The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-30
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".Get out said and we viii ssIi
about it.
He stepped from the car, and I fol
lowed him with my hand on the bag
At the same moment he released the
bag, which clutched. Then he said:
"'You see that stout, well-drcssed
gentleman with the white hair and mus.
tache? He is the principal in this thing.
Let me speak to him.
Il warned him not to attempt to es-
cape. and he laughed at the idea. He
walked up to the gentleman he had
pointed out and greeted him cordially.
The gentleman returned his greeting
with equal warmth. had my revolver
in my ov>rcoat pocket, and l placed my
hand upon it ready for use, if needful.
The gentleman beckoned a porter who
quilted the station. In a minute two
policemen entered. The gentleman and
the officers spoke together, and the next
moment approached me.
my man of the cottage followed
them closely, and, pointing to me, said:
81 charge this man with the robbery
of diamonds from the house of Sir
ucoiSe M. AAc HIS thciu INV III LIS
possession.
1.-The gentleman, seeing the officer
hesitate, said:
This is Sir Georges son, and he
has followed this man from the neigh
borhood of his fathers house. Arrest
him on my authority as Magistrate
''FOr time / was almost dumfOund-
ed at this mans audacity. ! protested,
however, that was an officer, and that
l had been summoned by Sir George
from London to investigate the robbery.
1 told Colonel Wysc. as 1 found the
gentleman was named, all the particu-
lars. but it was all in vain. Colonel
Wyse directed the officer to lock me up.
and ordered the jewels to be delivered
up. Sir Georges son, mind you'll
doubted his being any thing of the sort
took the bag, saying that he would
return home with the jewels and set the
minds of his parents at rest, and be
back by three o'clock in the afternoon,
for which time my examination was set
down.
''Of course my accuser failed to APP
pear, and Colonel Wyse felt constrained
diately to Sir Georges, and soliciting
private interview in the library, told
the whole story. He stood leaning on
the mantelpiece and never spoke once.
Suddenly his arm fell and ne dropped
to the floor in an apoplectic fit. He
never rallied, and was dead before the
morning.
Il found that Sir Georges only son
had incurred his fathers displeasure by
many evil courses, ending in his dis
misSal from the army. Nevertheless he
was his fathers heir. and was st once
summoned by telegraph. BY raon he
arrived. aud in the new Sir George Nj.
l recognized my stalwart friend IF the
cottage and the railroad train. He en-
tered the hall carrying the v6ey bag
whose contents l knew so well.
1.-The guests were, of course, leaving
as fast as thew could get together their
things, and l was about to step into n
carriage, when the butler said that
Lady NJ. desired to see me. went
with the messenger, and found her
ladyship in her private parlor.
".Mr. Brooks she said, we have
found the missing jewels. In fact, they
We're simply mislaid. You have had
some trouble, and must not go unre-
Quilted
''Thereupon she handed me f150.
As We sat in the train Watson told me
all he had learned in the servants hall.
Young George mad gambled away u
fortune left him by an aunt, and had
become so involved that he had to re-
sort to the usurers. After that he pre-
cured money from his sister Gertrude.
All her allowance went to him. Her
jewelry vanished, and she even boz
rowed money to furnish him with mean-.
Finally, at Georges suggestion, without
doubt, she was induced to steal the
stomacher. How cleyerly she did it
it needs not be told.
''Sir George is married to an earl 8
daughter, and one of these days will be a
member of Parliament He has sown bis
wild oats and escaped better than most.
He didn't forget his sister. for when she
married recently he settled uponAher an
income which will enable her 20 keep
UP aprincely state as long as she lives,
Independently of her husband.
How do know that she stole the
diamonds ut her brothers suggestion?
Well, don't know of my own knowl-
edge, but | can put that and that 10
grther. You can easily understand tho
case from what have already told ycu.
OF course my discovery was by the
prlrest accident. as Miss M was the
last person in the world l should have
suspected of such crime.-N Y. Dis
pt:tch.