Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-08-24
The DANVERS
jewels,
BY THE AUTHOR OF RED POTTAGE

am sure.
ooh. | don't know" | said. feeling !
had not yet been of as much assistance
as / could have wished. "Now ! think
detectives are uf use-rcally useful. yo'
know. i'm finding ont things. Iher
was Il detective. ! remember. trying u
trace the people who murdered that
poor lady nj James old house since my
return"
But who could it have been: who
could it have beoE:" burst out Ralph,
unloading. They We're all friends. 1t
is frightful 10 suspect one of them. One
could as easily suspect ones self. Which
If them all could have done thing
like that: Ont Of them all, which was
it,"
Carr replied Charles quietly, look
ing full Mt his father.
If bombshcll had fallen among rs at
that moment it could not have produced
a greater effect than that one word. ut
tered 50 deliberately. Sir George started
in his bed and clutched at the bed clothes
with both hands. My brain positively
reeled. Carr, my friend Carr introduced
into the family by myself. was being az
cused by Charlesl was speeches. with
Indignation.
Il am sorry, Middleton" continued
Charles Il know he is your friend, but
Il can't help that Carr took the jewels.
distrusted him from the moment he set
foot in the house
Where Is he ut this instant said
Marston, getting up. is no one with
| him.
'Thcre is no need to be anxious on his
account. replied Charles. Il took him
up to the smoking room before | came
here, and l turned the key in the door.
The key is here" And he laid it Jn The
table
Marston sat down again.
what are your grounds for suspect
ing Carr he asked. Remember this is
a very serious thing, Charles, that You
have done in locking him up il you have
not adequate reason for it..
You had better leave Carr alone
Charles, said Ralph, Significantly.
Let him go on said Sir George.
81 have no proof" continued Charles
81 did not see him take them, but | an
as certain Of it as if | had seen it viii
my own eyes. The jewels could only
have been stolen by someone staying Ii
the house. That is certain. Who, ey
cepting Carr, was II stranger among us
Who. excepting Carr
stop. Charles" said Ralph again
Don't You know that Carr slept witt
me down at the lodgeE
Charles turned on his brother an'
gripped his shoulder.
''Do you mean to say, he sad sharp
ly, that Carr did not sleep in the hous
last night"
Dear me! Charles, that was an over
sight on your part, came Sir George
whisper,
mo, replied huph, ne dld not n
house was full, and we mad to put nm
that second small room through NINE /
the lodge, II Carr mad been dying I
take them he had not the opportunity
lie could not have LEFT MS room "lthou
passing through mlhe, anu NEVER WEI
to sleep at all. mad a sharp touch {
neuralgia from the coId' "ihch Kept III
awake all night
lie got ont through the WINDOW
said Charles.
"Nonsense! SAID kalph, getting Wis
bly, angry; you are only making ma
tiers worse by trying to put IL on mn
Remember the size or tne WINDOW, -
sides you know now the lodse staro
built against the garden wall. When
came out this morning there was not
single footstep in the snow except tho,
we had made as we went there the nigf
before. noticed our footmarls particl
larly, because 1 had been afraid thel
would be more snow. No one could b
any possibility have left the house durin
the night. Even Jones himself had NJ
been out, for there was little eddy
Enow before the back door, and +
member calling to him that he woul
.. want his broom"
"The snow clinches tho matte
Charles" said Marston. gravelv. "Yc
have made a mistake"
"Quito unintentional, I'm sure" viii
pered Sir George.
There was something did not Ii
about that whisper. 1t seemed to imp
more than met the ear,
Charles did not appear to hear hil
He was staring fxedly before him, h
: hand had dropped from Ralphs shoulde
his face was quite gray.
: "Then," he said slowly, as if wakir
! out of dream. sit was not Carr"
"No, said Sir George s'Inever thong
i it was"
Good God" calculated Charles. sin
), inc into low chair by the fire. al
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