Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-11-13


In fact, aud some accegtua cd feet. Tho
fourth man, presumably I'm. had ap-
parcntly turned aside and nude cir i'm
different direction, At nny rate, he
did not join The trio
Mr., Watkins memory OF the inc:deuts
IT tho next two n.nutes is extremely
vague. He has n dim rccollcotiau of
having his tkumh in the corner OF the
monih of the first man. and feeling
anxious about its safety, and for some
seconds nt least he held th' head of tile
pcntlcman answering to The nume of
Bill To the ground ''y The hnir. lilo wna
also kicked in u great number nf diff
lcrcrt places, apparently hy vast lnul-
| litule Of people Then tn, gentleman
who was NOT Bill got his knee below
Mr. Watkins iaphram and tried 10
aurl him up upon It.
When Ills sensations became less enc
tangled. he was sitting upon the turf
enn cight or ten men, the night wns
dark and he wns rather too saufused Ia
eouat-tstanding round him. appnrr
emily waiting for him to recover IIa
mourufully assumed that he Was ear,
iured, and would probably hnpc mndn
some philosophical reflections on the
ticllcncss of fortune, had not his inter.
nnl sensations disinolined him for
| speech
He noticed very quickly that his
wrists were not hnndcuIfcd, and then a
flask of brandy wns Put in his hands.
This touched him u ittlc--it was such
unexpected Kindness.
lies a-comin' round,n sn!d a voice.
which hc fanccd he recognized ns be-
longing TO the lIummcrpond SECOND
fcotmnn.
| We've got 'em, sin, both OF 'cm.n said
the Hamihcrpond butler, the man who
hnd handed him tho tnsk, "1'hnnks
Ia YOU"
Nq ono answered thla remprk, yet he
tailed H. see how 1t applied to him.
lies fnir dnncd," said strange
Voice; "the villains hnlf-mprdercd nim."
Mr, Teddy Watkins decided 10 remain
fNir dozod untll he had better grasp
of the situation. lie perceived Tint
two Of the black figures round nim
stood side by side with n detected mir,
mud there WAS something In tho anr-
riagc of their shoulders that suggested
10 his experienced eye hards thn, were
bound together. Twol In flash lie
rose to his position, i!c en- pticd the
l'ttlr flnsk and staggered ohsequlous
lands insisting lim-to his feet, There
was II sympathetic mumur.
"Shulsc hands, sir, shnkc hnnds," said
one of the nEuers near him. Permit
mo To Introduce mysclf, ! am very
greatly indebted to you. II wns the
Jewels of my wife, Lady Avclug. which
pttrnctcd these scoundrcls TO the
house.r
"Nery glad to make your lordship's
rcqunintance,n said Teddy Watkins.
Il presume you saw the rnscals maxi
ing for the shrubbery, and dropped
down on thcm?"
THAT'S exactly how II happened"
sad Mr.. Watkins.
rYou should have waited till they rot
IN ut the window" snid Lord Avciing;
'thcy would get II hotter il they hnd
actually committed the burglary. Aud
il was lucky for you two Of the police
men were out by tho gates and followed
mp the three of you. doubt II you could
have secured the two of them--though
IL was confoundedly pIucsy of you, ail
the same"
Eyes, ought TO hive thought OF NIL
that" snid MIR. Watkins; 'but one emit
think Of everything"
Certainly not,n snid Lord Aveling.
II nm nfrnid they have innuIed yo,in lit
tlc," he added. The party was now
moving toward the house, "You walk
rather lame. May | offer you my
nrm2"
And ;nutaa1 ~ on5or;pe- Uom,nor
pond house by the dresslng-room WIN
hpw, Mr., Watkins entered it-sl2htly
intoxicated and inclined now to checry
fulness again-son the arm of real
live peer. and by the front door.
"This," thought Mr.. Watkins. "is
burglng In stylc!" Phe "scoundrcls." :"
seen by the gnslight, proved to be mere
local amateurs unknown TO Mr.. Wat
ls;ns, and they were taken down into
the pantry md there watched over by
the three policemen, two gamekecpers
with loaded guns, the butler md u
hostlcr, until the dawn allowed OF their
removal to IIazelhurst police station.
Mr.. Watkins was made much oi In
the drawing-room, They devoted p
sofa 10 him, nnd would not hear OF q
return 10 the village that night. Lady
Aycling was sure that he was brilliant-
ly original, ard said her idea Of Turner
was Just such another rough. half
inebriatcd, deep-eycd, brave and clever
man. Some one brought up II remark-
able little folding-lndder that had been
picked mp In the shrubbery. nnd
showed him how it was put together.
They also described how wires had
been found IN the sllrubbery. evidently
placed there TO trip mp unwary pur-
suers. 1t was lucky he had escaped
these snares. And they showed him
the ieweIs.
Mr. Watkins had the sense not to
talk too much. ard in any convcrsa-
tionnl difficulty fell back on his in,
tcrnal pains. At last he was seized
with stiffness in The back and yawning,
Everyone suddenly awoke to the facs
that II was shame 10 keep him tnlk-
ing after his affray, so he retired early
to his room-the little red room next
TO Lord Aveling's suite.
The dawn found deserted easel,