The National tribune., 1899-09-14

thing that makes us no longer surprised
that women who look like her become the
mothers of Kings. AS the Kings are few,
it is not surprising the women vino can beal
them are few also.
| 1 saw, as child, Miss Crawford go
through her little love affairs. They were
trifiing and poetic until one day Mr.. Wright
came along. He was a man about town.
of moderate fortune and no morals, lived at
club, and devoted himself by day to keep
ing ;ip q correspondence with women and
| by night to gambling. He wasn't hand
some man, but he had poise, brain, too, a
| ready tongue, and that rude daring with
women which led to Amelia Crawford's s
troubles. She was too young to marry
anybody, really, but she slipped off one
night and came back with the little gold
circlet on her finger.
had been sent to school, and only knew
these things from my mother. The Craw-
fords sent Amelia away to relatives, and
told her husband to come for her in a year,
But that was useless precaution, for in a
week the husband had his wife back in the
city and took her to his hotel, and proud of
her youth and her beauty, paraded her at
every opportunity before the public.
Naturally the Crawford family was highly
incensed, and the breach grew wider and
wider between Mr.. and Mrs. Wright and her
family until it became an impracticable
chasm.
About this time learned shorthand and
typewriting and accepted various employ
Inents in the city until at last was per
manently engaged as secretary for very
respectable but stupid firm of private de-
tectives. The correspondence passed under
my hands, and soon became not only in
formed of all business, but many oil the
affairs Of the office, directly or indirectly,
passed to my charge or were settled by my
advice.
NEWPORT DIAMOND ROBBERY.
The adwallader-Cassady case, where
Mrs. Cassady lost her diamonds, settled me
in my career. 1t has never been told Mrs.
Cassidy was at Newport, and had loaned a
professional soprano singer her jewels in
which to appear in an operetta written by
Mrs. Cassidy herself. Mrs. Cassidy sung
the contralto part and utterly failed to make
a success, while the professional woman
received an ovation.
Thateyening, before the singer had been
eHdDleu W TetuIH MIS- CaSSa0y s. jewels, and
after they had been locked up in a bureau
drawer in her bedroom, the case was stolen.
There was absolutely no ciew to the thief
nor any trace of his presence in the room,
nor sign Of exit nor entry.
My chief was sent for, and took me and
the typewriting machine with him, because.
whatever other thing could happen, he
would want press work sent to the news
papers. His Investigations utterly failed
OF result. Mrs. Cassidy was so sorry but
SO complacent about her loss. and vet SO
vindictive against the singer, pressing for
her arrest, that with a woman's perception
saw cause for the crime, and turning from
the typewriter | said to my chief suddenly:
Ask Mrs. Cassidy for her own keys. Try
them in that bureau, and if they fit ask her
for her own diamonds"
Mrs. Cassady was sitting at the side of
his table. II you ever saw a woman or a
man die suddenly-not faint-you will
understand the change that came into the
naughty lady's face. AS she recovered a
little she gasped: NO, no; sent the dia-
monds home; they are there Send me
your bill"
1t is needless to say that drew it at a
figure thatstartled even the chief, and as it
was promptly paid he was so grateful that
he gave me $3.50 for my share. bought a
brass plate and tackled it on the door Of my