Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-12
.othor with the saddest smile I ever

Won everything. and then YOU can oe-
iieve me or not, as you like. l nave
never told you lie, have T.? -,
Not often?" replied Ralph, unwih-
ingly. ;..o,f said
..You at least are truth ITSELF Salu
Charles, reddening: land II you arc
biased in your opinion OF me- perhaps
il is more the fault OF that exemplary
Christian. Aunt Mary, than your own
According TO her | have told lies
enough TO float company or carry an
election. and | never like to dlsappo'hl
her expectations of me in that respect;
but YOU | have never, to my kno"leusc'
deceived, and l am not going 10 oegln
now" hi.
You will be a clergyman yet, wins,
pered the sick parent. There Is goo1
living in the family. Charles. l snail
live 10 see the Rev. Charles Danvers IN
a surplce. preaching his first sermon
on the Ninth commandment
AT any rate he is practicing the MIN
under difficulties at this moment, sald
MarSton. as Charles WINGED ana turned
his back on the parental SICK oeu:
''Come. my boy, we are losing tihle.
"Will somebody have the goodness 10
restrain Middleton if he gets excited?
said Charles. Il am afraid he won I
like part of what have got to say.
Nonsense. sir" l replied with
warmth, Il hope l can restrain myself
rs well as any man. even under such
provocation as | have lately received.
You may depend on me, sir, that
1--WE lose time" said MarSton, seating
himself by me and cutting short what l
was saving in an exceedingly 0rusque
manner Come, Charles, you Should
not be interrupted.
But he was. | Interrupted MN the
whole time in spite of continual efforts
on the part of MarstOn TO make me keep
silence. am not the man calmly TO let
pass black insinuatiOns against the char
acter of a friend. No: | stood up for
him. am glad to think how | stood up
for him, not only metaphorically, but IN
the most literal sense of the term; for l
found myself continually getting up
and Marston as often pulling me down
again into my chair.
Am to speak, or is Middleton?' said
Charles at last in despair. Il will do a
solo. or | will keep silence; but really !
am unequal to duet.
.'Sir George, said Marston. twill you
have the goodness TO desire Col. Middle
ton to be silent or leave the room until
Charles has finished his story.
| was justly annoyed at Marston' ;
manner of speaking of me, but as | had
no intention to leave the room and miss
what was going on | merely bowed in
answer to civil request from Sir
George and took up an attitude of dig
niied silence. | felt that | had done
my part in vindicating my friend, and
after all no one evidently was accustom-
ed to believe what Charles said.
AS was saying" he continued, ~
suspected Carr from the first. did not
like the look of him, and | purpoSely
pumped Middleton about him last night
at supper"
nearly burst out at the bare idea of
Charles daring to say he had pumped
me: but. as will be seen, he could twist
ANYTHING that was said to such an cX-
tent that it was perfectly useless to con-
lldultl MN any lbu-Nls saw nv
single word and he went Oh
"All Middleton told me confirmed me
in my suspicious. Sir John had been
murdered the night before Middleton
sailed for England, a whisper of the
Jewels having no doubt gone abroad.
Carr came on board next day and made
friends with Middleton. Whether he
had anything to do with the murder or
not God knows: but he found outlay,
Middleton openly told him that he had
Jewels of great value in his possession,
which he carried about on his person.
Carr was the only person aware of the
fact. What follows? Carr has Middle
toms address in London. Middleton
goes to the house and finds that his sis
ter has moved to the next street. That
house TO which he first went is broken
into and the poor woman in it is muir
dered or dies of fright that same night.
mention this as coincidence number
one. The following evening Middleton.
having by chance left the jewels at
home. dimes and goes to the theatre by
appointment with Carr. Unique cab
accident occurs. H. which Middleton is
knocked on the head and rendered I'M
conscious. Coincidence number two.
Miss Middleton's house is broken
into that same night on Mddleton'S
return to it. Coincidence number
three. When | PIT all this together last
night. remembering that Carr, by Mid
dleton'S own account, was the only per-
son aware that he had jewels of great
value in his keeping, felt absolutely
certain (aS feel >tilD that he had ac-
cepted the invitation and come down
from London solely for the purpose Of
stealing them. II was pure conjecture
ON my part, and dared say nothing be-
yond begging Ralph not to leave the
Jewels in the librry-which, however,
he did. went Straight off to my room
when the others went to smoke. but
did not 90 To bed. The more | thought
il over the more certain ! felt that Carr
would not let slip such an opportunity:
the more convinced that an attempt
would be made thai very night. | did
not know that he Was not sleeping in
the house. but | knAw Ralph was AT the
lodge, so | could not go and consult
with him as | Shohld otherwise have
done. thought OF going to Middleton,
whose room was close to mine, but on
second thought | gave up the idea.
am glad | did. a; last determined
would wait till the house was quiet,
and that then | would 90 down alone
and watch in the library in the dark.
lay down on my bed in my clothes to
wait, and them had been up most of
the night before with Denis, was dead
beat with acting and dancng-by i'll
luck fell asleep. When | woke up
found to my horror ii was close on 4
o'clock. | instantly slipped off my
shoes and crept out of my room and
down the stairs. ] could not get to the
library from the hall, aS the stage blocked
the way, and | had TO go all the way
round by the drawing room and morning
room. As went thought how easy it
would be for Carr to force the lock of
the drawer, and so it flashed across me
could 1? Oh, Ralph" said Charles, Il