Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-01-25

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sponse. "Have cigar?"
"Ihanks, but what has happened to
you, FolT'
Nothing special, though have had a
somewhat lively experience since saw
you; but confound this wet and cold.
Let's go to the hotel where we can
warm up and be comfortable"
"But what of those people up there?
suppose you know about them?"
eyes, I had peep into the room
ahead of you and saw what they were
at. They will keep; we needn't bother
with them"
"Then you observed that signal a few
minutes ago by the doctor!"
"Of course. couldn't very well help
seeing it."
"Have You any idea what it meantT
"Not very clear one, but fancy it
was intended to apprise some person
that everything was right. In fact, I am
quite sure of it."
"For whom was it intended"
miss Evelyn Glider, who is or was
standing at one of the windows in the
office of DR.. Maidhoff awaiting the noti-
fication."
"But what the mischief is the mean
ing of all this tomfoolery" asked Man.
son. ---
"It is curious affair all the way
through, but this isn't the place to dis
fuss it. Wait till we get back to the
hotel"
"But hold on a minuts or two," per
fool hot
this was precisely the right thing to do.
s'Since you have seen the two men up
there you saw, too, what they were ex-
amining and talking about9'
'I did"
"What is it?'
"The real rajah's ruby and no mis-
take. This isn't glass, but the gem it
self, worth five times what a diamond
of the same size would be-"
"Since the gem has been traced ]
don't see that anything more is left for
us to do but to go home and report"
81 shall have instructions tonight. No
doubt the chief will send something for
you also. They may be at the hotel
now. He told me he had sent you here,
but would probably recall you after he
had received the last word from me-"
"Do you think it advisable to leave
those fellows up thereY
"What's to be gained by dogging
them? They have the rajah's ruby and
will soon leave the dwelling they are
going now"
The light in the room was suddenly
extinguished, or more probably the
couple had taken it to guide their way
down the hall, where it was doubtless
blown out. Then the door opened and
closed, and the footballs of the two were
heard rs they walked across the porch,
down upon the wet gravel and out into
the street, where their figures loomed to
view under the glow of the lamp.
The officers waited until they were at
safe distance, when they followed and
shortly after were seated in Max Ham
sons room at the village inn, whittier
food and drink were sent SO that they
might converse without fear of interrupt
tion.
Folsom Simpson related his interesting
experience. -
'I never made more stupid or unac-
countablo blunder," he added after re-
lating what has already been told the
reader, "than in forgetting that instead
of one sepoy there were couple of
them. 1t must have been some instinct
that warned me of my danger, but as it
was it came within hair of being too
late. That second fellow was on me be-
fore I could prepare for him, and he made
vicious lunge with his wicked knife, his
momentum throwing me to the ground" "
"How did you save yourself"
"You couldn't guess in q month"
"Then why delay telling mel"
ST had just bought lot of new cigars.
There was a bundle of them in my left
inside pocket. The knife went through
and ruined them. But instead of making
a fight, when had no earthly chance,
I gave an awful groan and stretched out
as though had received my last sick
ness. The East Indian must have at
tackled me in sudden frenzy, and the
next instant he and his companion were
terrified at the consequences of what
they had done. They could not help
knowing that, despite their matchless
cunning, they were sure to be called
to account if within reach when the
discovery Of my body took place. SO The
two hurried away and must have trav-
eled all night to get as far as possible
from the spot.
"I was hoping to accomplish some
thing of that nature, for those confound.
ed fellows were continually obtruding
and overturning all the calculations
could make concerning the ruby. Now
they are gone and are sure not to inter
fere again"
"Do you think nothing is to be feared
from them?'
Nothing at all. They have given up
all hope of getting the rajah's ruby and
are only aiming to save their own
necks."
"But, Fol, how was it you did not let
the chief hear from you before? You
gave him q great scare, and he sent me
out here in a hurry"
The rotund detective laughed as ho
replied:
"That dispatch of mine was sent by
an amateur, judge, from the way it was
mangled on its passage. l wrote out
plainly that he would probably not hear