Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-30

He gazed long and earnestly at the
dead face. and then 10 my horror hesud-
denly uniSaytcned the little hat. made
an involuntary movement rs If to stc},
him, but Charles laid III iron grip upon
mo and motioned 10 ne to be still. The
s~tealtlly hand quietly pushed back the
far curls upon the forehead. and i'll an
other ~lnoueutthey fell still further back.
showing ii few short locks of dark hair
beneath them. which so completely al
tered the dead face that | could hardly
recognize it As belonging to tho same
person. The inspector raised his head
and looked significantly at Charles.
Then he quietly drew forward the
yellow hair oven the forehead again, re-
placed the hat AMI rose to his feet.
Charles and | glanced apprehensively at
Ralph, but he mad not stirred. AS we
looked n hurried sep canle across tn"
yard, a hand raised the latch Of the door
and ouc one entered abruptly. 1t was
Carr. For one moment he stood i'll the
doorway; for II moment his eyes rested
horror struck on the dead woman, then
dartcd at us, from rs to the inspector,
Who was coolly watching him, and-he
was gone. gone us suddenly as he had
come, gone swiftly out again into the
falling snow, followed by the wild bark
ing OF the dog.
Charles. who lad had his back to thu
door, turned in time to see him, and he
made a rush for the door, but the in
specto1 flung himself in his way and held
him forcibIy.
Let me go! Let me got at him."
painted Charles, struggling ~furiously.
II shall do no such thing, sir. 1t can
do no good and might do harm. He is
armed, and you are not, and he would
not be o~yerscrupulous If he We're pushed.
Besides, what can Sou accuse him of
Intent to rob? For he did cot do it. If
you have lost anything re,nenaber yen
have found it again. Il you caught him
a hundred times you have no hold on
him. know him Of old"
You"
Yes: l have known him by sight
long enough. He is net Il new hand by
n nleans-nor she either, as to that,
poor thing"
But what on earth brought him
here::'
He was waiting for news Of her in
London most likely, and he knew she
would have the jewels OF her and anne
down when lie got wind of the accident"
Knew she woull have the jewels!
Then do You mean to say there was COL
fusion between the two?:'
The inspector glanced furtiyely at
Ralph, but he had never stirred Or
raised his head since he had laid it down
in his clilched hands.
They are both well known to the
police" he said at last, land l think it
probable there was collision between
them, considering they Were man and
wife"
CONCLUSION.
lam told that I ought to write some
+ thing in the way Of a conclusion to this
account of the Danvers jewels, as if the
end Of tie last chapter were not con
clusion enough. Charles, who has just
read it, says especially that his character
requires what he calls ''an elegant finish, >
and suggests that a slight indicc+ion OF
a young and lovely heiress III {, lnec,
ton with himself would give pleasure
to the thoughtful reader. But | do not
mean at the last moInent to depart from
the exact truth and dapble in fctio-
just to make a suitable conclusion.
If l must write something more !
must beg that it will be kept in mind
that if further details concerning tbs
r0Jfb.sr-y are now added against my OWL
Judgment they viii TTast on Charles au.
thority, not mine. as anything attGr-
ward heard was only through Charles,
whose information [ never consider reli-
able in the least degree.
1t was no till three months later that
| saw him again, on a wet April after
noon. was still living in London with
Jane when he came to see me, having
| just returned from a long tom abroad
with Ralph.
Sir George, he said, was quite well
again, but the GOODNESS between himself
and his father had dropped almost to
freezing point since it had come to light
that he had been innocent after all, His
father could not forgive his son for put
ting him in the wrong.
II seldom disappoint him in matters
of this kind" he said. Indeed. l may
say [ have, as a rule. surpassed his ex
pec~tations. and I must be careful never
to fall short of them in this way again.
But ali. Miss Middleton, l am sure you
will agree with me how difficult it is to
preserve an even course without relax
ing a little at times"
Ny dear Mr.. Charles said Jane,
beaming at him over her knitting, but
not quite taking him in the manner he
intended, you are young yet; but don't
be down hearted. | am sure by your
face that as you grow older these devia-
tions which you so properly regret viii
grow fewer and fewer until as life goes
on they will gradually cease altogether
Il consider it not improbable myself
said Charles, with a faint smile, and he
changed the conversation. | really can
not put down here all that he proceeded
to say in the most cold hlooded manner
concerning Carr and Aurelia, or. as he
would call them, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown,
alias Sinclair, alias Tibbits. | for one
don't believe a word Of it, and don't see
how he could have found 1t all out, as
he said he had, through the police and
people of that kind. don't consider it
Is ut all respectable conserving with the
police in that way; but then Charles
never was respectable. as [ told Jane af
ter he left. arousing excited feelings on
her part which made me regret having
mentioned it.
Accordingt to him. Carr, who had never
been seen or heard Of since the day after
the accident, was q professional thief
who had probably gone Oh in India
with the express design Of obtaining pos
session Of Sir Johns jewels, which had
; till near the time of his death, been safe
ly slowed away in a bank in Calcutta
He and his wife usually worked together
but on this occasion she had. by means
of her engaging manner and youthful
appearance, struck up an acquaintance
abroad with Lady Mary Cunningham
who, it viii be remembered. had jewels
of considerable value, with a view tt
those jewels.
Ralph she had used as her tool. an.
engaged herself to him in the expecta
ton that on her return to England sht
might. by n of her intimacy will
the family. have a opportunity of TAX
ing them, Lady Mary having left them
while abroad, with her banker in Lon
! d1n Tho pnpnrtuuity came y-biJa Sb,