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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-23
CHAPTER VIII.

Twas too familiar with the appear
lance of the great ruby to mistake an
Iother for it, for l doubt whether it has
a mate in existence. The gem shown me
10y Burling was magnificent specimen,
but at most it was no more than two
thirds the size of the stone sold to Sand
lhusen.
My chagrin and establishment were
deep, but 1 yelled them under expires
lsions Of admiration of the stone, which
took from its box and held up to the
light and fondled it as if loath to let it
go.
What do you intend to do with it,
Burling?"
at goes to Amsterdam by steamer
this afternoon. Sorry to part with it,
but business is business.
Burling was of frugal turn, and
there could be no doubt that he would
make handsome thing from his bar
gain. Such stone would not wait long
for customer, and he would doubtless
obtain three or four times as much as
he paid.
wonder whether the suspicious cir
cumstances olinging to the gem could
have been any spur to his haste.
Here is a new turn of the wheel, I
reflected as l walked back to my store
MIR. Howard was the owner of two
| rubies of unapproachable merit Can it
be that be has any more slowed away
in that travelling bag? Possibly he has
| dozen or a score, and some Of them
may be bigger than any he has display
ed as yet
| "Of course he managed to get posses
sion of Mana Sahib's ruby. He is too
cautious to offer it in New York. 1t
will 90 to some Partisan dealer or some
wealthy Englishman or German. Sand
husen is not likely to see it again. 4"
Burling called for me on his way
home, and we rode up town together.
He took occasion to tell me that the
ruby had been sent that afternoon to
Amsterdam, ard am SIRE he felt that
great load had been lifted from his
mind
Human nature seeks confdant. /
am told that a large number of crimi-
nails owe their punishment to this law,
which leads them to impart their fatal
secrets to others.
take to myself some credit that /
never dropped hint for days and weeks
about Mana Sahib's ruby to any living
person, except Godfrey Sandhusen, who
Already knew as much'as did. was
on the point several times of telling my
4 wife or Burling, and l fear that some
hing of the kind would have been done
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CHAPTER TX.

