Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-27
ord Pelsmere's "Come in" n

in answer to Lord Pelsmeres "Come in"
servant entered.
I'm sorry to disturb your lordship and YOUR
!adyship, ne said. but there's a man in the
hall who said that he wished to speak with her
iadyshlp on urgent business. l told him that
ner iadyshlp was with you. and he simply said:
| 80 much the better There's a Young girl
| with him, and he gave me his card and this
With that he handed to the astonished earl a
visiting card and golden coin. The earl read
| aloud the words printed on the card. flames
Berwick, Metropolitan Police, Criminal Inyesti-
CATION Department" and passed the card to the
| countess.
~ suppose he is here about the robbery INV
dear, ;" he said at will hardly be necessary for
| you to see him."
''He said that he particularly wished to see
her ladyship," interposed the servant
"Ai right, Brown" said the earl, ''show the
man in here"
He had been turning the coin carelessly in
his hand, but when the servant had left the
| room his glance alighted upon it, and faint
cry of surprise escaped him.
| lone of our good angels come backi' he ex-
| claimed. 'Look here, Helen, this is one of the
angels which composed your bracelet-the
| bracelet which has been in the Pelsmere fam
| lily ever since the Tudor days, and which was
stolen, together with the other jewelry. One
cannot possibly mistake the coin. There
| the little holes on each side through which the
| rings were fastened that held the bracelet to-
| gether. How was this found, l wonder?"
| The countess looked at the coin YEARLY.
IL am sure l cannot guess. she answered.
| 81 don't want to be bothered about this. 1t was
quite enough to lose my jewels without being
| troubled with the prosecution OF the man
who stole them. If they have found him, so
| much the better. / do not wish to have any thing
| to do with it,"
The servant entered at that moment ushering
in Berwick and Tom Tom had put on her
prettiest dress. Poor as it was it was simple
an1 hair had
smoothly combed. and thus attired and fur
bished she looked really nice. The girl
recognized Lady Pelsmere the moment she saw
her.
her again. That's the lady, Mr.. Berwick who
was with the gentleman.
The countess looked at Tom through her eye
glass.
"Oh, you are the little flower girl" she
exclaimed, ''whom We met on the road to
the Haymarket yesterday. Why do you come
to me today?"
II have been in such trouble, my lady," said
Tom, nearly tcarfully. Tho gentleman who
was with you gave me a golden coin among the
coppers, and they took me to Bow street police
station, wanting to know where I'd got it. and
how I'd got it. and from whom I'd got it: and
told them all knew. And now this gentle
man has brought me here to snow him that it
was really You who was with the gentleman who
gave it to me-
Lazy felSmeres lace laU turned n Enasuv
white. She gripped the back of chair in a
nervous tremor, and chung to it.
Capt Ferrers gave you that coin?" she asked,
hoarsely.
1.-THE gentleman who was with you gave it to
me-" Tom answered.
moments space. which they all felt to be op-
pressive until it was broken by the slight rustic
of the countess dress. The earl stepped
| forward at last.
''You are police oficer?" he said, and Ber-
| wick bowed
II suppose you think" he said. that this
coin formed a portion of the jewels stolen from
| my house few weeks since?"
1T looks very much like it, retorted the Of
| fcer The description of the coins in the
bracelet TALES exactly with this gold piece"
| And you say, my dear, the earl asked Tom,
| ''that the gentleman who was with Lady Pels-
mere yesterday gave You this coin?''
| "Oh, yes, nv lord" answered the girl.
Look there" she added, pointing in terror to
| the countess, who, with staring eyes and
blanched face was standing. seemingly uncon-
scious, in the center of the room. Lord Pels-
mere rushed toward his wife and caught her in
his arms at the moment when she about to
stagger and fall His senile strength in
sufficient and the tall, graceful figure slid down
and fell IN heap upon the floor.
| go. leave us for a moment cried the earl
as Berwick was about to fly to his aid. wait
outside"
"Can not assist your asked the detec.
| tive.
"No," answered the earl, peremptorily. swat
outside"
| When the countess regained consciousness of
her surroundings she found her head resting
upon soft pillow, and herself stretched full
length on the carpet Lord Pelsmere was
kneeing at her side.
Where am r. she asked family, and YEARLY
raised herself and looked about the room in a
| troubled wonderment
You have tainted, my dear Helen," replied
the earl, and thought it best that we should
| be left alone"
The countess looked at her aged husband for
| a moment in a piteous. mute appeal Then she
| threw her arms about his neck. and drawing his
| face down to her. kissed him on the forehead
Il am sorry. my dear" she said, $50 sorry
l have been wicked, very wicked. have been
thoughtless, and but for this mercy of heaven.
might not have known what was doing until it
was too late. Forgive me. You shall have no
reason to chide me hereafter"
She raised herself and held out her hand
| with happy smile.
"we are good friends again, a" she said. "Are
| we not. Pesmere?"
He looked at her proudly
| lone of my golden angels has come back
| again, my dear" he said The others will fol-
low. THANK you, Helen, thank your
That same night Capt Ferrers disappeared
from London. He had been much known about
town, and the frequenters of the giddv whirl of
London's gaities heard of his departure with re-
| gret. Rumors flew about the clubs and the
captains former haunts that the police were
| looking for him upon some charge or other
But Lord Pelsmere, jealous of his wife's fair
| name, had used his great influence and the
| breath of scandal was but faint
Tom has left the Strand and no longer sells
flowers. She has found a kind and beloved
mistress in Lady Pesmere.
In the EskimO Village at Chicago.
Julian Ralph in the New York Sun.
| Whoever would imagine the face of an