, 1874-09-12
othcr ]innd appeared to bs stealing furtiyoly to-
warta ll1B own rpoket.
II should nay thts ioohs 1lko starvation,

wore ofnppcd on tho astonfHhed man. lio Hart
mo mod to mako . noiao. Nicholla. aald. tho
detective Will, = caro Gloss air. III have TWO mon
waiting outsldo.f
II swear want in the pleto rnbbery,'"' 1,ns,
Blonhtcly uttered tho mnu. know OF It. mt
as much M = nalt-bpoon. after it waH melteu
down. Aud they called mo coward anu lucy
lohve mo hero to starvs and diol ! swear l
wasn't In it,
.ln,c." said the officer, as he rataed his hat
"you have Rot thoso bracelets on, my man. tor
another sort Of brass1ot. A diamond ono' Don't
you remember mo 7"
Tho prisoners mouth fell. II Thought thae
vas ovor and dono with, all this ttmo.--l don't
know what you mohl," ho added, correcting him.
"No," said tho Officer, nj is .junt, beginning.
Tho bracelet IL found aud l'as boon traoea 10
doubts Of you At tho tln,o: thought you wore
too cfeyor to 70 on long,"
II should DO ashamed to play the sneak. and
catch follow In this way. Why oondnt yon
opsny IN yonr proper sothes fro1fv 80, cHmo cs
ian'!''
81 MY men .re in thetr proper clothes,'" WAS
tlla equable allBwor, md you will havo tho
honor of their Escort proAontly came because
they did not know yo's, an1 did,"
"Thrco olllcors to talto a Ainge nau. AID ho
skoleton T. rotortod Nicholls. with a vast show
OF indignation.
"Ay; but yon nero powerful once, md fcro::
I" And to ho took for nothing I don't know
about any braeost."
Don't trouble yourself will, lnyontions,
Nicholla. Your friend ss Hafo ii. our hands, and
has nladn 4 full coufeasion."
. Whnt frot,d ?" asked Niot,olls, too eagerly.
+" Tho lady you got to dispose OF It for you to
tho jew"
Nehoi1s waa atartlod to incaution. "she
hasn't split, has she ?"
!" Every particular Hho knew or guessed at
i" Thon thoro's no faith In woman"
:" TiIore mover was yot, returned tho officer.
II they aro not at tho top and bottom Of every
die. Ie this your cont ?" touching 1t giugerly.
= she's disgrace to tho female aox, B,o ia,"
rayol Nichols, dsrogarding tho question as to
his coat. " but it's reliof, now I'm took; it'a
weight of my mind. svas awnys ~, expecting =,
any tnto."
"Ah," snid tho officer, "you were n good
sorgice M q respectable servant; you had butter
tavo stuck TO yonr dutfoa."
+" The temptation WAS SO great obBarsetl the
man. who had evidently abandoned nll idea of
denial; and, now tint 1io Ind duno 30. was
ready to bo yolublo With ro1ncmbrauces aud
Do1i't any anything to mo-" eaid tho officer.
Ntl oo ,'aoa 80 aganst ! you, ~, ,oro ioca crod
Niohols, ignoring tho friendly inia,lotions, mud
proceeding to enlarge On tho feat he HAD fler-
formed Aud it mny bo as well observed that
logs 30 long aa hiB aro rarely soon " have
fooImnn tllora, aid good place had; and I
have wished, thousands Of timcs, that the
bracelet lad boon in n soa Of firo. Our folks
had took honBo In tho neiehborhooa Of Aecot
7 for tho race.weok thoy Ind !cft mo nt home to
i Sorior OF two. tnlting the rest Of tho sarvants
With them, I had to CLAN tho windora before
thoy returned, mud had dr1lv it of till the
Th,iraeaay evening, when ont 1eos OIL tho bal.
aneqWy to DO segn T1 ,s1 xo @ o out on
@The balqueny. The thing with t(so groon
rafls round II, that incloHes tho winder. While
VIVA leaning ovor tho rails before began.
