The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26

turned pair of keen eyes upon him.
I am wonderng, said Douglas slowly.
yesterday g enins, when | and Miss Dam
pier visited him. he gave me a necklace of
emeralds a wedding present for that young
lady, whom | about to marry Could it have
been that of which the murderer was in
search?'
HIN 1 don't know. Is it valuable? There
were many valuable things not touched said
the Inspector, meditatively.
90 not know am no Judge OF jewels,
but my cousin assured us it was curious
rather than valuable
L think we should like to have a look at
it, sir
Oh you can do that now.'' said Douglas,
readily. Il have it in my pocket. The clasp
is broken, and taking it to a jewellers
to have it repaired and also for safe keep
ing
He drew out the little bag and handed it to
the detective, who shook his head at the
sight of the necklace.
No. L don't think it was that they were
after sir" he said finally. Il shouldn't judge
this to be worth more than about couple of
hundred pc unds, and there were notes and
gold to considerably that amount, to say
nothing of a lot of unset stones Mr. Stewart
seems to have collected; but, of course we
can get an experts opinion on it..
However, the jeWeller to whom the neck
lace was submitted, did not think it worth
any more than Inspector Readings valuation:
80, as factor in Evan Stewards death, it
was quite dismissed by the authorities, and.
greatly to Douglas relief, but he able to
keep Cora's name out of the papers alto
gether.
Great was the stir made over the mystic
rouS murder of of position in a Lon
don hotel. with dozens of persons within call,
and people wrote to the papers, making all
sorts of ridiculous suggestions, about the
need for nightly patrols of the corridors of
the big hotels, where anyone could gain ad-
mittance without question, provided he only
walked boldly on, and about the inefficiency
Of our detective force, which was unable to
track the perpetrators of such audacous
murder
Many, too, were the theories formed on the
subject.
Evans immaculate man-servant was ar
rested on suspicion; but there proved to be
absolutely nothing against him, and he was
released.
By degrees sort of idea seemed to spread
abroad that revenge had been the motive for
the crime; that, in his many travels, the
dead man had made enemy who had fol-
lowed him home, and finally snatched fear
full vengeance.
There various sinister stories about
him.
How once, in nit of ungovernable tenn
per he had nearly fogged to death one of his
ka1nr attendants, while a big game eX-
Iedltlon; and how he and his party had been
hastily expelled from a Budmese town. on
account of his insulting attentions to the
young wife of a native official.
1t was gradually understood that the mys-.
terry OF his death would never be solved, and
that for the sake of the family name the
less mud stirred up the better.
He was laid to rest with his ancestors in
the quiet Hampshire village where he had
spent so little of his life, and the poor cousin
reigned in his stead
Douglas had been very careful that mono Of
the ugly stories about him should reach Cora's
ears.
He knew she had never quite overcome her
preJuolce against him, and that the gift of
the emeralds had troubled her little
Ii she heard what people said of the dead
man, she would never like to even look at
them, and sort of feeling of family LOYALTY
made Douglas anxious that what had been
almost his cousins last wish should be re-
spected.
Evan dead-cut off cruelty and horribly,
in his prime
Douglas was enjoying the money and rank
that had been his, and the woman Evan had
loved was to be his wife
A generous pity for the man whom he had
thus supplanted sp1ang up in his heart. and
MADE him holly resent any reflections on his
memory.
Cora guessed something of his feeling. and
suggested that, out of respect to EVAN their
wedding should be put off a couple of months
Bless you for that gracious thought. nv
earning, said Douglas. catching her hands in
ms ana kissing them fervently II think Won
know how feel Whatever NAV have como
between US in latter years Evan and were
ldds together, and friends too and T feel as
IL were stepping into all that he valued
over ms grave You know how badly | want
you aon you, dearest? and, if l do without
you all TINS time, L shall feel as if l were Of
fering the poor fellow some sort of renara
ton
Il understand" said Cora, softly.
cannot tell you how glad I am to think
that we went to see him that day and how
nicely he spoke to u.s.
And the emerald necklace-where is
that? asked Cora. trying to smother down
ali unpleasant memory of the strange CLINT
she had tancled for moment she had seen
in Evan Stewards eyes that day, as he had
watched herself and Douglas