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The Missing Ring.
" QTUANQE things ionietlmeg come
kj under your notice I" I on day
aid to a noted detective.
" Yes, elr etrttnge, aud lornetlmes
romantic," be replied.
"If you will nlve rue the facts for a
abort story I v 111 put them lu print," I
rejoined.
He reflected a little, and then remark
ed that be recollected aome curious Inci
dent that he thought would interest
me.
I expressed a strong desire to have
them related, and he at once proceeded
to tell me what I have here written
down, word for word :
Borne three years ago (he began), I
was sitting alone in my office, when a
fine-looking, well-dressed ttranger,about
twenty-eight or thirty years of age, en
tered, and asked to see Mr' Carbon, the
detective.
" I am the person named, and at your
service, sir," I replied. ''Please be
seated."
" I do not wish to be interrupted in
what I propose to tell you," he said,
glancing around, "nor do I wish to
have any listener except yourself."
I arose and locked the door.
He hesitated a little, colored Bome, and
and then said :
" From my air of mystery, I suppose
you think I have something to relate of
great Importance; but though it is im
portant to me, and will be to you, if you
trace out the real facts, yet I assure you,
to begin with, it is nothing more serious
than the loss of a diamond ring. The
ring, however, I prize far beyond its
nominal value, as an heir-loom of the
family, which has come down to me
through several generations, it being
presented to one of my ancestors by the
then Duke of Cambridge.
"This ring," he proceeded, "came
into my possession, as the lineal heir,
on my twenty-flrut birthday; and
though I have since worn it at times,
I have always watched it with the most
zealous care, and never left it out of my
sight, except when locked in my safe,
where I keep my most Important papers
and a few valuables.
" Now comes the mystery. My safe
has a combination lock, and. that com
bination not a living soul knows except
myself not even my wife. I will take
my Bible oath, that the last time I had
the ring, showing it to a friend, I return
ed it to the safe. That was a week ago
to-day ; and when I yesterday unlocked
the safe to get a private paper, I missed
the ring from the little iron box, where
I always keep It. Startled at this, I
began a search for it. First locking my
room door, that I might not be disturb
ed, I took out everything in the safe,
and examined every spot and paper
with the utmost care, but without find
ing the precious jewel, and then put
everything back in its proper place.
The ring was the only thing missing,
and I found that nothing else had been
disturbed. The loss of the ring grieves
me, and the myBtery perplexes me ; and
so, not knowing better what to do, I
have come to you, to see if you can
suggest anything to relieve me. Under
stand that I intend to pay you well for
your advice; and, if you succeed in re
covering the ring, your reward Bhall be
two thousand dollars."
" Was the ring indeed so valuable as
that?" I asked.
"Intrinsically, no," he answered;
"and yet, to me, invaluable for the
reasons I have named. The actual cash
value of the diamond would not exceed
a thousand dollars, and yet I would give
five thousand nay, ten thousand
rather than lose it. Besides, there runs
a legend in the family, that whoever
parts with it will sutTer some great mis
fortune." " You had it a week ago, you say
you showed it to a friend you locked It
up in your safe and you have uot seen
it since ?"
" That is my statement."
" Who was the friend to whom you
showed the ring V"
" The Honorable Godfrey Tercy, the
youngest son of an English nobleman,
who has been spending a couple of
weeks at my house as my guest."
"Is he with you still V"
" He is. I will be frank with you.
My sister and I met him in London a
couple years ago, and he is engaged to
her, and will remain my guest till after
the wedding, which is fixed for a week
from to-day."
" Was he with you when you locked
the ring In the safe V"
"Why that question, Mr. Carbon ?"
'Well' for anything you like. If
you are to question my questions I fear
we shall not get on very fast. If he was
with you, of course be saw you lock it
up, aud you have proof that you did
what you think you did."
"I beg your pardon Mr. Carbon. I
thought your questions might imply
some suspicion of my friend ou your
part, aud I would Just as soon have you
suspect my own wife. Yes, he was
present and saw me put the ring in the
Iron box, lock that, and afterward lock
the safe, and he Is aa anxious as I am to
have me solve the mystery by the recov
ery of the precious Jewel."
