The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19


he soon did. that I was to certain ex-
tent familiar with the metropolis, he be-s
gan to question me infinitely, and ending
by making me promise to dine with him
ct the Criterion. OF which he had nctual-f'
~ never heard and go with him after
ward to the best Of the theatres the day
after we arrived Ia London. y /,
He wanted me to 60 with him the very,
evening we arrived, but on that point I
was firm. NY sister, who was living,
with q hen canary Called Bob, after! me.
before Its sex was known) in Q small
house In Kenslngton. would naturally be
hurt II I did not spend my first evening
In England with her, after an absence OF
50 many years. III Il
Carr was much Interested to hear that
had q sister. and asked lnnumerable
questions about her. Was she young and
lovely, or was she getting on7 Did she
live by herself, and was I going to stay
with her for long? Was not Kensing ton
was that the name OF the street ?--rath-
cr out Of the world, etc. E.83
was pleased with the interest ne took
( In any particulars about myself ana my
relations. People SO seldom care to hear.
about the concerns OF others. Indeed ],
have noticed, as advance In life such
q general want Of interest on the part Of
my acquaintance Iii the mlnutiae Of my
personal affairs. that Of late ] have al.
most ceased " to speak Of them at any
length Carr, however, who was OF what
4 should call a truly domestic turn Of
character. showed such genuine pleasure
In hearing about myself and my rea-
lions, thatSI asked him to call tn London
In order to make James acquaintance,
and accordingly gave him her address,
which he took down at once In his nose
book with evident satisfaction.
Our passa ge was long. but It proved
most uneventful: and except for an occa-
slonal dance, and the theatricals before
mentioned, ut would have been dull In the
extreme. The theatrcas certainly were
great success. mainly owing TO inc
splendid acting of young Carr, VINO pc
came afterWard a moro special Object ol
favor than he was before. It was Dit
terly cold when we landed early IN jan
uary at Southampton. and my native land
seemed to have retired from view behind
thick veil Of fog. We had wretehe q,
Journey up to London, packed as tigh ut
as sardlnes in a tin, much to the disgust
Of Carr, who accompanied mo to town,
and who, with N his usual thoughtfulness,
had in vain endeavored to keep the car.
ringe to ourselves, by liberal tips 70
guards and porters. When we at last
arrived in London he insisted on getting
me a cab and seeing my luggage on TO II,
before he looked after his own at all II
was only when u had given the cabman
my sisters address that he finally took
his leave. ana disappeared among the
throng OF people who were jostling each
~ har "a r tha 1uggage-yauS. sFH
Curously enough. when arrived at my
destination, an odd thing happened. I
got out at the green door of %, Suburban
Residences, and, when the maid opened
1t, walked straight past her into the
drawlng-room. "A
CHAPTER ".
"Well, janet" cried.
AZ pale, nliddle-aged woman rose as l
came in. and stood aghast. It was not
my sister. It was soon explained. ehe
was little pettlsh about 1t. poor woman.
1t seemed my sister had quite recently
changed her house, and the present occu-
pant had been put to some slight neon
yenicnce before. by people calling and
leaving parcels after her departure She
gave me James new address, which was
| only in the next street. and apologlzed
| and made my bow at once. My going to
the wrong house was such slight oc-
currence that l almost forgot 1t at the
! time, until was reminded of 1t by q
very sad event which happened after
| ward. ',5
Jane was delighted to see me. It SEEM
ed she had written to inform me OF her
change Of address. but the letter did not
| reach mo before I started for England
| with the Danyers jewels, about Whlch l
! have been asked to write this account.
| Considering this Is an account OF the Jew
els. It is wonderful how seldom have mad
1 occasion to mention them so far; but you
! may rest assured that all this time they
were safe In the bag under my waist,
coat. and. knowing had them there all
| right, did not trouble my head much
\ about them. never was o person to wor-
! ry about things.
4 Still had no wish to be inconvenienced
/ by hard packet Of little knobs against
nv chest any longer than was necessary
and 7 wrote the Same evening to Sir Geo.
4 iDanyers, stating the bare facts OF the
case, and asking what steps he or his
second son wished to take to put the
4 legacy in the possession Of Its owner.
Il had no notion of trusting q packet o.
4 such Immense value to the snewly-or.
4 eanized Parcels Post. With jewels
consider you cannot be too cautious IN
4 deed, I told Jane so at the time and sit
quite agreed with me. { III
CHAPTER v.
4 T did not much like the arrangement @
Z, JAMES new house when = came to stay II
Z It, Tho way the two bedrooms, hers anS
m1ine, were shut Off from the rest of tn
house by door, barred and locked q
& night for fear of burglars, was. though
I unpleasant. especially as once IN m:
room for the night there was no posi-
Z bllty Of getting out Of IT, the key Of tn
I door of the passage not being even al
d lowed to remain In the lock. but retlr
Ing with Jane. the canary cage, and othe
yaluables. into her own apart
demonstrated, but soon found that Jan
had not remained unmarried for nothing
She was decided on the point. The out
er door was to be looked as usual, an
the key would be deposited under the pm
cushion In her room as usual; ana
was SO, BS55 f y.
The next morning. as Jane and wen
out for stroll before luncheon, we ha
to pass the house to which had drlve
, by mistake the day before, TO our as
constituent there was CROWD pe1or
the door. and policeman Win MS pn l,,,
to 1t was guarding the entrance' ~
Il