The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-18

answer. 1.-THE man works, and the woman
| keeps dodgers; but. yes-they come from
| Edinburgh"
| "Iodgersp thatll do--let's go in" I an
| swered, and IN we went. The place was a
| kitchen and a room. and IL was the for
| mer we entered first, the room being at
! the back. Three men were having tea az
the freside. and the only one facing the
door no sooner saw my face than he half
/ started from his seat with a suppressed
| Good God" or course he sat down
! again, biting his lip, and trying 10 go on
with his tea, while his companions sedu-
lously followed his example. but the mis-
chief was done and while l made my
guide stand with his back on the closed
door / slowly went over the three silent
men. examining them from head TO foot
making them stand up for the purpose
and all without once saying what had
brought me there. one had on trousers
OF grey tweed, and one of the legs OF
these near the bottom had been torn up
and afterwards roughly sewed together
with a thread Of grey worsted. ! took
piece OF the same color from my purse,
and found that they matched exactly.
"Thatl do for you" ! said as he re-
sumed his seat with terror-stricken as
pect and "a thud which suggested that
he had dropped into II rather than sat
down. NOW. YOU" / said 10 another,
who had limped slightly In being turned
round. lets see your leg-not that one
the right-the right. you fooi.
He did not seem able to exert himself
much, so / turned up the trouser leg and
pulled down his stocking for him. when i
found the calf tied round with a dirty
linen rag which smelt strongly OF whis-
ky. Under this the flesh was black and
discolored. as with powerful bite or
compression. and / smiled out as / told
him to tie IL up again.
zone would think from the whisky you
have put on Ii that you took NJ Sweeny
for a mad dog" / remarked. when he
WINGED in a sickly manner and sat down.
'"Thstll do for you. Now you" i said
TO the third, who was sitting in his
shirt-sleeves, get your coat on, for
mean to take the whole batch o. you
with me-" .
He went sheepishly towards the back
room to obey. and thought best TO go
with him TO prevent mistakes His coat
lay on q chair covering something bulky,
and when he lifted IL saw that the bulky
article was faded green carpet-bag
wanting the handles. and sawed together
at the mouth with three ply of the same
fatal grey worsted.
deftly opened the bag with a slash OF
my knife while he put on his coat. and
there | found nearly all the antique arti-
cles or bronze and silver which had been
taken from Ashgrove House. OF course
all three strenuously denied all knowledge
and ownership OF the bag or It's contents,
but the landadY settled the matter BY
promptly declaring 1t to be theirs, and
nobody's but theirs.
took them back to Edinburgh with
me next day, and by the time their trial
came on they had thought better OF II,
and pleaded guilty to the charge OF rob-
berry. and were sentenced severally 10
seven and ten years penal. M'Sweeny,
who was of duty for some weeks through
the attack, growled deal at the charge
of waylaying being departed from, and
still more when / consoled him by say
ing
Its not lost what friend gets. Bar
ney, and nobody can deny hat you took
the most pains in the case And to this
day M -weeny Is sensitive TO any mention
of the word "knobstick."