Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-22

terr1hed that they Will naSten out OF tho
country and never annoy us again, even
though there be 100 rajahs's rubies to
steal. Miss Livermore's condition is so
much like death that no eye besides the
professional one can know that it is
case of suspended animation. When we
reach Northampton, she will revive-that
is, probably she will, for she is in a sad
state and is by no means certain of re-
covery. We will keep her in seclusion
and then let her be seen at the end of
couple of weeks or SO. No one will ques-
ton my course, as they might do if I
persisted in declaring her dead after she
had come to herself again."
1t will be admitted that there was con-
siderable ingenuity in the scheme, and
but for the mistake the physician made
in calling in the aid of the detectives the
truth would probably have remained q
secret within very narrow circle. But
we repeat, except that he lost his head
completely for the time, and for the or-
perfume coma of the lady, DIR. Maidhof
would never have conceived the plan,
which he condemned as soon as he had
gone Just too far to recede, )
summoned Arthur Fairchild and
velyn Glider to his assistance. They
We're dumfounded at his blunder, but
since he himself admitted it they agreed,
out of consideration for him, to keep the
matter a profound secret until the jewel
was disposed of. Then it could be stated
that Miss Livermore, on being taken to
Northampton, showed signs of return
ing vitality and eventually regained her
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tional one, but the physicians well es-
tablished reputation would avert all sus-
picion from him.
The doctor had sent to Chief Varick
while flustered over the burglary and
uncertain what he ought to do. He re-
GREETED his course, but it was too late to
recall it. 1t was believed that it would
be easy to mislead the detectives, and
many ingenious attempts were made to
do SO; but, as has been shown, the friends
in this instance reckoned without their
host.
But Miss Livermore gave way under
the combined persuasion of the doctor,
and her niece, and the latter's betrothed.
Miss Glider was anxious to have the bust
ness adjusted and the suspense ended. She
of the detectives. She was convinced
to light, was likely to result seriously to
him and would gravely compromise all.
1t was this conviction, shared by her
aunt, that led the latter to surrender
the ruby to the physician and Fairchild
with full permission to sell it.
The doctor received SO many callers
at his house and office that he was
afraid of holding the various councils
of war there. AS the place most likely
to be free from interruption, he went to
the Livermore homestead, where cer-
tainly there was no cause to look for
visitors.
Meanwhile Miss Glider became con-
vinced that one or both of the East In
dians were in the neighborhood and that
mischief was brewing. She became more
nervous than her aunt had been. Tho
story brought thither by Martha almost
prostrated her, and even when she re-
mained at the DOCTORS office she re-
uuired him to signal to her that all was
right.
In truth, as the reader has learned, the
young lady had a truer conception of the
situation than any of her friends, who
were in actual danger from the Thugs
from India.
During all this time DR.. Maidhoff car
ried the rajah's ruby with him while
making his professional rounds. He had
recovered his usual pluck and insisted
that this was the safest course, since no
one would suspect him of Juggling any
surplus wealth about with him.
All, if Wichman and Lugro had but
known that the gig of the physician, as
it bobbed around the country, carried
the matchless gem which had brought
them thousands of miles across land and
sea, they would have assailed him with
the stealthy ferocity of their own jungle
tigers and despoiled him of its possession.
Arthur Fairchild wished to go to New
York at once with the ruby, but his be-
trothed was in that tinid, apprehcnsive
state that she would not permit it for
several days. Finally she gave her con-
sent, believing the coast was clear. Lit
tie would she have slept during his alb
sence had she known that one of the
dreaded sepoys rode in the same car with
him all the way to the metropolis, and
that both were shadowing the unsuspect-
ing young man.
Regarding Wichman and Lugro, they
doubtless gave up the attempt to recover
the rajah's ruby after the defeat of their
last effort. Their fitness for the ex-
traordinary part they played was proved
by the consummate skill with which
they prepared the letter, when the only
specimen of Fairchild's writing obtain
able was his signature on the register Of
the Astor House. They probably re-
turned to India with little delay, for
their deeds laid them open to prosecu-
ton, and they had nothing to gain and
much to risk by remaining in this coun-
try.
The rajah's ruby was sold for round
sum to one of the leading jewellers in
New York city, while the large dia-
monds formed part of the ornaments
worn by Miss Glider at her wedding,
which took place few months later.
The remarkable gem from India, We
believe, found its way back to England,
where it was finally settled in the pos
session of one of the titled families, from
whom it could not be purchased for the
price of kingdom.
Miss Antoinette Livermore was rid of
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