The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-28

'T will give" said Mr.. Walter Seabrook.
fifty pounds reward. Yes, 1 know II is a
big sum. but / must attract attention. Let
the thing be advertised IN the Times. the
Standard, the Daily Telegraph, and all the
big dailies. Let ii be repeated every day for
at least a week. that Is. unless the goods
are returned. You understand me. Heriot.
Don't delay an Instant. l would give one
hundred-two hundred pounds TO get the
jewel-case back"
Mr. Seabrook strutted out OF the room.
He was a stout. red-faced man of about six
ty years OF age. His eyes protruded slightly
and were bloodshot. He had a firm mouth.
James Heriot. detective. one of the keen
est private detectives In the whole of Lon
don. sat for time thinking very carefully.
Then he touched bell by his side, and a
sim. pale. dark-eyed girl answered the sum-
mons.
81 want you TO take this advertisement
down from my dictation," said Heriot-
''fend copies to all the dailies with the nec-
essary money. See that the thing goes out
before lunch to-day, and be as quick as you
possibly can"
Tie girl said Yes in low voice. and
James Heriot dictated as follows:
Fifty pounds reward-Lost between
South Kensington and Regents Park
small jewelers. box, marked with the words
Denvers Bros. New York Box contains
four diamonds. twelve turquoises and
pearl brooch. The above reward will be
paid on returning above to H. Crouch-lane,
Fetter-Lame. E c.
The girl took down the description with
oItb hoA
her that person might have seen her start
very perceptibly. She went into her own
Office. wrote out the advertisement and sent
1t OF Immediately to the different news
papers. 1t would appear the next day.
The girls name was Flavia Lascelles. She
was partly of French extraction. Her hair
was too black, her eyes too dark. her skin
too smooth a brown for purely English
parentage. She was a bright, clever girl.
quite favorite in the Office. She did her
work to the satisfaction of everyone; no
one had a complaint to make of her.
Her fellow-typists now looked at her
somewhat curiously.
Are the secrets more wonderful than
ever. Miss Lascelles?" said girl called
Rose. Brunton. smiling she spoke.
"Oh, no, things are dull this morning
replied Flavia.
Rose glanced at her companions. They
did not believe what Miss Lascelles was
saying. Why had she spots of color IN
hes cheeks and why were her eyes so sus-
pifiously bright?
she went out at the usual time for lunch
and when Office hours were over she re-
turned to her home.
Flavia Lascelles had a tiny suite of
rooms in q workmans fat in Bermondsey
The rooms were situated a good way from
the Office where she worked, but the air
was comparatively pure and the fiat was
comparatively cheap. She had furnished
1t herself in the simplest fashion. She
spent very little time there. When she
left in the morning she always took the
key in her pocket and when she went back
at night she generally brought her dinner
with her from an clearinghouse nearby.
She was not particularly strong girl, and
when she had attended to her small house
hold matters she invariably went to bed.
She was tired and slept soundly until
morning.
On this particular night she got home at
her usual hour. She went into her room
and sat down by the table. She had neg
lected her dinner. Presently she heard a
tap at her door. She said "Come in and
whose name was Mrs. Lawson, entered.
"why. Flavia,' she said, where's your
dinner? Why aren't you eating? Are you
took bad with the headache. my dear?''
mo. it isn't that" said Flavia. looking
up with bright eyes. Its only that I'm
no. hungry"
Hes downstairs" said the woman.
would you like to see him?'
The girls face turned very white.
..Do you think I'd better?' she asked
rather anxiously.
Better? Why. OF course I've been keep
ing him waiting for an hour or more. He's
nearly mad. I never saw anything like
1T in the whole course of my life"
Then you had best ask him to walk up
Mrs. Lawson, and If he stays too long and
i can't get rid Of him. why Ill just cal
out to you
STAMP on the floor, honey. and II
hear" said the woman
She left the room, and a moment later
the door was burst open and a thin man
very like the girl in appearance. came In
He did not kiss her. or show any delight
at seeing her. He sank down on chair
finging his hands to his sides. and looking
straight into her face
81 can't stand this sort Of life any
longer" he said Are you going to helI
me or are you not?''
what do you mean, Andrea"
sYou know what 1 mean. I want to ge
out OF England. There are fine chance:
now for men OF my stamp in South Africa
/ want to go there. You never help m'
now-never."
al earn two guineas a week"
You earn it, He said the words will
g. sheer. what does that amount to
when you might get fifty?'
"Yes. but 1 earn this. and honestly,
SIZE replied, 'and give you ten shilling
each week-one-quarter of my earnings.
can't and won't do more; and anothe
thing. j won't go back to the old ways.
must and will be respectable. Detectiv,
Heriot won't give me work If 1 dom
look the lady"
1.-The ladyr' he answered. laughing a
her.