Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
The Danyels Jewels.
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! Thrilling Serial Story
Soon to be commenced in these columns.
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Imet Carr as we had arranged and
we had very pleasant evening. Poor
Carr, who had seen the papers, had
hardly expected that / should turn up,
knowing the catastrophe of the previous
night had taken place at the house was
going TO, and was much relieved to hear
that my sister had moved and had thus
been spared Ill the horror of the event.
The dinner was good, the play better.
l should have come home feeling that /
had enjoyed myself thoroughly if it had
not been for little adventure with our
cab driver that very nearly proved seri-
Gus. We got hanson directly we came
Out Of the theatre, hut instead of taking
us to the direction we gave him, after
we had driven for some distance began
to make out that the cabman was going
wrong, and Carr shouted to him to stop;
but thereupoa he dashed up his horse
and away Ito went like the winds, up one
street and down another, till I had lost
all idea where we were. Carr, who was
young and active, did all he could, but
the cabman, who am afraid must
have been intoxicated, took not the
slightest notice, and continued driving
madly, heaven knows where.
At.last, after getting into very dingy
neighborhood. we turned up crooked
dark street, unit by any lamp, street
so narrow that thought every moment
the cab would be overturned. In an
other moment l saw two men rush out
Of doorway. One seized the horse,
which was much blown by this time,
md brought 1t violently to standstill,
while the other few at the cab, and
catching Carr by the collar proceeded to
drag him out by main force. suppose
Carr did his best, but being only an
American he certainly made very poor
fight of IT. and while was laying int
the man who had got hold of him was
suddenly caught by the legs myself from
the other side of the cab. turned on
my assailant, saw n heavy stick leveled
at me, caught at it, missed it, beheld a
series Of fireworks and remembered moth.
ing more.
The first thing heard on beginning
to come to myself was series of sub.
dued but evidently heartfelt oaths, and
l became sensible of an airy feeling, un.
pleasant in the extreme, proceeding
from an open condition of coat and
waistcoat, quite unsuited to the time OF
year. A low chorus of mufiled whisper.
ing was going on round me. AS
groaned Involuntary it stopped.
"He's coming to!" heard Carr say
'6o and fetch some brandy" And
Sslt myself turned right side upper1nost
and my hands We're rubbed, while Carr,
an voice Of the greatest anxiety, asked
mo how felt. ] was soon able to sit
up aud to become aware that had a
splitting headache, and wns staring at q
ta1low candle stuck In bottle. Having
got SO far I got little farther, and on
looking round found myself reclining on
sack In corner Of a disreputable look
ing room, dingy with dirt and faithful
to the memory Of bad tobacco.
Then suddenly remembered what
Ind occurred. Carr saw that did so
and instantly poured forth an account
Of how we had been rescued from con
dition of great peril by the man to whom
the house we were in belonged; to whom
no hardly knew how to express his graft.
tudc, and who was now gone for some
brandy for me- lie told me great deal
about II, but WIS SO dizzy that forgot
snost of what he said. and It was not un.
til our deliverer returned with the brandy
that l became thoroughly aware of what
was going forward.
I could not help thinking, as thanked
the honest fellow who had come to our
assistance, how easily one may be de-
ceived by appearances, for more for.
bidding looking face under Its fur cap
never saw. That of his son, who pres
emily returned with four wheeler which
Carr had sent for, was not more prepos.
sessing. In fact they were two as VII
famous looking men US had ever seen
After recornpensing both with all GU,
spare cash we got ourselves hoisted stiffly
into the cab, and Carr good naturally
insisted on seeing me home, though he
owned to feeling, as he put 1t, "rathei
knocked up by his knocking down" We
were both far too exhausted to speal
much, until Carr gave start and gas,
and said, "By Jovel"
"Whaty' inquired.
They are gomez he said TREMENDOUSLY
tiny sapphires. They are gonel Stolen
had them in bag around my neck, al
you told me. They must have been
taken from me when was knocked
down 1say,n he added quickly, chow
about yours2 Have you got them Ill
irighta"
Involuntartly raised my hand to my
throat. A horTid qualm passed over me
''Thank heavenr' replied with q Sigh
Of relief, "they are safe at bone with
Jane. What meicyl I might have
lost them.s
''Mightr said Carr. "You would have
lost them 30 q dead certainty; and mine
are gomez And he stamped and clenchel
hia fists and looked positively furious
Poor Carr. I felt for him. He took
the loss of his stones 50 to heart, and
am sure it was only natural. parted
from him Mt my own door, aud was glad,
ca going In, to find Jane had stayed up
for me. I soon figured In her eyes as
the hero of thrilling adventure, while
her clever hands applied sticking plaster
AID libttum. We were both SO full Of the
events Of the evening and the letter
which was TO write to The Times about
1t the next day that it never entered the
heads Of either Of rs, on retiring to bed,
to remove Sir Johns jewels from the tea
caddy into which they had been tempo
xarily popped in the afternoon.
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