The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-17

mo MISS MauleVerer came nere-nOU
one of them was out of my sight from
four to six O'clock" Mrs. Lovelace re-
piled. 1.-The person you saw and Clark
here saw, was made-up Miss Maulever-
err" Here Julia involuntarily gave a
glance at the three weird sisters on the
other side of the room, only flicker of q
glance and yet protest in itself against
the literal truth of Mrs. Lovelace's words.
''That was the person who stole my jew
els"
Mrs Lovelace!" Julia exclaimed.
Eyes That is why l sent for you. 1t
is 10 know if you can help 1s-if you really
saw the woman. if you can describe her
or give us the least clue by which we can
trace her."
Julia shook her head. 81 could only
tell you that thought | saw Miss Alice
Mauleverer-I could not describe the wo-
man more closely than that" she said.
"Why don't you ask Clark? He spoke to
her-and must have seen her better than
H."
'No-Clark had been upstairs and had
just used his last match. He met her on
landing just outside the door here in
fact, which is never too well lighted even
in the morning and he, like you, thought
it was Miss Mauleverer and had no suspi-
cion otherwise until got home and found
that the jewel-case had gone. But what
we want to know from you is how was
she dreSSed?"
"Oh | can tell you that although the
dusk was just beginning to fall,' Julia
replied. ''She had dark red dress on
with lot of black braidng Oh the skirt.
! have seen Miss Mauleverer in just such
a DRESS" she added, lin fact think l saw
you in it yesterday, and | never noticed
that there was any difference"
Yes. l was wearing it yesterday" said
Miss Alice.
Then she had short seal-skin cloak,
tight fitting, and a tall black hat. For
the rest | can really tell you nothing eX-
cept that She opened the door and went in,
, as have sometimes seen the Miss Maui
everers do"
"And she stayed" Mrs. Lovelace said
eagerly.
. don't know. / did not wait to see,"
said julia, simply.
''And you can tell us nothing mOre?"
exclaimed Mrs. Lovelace in evident disap-
pointment.
81 am very sorry," Julia answered, "but
am afraid 7 cannot"
"But you would know her if you saw
her-yOu would be able to swear to her."
Sine cried, anXiously.
81 don't know" said Julia, with a dep
recuting smiics "but think Snail never
dare to swear 10 any thing. b .lieve if
saw Miss Alice Mauleverer and that per-
son going across the road, that | should
not know which was which. | only wish
| could swear to uer-I would swear hard
| promise you"
She took leave of them then, shook
hands with Mrs. Loveltce, who was look
ing very anxious and i'll, made very stiff
little bow to the ancient damsels, and al
lowed Major Lovelace to precede her
downstairs. And then when he had seen
her to the doorstep and she had spoken
few words of pity for his wife in her mis-
fortune, she went home to No. z, where
she found Stephen.
To the select audience gathered there
she detailed the whole scene, how Mrs.
Lovelace had looked, how the three arts
tOcratic spinsters from No. 10 had looked,
and lastly how Miss Alice had actually
brought herself to speak to the obnoxious
young person from No. z.
"And," said Julia at last, "then l told
Mrs. Lovelace that if | could see the per-
son and Miss Alice go across the road to-
gether / was quite sure | should not know
the one from the other, and then l think
they were satisfied that it was no use toll
Grating my presence any longer, so they
let me come away"
81 am quite relieved that you would not
know the woman again." said Stephen
Howard, at this point.
'Yes-why?"
Because l have no fancy for being kept
waiting about for you to give evidence and
perhaps our marriage put off for it," he
answered.
"Oh! but if they catch anybody they
think likely, shall have to give evidence
all the same," Julia cried.
care you sure?" he exclaimed.
Perfectly sure" he answered.
ooh! think you are wrong"
my dear" said Julia, decidedly, Il
don't think your opinion on the subject is
worth having. What can mere savage
like you know about the English law?"
perhaps l know more than you give
me credit for" he cried, with an amused
laugh.
However, the days went by without
Julia Trafford being called upon to give
evidence concerning the person whom she
had seen go across the road and enter the
house at the corner of the street, and
when, by and by, the excitement in the
town had subsidized little and the sacred
entree dishes at the River House were
again brought forth from the fastness i'll
which they had been kept since Mrs. Love
lace's diamonds had gone the way of most
diamonds and the townsfolk in general
began to enjoy the pleasure of using their
silver teaspoons again, and the young
ladies to wear their pearls on occasion
and the older ones their paste, then Blank
hampton awoke to the fact that another
| good match had been snapped up by the
Unsuitable NAV which put on the top of
it's note paper, mo. ST. Ewes, Blank
hampton"
The Blankhampton matrons were all
agreed for once in way, and the Blank
hampton virgins went their way to the
Parish and piously thanked Heaven that
Mrs Trafford had no more daughters to
dispose Of And really when you came to
look at it from their point of view it was