The Holly chieftain., 1902-02-28

cIatchsd It 6nd slipped II into NJ
footman.s undress Jacket, and stepped
hack again"
"And got safe Into your own ball
cony.*
yes; but didn't clean the winder
that night was upset like BY what
I had done, and think. II could
have put It back again. should; but
there was NO opportunity. wrapped
1t up in my winder leather, and then
in . sheet Of paper. and then put It
up the chimbley In one Of the spare
bedrooms. l was up the next morning
aforS 8, and cleaned my windess;
I'd NO trouble to awake myself, for I
had never slsbt. The same day to-
wards evening you called sir, and
asked me some questions-whethsr We
had seen any one ON the leads It the
back, and such like. ! said. a mas
ter was just come home from Ascot,
would you be pleased to speak to him.
"Ah." again remarked the ofkcer,
you were a clever fellow that day.
But II my suspicious had not been
strongly directed to another quarter,
I might have looked you up more
sharply"
II KEEP 1t by me for month or two,
and then gave warning to leave
thonght I'd have my fling, and be-
came acquainted with her-that LADY
and somehow she wormed out OF me
that had got 1t, and let her dispose
~ u S0p ,,,e 70, - GO ii Oh. yrr~- ho~,
to do 1t without danger"
What did you get for it,"
The skeleton shook his head. Thirty
four pound. and I had counted on
hundred and fifty. She took an oath
she had not helped herself to six
pence"
"Oaths are plentiful with the genus"
remarked the detective.
She stood to It she hadn't. and she
stopped and helped me to spend 1t.
After that was done. she went over
to somebody else who was in luck;
and have tried to go on, and can't;
honestly or dishonesty; 1t seems all
one; nothing prospers. and I'm naked
and famishing-and wish | was dy-
ing"
Evil courses never do prosper,
Nicholls." said the officer, as he call
ed In the policemen, and consigned the
prisoner to their care.
So Gerard was Innocent!
"But how was 1t you skillful detee-
'tfvea could not be on this mans
.sceht!" asked Colonel Hope of the Of
fcer, when he heard the tale.
:, Colonel. was thrown of. Your
positive belief in your nephew's guilt
infected me, and appearances were
very strong against him. Miss Seaton
also helped to throw me of; she said,
II you remember, that she did not
leave the room; but 1t now appears
she did leave 1t when your nephew did.
though only for few moments. Those
few moments sumced to do the Job"
ITS strange she could not tell the
exact truth" growled the colonel.
"She probably thought she was exact
enough since she only remained out
side the door and could answer for 1t
that no one had entered by 1t. She
forgot the window. l thought of the
window the instant the loss was men
toned to me, but Miss Seaton's asser-
ton that she never had the window out
Of her view prevented my dwelling on
1t. I did go to the next door, and saw
the very fellow who committed the
robbery. but his manner was SUFFICIENT
ly satisfactory. He talked too freely;
l did not like that; but found he had
been in the same service Is months,
and. as must repeat, laid the guilt
to another
ut is a confoundedly unpleasant af.
fair for me-" cried the colonel; II have
published my nephew's disgrace and
guilt all over London" Iii
"It is more unpleasant for him
colonel" was the rejoinder OF the ON
Ger.
And / have kept him short Of
money, and suffered him to be sued
for debt, and l have let him 60 and
live amongst the runaway scamps over
the water, and not hindered his engag-
ing himself as merchants clerk; and
In short. have played the very deuce
with him." }Nf
But reparatlon Is. doubtless. in your
heart and hands, colonel" 56.i
Il don't know that, sir" testify con-
cluded the colonel. s
Ito be continued.)
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