The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-04-11

ceeded in looking very chokey-then she
put up her hand and touched the lovely
butterfly upon her shoulder. az have my
butterfly left, Violet" she said, the tears
springing into her eyes. land but for
you / should not hare dreamt OF putting
more thar a little ornament or two on
tonight. Won have saved me these any
way"
II am glad" cried Lady Lucifer. ''Why,
these must be almost the most valuable Of
all your jewels"
ooh, no!-there wa q collet necklace
worth as much as all these put together"
Mrs. Bob replied: and then exclaimed,
why, Bob-what is it?"
Somebody has been in here,w he said.
from the window where he wns standing.
'See, here is q footmark on the white
half III inch open"
"Then they were disturbed" Lady Luci.
fer cried.
II don't know-they left the ladder at
my wtfe's window. l should say they
came here first. Have you looked inside
your cases, Lady Lucifer~
"No!n
1t Yves but che work Of n moment to fly
at the 1ewel-box and tear open the leather
lewel-cases w~ithin-and only the work OF
another moment to realize that they were
all empty. Lady Lucifer gave a shrIl'
scream.
"They lave taken them a~ll-all-all-
and shall never get any more. OH! what
shall l dor"
In an Instant the house was in ten time.
the uproar that had been caused by the
loss of Mrs. Bob's jewels. 1t is 30 easy
to be calm and collected and tender over
the troubles of other folk, but now 1t be.
came Mrs. Bob's office to soothe and pet
her hostess, who was screaming md cry
ing. threatening every moment to go int
violent Mysteries.
Still, for the present at least, all tn,
screaming and crying in the world would
not give any clue to the missing jewels
rather retarded operations as a matter o.
fact, for Lord Lucifer had to attend to hi,
wife, or to be particular, to stand looking
on helplessly while others did SO, when he
might have been thinking of something
which would help the police when they
reached Match am.
Somehow not a soul in the house seemed
to think of going to bed that night until
the arrival Of the police. AS soon ms Lad,
Lucifer was collected enough to do so
they all went downstairs into the hall
and there they sat in a circle about the
newly piled up fire, listening for the Arsi
sound of wheels along the avenue.
This is simply dreadful" exclaimed
the master of Matcham, after about 9
quarter of an hour of doleful looks an6
dismal stories; 'lf we nave had a thump
ing loss, Markham, we may ms well try t.
support ourselves under it. Wilson, bring
out some champagne-the 'si."
Eyes, my lord, +" said Wilson.
After this they all seemed to gather ur
heart o little, and the entire company
drank a bumper to the safe return of the
jewels.
DON'T feel SO bad about it now, do you.
Vi?" said Lucifer to his wife.
"YesI feel pretty bad" she answered.
=" feel dreadful" put in Mrs. Bob, "bu,
l never can go into n rage and l can't cry
Il q only choke a little: so I never get
the credit of being really in trouble about
anything
Never MUD, little woman" said her
husband, kindly. I'VE will try and scrap.
a few more trinkets together for yor
somehow or other"
Well both do II best" chimed ir
Lucifer, looking at his wife.
CHAPTER vIlI.-IE STATU QUO.
Bot Markham was not very far out of II
when he had said that in England jewel
robberies are never found ont. for it seem.
ed as if there could be no unraveling OF
the mystery by which Mntcham was sur.
rounded and possessed.
In due time the police came, and a,
well as they could investigated the scene
of the burglary. They were shown the
place where the old leather-covered basket
had stood in Mrs. Markham's bedroom,
were given al accurate account of its con.
tents and description of the valuable orna.
ments which it had contained. Then
they examined the window and by the
dim morninglight went out and examined
the ground below, found the ladder still
standing against the wall and a square of
bass-ordinary common gardeners bass
which had been used to put ON the slight.
ly damp ground behind the aurel-bushcs,
80 that no impression might be left OF
t~ell-tale foot marks. The thieves had not,
us generally happens, left behind them q
Jenny with it's owners initials engraved
thereon or a hat or any other clue which
might lead to identification-no, the thief
or thieves had accomplished the work
quickly and deity, and neatly, too.
Lady Lucifer's room gave even fewer
evidences OF what had happened-the win
dow had been found about an inch open,
the sill was slightly marked and scratched,
aud the jewels were gone.
Aud there for the present they seemed
inclined to stick. Lord Lucifer offered a
reward of five Thousand pounds for the
recovery Of his wife's jewels and Mr..
Markham offered twice the sum for the
restoration of his wife's. Then, nfter o
few hours, the box, basket, and leather
cover which had contained the latter were
found IN a thick %shrubbcry no more. thar
II couple of hundred yards fromsS aaan-
sion itself and even all tha Z ere
found within 1t.
The box was examined and taken back
to the house and Mrs. Bob was summon.
cd. "Whyl' she said, ''they ave left
every case-yes, every one. What nice
thievesl This one" she added, taking
out n little case from among its fellows,
CONTAINED the locket which had my dear
little child's hair i'll it. Why and then
she tore it open with eager hands. ''Oh!
oh! they have left it to me-they have
left it to me. Obi how kind of them-how
good of them! / don't care now IL we
never get the others back ugainl'' And
then she began to kiss the locket pas
sionately, until the tears stood III more
than one Of the eyes which were looking
on.
Lady Lucifer, with marvellous rapidity.
got used to the idea of her loss and ever
discussed what she should do for suitable
jewelry supposing thnt her own should
net be traced.
81 must have jewelry, you know" she
said, down the length Of the breakfast
table to her husband on the second morn
ing after the robbery, 'if it is only to wear
at Court"
WELL" said he, "if you get your own
back again, you needn't trouble about
any more, and il you don't get your OWE