Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-05

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of a little velvet morning coat yot
may have seen me wea-, garnet-col
ored, and lined with silk of the same
shade. | had it made from a pattern
Lord Penistone gave me. Last night
| went to the wardrobe and took the
keys out of my coat for they were
quite safely, as usuaD, opened my
dressing-case. and found that all the
gold, about sixty pounds, was gone
and worse that that-a diamond
breast-pin which Lady Shi.eoa told
me had a finer stone in it than any in
that celebrated tia:a of hers. Now
what do you think of that? The
moneys nothing, and, for the matter
of that, the diamonds nothing, for
could buy plenty of others as large in
Bond street tomorrow but it's the
feeling that here, in a house where
you are on intimate terms with the
people, and do expect to be treated
with some consideration, you should
be as unprotected as if you were sleep
ing in barn, and liable to be robbed
and-who knows ?-pe.haps murdered,
by any thief in the neighborhood who
takes i. into his head, from your ap-
| pearance or your manner, that you
are person worth plundering."
But SUI. ely you can't blame Lord
and Lady Kildonan? They would be
awfully vexed if they heard of it,"
"He would but Lady Kildonan
doesn't care. She was told about it,
and she only said"-here his face be-
gan to quicker up almost as if he were
going to cry-'that the little laddie
must have been dreaming! What do
you think of that? | call it shame
full. When it appears too, that some
unknown person really did get into
the house not very long ago, for marks
of feet that had been covered with
clay were found in one of the galleries
in the morning. The maid who dis
covered them told me so. She said it
was hushed up for fear Of alarming
her ladyship, but | say it oughtn't to
be hushed up, and the sooner a detec-
tive is sent for to watch for this thief
who gets in and robs people, the bet
ter it will be for the reputation of the
place. And | say Lord Kildonan ought
to be told and must be told, DR.. Anna
thwaite, and am sure you will agree
with me-"
But Armathwaite was in no hurry to
do so. He did, indeed, evidently take
most deep interest in the matter;
but it was interest which expressed
itself by almost tragic silence, and by
look of anger and fear in his blue
eyes which puzzled Sydney by it's
intensity.
Don't you agree with me-" repeated
the latte-, in fainter tone. that Lord
Kildonan ought to be told?"
Armathwaite looked at the little
fellow as If no were something so
small so Insignificant, as scarcely to
be seen.
NO he said. in a very low, hoarse
voice; Il do not think Lord Kildonan
ought 10 be told-yet,"
With the last words he raised his
head sharply and fixed his eyes very
di. ectiy, not at the lad but at Cros-
mont, who had, he was sure. heard, if
not every word, at least the purport
of the conversation. Lord Kildonan,
who always retired to his study afte,
dinner, was rising and telling the rest
that they had the drawing-room and
the billiard-room to choose from. In
the genera al move which followed. Ar
mathwaite, whose brain seemed to be
| beating in his head like steam ham
mer found himself side by side with
| Crosmont as they went along the gal
lery The agent looked up into his
face with sullenly aggressive ex-
preston
"Lol, here" he said. in a savage
and logged tone, which struck Arma-
thwaite with a sudden and horrible
sense of what its effect must be on the
fragile and sensitive Alma, you think
yourself an uncommonly clever fellow.
and you have taken it into your head
THAT by playing the private detective
as you have been trying to do ever
since You came here in one way or
anothec-you may find some pickings
which may not be beneath your notice.
Now, l tell you, it won't do. There
may be little disagreements in the
families about here, just as there are
in othe' places. But we like to keep
them t. ourselves; and we don't want
any interfering stranger to come and
take our linen abroad to be washed in
spite of us. l heard of your snealing
visit to my wife yesterday, a thing
which any gentleman would be
ashamed of, I'm not jealous hus.
band; | chose my wife carefully, and
can tlGst her; but I'll allow no more
visits. you understand, There's nothing
the matter with her that you can
cure. II you come near my house
again-and if YOU do shall hear of
ii, promise you-or If find YOU
meddling in any way with matters
which don't concern you. shall go
straight to Lord Kildonan and de-
nounce you without more words as a
prowle~ after other mems wives"