The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-11-08
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lunch one miserably wet day last No
vember when a visitor was announced.
MIR. Engstrom" WAS inscribed on the
card-a name quite unknown to me.
Mr. De Warre?" said my visitor, a
shrewd looking, well groomed mau,
who apparently had not yet touched
forty
That is my name" | answered.
please take seat and tell me what
can do for you
II am in great trouble said Mr..
Engstrom. I'VE had burglars at our
house at Lyndhurst, in the New For
est, the night before last. They broke
in while we were at thinner and several
thousand pounds worth of jewels are
gone from my wife's bedroom. But what
distresscs US is that valuable heir
1oom Z pearl necklace of great value,
that has been in our family for two
hundred years, is among the plumber.
The other jewcIry We could bear to
lose, but not this. To tell you the
truth" he added, with IL smile, II
Inust own to being little supersti-
tious, and there is a legend in our
family that this necklace was a Gift to
an ancestress of mine by Charles H.,
and whoever shall lose it his days
shall be very short and full of evil, 1t
as said it was lost about the beginning
of the century, and the legend came
true. My wife is more superstitious
than myself, and | am afraid if it is
not recovered it may seriously affect
her health. OF course the police have
h,1t
great confidence in them, and up to
the present they have discovered moth
ing. If you can aid me l shall be
very glad.
II am" said Mr.. Engstrom, the de-
scendant of an old landed family who
nave lived in Hampshire for genera
tions. We are not as wealthy as we
once were, and | find employment for
my time by being on the board of di-
rcctors of several companies. ! have
only been married a short time, not
quite year, and we have been living
very quietly. On Tuesday night, when
she burglary occurred there were only
five of us at dinner. Besides my wiS1
and myself were the rector and his
wife and Capt Olyer, the son of an old
friend, whom lately met in the city
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SIC ova,,o ,yenIs and leaves To ioin his
regiment on Saturday
We bad just reached dessert and
Capt. dyer was inquiring Of the but
der if Wisden (his man servant) had
returned from London, when my wife's
ma,d came in rasninr. oh. ma'am.
vour towels are ,rone-robbersn and
saDI, f3intinr on the floor.
." Goodness rraciousr I exclaimed.
and we snranr mn.
.,Tet MS search ont of doors at
,,ce' said the cantain. Bring us Il
5ight. John he said to the butler, and
rushed ont. We followed him.
..It VA, ouite dark. and we had not
syonc a dozen steps before he fell down.
Lool, ont he cried. the brutes have
f,id wires Thcv have caupht one fool
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vent back for a lipht, and sure
,ro,,,h there wore wires around that
side Of the house.
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ue was but little hurt. he said, for,
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