went to
pay and dismiss him? It's as likely a
notion as not."
"Of course It might be," I answered.
In a dissatisfied tone, for I had felt so
sure that lien would fall in wltn the
ideas I had formed concerning the
case: "but how, then, do you suppose
the Jewels were abstracted?"
"Have patience!" he replied. "I
haven't come to that part of the mat
ter yet."
We were walking along' some fields
as he spoke, and drawing near to the
churchyard where Sir Henry luy
hurled.
"This is where they nut the poor old
man," I observed, aa we entered the
wicket gate. "It's a iilty he can't rise
nguln for an hour , or two and let us
la-ar what he knows about the affair!"
Men grinned In his queer manner,
and he walked to th opposite side of
the churchyard where- the baronet, was
burled. It had been his particular wish
so I had been told not to be laid in
the .damp family vault, with his mold
erlng forefathers, but out In the open
npuce where the lislit and sunshine
might, full upon his Brave. So as yet
there1 was only a mound of earth
heaped above his remains, the monu
ment which Sir Charles had ordered
to be erected to his memory not being
ready. As lien and I came In sight of 1he
grave We were startled to see what
litoked like a bundle laid upon it. but
which proved on a nearer inspection to
be the figure of the pour dwarf. Miss
t'raley, who was lyirtK out there all of
a heap In the rain.
"Poor creature!" T exclaimed: "they
told me her love for the old gentleman
was more like that of a dog than a hu
man being, and so it must have been.
No one but a dog would have the fidel
ity to -forget discomfort like this in Its
grief for the loss of what it loved. Hut
she mvisn't lie here. Khe will catch her
death of cold! Here. Alius Craley," I
continued, raising rny voice. ".Miss
Craley! ' you must let me take you
home! You must not stay here In the
ruin!"
But I might as well have spoken to
the grave itself, for all the notice she
(took of my words,"
"Hush!" said Ben, laying his hand
on my arm; '.'this la the poor little
Jiumpuack you told me of! Let us try
and communicate, with her! It is un
excellent opportunity; finding her here
alone!"
"But she Is deaf and dumb." t re
plied: "she can neither hear nor an
swer." "I know the clunit alphabet," said
Ben. "and doubtless site knows It, tun;
They have told you .l-.at If these jewels
were .taken from the baronet's bed
room, she must have- seen it done, as
she was present all the time! Let us
Have
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try if she can tell us anything about
the matter!"
"It Is useless," I demurred; "if she
could talk with her fingers, they would
have got it all out of her at once."
And the upshot proved I was rlgrht.
"We went uj to the? grave and touched
the dwarf gently on the shoulder. She
took no notice at first-, but after re
leated taps she ralsed her head, and I
saw that her eyes were swollen with
crying. The sight moved me. Poor,
unhappy creuture! Were her bodily
atliictious not enoiiKh to bear, that she
was culled upon to sorrow for the loss
of her best friend '.
"Mustn't lie here!" I said, talking: as
If she were a little child, and pointing
up to the dull sky and down to the
dump ground; "you will catch cold be
very very Hb-k let me take you home!"
pointing to whore the thatched roof of
The i.lubles was visilde among the trees.
She mude some unintelligible reply and
shook her shoulders free from my touch,
but she did not scream in the painful
manner in which I hail heard her when
iti the presence of Sir Charles and Lady
Kllesmere. I reiterated my argument,
and i saw she watched my lips and
Ruined some knowledge of my mean
ing, fur sbe shook Iter heud und laid It
down ug;.ln upon the wet clay piled
above the grave. -Around her and all
over the mound were scuttered such
wild Mowers us one can lind In late
autumn, they looked draggled und wet
as herself, und she Mail laid on them till
they were all crushed und. disfigured.
'Did yon love him'." 1 asked, pointing
downwards to the gruvp und making;
such actions with my lips und hands, us
to my ideas were emblematic of affec
tion, though Hen told me ufterwards
that I looked like nothing hut the rcpre
sentallop of u windmill, unit that he
hud the greutest diltii-ulf to prevent
himself bursting out lutighiug, which
would of course have spoiled the whole
thing.
I am sure the poor creature under
stood what I meant, for she gave a low
moan like that of a. wounded animal,
ami the tears gushed forth from her
eyes again. Suddenly she appeared to
be all comprehensiijii. for she sat up
right, ami gazing up at me. she pointed
to her mouth and moaned then turn
ing to the grave, she scratched the
earth about with lier fingers turning
from the useless task with another
iimun. and again pointing' to her mouth,
as though she deplored her inability to
speak to us. "What can she mean?" I
said, musingly.
