Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-06-12


81 don't think much of your celcbratc-
detective" said Mrs. Ruthven. ale ii
by no means the mOnosyllabic inscruta
BILE man one reads of in novels. / hav,
no faith in detectives who talk so much.
81 fancy the inscrutable men only e1is!
In fiction" returned Marsden, smiling 9
'.1'his person has. however. done SOM
remarkable things. l believe he is con
sidered very valuable othcer-'
The day after Mrs. Ruthven and heI
host went up to town the party broke up
the great house was closed, and impen
etrable darkness still wrapped the grea
jewel robbery.
Meanwhile, the extraordinary story wa.
spread abroad. The newspapers, thank
full for such subject matter in the deat
season, had paragraphs each day on thii
exciting topic, and when they had eX
hausted conjecture, short articles, moral
religious, jocose. philosophic, pathological
antiquarian, filed up convenient portion
OF their space.
1.-The Thunderer" remarked shortly
that the crimes of period bore the stamI
OF its intellectual characteristics. Ex
treme ingenuity and logical precfsior
We're essential TO project and execute sc
daring, SO original n robbery rs thai
which had lately startled society at Ewes
ItiSh ll'AlOE, lLtl Nhen
tics, mathematics and registration hat
been perfected and properly applied, W.
should find that only in the first decad'
of the last quarter of the nineteenth cen
tury-only at this precise cpoch-coult
this special outrage have been committed
THE Banner traced this remarkable
and heinous act TO one fruitful source Of
evil. moral, social and religious, neglect
Of due instruction in the church cate
chism and Of committing the Ten Com
mandmcnts 10 memory-and apropoS
drew II pathetic picture of sray-haireG
rector standing beneath the east window
of the village church, through which the
light streamed in many-tinted rays or
the rosy. chubby reverent urchins, who
repeated in awe-struck tones after theiI
beloved pastor, Thou shalt not steal!'
The Daily Instructor proved incon
trovertibly from certain racial indica
tions, that so base and internal n plo.
could only be conceived by an American.
Irishman, with n dash of Russian blood
from, say great-uncle, or perhaps 9
strain of Malay on the mothers side
while THE Delirium Tremens" grew
hysterical over an appalling list of rob
berries, with and without bloodshed. bat
terry, torture and murder, from the earlies-
date to the present crime, which, from
certain characteristics, might be consld.
cred the most audaciously wicked os all.
The Universe" in its usual lively style
hinted that among the better informct
of those present at the Eveseigh festivi
ties, whispers were circulated that the
over-strained enthusiasm of a ritualistie
and self-subduing curate. whose taste
for ecclesiastical magnificence was in the
Inverse ratio to his regard for persona
cleanliness, had been carried away by
yisions-the result of everlasting nnd
mcditation-that he had annexed the lost
rubies for the decoration of n favorits
Image of the Virgin in the new and splen
did church of st. Withhold the Wool-g gath
erer Within, and that Mrs. Ruthven, with
the generous sympathy and delicate tao
which distin guished her, was arranging
for the substitution of an admirable imi
tation, modelled at her own expense, Oh
the lost rubies and diamonds, so as tc
save the pious young mans taste ant
feelings; and to this project the delay /,
the progress of justice was due.
To this dastardly attack the Church.
mans Friend" replied with vigorous in
dignation, and much fine writing ensued
till a fresh trail presented itself, and fol
awhile public interest was diverted fror
the Evesleigh robbery.