Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-04-11

offlcers-or one Of them gets Tho
treasure and brings 1t to England
leaving, we will suppose, some condi
| ton under which he received 1t unful
| Qiiea Now, then, why did no,
,Io." shaQ i'msll got the treasure him
self? The .naHef u obvious The
chart is dated at w. whsh hptfla'
was brought into close as.' Iti29h
with convicts. Jonathan Small d,.
not get the treasure because he and his
associates were themselves convicts
and could not get away"
But this Is mere speculation, said l.
ut is more than that, 1t is the only
hypothesis which covers the facts. Let
us see how It fits in with the sequel.
Maj Sholto remains at peace for some
years, happy in the possession of his
treasure. Then he receives u letter
from India which gives him great
fright What was that?'
"a letter to say that the men whom
he had wronged had been set Free"
"Or had escaped. That is much more
likely, for he would have known what
their term Of Imprisonment was. IT
would not have been q surprise to him.
What does he do then? lie guards him
self against wooden-legged mana
white man, mark you, for he mistakes
a white tradcsman for him, and actual
ly fires pistol at him. Now, only one
white mans name Is on the chart.
The others are Hindoos or Moham-
medans. There is no other white man.
Therefore we may say with confidence
that the wooden-legged man is identi-
cal with Jonathan Small. Does the
reasoning strike you as being faulty?"
mo. it Is clear and concise"
well, now, let us put ourselves in
the place Of Jonathan Small. Let us
look at II from his point Of view lie
comes to England with the double idea
of regaining what he would consider to
be his rights and Of having his revenge
upon the man who had wrongcd him.
lie found out where Sholto lived, and
very possibly no established communl-
cations with some one inside the house.
There Is this butler, Lal Rao, whom We
have not seen. Mrs. Bernstone gives
him far from o good character. Small
could not find out, however, where the
treasure was hid, for no one ever
knew, save the major and one faithful
servant who had died. Suddenly Small
learns that the major is on his death.
bed. In frenzy lest the secret Of the
treasure die with him, he runs the
gauntlet fthe guards, makes his way to
the dying mans window, andis only de-
tered from entering by tho presence
Of his two sons. Mad with hate, how
ever, against the dead man, he enters
the room that night, searches his pri-
vate papers in the hope Of discovering
sowc memorandum relating to the
treasure, and finally leaves o memento
Of his visit in the short inscription upon
the card, lie had doubtless planned
beforehand that should be slay the
major he would leave some such rec
ord upon the body as a sign that it was
not q common murder, but, from the
point Of view Of the four associates,
something in the nature Of an act Of
justice. Whimsical and bizarre CON
eeits Of this kind are common enough
in the annals OF crime, and usually ai.
ford valuable indications as to the
criminal. Do you follow allthis?"
VERY clearly"
"Now, what could Jonathan Small
do? He could only continue to keep
secret watch upon the efforts made to
find the treasure. Possibly ,he leaves
England and only comes baclNat inter
walls. Then comes the discovery Of the
garrett, and he Is instantly informed Of
1t. We again trace the presence Of
some confederate In the household
Jonathan, with his wooden leg. is ut
terly unable to reach the lofty room of
bartholomew Sholto. He takes with
him, however, rather curious asso-
ciate, who gets over this difficulty, but
dips his naked foot into creosotc,
whchce come Toby, and n six-mile
limp for u half-pay officer with dam
aged Achillis tendo."
But It was the associate, and not
who tornsnitted the crime
quite so. And rather to Jonathan's
disgust. to Judge BY the way he