El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-13
PAGS 9 MAD IL.


thing in the way of Il conclusion to this
account o. the Danvers jewels, as 1t the
end of the last chapter We're not con-
| cIusion enough. Charles. who has Just
read if. saws especially that his character
requires what he calls AN elegant finish
and suggests that slight Indication OF
| n younr and lovely heiress IL connec>
ton with himself would give piesaSzISe
| to the thoughtful reader. But do noI
mean at the last moment to depart from
the exact truth and dabble in tlc.Io-
| lust to make :. suitable CONCLUSION
If | must write something more 1
must beg that it will be kept In is,sna
| that if further details concerning the
robbery are now added against nay ow1
| Judgment they will rest on Charles an
| thcrity. not mine. us anyThing af1e1-
ward heard was only through Charles
whose information l never consider rels-
able in the least degree.
1t was not till thee months later That
saw him again, on Il wet April after
noon. Was still living in London with
Jane when he came Ia see me. having
| just returned from :, long tour abroad
with Ralph.
Sir George, he said. was quite We'll
again. but the GOODNESS between hin,seN
and his father hal dropped almost To
freezing point since it had come to light
that he had been innocent after all BIS
father could not forgive his son for put
ting him in the wrong.
Il seldom disappoint him in matters
of this kind" he said. Indeed, L mar
say have, as a rule. surpassed his rz-
pectations. and | must he careful neSeF
to fall short of them in this way agslz-
But ah, Miss Middleton. l am sure yssx
will agree with Inc how difficult it is to
preserve an even course without relax
ing a little at times"
MY dear Mr. Charles said Jane.
beaming at him over her knitting. bcs
not quite taking him in the manner he
intended, .-you are young yet; but dOns
be down hearted. | am sure by yOnr
face that you grow Older these 1eyis-
tons which Won properly regret VIII
grow fewer and fewer until as life goes
on they will gradually cease altogether
Il consider it not improbable myself
sail Charles. with faint smile. and he
changed the conversation. [ really eca,s-
not put down here ali that he proceeded
To say in the most cold Hooded manner
concerning Carr and A,lrelia. or. as he
woull call them. NJ. and Mrs. Brown
alias Sinclair. alias TihDi+5. [ for one
don't believe q word of il. and don t see
how he could have found it al ont. az
he said he had. through the police and
people of that kind. doGl't consider 1t
is at all respectable conserving with the
police in that way: but then Charles
never was respectable. as | told Jane at
ter he left. arousing excited feelings OR
her part which made regret having
mentioned it,
Accortlingto him. Carr. who had never
been seen or heard of since the day after
the accident. was professional thief
who had probably gone TO II in India
with the express design of obtaining pos
session of Sir Johns jewels. which hait-
till near the time of his death, been safe
" slowed away in a bank in Calcutta
He and his wife usually worked together
but on this occasion she had. by means
of her engaging manners and Youthful
appearance. struck M acquaintance
abroad with Lady Mary Cunningham
who. it will he remembered, had jewels
of considerable value. with a view %
those jewels.
Ralph she had used as her tool, aniz
engaged herself to him in the expec1z-
ton that on her return to England She
might. by means of her intimacy with
the family. have an opportunity of tax
ing them. Lady Mary having left then-
while abroad. with her banker in LON
don. The opportunity came while She
WIS at Stoke Moreton, but in the mean
while Sir Johns priceless legacy had
arrived, having eluded her husbands
vigilance. THAT certainly was true
The jewels We're safe enough as long as
had anything to do with them.) Her
husband. who followed them. saw that
he was suspected and threw the game
into her hands. devoting himself entire-
lv to putting his own innocence beyond
=. doubt. in which, with Ralph's assist
ance he succeeded.