Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-08

the paoket over and over, as blind man
might have done, to discover as much as
possible Of its nature by the sense Of
touch.
-Thers IL no paper of much imnortanca
hare. sahib. said he Al lencth. n a dull.
half.inouirinQ tone.
sIdidn't saw there was. was the laugh
ing reply. But Won can describe such
Is there are.s.
sCertainly. sahib. The papers are Eve
In number. perhaps still another; but nv
second sight is obscure as to the presence
Of sixth"
'-There ara aix. Go on.s
Il can distineuish clearly now" went
ON the iuopler. in a strangely muffied and
absorbed tone, real or pretended. aThere
lis q receipted bill for repairs of a dog
cart; another for veterinary services !;
three brief notes in a ladys handwriting.
signed Adele; and-ands (Jasp.r at this
iuncture could scarcely control his excite
ment) "a mere memorandum, in lead PEN
Gil. whose characters cannot make out. T"
The description is truthful, said
Noel, taking back the packet and giving
the man sovereign, with good deal Of
satisfaction.
Give him something else!" cried sew
eral voices. TEST him, as we did, with
everything on your person.
But 1t is hardly worth while, said
Noel, with a sudden reluctance. How
ever. my cigar-case contains something
beside cigars; let him describe what it
is" And he presented the case.
4Underneath the cigars, Of which the
case is quite full, said All Ben -Medan,
with unexpected promptness, -there is a
handsome bloodstone, recently loosened
from finger-ring, which the sahib in
tends taking to jeweler to have reset.
Right again." said Noel, taking back
the case.
The sshib has also-perhaps in the
trousers hip-pocket-a largered morocco
pocketbook, which contains something
besides money" said the juggler, in Q
slow, hesitating voice, as though rather
seeking to confirm half-conceived i'm
preston than to state fact.
What isit to you II / haye?" exclaimed
Noel, flushing, half in surprise and half
in anger.
"Come, come, Marlowe; out with the
pockeebook!" cried several voices. aYou
had the laugh on u.s."
"Yes. Noel: turn and turn about is the
| fair thing" said Sauanderall, laughing.
Didn't let the fellow turn my old
betting. book inside out for the amuse-
,ment Of yourself, among the rest ?"
THE sahib need not fear that I will
| infinitely describe the piece of paper
! which the pocketbook contains. !" said
| the iupgler. eagerly. Il will mention
nothing more than the signature, if he
| wishes.
-The signature is pretty much all /
| really know about the paper myself,
| thoughtfully observed the young mea, as
| He reluctantly produced the pocket book
from the pocket that had been indicated.
Il am at loss to know even how came
| by it."
"Why, here's mystery--a wheel within
/ wheell" cried Sir Harry. tell us some.
thing about it, before Ah-Ben exercises
himself upon it, Noel"
| Il only know, said Noel, with increased
uneasiness, "that, while dressing myself
| on last Sunday morning, found the piece
| of writing referred to. wrapped up in q
newspaper. which I had snatched ur
hastily from my fathers office-table on
the night before"
/ Jasper, especially, was now hanging
upon his words with breathless interest
II concluded that had snatched it ur
Il lnAQV6ITo0LlV
glance at the signature and contents in
! creased the mystery Of its having come
into my possession, even in this way.
In the first place, I was sure that the
signature was but the weakest sort Of
forgery-a miserable imitation, as was
the rest Of the writing, of the handwrit-
ing that it pretended to represent In
the next place, it contained charges
self-accusatory charge that. under othel
circumstances, would have proved laugh
able. AS 1t was, unable to account FOL
the papers origin, and unwilling to an
noy, perhaps needlessly distress, the per-
son bearing, but not identified with, the
signature atixed, put 1t away in this
pocket-book. where it has remained evel
since, In the hope OF Kidding myself
finally OF 1t and my perplexlty.
However, this has not prevented my
thought frequently recurring to the mat.
ter, and with nameless sort OF uneasi-
ness for which cannot account. Thai
is all there is about 1t.
I Mysterious enough, too, said 81
Harry, Laughing. Well, hand over ths
book to the seer.
All BEN Medan, upon receiving tht
Pocket-pook, turned ~ over ana over II
nus hands, with more attention tnan ns
nad bestowed upon any previously SUP
mitted article, ana even pressed u IRE
quentiy ana someWnas convulsiyeiy nov
70 ms LoreneaG ana snen 20 ms Dreast
wnne ms twinKnng nttie eyes KEPT wan
qerLng Dack , and Iofsn pe.ween Noei ans .lsI
Jasper, tne ne lasser q Wnom nag new w
utmost ditiiculty to control his excite
i ment.