Hen made no reply, but 1 could see
from the expression of his face that he
was struck by the coincidence, hut llnd
Ing, after awhile thiit we could not per
suade Miss t'raley to leuve her posi
tion, we strolled away, and turned our
steps again towards the village.
"Jack!" suld Hen. presently: "who
was the medical man who attended Sir
Henry on his deathbed?"
"A Dr. Stone, I believe a local prac
titioner!" "Have you Interviewed him?"
"No! 1 didn't see the necessity' Sir
Charles told me he had the certificate
of death, which said that the old man
tiled of paralysis of the brain."
"I propose that we go and see this
Dr. Stone at once!"
"Good heavens, man! what have you
got In your head now?"
"Only an Idea, Jack, raised by the ac
tions of that poor Idiot yonder. IMd
you notice how she pointed to her
mouth and then scratched at the earth
above the grave, as if she wanted to
scratch the body up?"
"And what do you make of that
from an Idiot. Hen?"
"Idiots often have more sense than
wise men give them credit for. This
Miss t'raley was in the old baronet's
room till he died, you tell me, and saw
all that passed, thovifrh she has but few
means of relating- the story. Why
should she want to- scratch him up
again? Why doest she associate the
Idea with her mouth with something
Kolng into her open mouth? Has she
seen anything go Into his' Will tak
ing up the body reveal the truth? His
death appears to have been a sudden
and rather mysterious one the widow
tells you that before the quarrel with
his son he was as well nnd hearty as
herself The son says that he never
heard that his father was 111 until he
received the news of his death. Quar
rels, however painful, do not as a rule,
kill people."
"Hut the old gentleman had a de
cided stroke, (loddard. the butler, and
Mrs. Nelson bear w Itness to that."
"I dare say; but strokes do not kill
the first time of occurrence at least,
not as a rule especially when the sub
ject is strong and heartv. I think It is
our duty to see the doctor who at
tended him."
"Hut we nrn not trying to find out a
case of murder." 1 objected.
"Well! that Is mv notion," answered
Hen. "but If my head's no good to you
I'd better go back to London."
I didn't like to hear the old hoy talk
like that, for I hud the greatest ad
miration for his cuteness and faith in
his opinion, as a rule, though this pro
posal of his dlil seem rather unneces
sary to me. Hut l.en Crewe was a
strange fellow! )ceaionnlly we others
have said amongst ourselves that there
was something uncanny about him. He
would refuse to see h reason for u thing:.
Fometimes. when it seemed us clear as
clay, and all of a sitden he would start
the wonderful'.pst notion dreum, as It
were, or It came across his mind just
like a Hash of lightning, without ap
parent rhyme or reason, but It would
prove to be the right thing In the end.
and left us all wondering how lie got
hold of it. So I hail great fulfil in li.-n.
even when he seemed most unintelli
gible, arid wouldn't have flown In the
face of his wishes' for ever so much.
1 told hlin somcthiiiitr of the sort on the
present occasion, but he only Hiiswered
rather grtillly, as though he didn't like
It mentioned: "Never mind where I
got it, or if it's my own Idea or some
one else's. I Willi t to see this doctor,
and the sooner we go to him the bet
ter." Accordingly we stopped at his
house on cur way buck to the hutd.
and were soon ushered Into his sur
Kery. if course, he had beard, in com mon
with everybody else, of our pres
ence In .Mannlngl'orcl and the reuson Col
our be) ne there, and he came into the
room with a la'thei perturbed cxpres
t'lou of countenuuee. us II' lie hoped
lie were not going to be mixed up with
the affair. I left Ben to be the spokes
man, und arcoi din $4 iy lie begun:
"We have taken the liberty of cnll
Ing to see ou. Mr. Stone, In the Inter
ests of justice. There was a robbery
committed at the i -aides, us doubtless
you know ull about, whilst the old
Intranet was lying ill. and whom we
understand, you attended on his death
bed." "That is true, Mr. Mr." said the
doctor.
"Crewe, at your service, sir," Inter
posed Ben.
"Mr. Crewe! thank you: but I cannot
see how my having attended Sir Henry
in his last illness c an have any bearing
on the case. I was only there twice. I
cannot possibly know, anything about
the robbery!"
"Perhaps not, sir." said lien, "hut t
conclude that you know whut Sir Henry,
died of.".
Dr. Stone looked startled almost
frightened.
"Of course I do! He died of paralysis
of the brain. 1 ga'e a certificate to that
effect."'
"We've heard an much," salt! Hen.
