El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-06

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81 don't know anything for certain"
she said, "but-but we soon shall. Azure
liza knows and she is going to tell Ralph"
Miss Grant, / exclaimed. s'She
knew nothing at tea time. She was
asking me about it.
at is since then" continued Evelyn
81 went ND to her room before dinner to
ask her for a fan that had lent her. She
was packing some of her things, and the
floor was strewn with packing paper and
| parcels. She gave me nv fan, and was
going on putting her things together,
| talking all the time, when she asked me
to hand her a glove box on the dressing
| table. As did so my eye fell on piece
| of paper living together with others, and
! 1 instantly recognized it as the same that
had been wrapped found the diamond
crescent when Col. Middleton first showed
us the Jewels / should never have no.
ticed it-for though it was rice paper it
| looked Just like the other pieces strewn
| about-if had not seen two little angu-
/ lar tears which | suddenly remembered
making in il myself when Gen. Mars
ton asked me not ~ pull it to pieces,
which / suppose had been absently do
| ing. | made some sort of exclamation
/ of surprise. and Aurelia turned round
| sharply and asked me what was the mat
ter. As l did not answer she left her
packing and came TO the table. She saw
| in "A moment what / was looking at. |
had turned as red fire. and she was
quite white. Il did not mean you to see
that she said ut last. quietly taking up
the paper. Il meant no one TO know
until had shown it to Ralph. Do you
know where found it, and she looked
hard at me. l could only shake my
head. was too much ashamed of
suspicion had had To be able to get out
a word. Il am very sorry continued
Aurelia. but / am afraid il will be my
duty to tell Ralph, whatever the conse-
quences MAJ be. l have been thinking
it over, and / think he ought to know.
/ am going To show II him tonight
after dinner and she put it in her
pocket and then began TO cry. | did
not know what To say or do. l was so
frightened at the thought of what was
coming. and the dressing bell rang at
that moment / was just leaving the
room when she called me back.
IL can't come down to- dinner she
said. Il hate Ralph TO see me with red
eyes. Tell him | shall come down after
ward, at . o'clock, and that i want to
see him particularly; only don't tell him
what it is about or mention it to any
one else. | did not mean any one To
know till he did
.'She began To cry afreSh and | made
her lie down and put shawl over her.
and then left her rs | had still to- dress
and l knew that Aunt Mary was not
coming down. | was late "a it was"
''Is that ALL said Charles. who had
been listening intently.
All" replied Evelyn. We shall
soon know the worst now"
Very SOON" said Charles Ralph
may come in here at any moment.
Evelyn and Middleton. will you have
the goodness to come with me- And he
led the WAY into the hall.
We could hear Ralph in the next
room hummin2 over an old Irish melody /
with an inlprovised accompaniment.
Now show me her room" said /
Charles. land he quick about it
EVELYN looked at him ;IstouiShed, and /
then led the way up stairs, along the pivt- I
ure gallery 10 another wing of the /,
house. She stopped at last before "A door
ut the end of the passage, dimly lighted
by a lamp ut the further end. There
was light under the door. and Il bright
ened intently we could hear nothing
stirring within.
KNOCK again" said Charles To- Evelyn
Louder" a. her hand failed her.
There was mo answer. As We listened /
the light within disappeared.
Bring that lamp from the end of the
passage" said Charles To Evelyn, and
she brought it.
'Hold il there" he said: and Won
Middleton, stand aside"
He took a few steps backward and then
flung himself against the door with his
but resisted.
The lock is old. IL Is bound to CO."
he said. painting a little.
Really, Charles remonstrated-"a
lady's privat. apartment, Miss Derrick,
wonder you allow this"
Charles re;reatr'l again. and then
made "a fresh and even ficrcer onslaught
1n the door There WAS sound of
iplintsring wood and of bursting screws.
md in another moment the door flew
open inward. and Charles was pre,.ipi-
ated headforemost into the room. his; ,
evening pumps fiOuri>hinS wildly in the ,
Iir. In an instant he WAS on his feet
Igain. gasping hard. and had seized the
amp ont of Evelyn's hand. Before had
ime In demonstrate on the liberty that
lie WIS taking, we We're all three in the !
DOM. !
IL was empty, Z
In ON: corner stood "a box half rac ked. I
With various articles of clothing lying
y it. On the dressing table WAS IL 5
Whole medley of little feminine knick-
marks with ..nnIl.sti,.L-