Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-04

hratch detective, happened % see the theft
bccinsc he had beon watching the man.
Unfortunately. Mr. rwyggs business In
Newport was u 70 dclioate a character that
he could not allow bis prcscncc 10 become
generally known BY arrc-tlng Handy Bill,
and therefore he dId hot molest him for
the present some two weeks later an OPP
portunity offered Tor confidential chat
with the thief. tho outcome where's; was
that he delivered the stolen ring 10 the de
iectivc and left town tho morning follow.
ing,
Mr.. Twyrg carclessly put the tfinkot
Into his pocket and-returued to New
York
one day not long after Rnf.lan detect.
I've called ~ the oiiice o. his American
sonfrcre. Paul scrgilo1s mission TO the
United States was to deliver certain docu.
mgnts 10 the Russian minister and 10
gather information concerning u Nihilist
sgitator .oi1urnlng IN Canada.
II ~ happened that bis first point In
proapect waa Newport, where the Russian
envoy wa spending part Of tho summer.
A. Mr. rwygg searched for match In
his pocket with which 10 help the Russian
10 fire for biz Cigarette he felt Mis-. Mer.
rirk's riny What could H. morr natural
than that he should ask his visitor 10 de-
liver u up 10 IL fair owner, or that Sergi.
ion should coufteousiy Hssenif
hut Mis. Mcrrick hai ict Newport. aud
In the excitement Incident upon tho ~
ceirt ofa cipher telegram recalling him 10
Russia al once. tho Kussian forgot TO ~.
turn the ring to TwyRR. and carried IL
with him 10 81. Petersburg
One morning they found him theri. dead.
In a narrow alley.
A bullet wound In hi. temple showed the
manner n bis death, aud the cause for IL
WIS evidenced by the circumstance that the
cutirc front Of his vest had been partly cut
and partly torn away
The desd wa. done by Sihilists anxious
10 secure certain PAPERS that SergilQf was
supposed 10 carry IN his inner vest pocket
A few months later the murderer aud
some brother Nihilista wcrr arrested, aud
underwent the farce Of Russian trial for
political offences.
II therr l. amy country on the facr Of tho
globe where murder II oxcusablc under cir.
cumstanoc~, then II II In the dominion %
the car. provided the circumstances DO
that the victim belongs n the class Of hired
pcrIurr-. thioye. aud c,tihroats which,
NJ n grim joke, arr enrolled In the secret
political police Of Russia.
However this may bc. tho murderer was
hanged aud his comrades went Ia Siberia.
To one Of them he had given tho ring b.
fore being executed
What fearful days and weeks and months
OF weary travel thosr wcfc Tor the unf0rt-
unate- destined for the lead miuc-i
The exile, who hail the ring concealed In
his boot. managed to escape between two
stations.
Nopcn eau describc tho adventures and
hardship. Of the fugitive journrying
through country IN which the natives
I hunt escaped eNiles NJ they would wolves;
no words can do justice In his .uIorings NJ
he travelled alone through tho vast aoli.
1 tudes.
On tho edge Of tho Khlrgik-S,eppe ha
| Joined ono Of the large caravans 81 escaped
conyic,s that continually travel eastward.
IL l. easy foran eNile 10 obtain assistance
IN samarkand, OF. for that matter, most
anywhere Ia Central Asia, although Il II.
or rather WIS, extremely difficult for
Traders to enter the territory.
In samarkand the rinR lsft the hands, OF
rather tho boot, Of tho owner. Knd was
tradsi for an oniiit that would Disguise lts
wearer Into dervis
THIS new posso.sor Of tho clrrlct was q
Persian merchant travelling 60 IIerat.
Everybody from Khiva and BuekhAra
aud Samhrk.nd and Tashkond aud even
| Teheran goes 10 llerat, and that i why
there l. always such q thieVlng rabbls
thora la spite Of a strong British garrison.
And one fins morning somebody snatrhcd
the l~rsians leather pouch. The mere liant
sct up a great hue and cry, and the thief
WAS eapturcd after a long chase by young
mule driver from Jclallahad.
! Overcome with ioy At tho return ~ hi,
valuable. the Prn.ian presented the young
fellow with the ring
Would II be possible for . good looking
mule driver 10 wear diamond ring with.
out exciting comment sometimesf
Mr.. Dudley was the frat European lady
who saw y, and told young Amhrlneton
about H. Two days later the pretty widow
worc IT,
Old "Indlans" will remember the scene
mp Slmla way that terminated tho engage
incnt Of the two.
Ambrlngton received his letters aud
presents back. They made nearly car.
load lie reclprocated by packing her ten.
/ der missiye-, etc. into an envelope. Am.
brington always was n fool. aud within
| thre years after coming into hi. estate he
had acquired the reputation OF being tho
r,s~t gullible rpcndthrlft In the pervioo.
hut be had had most sincere admiration
for Mrs Dudley, who was really q charm.
Ing woman. Her actions In public were,
howeyer. such, occasionally, as TO give rise
10 unpleasant remarks But She was slim
ply thoughtleN.
One day Capt Dcmpaier made remark
20 Ambrington 10 the effect that the latisr
was neglectlng n sweet girl In England for
the sake OF woman who could not begin
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