The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-06-30

all sorts Of inOppOrtune moments
! kept faith with Leta. and reluctantly
produced my beautiful rnLies on the
night Of her dinner party. Emerging
from my rom | came full upon Lady
Carwitchct Ia the corridor. She was
dressed for dinner. and at her throat I
caught tho blue CLEAN Of tue great
sapphire. Leta had kept faith with me.
don't know what stAnmerel In reply
to her ladyship's glib remarks: my whole
ssDul was absorbed in the contemplation
u the intoxicating lJvelinessO f the gem.
That Palais Royal deceptiOnl Incred.
iblel Ny fingers twitched. my breath
came short and herco with the lust Of
possession. She must have seen the CIV
etOus glare in my eyes. A look Of graf
flied, spiteful couiplRcency OveFspread
her features, NJ she swept on ahead and
descended the stains before me. fol-
lowed her to the drawing room door.
She stopped sndd..nly. and murmuring
something unintelligible, hurried back
again.
Everybody was assembled there that
expected to see, with an addition. Not
- NNaOOAAN OuCs W NV NOgA VI AOlu
face. He stood on the hearthrug con-
vprsinE with a great. hulking high
shOuldered fellow. Sslllow faced. with a
heavy nuStache aud dropping eyelids,
from the corners u which flashed out a
Sudden suspicious look ~ approached.
which lighted up iuto greedy one rs II
rested On my rubies, and seemed unAc-
countably familiar To me. till Lady Car.
witchct, tripping past the, exclaimed:
He has come ut last! Ny naughty.
naughty boy! NJ. Acton. this Is my
Son. Lori Carwitchetr'
broke Of short In the midst Of my DO
lite acknowledgements to stare blankIy
ut her. The sapphire was gonei A great
gilt cross. with Scotch pebble like an
acid drop, was her sole decoration.
:" had to put my pendant away she
explained confdentIally: ''the clasp had
got broken somehow" didn't believe
word.
Lord Carwitchet contributed little ~
the general entertainment ut dinner. bat
fell into corf !ential talk with Ms.
Duberly.Parscr. | caught a few unin.
telligble remarks across the table. They
referred, subsequently, discovered. TO
the lady's little book on NUr,hchurch
raccs. and recollccted that the spring
meetluy was on, aud tomorrow Cup
Day." After dinner there was great talk
about getting npa party to 20 on Gen.
eral FairfOrd's drag. Lady Carwitchet
was IN rcstacies anl tried to coax me
into joining. Leta declined positively.
Tom accepted sulkily,
The look in Lord CaFwitchet's eye re-
turned to my mind rs I locked up my
rubies that night. It Inade him look 30
like his mother. went round my fas-
Jennings with unusual care. Safe and
closets and desks and doors, tried them
all. Coming at length to the bathroom,
Il opened at once. Il was the house.
maids doing. She had evidently taken
advantage Of my having abandoned the
room to give II "a thorough spring clean
Ing" and ! mathematical her. The
furniture was all piled together and
yelled with sheets, the carpet and felt
curtain were gone, there were new
broOms about. As ! peered around, q
voice Gloss at my ear made me jump
Lady Carwitchet'si
II tell you have nothing. not pen
ny. | shall have to borrow my train
fare before can leave this. They'll be
glad enough to lend IT,"
Not only had the portiers been ~
moved. but the door behind 1t had been
unlocked and left open for convenience
Of busting behind the wardrobe. ]
might IA well have been In the bedroom.
"DUn'tteil me. !" recognized Carwitch.
cts growL You've not been here all
this time for nothing. You've been col.
lecting for Kilburn cot or getting sub
scriptions for the distressed Irish land.
lords. know you. Now. I'm not going
TO see myself ruined for the want Of q
paltry hundred or so. tell you the colt
10 n dead certainty. II could have got
= thousand or two on him last week we
might have ended our dog days million
aires Hand over what you can. You've
moneys worth. " not money. Where's
that sapphire you stoleg'
II didn't. can show you the receipt
ed bill. All possess IL honestly come
BY. What could yOu do with 1t, even u
gave II you'll You couldn't sell It ~
the Val,lez. and you can't get It cut mp
a. you might " II were real"
"lf it's only bogus. why are you al.
ways In such autter about itl ri do
something with Il. never fear. Hand
over"
81 can't I haven't got It, had to
raise something on Il bef0rO left town.
"Will you swear it's not In that ward.
robel ] dare say you will mean 10
zee. Give me those keys"
] heard n struggle and q jingle. then
the wardrobe door must have been hung
open, for n streak Of light struck through
4 crack In the wuod 81 the back. Creep-
ing close and peeping through could
zee an awful sight. Lady Carwitchst
In = flannel wrapper. minus hair, teeth,
complexion. pointing a skinny t0rsHnger
that quivered with rage at her son. who
was ont Of range u my vision.
stop that. and throw those keys
down here directly. or III rouse tho
house. Sir Thomas Ia q magistrate, and
will lock you mp ~ soon rs look ut you"
She clntched at the bell rope as SheI
spoke. "Ill swear I'm In danger Of my
life from you and give you In charge.
Yes. and when you're In prison ri keep
you there till yon die. I've often thought
I'd do Il. How about the hotel robber-
les last simmer at Cowes, chi Mightn't
the police be grateful for hint or twop
And how ahput"-
The KEYS fell with crash on the bed.
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