Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-01-24

powerful. In few minutes he Knocked
the ashes from his pipe and entered the
cottage. | went back TO the highway
and walked on toward Warwick. In a
very few minutes, my friend of the cot
tage passed me at brisk rate. In his
left hand he carried ba- the bag
which had seen in Miss VI IS hand
when she pass ed me in the park.
"YoI may be sure tha this excited my
curiosity. Who was this man whom
Mss N = had evidently met by ap-
pointment in the cottage, and to whom
she had cOnfided the custody other bag ?
| quickened nv pace and the stranger
and myself entered the station at War
wick at the same moment He bought
ticket for London and / did the same.
In ten minutes the train come in and the
stranger entered car. / followed him.
He kept the bag on his knee in the grasp
OF his hand all the time. Leamington
was only two Iuiles away, so had not
much time to think if intended TO do
ANYTHING there. The train, | knew,
would stop seven minutes there for 'e-
freshments.
BOLD ACT.
"As the speed slackened, placed nv
hand on the arm of the stranger ana
said:
"Excuse me --'m an officer, and
want to know what you have in tha
bag. There was - robbery of jewels at
Sir George Ms yesterday and know
that lady from he house Was III com
munication with you an hO1r ago and
gave you that bag
The stranger grew pale and appeared
for moment as thOLgh he would spring
on me and crush me. AS the train
stopped, lie glanced through the window.
Then he turned to me and said:
"'You may take the bag, if you will
let me CO.
9" But are the Jewels in it?' asked.
"Look,' was the reply. | opened the
snap and under silk bandAerchiefthere
sure enough were the precious gems.
"'Get out | said, and we will talk
about it.
''He stepped from tre car an follow
ed him with my hand on the bag. AT
the same moment he released the bag
which / clutched. Then he aid:
You see that stout we'l-dressed gen.
tleman with the white hair and nous
tache? He is principal in this thing.
Let me speak to him.
II warned him not to attempt to es-
cape and he laughed at the idea. He
walked up to the gentleman he had
pointed out ana greeted him cordially.
The gentleman returned his greeting
with equal warmth. had my revolver
in my overcoat pocket and placed my
| hand upon it ready for use, if needful.
The gentleman beckoned porter who
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p i ceInan entered. The gentleman and
the officers spoke together and the next
moment approached me.
TURNING THE TABLES.
"My man of the cottage followed them
closery, ana pointing to me said:
~ charge this man with the robbery
of diamonds from the house of Sir George
NJ He has them now in his posses
sion
'The gentleman, seeing the officer hes
itate, said:
"'This is Sir Georges son; and he has
followed this man from the neighbor-
hood of his fathers house. Arrest him
on my authority as a magistrate
For time was almost dumbfound-
ed at this mans audacity. protested,
however, that was n officer and that
| had been summoned by Sir George
from London to in yestigate the robbery
| told Colonel Wyse as found the gen.
tleman was named. all the particulars
but it was all in vain. Col. Wyse dir.
ected the officer to lock me up and order.
ed the Jewels to be delivered up. Sil
Georges son, mind you'll doubted his
being anything of the sort-took the bag
. saving that he would return home with
. the Jewels and set the minds of his par
ents at rest, and be back by three O'Clock
in the afternoon, for which time my eX
{ animation was set down.
"Of course my accUser failed to appear
and Col. Wyse felt constrained 10 allow
me TO 90. | returned Immediately t.
Sir Georges, and soliciting private in
teryiew in the library, told the whole
| story. He stood leaning on the mantel
piece and never spoke once. Suddenly
r his arm fell and he dropped to the hUo
, / in an apopletic fit. He never rallI I'd
: and was dead before the morning.
THE NEW SIR GEORGE.
e II found that Sir Georges only Sol
5 had incurred his fathers displeasure b,
e ma " evil courses, ending in his dismi S
:. al from the army. Nevertheless he wa
s his fathers heir, and was at once sum
:, moued by telegraph. By noon he al
If rived, and in the new Sir George NJ
k | recognized my stalwart friend of tn
cottage and the railroad train. He Ell
L ter d the hall carrying the very ba
n whose contents | knew so well.
"The gu SITS were, of course, leaving q
r fast as they could get together thei
= things; and | was about to step into
If carr aye, when the butter said that Lad
= NJ desired to see me. | went wit
n the messenger, and found her ladyshi
e in her private parlor.
is "Mr. Brooke she said, we have foun
1t the missing Jewels In fact, they wei
e simply mislaid. You have had som
d trouble, and must not 60 unrequited."
d "Thereupon she handed me hundre
Is and fifty pounds. As we sat in the trail
re Watson told me all he had learned
D. the servants hall. Young George ha
W gambled away fortune left him by a
le aunt, AMI had become so involved TIN
n he had to resort 10 the usurers. Att
IN that he procured money from his sist'
e. Gertrude All her allowance went
I'd him. Her jewelry vanished, and 81
O. even borrowed money 10 furnished hi
D. with means. Finally, at Georges su
e. gestion, without doubt, she was Undue,
as to steal the stomacher. How clever
NJ she did it needs not be told.
ne "Sir George Is married to an ear
id daughter. and one of these days will
lg. a member cf Parliament. He has SOW