"but you are certain that was the only
cause of death?"
"As certain as I am that I Bit here,"
Mr. Cree!" '
"And what did It arise from? I.ady
Kllesmere says the baronet was well
and hearty the week before!"
"She is right. Sir Henry was a re
markably hale man for his time of life.
Hut he received a terrible shock at the
quarrel with his son. and it acted on his
system In a deplorable manner. It is
not always possible to account for such
things. They are attributable to the
state of temperament in which they find
their victims. Had that quarrel not
taken place. Sir Henry might have
lasted for the next twenty years as It
was. It killed him. He never rallied after
the attack."
'And nothing else hut the shock
could have accounted for hia symp
toms?" Inquired Ben.
"I do not understand you. Mr. Crewe."
"Then to put It more plainly. Is it
quite Impossible that the late baronet
may have been subjected to foul play
that similar symptoms might not have
presented themselves on the adminis
tration of a noxious drug, for ex
ample?" '
"Uood Clod! Mr. Crewe, such an Idea
never entered my head! Who would
have thought of such a thing? Whom
do you suspect of so terrible a crime?"
"It's not our business to tell you any
thing further, Dr. Stone! We come here
to ask you a simple question. Could
the symptoms shown by the late baro
net be Produced by the administration
of any poison? Will you give us a
straightforward answer.
PAHT VI.
The doctor was tremblinr visibly us
he replied:
"Well, certainly, there are narcotic
poisons, the action of which Is to par
alyze the limbs and speech, and If ad
ministered In large quantities, would
prove fatal to the patient but mind
you, J uui only giving you this informa
tion under protest and without the
slightest suspicion that any such drug,
or any poisonous matter at all. was
given to the late baronet In fact, 1
am certain there was not. and that he
died a nutural death, or else I should
not have given the certificate 1 did."
"We feel assured of that, air, but In
the interest of Justice, we are bound to
stop at nothing. We intend to demand
an exhuinutloii of the lute baronet's
body, und shall require your assist
ance in-the matter!"
The doctor sat down, shaking from
heud to foot. An exhumation ami of
one of his tiwn putlents! Such a thing
had never been heard nt In Mannlng
fonl before! It would be a scandal a
disgrace he would have done anything
In his power to prevent it!
"Kemetnuer, gentlemen," he said,
"thut ' this upllcutlon will be mude"
against my express wishes or consent.
You must do It on your own responsi
bility! I will have nothing to do with
the matter. Sir Henry Kllesmere died
from a stroke of paralysis, and nothing
else! It will be iniquitous if he is dis
turbed from his last repose!"
")! it won't hurt him." said Hen
cheerfully; "and 1 don't think we shall
need to trouble you any further, sir,
either. I've took down your remarks
In my little book, and 1 think they will
be sufficient. If not. It's easy to upply
to you again. Uood morning." and tak
ing a polite leave, we bowed ourselves
out of the doctor's premises.
"f can't see the good of this, Ben,"
I said, as we strolled back to our inn.
"Whatever do you want . to rake up the
old gentleman for? If he was mur
dered, which don't seem likely, it won't
help us on with our jewel case. Only
going out of the way, I call it, for noth
ing!" "You bide a bit, Jack," was his re
ply. "I've got a little roundabout way,
perhaps, but I know what I'm coming
to! You're such an Impetuous fellow.
You haven't the patience to see a thing
through!"
"If I'd stopped as long as you do.
to see n thing through," I retorted,
"I'd never caught those two rascals,
Meant and Wallcock, at Chicago!"
"Cockadoodledoo!" cried Ben, and
then 1 felt a bit ashamed of my brag
ging before a man who was worth two
of me. When I understood what Ben
would be at, I wanted to Interview the
little humpback again at once, but h
said It wasn't necessary.
"I've got all out of her that I want,"
he replied. "She struck the match, and
the fire In kindling all aver me! But
this will be a long business. Jack, and
we must take Sir Charles Into our confi
dence at once. Let us go on to the
Gables."
As soon as we met the baronet Ben
startled me by saying:
"Have you the certificate of Sir Hen
ry's death, which was written by Dr.
Stone. Sir Charles?"
"It is. I believe, in the library drawer
with other papers." ' (
"Have you seen It yourself?"
"I have only glanced at it cursorily.
I did not arrive here till an hour be
fore the funeral. Lady Kllesmere. my
stepmother, received the certificate
from Ur. Stone for the benefit of the
undertakers, and locked it away im
mediately afterwards."
"We should like to see it, if you have
no objection, Sir Charles."
