Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-04
CHATTER XI.

TELLS OF TIT WEITtHG UPON TIE GoE.oE> CLASP: AND HOW TOOK DOWN THE GEIAr KEY.
 So ended my fathers Juurnalin Il silc.,, full of tragedy silence flied in with inc ,'cn of that awful cry borne tandWarIs on 'A. wings of the storm and now. ill liH prcsrnr, of this mute witness. sha, .!!S itself into tho single word "Murd,r. CT the cff''tt of tn, reading upon Us, l need nvt speak Ht n!l, length. We both wrpt. Do what cuul1 my yqu" heart would swell and ache unll ili" t"~. came at times yet fer thr n,.-. i,,rt >,.t W j. cold and gath,,ri.; h.tr. ii".r. in nt,,'.. l hate Was crnouUli!.-r my Nruu5 h.. r. ;~ :. story drew tu it's ruG: hate ;.uU IT., r:l}H@ .:'.. ing possessed nlr ;t> Jnr' L,r,~!ay i..',, abruptly of, turned thr lA.;' ;n sy,rvl more, found nour, and W, ,,,.' ',.
 When my uncI,' hn:~hrG ;, N,4, ! ]. l pause Hi, kindly i;s.. ,... :V- 1 the marks uf wr"r;,. :. ;,!.., ' < 1 standing in his eyes. "Murdrrcd, hr ,,...,!. ''.. ,. l.. ! man was murirrrd. "Yes. l echoed. "u.rH!,.;>i
 But we'll hnt.. ,iir >....p." hr ,No;s1.. .. bringing his tiet down .,t ;!. ';.;njH N'.', ,,.. 1 den energy. "Wr'l hay, h,.u l.,l' ii his ,.s,t hing eh. hoy?'
 Not vel. I Ian7wrrri ''h, Is fir UW;y r. this time. But we'll AHyo him uh, y,'>, wr | have him.
 Uncle Loveday locked at n,a oddly ilf :, ll.>,. ment, and then repcutri:
 Yes. yes. we'll have him sirr rnuU ,A Jm ! Roscorla must have given tin" alarm nr.nvr +. 1 had time to go far. And tn thi.iH" he a;!,lr: throwiugup his hand, ''th:l; 1 talked 1o tir villain only yesterday morning as though h, | were some unfortunatr victim Ofthr sea -
 ..pa3rll DpI before SlyjDp' SNirr tIi,l say? Snakes, if i:'s not all insult to a snalrt, give its name to such us Coliyer. What di, 1 you say Jaspcr:'
 "Wr'll kaye him.
 'Jasprr. my boy maybe you'd be better il bed. Try to sleep again. my poor lad-wIl" do you think?
 II think, l answered, that we have not yc looked at the clasp
 My dear boy, you're right. Let us look d it."
 The piece of metal rssrmbed as l hay said the half of Il waist buckle, having socket but no cores spending hook. In shap it was slightly Oblony, being about two inchr by one ana half inches. Il glittercd brish;l in the candles ray as Uncle Loveduy poishe, it with his handkerchief, readjusted his spectl clcs. and bent over it.
 And the end of a minute he looked up al, said;
 T cannot make head or tail of it. It seen! plain enough to read, but makes nonsense Come oyer here and see for yourself l bent over his slQaiQcr, and this is what saw:
 The edge of the clasps WAS engraved with border of flowers and beasts, all exquisitrl small Within this was cut, bya much rou5 5hc hand, an inscription which was plain enouS to read, though making no sense whatever The writing was arranged in five lines of thrc words apiece, and ran thus:
 MOON END SOUTH.
 N.N.w.. p FEET. NORTH. SIDE f.
 DEEP 4T POINT.
 WATER. 1-2 HOURS.
 read the words q full dozen times, and the failing of any interpretation, turned to Unc Loyedny.
 Jasper" said he ito my mind those word make nonsense" And to mine, unoie'
 "Now attend to me, Jasper. This is ev denty but one half of the clasp which you father discovered. That's as plain as da, light. The question is, what has become the other half, of the hook that should fit int this eye? Now, what I want you to do is try and remember if this was all that the ma Railton gave you"
 ''This was all." "You are quite ccrtainT'
 "Quite."
 s'You did not leave the other piece behil in the cow-shed by any chance?" "No, for looked at the packet before hi it, and there was only one piece of metal"