" So far so good. Now then you have
servants, of course V"
" Yes, six two men, a boy, and three
females."
" You do not suspect any of them J"'
" How can I, when no one knows the
combination of my safe lock besides
myself."
" It is a mysterious affair," said I,
"and I can get no clue from anything
you tell me. To make a start in the
matter, it might be necessary for me to
be an Inmate of your house for a few
days, and even that might amount to
nothing."
" I would like to try anything that
would promise even the shadow of a
hope," he anxiously rejoined, with an
air of depression.
" Then suppose I beoome your guest
for a few days V" I suggested.
" If you will."
" But not as an officer not in my real
character," I proceeded. "You must
Introduce me as a friend of yours, just
come to town say William Perkins,
from Boston and not even your wife
must know to the contrary."
" Very well I will arrange it, and to
morrow, at three o'clock, I will meet
and escort you home to dinner. But U
it not possible that some one will rec
ognize you."
" I will take care of that," I an
swered. We arranged the place of meeting at a
certain hotel, and I was there a little
before the time, disguised in a .manner
satisfactory to myself. ,
Mr. George Howell, the gentleman in
question, appeared according to appoint
ment, but I saw at a glance that he did
not recognize me. He took a seat, facing
the door, and I let him remain some
minutes over the time. Then I took a
seat near him, and made some casual
remark about the weather. He seemed
uneasy, and not inclined for conversa
tion ; and I casually remarked that I
was waiting for Mr. Carbon, a well
known detective, who had promised to
meet me here at that hour. He turned
and scrutinized me closely, and then
observed:
" I know the gentleman by sight ;
and it is a little strange, if you have an
appointment with him, that he fails to
keep It."
" You are also expecting him, I be
lieve?" I remarked.
" Why do you think that ?" he asked
in surprise.
" Because I am James Carbon, alias
William Perkins," I smiled.
He started up, exclaiming:
" Clever ! very clever,! ndeed 1 1 should
never have guessed it. Come, let us
gol
For three days I was an honored
guest in the mansion of Mr. Howell ;
and during that time I closely studied
every inmate, got all the minutest de
tails from my host concerning every
thing I wished to know, and then took
my departure in an open and formal
manner, without leaving a suspicion be
hind that I was other than I seemed.
I then set my agents to work among the
pawnbrokers of the city ; and the day
before that fixed upon for the wedding
of the Honorable Godfrey Percy and
Miss Virginia Howell, I called upon the
brother of the latter and banded him
his missing ring.
" Good heavens I" be exclaimed, fairly
clutching it in his excited eagerness ; it
is, indeed .the coveted prize I Where
did you find it ?"
"At a pawnbroker's."
" Then it was really stolen ?"
" Yes."
" And have you any surmise concern
ing the thief."
"Who la he?"
" I did not say it was a man."
"Perhaps for your own peace of
mind, you bad better never know," I
hesitated.
He turned deadly pale and trembled.
" I understand you 1" he gasped ; "but
even though the purloiner be my second
self, I must have the truth from you.
It was my own wife, then ?"
"No, it was not your wife."
" Ah, thank God for that at least?"
he cried, with a great sigh of relief.
"Hal my sister ?"
"No, it was not your sister."
" Who then 1 Now speak without
fear!".
"You will have it?"
" Yes, I must know."
" Can I not prevail on you to let the
secret remain with myself?" for, as,
yet, no other human being possesses
It."
" No, Mr. Carbon I must aud will
have it."
" What 'say you to your friend,
then ?"
' What friend ?" he asked, in amazes
ment.
" The Honorable Godfrey Percy."
He fairly staggered, as if he had re
ceived a blow.
" Impossible 1" he gasped.
" It is true."
He sank down upou a seat, aud for
some time held his head with lit hands.
" Are you sure you have not made a
mistake?" he asked at length, in a hol
low voice.
" I am certain of what I aanert."
" You can prove It ?"
"lean."
" Then you shall prove It I All, me I
poor, poor, dear Virginia I It will
break her heart. It will be tbe death of
her, I fear. Willingly, would I give
half my fortune to have this otherwise."
