Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-02-17


lid he displayed to Con, ers's as.
tonished eyes collection of gems
of the finest water. Rally, he con-
founded the latter when he re
marked that they were the iden'
tlcal stones concerning which the
story had first been told
"But wherever IN the world
have you got them from ?" cried
CoDyers.
"Klndly give me your atten.
ton and 1 will briefly relate to-
Aou an Interesting episode. News
20 YOU is The fact that when
O'Nel and Sir Patrick were in the
formers Office arranging about the
transfer of the stones their con
versatiOn was overheard by the
cashier. one Jonathan Clark, who
happened to be behind all exceed
lngly thin partition. That night,
by a cunning device, he managed
to be left last IN the Office. What
concerns us most is that lie also
managed to extract this case from
the escritOlre. A train ran at mid
night to LiverpoOl-thls lie took.
Now don't YOU see, the building
took fire as in many cases, from
some cause unknOwu) after the
valuablts had been stolen. OF
course, Clark, knowing nothing
of this, but imsg nlng justice TO be
hot IN Lis heels, got on a boat
hound tor Africa without delay.
Hrarken how retribution awaited
hlm. He WAS stricken down with
a fever. He was told that there
WAS 20 hope of recovery. There
fore be sought to purchase peace
in his dying moments BY restoring
his i'll gotten wealth 10 its owner.
He had got rather friendly with a
sailor during the passage, to him
he intrusted the csse, together
with a confession of bis CRIME,
bi ldlng the fellow swear by tn'
most solemn cathes that lips could
utter that he world deliver then
up 10 Gray & Helmsley, o Nri'.
solicitors. The fellow proved faith
tul-lhat IS why | am here today
"whst shall you doW asked
CO"yers, eagerly.
III don't know. If, as You Sa', ,
Mr. O'Nell is a lunatlc, what viii
be the good OF giving him The
iewelsi He certainly will not rrcog'
MIA them. Can't you suggest
SOmethingi'
"They do say that when a man
bas been robbed of reason by a
sudden shock, sudden shock VII!
also restore 1t. Come, let us test
Tue truth of tnst theOly.'
Manson assented eagerly, so to-
gether they proceeded to O'Neil'S
abode. They were courteously re.
ceived hy Mrs. O'Neil and h'r
daughter. Mantou told his story
The ladies we're amazed, electrified.
"YOu inspire hope undreamed
of" cried Mrs. O'Nell.
Without another word she dart
ed upstairs to her husband, and
was followed no less quickly by
the others. ONeil was found sit
ting IN au arm chair gazing INTO
space. Wnen, however, Manton
offered him the level case he took
it readily enough. He TURNED 1t
over gravely, opened it, and th d,
alas! looked at the jewels with
lack .luster eyes. They might have
been pebbles.
Mrs. ONeil sank INTO n cnalT
with a piteOus mOah. Had This
momentary brightness come tc
make her more miserable than
ever? But her daughter had ap-
, preached COnyers, aud was putting
r her hand upon his arm. 1t gave
him Joy to think that in tue TIME
of crisis she turned to him.
"Can you do anything, Mr.. Con
, yerS," she asked, earnestly.
eyes. I have plan. L vii
mesmerize your father, if you vii
+ let me-" be said, quietly.
For all his endesyOr he cOulC
not prevent a tremOr from creep
ing into his voice. Mrs. O'Nei
sprang from her chair aghast
Mantou stared at him with hi
! mouth open. Conyers had not tlm'
10 think OF them.
at iss great risk" he contin
-, ued; but Is not this desperate
case which demands SucbP'
"Out how can you do what yol
sayP' asked Mrs. q Mil.
, Il studied it in Paris along wit
= art. ~as very successful VIII
o experiments which l tried upon III
fellOw.students.'