Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-31

his brothers. de followed with noise
less tread, and on reaching the door of
the apartment, he saw, by the faint
glimmer of dark-lantern, man on his
knees before Stephen Carr's trunk (Which
still contained all the articles which had
been brought from abroad), and en-
gagged in forcing the lock. Some sound
which he made attracted the attention
of the robber, who sprang up and
rushed upon him but our grandfather,
who was not easily thrown off his guard,
presented his pistol full at his advanc-
ing assailant, fred, and the man fell to
the ground"
"Was he killed outright ?"
Unfortunately, yes; the bullet had
passed through his head. l say unfor-
tunately, as with him died the last hope
of discovering the missing properly; for
on examination the would-be robber
proved to be no other than Nicholas
Leerien, the Dutch shopkeeper."
And his motive? What could have
been his reason for committing such a
crime ?"
"Do you not see." said Patience,
"that our granduncle must have pur-
chased from him some exceedingly valu-
able gems, and that he, being appraised
by my grandfather's inquiries that the
whereabouts of this purchase was un-
known, and being also probably aware
of its place of concealment, had made a
desperate attempt to gain possession of
it?"
81 see. l wonder what really did be-
come of it ?"
Father came to the conclusion that
it must have been stolen from his
brothers trunk on board ship, after his
death. But he always kept the trunk
and its contents very carefully, and err
joined ON me to do the same, though
it has been ransacked again and again,
and every article it contains thoroughly
examined"
"And where is it now?"
cup stairs in the little third story
back room. Don't you remember it-a
middle-sized sole-leather trunk, with
IS. c. marked on ir?"
CT tell you what, Patience" 1 said,
springing up, 81 mean to have look
at the contents OF that trunk early to-
morrow morning."
"What nonsense, Addie Don't ]
tell you that everything in it has been
thoroughly examined hundreds OF
! times? ?"
swell, then, it will do no hurt to ex
anime them the several hundred and
oneth time. But was not that ring al
/ the bell? Yes, indeed Here comes
Dly trunk, Patience. wait to show you
. my Christmas gifts, and / have knit you
such pretty shawl" And in the un
a packing and examination of my little
> treasures the remainder of the evening
{ passed swiftly away, and there was nc
further question of Stephen Carr or the
/ lost jewels. But had not relinquishei
0 my purpose, and as soon as the breakfast
5 things were put away the next morning
! [ assailed Patience anew: "Where il
). the key of Stephen Carr's trunk?
know you mean TO be closeted will
o Norah for an hour at least superintend
ing the stuffing of that turkey; so, un
r less you wish me to die of elRui during
!. your absence, you might as we'll let m,
: amuse myself after my own fashion"
D Curiosity, thy name is-Adelaidt
Carr p laughed Patience, as she wen
: to her desk to look for the key. Her,
e it is. And put on a shawl, Addie; there
u 10 uO uIc III luc lOOul, dlQ Il uO III
/. want you to catch cold"
4 "And if / find the fortune %
7 "Bring it down stairs and show it t,
g me; that is, if it is not too heavy TO
t you to carry"
# So Patience disappeared laughing il
e the direction of the kitchen, and hast
# ened to put on my heavy cloth travel
e ing sacque, and made the best of m.
l. way to the third story back room:
: little, dingy apartment used as lum
|, ber-room, and half filed with olc
!, trunks, broken furniture, discarded
l. pictures ; in fact, all the rubbish which
: collects in old houses, and which
# though considered too good to throw
3 away, is usually mere useless lumber
g An old picture, the portrait of some for
b gotten friend or distant relative of on
n parents or grandparents, leaned agains
n the wall, and seemed to leer at me on
d of its eyes with look of mockery ant
: encouragement. An old high clock il
l. the corner, Jared probably by my stel
y on the door. started suddenly into
: wheezy series of ticks, and then wa
s silent again. The air of the shut-ul
s room smote coldly on my senses, ant
70 chilled me despite my warm wrappin gs
= Gathering my dress about me, I picked
IS my way across the floor, avoiding sun
e dry jagged nails and broken trunk
n corners, and soon stood in front of tn
It trunk marked IS. c." STOPPING,
e fitted the key to the lock; il turnet
o slowly and cseakingly, and with al
eager yet trembling hand I flung bacl
d the lid. No sudden glow of gold O.
jewels flashed from the interior.
+ quantity of masculine habiliments
If carefully folded, greeted my eyes, ant
j. strong odor of camphor assailed m,
e nose. That was all.
b took the things out one by one, un
b folding each article as 1 did so, ant
It scrutinizing it carefully. Old-fashionet
e shirts yellow as saffron; coats from
IS which every vestige of the lining hat
a been ripped in the search for the hide,
O wealth; trousers with the pockets
Is turned inside out stockings not role.
y in compact balls, but stretched out a
: full length-such were the uppermos
l. things In the old trunk. Underneath
n lay pair or two of boots, small
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