The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-05-18

II don't think much Of your celebrated
detective" said Mrs. Ruthven. lie IS
lv no means the monosyllabc inScruta-
bile man one reads OF in novels have
~ faith in detectives who talk 50 much.
Il fancy the inscrutable men only exist
in fiction" returned Marsden. smiling.
This person has. however, done some
remarkable things. / believe he IS con
sidercd a very valuable officer.
The day after Mrs Rurhyen and her
host went up to town the party broke up;
the great use was closed, and lmpen-
ctrahle darkness still wrapped the great
Jewel robbery.
MEANWHILE the extraordinary story was
spread abroad. The newspapers. thank
ful for such subject matter in the dead
season, had paragraphs each day on this
exciting topic. and when they had cX-
haustcd conjecture. short articles, moral,
religious. jocose. philoSophic, pathological,
antiquarian. filed up convenient portions
of their space
The Thundcrcr' remarked shortly,
that the crimes Of period bore the stamp
of its intellectual characteristics. EN-
IRENE ingenuity and logical precision
were essential +" project and execute 50
daring. So original robbery as that
which had lately startled society at Ewes
leigh Manor: that probably when stats
| tics, mathematics and registration had
been perfected and properly applied. we
should find that only in the first decade
Of the last quarter Of the nineteenth cen
! tury-ouly at this precise cpoch-Could
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
mnudmeutS To memory and apropos,
drew a pathetic plctur" Of Il gray haired
rector standing beneath the east window
Of the village church, through which the
light str"amcd in many-tintcd rays on
/ the rosy. chubby rcvcrcut urchins, who
repeated in awe-strUck tones after their
beloved pastor Thou shalt not steal
The Daily Instructor proved iucon-
trovertihly from certain racial indica-
/ tons. that 50 base and Internal plot
could only be conceived by an Americana
freshman. with a dash Of Russian blood
from, say great-uucIe. or perhaps 4
strain Of Malay on the mothers side:
I while The Deirium Trcmeus' grew
historical over an appalling list of rob
herics. with and without hloodshed, bat
terry, torture and murder. from the earliest
date 10 the present crime. which, from
| certain characteristics, might be consid-
cred the most audacoUsly wicked of all.
The Universe. in its usual lively style
limited that among the better informed
of those present ar the Eveslegh fcSrivi-
ties. whispers We're circulated that the
ovc'-straincd enthusiasm Of a rtualistic
and self->uhduinS curate, whose taste
for ecclesiastical magnihccnCe was in the
inverse ratio to his regard for personal
cleanliness, had been carried away by
visions the result of everlasting and
meditation that he had annexed the lost
rubirs for the decoration of favorite
mag" Of the Virgin in the new ana >plen-
did church of St Withhold the Wool gath
erer Within, and that Mrs Ruthvcu. with
tn" generous sympathy and delicate tact
which distinguished her was arranging
for the substitution of an admirable imi-
tatiou, modelled at her own expense, Of
the lost ruhicS and diamonds. SO as To
save the pipus young mans taste and
feelings: and to this project the delay in
the progress Of Justice was due
To tins daStardly attack the "Church-
mans Friend replied with vigorous in
diguation, ana much fine writing ensucd.
till "A fresh tail presented itself. and for
awhile public interest was diverted from
the EvesIrigh robbery.