San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-15

L WILL nave you OIUen seen Sarr aCJ De-
fore?"
Never" I said. 81 never met him till
l came on board the Bosphorous at ="
Indeed! On, Ifancied you We're quite
old friends"
eve made great friends on the
steamer"
Did goa see much of him in Lon
dom" he asked, filling up his glass and
mine.
Not much, naturally" I said, laugh
ing. Il was only in London two nights"
"Ah, forgot. Very good of you,
am sure, to come down here so soon after
your arrival. You would hardly have
seen him at all since you landed. them
Carr Yes / replied, thinking that
Charles talk was becoming very vague;
though when rallied him about it next
day he assured me it had been very
much to the point indeed. 1--WE dined
and went to the play together, and had
rather nasty accident in the bargain
on our way home"
What kind of ACCIDENT"
told him the particulars, which
seemed to interest him very much.
And you had all those jewels of poor
Sir Johns with you no doubt" continued
Charles. You said you had them on
you day and night. wonder you were
not relieved of them"
That is just what Carr said" I went
on, ''for he lost something of his, poor
fellow. However, had left them with
Jane in ain a safe place"
did not think it Unnecessary to mention
the tea caddy.
'Ohl so Carr knew you had charge of
them, did he?" said Charles. Have
some Of these grapes, Middleton; the
white ones are the best"
Yes" said, "he was the only person
who had any idea of such a thing. I am
very careful, can tell you, and did
not mean to have half the ships COM
pany know that had valuables to such
an amount upon me. When l told Jane
about them
"Oh, then, Jane-I beg her pardon,
Miss Middleton-was aware you had
them with your
"Of course" l replied, and she was
quite astOnished at them when l showed
them to her"
II hope" continued Charles, with his
charming smile-all the more Charming
because it was so rare-''that Miss Mid
dleton will add me to the number Of her
friends some day. live in London, you
know, but l wonder at ladies caring to
live there. No poultry or garden, to
which the feminine mind usually clings."
Jane seems to like it" said.
Yes" replied Charles, meditativCly
Il daresay she is very wise. A woman
who lives alone is much safer in town
than in an isolated house in the country,
in case Of fire, or thieves, Or
"Well, l don't know that" | said. II
don't see that they are so very safe.
Why, only the night before came down
here l stopped. had looked up to
catch sudden glimpse of Carrs face,
pale and uneasy, watching us in mirror
opposite. In moment l saw his face
turn smiling to another-Evelyn's,
think-and both were gone.
Charles light steel eyes We're fixed full
upon me.
".Only the night before you came
down mere you We're saying" he re-
marked, leaning back and half shutting
them as usual.
Eyes; only the night before | came
down here our house was broken into"
And l gave him short account of what
had happened And only the night be-
fore that" added, "a poor woman was
murdered in James old house. l re-
member it especially because went to
the house by mistake, not knowing Jane
had moved, and l saw her, poor thing,
sitting by the fire. l don't see that liv-
ing in town is so much safer for life and
property after all"
Dear me! no. You are right, per-
fectly right" said Charles, dreamily.
Your sisters experience proves it. And
that other poor creature-Only the night
beforehand in Miss MiddletOn's former
house, too. Well, Middleton" with
start, II suppose we ought to be going
back now. have got all | want, if you
have. IwOnder what time is? I'm dog
tired"
We re-entered the ball room to find
the last waltz being played, and crowd
of people taking leave of Lady Mary.
Where is father asked Charles, as
Ralph came up. He ought to be here
to say good night"
Hes gone to bed" said Ralph.
Aunt Mary sent him. He was quite
done up. He has been on his legs all
day. expect he will be laid up to-mOr-