The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-01-14

.fI ..far wH .aI Hir 'r.f -".
d Yrisinghaii. at the time. A day or two befors
The lndians were set ffee ION Monday. ! thinLr
tsr. Il had been lsit ior ths Indians By css Mrs.
which they lived and ii bad been delivered q
=. . ps.,os. .Sls.l SSS
noticed that the postuark vas 'LAmbssh,' Aod
that the address on The outside, though expressed
in correct Engiish, vas. 10 form oddly o. variance
On opening it, they had iound che eontsnu % 30
written In 8 foreign language. which they riyhey
guessed ct ~ Hindustanl. Thelr object 10 coming
70 me was OF eours, TO have the letter trsnsistsd
10 them. took . copy In my pockst.book o. the
original, and Of my trsnslstios-and hsrs thsy
are st your seryice'
lie handed mo the open poeket.boot. The "a.
was ali written In one paragrsph. with no attsupt
st punctuatiou, thusi To tho thros Indian men
living with tho lady called Macann at friiinghsii
In Yorkshire, The Hindoo oharaetsrs followed
and the Engiish trauslation appeared In these
I'm the nsms Of the Regent OF the Night. whose
seat on the Antslope, whose arms embrace the
brothers, iarn your noes 70 tho .outh, and
leaps down 70 the muddy river.
The reason 10 this .'
There ths letter ended, without either date or
signature. handed it back TO Mr. hurthwaite,
and owned that this cur0u: spsSinsn OF h'na00
Il can explain the lrst sentence 70 youy DO aiai
and the conduct Of the Indians themselves Will
explain the rest The god OF The moon 70 repre-,
y. on .n sSa o lie %
u the regent Of tho night. Here, then. to begin
WITH Il something which looks suspiciously Ike an
indirect references 70 ths Moon:tons. nov, ,.S ns "
ties had allowed them 10 receive their letter. On
the very day when they were set nee they went ~
once to the railway station, and took their places
thought II Q pity at PriIinghall that their pro.
Lady Verinder had dismissed the police.onicer.
and hal stopped all further inquiry Into ne iS;.
In the matter. The Indians were free 70 60 TO
London, and 70 London they vent. What was the
next news we heard Of them, DIT. Brun
.by iotsring about his house st lambeth.
'Did You read the report oi Mr. Lukers appli.
cation to the magistratsP
Yes
member 10 foreign workman In his employment whom
he hal Just dismissed suspicion If attempted the and
whom he also dstruste possibly acting In colusion
Win The ina Am no 1%a h,a M ss nro,. ha h.ss which
pusriei you Just nov, and m 10 which Of MI Latsrs
Oriental treasures The workman had attempted 10 steal"
HE Inference las nattefHu 70 aCkuONtcoktl Wa
plain to need being poin.ed out had never doubted
thai the MooEstone had found lie way Into Mr. Lakers
hands at the time to which Mr. Murthwaite alluded Ny
only question had been How had the Indians discovered
the crvumstanc.l This question Sthe most difeu 70
deal with Of all, a. had thousht had nov received iu
answer, Ike the rest lawyer as was, began TO eel
that miyht trust Mr. Munhwalte 10 lead me blindfld
through the last wiongs of the labyrinth, along which he
had guIied me thus Car. paid him the conp,imeDt Of
telling him tbs, and found my nule Concession very
graciously rrcetvrd.
'You shall give piece of Information In your turn
before we goou,' he said Somebody must have taken The
Moonstooe from Yorkshire 10 Loodon. And sospebody
have raised money H. OF wouh never have been
In Mr. Lukers possession. Has there ben any discovery
made Of who that person was! aH.
None that know Of ..... 20
There was story (was there no, y about Mr.. Godfvy
Ab,ewhite. am told he u an eminent philanthfopist-
which !. dseidedly against MT h% 70 3D. hcEin % .th' ~
same time ieit bound TO inform hm (w,thout, II 10 Desd-
iess 10 say mentioning Miss vehBiers nanse) that Mr.
0oicy Ablewhlts had been cleared Of Ill susptcou On
evidence which could answer for @ entirely beyond dis
very w.ii said Mr.. Mur,hwae, quietly. et leave Il
to time 10 clear tho matter up. In the mean whe MI
Bd must get back again to ths Indiana, on your &C.
count Their journey 70 loodoo simply eDdct In their be-
coming the victims another defeat The los Of thelr
second chance OF seising the Diamond Il mainly stirbut
abe think 10 the cunning and foreasht Of Mr. Lnker
-wo doesn'. stand st he Top q the pro-peross and
ancient profession of usury fr nothing By the prompt
dismissal Of the In his employment he deprived The
I01la9 OF the aeslstnuct WniCu cuitucfdp WUuh
have rendered them In getting Into the houss By the
promt transport Of the Moonstone to the bankers. he took
the conspluors by surprise before they were prefard
with new plan ior robbins hun How the Indians, In
this latter suspected what he had do,, aud how ey
coDriyei 10 possess themselves of HE bankers receipt
events recent need dwelling Let Il be enough 10
say that they know the Mocnstone be out o
1.Ss % ss' Ss% IN 1 Sns.t re .foSs,oS% s, SS Now M
Bruf what their third chance u seirins the Diamond
and when will u gomez
Az the question passed hs lips penetted the motive
of the Indians vist N my Office at last .....
sec eHclimed. The IDians take for granted,
do that the Moonstone has been prdgedj anil thy
want he certainly Informed of the earliest period at
which the plrdge he rcdomef-bcahss that viii be
the earliest period a which the DamoDi can bs removed
from the sase-keeping Of the hank
4 told yoa you would nnd Il out ior yourself, Mr. Bru,
n only you fir chaDcc. In year from The time
when the Mooostooe pledged, The Indians win be on
the watch for their third chance. Mr Lukers lips
have told them how long they win have 10 walt, and your
respectable authority has sAtished them that Mr. Laier
has spoken the truth. Whsn do suppose. st rough
guess that the Diamond found Its way into the mooey-
lenders haDdsr
Toward the epi of las. June answered, as wen as
reckon ~
'And we are nov In tia year orty-eisht Very good.
II the unknown person who has pledged the Moontooe
can redeem Il In year the wei win he In that p-rsou'
possession again at the eud Of June otynlDe shall be
at that date Du, Il may be worth your while 70 take
note of H. and to arrange 10 he In Looiou at the time
'You ihak something sericus viii happenr y said.
u think shall be safsr, he answered. anng the nsre
est fanatics " Central Asia than sbouh he crossed
t,s door cf the bank with the Mooustopc In my packet
The Indians have l~n defeated wice running Mr.. Brud
It's my nm beiif that they won't be defeated third
time.' ... ... ......... i. ..|. ....
Those were the last words he said on the subject The
coffee cam. In; the sue.s rc~e and dkp~red themselves
aroDd the rooi and we Joined the ladies of the dinner.
party up Stain.
made note of the date, and Il may not be amis n
clos my narrative by REPEATING that note here
June, yorfp-Wins. Erpsef nsrs Of hs IndiaHs, TO-
,rard the end oChs moRfA.
And that dooe, I hand the pen, which have nov no
further claim 10 use 10 The wrtrr who follows me next