The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-09-20
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| returned TO the expectant Mr.. lorston,
and the now thoroughly onVAiesc-nt Cecil
| Dare, who had been hitherto known ~
Mr.. William Mapleton. There MAS no
need to question hlm as to the result oi
his journey, for his sparkling eyes and
ready words indicated some new and I'M
portant discovery.
There Is no need of asking you If the
result Of your Journey has been satlsfac-
tory, said Mr. Iorston. Your fAcv pro-
claims the apparent fact that your mission
has been a successful one.
The Indian bowed grsyely.
- have elected some new facts, he re-
sponded, but the greater portion Of our
task still lies before us
You have seen Sidney Vivian, he who
lies in Dorset jail q queried the correspond
ent.
Yes"
. He has had his final trial r
Not yet The prehminaries are all
arranged for the pronouncInS Of sentence.
This man is guIltless. He shall not sui
lei, en.-r
= Shall not
- | have saiu 49,
n Can you prove 1t u |
" Yes"
Mr.. lorston was silent He knew the |
Indian, AJalma, to be man prohhc IN Ter |
tile expedIents, yet resolute IN his comb
dence He did not, therefore, inquire
further, taking his words tor granted
" While you, Cecil Dare, began the
Indian. AJalma abruptly, was IN India,
and came To visit our temple Ia the COIN
pany Of this man, Sidney VIVIAN, LaZrio,
the menial sat. AS was his custom, and
watched you. After you had gone, per
haps an hour. he awoke from a bret slum-
Der, to lind a man whom he still atfirms ls
the prisoner at Dorset, removing the dla-
mond from the I, ~vhead II our deity. lie
raised All alarm. We searched all around
and, Of course. liked upon YOU and your
friend as the thieves your friend being
the principal, YOU. the accompllce. OF
course We must act cautiously, for ia India
a native has few rights IN the law. As We
we're preparing to resort to extreme meas
ures with you to recover our treasure,
man who spoke our language, and who was,
evidently, disguised, came to me and Of
fered, for given sum uf money, to place
either the stolen treasure back III my hands
or to deliver the thief up into my posses
sion.
" questioned him closely as to his me-
tives. and the source Of his Information
relative to the robbery. He was silent On
the point, however, and, obstinstely, refused
to say word, repeating his proposition,
impatiently.
q The bargain was made, and We did
not longer search for either you OF Sidney
Vivian. That evening the stranger ap-
peared at our temple III a conveyance, and
claimed the money. He had failed to dis
cover the remotest trace of the diamond,
but had brought the thief, Sidney Vivian,
whom he had, senseless in the conveyance.
We brought rim to a secret apartment,
where he lay in a stupor for several hours,
evidently recovering from the effects OF
some potent drug. When he had recov-
his full sensibility the stranger had gone,
and he was utterly dumfounded.
"'Where is my friend, Dir. Dare Y he
queried, when fully awakened to conscious
ness.
"Was that your friends namef /
asked.
yes. Are we not on board the ship 7"
81 drew him out without letting him
| know that for which we held him. | ascer-
tanned that he had expected 70 set sail with
you, Cecil Dare.
"Then l accused him OF stealing our
diamond. To my surprise he profsssed
the most absolute ignorance Of the theft.
He acknowledged that he had visited the
temple, in company with you, Mr.. Dare
but denied, entirely, that he had returned
alone, and purloined the diamond
"There is no need of detailing all that
foIlowed,-how we kept him close priso-
| - ka 1ay mad ma hnW
followed him to England how We have
traced him to his present place Of conhne-
ment, where he lays incarcerated ON false
charge of murder.
al have Iust' come from him, perfectly
satisfied that he is not guilty Of having
stolen the diamond. He AYERS that he
knew nothing of the theft until placed
under our charge. he states that, wher
he was brought to us, he was preparing tC
leave for the vessel in which he was to have
set sail for England with you, Cecil Dare
A man, a perfect stranger to him, came Il
him in his room, ostensibly with message
from some one or other ere he could re-
sist, he was stunned with thug drui
was forced down his throat-and he knew
no more until he awoke in our hands
When he escaped from us, and returned u
his former lodgings, he was recognized, bu
his former landlord believed him insane
when he asked HIM what had become of hi
luggage, affirming that he had taken !
away the night that he and Cecil Dare
; yourself, set sail for England. His money
quite a sum, was gone, and all his effects
"You, Cecil Dare, and you, sir, MI
Yorston, now know the whole story
There is every reason for US to believe tha
the false Sidney Vivian is at Denslow pei
sonating an assumed character. Shall v
60 thither, and confront himf"