El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-20

idea that he was the friend whom you
had photographed for. / suspect, too,
that same evening after the ball, when
she and Carr went together TO find the
bag II was to have u last word to en-
able them to play into each other s
hands. being aware, If / remember
rightly. that father had gone to bed in
company with the key of the 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 mp
all thought of Lady Mary's Jewels. and
to secure those which were ten times
their V.-lue. She could not have taken
both without drawing suspicion upon
herself Like a wise woman she left the
smaller. and went in for the larger prize:
less clever one would have tried for
both and have failed. She failed, it is
true. by AN oversight. She could never
have noticed that the piece of paper
wrapped round the crescent was peculiar
In any way. or she would not have left
1t on the table among the others. She
turned it off we'll when Evelyn recog-
nized ii. and made the most of her time.
She was within an ace of success, but
fate was against her. And Carr lost no
Il
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
arranged OF course he set of for the
scene of the accident directly he heard
of it, having received no further com
municatiou from her We only arrived
zen minutes before him. For my part /
admired her more than l ever did be-
fore when the truth about her came out.
i considered her to be a pink-and-white
nonenity. without an idea beyond a neat
adjustment of pearl powder. and then
found that she possessed brains enough
to outwit two minds OF no mean calibss,
namely. yours. Middleton. ard my own.
EVELYN was the only person who had the
slightest suspicion of her. and that hard
" amounted TO more than an instinct.
for she owned that she had no reason 10
show for it,
Il wonder Lady Mary WIS 80 com
pletely taken in 10y her To start with" /
said.
Il don't replied Charles. Il have
even heard of elderly men being taken
in by young ones. Besides. suspicious
people are always liable TO distrJ.st their
own nearest relatives. especially their
progressing nephews. and then lay
themselves open To he taken in by entire
strangers. She wanted TO get Ralph
married. and she took "a fancy To this
girl, vino was laying herself out to be
taken fancy TO. In short she trusted
to her own Judgment, and it failed
her. - usual Wrote very kindly
TO her from abroad. telling her how sin
cerely | syInpathized with her in her
distress at finding how entirely her !
Judgment had been at fault: how la
mentally she had been deceived from |
first To last, aud how much trouble she |
had been the innocent means of bring |
ing on the family. L have had no reply. |
Dear Aunt Mary! That reminds Inc |
that she Is in London now, and think Il |
call from I.sr- A.! . rc-sGuai e--reSsion l
OF sympathy might give her pleasure"
And he rose 10 take his leave.
! had let Charles go without contradict
ing a word he had said, because, unfort-
unately- was not III posi- lion to do 80.
AS have said before, am not given to
suspecting friend, even though appear
ances may De against him, and 1 still be-
heved in Cars innocence, though must
own that | was sorry that he never an
swered any of the numerous letters /
wrote to him. or ever came To see me in
London, "a | had particularly asked him
to do. Of course | did not believe that
he was married 10 Aurelia. for il was
only on the word of n stranger and "A DO
lice inspector. while | knew from his own
lips that he was engaged to a countrywo-
man of his own. However. lie that how il
may, my own rooted conviction at the
time, which has remained unshaIleneyer
since, Is that in some way he became
aware that he WAS unjustly stIypected
and being. like all Americans Of a seu>i
tive nature. ne retired 10 his native. land |
Anyhow. i have never seen or heard any
thing of him since. am aware TINT Jane
holds = different opinion. bat then
Charles had prciUdicrI her against him.
30 much so that II la, cndel b. hcr.;u-
ing subject on which we do not con-
verse together.
! saw Charles again a few months
later. On a Sultry night III July. was
leaving town the next day fn be, present
ut Raiph'> wedding. and Jane and were
talking it over toward 10 n'clnck-tLe
first cool ti.-. IL tho dav-v.,.;t Ice
walked 3d.. lie looked pale aiiI ia,I.d As
he sat C.'ru YEARLY l,y ~ ~ Tho omen
window .:nd strUlled tie. cat. y.'rici, VA.
taking Tia air Oh the sill. lie sail that
he felt ,i'. het. and Iie certainly Innled
very mI'ci Knocked M. 7 do not fee!
beat my lf. ] am glad To- say
Il ari ;.pir,. abroad Tomorrow" he
said, after - few remarks OH other sub
jectS- ii i not merely 81 question of
pleasure. though shall be- Glad to d.. out
IF London, Int have of late become am {
object "f >lch increasing interest 10