The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-19

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s- Il had been advertised at all the met
r7soli-an police stations and in ten daily
r1pars. No one. however. came forward
10 claim it. Considering its value. Scot
ard Yard thought this remarkable, and
uss much exercised accordingly.
This is how it had come into the hands
OF the police. Three weeks previously a
nottingham had offered it in pawn to Mr..
Pleleer. of Golden Square. Asked how
much he wanted on it, the workingman
had modestly requested fifteen bob. Mr..
pIsdger naturally became suspicious. He
detained his customer in conversation
while a policeman was sent for. In the
policeman's presence the man was interro-
gated as to his possession of the pin. He
s,outly maintained that he had come by
!, honestly. 1t had been given him by his
sisters husband in exchange for four
Cochin Aylesbury ducks and a sittin' of
Cochin Chinas. 80 was is sisters hus-
band2 lis sisters husband drove a keb;
a respectable, honest man. Lived in the
old Kent road. The p'leece might go and
as him. They'd lind it was all right"
The pleece did so and ask him. They
found it so far all right that the cabman
corroborated his brother-in-law's tale. But
how did the cabman come by the pin ?
"Ah well, that was rather a hextrordi-
nary thing. = ad it from a lydy. This
is 'ow il was. Bout a fortnight AGO a
lydy allied i'm in Piccadilly, and e drove
Ter to the end of 'Amilton terrace. St
Johns Wood. The lydy got out there, and
walked hart down 'Amilton terrace tell
in i'm 10 wait and take 'er back in arr
an hour. She seemed like a real lydy So
q trusted err not to blk i'm She came
back in much less than art an hour He
IL Tna
Park lane. There she alighted. She FUN
bled i'm er pocket for 'er purse and found
she admit got il. Il (the cabman) thought
this hshy He suggested to 'er that She
jump in again and let i'm drive 'er TO 'er
ouse But She wouldn't hear of it, Give
him a card then with 'er name and ad-
dress. But she wouldn't do that neither.
Well. T. must ave some sort o. security
for is fare. Wot did she mean to do?
And ere" the cabman said, scratching
his head and regarding his interlocutOr
With d falf comical look, comes the nc.
collar Iart OF Z. You'll think I'm takin'
YOU on mister; hut, step me, it's the train.
THE s tr-sne WoT real lydy, too; WON i
any common baggage; there wor no mis-
takin' the cut-she suddenly starts, and
she comes UP close and looks me so hard
I'm the face that | wor quite nervous like
And then she says. says she:
Cabby ia Ike to tell you little Sc
"'What it is marm?' 1 asks.
'CahoH she says, as earnest as any
thing. i love ye.'
THANK We. mGrmr l answers. Ye see
didn't know wh2 20 say, / was that fium-
moNcd. She WOr pretty yOund lydy-reg-
ular classy bit o goods and TO have her
telling me- that all so sudden and earnest
like made me feel quite dotty and mud
died. l was sure one of us two must be
mad and blamed If | knew which.
Then snc stands UP on tiptoe and
catches old o the rail o. my box, and she
says as ieeln' as anYthink:
GaabDy, amt got no money with me,
hul II give YOU this, which is worth
lot she SEE. Keep it and wear it for my
sake.
THAT wor the pin. mister. Which she
perd0oCed somewhere from her buzzum
ana put into my and
" And now, she whispers, 'olding up her
pretty face as Ugh as she could reach, /
must say good-by. VIII you give me
That's the gospel truth. guv'nor, and
them's 'er words. I'm a married man,
but didn't see no great sin in dom what
she asked, so stopped and kissed her. I'd
never kissed real lydy before; don't
pose l ever shall again. 1t worn't so bad
neither.
Then she turned and walked away, and
! druv hort in a hopposite direction.
didn't feel quite sure whether l wor on my
ed or my cells When / got 'ome the
missus thought I'd been boozin'. Said l
seemed all mixed. l told 'er about the
young lydy and the scarfpin. She's gen
orally level-'eded gal, is my missus. But
She didn't take this with er usual sense
all sorts o. spiteful things. Declared that
the pin was nothink but a common, cheap
one. 'Oped l wouldn't make a guy o. my
sell by stickin' that thing in my 'andker-
cher"
About a fortnight after the story of the
lln had first become public property the
Cnlet commissioner received a communica-
tlon. 1t was dated from Geneva, and bore
me signature of James Makrill. The
Writer stated that he had just read a de-
sscrlpuon OF the pearl pin, for the first time,
al an English newspaper, and that it cor
responded exactly with a pin of his own,
valuable old family jewel, which, to his
great VeXation, he had lost a couple of
months ago, before leaving England.
Ihree days afterward another letter
tSdu6 10 the chief commissioner 1t bore
tAe fdrls postmark, and was labeled 'Pri-
ldte ana confidential" 1t proved to be
d q from a very exalted parsonage,
a prince OF the royal blood, in which the
writer expressed the belief that the pin
erty.
The chief commissioner rubbed his
tIaHuS, The case was becoming interest
LIS. ne read the princes letter through
SSNSiaI times, and then locked it away
~ ms bureau. He had scarcely done so
" zen MS clerk brought in a visitors card.
ne Chlet commissioner looked at the
a SSSteDoard-',fhe Bishop of Silchester."
co,, omqW his lordship up said the chief
[[IolIlilssloner. He had held his post for
b bl'sse years, but this was the first time
op. Ne'4A - 0'-4 . U.s.
me Bishop of Silchester entered He
bI - vi ABOUT middle age, with a remarka-
~ handsome face and of fine appearance.
~ ne episcopal dress set off his figure TO
s 1gaL advantage His calves were good
'',.Jush Tor sculptor's model.
cor- IoQu morning, my lord" said the chief
commissioner.
Eood morning, Sir Jacob" replied the
~ with courtly bow. Il must apollo
10 e. Tor troubling you. But l have come
ti 95e you in connection with that pearl
NTrr llIh winch you are advertising.
~ cnlet commissioner could hardly re-
ItgsS d start But he nodded with an out
tb%i1q appearance of calm. Evidently a
'iiIa claimant for the pin.
do only saw the advertisement yester-
IorS5 proceeded his lordship, when l
ffdllied In Liverpool from America. And
ing sure from the description given,
s sid a. the pin is my property, l came on here
, g. once ! may say that lost IL nearly two
W1TonIns ago shortly before / sailed for
Sc !. ork. Would it be possible for me to
Yes, certainly" assented the chief COM
l,iSSSt9 Iler whose eyes were now very wide
81 indeed. He rang a bell, and gave an
''1sr lor the pin to be fetched.
a. ought to tell you, my lord" he said
.idt 1 nave already had communications
- oin Two other claimants to the pin, who
a. ~ present abroad, but will be in Lon
ILou ~ the end of the week. In any case,
iiudA nave to detain the pin until they have
iii"u the opportunity of inspecting It. But
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