The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-02-14
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school, here / was to remain for feV
= years. Ny mother bad died when Wa
Yety Young, aud my father thought !, be,
ter for rno % bc u nice school, where
would be among girls Of my own age
d, than ia house with only bis sister 40,
9 himself Mr.. usil was very fond OF me
I she had no children Of ber own, aud, hat
my isiber consented, she aud Mr. Hal
would have taken me 10 live with then
entirely
i was lovely day in June when a.
rived Al my godmother's aud she wa,
delighted 10 see me. The house wa,
beautifully situated on high ground, sur.
. rounded by grand OLD trees, aud on one
{ side was 3 flower garden.
One morning my godmoiher said 10
me. Come up stairs with mo, Lillian and
will show sou some Indiau Jewels that
. my uncle len me lately. She opened the
drawer OF an iDlald sandalwood cabinet
aud took ont a small ease, IN which were
, a pair Of ear rings, a brooch aud necklet
OF most beautiful diamonds / thought
had never seen anything so beautiful
before. My dear Lillian, said she. I in.
tend TO give you these on your sixteenth
birthday. see, however. there Is a
stone ioose Ia one OF The ear rings, so |
will take il into town to-day to have Il
repaired. She folded il up carefully and
put II in her purse; the case with the
other diamonds she put in one Of the
drawers OF her dressing glass.
After lunch Mr. and Mrs. Hall took me
with them 10 the town, which was about
four miles distant. The ear ring was
LEFT at the jewellers, aud as we were TO
spend the day at u friends house we ar
4 ranged TO call ior 1t on our way back.
4 But you will say, what has all this 10 do
will your dream? Wen, wait a little
aud you will see.
We spent pleasant day, cailed for the
ear ring on our way, aud arrived home
about bali past nine o'clock. AS was
taking of my bounet, godmother came
Into the room. Lillian, said she, cannot
find the case of diamonds auyw here.
Did not leave il 10 the drawer In INV
dressing glass before went out1 went
to put in the ear ring now, and II was
not there Who can have taken it?
Iou certainly left ii in the dressing
glass drawer, | said. Could any Of the
servants have taken il, do you think?
am sure they would not, she answer.
ed. have bad them with me for years,
aud never missed anything before.
Are there any strangers about that
could have come IN through the window?
No, Lillian; there are no strangers
about the place except the gardener, and
be seems most respectable man. | got
a very high character OF him from his last
places in fact, we were told lie was
most trustworthy person.
Next day there was wonderful CON.
motion about the missing jewel case.
The police were sent for, and every place
was searched over and over again, but to
no purpose. Que thing, however, puz
zled us; on the window sill was foot.
mark, and near The dressing table a little
bit of earth, as ii off shoe or boot, which
led us TO think that the thief must have
come in through the window. But how
now did be get up TO itl II was a good
height from the ground, and the creeping
plants were not in the least broken, as
they would have been had any one climb
ed up by them A ladder must have been |
employed, and it was little 10 the credit
Of the police that this fact Lad not been /
properly considered. as the matter stood
i vas a mystery, and seemed likely 10 /
remain 20, aud only one car ring was lett !
1i the valuable set. 4
In a few days leIt for school, where I {
for four years spent every /
vacation between my home and my god. i
nother's We often spoke oi the .tolrn 4
diamonds, hut nothing bad ever been c
leari Of them, thongh a reward If $50 &
lad been offered by MIR. rnll for any in
that would lead TO the detec- I
ion of the lhief Ga my sixteenth birtIi- t
isY my godmolher gave me a beautiful a
gsich and ctaiu aud the disnond ear c
ing, which she bad arranged as neck. Il
et. Il
am so sorry, Lillian, said she, that v
AVE not The rest Of those diamonds TO "
i've you but II ever they are found, they Il
hall be yours, my dear. a
| must now pass over Elk years, which /
vent by quietly and happily, nothing 81
ery important taking place until the last ii
ear, daring which lime bad been mar. Il
led. Ny hasbapd was bsrrisler. We 4
wed In the north of England. Ny Il
Mr.. Benson, and Mary, 5,
ne Of ber daughters, lived some miles z
way from US, near the seA coast. Ii II
EAs very lonely place, long way from d
be little fishing towa, or rather village u
I Burnley. confess often ielt very a
eryous about Mrs. Benson and her IA
aBghter living alone Cher husband being 4
cad many yeArs). Except three women p
efvauts ia the hOnse and the coachman b
nd bis family, who lived in the lodge, b,
ierc wns 30 one nearer than Burnley, N
Dur miles on, Besides IL was known 81
q; there was large quantity ol plate ii
] The house; and ile little seaside village al
.ss often the resort of smazgler. aud ii
iher viid and lAwless characters. One Ii
~ whilc thinking Of them, felt 80 un- II
asy that said 10 my hasbsnd hope, n
Ieury, that there ls nothing wrong With IN
oar motbes; sbe has been 10 nay mind Ii
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