New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-21

She stared at her visitor vita bIanohsd fses
Oh Some ono told you was living here sup
pose, sir p she said hcersely, my ola naoe aes q
being on the door-plate Ia ,.tsn Won ,et. Nm
os course he y ysa eSse wosp
happened to see you. May come IN =
narrow w,1J passage and persore, shutting the dpcr
followed him into q minute, fnsty parior.
have gone into ths millinery Sn srssss e. .s
observed. Her manner bad become wav - saS
h'RMRE n g n 4 s%gEss ss 81 $ as;ssi;
want little tai so w,'s sbs Orange disond
She gave an involuntary gasp ana then fen
into weak weeping.
tasasRR w Is5 IT, WHAT si sy soaa yfa know
sb",ft that ghostly brooch that lost me the best
risce 7 ever was inf Mrs. Cannock,s figure
pleasure to t, and very comf2rm9s aownS s,
I,ne ~ it II was stolen and Mrs Cannock was %
particular she wouldn't keep maid suejecs W
'ne Rsssides vou knew all about it." said Sit
Meredith. with his eyes going Ike spiritual
scalpel into the womsn's brain. -. ,.,
4 suppressed shrek was her Sny ansT re,,.,s
=. of,ereaa bW Messfs. n for the recovery Of
the diamond through any one who WIS not ne
actual thief. You were neither the thiel nor tns'
i" aTas murderer" she cried. " You don't dare
'uRPSSs NO. he went on. "As juss said, you wers
not concerned in 6 sns %afaf i upset your
g Pn'' will nef not only let on punash; -
very S unpleasant position, terrified, and possibly
in danger from the prosecutions OF the man
who has Just left your house"
,Ts sss hsf sss Rsf
be murdered one day as sure as ! slt here, ara
10 be protected as have been, when tne wietcn
was thinking of making an end oil me- rs aim0ss
You. have not married that person, ! pre-
sume?' ,,, "a. ,r,,a.
Of indignant protest were out before fessh"r"
knew what she was going to say.
Just so but you were engaged or marf1ed
to Joshua Gadd p i'm
81 don't know any person of the name Tho
woman shrank back into caution;
mo; Gadd was not his real name, but no
matter i was yCn who 1--WE. were set 70 wa'ch
Sir Meredith did not remove his eyes from Their
steady hold upon the woman's fascinated gaze.
He was feeling his way along line that mighs
lit was you who pretended to be attracted
E had 'i passed the diamond on to you before tho
He saw transient CLEAN. as though, through
her terror, Pershore piqued herself upon having
played clever trick Where is u nowrJ ne
Her nerves had been utterly shaken she glanced
at the ceiling in involuntary subsection to his
will ,4 81, .a,,,
perfect calmness, though his eyes cleaned with
inward exultation, tell me how you managed
to let Joshua know about It, to begin w dnrn "a
dinner: he was lodging just handy, and ne gave
me directions while he was pretending 70 fasten
the OSSsa have su ~sy Ss to IL # L had
been the property OF Colonel and Mrs. Cannock,
but those big diamonds--e
Yes he interrupted. That Will do; now 90
Meekly she rose and left the room, he stood
at the foot Of the stairs listening TO her move.
ments Presently she came back with niue
blue pence bag in her hand, an ancient article
Of crochet work in the form Of jug.
lie held out his hand, and slowly, with sigh
relinquishing what she had kept at great cost.
she put into IL the Orange diamond Opening
Il Very good ; now put on your bonnet and coms
with me- No harm shall happen TO you'
sa,d. as they walked through the streets side By
side II it had not been for that should have
go. away somehow but II i and ia him w WAS 70
And in London always lived, and hoped TO de:
Tie first time was when was just letting myself
into the house with the diamond In that bag
buttoned inside my dress front The street was
empty, for 1 had been very careiul when aii
Of moment man was close beside me; and
il Jim? None OF your impudence. says Il
but was shaking all over. Sir, whenever that
wicked Bill Thomas has come threatening ME
he had followed the diamond all the way from
Africa, il you please-there was that person again.
She paused, laying her hand on Walton's arm to
emphasize her words. And then / knew 10
was no living man saw
Sir Meredith thought she had gone mad aud
tried a little soothing.
&" It came and went and asked, Where Is
Jim? ptituLlille. So this Inst time, up sprang
IT. ia h.
il, and swore but when he lifted his hand there
IL stayed, for the fright took him. But for that
he would have murdered me half dozen times be-
fore now
Sir Meredith, who had revolved within him
every minute clew 70 the mystery recalled Norahs
story OF the communicating man ,YhC had utte rcd
he said Thomas followed the diamond from
Africa. Very well; he knew its history then
Did he know who it was that appeared in this
lie said that the man who found the diamond
was gentleman called Jim that he was murdered
for it by another diamond-washer, and that that
some some" one who Thought he'd got it stiii-,and
that do believe was Thomas hlm-
self-snd know that be would have
there was il sitting in the same carriage Of tho
train with the Colonel and IT was the first tame
he had seen it,"
to s lawful gHs s owners 'a and Sir SeedS waon
reputation for singular sagacity was heiehtened
into species Of superstition. The law dealt
with Bill Thomas, and Mrs. Pershore retired TO
Melbourne
Another three months passed by, and one day
O strange couple Of visitors called on the Cam
noclSs Just as they were finishing breakfast,
AS q certain person called Mr.. Blliter refuses
to he polite enough to read my Instructions ana
receive Master Wilmington, / have taken the
liberty of calling upon you, sir, as next TO the
old lady. Mr.. LarOse spoke OF You
With this address the speaker an elderly nan
in q rough serge suit peeled from the small
figure beside him Of the second visitor z olls
cap and q red shawl, disclosing very small, pale
boy with pleasant round face about The size
of small Goblin apple. The pair stood In the
open DOR OF the dnng-roOm.
Colonel and Mrs. Cannock started up
WHIST do You know OF Mr.. Larose y the