hoard something like elekliskio sonY Yo1 on
Hopo's-juat a. if light articles Of gon.e sort
veta boirIg laid sharp on the table. Presently
two voiced hegan to talk. lady's and gcntlo-
mans, md listened"
II didn't liston for the aake Of listening; but
It wae awful hot, Standing outHide thore in tho
Bun, md listouing ras hetter than working, /
Didn't want to heag, noithar. for WAS thinking
OF my own concerns. and what . fao| was to
have itlled away my time all day till the s,ln
come on to the bacls rindera., BIT By bit heard
wl,at they wore ta1king of-that it was iewe1s
thoy Ind got there. and Tint QUO Of ON was
worth two 200 gnI,,eas. Itinks II thst ,a',sn waa
! heard them 80 out OF tho room, and thought
| I'd have look at tho riclt things; 10 l stepped
! over Hantlng -waya on to the little ledge rtnng
along by tho llonHoa, holding Oh by our balgneny,
rot hold of their ba1queny;. but ono with orli-
| nary legs aud arms couldn't have done it-you
| conldnt, sir."
4sperhaps not,~ remarked the officer.
"Thero wasn't fur to fall Il had foil, only
on ts,o kitchen loads underneath; 1easawiae not
| fur enough to kill one, and tho loads were fat.
But didn't fall, and ratsed myself on to their
balquony, and Looked IN. Ny. mhat show it
| Was! Summing jowcls all laid out shorc 10 cl'Eo
that it ! had put my hand lnslde, it must hare
| struck all among EN-, and the fiend promptcd
me to take QUO. didn't atop to look; dian't
atop to think; tho ono that trinkled tho bright
cat and Ind tho mont Rtonca in it Was tho nearest
| to mo- AMI clutchod 1t and slipped 1t into my
| footman's undress jacket. aud stopped bach
| again."
:" And got anfe into yonr balcony?"
"Yos; but didn't cloan the ewindor that night
| was upsat like, by what ! had douo; aud !
think, ii could have put II back again, should
hut there wes ITO opportunity. WRAPPED it nj
| in nv windor-leather, md then in sheet oil
| brown paper aud then pnt it up the climblc,
| iu ono OF tho spare bedrooms. was mp tht
next morning afoYe 5. and cleaned my wis,slern
had no trouble 70 ~nko myso Tor hsd neye,
!
| caliod. sir, aud asked ME SOME questions
whether va hnd seen any ono oil tho leads at 1lIt
buck. and slloll like. said that master wan jus
come homo from Ascot. and would you bt
| p]engod to spank to him
.HAl Z" ngain remarked the officer, !" you we.<
clover follow that day. But IL my suspicious
lad not been strongly diractod to another quar-
ter might have looked yon up more sharply
IL kel,' It by mo Tor month or two, n,,l tho.
gayo warning to leave. ! thought I'd hayo m5
| i|iuy, md becamo acquainted with hor,--tha1
lady you'yo inst spoke of,-nud somehow sl,e
worncd out Of mo TINT had got it, aud I la
llor dispose Of it for n,a for ahe said shs knop
llow to do it without danger"
| What did YOU get for it?''
Tho skoloton allook lis head. "1'hirty-fou1
Mounds. ani had counted oil q hundred ant
tlfty. She took her, oath she lad not holpsd hof
sef to u Hixpence,"
marked the detective
"SI,o atood to it size haln't kept a fartA;ne
and sl,o stopped aud halpod 'ne to spenti til
chal,gc Aftor that was dollo she went oyor Il
stop with somebody also who was In luck, Ant
/ have trIed to 10 on. and can't; honestly o.
tltBhonoatly, it eoomH oil ono; nothing prosporB
and I'm n.ked aud furnishing. l wish wax dy
ing."
"Eyll coarsos neyor do prosper, Nichols,
| t,o ii ;~,