Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23

her for robbery, and cautioned her that
anything she might say would be taken
down and used against her at the trial
At this Miss Peekskill fully recovered her
self-posses5ion, with a wonderful supply
of outraged dignity thrown in. She scram-
bled to her feet and shook her fist in the
faces of her accusers. launching forth at
them volume of shrill denials and up
braiding which fairly abashed and over
whelmcd them. The gist of her GRAFTON
was as follows
She utterly repu6iated, scorned and hurl-
ed back the charge So far from being a
thief. she was herself the victim of brutal
robbery and violence, and the innocent OBJ
5ect of ScandalOuS suspicion. She had
never stolen so much as a lump CT sugar
since she was born. She had invented a
hygiene instrument of more value than all
the pearls in or out Of the ocean; and the
thieves were now doubtless on their way to
Washington to defraud her of her patent
Did Mrs. Morford make this charge? Let
them be set face to face. and she would
soon show them where was the right CT the
matter! Meanwhile, she called upon the Of
ard capture the depredators, and restore
her her property. Fifteen millions were at
stake; and if it were lost, she would take
care s, that all concerned would regret it.
We'll, ma am. said the first officer. Is
soon as he could pull himself together,
what you state may be all rignt; but the
thing Is just here-them pearls is gone
they amt been seen since you left. They
was there just before you left. What's
more, the butler he seen you carryin' them
OF. If you took 'em by mistake for your
hy-gin instrument. why wasn't that left
behind In the place of it? But YOU swiDed
EN- both. and that's what give you.away.
mat Is to say, that's the charge, and it's
Tor you to disprove 1t if you can. Your
yarn about being robbed is a good CO rd
but you'll have to show it wasn't the pearls
you was robbed Of One thief may steal
another.s Doodle. d'you see. but that don't
git the first one out Of the jug. If you can
get bail. so much the better but between
u.s."
Had Miss Peekskill been q man the
chances are she would have spent the night
IN duress Certainly few men would have
ASKED the person who caused their arrest to
80 on their bail bond But this was precise
~ what Miss Peekskill did, and Mrs Nor
Iord. being also not man, but a woman
ana a power in the neigkborhood as we'll
caused magistrate TO be routed out, who
MED the amount. and by IL o'clock that
night the two ladies were locked in each
others arms in the very drawing room
which had been the scene of the robbery:
they were crying and comforting and for
giving each other, and yet affairs. from the
legal point OF view. Were precisely in statl
quo; neither of them in the least could ey-
plain now Miss Peekskill had contrived to
take the pearls by mistake for her spirOm-
eter. and yet to take the sproneter, too;
ana until the problem was solved Miss
Peekskll was in danger of states prison.
unless she jumped her bail. which Mrs
Morford entreated her to do, but which
the maiden herself utterly declined to con-
slider the possibility Of
SO the night passed. and the morning
came.
With the morning arrived the police GAN
tain of the district and requested an in
terview with Mrs. Morford. The beautiful
woman pale from the agitation of the
night, met him robed in a delicate satin
lined neslige. in the eastern boudoir, with
"a =, =
through the tErquOise-blue window shades
We've got the parties that waylaid Miss