The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-28
'I'1!|7HHE%E;D,WERS JEWELS
an ANONYMOUS FoUEl
~ w1iob is Tolda TbriIliDc Story
Of BaftIed Crime.

| .ltnJ III ncf Ioo-h' out she would not
answer when | Knocked and the door is
locked
''Ail OF which circumstances are not
sufficient to mako you as white as
a ghost" said Charles. 81 think. even
if Aurelia has Il headache. Won wo,,ld
bear he occurrence with for.itule
Ny dear child. you DO not act so well
OF the stage as on il. There is some
thing on your mind. People don't ND
set water at dinner and refuse all food
except pellets of pinched bread for moth
ing. What is it?
Evelyn sank into chair and covered
her face with her trembling hands.
Yes, / thought So" said Charles
lneeliug down by her AID gently with
drawing her hands. Come, EVELYN.
what is it?r
Il dare not say" And she turned
away her face and tried to disengage
her hands. but Charles held them firmly.
Is it ahost what happened last
night he asked, in tone that was
kind, but that evidently intended to
have an answer.
eyes"
And do you know that 1 am sus-
pected?r
you, Charles: Never." she cried.
starting up.
YES |. Suspected by my own ia
ther. So if you know anything, EVELYN
which see you dot is your duty to
tell Us, and to help US in every way you
can"
He had let so her hands now and had
risen.
Il don't know ANYTHING for certain
she said, "bGtNbat wesoon shall. Azure
La knows and sheis going to tell Ralph. ;"
Miss Grant" l exclaimed. ..She
knew nothing at tea time. She was
asking me about it"
at is since then" continued EVELYN.
81 went up to her room before dinner to
ask her FOR fan that had lent her. She
was packing some of her things. and the
floor was strewn with packing paper and
parcels. She gave me my fan, and was
going on putting her things together,
talking all the time, when she asked me
to hand her glove box on the dressing
table. As did so my eye fell on piece
Of paper lying together with others, and
INSTANTLY recognized it as the same that
had been wrapped round the diamond
crescent when Col Middleton frs. showed
US the jewels. should never have no.
ticed it-for though it was rice paper it
looked Just like the other pieces strewn
about-if had not seen two little angu-
lar tears which l suddenly remembered
making In it myself when Gen. Mars
ton asked me not to pull it to pieces,
which suppose l lad been absently do
ing. | made some sort of exclamation
of surprise, and Aurelia turned round
sharply and asked me what was the mat
ter. As / did not answer she left her
packing and came to the table. She saw
IN moment what was looking at. |
had turned as red as fire. and she was
quite white. 4 did not moan you to see
that she said at last. quietly taking up
the paper. 4 meant no che to know
until had shown it to Ralph. Do You
know where found itg and she looked
hard at me. | could only shake nv
mead. L was too much ashamed of a
suspicion had had to be able to get out
word. I am very sorry,' continued
Aureiia, but l an afraid it will be nv
duty to tell Ralph, whatever the conse-
quences may be. have been thinking
1t Over, aid | think he ought to know.
an going to show it lin tonight
after dinner and she put it in her
pocket and then began to cry. L did
not know what to say or do. was SO
frightened at the thought of what was
coming, and as the dressing bell rang at
that moment | was just leaving the
room when she called me back.
can't come down to dinner she
said. I hate Ralph to see ME with red
eyes. Toll him l shall come down after
ward. at 0 o'clock, and that want to
see him particularly; only don't tell him
what 1t is about or mention it to any
one else. l did not mean any one TO
know I'LL he did
''She began to cry afresh and made
her lie down and put shawl over her,
and then left her, as 1 had still to dress,
and l knew that Aunt Mary was not
coming down. was late as it was"
rs that all'' said Charles, who had
been listening intently.
All" replied EVELYN. I'VE shall
soon know the worst now"
Very scon," said Charles. '.Ralph
may come In here at any moment.
Evelyn and Middleton, will you have
the good-anss 70 como win uc.- ana ne
LED the way into the hail.
We could hear Ralph in the next
room hun,ming over an old Irish melody
with an impTovised accompaniment.
NOW show me. her ROOM" said
Charles, "and be quick about it,
Evelyn looked at him astonished, and
then led tae way up stairs, along the pct
ure gallery to another wing of the
house. She stopped at last before door
az the end of the passage, dirnly lighted |
by lamp ut the further end. There
was light under the door, and a bright !
chink in the keyhole, but though we list !
ened intentiy we could hear nothing I
stirring within.
Knock again" said Charles to Evelyn. |
Louder" rs her hand failed her.
Ihs-e was no answer. As we listened !
the light within disappeared.
BRING thst lamp from the end of the
passage said Charles to Evelyn. and
She brought it.
"dold it there he said; land you,
Middleton, stand aside
lie took a few steps backward and then
lung himself against the door with his
Vnoie force 1t cracked and groaned,
out resisted.
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