The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-08
CONCLUSION.


I am told that / ought TO write some
thing In the way of conclusion TO this
account of the Danvers jewels, as IL tn,
end OF the last chapter were not conclu-
sion enough. Charles. who has just read
H. says especially that his character re-
quires what he calls IAN elegant finish, -
and suggests that slight indication OF
young and lovely heiress in connection
with himself would give pleasure to the
thoughtful reader. But / do not mean
at the last moment to depart from the
exact truth and dabble in fiction just TO
make a suitable conclusion.
II / must write something more l must
beg that IL will be kept in mind that II
further details concerning the robbery
are now added against my own judgment
they will rest on Charles authority not
mine, as anything 1 afterward heard was
only through Charles, whose informa ton
i never consider reliable in the least de-
gree.
II was not till three months later thar
l saw him again, on a wet April after
noon. ! was still living In London with
Jane when he came TO see me. having just
returned from a long tour abroad with
Ralph
Sir George, he said. was quite we'll
again, but the coolness between himself
and his father had dropped almost TO
freezing point since 1t had come To light
that he had been innocent after all His
father could not forgive his son for put
ting him in the wrong
Il seldom disappoint MIN in matters OF
this kind he said. Indeed, | may say
l have, as a rule, surpassed his expecta-
tions, and / must be careful never TO
fall short of them in this way again. But
ah! Miss Middleton, ] am sure YOU will
agree with me how difficult IL is TO pre-
serve an even course without relaxing a
little ar times"
MY dear Mr.. Charles" said Jane
beaming at him over her knitting, but
not quite taking him i'm the manner he
Intended, you are young yet; but don't
be down hearted. j am sure by your
face that as you grow older these devia-
tons which you so properly regret will
grow fewer and fewer until as life goes
on they will gradually cease altogether"
II consider it not improbable myself"
said Charles, with a faint smile, and he
changed the conversation. j really can
not put down here all that he proceeded
to say in the most cold-blooded manner
concerning Carr and Aureffa, or, as he
would call them, Mr., and Mrs. Brown,
alias Sinclair. alias Tibb!ts. for one
don't believe a word of II. and ! don't
see how he could have found 1t all out.
as he said he had. through the police and
people of that kind. i don't consider IL
is at ali respectable consorting with the
police in that way; but then Charles
never was respectable, as / told Jane af-
ter he left. arousing excited feelings on
her part which made me regret having
mentioned II.
According to him. Carr, who had never
been seen or heard of since the day after
the accident. was a professional thief
who had probably gone to---in India
with the express design of obtaining pos
session OF Sir Johns jewels, which had
till near the time of his death, been
safely slowed away In a bank in Calcut-
ta He and his wife usually worked to-
Eether; but on this occasion she had, by
means of her engaging manners and
youthful appearance, struck UP an ao-
quaintance abroad with Lady Mary Cum
ningham, who, IL will be remembered, had
Jewels OF considerable value, with a view
to those jewels.
Ralph she had used as a tool, and
engaged herself to him i'm the expec-
tation that on her return to England she
might. by means OF her intimacy with
the family, have an opportunity OF taxi
ing them, Lady Mary having left them,
while abroad with her banker in Lon
don. The opportunity came while she
was at Stoke Moreton, but I'm the mean
while Sir Johns priceless legacy had ar
rived, having eluded her husbands vigi-
lance. (That certainly was true. The
Jewels wer. safe enough AS long as had
anything TO do with them.) Her husband,
who followed them, saw that he was sus-
pected and threw the game into her
hands, devoting himself entirely 10 put
ting his own innocence beyond a doubt.
In which, with Ralph's assistance, he
succeeded.
Il see now" continued Charles, "why
she split her tea when Carr arrived. She
was taken by surprise on seeing him en-
ter the room, having had probably no
idea that he was the friend whom you
had telegraphed for. I suspect too, that
same evening after the ball, when she
and Carr went together to find the bag.
IL was to have a last word to enable them
10 play into each others hands, being
aware. IL 1 remember rightly. that father
had gone to bed In company with tho key
OF tho safe, and that consequently the
Jewels might be left within easier reach
than usual No doubt she weighed the
matter In her own mind. and decided TO
give up all thought OF Lady Mary's jew
els, and to secure those which were ten
times their value. She could not have
taken both without drawing suspicion
upon herself. Like a wise woman she
left the smaller. and went in for the larg-
CT prize, n loss clcNer one WOuld nave
tried for both and have failed. She failed.
II In true, by an oversight She could
never have noticed that the piece OF pa
per wrapped around the crescent was Pc
culiar In any way. or she would not have
left IL on the table among the others. She
turned IL or Veil when Evelyn recog-
nizsd II. and made the most OF her time.
She was within an ace of success. but
fate was against her. And Carr lost no
time either, for that matter, for I have
since found out that the telegram she
sent was TO Birmingham. where he was
no doubt hiding, bidding him meet her
In London earlier than had been arrang-
I'd. OF course he set of for the scene OF
the accident directly he heard OF IL. hav-
ing received no further ommunica tion
from her. We only arrived ten minutes