" It is not too late, Mr. Howell," said
I, sympathetically. " She need never
know."
He bounded from his seat, his eyes
blazed like a madman's and he turned
upon me with a haughty rage that I
have never seen equaled, not even on tbe
stage.
" For what do you take me, sir?" he
cried his now ashy Hps fairly quivering.
"If this man is guilty, so help me
God, were he even a prince of tbe realm,
my own band should blow his brains
out, sooner than he should make my
beloved sister the wife of a dastardly
thief 1 Step into my private room, Mr.
Carbon. I will send for him. You
must face him before me, and make
good your accusation or take the con
sequences 1"
"Hark you, Mr. Howell," I said, "I
see you are a high-tempered determined
man ; and I want you to understand
that I am another. I will faoe your
honorable gentleman and make my
charge in my own way. He may deny
It, and convince you that his word
is better than mine. But mark
this. If he does deny it, and you ac
cept his denial, I swear to have him ar
rested for a felony, and all the facts
publicly exposed from first to last!"
" I accept the conditions," he said,
and be at once conducted me to his
private apartment, in which stood the
safe that his friend had opened to rob
him.
A servant was dispatched for the
Honorable Godfrey Percy, 'and in a few
minutes he made his appearance, look
ing quite unconcerned.
I. had arranged to have everything
my own way, and as I now appeared
without my disguise, the honorable
gentleman did not know me.
He glanced at tbe two of us inquiring
ly, but I did not keep him in suspense.
Stepping up to him, I placed my hand
rather roughly on bis shoulder, and
said, with sharp severity :
" Godfrey Percy, I arrest you for steal,
ing your friend's diamond ring and
pawning it at Isaac Jacob's. You will
at once accompany me to the office of a
magistrate and confront the witness
es." He turned white as death, threw up
his hands, and then fell down on his
knees and begged for mercy.
"For God's sake, spare me!" be
prayed. Spare me, oh, for God's sake
spare me 1 It was the first and only
time I ever did such a wicked thing.
I was wanting a certain sum of money,
and too proud to ask you, my dear
friend, for it. Oh, George, George, my
dearest friend, for the love of holy
Heaven, intercede with this officer, aud
save me from public disgrace and
utter ruin 1"
"You did take my diamond ring
then ?" said George Howell, in a quiet,
even tone of voice that quite surprised
me by its natural calmness.
" Oh, yes, I confess it."
"How did you open my safe?"
I watched you one day when you
were working the combination, and was
able to make it out. That then became
my temptation."
" But the ring was also locked In tbe
iron box."
"You had a duplicate key to that,
which was in anotber drawer that was
not locked. Oh, my dear, dear friend
George. "
" Call me Mr. Howell, aud leave off
tbe friend," calmly interrupted the
other." " Godfrey Percy, you were to
have been married to my sister, to-morrow.
Only think of the disgrace which
she, a Howell, has escaped from you, a
Percy I In only another twenty-four
hours she would have been the wife of a
sneak-tbief. I am really grateful to the
Providence that has saved her from that
abyss and myself from murder, for I
should have killed you. You must ruu
away now, without saying a parting
word to any soul in this dwelling. I
give you twenty-four hours the start.
If, after that time, any police officer,
sheriff or constable can find you on
American soil, I swear, before high
Heaven, I will never rest till the iron
gate of our State prison baa bolted you
in as a loathsome felon. One word more
from vou, aud I will do it now. This is
all. Gol"
He arose and pointed bis finger im
periously toward tbe door, and the con.
demned culprit in silence arose from his
knees and slunk out of sight.'
That was the last I ever saw or heard
of him.
George Howell then cooly opened his
escritoire, drew me a check for twenty
five hundred dollars, requested me to
settle fairly with tbe pawnbroker, and
never mention a true name in connec
tion with these facts.
I never have. All the n,ames I haves
given you are fictitious.
Both the brother and sister are now
dead. What tbe interview was betweeu
tbein I never knew. She died in a mad
house in less than six months, and he
was drowned on a liver excursion iu
less than a year.