Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-11-06
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name gave Ter. aud put her age at
l3 without stopping to reflect that i
was probably as old a man ~ her IA
ther. A third crop OF advertisements
went out. This time called II hoop
ring. and | got 200 replies from losers
Of hoop rings. In sending out the
fourth batch OF advertising described
the ring with the exception OF the ini-
tials. The replies numbered over 4oO.
also got something beyond replies. A
detective followed me 20 my lodgings
and was insulting enough TO ask:
Look here. old man, what sort OF
game are you trying TO play on the
public with that ringT
"None OF your business" replied In
my anger at finding had been dogged.
But IL is my business" he insisted.
81 don't exactly twig your lay. but III
have an eye on you for the next few
weeks and be prepared TO make II hot
for you"
'If you want to know who I am. 60
TO Brown & Brown, solicitors"
"Tll find out soon enough without
any help fro-n them"
For half an hour after he had gone
was too put out to feel much romance.
but as cooled of II came gently steal
ing back. and was more than ever de-
termIned 10 find my unknown love.
| With that Independence which should
| characterize the actions OF fairly
honest man advertised for the fourth
time. This time | asked "B. r." to
| communicate with me In case she had
| lost anything. There were just l0I "B.
| f." answers, but among them ! select
! ed one which appeared 10 be genuine.
| This "B. r." had lost a double hoop
| diamond ring containing i've stones.
| II had been lost on a railroad train and
was q birthday gift from dead moth
| or. was asked 10 call at the cham
| bers OF n certain solicitor 10 have the
ring further identified. There Is moth
Ing romantic about calling on solici-
| tor. had been In hopes 10 be Invited
to a Sloan square mansion or a grand
country seat. and was disappointed.
| IL was quite possible. however. that
| the blond haired heiress would be at
the solicitors and that all would be
well and SO was on hand at the ap-
pointed hour. So was a stern faced
and aggressive looking householder, to-
gether with a slick looking villain
whom at once spotted for detective
and a young woman whose hair was
red instead OF blond. The ring was
speedily identified by the stern faced
man and red headed girl "B. P.' was
Bertha Perkins. and her father and
her maid were before me- Perkins was
a country squire. and on the night pre-
yIous 10 my finding the ring his daugh-
| ter's Jewels had been stolen. The hoop
ring was part OF the plunder.
or course was ready 10 hand over
the ring. but IL wasn't 20 stop there.
| That red headed maid was sure she
recognized me as the man who was
hanging about the grounds few hours
before the robbery, and that villain OK
a detective was only too glad to snap
the handouts on my wrists and hurry
me of to jail IL took me three days to
prove myself a respectable character
and an alibi. They had 10 give me my
liberty. but IL was grudgingly done.
and the detective said he'd have an eye
on me all the rest OF my days. The
romance had departed when | was
locked up. came out OF jail deter
mined on securing reparation. Old
Perkins had helped the red headed girl
10 conclude that was the robber, and
went down 10 his country seat 10 re-
celve an abject apology or pull his
nose. He not only refused an apology,
but threatened TO kick me of the
grounds. and the red headed girl de-
clared that ! had a cast In my left eye.
and by that cast she would swear to
me In any court as man who would
not stop at murder There was one
more thing to be cleared up. | wanted
10 find out about "B. T." herself. Was
she the blond haired, blue eyed girl OF
my dreams. and was she worthy OF my
love? | had not long 10 wait was
walking from the country seat TO the
village when dogcart knocked me
down and rolled me all over the road.
. and the driver halted to call me q
tramp and threaten me with the Jaw.
The driver was "B. T." Her hair was
bleached. her eyebrows colored and her
nose turned up. She had big mouth.
bad teeth and milky eyes and when
she drove on she whlstled like a man.