Oxford eagle., 1889-06-27


IL was one dull November morning.
With a fog beginning 20 settle over the
ciiy. 80 dense thai re had lighted the
Gas. though it Eas not Ioag past eleven.
when \ visitor was ushered into the
counting h0yzse-Ho ore else than the
slim gentleman. who gave me a smil-
Tag reco-ui;iou and held 0u; = note for
ny perlsal / vas =0uewhat aston
ished and not little pleased vhsn
saE that l. ==s sa er-ier fo- a parire
oi diarnoods; IN fae;- almost the sane
order a. ! had received nearly eight
zen months agO N iocaiar Eay /
pointed out this re-emblance TO the
slim C-stlenau- To ny surprise his
lace became grave. and he looked
around cautiously. a. i afraid
cf czvesslruPPers. ard coming
little closer. began in a significant
ionc- -'pf coarse. you understand sjr.
that confidential SERVANTS are often
obliged 20 know things that il j. a.
we'll other people should b. iguoran;
Of Every noble family has it, sSele-
ton and our family have theirs Now.
in the frss place have ron another
suite % diamousis the counterpart of
the Others ny lord psrchaseds- -
infimascG that we had such another
suite as the Earl must remember bat
ny visitor waived the question aside
izp2tieusly-
'-Iou ni-hs possibly have -oll Il. :
be said and there i no time 10 make
anOsher- The Tact Is. Lady R. whO
i staying ur.h u nov. uluz; wear
thO-e Jewels as a dance - are giving
tomorrow night Aad this = where
The Gieiesslty cones in for they hare
l.ssz s.olen-
Good SrseiOuS you d9a't say ~.
Bot uhy make q mystery ot the mas-
tsrs-
'-Bs,zuss we ha7p~a 10 know Who
she shief - said the valet dropping
his voice still l0rer- To 4 great ex-
tent / Va instrumental in desecsiaz
the deliEqusnf myself Is - q de-
PI0vable alEai-- a sho~Ssng szafr-s1seh
a promising young =easlenau. soo
Bot an saying foo Eu-h- perhaps
Nr- --. re r1uss have rhOs.- jsw.ls
A. a1y prios- II zos- ere q the hIzh-
est families in the land sill BE- terri
hly eozPrOzliSesL Do nos be at Ar
lIz-so1 street Iz.s- than 81
Izlrsys had n weakness for a uvs-
terT- ani her,e vas one rsaIy 20 nv
hand coald understand fr0I M
visitors liftEs ina1i.s-r,esI0a- that some
terrible srzaaszl lad harpene,I. shOush
admired The EelIoEs czlus5o,usue.s in
ehec<in- himself bcscre he lad safd
too much Casse- the cz-csszscane=s
neel nps tell yo4 thzz M cab
reached Ariin-ro1 ssrc--s On the stroke
OE z-sA
The trz-iu- rooz- blinds we're doEu.
the shutters. ton all oger shs hszass-
wish ,hs eHcePsioa e she 9IaIsS-roozz
In the clearer asaaa,pa--e 81 Esls fairly
li-hs-ijsht enough - do wIsho-t gas
in the frozs tl5nlaz--J.S-1 4 ycssa-- ulan
Ezs -tsusiiaS b.-ssre she Ers- whO
F.,ezszntlv insrysiuasst h5u1s-lf En ne ~
Ho1 Glzu1e v. = RAM I knew
sell ezCa-h- th0sgEh hzsI uever seen
The yOuES ssaEiezzta before i spite
Of his naturally zmIzbse ulzuu~r
sh0lghs h sssezei azxioss- znI III at
ease f-sslrsensiy breaking Of in the
middle q >sssa= 02s-=rTasirz to lissea 90
tAs sound os zoies-s. EAicA czn@ plainly
ezoa-h fruga behind tEs.s thin orza-
z~a.Al parsstipa dTvtsFz- TIE two
rOoms. and wheare she E7rl-s peculiar
Erasin- toze- eualI b-e heard sverv
uow azs3 tissa RAISED in something Ike
anger ! o9gi6 catch FROM time 10 time
aAlnsacns t0&izzz0asls- zzsl os1,7ssissmzllv
the word thief wzs uzs.sd in tones
of izmsasarahle cuztezps- In the
mfS-s q tass the JoOv opened and
the -enslerzazly vale. walked IN
Eves be ~seZed >o=ewhzs restless
and uneasy. = eirvrEnEssanse / should
scarcely hare expected from 4 person
Of his unusually even temperament He
held in his hand Al open telegram and
4 letter for ne the ink still wes upOu
the snvelOPe- tore Il open and rad
that his l0ryiShip hsa suddenly been
summoned 20 NJ Castle the valet
ss the szme time Snoring ne the tele-
gram sisuesl May
..Yoa viii hare to 20 dowu 10 NJ
tomorrow. sir he said To ne .-ua-
le-~s perhaps yca have no ObjectEon to
allowing the Eari 10 take the Jewels
with him However. for the present
that matters but little =
Immediately expressed ny wiling
ness 10 comply with this arrangement
Win seeming reluctance the valet
tc1S Ely bag. and p7eseatiy heard
tas SQUAD of conversation resumed in
tsle ID joining apartment
Thank soosilssS. there i 4 way out
- IL ! heard the Earl say No. /
Eill not IoolS At any thing else nov
Tasze the has hack 10 Mr. - at once
and Evsas. / Euss have a cab i'm
aesliz;egy--
-H0ss are usually eautious in your
prose~sion-- rcr.zrxe3 the HcnOrable
C5@l-e % ne a. zz5s hurried in
veasOry o. vsriOsas costly kniex-knaeks
! had brOuGht wish ne On the chance
Cf a sale for even eouzEensIaI Serv-
ants =-e nps always 10 De trusted
--NOshing missing srrzs.s-
lhere was aoshIz@ missing. ~ I
80 Il