THE STATEMENT OF CARL wTTTNER.
In looking over the narrative of my
friend, MIR. John r. Brown, find that
he has cle&red the way for what have
to tell about the strangest case with
which was ever connected. He has told
of the purchase Of the two great rubies
from man calling himself Darius c.
Howard Of London, Of the extraordi
nary disappearance of both gems, Of the
wondrously beautiful woman associated
with this East Indian and lastly of the
concern of himself and Mr.. Sandhusea
over my long absence and silence.
The writing of this Statement" is
proof that their grave fears were base
less, though hope my wife will never
know the situation in which | was
placed more than once during my alb.
sence.
From the moment | learned of the
sale of the Mana Sahib ruby to Mr.
Brown l was morally certain that some
greet crime was behind the transaction,
and determined to follow it up, so far
as had the ability, before its startling
disappearance caused my engagement BY
Mr.. Sandhusen.
My remarks to Brown about the habit
of theorizing | trust have not been mis-
understood by the reader. No one can
learn the particulars of crime without
Immediately forming theory or guess
rs to motive, particulars, ETC. But e1-
rt-ience has proved times without num-
ber that the majority of such theories
G-o wide Of the mark, especially when
made by those who have had little ex-
perience in tracing crime, whose detec-
t!on is more often due to accident than
20 scientific deduction. My object was
TO shut off my good friend from boring
me with an endless number of theories,
all seemingly strengtheneac5y accom-
panying circumstances AMI all quite
certain to be equally wide of the mark.
On my way Cp town my mind was
busy over the disappearance of the ruby
from the rooms of Mr.. Sandhusen at the
Windsor hotel, but resolutely shut out
any conclusion until after my interview
with hin.
He invited me to make my ezamina-
ton as thorough as it could be made,
and / did Sc.
Mr. Brown and Sandhusen examined
doors and windows and became satisfied
that no person had entered or left the
apartments by either Ct those means
while the occupant was asleep. But
there are plenty Of burglars in this
great city of New York who can so up
the side of a smooth brick wall as read
lily as you and can climb an ordinary
pair of stairs, but they can't do it with
out leaving signs behind.
There were absolutely no traces at or
beneath the windows of his rooms, proof
that they had not been employed as o
means Of exit or egress.
The bolt of the door was found slid in
its place, which of course could not
have been the fact had the robber left
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Ing my success babe her good evening,
regretting that called and resolved not
to disturb her again until there was
good reason to do so.
Led by feeling akin to that which
leads a drowning man to catch at a
straw, left my store the next day and
walked down to Burlilg Bros. 4
member had sent one Of the rubies to
Amsterdam and ought to have received
some word by this time. Perhaps olew
might be lusking in such a message.
fancied that Burling's face showed
that some news had reached him quite
lately which was not altogether pleas.
ant.
"Well, my friend, said cheerily,
"haye you heard anything from the
great ruby you sent across the ocean,"
Have | heard anything?' he repeat.
ed. well, | should say had.
MAY inquire what it.is?"
IN show you. 1t beats everything.
He hurriedly turned over o number
of papers until he found what he wished
and handed me slip, with the remark:
Read that I"
1t was a cablegram from his CORE.
spondents in Amsterdam and in these
words:
"Ruby gene. Particulars by mail. -
And that has been stolen, tool"
exclaimed.
THAT too? Was there another
asked Bur!Ing, catching me up.
II hear something of the kind, but
this message is four days old. You viii
soon know all about it, remarked Il
keep him off my theme.
Three days later the letter arrived
Burling showed it to me, and then FOL
the first time came faint glimmerinl
of light as to tie mysterious vanish
ment of Mana Sahib's ruby.
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by London, Paris, Amsterdam ans oil
the capitals of Europe to come to Maiden
lane, New York, to sell you the stone
for tenth of its value.
CAN that seems to lie true. but the
fact remains that have bought il aud
it is mine
This was said with almost boyisr sx.
ultation. Burling was delighted over the
purchase he had made and sid not
mean that anything that l co-ld say
should lessen his plcasa!e.
Of course l knew that ~ .:cSa6 :nys.
tericus way Mana SaL'5s rui.y had Naeu
/ extracted from Sandh"sGu's ~oam ut
the Windsor and sold RgsIr 20 ny
friend. How that was ccnE ~ss a. i'm
peneta5te mystery a. esr'. ~.t Faara
could be little doubt that we were upon
the track and the whole thing would
DON be cleared up.
How Burling would open his eyes
when. after examining his purchase. l
should quietly inform him that it was
the property of our mutual friend, Geof-
frey Sandhusen, who had had it in his
hands, within the "a hours which saw
its sale to BurlinS himself OF course,
much as it would grieve him, he would
turn it over to the rightful owner, who
wcI,d see that he suffered no loss.
But Mr.. Darius C. Howard would
now be brought to book. Ioould identi-
fy the ruby and with Sandhusen give
such testimony as yolld inevitably
lconvicSthe audacious thief and compel
him to tell story of surprising inter-
est
walked past my store to the estab-
lishment Of Burling Bros, my COM
lpanion striding into the place with the
triumphant step of schoolboy who has
Just won first prize. His clerks had pre-
coded him, and everything was in order.
The ruby was still in the safe, and he
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emit one. and meant TO be as certain as
l could we'll be-
The first thrill of hope came when l
