The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-18

every farthing OF the money.
Begin at the commencement, Ar
thur" said Mr.. Kendall, az soon as tn
house had finished the spinning mo
ton which the rapid succession o
startling events had given to IL in hi
disordered impressions.
1T has been done by people wh'
have a good acquaintance with bank
ing practices" he commenced, las yol
will see as l proceed II will turn GU
to be some former employe of one o
our branches. | should think.
We'll. last night-today's Monday
isn't IL? I'm not myself yet, by any
means. Yes. last night. before l hac
been in my lodgings an hour-l hao
arrived at Euston at 1851 received
note brought by hand. stating thai
Cecil Horsham. whose name | knew as
that OF one of our directors. would like
to see ne Immediately on urgent bust
ness admitting of no delay. II | would
favor him by forgetting for the mo-
ment that ii was Sunday evening.
mo. IS Grantham square was the
address at the head OF the note, and
took cab there Immediately. OF
course. being unaware of the exact ma
ture OF the business, thought l would
let Mr.. Horsham see, at all events, that
/ was not without intelligence, and /
therefore took my bank papers. not
dreaming that IL could be anything
outside OF bank affairs.
you know what fine houses they
are in Grantham square? Well. Is was
a handsome place. and l have rarely
seen a grander room than that into
which l was shown. The pictures
we're"
Yes; leave out the description for
the present. Arthur, dear, and you can
tell us that afterward."
We'll, IL was place which would
have impressed anyone, and that's how
1t affected me. / had just had time
to take in my surroundings when a
lady, young middle-aged, of very state
ly bearing richly dressed, came in.
Her husband, Mr.. Horsham, would not
be long. He had taken a cab to the
residence OF one of the directors. There
was something OF vital Importance
pending, and she hoped l would be
worthy OF the trust Mr.. Horsham had
decided to place in me.
In her grand and yet very pleas
ing manner she invited me to take a
glass of wine while waiting for Mr..
Horsham. and she so took it for
granted that l would accept her hos
pitality / did not dream of declining.
/ drank glass of claret.
1T was drugged. / must have been
overcome by it in few moments, for
l recollect nothing more at this time"
"Oh, how terrible!' calculated Flor
ence. in the deepest concern.
Yes; it's getting quite melodra-
matte" was Mr.. Kendal's comment.
Don't mind fathers interruptions,
Arthur. Go on"
MY first sensation on coming round
was a most awful racking pain in the
head. a feeling such as that left by
too much whisky over night-accord-
ing to all the descriptions | have
heard" added Arthur hastily.
Il involuntarily groaned and was
about to turn over on my side, when
either a sponge or a handkerchief,
saturated, presume, with chloroform
was clasped over my mouth and nose.
had neither the wit nor the energy
to resist, and again | lost conscious
ness.
The next time | came around there
was, fortunately, nobody in the room,
and l had time to regain my presence
of mind partially before a man and a
woman re-entered. / simply pretended
to be still under the power of the
soporiflc. The woman-I recognized
the tones of the pseudo Mrs. Horsham
suggested that | ought to have a little
more chloroform in case | awoke. but
the man replied to her that they didn't
want to corpse me, and that chloro-
form was too dangerous to use any
more than necessary, as it was some
times fatal even when administered by
skilled doctors.
However, he was kind enough TO
add that, when he was gone, the wo-
man was TO be sure and send me off
again the moment | showed signs of
wakefulness.
Gradually their scraps of converse
tion revealed to me the nature of the
plot, which, | suppose, has been pretty
clear to you all along. with your
brains free from narcotic control.
1T was about three hours after the
mans departure, | should imagine,
that the woman left, after bending
over me and deceiving herself that /
was still unconscious.
Reelection showed me that, as Ill
timately proved to be the case, these
two people had taken these grand
apartments and paid a handsome sum
in advance, merely with the object of
obtaining a place to which to decoy
me.
81 rang the bell, got the people OF
the house to wire TO Scotland yard
and, then, apparently, relapsed into
for | remember a doctor at
tending me before | could make my
self intellible to the police inspector
II was able to tell him, thanks to
the scraps of conversation | had over
heard. that Newhaven. for Dieppe, was
the destination of the thieves; and
sure enough. the local police. acting
upon instructions, telegraphed TO them
met the couple as they detrained and
bagged them effectually."
Florence was still looking puzzled
and Arthur had to supply few more
details.
Don't you see that while they had
me there hors de combat in Granthan