The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-04


However he was quite cheerful when
he returned to the cottage to suppcr
he had had ten AT his friend, the Car
ponnels. in the meantime. and he told
Us he had secured comfortable little
room in the next street To us lie in
quired at what hour we breakfastcd
and promised us not To b. late lie
was So very lively and talkatiyr. for
Lambsworthy. that fel. the fair
Norah had been agrcea bile in their in
tcrvicw, and l fancy Harry seymour
had the same idea. for he scowled at
his whisky and water darkly and
Called To chat the other as brilliantly
a. was his wont.
do not think that Seymour and |
had turned in more than quarter Of
an npnr when there came "A violent
beating al the street door. and. peer
ing ont from my window, saw Lambs
worthy standing on the step. with his
portinantcau in his hand and his hat at
the back of his head.
Wondering what he had come back
for, | slipped on some things and ran
down and let him in
what is it?" called Seymour. as I
passed his room.
Its Lambsworthy." / answered;
''perhaps his landady is out. and nc
can't get H..
II transpircl that the mouse in which
he had been going to sleep had been
broken into. L;.mbsworthy was great
~ upset. The landlady. who had been
. a
returned only a few minutes be-
fore himself. had met him in the pas
sage in n state of terrible constcrna-
ton. Her bedroom door. which she
had locked before she left. had been
forced open The hasp was wrenched
OFF and the wardrobe and chest of
drawers had been riticd Of all their
contents.
''Thc room is in the most dreadful
condition" said Stephen. and the
woman. poor creature. is almost OF her
head. She said that she had never had
such an experience before | waited
Z till a neighbor cane in to keep her
company She was frightened to be
left alone in the house-or l should
have been back sooner. You must
make me up bed on the sofa for to-
night. you fellows
''Why didn't vou stay there, as you in
tended" said Seymour, who had joined
( us. They haven't stolen the beds,
have they
Well" said Lambsworthv. slowly.
I ''do YOU know. it is strange. but it
didn't occur tonne. IL gave me such n
shock. the Who'll. thing. it was 50 un
expected. that my only idea was to get
away as soon as | could. And they
have sent To the station, and the police
will be here very soon. There is no
sign OF how the burglars effected an
entrance. Ii would really have been
very unpleasant To sleep there"
''Funks." said Seymour under his
breath; and, though | knew that
Lambswortay was not a coward.
could see myself his nerves were out
Of order. too.
Ii confirmation had been needed, l
should have got 1t. as "A banging came
at the street door again. and shrill
voice was heard asking IL 'Mr. Lambs
worthy" lived here.
Stephen jumped up and went out.
coming back to say it was the servant.
who had been sent To inquire II he
would kindly step round at eleven
o'clock Tomorrow, or il he would bc
here at the cottage. in case his evil
dence wa, wanted.
II said | wolld 20 round with pleas
ure, he explained ''iSut do not see
what evidence can give"
Nor can any body else see il either"
returned Seymour. My dear fellow.
is II possible You don't understand
what the girl came for really? She
was sent 70 see if you had given a false
address or not. The police are sus-
pec'ing you."
thought Lambs worthy would have
fallen.
.'>u>pccting me?' he calculated.
Certainly; very natural. too. You
60 TO house "A perfect stranger. You
engage room: are furnished with Il
latch-kcy; aud the same evening,
while the landlady is out. a burglary
takes place-a burglary never having
occurred there before. II they had
found no Mr.. Lambsworthy living
here, there would have been warrant
issued for your arrest.
DO you think that is SO, old fell
low?' asked stephen. appealing to me
with big eyes.
admitted that it sounded probable.
/, however. added that his respecta-
bllity was a very easy matter to prove,
even il il should still he doubted. and.
after he had regained his composure.
we improviscd shakedown for him
on the couch. and we all retired.
How can describe the development?
Lambsworthy went round to the scene
Of the late commotion at eleven o'clock
next morning. as he had promised; and,
when he came back. he was in the
nearest approach to rage that had
ever seen him in.
''Old chap. the wretch does suspect
me-" he exclaimed; Seymour was
right. She gave me my deposit back.
and said. IL IT was all the same to me.
she would rather not let the room. OF
course said did not mind; and. as
she was rather inclined to tie high
handed. / added that. on the whole. ]
did not know that should fancy bring
ing my luggage there. ] said u was
rather a dangerous proceeding for a
lady to 60 out. and leave house To
take care Of itself And what do you