New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-16

were tramping over one Of his own turnip fields
heavy man, with red. good-humored fsce and long
sandy whiskers-a modern bucolic Englisnman:
Three minutes sufaced to put him In possession Oh
the facts of the case so far as they were known.
Send for the police without minutes delay,
bell as he spoke. Capital fellow, Bsylis our head
constable at Champion. Wen have the county
secured p ON end to end before were SIX hours G,
older. Every tramp. vaRabond, and suspicious
character shall be popped into the lock anu
made to prove where he was and what he was aDont
thus evening" lie spoke in such loud cheerful .r
glow of hope through the Countess's chilled heart
And do You really think, Mr.. Dawson, that we
shall recover the necklaceP she asked IN an&iouS
I'm sure hope so, my dear lady don't see
why we shouldn't These clever rosues generaily
oyerreach themselves in one way or another, and,
as / said before Baylis is an uncommonly sharp
fellow, Then to q servant who had answered ms
ring: Tell Tompkns to take the dogcart, d hS
constable He's not to lose a minute. l shall eA-
pect him back in an hOur and half from now .,s
Turning to the Earl, Mr. Dawson added: II
inquiry Hr entirely into nv own hands. ,,, "a.
i wish you would said the Earl. LIS ai,o,
gether ont of my line. as you know men ns
THE ladder they no doubt got from the s s3g
house., said Mr.. Dawson There would DE no Sim
yonr wife's dressing their point OF attack snd
Walking of with her ewel-case, and nothing else,
would seem to Indicate that the thieves knew o
well what they were about. In fact. there can De
no doubt that they knew Lady Ennerdale mao t
brought her diamonds with her, and knew equally
we'll which was the likeliest place to find them
Lady Ennerdale did not 90 down to dinner that
evening but the Earl ate his mutton and played ms
rubber afterward as quietly as IL nothing had nap
prned He had been more or less OF o philosopher
all his life Ii the jewels were gone he argued, u
would only make the loss worse by Worrying apous
Honn 1fy
might envy; but one that, carried TO extreme
might lead TO indolent inacticn. .
.Yon sec dear, Ennerdale Is such pnlIoSopneh, o
had gone upstairs to sit with her friend and ad-
minister such comfort as might be possible unrer
the circumstances. Il sometimes wonder whether
ne has any nerves at all. | believe II an earth
quake were to take place his first care would he to
have his beloved Blue Books dug ont OF the runs
wish | could be n philosopher, addeu Inc pun
Countess with sigh
Previously to this the Ennerdales had been &C,
commodatcd with another suite OF rooms; their oId
ones being given over tor time to the poilce.
Baylis accompanied by Mr.. Dawson, who trans
formed himself into detective for the tune being
and quite cnjoved the assumption, went tloI,,
onrhly into the affair They tramped upstairs an'i
down they secured the gardens and shrlhbery, they
wagged their heads solcmnlv. they whispered con-
fdentially to each other although nobody was py,
and now and then they tempered the keennrss ol
the December weather with scasonabc potatlons
of whisKcy toddy. All night long. after ne hhl
gone TO he'd thoroughly tagged out, IT; Nueeht
Dawson. like the Squire Of Lockslcy Hall. hunted
in his dreams only il was burglars and not foxes
that he chased THROUGH the realms of sleep. -
When Lord Ennerdalc retired for the night ne
found his wife asleep. her pillow wet WIN tears
His .acc soitened as he looked at her. Stnopng ne
touched her cheek softly with his lips. Inc acton
awoke her. She graspcd one OF ms HANDS IN ooII
hers .Oh! James, what shall II dor she cricd and
The tears trcmblcd afresh on her cyeds.
Do Mamie liz seems to me that the best tning
vou can do is TO 90 TO sleep again. lie so seldom
called her by her pet name that she ielt herself Hail
forgiven already. -
Not another word tonight an thon lowest mo.
said the Earl as no LAID finger lightly on her lps.
It's no use crying over split mix he dahonHs
arr gone mOrcs the pity but all the lrettihg III the
world won't bring them back
How | wish, darling, could be philosopher
The Earls only reply was shrug OF the
Next dav, which was Christmas Day some half
dozen ramps were arrested az different places Oh
suspicion Of being implicated in the burglary at
FaIrmcad The following day saw all of them Ic-
leased int one. In the pockets OF the one III durs,
ton were found set OF skeleton Keys. ne han
hccn seen oaiing about for two or three days pre-
yiously drinking at this and the other low pubic
house, but never far away from faiImead; III ad-
ditiou to all this the account ne gave Oh hlS CON-
inrs and goings the evening OF the burglary was
ANYTHING hut satisfactory. He was rcnhi1rd on
suspicion and Mr.. Nngcnt Dawson and Lord Enner-
dale were at once communicated with.
Next morning the two gentlemen drove over 10
the Justice room ut Champion. An ill-ronditonrd
cur as ono would see IN days march. was MI.
We should all have hangdog look II We hiblb
been shaved for a week and had an ugly scar run,
nnp right across one check as that fellow has, said
the Earl. He's not the sort of man. to my mind
who would bc likely to plan and carry out sueh %
robbery n 0uTs. $500 49, ;;o,,o
that thc iuar.stratc rrinaiidcd him Tor u week IN
order TO give the police time 10 MAKE Iur'UcI III
quries resi- cctIng his anttced!hls ~ wy '.i ="
thc week nothing further had been elclt'u trhulhg
10 eliminate him. The grave iact SIN rtmali'u
that set OF skeleton KEYS had been found IN ms
possession hut IT could nor ne shoTh .t " ~ ra;r
mead Tie magistrate made up his mlnd 10 commit
him fol- month a, rogue anu NaEaHonu. iTor
devil! why not let him 90 SAID LOrd Ehherdale'
who was seated on the bench ..
DO Won really mean it ! asked tho magistrate IN
surprise t.,.o, :, ro,, u,;n lot
him 60 scot free. There 10 no case against nm
and be has suffered nine days' imprisonment al
rcady,--surcly sufficient punishment lor Deihe
HccorG,naly the prisoner was discharged with
caution TO get away from the neighborhood AZ
quickly as possible: ,,, ...,,
for Won, you would certainly have been committed
for q month were the magistrates parting words.
Mr. Dawsou and the I te psoner
who was trudgng woariy along the hlgh road;
leaving Champion behind him. Mr.. Dawson refined
up his horse for moment M you a .oi IN ihs.o
parts again, or you won't got Oh 80 easily hoA'
time
Tho Earl ead nothing hut tossed the man soy
o-a;on Uc caught il dexterousy and nut it in his
nocket Thank you heartily, my lord he said
carrying finger to his forehead. II we had few
more ike yon there wouldn't DO half 30 many
thieves in the world -,
Then you admit that you are thieff said Mr
Dawson drily. ,t
Whatever | am said the man. wish | NAY .
never see the sun set again il it was c IA took the
lady's diamonds" r ..o,,,,.
Gammonp calculated Mr.. Dawson contcnptn,
o ouofher ,ninnie the man was left far behind.
MIR. Dawson preserved Il suky silence the rest OF
the way home. He WAS annoyed at the Earl iOr
what Inc called his sentimental tomf00ery.' Then
he consoled himself by saying: But Ennerdale al
ways was noted for his ecccntricties, and THIS ~