The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-30
EEG N&WBERRY HERALD AND NEws, JULY 80 1901

American ho certainly madc very Door
fight Of it; and whlo was layinr info
the man who had got hold of him I yus
suddenly caught by tho legs myself from
the other Sido OF the cab. | turned ON
my aSsa'lant, saw u heavy stick lcyclcd
ut me, caught at it, missed it, bchcld q
ScrlcS OF fireworks and remembered moth
ing more.
The first thing heard Oh beginning
to come to myself WAS u series of sub
ducd hut evidently heartfelt oaths, and
l b"cnmo sensible Of an airy feeling, I'M
pleasant iii tho extreme, proceeding
from IN open condition of coat and
wHlStcoat quito unsuitcd to tho timo of
year. ~ low chorus of muillcl whispcr-
ing WAS going on round nc. AS
groancd involuntarily it stopped.
lies coming tor l heard Carr say.
"Go and fetch s0mo D,andy." And
felt myself turned right sido uppcrmost,
and my hands were rubbed, whilo Carr,
i'll Il voice Of tho greatest allNiuty, asked
mo how felt. | was soon ablo to sit
up and to become aware that I had y
splitting headache, and WAS staring at q
tallow candle stuck in Il bottle. Having
got SO far got IL little farther, and on
looking round found myself reclining on
u sack in Il corner Of II disrcputablo look
ing room, dingy with dirt and faithful
to tho memory Of bad tobacco.
Then | suddenly remembered what
had occurred Carr saw that did SO,
and Instantly poured forth an account
of how we had been rescued from u con-
dition Of great peril by tho man to whom
in, 1n1t, t,>
ho hardly knew how to cxprCss his graft
tudc, and who WAS now gono for some
brandy for me. lie told me IL great deal
about 1t, but | WAS so dizzy that L forgot
most OF what he said, and il was not un-
t1l our dclivcrcrrcturncd with tho brandy
shat l became thoroughly aware Of what
was going forward.
l could not help thinking, as 1 thanked
tho honest fellow who had come TO our
assistance, how easily one may bo de-
celVcd by appearances, for u moro for
bidding looking face under its fur cap L
never saw. That of his son, who Drcs-
emily returned with Il four wheeler which
Carr had sent for, was not moro DrcDos
scsSing. In fact they wero two as vii
lainons looking men as 1 had ever seen.
After rccOlnpcnSing both with all our
spare cash we got ourselves hOiStcd stitfiy
into thc cab, and Carr good naturcdly
insisted on seeing mo home, though ho
owned to feeling, RS he put it, "rathcY
knocked up by his knocking down." We
were both far too exhausted. to sneak
much, until Carr gave a start and Il gasp
and said, "By Jovc!'
"Wlat:" inquired.
"Thcy are gonc!' he said TREMENDOUSLY
-"my sapphircs. They arc gone! Stolen!
! had them in bag around my neck, rs
you told me. They must hayo been
taken from mo when l YVES knocked
down. say" he added quickly, chow
about yours? Have you got them all
right:'
lhvoluntarily raised my hand to my
throat. y horrid qualm passed over mc.
"fhank heaven" replied with sigh
OF relief. they arc safo at homo with
Jane. What ~ mercy! I might havo
lost them"
"MiGht!" said Carr. would have
lost them to IL dead certainty; and mino
arc gone" And lie stamped and clenched
his fists and looked positively furious.
Poor Carr! | folt for him. IIo took
the loss of his stones SO to heart, and
am sure it was only natural. l parted
from him at y own door, and was glad,
on going i'll, to lind Janc had stayed up
for me. l soon figured in her eyes as
tho hero OF II thrilling adventure, while
her clover hands applied sticking plaster
al llDltun We wore both so full of tho
events Of tho evening and the letter
which l was to write to The Times about
it the next lnV that if Onvor antnra1 +bo
heads of either Of us, Oh retiring to bed,
to remove Sir Johns jewels from the tea
caddy into which they had been tempo
rarily popped in the afternoon.