The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-08

CONTINUED from 1esterdayD
''He does. and insists on pressing the
charge" / quietly answered more and
more surprised at his cool and smiling
demeanor.
'Ah. just so; I'm sorry for him--very
sorry. well, l suppose we may go at
| once"
"one moment 1t will be necessary to
| search the room"
! For the money. suppose?" he lightly
returned. Now. look you. am ] a man
/ who has a hundred pounds lying about
| me? No; you may save yourself the
! trouble, and nse the annoyance of having
my books and papers disturbed, The
| money is not here"
You are wonderfully frank Have you
any objection 70 say where you have put
| it?"
, 81 have put it--well, we'll say where It
should have been long before | touched
IT, VIII that satisfy you?"
| Now. as far rs the case had gone. there
| were in II Strange elements of mystery
| Incidents quite inexplicable by ordinary
| reasoning.
| A young man might rob his father, and
even take a special Journey TO accom-
plish the crime; but how did II happen
that he was still in poverty, though only
| day had interviewed? / made many con-
| lectures, and futile searches, and In
| quiries, but so far at sea were they all
| that they need find no place here. But
a day or two after. wnen an outline OF
| the curious facts had found it's way into
| the newspapers, new light was thrown
| on the AFFAIR by young woman and her
| husband, named Maggie and William
| Syme. calling at the Central office, and
/ expressing wish to sec the prisoner.
| This request being refused. the young
wife-she was a mere girl, and uncom-
| monty pretty-said she could explain all
! about the robbery. so as TO clear Tom
| Stirling entirely. We. were brought I'm to
| listen TO her story. ann a curious story IL
was.
| "I am an orphan, ana ! was brought UP
from child by Mr.. Stirling" she began
| in a fearful, but at the same time very
| engaging way. tom and ] have always
been Ike brother and sister, but when
we became man and woman, Toms
| father took the notion of having US mar
red knowing that though / had not
| shilling of my own, am not without ex-
! pectations from a distant relative, who,
| though he never holds intercourse with
me. has no other heir Tom struck out
| against the arrangement, saying roundly
! that he didn't care for me In that way,
engaged to Mr.. syme here and she
| blushed a little as she indicated her hus-
| band well, we had rather an unhappy
| time OF II, till at last left and got mar
ried. when Mr. Stirling turned round like
! a fend on his son Tom, called him ev-
| erything for his foollshness in not car
| rying me OFF instead OF a nobody as he
| called my husband, and finally turned
! him out OF the house, and told him 10
| shift for himself. But Tom had a deal
| of push in him, and many friends. so
| ne continued 30 work his way at college,
and never came 70 Glasgow but he seem
ed overfiowing with money and good ma
! ture Last summer. my husband. who is
| in business in Patrick. put his name TO
| bill for a friend who has recently alb
| seconded. and the want of the hundred
| pounds, coming so Unexpectedly, and at
such a time. nearly drove us mad. We
didn't know where 10 turn, and ruin
seemed sure, till thought of Tom, and
wrote him along letter, explaining all j
| needed-the loan OF hundred pounds till
| we should find our feet again and as..ing
| n any OF hts friends could get us the
| money l wrote the letter, but did not
| post It, as IL struck me / could say IL
! better than write IT, and went through
| and saw him at the college gate, where
ne looked rather doubtful FOR a time, and
scratched his head as If not sure what to
| do. But after a minute te-he"looked brighter
| and said, oh, have 1.-THE day after to-
| morrow is rent day-yes. can get it Tor
! YOU Maggie. borrow IT from friend VINO
| has more than he ought 10 have. or can
use Expect me with the money the day
| after tomorrow Well. I was so grateful
| that | kissed him on the street there and
| then-oh. YOU needn't smile TO my hus-
| band for he's not Jealous of Tom-and
| came home with n light heart Punctual
| as the day came round. Tom appeared.
| gave us the money. and LETT I'm high spir-
| IT'S. Oh. little did I, think what he had
| done to get H. or would have been the
| last TO take IT." and flow of tears con-
frmed her impulsive statement.
We were now in a worse plight than
before. for of course we had TO detain
both the young wife and her husband on
a charge of abetting the crime. But
greater surprise was TO come. The next
day, when they were brought UP for ex-
animation apd Tom Stirling saw who the
! two prisoners were. he turned to the
Sheriff, and with more excitement and
wrath than he had vet displayed. de-
mandcd to make a statement In pres
| ence or his father, the accuser.
"I have remained silent in hope that
YOU would think better Of It," he sternly
began, facing his parent with no loving
glance You know that took the
money from you. and YOU know for whom
took IT, yet there you stand as cruel
and determined rs though we were the
| criminals and you the sanity innocent.
beg TO inform this Court that the money
took from my father, with another hun
dred behind It, belongs 10 this poor girl
| at my side--ay. wholly and solely TO
Maggie Syme. Rather more than year
before she married, friend left her the
money in trust Of my father; but he en-
joined me not to mention the fact to her.