The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
fBy special Arrangement with Harper
u & Brother.)
177Ss55y CHAPTER 1.

& n,e. AZ least, to BIO accurate-and am
u n1wAys accurnte--I was not quite on the
point, but nearly for was gong 70
n start by the mall on the, following day
s1 Had beet, UP to Government House 70
take my leave few days before. but Sir
aJohn had beer, too III to sec me. or at
least he had said no was And now ne
n was much worse-dying, II seemed. IRON rom
II all accounts, and no had sent down Q
N native servant In the MONDAY heat with
\ note, written In his shaking old hand
begging me to come up as soon as y
M became cooler. He said he had com.
S mission which he was anxious ! snoulu
& 40 for him In England.
}E55iS of course went It was not very con.
" vetlient. because I had to borrow one OF
II our fellows traps, as I had sold my own
And none OF them had the confidence IN
\, my driving which had myself ! was
" also Obliged toleave the packing OF my
N collection OF Malay krses ana 1n ei'l
/ kookeries to my bearer u.
i wondered, as drove along, why Sir
n John had sent for me. Worse, was ne !:
u Dying? and without b friend. Poor od
u man n He had done pretty we'll IN TINS
ID world. but I was afraid he would not pc
in Ia much once he was out Of 1t; and
now, It seemed he was going. felt
II sorry for him. felt moro sorry wnen !, !
saw hin,-when tho tall, long faced a.. y
$C.5.took mo into his room ana lett US
YES. Sir John was certainly going.
Il There was no mistake about It. 1t was
written In every limo Of his drawn, fever
I worn IA &c, and In his widc fover-lit eyes
I'll and in the clutch of his long, yellow
d hands upon his tussore silk DRESSING
III gown, He looked very SICK pad oio
& man as he lay there on Nils low couch, 1
H placed SO as to court the air from WITH
D out cooled by lts passage through aanp pea
grass screens, and to receive me ~
strength OF the punkah puileed 3oy an ~
Visible hand outside. !,
/ asked sharply.
If was written even in the change OF
Ms voice. which was harsh, as Of OLD, put
Il with I'LL the strength gone out OF ".
III H3vT to-morrow's mail, said.
& should have liked to say something
more-s omethng sympathetic about ms
being i'll and not likely to get better
but ne had always treated me dlscourt,
eously when he was we'll ana coulo
NOT omen out all at once, now that ne
sS :" II ,ook here, Middleton he went on;
$.I nm dying, and 7 know It. DOM
s,,nnoae you imagined r. had sent Tor
1 Won to bid you a last farewell before oe-
nartinr to my long home. ! am not III
s,ch q, hurry to depart as oil tnat, ct.i .
fell YOU; but there IS something ! want
done-that I want you to 40 tor me. !
& meant to have done 1t myself, DIV :. :; an
Il anwn now, and I must trust solllepouy'
III know better than TO trust s,.ao.s,,,sr
q Al 81 honest fool-but am dlgressins'
from the case in point. have never
trusted anybody all my life, 50 you may
IN Yae1 honored. I have a small parcel
which 7 want YOU to take to England LOT
me- Here It Is. !"
His long, lean hands went searching IN
5 hir dressing gown, and presently pro-
= duced an old brown bag. held togethet u
the neck by string
IA. see here" he said and he pusheu ,ne
glasses and papers aside from tn NJ, tao ,i
near him and undid the fstrlns' tneN !, ~
craned forward to look about MN, Jay
Inc ) spasmodc clutch on the bag. I'm
Watched l. know I'm. watched! no
said IN a whisper, his pale eyes turning
SLOWLY in their sockets. shali Dc
81 ktlled for them II keep them much
longer. and won't be hurried into my
a grave. I'll take my own time.
4 n t.rhere is no one here" ] said, "and no
one IN sight, except Cathcart. smoking IN
the veranda, and can only SEQ i' no ''
+ 40 he can't see lie"
= xJa seemed to recover himself, and
laughed, / had never liked his laugh
e.necially when. as had often happened,
AZ mad been directed against myself; but
i liked 1t still rtss now.
IL "see here!" nc repeated, chucklng;
and he turned the bag inside out on the
AZ table
Such Jewels had never seen. They fell
like cut flame upon the marble table
y green and red, and burning white,
large diamond rolled and fell upon the
H floor. 4 picked 1t up and put 1t back
among the confused blaze OF precious
stones, too much astonished for mo-
ment to speak.
..Beautiful! aren't they?" the old man
chuckled. passing his wasted hands over
Il them. You won't match that necklace
In any jewelers. In England tore II
a&off an old she devil of Finances neck
after the mutiny. and got a Ditto on the
arm for my trouble. But she'll tell nc
"a tales. IIe!iHei He! 7 don't mind saying
row how l got them, am n humble
# Christian now am so near heaven--eh
Middleton? He! IIe You don't like tc
contradict me. Look at those cmcralds
The hasp Is broken. but 1t makes
pretty bracelet. ! don't think Ill tel
E9 you how the hasp got broken--lttle nc
cident MS the lady who wore 1t gave 1t t
me- Rather brown, isn't It, on one side
But 1t will come off No you need lip
be afraid OF touching It, 1t isn't wet lie
Nh he! And this crescent, Look at thos
diamonds! a duchess would be prou
n of them. had them from privat
soldier. gave him two rupees for then
& Dear mel how the sight OF them bring
u back old times. But won't leave thel
out any longer, We must put thel
II away-put them away' And the gil
tering mass was gathered up an
ID shoveled back into the old brown bal
q He looked into It once with hungry eye
and then he pulled the string and pusht
IA It over to me- "Take It," he said. "Pl
!. 1t away now. Put 1t away" he repeate
as hesitated.
gsI ] put the bag In my pocket He ga
long sigh as no watched It disappea
Il, "Now. what you have got to do wi!
sgs this bag" he said, moment afterwar
IS sis to take It to Ralph Danyers, Il
s second son of Sir George Danyers ]
Stoke Moreton In D-----shire.
George has got two sons, have nev
s59i saen him or his sons but ! don't mes