The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-09-18

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looked out-his wife followed him with
her eyes and saw that he was shaking Wis
IDLY, saw that he drew his hand across
his eyes and then passed his handkerchief
across his forehead.
81 wish you would go away little and
leave me alone" she said. after few min
utes had gone by-"I want to think this
all OUT
He turned round from the window,
and came close to her. "Juey-my own
love-" he said, take my advice. Don't
think it out! Let sleeping dogs lie. No
good can come to you by arousing them"
81 will see," was all she said, 81 must
think first"
kiss me before co." he said, humbly,
"and if used words to you just now
which were hard, forgive me, darling-I
was so anxious that You should not take a
step lightly. the consequences of which
would be irrevocable."
And SO Julia kissed him and uttered the
words of forgiveness for which he had
pleaded with such eloquent looks and
tones And when he had gone she sat
down to think over the new idea which
his anxiety that she should not raise any
further question about the jewel robbery
had suggested to her mind. All, Ice! it
was the darkest hour Of her whole life,
that when she sat down face to face with
the horrible and loathy idea that this Col.
Adeane was one of a gang Of scientific
thieves, and that her husband, her lord,
her king, was another!
Exactly how the idea was born in her
mind she did not know-it might have
1Ooo,, n lob Of ooY. in Gto1bopiC bou1cOpoo
eyes-it might have been the urgency
with which he insisted, begged, implored,
her TO keep silence-it might have been
some swift and sudden piecng together
of fragments Of evidence and incidents
which had puzzled her in the past-it
might have been any Or all of these things,
anyway. certain 1t is that in the flash of IL
moment, the twinkling of any eye, much
that before Had puzzled her suddenly be-
came clear, that which she had not been
able to understand all at once became as
an open book to her, clear as the sun at
noontide; and when the realness of it all
fairly dawned upon her, Julia Howard
crouched down into the big chair and
wept, poor girl, as if her heart would
break.
She had not moved when, more than an
hour afterwards, her husband came up
again.
'They want to know if you will go for a
little drive this afternoon?" he began, then
when she raised her head he cried, "Ohi
my darling, what is it?'
She lifted herself up YEARLY. ''No, tell
them I've got headache-I want to rest
for the present"
'And | may come back?" he asked.
eyes. want you"
So presently he came upstairs again.
clock the door," she said, land come and
sit here on the sofa 9siae me- [ have q
great deal to tell YOU"
He did her bidding and sat down beside
her. putting his arm round her waist as he
always did when they had confidential
talks together Then he kissed her and
waited for her to go on.
ST told you," she began, in II dull voice
OF pain, that a new idea had suggested
itself to me. Well, | have been thinking,
thinking, thinking about it until | feel as
if my brain would burst. l must tell
you everything that has presented itself
to my mind and must go back to the first
time that you ever came to our house. If
you remember Mrs. Lovelace came that
afternoon"
Eyes, [ remember"
81 had occasion, or to be accurate, Oc-
casion arose, to mention her diamonds and
you asked me carelessly enough if she had
fine diamonds? | told you'll remember it
perfectly-that she sometimes blaZ1d like
jewelers. shop. Well, not very long after
that we went to stay at Matcham and
whilst we were there Lady Lucfer's jew
els were stolen-'
And my SISTERS" he put in, quickly.
Yes" said Julia, significantly, land
your sisters. It was not long after that
that Mrs Lovelace's diamonds were OBJ.
tanned by cleverly thought out plan, so
cleverly thought out that if She had not
happened to have been at the Mauevcr
er's during the whole of that afternoon,
she would probably always have believed
that Alice Mauleverer had stolen them.
After that three other large no uses in the
immediate neighborhood were robbed, and
then this great robbery took place at Lit
tie Street Hall. "
well" said Stephen, "you are telling
me great deal that 1 already know
What do you make of all this?" With an
immense effort Julia braced herself up to
tell the rest.
II think, Stephen" she said, sadly, "that
if you and the Markhams had remained
in Australia, it is very unlikely that these
particular robberies would have been com,
mtted."
He neither started nor let go his hold of
her waist. "My DEAR" he said, with per-
feet calmness-''if anyone but yourself
had said this to me should have taken
it very differently. A woman | should
have invited to go to my lawyer, man
l would have thrashed within an inch OF
his life With you it is different-I am
sure it must pain you far more to say and
what is worse think all this, than it does
me to hear it. But have you thought out
seriously what it is that you accuse me
of? Literally of being a thief and in con-
nection with gang of thieves. Remem-
Der, juicy, my dear, it is It dreadful
charge-one which it is perhaps lucky for
you that you have made against your
husband who is not likely to use it against
you"
Yes. have thought aboutit seriously
enough Stephen-GOd knows" she cried