"None In the world," replied the
young man, "that Is, if It can be of
any possible use to you In tracing my
property." And he rang the bell, and
desired a servant to fetch his bunch of
keys off his toilet table. In a few min
utes the certificate was In Ben's hands.
"On whut davdld the funeral take i
place?" he asked.
"On the l.'lth." replied Sir Charles.
"And when was the coflln closed?"
"The day before, I believe," was the
answer; "at least my wtenmother told
me so. At all events. I did not see my
father again'"
"Why Is this certificate then dated
the i:'th. sir? Can you tell me that?"
"I had not noticed that it was. but it
niuv have been because Dr. Stone was
culled away at the time of my father's I
death and did not return till the morn
ing of the funeral."
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"And consequently did not see the
body before giving the certificate," per
sisted Ben.
"I suppose so. Hut was that inform
al? He knew perfectly well what Sir
Henry died of. tie had seen him at the
first, but did not believe III his danger.
I know nothing of such matters.. I
thought it was all right."
"Doubtless, Sir Charles, but Dr. Stone
should have known better. However,
he has rendered our task easier. Husby
and I, we are going to apply for an ex
humation of the body."
"What!" exclaimed the baronet. In
a tone of horror; "you surely do not
suspect"
"We suspect nothing. Sir Charles, but
It would be a satisfaction to us to vtew
the body. It's all In the matter of busi
ness, sir, and we hope you won't ob
ject." "On the contrary, if there is likely to
be any good in It I shall help you all In
my power. What do you intend to do?"
Then I put myself forward.
"With your leave, Sir Charles, I shall
stay here." 1 said, "whilst Crewe goes
buck to Lndon to make the applica
tion. 1 don't feel that my work Is fin
ished. I must take more soundings be
fore 1 shall be satisfied that tne Jewels
are not still In Mannlngford."
"I feel convinced they are!" chimed
in Ben.
Of course we had not confined our
precautions to the place Itself. Fur
miles around seurch hud been made at
pawnbrokers and all places where
stolen goods were likely to be disposed
of and information of the loss, with a
description of the article, had been
sent to every seaport town and princi
pal railway station In the kingdom.
But no news of any sort hud arrived of
It, or anything like It. 1 confess 1 was
beginning to be fairly puzzled, and
Ben's behavior .nuzzled me still more.
"What In the name of ull that's holy,"
I said to him. as soon as we were out
side The Uubles. "ure your plans. Hen?
What ure yon going to next?"
"You leave thut to me. my boy." he
replied; "you don't approve of my uc
tlon In the matter, so you stick to your
own. You shall stuy here and look for
the jewels under the beds und In the
maids' pockets and I'll go up to town
and get an order for an exhumutlon of
the old gentleman's carcuss."
We parted the best of friends, but I
really thought he hud gone a bit dotty.
The old baronet muy have been helped
out of the world by his missus, for 1
could see thut was whut Ben thought,
but how would the discovery of murder
help us to find the rajah's heirloom?
So I continued to keep ji sharp eye on
all the inhabitants of Mannlngford,
while he was busy with his uppllcutlon
to the home secretary. These sort of
things generally take some time, but at
last the order came, und down came
Ben with It to Mannlngford. There
was a tremendous scene at the f tables
when our Intentions were made known.
The widow protested against the dis
turbance of her late husband's re
mains. She declared it was an outrage
and an indecency, and she would not
allow it. Hut Ben only winked
his ey when she wasn't looking, and
assured her, sympathetically, that she
hadn't a voice in the matter, and that
government had a good reason for the
demand. The dwarf. Miss Craley, who
appeared to have gained some inkling
of what was about to happen, seemed
delighted at the Idea. She capered
and screeched all day, constantly mak
ing signs with her hands that she
wanted the earth removed from the
coffin, and then pointing to her own
mouth, and then to the dowager. Lady
Kllesmere, us though she would inti
mate that she had something to do with
her beloved patron being put under
ground, until 1 reully began to believe
myself that Ben was right after all, and
the widow had given the old gentleman
his quietus. And yet he had treated
the idea of a lover with Indifference.
Aha! I said to myself, Ben may supple
ment the discovery with another, but
he'll find I'm right after all. and that
the Jewels were taken by her and de
livered over to an accomplice the one
doubtless, who helped her to hasten
her husband's death. But the Idea of
that beautiful face and figure In the
dock didn't please me, and I wished
Ben hadn't been quite so sharp, but
contented myself with looking after the
lot property.
