Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

great when, instead Of Miss Beau
chAmpe, he beheld the prima donna.
She was very plainly dressed; her
face was concealed, but Livingston rec
ognized in the graceful figure and the
manner the famous singer She was
deeply agitated; her voice trembled as
she spoke.
@Pardon me; the matter IS imperative.
It admits of no delaY-not an instant
that can be avoided. am glad found
you here You must go at once to the
nearest police station. Your friend, Mr.
Beauchampe, is there. There is some
thing terrible, know, and for his sis
| ter's sake-on her account
He interrupted her Wonderingly. Sim
possible. 1t cannot be Beauchampe.
-But I saw him, Mr.. Livingston. 1
was just entering my carriage. The per
Torrance was unusually long, and I
never am in haste. They had him in an
open wagon of some sort; his head was
cut-perhaps he resisted; who knows?
II was all so terrible 1 recognized your
friend at the first glance. babe my
driver follow them to the station. I
sent in word by an officer, but the gentle
man who came out gave me no satisfac-
ton whatever. He was very polite.
tried every argument, and everything
failing-I had the manager of the thea
ter brought there to help me, tool
came here. You will go at once?
%At Once-I am going now.
Vittoria hesitated, then, as if it cost
her an effort, she said:
MY carriage is at the door. 1t is at
your service My maid and can go to
the hotel afterWard.
LivingstOn's only answer was Come"
When they entered the carriage, Wit
tOria spoke TO the driver in a low tone.
The driver nodded, and the carriage
drove off furiously.
In very little time, seemingly, they
stopped at the station, where Livingston
found an officer he was we'll acquainted
with. Presently Simmons appeared, and
these three consulted before Vittoria
was admitted
1t was Simmons who stepped toward
her and placed himself at her service.
Il wish to see the prisoner"
Simmons led the way. Livingston
brought up the rear A barred door
was before VittOria's eyes A man was
confronting her with baleful eyes.
NittOria started. Then she exclaimed:
at is not Mr.. Beauchampe. She
heaved a great sigh of relief as she
spoke.
@No," said Livingston. @But there is
a marvellous resemblance
There is-you don't sayl" exclaimed
the prisoner, leering at Livingston. %He
must be handsome as a picture if he
looks like me-"
The prisoner put hand to a cash on
his head. VittOria shudderingly with
drew, as did Livingston and Simmons
~You are satisfied you are mistaken"
said Livingston TO the prima donna.
quite She spoke with quiet dig
nifty now. ave will CO."
NO" said Livingston. There is no
haste We will speak TO my friend here
Mr.. Simmons. l am sure he will as
sist US in learning something of our
friend Mr.. Simmons has a communi-
cation TO make to me which you can
hear"
at is a short story" Simmons added.
"This man you see here planned a burg
larry some time ago. He induced an old
partner of his to come on TO New York
to help him move the plant l was in
Chicago, learned something was amiss;
came home; put watch on the compan-
ion, and we captured three Of the burg
lars. One of them is the man you saw.
He planned the job. Livingston thinks
with this man in our power we ought to
be able to learn where his friend is
| There has been confOunding of per-
sons he claims
%Oh, that am sure of, "a said Vittoria
| "And this robbery, where was it? Did
| they succeed?"
~TheY did. 1t suited me to permit
them to enter the house-to put the
plumber in a bag. Here it is.
Simmons pointed to a sack
~If you choose you can look at the
articles
He proceeded to undo the string
around the sack, talking rapidly.
~YOu see, they effected an entrance
| by opening a window in the upper part
| of the house. To do that one climbed
/ into tree. Then he went down stairs
/ n nd cd Al
near at hand all the while. We watched
until they had these in the bag, then we
/ bounced upon them
"And was no one hurJ?"
| %Yes, one man was shot, and one of
the burglars got away, but two Of the
burglars got pretty well used up. See;
here is part of the plumber. They got
over ten thousand dollars in Government
bonds, about eight hundred dollars in
| cash and all this
Simmons emptied the sack. A large
number of pieces of silver dropped out.
] ~All solid-eVery bit Of it. We brought
it here to prove the thieves are guilty
/ the owner preferred 70 keep it but 1
considered it best to bring it just as
/ found It This is oldstYle silver
| ~Hes-but ii is not all silver" said
/ VittOria. @See! there is a bowl that is
| pewter"
| She pointed TO a dish almost concealed
/ from view. Livingston lifted it and
| placed it in her hand, saying, laughingly.
HYou have a good eye"
~Yes, it is as I thought" said Vito
ria "All the silver is fne-it must have
cost pretty penny. 1t is as massive as
any have seen, and have seen some
/ heavy silver"
They examined the ware carefully.
/ The workmanship was exquisite It
must have cost three times as much as
the metal Vittoria was very much in
! terested in II all There were upward
| of thirty pieces The silver itself was
| @plant8 for d burglars efforts. Then
Vittoria picked up the pewter bowl
/ again and looked at it, wondering how
it came TO be placed with the silver.
Livingston laughed at the pewter bowl.
Vittoria smiled too; then, as she turned
| the pewter dish over in her hands, she
/ started
Look see. Mr.. Livingston What
does IL mean?7
AS Livingston turned the bottom of
the dish mp where the light fell full upon
/ it, he beheld two pictures engraved, CT
rather scratched on the bottom of the
/ dish One delineated three men pushing
/ a fourth into q carriage. One held a
bludgeOn alOft. In the other, three men
were thrusting q man into a house. Here
| again the bludgeOn was held aloft-
/ There was a barred window over the
| door, and Livingston managed TO make
out the single word %madhouse" over
entrance. He passed the dish TO Sim
i mons
The effect produced upon Simmons
was electrical He was transformed on
/ the instant into another man.
@Here, YOul7 he said to q man near
/ him, get the others at Once-not a mo-