Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-15
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nurses and questioned him closely. He
had been Oh duty from midnight till 4
O'Clock and saw nothing. He vouched
for his companion, who was ready to
swear that the opposite door was not
opened until fully 9 O'Clock the follow
Ing morning.
Neither Of these men could have been
the burglar for reasons already known.
This narrowed the facts down % this:
IL ,ir. Sandhusen had robbed himself,
then the ruby was still in his apart
ments. have had some experience in
hunting for objects much smaller than
that. and, when completed my exami-
patton Of tho rooms, was as positive
that tho stone was not in any Of them
as | am satisfied that it is not in the
hand which this minute is writing these
words. Il was gone Reasoning or "theo-
rizing' thus brought up against q
blank wall thousand feet high.
Put another way II may be said:
Some ono had entered Mr.. Sandhu.
sens rooms while he slept and robbed
him, and yet no such thing had been
done What a roductio al abSurdum!
Had not known Of an absolute Ger.
| tainty that Mrs Howard was absent
from New York, on the night Of the
robbery, she would have been connected
in my mind with it. Not only she, how
ever, but her co-conspirator, was miles
away at the time. Therefore / was
saved all offensive questioning OF my
employer Oh that point.
II there ever was nonplused indi-
| sidual, | was that man. Tho impossible
wall still confronted ire.
l did not confess this to Mr.. Sand
husen, but il was fact all the same. l
badu him good night, simply remarking
that would DO what | could to help
him.
There was but ono recourse left and
| that was almost as unsubstantial as the
fabric Of dream. The man Howard
and his wife Gas | believed her TO be-
were connected in some inconceivable
way with the abstraction Of the Mana
ruby. They were tho ones therefore TO be
| slltltl, W W WdAtlItiif " b' HhaAbNNN
and solved. determined 20 do il.
| Mr.. Brown has given my account OF
| how On the afternoon preceding the rob-
| berry | followed the two 20 the little
New Jersey town Of Railway and saw
them leave the station in cab. They
were driven too fast 20 follow them on
foot. aud had done so in carriage the
| chances were = thousand 10 one would
have been discovered and my progress in
that direction effectually blocked for
ever. Some other means must be de-
yiscti, and was not long III hitting
upon it,
About noon on tho following day
ragged, unkcmpt tramp was put OIL the
train at Elizabeth for refusing 70 pay
| lis fake. Left 10 his own resources and
mookly swallowing the gibes and sneers
| Of the trainmen. ho slouched OFF down
tho railroad and began counting the
| ties" leading southwark in the direction
Of Philadelphia.
IL Is not many miles from Elizabeth
q Railway. aHd ! reached the latter
town about , o'clock in the afternoon,
whore / decided TO indulge IN al indef-
| initt rest.
There is little use in attempting any
role unless you DO il thoroughly. Be
sides loaded revolver and a number OF
cartridges. carried more than $50
slowed away in my ragged garments.
In tho latte. respect r.y lot have diff
fcred materially from others Of ny as.
sumcd class, but IL WIS "a business Sc
cret which was carefully guarded frum
others.
slumpiug OF down town, | r;opped
at several places to ask for food. One
cool lady offered me substantial meal
| if would saw some wood for her; but,
like u workable vagrant, / replied that
my constitution would not permit me
| to indulge in manual labor, much Is |
desired and went oil hungry.
| | had selected tho street down which
saw the cab drive couple Of nights
| before. but the turuings and lntcrsec-
tions became so frequent that was nc
% loss in which direction 10 60. IL would
not Ue wise to guess when the chances
were al in favor Of ny going wrong.
would know tho driver 81 the cab II
met him, but no was not at the sta
ton when | first reached II, and | now
drif;ed back to the same point. IL was
yet some time before the arrival Of the
train on which the man and woman
had come, but they might take differ
ent one. and meant 10 bo aS certain as
| could well be.
The first thrill Of hopo came when |
saw my man waiting for the train. He
must have received some intimation OF
their coming, though it was not 10 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 30
much interested.
The hours dragged slowly by, the
trains stopping frequently. Ny charac-
ter compelled me to keep at distance,
but never lost sight Of my cabman
and managed to gain fair sight of the
passengers who discmbarked.
Ii was wearisome waiting, but just
as il was beginning TO grow dark ny
reward came.
[To BE CONTINUED.
A Question For the Scientists.