El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29

"Win somebody have the goodness Il
restrain Middleton if he gets excited
said Charles. II am afraid he won
like part of what / have got to say"
Nonsense, SIR replied with warmth
81 hope can restrain myself as well a,
any man, even under such provocatior
as have lately received. You may de
pend on me, sir, that
1--WE lose time" said Marston, seating
himself by me and cutting short what
was saying in an exceedingly brusque
manner. Come, Charles, You should
not be interrupted"
But he was. l interrupted him the
whole time in spite of continual efforts
c. the part of Marston to make me keep
silence. am not the man calmly to let
pass black insinuations against the char
acter of friend. No; stood up for
Kim. 1 am glad to think how 1 stood up
for him, not only unexpectedly, but in
the most literal sense of the term; for l
found myself continually getting mp
and Marston as often pulling me down
again into my chair
"Am to speak, or is Middleton" said
Charles at last in despair. II will do a
solo, or will keep silence; but really I
am unequal TO a duet"
"Sir George" said Marston, will you
have the goodness TO desire Col. Middle
ton to be silent or to leave the room I'M
til Charles has finished his storyT'
I was justly annoyed at Marston's
manner of speaking of me, but as had
no intention to leave the room and miss
what was going on 1 merely bowed in
answer to a civil request from Sir George
and took up an attitude of dignified ST.
lepce l felt that 1 had done my part in
indicating my friend, and after all no
one evidently was accustomed to believe
what Charles said.
LAS 1 was saying" he continued, II
suspected Carr from the first. did not
like the look of him, and / purposely
pumped Middleton about him last night
at supper"
nearly burst out at the bare idea of
Charles daring 70 say he had pumped
me; but, as will be seen, he could twist
anything that was said to such an extent
that it was perfectly useless to contra
dict him any longer. / said not a single
word and he went on
''All Middleton told me confirmed me
In my suspicious. Sir John had been
murdered the night before Middleton
I'd for England, whisper of the
Jewels having no doubt gone abroad.
Carr came on board next day and made
friends with Middleton. Whether he
had anything 10 do with the murder or
no5 God knows, but he found out-nay,
Middleton openly told him that he had
wells of great value in his possession,
which he carried about on his person.
Carr was the only person aware of
that fact. What follows? Carr has Mid
dleton's address in London. Middleton
goes to the house and finds that his sis
ter has moved to the next street. That
house to which he first went is broken
into and the poor woman In 1t Is
murdered or dies of fright that same
night / mention this as coincidence
.-lmber one. The following evening
Middleton. having by chance left the
Jewels at home, dimes and goes to the
theatre by appointment with Carr.
Unique cab accident occurs, in which
Middleton is knocked on the head and
rendered unconscious. Coincidence num-
Der two. Miss Middleton's house is
broken into that same night on Middle
tons return to it. Coincidence number
three. When I put all this together last
night, remembering that Carr, by Mid
dleton's own account, was the only per-
son aware that he had jewels of great
value in his l;eeping, l felt absolutely
certain las feel still) that he had &C
cepted the invitation and come down
from London solely for the purpose of
stealing them. 1t was pure conjecture on
my part. and 1 dared say nothing be-
yond begging Ralph not to leave the
jewels in the hbrary-which, however,
he did. 1 went straight off to my room
when the others went to smoke, but /
did not go to bed. The more / thought
it over the more certain / felt that Carr
would not let slip such an opportunity;
the more convinced that an attempt
would be made that very night. / did
not know that he was not sleeping in
the house, but knew Ralph was at the
lodge, so / could not go and consult with
him as 1 should otherwise have done. |
thought of going to Middleton, whose
room was close to mine, but on second
thoughts gave up the idea. 1 am glad 1
did. At last determined 1 would wait
till the house was quiet, and that then |
would go down alone and watch in
the library in the dark. 1 lay down
on my bed in my clothes to
wait, and then-I had been up
most OF the nlSnt Derore WITH LENS,
was dead beat with acting and dancing
by i'll luck fell asleep. When 1 woke
up found to my horror that it was close
on o'clock. instantly slipped off my
shoes and crept out of my room and
down the stairs. / could not get to the
library from the hall, as the stage blocked
the way, and had to go all the way
round by the drawing room and morning
room. AS went thought how easy it
would be for Carr to force the lock of