The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-07
~ DliQERS JEWELS JEW Els
an ANONYMOUS FoUEl
N Wbieb is Told a TbrilIiDc Story
Of Baftled Crime.

not looked at them since Sir John had
given them to me, and-I was myself as
tonished at their magnifcencG as spread
them out on the table under the gas
lamp.
Jane exhausted herself in admiration,
but as I was putting them away again,
saying it was time for me to be dressing
and going to meet Carr, who was to join
, me at the Criterion, she begged me on
no account to take them with me, affirm
ing that it would be much safer to leave
them at home. i was firm, but she was
firmer, and in the end 1 allowed her to
lock them UP in the tea caddy, where
her small stock of ready money reposed.
l met Carr as we had arranged and
we had a very pleasant evening. Poor
Carr, who had seen the papers, had
hardly expected that should turn UP,
knowing the catastrophe of the previous
night had taken place at the house 1 was
going to, and was much relieved to hear
that my sister had moved and had thus
been spared all the horror of the event.
The dinner was good, the play better.
| should have come home feeling that
had enjoyed myself thoroughly if it had
not been for little adventure with our
cab driver that very nearly proved seri-
GUS. We got hanson directly we came
out of the theatre, but instead of taking
us to the direction we gave him, after
we had driven for some distance [ began
to make out that the cabman was going
wrong, and Carr shouted to him to stop;
but thereupol he dashed up his horse
and away he went like the winds, up one
street and down another, till 1 had lost
all idea where we We're. Carr, who was
young and active, did all he could, but
the cabman, who l am afraid must
have been intoxicated, took not the
slightest notice, and continued driving
madly, heaven knows where.
At last, after getting into q very dingy
neighborhood, we turned up crooked
dark street, unlit by any lamp, street
so narrow that thought every moment
the cab would be overturned. In an
other moment | saw two men rush out
of doorway. One seized the horse,
which was much blown by this time,
and brought it violently to standstill,
while the other flew at the cab, and
catching Carr by the collar proceeded to
drag him out by main force. l suppose
Carr did his best, but being only an
American he certainly made a very poor
fight of it; and while was laying into
the man who had got hold of him l was
suddenly caught by the legs myself from
the other side of the cab. l turned on
my assailant, saw heavy stick leveled
at me, caught at it, missed it, beheld a
I series of fireworks and remembered moth
ing more.
The first thing heard on beginning
to come to myself was series of sub
dued but evidently heartfelt oaths, and
l became sensible of an airy feeling, un-
pleasant in the extreme, proceeding
from an open condition of coat and
waistcoat, quite unsllited to the time of
year. A low chorus of muffled whisper
ing was going on round me. As
groaned involuntarily it stopped.
Hes coming tor heard Carr say
go and fetch some brandy" And
felt myself turned right side uppermost
and my hands were rubbed, while Carr
in voice of the greatest anxiety, asked
me how felt. l was soon able to sit
up and to become aware that I had a
splitting headache, and was staring at q
tallow candle stuck in bottle. Having
got SO far got little farther, and on
looking round found myself reclining or
sack in corner of a disreputable look
ing room, dingy with dirt and faithful
to the memory of bad tobacco.
Then | suddenly remembered what
had occurred. Carr saw that I did so
and instantly poured forth an account
of how we had been rescued from con
dition Of great peril by the man to whom
the house we were in belonged, to whom
he hardly knew how to express his graft
tude, and who was now gone for some
brandy for me. He told me a great dea
about it, but l was so dizzy that forgot
most of what he said, and it was not un
til our deliverer returned with the brandy
that | became thoroughly aware of wha
was going forward.
| could not help thinking, as 1 thanked
the honest fellow who had co:ie to GU,
assistance, how easily one may be de
ceived by appearances, for more for
bidding looking face under its fur cap
never saw. That of his son, who pres
entity returned with four wheeler which
Carr had sent for, was not more prepos
sessing. In fact they We're two as vii
famous looking men as I had ever seen
After recompensing both with all GU
spare cash we got ourselves hoisted still,
into the cab, and Carr good naturedl,
Insisted on seeing me home, though h
owned to feeling, as he put it, ''rathe
knocked up by his knocking down" W.
were both far too exhausted to speal
much, until Carr gave a start and gas
and said, by Jovet'
WHAT" inquired.
''They are gone!'' he said tremulousl,
-''my sapphires. They are gone! Stolen
had them in bag around my neck, a
you told me. They must have beer
taken from me when I was knocke,
down. say" he added quickly, 'shov
about yours? Have you got them al
right?'
! Involuntarily raised my hand to m,
throat. A horrid o'salm passed over me
'Thank heaven" I replied with sigl
of relief. "they are safe at home witt
Jane. What a mercy! I might hav,
lost them"
'Might!' said Carr. "You would hav,
lost them to dead certainty; and mine
are gone" And he stamped and clenchet
his fists and looked positively furious.