The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-02-22

lhe doctor had sent to Chief Varick
while fustered 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 wit Tout 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
dreaded more than any one else the work
of the detectives. She was convinced
that the act Of DR.. Maidhoff, if brought
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 iull 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 cef'
tainly there was no cause to look for
visitors.
Meanwhile Miss Glider became con-
WINGED that one or both of the East In
dams were in the neighborhood and that
mischief was brewing. She became more
nervous than her aunt had been. The
story brought thither by Martha almost
FRUSTRATED her, and even when she re-
manned at the doctors Office she re-
quired him to signal to her that all was
right.
In truth, as the reader has learned. the
young lady had q 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.. Maidhof 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
IluS WEALTH dDOGL WIFI
All. if Wichman and Lugro had but
known that the gig of the physician, as
it bobbed around the country, carried
the matches gem which had brought
them thousands of miles across land and
sea, they would have nssailed him with
the stealthy ferocity of their own jungle
tigers and despoiled him of its possession.
Arthur Fairchild wished to 30 to New
York at once with the ruby. but his be-
trothed was in that timid. apprehensive
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 abb
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 Aston 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 jewelers. 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
the gem and pest at last. Despite the
horrible evils that were threatened to
any owner who parted with it as she had
done. nothing of the kind has as yet be-
fallen her. On the contrary, her health
has steadily improved until today she is
certain that ehe is better physically than
she has been for many years.
The moral of which is that we who
are not the owners of wonderful dia-
monds. rubies. pearls and precious stones
should congratulate ourselves rather
than envy those who are burdened with
their possession.