saw my man waiting for the train. He
must have received some intimation of
their coming, though it was not to be
supposed that he would let any job slip
if it did not interfere with his engage
ment with the ones in whom l was so
much interested.
The hours dragged slowly by, the
trains stopping frequently. My oharao-
ter compelled me to keep at distance,
but never lost sight of my cabman
and managed to gain fair sight of the
passengers who disembarked.
1t was wearisome waiting, but just
as it was beginning to grow dark my
reward came.
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learned, that, except IN
son, it could not be seen
passing over the road. A mo-
dwelling could not be found
search, and the starlike twin
the surrounding trees showed
to be occupied.
turned into the lane, the
which must have been removed
fore, and walked silently up the q
in the gloom, the conviction strong
me that was on the verge Of imp
tant events.
To my surprise, the sound of carriage
wheels broke the stiffness. A vehicle
was coming from the house toward the
highway stepped to one side among
the shadow of the trees and waited.
The carriage was approaching, with
the horse on walk, as if the driver
was uncertain of his bearings in the
gloom. From that decided that he was
not familiar with the place.
The obscurity was SO deep that only
caught the outlines Of vehicle, animal
and driver as they moved past, and en-
tering the highway turned toward the
town. What / saw, however, showed
that it was cab, such as are seen
around the railway station at all hours
Of the day.
Il was mistaken, was my conolu-
sion. This is the carriage which l
tried to follow The driver has tarried
awhile at the house and is therefore late
in returning"
resumed my approach of the dwell
ing, where light CLEANED from one of
the windows As drew near / kept
among the shadows as much as possible.
for nothing was more probable than
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that some watcher was ON the alert for
suspicious visitors. No burglar could
have been more guarded than |, and
when stood within dozen yards of
the front door l was certain no living
person had seen me.
The lane which Ihad followed to that
point had no fence on either side. nor
was there any surrounding the house
which, as have stated. stood among q
group of trees, some Of which must
have been 100 years old. The avenue
ended among these, though the way
was open along the side Of the dwelling
to the barn and other buildings at the
rear.
Some Of the facts which ] give, it
will be understood, were learned after
ward The house was very old one.
made of stone. with broad piazxn
along the front, and had been in the
possession of one family from few
years subsequent 70 the EsyolutiQn. ~
A man was walking back and forth
on the porch, as II Id deep meditation.
I could follow his progress by the sound
of his feet, by the glow Of his cigar and
by the dim outlines of his figure as he
passed in front of the two windows of
the large room, in which sight was
burning. The windows, however, were
curtained SO effectually that not
glimpse could be obtained of the in
terror.
CD 10 Nrn 20 krnn oh b.
the profound gloom in which moved.
until was as close to the individual as
it was possible to get without discovery
Hes my man," was the thought
which urged me to the furthest verge of
prudence 81 presume he is thinking
about the great ruby.
OF course at that time l knew moth
ing of the second stone which Mr.. How
ard sold to Burling, the jeweler
What was ! to gain by watching the
figure of this person as he was dimly
seen when moving in front of the cur
tanned window? If | were writing fic-
ton, would have only to make him
soliloquize and reveal the thought surg
ing through his brain. whereby he would
give me the very knowledge was seek
ing, but unfortunately the detective ia
real life does not obtain information in,
that way
My man hummed the air Of an opera.
and now and then, when he removed his
cigar from his mouth, fancied once or
twice that he was muttering to himself
But, though l strained my acute sense
of hearing, did not catch single
word. So long as matters remained rs
they were, | would never be a whit tho
wiser
Finally be halted in front Of the
nearest window and stood looking of in
the gloom. His cigar was nearly smoked
out, and he pulled rapidly for minute
or two and then flung it from him. lt
fell almost at my feet, and Ireooiled. fear
ful th2l it might reveal me. But that
was impossible,
The individuals form as outlined be-
fore the window was that of large
and graceful man, just the size Of Darl
us Howard, and he wore the same kind
Of hat. There could be little doubt that
he was the same.
Suddenly he wheeled and entered the
house, the door opening and closing SO
quickly that my view Of him gave me
40 additional knowledge.
| stood debating what step next TO
take, when became aware that another
party had arrived on the scene.
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"W hat do you sun 20 GtCsr. "'Olrn''
pruugn5 IL with MS own nauus anu
lplayed it before me with the proud
Question:
What do you say to that, Brown"
What could 1 say when the first
glance showed me that it was not Mana
lSahib's ruby?
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There 1Uere no traces beneath the ICtndolC.
by that egress. A very small or thin
man might have wormed his way
through the transom, but that was Sc.
cured by catch within the room, which
had not been disturbed.
Nor could it be overlooked that had
the transom been open it would have
signifed nothing, for the precautions
taken at oil such hotels against robbery
would have made it impossible fer
sneak thief to enter and leave without
detection. u. Eac ',usol is 4 very hGht
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To le Continued Next snndar.
THs BEST IS rHg oREApk,r.

