Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-18
MYSTERY OF THE
 GREAT RUBY.
By LUOIE ST. DIANE.
lCopyrlght. lsg5, by Alncricen Press Associa.
 tion.
CHATTER Y

which hal lAIny Linn and his coupan- ion away some nights before. Then l hurried down the street aS far aS was prudent At the first turn paused, still playing my part If a Vagraut so well that l was suyv no suspicion would at tach t1 Me.
 was certain HOW If being able to trace thr carriage a portion if not the wEu!c distance.
 Darius Howard seemed to be i'll haste, for tnc cab rattlld off at a lively pace. IL whr,lrd abruptly &t my corner and sDtd down the avvuur toward the open country. with lie following as fast as if not fu>tCr than was discreet. If 1 could sv" where the next turn was made, the chance cf success was fair.
 Tie autumn light was closing ill. The street lamps were lit and shining from the houses on tho right and left, and iu S i, " minutes the vehicle was beyond sight. Two other cabs passed lie while l was hurryiug OH. and q few hundred y3IG4 cut l came tn q forking of the ways, storHri, fur there was ID IT., auS If knowing tn" right course But fir t,.v fart that several vehicles hal followed the one 1 had in mind might have found the ClCw by eXamin- ins tn, roadway. hut that aid was not at IVY coIu;u"ud.
 SIp,r :. SEt was inc Yitatlr, l turned to tl.r j-,ht and broke into lOpc, with cy,, al,d ears al, rt. was now ill tho open country, there was no moon, and the night was studded with stars, which It., T, objects at distance If a few rods. but nowhere WIS a carriage i'll sight.
 Suddenly the form of q man loomcd up i'll front. He WAS coming toward me, and l dropped to walk, so aS not to excite his suspicion. He advanced lri>kIy and ,n!y gave me q glance as we mt anl separated without greeting. As soon ns it was prudent resumed my lope,
 But l abruptly dropped to q walk at the s,'uEl tf carriage wheels, approach ing from th" t:vut
 This nay lr my man, thought .s T. ted that the cab WAS similar to those t!.,t E..d br,n waiting at the sta tirn TAv singh, hDrSp WAS trotting, and tlIa C..tliuv< rf the driver showed clearly oA t..~ .rrA.
 WIS in the middlc uf the road and t,!,rui uut rtrrly enough 10 let him r !~> with thr W.:,r!S almost grazing my ..::,~. II.l> savy lur -lp h.~t view possi- Ii in ti'p gloom If tI.r driver, and was a,s.3.'~r ~it.yr that he WAS the ono who EI t..i,. Howard from the railway >i.,t! u.
 "Why &rn't you keep out of tho vLy:" h. roughly demanded, bringing E;> whip down about my shoulders. It ,!.ld >tr>.2 ynu right to run over you. v
 WA~ So un-, :,d that l whipped out ny l>v-.vyr and discharged one barrel. IT, l..t!e+ r.'--,,! Cl,'-.' to his head, but t..,... C .y,' t:..; il should nut hit him. N:t': ..l ,> .i::Eltjrn If alright, ho ":lH!: ,.i III !.!, AOI-r, l'Aui.i-; forward t1:.l, iii }. Y :',. Vi shot, a::d r, cdily van i~hrl i! ti!o gloom.
 ''t"n If the I,n"lt!rs If lily Charac- [. 2, !, Eyrt,d. showing tLr weapon ,,.c.s iH I!Arl. He considers me fai1 gan, lur-o;;iu: that tho crushed worm !:iay ,u.n,
 Itw,,~ cAanco for scientific reasoning. When tie rajman passed me at first, hi> animal Wis going on smart trot. which WIS probably maintained until he r,arl!,i i his destination. The ti,Hc be- tween his passing and meeting me, pro vi,l,d his TIro had been kept up, was >uC. icM, t,r him to po sAy. half mile. Tho, trr2 tho l. 10 1 V;:.s seeking was ,,uar;-- c: a mil> distant
 II, ra wA~ liaHio to ha q flaw ill this ], -,ic. f-r he might have varied his sI .I or r'',!2ii;vd awhile at the place Vii, rc his l,i>sruS-r aliEhtcd. A varia- Ii, f tn minutes either way would t.: " !.lv calculations uut If alignment. IurthrrI,i, rc. tn. r.,lGcuccs were so numrrou> that t;.~y were continually a:roArin- oA II; right and left, and it WAS likely that woulI sop short or p.~S loyor'l t!.n Il,I.t r-' Inc only E=:T~c,,. :! tn l.o put upon | t:.>,n s:oA,thy visits If tho Towards was yI:r they aEd lorA3I,S others were en- Cagcl iI criminal business Elsc why their Wa 'htuln-sN against espionage?
 IaiS.t speculate for days IS to the natU"o of that NIsircsa and ho none the wiSer. I c!u.S to only ollo conclusion. + had tn ,ln il s>nIo way with the theft l T t!'.' -',..l't III! A lutN.
 Clearer t;3jS T"jnt, il Was fair tn sup | ' .-.' t.:..E iA coming tn tAi5 country | l..., tl,y Nuull st,k sono secluded | tUjI:iu-. with the danger uf detection IL thc ?niIl!Hum. Consequently it was idle tp .iX attention upon any of the n,w, liz, ], king h,a>'s near the high WAY. In ,r" where they stopped was lack >.1 1a1 WAY from the road and had 10 r>> Upauts except such as wero nee t>>..ry to look utt,r il.
 >.ar rkrnol my pace when confident If Icing near where the cab had left it: | ll~apngcr and turned back. 1 was peer 1 ir@ to the right and left i'll the gloom when 1 exclaimed i'll an undertone:
 Eureka! 1 have found it!' It was the very spot 1 had ill mind i A long lane, bordered on each side by tall shade trees, led to house fully 200 yards distant from the main highwa, and so hidden among trees, as I sool learned. that, except i'll the winter sea son. it could not be seen by any on Da-<ing over tho road A more secluded dwelling could not be found i'll loni search, and the starlike twinkle iron tl:r surrounding trees showed the hOus 10 bo occupied.
 l turned into the lane, the gate 0
 wEich must have been removed long be
 fy.p. and walked silently up the nvenu
 im the r!upn;, the conviction strong upo
 IIn that was on the verge of impol
 tInt uytnts.
 To my surprise, the sound of carriag
 wheels broke the stiffness. A vohicl WAS coming from the house toward tn