The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-15
The Rajah'S lH[cilrl0Onn
by FLORENCE MARRYAT,
Author of s'H Her Lord and rAaster," etc.
Copyright ls9a by Baoheller, johnson Bachelor

ship had out the jewels in the forenoon.
rubbing them up and showing them TO
Sir Henry and Miss Craley-that'S the
pore deformed lady. you know Rachel
Marks was passing in or out of the
room at the time. and can bear
witness to the fact My lady. she held
them against her gow,,''. and she says
to Rachel They'll be mine. some day
Rachel. and Miss Craley she screamed
in her queer way. and Sir Henry smiled
as IL 1t was all right, though. mind you,
] don't believe nothing would have
made him leave them there jewels
away from Sir Charles. not if he'd been
in his right senses, not for ever so!"
''You were present at the interview
between Sir Henry and his son on the
following day. l believe. Goddard?'
eyes sir. / was. and I hope never to
be present at such another. for / really
thought they would have flown at one
anothers thrOats. Sir Henry he was
in a terrible state, and the young 'un
was as bad, and as heard the old mas.
ter say that Sir Charles was no son or
his. and that he'd cut his name out of
his will, and that he'd be left a pauper
on the bounty of the DOwager Lady
Ellesmere. thought j. for one. never be-
lieved it, and knew it was only said in
a passion like. and that in his heart the
old master loved his son better than
how it ended and we had to carry poor
Sir Henry uD to his bed. where he lay
till he died. unable to speak or to swal-
low. That evening. as L was watching
his bed, with little Miss Craley
crouched down by his side. moaning
lust like an animal in distress, nv eyes
kept turning to the window just to
divert my thoughts. and presently see
the same figger I've spoke OF. loaf1ng
round the strawberries and Keeping
well in the shadder. And while l was
looking. there comes out a second fig
,re and Joins hm-and / could have
sworn that it was my lady-but for
Gods sake, sir, you won't betray me.
for I couldn't be sure, but Mrs. Nelson,
who have been here almost as long as
/ have, will tell you the same. that is,
that my lady did go out that evening
in the dusk. and she see her pass into
the strawberries, and come back alone!
And that's all 1 know about the miss
ing of the jewels, sir!
THANK you. Mr.. Goddard. Your
confidence shall be respected. VIII you
send Mrs. Nelson to me?"
When the old man had gone. I rose
from my chair and began to pace the
library. An accomplice-probably a
lover-on the scene. That put an en-
tirely fresh complexion on the matter;
/ seem to see 1t all as clear as day!
An old man with young and beauti-
full wife who was jealous of his son.
and tried to set him in every way
against him, in order that she might
inherit the property. She believed her
self to have gained her object. and then
the old mans sudden illness prevents
the accomplishment of her plan-she
determines at all risks to secure the
Jewels for herself-calls in an accom-
plice, or. as 1 surmise, her lover-gtves
them into his charge-perhaps to take
them out of the country until she can
join him-and SO they might be goi,e
beyond recall. But / would get to the
bottom of the mystery II mortal man
could do It! 1t was more intricate
case than I had expected-so much
the more kudos might gain from un-
raveling It. My blood rose at the pios-
pect. felt quite excited by the time
the prim, old-fashioned housekeeper Of