We have the best hos, lawn
mowers and sp5 pNl-r-, asd at
prices t. suit evsr, hNiN. Ai~ino
Iron Work., cor. Houston and st.
MarS's streets. 4 50
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BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.
An Easy Matter to Float on the Surface of
 the Thick Water.

The Dead sea, or more properly the Salt sea, is also called in Scripture tho sea of the Arabah; i'll the Apocrypa, the Sodomitish in the Talmudioal books, sea of Salt and sea of Sodom. The name Dead sea seems to have been first used in Greek, and the Arabic name is Bar Lut, or tho sea of Lot. It has length varying from 40 to 46 miles and is only about three miles across at its broadest part.
 From tho analysis of the United States expedition it appears that each gallon of the water, weighing 1914 pounds, contains nearly 31s pounds (8.819) Of matter in solution, an immense quantity III view of the fact that sea water, weighing 1014 pounds per gallon, con- tains less than one-half pound. Of this 3 1a pounds nearly pound is common salt fehloride of sodium) about two pounds chloride of magnesium and less than one-half pound chloride of calcium (muriate of hme). There does not ap- pear to be anything about it inimical to life, and the story of q recent tourist confirms this. He says:
 As for the Dead sea, it will. ill con tradiction of the name, forever preserve a green and living memory ill my mind. No fish can survive in it, we all know, ! but for place for swim. or; above all, 1 for a float, commend me to it beyond all the Winnepesaukees ill the world. How 1t bears you up ill armsl How it annihi- lates the tiresome ponderosity and dig nifty of the laws of gravitationl How it introduces you into the inner conscious ness of dainty ariel and thistledom and all other airy. fairy creaturesl The more you weigh the less you weigh. There is the real hydrostatic paradox. An ele phant ill the Dead sea would feel him. self gazelle. Then what mirror its steely surface was that morning, and how beautiful it's reflections of the noun tains of Palestine on the one hand and of Moab on the other!' !''-Brookly Eagle
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Did Not Reach tine Promised Land.

Bku NOb kSoAcn tnO GrONttheO Lanus
 This morning the remains of an old negro woman named Cherry Bailey were shipped to Monticello for burial. This old woman with her husband, 8 few weeks ago, sold at a sacrifice a splendid farm near Mon- ticeilo, with all their hogs, horses household goods, with the intention of moving to Liberia. They had for a year past been paying so much money per month to the Liberian Immigration Bureau on the promise that their expenses would be paid to Liberia by that fraudulent con cern, and they came here to await for their tickets and directions from the Bureau. They waited in vain, and last week the old woman took sick and yesterday she died. Her husband is now very low and is not expected to live.
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KlPLlNG'S KIND ACT.
A Story About the Famous Author That
 Is Not Unpleasant.

A Story About the Famous Author That
 Is Not Unpleasant.
 It has become tho fashion of literary paragraphers to print whatever stories of disagreeble nature concerning Rud- yard Kipling they can hear or find h. cideuts showing the other side of the man--the true side, ill fact-are rare, but that this wonderful author is not quite the literary barbarian which he is so generally made out to be finds but stronger evidence in Q little story which l heard quite recently.
 Not long ago an ambitious young writer composed his first story. He was rather skeptical of its merit, and being great reader and admirer of Kipling' E work determined to send his literary firstborn to Kipling for criticism. His friends tried to dissuade him from the idea, telling him that he would never see his story again. But his faith in his favorite author was strong, and the story went to Kipling. A week passed by, and finally nearly month had elapsed. The young writer suffered keen. iy from the ridicule of his friends in the meantime, and, truth to tell, his faith began to wayer. During the fifth week, however, a letter came postmarked "Brattleboro. Vt.," and the young writer opened it with feverish haste
 There was his manuscript, true enough, but scarcely could he recognize it. Kipling had evidently put days of work upon it, making corrections, sug- gestions and interlineations until the story contained more of Kipling than of it's original author, With the manu- script came letter. in which Kipling said that he was not lin the habit of doing this sort of thing, because it took so much time" But ill this case he saw good chance to make $5 for particu- lar fresh air fund ill which he was in terested, and if Mir. thought the work he had put on this manuscript was worth that sum he would be glad to re. ceive it for his fund and would send a receipted billl
 The $5 was sent Philadelphia
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Why a Fence Law Is Necessary

