Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-13
Continued from last week.
6be RAJAH'S
DIAMOND
PART
%fory Of the Young Man In
Holy Orders
CONTINUED from last week. !
PARTH

had distinguished him
self in the moral sciences
and was more than usu-
MSNMRNN1 ally proficient in the
1@S2gl study of divinity. His
essay ION the Christian
Doctrine of the Social Obligations OBJ
tanned for him at the moment of it's
production a certain celebrity in the
University of Oxford, and it was un-
derstood in clerical and learned circles
that young Mr.. ROLES had in contem-
plation a considerable work-a folio,
it was said-on the authority of the
fathers of the church. These attain
ments, these ambitious designs, how
ever, were far from helping him to
any preferment and he was still in
quest of his first curacy when chance
ramble in that part Of London, the
peaceful and rich aspect of the garden,
desire for solitude and study and the
cbeapness CT the lodging led him to
take up his abode with Mr. Raeburn,
the nurseryman Of Stockdove lane.
1t was his habit every afternoon after
he had worked seven or eight hours on
st. Ambrose OF St. Chrysostom to walk
for awhile in meditation among the
roses. And this was usually one of the
most productive moments of his day.
But even sincere appetite for thought
and the excitement Of grave problems
awaiting solution are not always sufti-
cient to preserve the mind of the phi
losopher against the petty shocks and
contacts of the world. And when Mr..
ROLES found General Vandeleur's Sec
rotary, ragged and bleeding, in the
company of his landlord, when he saw
both change color and seek to avoid
his questions, and, above all, when the
former denied his own identity with
the most unmoved assurance, he speed
lily forgot the saints and fathers in the
vulgar interest Of curiosity.
II cannot be mistaken" thought he.
THAT is Mr.. Hartley beyond doubt.
How comes he in such a pickle? Why
does he deny his name? And what can
be his business with that black looking
ruffian, my landlord?'
AS he was thus rejecting, another
peculiar circumstance attracted his at
tention. The face of Mr.. Raeburn ap-
peared at low window next the door,
and, as chance directed his eyes met
those Of Mr.. ROLES. The nurseryman
seemed disconnected and even alarmed,
and Immediately after the blind Of the
apartment was pulled sharply down.
"This may all be very WELL" reflected
Mr.. ROLES, lit may be all excellently
we'll, but confess freely that do not
think so. Suspicious underhand, un-
truthful, fearful of observation, l be-
ieve upon my SOUL" he thought, 1.-The
pair are plotting some disgraceful ac-
ton"
The detective that there is in all of
US awoke and became claimant in the
bosom Of Mr.. ROLES, and with a brisk,
eager step that bore no resemblance to
his usual gait he proceeded to make
the circuit of the garden. When he
came to the scene Of Harry's escalade,
his eye was at once arrested by
broken rosebush and marks of tram
pling on the mold. lie looked up and
saw scratches on the brick and a rag
of trouscr floating from broken bot
tie. This, then, was the mode of en-
trance chosen by Mr.. Racburn's par
ticular friend. 1t was thus that Cen
eral Vandcleurs secretary came to adj
mire q flower garden The young
clergyman whistlcd softly to himself
as he stopped to examine the ground.
He could make out where Harry had
landed from his perilous leap. He
Ao+ - p
burn where it had sunk deeply in the
soil as he pulled up the secretary by
the collar. Nay, on a closer inspection,
he seemed to distinguish the marks of
cropping fingers, as though something
had been spilled abroad and eagerly
collected.
upon my word" he thought, 1.-THE
thing grows vastly interesting"
And just then he caught sight of
something almost entirely buried in the
earth. In an instant he had disinterred
a dainty morocco case, ornamented and
clasped in gilt. 1t had been trodden
heavily under foot and thus escaped
the hurried search of Mr.. Raeburn.
Mr. ROLES opened the case and drew a
long breath ct almost Mortified aston
ishment, for there lay before him in
cradle of green velvet a diamond Of
prodigious magnitude and of the finest
water. 1t was of the bigness of
ducks egg, beautifully shaped and
without flaw, and as the sun shole
upon it it gave forth luster like that
of electricity and seemed to burn in his
hand with a thousand internal fires.
He knew little of precious stones, but
the rajah's diamond was wonder
that explained itself. \ village child,
If he found it, would run screaming
for the nearest cottage, and a savage
would PROSTATE himself in alteration