Oxford eagle., 1889-06-27

half az hour later vas back again -
our counting-houss In Hatt0a GArie1-
As drove up another cab stopped ~
the door. aad out OF il dezceuisI a
figure which flIei me wish ast0nish-
ment Il vas the Ear Of - himself
He seized ne hgrriesily By the arm
eoa;rary 20 his usual diguisiel manner
and heariug- and almost forse3 n into
the Office Once there he lost 10 time
in telling ne the OCCASION for his
errand. a narrative which. a. Il pro-
cessiei- more than co11rIe1 uy worst
fears
Il thOughs Il bsst Hos 10 telegraph
ron he ooznenosI, -ciec-rfe mes-
sa-@ get into s1spicious hands ooca-
sioaally. 50 I cane up from N
straight here"
.-You hare only Just arrived in i0wa
my lor,is- I asked fesbly- Do IN
4ers:and shass-
Il reached PaI5iassOa scarcely half
an hour sgo- The fact :. the lewels
had FROM yoa for my daughter have
beer ssOien--
80 hare been intOrrnad.- re-
piled. Mechanically. ''Oaly half an
hour ago
- yoa have been told, Where Oa
earth di4 you ges yOar iaforraztions p
A cohereu;ly a could / told ny
tale and fortunately vas able 20 pro-
1Ge@ the Two notes in evidence Of ny
sanity. which Up 10 this time had besa
OPea % argument
The Earl put on kis cOld-rimnle,s
@pecsaeles ard read them with 4 IN
Licial air Il am afraid verv MUG
afraid yOu hare been the victim Of .
eleve-iy planned robbery Ycsseryiz Y
morning Evans came to me and as,Ss i
for tEo days holiday. a favor which
need nOs tell you was readily granted
Il Eas only las; nighs that ny daugh-
ter Who i staying at N with bcr
husband. discovered By the mer,-t
aeeidsu. that she had been rub
hes1 az course none Of T.
suspected Evans / should not have
suspected it COW. IL had rot seen you:
and ny object in coming here was &c
get n technical description Of the nEss-
ing gems sor the u>s Of the scotland
Yar1 people What a Pity / did no;
CONE earlier
By this sTne I ws> in = frame Of
mind >sa-PieiOszs enough 10 make E7s
suspect any Oue. Iaclus1ing the Erri
himself pointed oct - him uoze
TOO cogrteOesIy. the facs Of ths. Iesstsrs.
and ny couversSt51a wiEa The Hozo-z-
ole CEzrz3--
i have 4 good usemory- Mr- -
said @y visitor. kindly. --znd / res79<
EiAe the~s letters A. the two I wruse 10
you prior 10 ~ daughters marriage
Evans. ! understand deIiverel bosa q
shem- saI must have pzrf0iu.sd then
While your back Vas turned with q
view 10 this very rvbhery- Il i true
that have /. son Claude. OnIy. un-
fortunately for your sheury. be i a.
prp-ent with his rv-Ileas IN tie We;
IHssi-=s--
--Bus I could have sworn to You,
Ior'1>hip's Esure a. I szz yOu settIuc
into ths cab and pardon me. I cuu-d
make Oash 10 yogr vOics zlO1- a mIII-
ioa--
You recall little circumstance !
had quite tor-Osten-- the Earl replied
In amused resrOspecsI0u- -Evaus. I
regret To ssy. was unc0mmOuly clever
At niuiery, in5eel- on one occasion !
am Informed that b. presumed to c-gun-
tsrfs5r NJ dFe=s ard general style sv.u
my voice. foe the amusement Of s.saerg
circle Of friends. in ! uaann@r which
Sllesi them with establishment. They
say. like master like Eau- Gr- -:
but 1t i very sad TO see - clever q
man 80 great RASCAL AHd Eo=. a. :
am IN a measure the zutho~ Of rour
los. and ~ NE are. MOREOVER. com
rzdss in misfortune. pray e0a.sisse- ny
advice need say nj purse likewise.
At your eslavezience-
We drove TO scotland lard together
and laid cur conPlaizs before the an
thOrisIes- They were very wIse and
eOnaleus- but. a. izagined. the rpaI
crIgpriE was never czp.uresL The
Honorable Claude Wa picked u
some few E1Oaths LATER. but he turned
out 80 BE- only a eats paw in the hand
OF the older and abler scouudrsL Bu.
the astuts Evans. the successful
mimic Was never found. and
those twO splendid parures remain Ios.
To the world 10 this day Boz in con-
sequence of the daring rObbery being
committed under his Oxu roof. the
Earl OF - insisted gpon making good
our loss as = kind of penalty. he said.
for placing a premium uPOa tezpsa-
ton
Were you not suspicious when you
we're asked to part with your valga-
bLeSs-
In 4 general way / shcuId uos have
parted With them EOs even To reIa-
tIOa OF ny customer but the ru-rzzsy.
Of the thing deceived ne. the half
vested air of mystery. AMI above all.
hearing the EarE-s vOssss - clos. 10 M.
and every stray word / could catch
bearing GPoa the servants e1aniagly-
told tale Usually an canton Itself.
but was fairly had there Can
hers JeuruzL
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