Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-24

and went straight TO my brothers
house in Kent, managing TO AVOID the
service of a subpoena Thus l was hot
present at the police court proceed
ings. -,
Mr. Nugent was committed for trial,
| and meanwhile l stayed in the eoun-
| try. working each night in my locked
| room. with the tools l had brought
| with me. until the gray dawn Uttered
| under my closed shutters.
| When | saw my old employer in the
| dock at the trial l was shocked at the
chastity change which had come over
him. So.
| The evidence at first went steadily
| AGAINST him. Lord Lamhton swore
| that the stone in the ring delivered 10
| him nv Mr.. Nugent's own hand was not
| his diamond. One expert testified that
not only was the stone he now sa"
not the Lambton diamond. but not
| genuine jewel at all, but marvellous
| Imitation Another was not SO posi-
| tive. Indeed, he was not prepared 10
| swear that it was false.
i Then l went into the box. l was very
e | cool now, for the game l mad deter
t | mined on had cost me many quar-"
!. | of conscience. But l had no intention
e of cheating Lord Lambton, swearing
| falsely or furnishing my personal
] | honor.
The preliminary question OF the pros
4 | ecutine counsel brought out the 1ae'
| that I had designed the rings setting
e and done all the work upon 1t.
4 "what sort of stone was it your EN-
nl,ver gave you to set?" was the mex
ID | question. s,a
! AN extremely valuable white dla
y mond,'' l replied
"A no YOU swear that you set the gen
h, nine stone, and delivered the ring "hei
Is finished to the prisoner?
slf stone might have been taken out AM
lie | an imitation one substituted?
ug Certainly. But could tell whethe
the ring had been tempered with sine
at it left my hands
NJ Take this then examine it, and IN
form the court if that is the stone yo'
set
lv The ring was handed to me and
,is | hush fell upon the court. the kind O
I'd lull which denotes that vital point II
"a | a case has been reached.
nd nut nv hand in my waisteoat peck
III ct for my jewelers. glass, and tn
GU | also drew forth a new ring. made Il
1.-The secret hours of night-an exac
AZ counterpart of the other, save that
ID | contained the real Lambton diamond.
M At length | returned the glass to m
nd nocket. and with II the ring with tn
he false stone. | could hear my own hear
to beating, but, handing to the court usn
er the new ring, said firmly IN rep
,ff nr0SG
TIL | to the snapplsh wen. oi lne po'e
he | cutting counsel:
no Il swear unhesitatingly that the SCI
10 ting of this ring has not been tam
me pered with, and that this is the gehuih
he diamond which wa given me to set
,ut The doubling expert prieked up nj
cir ears the prosecuting counsel, wit
Lord Lambton and the treasury sohs
me litor were whispering over the ring.
he "MIud." said the counsel, Il ask pei
lb- mission to recall the expert
stepped out of the box and the e>
nd. Inert stepped in. TIE new ring was pu
Into his hand, a friendly ray of sun
81 lshine lighting up the jewel.
,us ..rbis is very remarkable, he said q
his t,ast ITS the first time l have eve
lpe fmade mistake. This stone is genuin'
to | cannot doubt it.
And so the prisoner was iree' OIL
lily kyhen the verdict Of Not guilty wa
gh Pronounced. faint groan echoed !
at land dead man was taken from Ii
jdoek. A spasm OF the heart had prove
for fatal.
vas
,er SIX months later Nell and l WEI
av married. On our honeymoon We wei
IN walking in a lane near Ifracomt
We lwhen we came face TO face with Lor
mid Hamilton. who was stopping with b
INV lbride in a neighboTing country nous
on "Ah. Mr.. wade," he exclaimed
cal haven't seen you since that very my
to Iterious case of mine. Do you know,
en- have always since thought OF you-as-
ems q very-cIever MANI"
.nt. "Tbank you," / said quietly WI
yay Won allow me, my lord, 10 present yo
the 10 NV wife-the only daughter OF I'll
nay late NJ. Nugent-
lord Lambton raised his hat. locke
Nell shook hands VII