Evening journal., 1892-09-22


She let them fall beside me- nodded
and was gone. lay on nay back, with
nothing to look at bat the narrow strip
Of blue sky overhead. It was quite
Cool where l lay, on a bed Of sand and
rubbish, and it was still as death.
was buised alive TO all intents and pur-
poses. and the chance of my ever being
disinterred rested upon a basis Of prob
ability so narrow that judged it wisest
not to hope lay there, gazing up ut
the sky, and thinking over my adyen-
c-beginning at the beginning, with
meeting with Birchmore at the hotel.
ard tracing the progress of the conspir-
acy by step TO its conclusion here.
Il was very ingenious, and very well
carried out It had taught me a lesson
that was likely to profit by If ! ever
got ont.
don't know how long | lay there
probably but q short time. All ut once
another face intervened between me and
The sky. It WAS not Kate's this time; It
was avery different one-Christinas
After peering anxiously downward for
several moments. she asked:
SIS Herr Gainsborough theref~
Eyes"
'rTrhe Herr is not badly hurtg"
Mot bit, Christina"
'0ott sci Dank~ sho exclaimed
heartily, and adding, 1T is all well; you
will be helped out Immediately" she
vanished.
Soon other faces appeared, with boards
and helniets-the faces OF the "Polizoi. "
In a few minutes. by the aid OF ropes
and stout arms. was drawn UP once
more 70 the light Of day, blinking like
an awkward bat
before me stood nearly dozen per
sons. a squ0d Of police officers, with
their swords and carbines; Herr Ru-
dolph and Christina and three prison
ers-a woman and two men, whose faces
were unpleasantly familiar to me.
Some little official ceremony Of identi-
.fcation. and SO FORTH having been gone
through with. we all started for our
various places Of destination. The trial
took place not long afterward In Dros-
den: the prisoners were all convicted
and sentenced to- don't care to re-
member what. Thoy were a dangerous
gang of thieves, whom the police Of sew
eyelr countries had long been vainly en-
diaVolng TO capture. But meanwhile
went back tospend the night at the farm
H6us6 Of Herr Rudolph need not say
that scarcely had tho courage TO look
h1n-rnd his daughter in the face. Herr
Rudolph was a most excellent and
blannless person, and as for christina
/ luleNtuot IN what terms TO begin my
apologies to her.
II appeared that my little friend Helm
rich in Paris had had his suspicious OF
the man calling himself Birchmore from
the first. and in writing to his father
and sister had mentioned as much
When, therefore, the Birchmore party
unexpectedly turned up ut the farm
house, along with the owner of the dia
monds, good deal of perturbation was
created. Afraid openly to warn me II
the absence Of direct evidence, Christina
had done what she could indirectly t
excite suspicious in my mind. Failing
in this the girl had actually gone dow
TO Schandau, on the evening Of my in
terview with Kate in my chamber, anC
laid her information at the police
bureau The next morning she met tn
officers by appointment at some dis
lance from the house, and they followed
US TO Kohlstein.
After seeing the whole party Of us Z
the top Of the Stein (Birchmoref ollowe'
a few minutes after myself and the 9th
ers), they formed a Gordon at the foot o
the path and one of their number wen
up to reconnoiter. Peeping over tn
edge Of the plateau, he saw Birchmor
lust making his attack, and immediatel
signaled TO those below to approach
Thus it happened that the thieves, a
they were making Off with their pluT
der. found themselves confronted by a
impassable Gordon of six loaded cal
bines. Resistance was out Of the quei
ton. and they surrendered at discretion
and what can | do. Christina"
said. ito show You how much than
YOU? OF course / don't speak Of canoe
ing the obligation-that nothing coul
do; but should like to leave you SOM
thing toto remind you that You save
INV life and my diamonds. Would 20
wear diamond ring for me or pair {
earrings
ID mo. many thanks. Herr Gainsbo
ough. replied the little maiden gravel.
"You owe me nothing, and rs for di
monds. shall never like them, since
ehaSe seen them the cause Of so muC
trouble aud danger.
eaNBut unless you let me do somethin
Christina. must think you refuse
forgive me for my inexcusable impe
thence and stupidity