The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-25

kHN away HNIlHAlOM AhASA NNNNA Ns'N
darkness and tho trees
But ran among the men, was
knocked senseless, aud when regained
my CONSEQUENCES at daybreak found
that my pockets had been ritled and the
bag containing the jewels was missing
After that made my way abroad, ut
teTly broken down By my III fate, for
my misconduct had aYailed mo nothing
had, in fact, recoiled upon myself,
''But did you never discover who took
the jewels away from you" she asked,
when he had finished,
"NeVer Of course / have an idea OF
what the men were.
"What were theyY
"Poachers, evidently, Tor found sew
eral dead rabbits about me, and u net
such as poachera use"
as this the truth2" she demanded,
with CLEAN Of suspicion in her eyes,
"or is 1t only some cock aud bull story
you have Matched in order to hoodwink
meY,
at ia the truth, Adelaide" he assey-
Grated, with great earnestness "As
true us ! am standing here, every detail
OF what I have related to you is mat
ter Of fact"
She was silent for little while and
her fair brows were contracted in
thought. She was half inclined still to
disbelieve his statement respecting the
second robbery OF tho jewels, despite
his dramatic protestation rs to its accu.
racy, but was not thinking of that now,
Her clever brain was thinking oil an
other matter.
perhaps 1t is only reasonable to sup.
pose that the men who robbed you
were poaChers," she remarked, pres.
Certainly. l am absolutely satisfied
they must have been, dear"
Then in that case it would DO fair to
assume that the robbers were natives
OF some Of the villages hereabouts"
II daresay it would; but what are YOU
driving att" ho queried, with puzzled
look on his countenance,
Cannot you see2" she cried, with
curling lips. '1f the poachers who
stole the jewels belonged to one or an.
other OF the places around here it is
easy to understand how that brooch
came into the hands OF Miss Barring
ham"
"How2 fail to SEQ It."
II will show you then. The robbers
would certainly divide the spoil, but
were probably afraid Of selling the
jeweIs; at all events it is evident that
they were not all disposed Of or the
White Gipsy would not have been tho
owner OF the brooch ut this moment"
But how do you imagine it got into
her hands2"
I'm ali likelihood she got it from
some OF the pitmen in tlleRillages who
was an old udmirer oftIle girl"
And" no broke in hurriedly, you
think this old lover OF hers was the son
or relative OF one OF tho poachers who
robbed me that night in Hough WoodY'
II do! How otherwise could it have
got into her keepiug% was her quick
rejoinder.
at seems likely enough" he mused.
ut Is more than likeIyW she cried.
81 feel absolutely certain that my solu-
ton OF the riddle is the true one. But
whether it is or not mean to use it
against the White Gypsy"
why against herr" no asked, in u
voice Of mild renonstrance.
''Need you ask2 You do not like the
idea OF such girl marrying your ward
any more than do, and it appears to
mo that this affair will afford lis an ex-
cellent opportunity Of driving her
away"
II do not see it; besides she is quite
blamelesa, How was she to know that
the trinket had been stolen from any
one2"
~ never suggested that she did know.
What wanted to suggest Is this: we
never looked favorably upon the idea
OF Paui's mesalliance with this ex-pit
brow girl, and now circumstances have
placed weapon in our hands, which.
II skilfully used, will enable US to drive
her out OF the neighborhood."
perhaps We might; but consider
how unfair it would be when we know
her to DO absolutely blameless," he
said, doggedly, something within him
squirting him to speak in defence OF the
girl.
"she is in our way-that is oil ] care
to consider, and that is all l mean to
considerW che exclaimed, with increas.
ing wrath. "You, yourself, have said
more against the girl than have done
and cannot understand why you per-
sist in defending her now"
~ am not defending her" he replied.
II am trying to impress upon you, my
dear Adelaide, that it is not worth
our while to rake up tho past in order
to get rid Of Miss Birmingham"
~ think we can get rid OF her with
out exposing you. That is what you
mean, / suppose, when you speak Of
raking up the past? But whatever
happens she must "a"
"Why do you hate her BOT"
II hate her because clio is an upstart,
who has stepped between Paul Mere.
dith and Cordeliat" she burst out.
"Cordelia doesn't caro- for him,
think, my dear" he vontured to re,
mark.
"That shows how blind you are.
tell you that Cordelia loves Paul, and
that she is eating out her heart on his
account. But for this girl sho would
have been engaged to him 81 this mo.
ment. She Is too proud to wear her
heart upon her sleeve, but know that
she cares for him very much, and that
tho thought Of him marrying this COM
mon girl Is breaking her heart"
vt may DO true"
ut Is, and the sooner you get that girI
away tho better"
"But how am to do it2"
"Call upon her or send for her here
and charge hor with being in possession
Of stolen iewolry which belonged tc
you. Don't you 500 that such charge
would frighton hor 80 much that she
would DO glad to got away and never
show her face again in this noighbor.