X farmer writing to the Commer- cial-Appeal, of Memphis, gives the following information and statistics why the Legislature of that State should pass a fence and stock law: What applies to the farmers of the State of Tennessee applies with equally as much force to Arkansas and her farmers. His letter is es follows,: and q careful persual of the same will convince any one of judge ment that a fence elaw would save our people an immense sum ofmoney annually:
 The census of 1880 shows that there are $, ,2S2, 300 acres of improved land in farms. There were at that date l65, $50 farms or abour fifty acres of cleared land on an average to the farm. By careful estimate the total cost of the farm fences in our State amounts to $61 ,656.0S0. The interest on this sum at per cent, is annually $4, ,299, ,264.S0.
 The average life of an ordinary farm fences will not exceed, if il reaches, ten years; therefore this enormous expense of more than $7O,- 900, ,000 must be met at least once in ten years Thirty thousand acres oi best land are taken up by fences. The annual loss to the farmers of the State by reason of stock running at large and thus contracting and spreading contagious diseases will reach for the year 1894 the sum of $3,- 465, ,7S0. The total value of all live stock in Tennessee was, in 1891, $52,- 5O9, ,632.
 l The railroads kill annually about $S0, ,000 worth of stock; they pay half value (unless it is a Jerseyl: from this, the farmers lose $40, ,000. Hog cholera existed in siXty-seyen out of the ninety-six counties (year 1894. Losses from this cause, $9,- 265, ,7S0. Now in view of the enor- nous expense aceruing from the construction and maintenance of the fences of the State and the immense loss of livestock from contagious dis eases contracted by allowing the animals to run at large, are the l farmers of Tennessee now ready to ask the present legislature for a no fense law?
 Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
 Goety Years the Standard.
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TOWELS AND coNsoNANTs.
Clese Book Into the Way They Are
 Formed and Used.

A Melville Bell of Washington, in his note oil Syllable Consonants, :" read at the second session of the American Oriental society in this city, said:
 What is is vowol? What is a con sonant? What is q syllable?
 "A vowel is defined as q nonfriction. al emission of the voice or of unvoeal- ized breath through an oral channel, with momentarily fixed confguration Towels therefore run smoothly into ono another by merely altering the shape of tho oral passage without interrupting it.
 "A consonant is defined as all inter- ception of the breath or voice by oral stoppage, or by omission through side channels or through narrow ehinks. The change from one eonsonant to an- other thus involves motion of the ar- ticulating organs, producing, with more or less audibility, puff, flap or a sib. iliation.
 ''The two classes of clements meet i'll ee, y. %, w. A syllable is any vocal element uttered with single impulse of voice. All the vocal clements in a syllable must be clustered together with out admixture with nonvocals, but any number of nonvocals may precede or l follow tho vocal cluster without affect ing the syllable unity.
 'tThe consonants l, m, Il, when they are final after consonants, frequently form syllables without vowels, as ill bottle.
 'The test of good pronunciation is to give each syllable it's own distinct sound, so that in the most rapid utter ance the ear can trace the boundaries of every syllable. But the syllable sounds must be true to customary pro- nunciation.
 Tho name consonant, if held to inn ply an element that cannot b pro- nounced without a sonant or vowel, would be a misnomer, and it's use should ill that case be discontinued in scientific menology. Towels are the soft and plastic substance of speech. Consonants are the authorizations or joints on which vowels and syllables turn. Their proper name is, therefore, 'artioulations, not consonants.
 Phonetic clements make syllables. Syilables make words. Words are to be considered as the syllables of clauses. Clauses must be carefully indiyidualiz- ed, for they arc the syllables of sentences Divide your sentences into their logical units or clauses, and indicate within the clauses all their phonetic units or syllables, and you will fulfill the grand fundamental preeepts of delivery. "-- Philadelphia Record.
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Electric Lights.

4 Vienna professor gives it as his opinion, after much research on tho subject. that all delicate persons and those who suffer from nervousness should never remain long ill room lighted by electric lights, it's effect on the nervous system being such that aft CT awhile they generally become uneasy and depressed and find it impossible to concentrate the attention for any length of time. Young persons, on the contrary. and those with strong nerves find the influence of the light extremely beneficial, especially when the brain is overworked and tired, the effect being much the same as that of strong coffee -i. O., increased activity of the nerv- ous system.