The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-15
with Jessie March out of the way.

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''fhen will not arrest the new Ran
dolph," said the Virginian. 1--WE will
await Developments don't think he
will hear of the accident, as his con-
federate says he will not write to him,
had not thought that you were so
near success"
A few minutes later Catherine
Knight was alone in the parlor, and
she moved towards the window, with
low words falling from her lips:
"The hour is nearl At last, Lionel
Lare, woman is to triumph over woman
What grand wedding We will have in
this old house when you return from
Parisi"
She stopped a. the window and
looked out into the calm night, illum-
mated by the siivery beams of a young
moon.
All at once she started. for a woman
who looked wonderfully like ]. ssie
March, her rival, was coming-almost
running-towards the house. What
could it meant A moment later the
call of the knoeker rang in the l,alf;;
and a servant admitted the girl who
stood on the stoop. 1t was Jessie
March, tor Catherine recognized her
voice before she bounded into the par
lor, and placed a small box on the ia
BILE.
Catherine sprang forward with a
loud cry, and with the jewel box in
her hand, turned upou Jessie
my jewels! Jessie March. tell me
how they came here!"
81 brought them, | suppose" the
flushed girl said. 81 unmasked the
thief an hour since. A dying man in
Richmond wrote me letter, on the
strength of which l accused the new
Randolph, and he gave up the jewels
Oh, Catherine, aren't you glad to see
the jewels again7 / have been fe-
male detective for almost year l
suspicioned that man, and when Mr..
Lare went to Paris, he told me to
watch him, for he believed that he had
the Jewels"
Catherine Knight heard Jessie
March with the palest face that wom-
an ever knew. A sickening chill seem-
ed to creep to her hear, and she clutch
ed the chair beside her to keep from
falling.
Jessie March not love the new Ran
dolph, after ALL What2 Had she
been his companion for months that
she might discover the whereabouts of
her Jewels, while she (Catherine) had
been plotting against her with all the
ardor of a woman's heartl
Even so it seemed!
"Where is he2" she asked at last.
The new Randolph He is under
arrest, could not keep him from the
clutches OF the law-he is a such bad
man."
"Jessie March, thank you," Cath
crime said; 'but will you go away
now.n
Jessie looked wonderment at the
heiress, and, with many strange
thoughts glided from the room.
The shutting of the door made Cath |
crime start, and moment later she was
lying on the floor in q swoon.
When her father reached her side he
sa~ the jewels, and listened to her
story on their return.
81 have lost, papa" she said. ''Do
not disclose the sercet of my plotting
and my failure"
He promised to keep the secret,
which remained for years the skeleton
in the mansion.
The new Randolph confessed. He
had hoped to win the hand Of Jessie
March, when he would return to the
continent with his bride and the re-
suits of his robbery. The law dealt
vigorously with him, and Jessie mar
ried Lionel Lare. 1t was in after
years that Catherine came one day to
the home of the Leres and rid herself
of the secret Of her scheming. And
having experienced how bitterly one
woman can war against another, she
learned how sweetly woman can for
give.