The exhumation was carried out
very quietly. The -coffin was disin
terred by night and convoyed to the
mortuary chapel, where two medical
men beside Dr. Stone were prepared to
examine It. I and Ben. of course, being
present, with Sir Charles Kllesmere.
I felt very sad as I watched the pro
ceedings commence. I was thinking
of the beautiful widow up at The
Gables, and how It would fare with her,
if Ben's suspicions proved correct. I
have rather a soft heart for women:
I can't help it! It seems so terrible to
me that they should ever go wrong,
when there's so much good In each one
of them! As the coffin lid was re
moved, I stepped forward rather curi
ously to view the corpse. It was that
of an attenuated, shriveled-up old man,
with a stern expression. The appear
ance of the body was almost unchanged
by the short time It had been under
ground, but the doctors moved it
about for th virpose of performing
the post-:iortem. the stem-h became
unbearable, and I saw Sir Charles turn
deadly pale nnd make a bolt for the
outer air. I was about to follow him
when I was startled by an exclamation
from one of the medical men.
"Why! whut is this?" he said, as ho
look something from under the corpse
and held it tin. It was a glittering mass
of jewels. Ben Crewe and I pounced
upon it at the same moment.
"The rajah's heirloom!" we cried,
simultaneously.
But however did it come here?" de
manded Or. Stone, curiously.
"I know!" I exclaimed, and "I rnn
guess," said Ben "the dwarf!"
It proved to be true. MIsb Craley,
having overheard the baronet tin ealt-n
his son with the loss of the heirloom,
and the Dowager Lady Kllesmere tell
Kachel Ma'ks that the jewels were
Iter's, conceived the cunning idea to se
cure them for Sie Charles by nutting
them In the coffin with the corpse,
whence they might never have been
disinterred, had not both Ben and I
gone on a wronK tack to find out the
truth.
A brief examination proved that Sir
Henry hud died from nutural causes,
and 'ihe body wus reburied with due
solemnity. But we cured little for the
failure i"- that direction. We hud un
earthed the missing heirloom, and we
kept the rest of the secret to ourselves.
All our susiiiciniis melted into thin air.
Lady Kllesmere hud not murdered her
husband she hud never hud u lover or
un accomplice she hud not purloined
the Jewels we Were almost leudy to
believe that sle hud been a devoted
wife and sterimother! Sir Charles was
delighted with the recovery of his prop
ertythe little dwarf screamed with
pleusure when she sow It baf'K ugaln
and Den and I were laden with compli
ments und congratulations. So ended
the robbery of the rujuh's heirloom.
"Ben." I said, solemnly, as we wend
ed our way buck to Scotland Yard to
report proceedings, "Hen. don't yon
think we had better smooth this matter
over a little to the chief? We are con
sidered the two sharpest detectives in
Loudon, yet I made sure the dowager
hud purloined those Jewels: and you
made sure she had poisoned her hus
bandbut We were both mistaken. I
don't understand it, but it is the case,
Isn't It. now?"
"Hum! yes," replied Ben, thought
fully; "but we found the Jewels, Jack,
after all, and that's the main thing!"
"True; but now thut we are alone,
tell me. what was It that made you
first think of exhuming the baronet's
body?"
Ben looked very grave. .
"1 can't tell you. Jack. I don't know
myself. But sometimes, there comes to
me a knowledge I can't ' say from
whom or from where, but it fixes Itself
upon my mind, and I can't get rid of It
until, rlffhtly or wrongly, I have acted
upon It. Don't laugh at me. Jack, hut
as I stood by the grave with you. the
first time we saw It, somebody said to
me: 'Disinter the body!' Most of my
lucky, hits have come to me In that way.
I wouldn't repeat It to everybody, but
you'll respect my fancy, old chap, If It
Is u fancy, and know that however rum
It may seem, 1 am In earnest In telling
It to you."
1 looked at rough old Hen. with his
shaggy beard and hard features, and
thought he was a strange subject to he
inspired, from whatever source his In
formation may have come, but he was
good and true all through, and if the
angels help any one in their earthly
wot k, they may have helped him.
But. In another hour I was In the lit
tle cottage at Fulham, and Nancy and
the supper she had prepared for me put
everything else out of my head.
(The tnd.)
CONSOI.1XO.
Walter's mamma was very sick with
rheumatism and he was rubbing her amis
when she said: "Walter, It is loo bad
that man: mil Is such a trouble to you."
Walter replied cheerfully: "Never
mind, mamma. If you ure only just alive,
we don't care how much you suffer." .
THREW AWAY THE BELT
Mr. William Thornton, of 127 W. Murker
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Why llo Did It.
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