Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-17

JO UUSSIAo tIlStb us TSC0pUlOH Ildu thrown her into 8 deplorable state. But, reasoning more clearly, he decided be- fore the close of the day that it would be criminal on his part to disregard the warning. He did not expect the coming of the East Indians, if they came at all, for some days or weeks, and, despite the fact that they did reach Ellenville by a strange coincidence almost at the same hour as the letter, he was unaware of it.
 He had allowed Detectives Manson and Simpson to believe that he knew this, and therefore was guilty of a care lessness which laid him open to sus- picion, but he was called out in the coun- try that evening and had no knowledge of what occurred until the following morning, when Martha, the servant, came ill great haste for him.
 He found Miss Livermore in a sad con- dition and in danger of death. The burglar had appeared at her bedside just as was stated and compelled her to give the combination which opened the safe. The criminal departed with the false instead of the true gem.
 The effect of this midnight visit upon the doctor was more unaccountable than upon the woman. It convinced him of the utter unscrupulousness of the men that had come across the sea to secure the rajah's ruby. He was sure that, although they had been deceived by the colored glass, they would soon re- turn to recover it and probably revenge themselves upon the woman that had de- ceived them.
 Cases are not lacking where the bravest l tled," as the expression goes, and fgur- atively gone to pieces under long con- tinued nervous and mental strain. Maj Chorpenning, who made the wonderful ride alone from Salt Lake City to Sacra- mento with the United States mail more than 80 years ago, has related to us a similar experience. He passed the dead bodies of the five men of the previous train, all of whom had been massacred by Indians, and coolly gathering the mutilated remains gave them the best burial possible. He did this without a tremor of the nerves, thought he knew he had reached the most dangerous portion of the route and saw at that time the smoke from the signal fires of the red men who were waiting a short distance ahead to ambush and kill him.
 The brave fellow rode straight on with his two mules, on the alert for dan ger. He passed safely through, but late that night, when alone in the desolate solitude, broke down and wept like a child. His nerve left him, and for two hours he was ill state of absolute col lapse. Then his courage revived, and he pushed on.
 D, Moil1,nfF 1ooI,,o1 hn I, about the Sepoys, he was affected in much the same way, though he repressed all evidence of it. He became panic stricken and did that which none would have been quicker than himself to con- demn at another time. The coma into which Miss Livermore sank suggested the pretense of giving out that she had really died.
 ''Those dusky tiends will learn of it," was his thought, and they will be so terrified that they will hasten out of the 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 a 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 a couple of weeks CT so. No one will ques- ton my course, as they might do if I persisted ill declaring her dead after she had come to herself again."
 It will be admitted that there was con a; in, tbn Sf.bn,rn and but for the mistake the physician made in calling in the aid of the detectives the truth would probably have remained a secret within very narrow circle. But we repeat, except that he lost his head completely for the time, and for the op- perfume coma of the lady, Dr. Maidhoff would never have conceived the plan, which he condemned as soon as he had gone just too far to recede, without placing himself ill a most peculiar posi- tion.
 He summoned Arthur Fairchild and Evelyn Glider to his assistance. They were dumfounded at his Dlunder, but | since he himself admitted it they agreed, out of consideration for him, to keep the matter profound secret until the jewel
 
 that Miss Livermore, on being taken to Northampton. showed signs of return ing vitality and eventually regained her health. The story would be a sensa- | tional one but the physicians well cs- tablished reputation would avert all sus- picion from him.
 The doctor had sent to Chief Narick | while fustered over the burglary and | uncertain what he ought to do. He re- | gretted his course, but it was too late to | recall it. It was believed that it would | be easy to miSlead the detectives, and ! many ingenious attempts were made to i 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 latteYs betrothed. | Miss Glider was anxious to have the busl- | ness adjusted and the suspense ended. She l dreaded more than any one else the work 1 of the detectives She was convinced | that the act of Dr. Maidhoff, if brought l to light, was likely to result seriously to | him and would gravely compromise all.
 It was this conviction, shared by her 1 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 l visitors.
 Meanwhile Miss Glider became con vinced that one or both of the East h. dians 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 prostrated her, and even when she re-