The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-12
THERAJAH'S HEIRLOOM
NJ FLORENCE MARRYAr.
Anshor Of Her Lord and Master" Etc.
lcopyright, 1896. by Bachelor. johnson and
Hacheller.l

lCopyright, 1896, by Bachelor. Johnson and
Bacheiler.l
I suppose nobody has forgotten the
great Manchester swindle, when Jonas
Mears and Theodore Allcock managed
r. abscond with twenty thousand
pounds of their employers and bolted
clean across the Atlantic before wc
could get on their trail. 1t took me
six weeks of my time and n regular
chase and no mistake before 1 ran the
two scoundrels to earth in Chicago,
where they were giving themselves out
as English lords. However, succeeded
in catching their lordships, and didn't
care how much trouble il had cost me.
l had brought Messrs. Mears and ALI
cock back safe TO their native country
and delivered them over TO the proper
authorities, and L thought 1 had earned
"A few DAYS rest. We had had a wretched
passage across, with head winds against
us eight days out of the ten, and, my
duty done, l thought with keen salts
faction of my little place at Fulham
and my w comfortable feather bed
and my wife waiting to welcome me
home with a tasty little supper.
The reality was as good as the antici-
patton. 1t was a beastly autumn after
noon, with a driving rain and a old
southwest wind, but the cottage looked
bright and coy and warm, and Nancy
was as red as a peony from pleasure at
seeing me.
1t was early when i reached home, not
more than five o'clock, but i was a reg
ular beat. and when L had had my n
ner off tripe and onions / felt good for
nothing but to go TO bed and sleep. i
was neither fit to talk nor think. /
couldn't keep my eyes open, and my
wife's chatter sounded like a confused
medley of sound. / couldn't even relish
q pipe, but took a drop of Scotch hot
and staggered up to my own room.
whatever you do, my dear" l said
to Nancy, "don't disturb me till you
hear I'm awake again, for I've got sew
eral nights rest to make up. III lock
my door, and don't come up till / un-
lock it--unless, indeed, tits something
very par tCuidE, fihc AhCSsoSS VIC
chief, or such like"
"Lor', Jark!" exclaimed Nancy
whenever my wife uses the affectionate
diminutive of my name she always pro.
nounces 1t as il she were a jackdaw,
making known dts desire for food
'Lor'! Jarkl he'd never be sending
after you SO soon as this, and you just
of board ship! You go to sleep and
think no more of such foolishness!"
Nancy" / replied, "the business OF
the state must be attended to, at any
cost. / don't expect anything Of the
sort, but II a wire should arrive / must
have 1t without delay"
"Drat the stated" cried Nancy, 81.
don't pay You over and above so much
that it has any call to rob you of your
natural rest. Go to sleep, John Busby
door you will be htfornothing to-mor,
% morningl"
II fnd it difficult to convince my wife
OF the enormous Importance of my Of
fce, and the dignity of my employers,
She is always drafting" the govern,
ment, and blowing the superintend-
ent of police, In a n which would
cost me my appointment IL overheard,
but she Is a good wife to me and she
means well. I suppose it is hard
on q woman to have her hus,
band called away at all manner
of times, and never to know
when to expect him back again. But
] had ne inclination TO argue the mat
ter then. / crawled upstairs to my
bedroom and was soon between the
blankets, sunk In a profound slumber
$50 profound that I became utterly un.
conscious to all external things, and
had not even the power to dream. II
seemed as IL I had been sleeping for
hours, or days, wher I was reused by
the sound of an uncertain tapping on
my bedroom door, and an apologize
voice, calling in q loud whisper:
"Jarkl" AS soon as / became sufficient
ly conscious to recognize the voice, !
was SURE something Of Importance
must have occurred, and was on the
alert in q moment, for we detectives
learn to sleep with our a open.
"What is it, Nancy?" 1 exclaimed,
aurrying to open the door. My wife
was half-crying outside it, with a vel.
low envelope in her hand.
20, Jarkl" she said, there's a nasty
elegram come for you, and / wouldn't