The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-11-29

Dut BtrOug wire, 16SVeucu W ehe Brouuu
by small iron pegs.
"Are the wires In the exact placer"
II put the pegs in the very holes,"
replied the gardener. "You can see
the holes yourself, SIR"
"And now l should like to be left
alone a little," I said. II want to
make some minute Investigations"
My wish was complied with, and I
went down on my hands and knees to
examine.
was well satisfied. In five minutes
I had made an important discovery.
next examined the window where |
the burglars had entered from the out |
side, and then entering the house
went upstairs and with the help Of the
maid examined the bedroom. The
window had been left half open, the
maid said, as master was so particular
about fresh air." Next inspected the
footsteps, q matter of some difficulty,
considering the number Of people who
had been there since. But finally l
traced them across flower bed into
the shrubbery, where they were quite
distinct Only one person had passed |
| there, and I came to the conclusion
| CI10 SdDlSuU pOllC0 Adu CNOAVON WV
| robbers from their inner conscious
ness. But what interested me more
was that the palings which separated
the shrubbery from a public by-way
had lately been tarred and were not
yet dry. The robber had climbed over
the palings, and whoever he was
he must have carried away q lit
tie of the tar on his person. In fact,
the marks of his fingers were quite
distinct.
On getting back I had q pleasant half
hour in the billiard room with Mr.. Eng
strom.
Capt. Olyer returned just in time for
dinner, and I was only introduced to
him as we entered the dining.room.
He was faultlessly got up, of well-made
figure and handsome features, bearing
large traces Of dissipation. Az for his
speech, he had an invincible objection
to the letter r." and carefully avoided
its use.
7, We had finished soup, when begged
a Thousand pardons for leaving the,
table for a few minutes. My host,
looked little surprised at my want OF
manners, and the captain surveyed me
through his eyeglasses as though !
were q new kind of animal. I was
only gone a few minutes, but 1t was
time well spent
When we reached dessert and Mrs.
Engstrom had left the table, l led the
/ conversation round to the burglary,
:, and induced the captain to give his YER
; sion. I waited till he had finished,
and then, looking at him steadily,
said:
s.Now, isn't it rather curious thing,
:, Capt. Olyer. that you should fall over
= the wires when they were quite three
! feet away?"
Engstrom stared at me, and the cap
tain did not answer till he had drank
4 glass Of wine.
"what do you mean, sir?" he asked
at last.
1T mean" replied, still watching
him keenly, 'was it not curious thing
that you should be tripped by blades
I. 81 grass? And is it not curious also,
I went on, mercilessly, shat you,
: servant, or rather your accomplice
should be standing under the bedroom
window here at the same time he was
: in London?"
\ | 4uC CdpLdlA odV ooACa esAASe PeSAS ~~~>
:, motionless, though his hands trembled
!, and DIR. Engstrom gasped out: MIR
. De Warre, whatever are you suggest
: ing?'
J; 81 suggested" answered, as stead
= lily as before, "that the burglar is sit
ting before you."
y "Sir!" thundered Mr.: Engstrom
. pale with emotion; you are forget
- ting yourself. To accuse my oil
a friends son of being thief! Prepos
terousl"
Il ''This is not your old friends sor
!, Mr.. Engstrom. Capt. Olyer, OF tn
"a Thirty-eighth hussars, is at presen
i with his regiment ut Woolwich. an
! replied to me to-day. Here is the telt
e gram:
q "sCapt Olyer to De Ware: Am herr
What is the meaning Of this inquiry"
e. The pseudo captain had risen an
r. looked around as if seeking way
1t escape.
ID "Sit down." cried Engstrom, ''and
you want to save yourself from ia
Il make full confession. De Ware,
Z. beg your pardon"
ar "Don't trouble about that" sal
III ''of course it was hard to credit it."
I'd The poor wretch sat down again al
IN stammered out his story. His nan
he turned out to be Odgers, an ex-se
40 geant in the hussars, expelled fro
,g the army in disgrace. His accomplic
IN who acted as his servant, had hidde
w. the Jewels in the wood near the hous
III till they could safely be removed.
ey At breakfast time the next mornii
be had to relate how had unearth'
the conspiracy.
We 'First of ALL" said, "the fact tn
=" the burglary occurred shortly aft
rst you had brought the jewelry frc
London convinced me that the thi
lg, was some one in the house. And VIII
of had the wires relaid and found tn
or the captain had fallen three feet aw
from them-a fact which I discover