The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-01

from home, but / did not dispose OF
them az you all thought, Mr. Elliston."
"lndeed," said the lawyer, warIly,
AS true as Gods in heaven, | did
notW Sir Sydney replied, and then he
briefly recounted his misadyenture that
night in Hough wood.
"And what OF the jewels nowY Ellis
ton asked, when the baronets recital OF
the robbery was concluded,
"They have turned up in the most
singular and unexpected manner-at
least they appear TO BIO the same. Will
you show Mr.. Elliston the jewely AIDE
laile? He will. no doubt, be able to
identify them, ii they are the same,
The gems were brought forth, The
old man scrutinized each trinket cafe.
fully, and when he had done, he said,
very emphatically-
"These are most certainly, Sir sgd
ney, the jewels your mother possessed.
am ready 10 swear to them in any
court in tho world, This is most inter-
esting. How did you come to regain
possession OF them"
you know Miss Birmingham :" Lady
Carsland queried,
THE young lady to whom Mr., Mere
dith is engaged? OF course"
1.-TWO days ago she was hero on q
visit, and then found her wearing
this brooch" answered her ladyship,
II recognized it Immediately, and made
some prAtext for OBTAINING it, Yester-
day We confronted her with the fact
that it was one OF the stolen jewels, and
ultimately she admitted that she had
the remainder Of the gems at home"
"You amaze me; never came across
q case like this in my lilew Elliston eX,
claimed. "But how did Miss Barring,
ham eontrive to obtain possession OF
themW
'That is the most singular part OF
thu business, and the matter upon
(which we deeidelito have your advice
Miss Birmingham is most rolcent upon
that point. All she will say is that tho
| jewels were given to her by an old
friend; but even under tho strongest
pressure she absolutely declines to give
the mans name. The question now is,
what are we to do in the face OF her re-
'iusalW
"Iam afraid, my dear Lady Carsland,
that you and Sir Sydney have treated
the girl n trile too leniently, The fact
that she Is engaged to Mr.. Meredith
would prevent you from speaking to
and dealing with her rs you would have
done with stranger under similar cir.
cumstances."
"You are quite mistaken. Mr.. Ellis.
ton, | can assure you, her ladyship re-
piled "We did not spare her in any
way, but despite all our threats she re.
fused to name the man."
"That makes the affair all tho more
serious. You do not believe, suppose,
that Miss Birmingham was cognizant OF
the fact that the jewels had been
stolen?p
Certainly not" Sir Sydney declared
cmphatically, and Lady Carsland said
the same thing, but in much less posi-
tive manner,
"Ifyou have no objection will call
upon Miss Birmingham. ! fancy shall
be able TO get the name OF her friend
from her. She will DO frightened when
she learns that you have placed the
matter in my hands"
~ hope she will, but in case she 70.
fuses to give you his name, what thenT
THAT is for you and Sir Sydney to
decide" he said, gravely. ITO put the
matter in the hands Of the police will
be TO risk raking up ali the past"
Sand do not desire that! Sir sgd
ney broke in quickly,
"Nor l, Lady GARLAND added, "but
1t is quite possible that it will not DO
necessary to 60 to such length. Mr..
Eliaton may be able to succeed with
Miss Birmingham where We failed,
and"
A tap at the boudoir door arrested
Lady Carsland's tongue; Sir Sydney
called out Come in" the next moment
a servant stood in the open doorway,
and was saying that the vicar was be-
low and desired to see his master aud
mistress at once.
"Iell MIR. Madison to come here" her
ladyship said. The girl disappeared
and she added, II am glad the vicar
has called, for he ought to know at once
all about this unpleasant matter. Don't
you think soP"
Both the baronet and the lawyer siGni-
fed their agreement with Lady Cars.
land, and presently the Rev. Mr.. MRlli-
son was ushered into tho apartment,
looking very much upset about some.
thing. His pale face and nervous man.
ner caused Sir Sydney to remark:
"What is tho matter, Mr.. Mallison?"
"Miss Birmingham has disappeared! !"
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