Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-09-02
THE PUBLIC HOUSE.


building we were approaching, "but a
strange position-away from the high
road, and surrounded by villas"
"A very strange position. We will
rest in the public house, and will tell
YOU how 1t came to be built in such u
very strange position.
smiled and followed him into tho
saloon bar. We sat at one Of the tables
Md were silent for time, no thinking
md watching him.
THE story begins, he said present
ly, with u burglary committed by
certain Bill Jones ono night long ago.
''Bill was young member of his
profession. Hitherto he had not at
tempted anything very big, but contin-
ned success in small things had made
him bold. On this night he broke into
the country house Of we'll known 40
tress, In the hope Of carrying Off her
jewels.
"He succeeded In getting the jewels
and was leaving with them when he
found that the slight noise no had made
had attracted attention. A servant girl
met him at turn Of the stairway and
began to shrek. He rushed by her and
to the window through which he had
entered. As he passed through 1t again
he heard doors being opened and knew
that the house was fully aroused"
IL understand, said. "Bill escap-
ed The actress employed a detective.
The detective built this public house In
an out Of the way place. hoping that
Bill, as All out Of the way young man.
would call in one day for drink. Curl
ously enough, Bill did. +"
Blanco Watson frowned.
"This ~ an intellectual story" he
said. at does not depend ON coinci-
dences.
~ will continue Bill avoided tho
first pursuit by long run across ooun
try, and then walked toward his home,
not daring TO use the railway. He kept
TO the byroads an much az possible. and
at the close Of the next day had reached
the neighb0rhood Of London.
"A spade lying inside field gate
suggested to him tho advisability of
hiding the jewels until he had arranged
for their sale. After making sure that
he was not observed no entered the field
and picked up the spade. A tree Of pc
ouliar growth stood just beyond him
In the manner Of fiction, he counted 20
steps due north from the tree and then
dug deep hole, placed tho Jewels IN IL
and filled 1t up again.
HE arrived home safely that Night
but was arrested IN the morning. Iho
servant girl had given an accurate de-
scription OF him TO the poiioe' ana they
had recognized it,
In duo course no "aS trieu' Inc ovi
dence against MIN was very strohB' Ihe
servant girl swore that no was ti,o man
-he met on the stairs. some Oh the VIZ
layers sworo That they had seen Nun
near inc mousse previous 70 'no our
glary. ho was iould Buiity ana sen
fenced 10 seven years pona, Sor'i.uuo'
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chapel anu the Jewels were uhuei TN
chapel iie ieahed against the IniiihsS
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