Connecticut western news., 1891-05-20

hidden beneath one of the seats"
 No, no: do nothing" implored the unhappy youth. But the other did not stop to listen; he had already started to inform the conductor, and ill a moment returned with that functioIary, to whom he offered q string of suggestions as to the best means of recovering the lost jewels.
 The conductor hesitated to take action in the matter, but upon reaching the next station secured the assistance of two police officers. whom he put in charge.
 e'The baggage of the passengers should be searched" said the man who had constituted himself the leader in the affair, and so the officers ordered.
 At once vigorous search began as the train rolled onward. The news spread quickly from the locomotive to the bag gage wagon, and every one yielded with good grace to the examination. The young jeweler alone betrayed an uneasi- ness; his face became ivid, and he swayed back and forth as though on the verge of fainting.
 The search was unsuccessful, and the officers shook their heads in doubtful manner.
 Suddenly our obligiag neighbor, who had shown decided instincts as detect i've, and who entered into the work with ardor, caught sight of a passenger who. wrapped in a voluminous cloak, had seemed to sleep during the turmoil. Ap- preaching him, he threw aside the cloak, and disclosed to view the missing valise!
 "Ah," said he, with triumphant air, "I knew we'll it was not far off"
 The passenger thus disturbed did not, however, appear put out by the discovery.
 "Leave me alone," said he; "the valise is mine."
 "Yours!' cried the man; ''why, the handles are missingl You are too cool by far. What do you think of the inn pudence of your thief, my young sir?'- turning to the jeweler, proud of the role he had so successfully played-''you rec ognize your valise, do you not?''
 The poor young fellow lost his head He should have thanked the man for his zeal, taken back his property and thus terminated the affair; but he obstinately replied, 'sNo; it is not mine." The thief breathed again, ,.the perilous moment passed. "You see,;' said he, with superb disdain.
 But our amateur detective was not convinced-he would not give up the battle. "I recognize it myself" he cried; 'I am not blind; for the matter of that, it is easily determinedif this be the miss ing valise or no. We know that the one we seek contains diamonds-here will be incontestable proof. Hand me your key, sir; we shall soon arrive at the truth of this matter. l cannot comprehend your doubts on the subject"
 But at this moment terrible cry was heard. The young man rushed madly to the platform of the coach and threw himself headlong under the wheels of the train, which crushed him into a bleeding mass.
 Asyou will have divined, the young man who passed as travelling jeweler was, in reality, an agent of the Nihilists, and the valise he guarded with so much care and anxiety contained, not diamonds, but models of newly invented explosives which were to be tested for the first time by committee in Moscow, whither he was taking them. Tho wretches who had given him this abominable commis- sion had evidently chosen a young stu dent fresh from college.
 At the next station the valise was opened and found to contain the internal machine, which explained the resistance offered by the unfortunate youth to the discovery. He had no doubt come to the conclusion that all was lost. In his stupefaction he did not consider that he could have prevented the opening of the valise by acknowledging the property; he possibly saw in vision the result of | finding its contents. He feared ar, rest, and that it would force him to break vows duplicating others, and be- ing unable to cope with it he rushed to his destruction.-TrueF Flag.