The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-07-31

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some use to theml"
1t is said that curses, like chickens,
come home to roost. After Leander had
asked forgiveness for his rudeness and
Mabel had sweetly extended the olive
branch of Cancellation he suggested that
she be doubly careful of her cherished
possessions.
"The town is full of burglars, and
they know the people who have fine dia-
monds, and If they once set out to get
them they Il succeed. F"
Mabel did not sleep with the dia-
monds in the same room. Womanlike,
she thought if she secreted them In
some place where they would never be
detected they would be safe. Neither
the ash barrel nor tho ragbag entered
into her calculations, but places just as
inconsistent did.
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One night there was crash in the
room below. Mabel shook her sleeping
husband and whispered in his ear;
Burglars Get your revolver and go
down stairs. The diamonds are in the
bottom Of the clock. ="
Leander was startled and confused,
but as the noise continued he hurried
on his clothes, and taking his revolver
ran softly down the stairs. Mabel re-
manned where she was, shivering with
fear.
There was fearful commotion be-
low, the noise of falling furniture, open
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rapid firing of the revolver after some
flying robber. Then regard for her hus-
bands life compelled Mabel to hurry
to his assistance. She found him lying
ON the floor, grasping his revolver.
She did not faint nor shrek, but,
kneeling beside him, bathed his face
and besought him to speak to her.
"Where am I?'' no asked feebly as
he tried to raise himself, "Are the dia-
monds safe?"
Never mind the diamonds, said his
wife. "Are you mortally wounded any
where?"
~ don't know" answered Leander
feebly, and, to her credit be 1t recorded,
Mrs. Leander assisted her husband to
couch and sent off, or rather called for,
assistance before she even thought of
her diamonds.
Then the open door of the clock told
the whole story, The diamonds were
gone, root and branchl And they were
the only things stolen.
IF Leander had been surprised at the
manner Of his wife ON receiving the
jewels, he was astonished at the calm
Indifference with which she parted from
them. She allowed the usual course to
be taken to recover tho thief or thieves
to Justice, but when no results followed
she said she was glad of it; that the
gems had been like an evil eye to them,
and for her part sho never wanted to
hear Of them again.
"T wonder" she said, THAT 1 did
not sec it in that light before. will
never keep anything in my house again
to tempt the cupidity Of the wicked or
unfortunate To that extent am my
brother keeper.
But the effect upon her husband was
entirely different. Either he caught cold
ON that night of the burglary or his
nervous system received q shock, for he
was almost i'll from the effects of his
tussle with the burglar. And he could
not endure to have the subject men,
toned before him. Not even the success
of tho Little Catawba," in which q
friend had invested for him, gave him
the peace and rest he craved.
A little incident that happened at
that time did, however, help to restore
him to his normal condition. His wife
received small package, accompanied
by soiled and dilapidated note, which,
upon being opened, Reads
I noNoRD MADEM-i gets no sleap senco stoal
yure dimons; no yuro lady an am retch II
4 an unnone friend.
1 And in the package Mabel found her
diamonds, exactly as she had last seen
them.
She was pleased-where is the woman
who would not have been ?-and she ut
once showed her confidence in her hus-
band by placing the gems in his hands
for safe keeping in the bank.
II wish 1 had taken your advice ear
lier," she said gracefully. ut would
have saved us so much trouble.
Leander murmured something about
all being well that ends we'll and at
noon brought her certificate Of deposit.
There we leave them ON the way to
fortune and happiness if-if Leander 8
conscience does not upset tho whole
scheme. He would give great deal to
know, what no clairvoyant could tell
him, how much or how little Mabel has
discovered. My own opinion is that she
saw through it from the first and holds
herself equally guilty as accessory after
the crime, and with that sweet flckle-
ness which even an upright woman en-
ploys she will make herself a loving ac-
complice, for it is foregone conclusion
that Leander Clarke was his own bur-
glar.-Detroit FREQ Press.