The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-08
bourne Park; I don 4 want to ask whom

dropped piece Of ieWelry in the hall,
and an thought e you'd ,y drive round and
He looked surprised. at the notion,
found in London ballroom; but / left
him with his establishment and entered
my carriage. There T found Abel
crouching down under the front aeat,
and he met me with q piteoas plea that
the woman had nc, eoachman, and that
hsa fas ma 10 9 fRs h s address
at afo TIE ct stat shalPly what CD they say
They wanted to bring a force Of 30.
lice round, and arrest every one in the
house, sir. - had Atroubls enough to
tRa Tasa It down s ana watch il t Sasa
made any fuss, and then they gave in,
rs agreed now that dozen men will
be- at the Harrow Road station at your
call till morning. They've wonderful
confidence in you, SIR
dence in themselves-but, anyway, we
1872, Westbourne Park, and [ seem to
rem ~ 2 n, that j it ]; i :, 3 square"
round square in the shape of an oblong,
and i l - is at the side near Durham
easily from the paings.'' $500
After this, ten minutes drive brought
said the sanare being really e. II % f fail
angle. Number 1872 was a big house,
it's outer points gone much to decay, but
tho far 81 could see u for ni the hbfpG nds
Of the drawingroom were up, no one
however, and, taking my VS. stand and with It'll
Abel at the corner where two trees gave
us perfect shelter, we waited silently
for many minutes, to the establishment
whom soon settled; and to his salts
faction.
"A:h," said he, ct knew they was
rum 'uns all along; they owe fourteen
pounds for milk, and their butcher
amt paid; young. men going in all
4Rhbe ers ne tooT,,why' there's one of them
. I looked thru the trees at his words,
and saw that he was right. A youth
in an opera hat and black coat was
upon the doorstep of the house: and
as the light of a street lamp fell upon
his face, I recognized him. He was the
b Boy Wh9 B., had eaten e Of the iam,tarts 50
with whom sibyl Kavanagh had pre-.
tended to- have no. acquaintance when
she talked to mo in the conservatory.
And at the sight of him, I knew that
the moment had come. 49,. -
~ n,,Ahel," I said, tits time you went.
with them. They'll have to come in
by the balcony-but only when make
a sign. The signal will be the crack
| ing of the glass of that lamp YOU can
see upon The table there. Did you bring
20 Would I forget thatg" he asked;
II brought you two. and look out! for
Won NAV want than -
pend G~ yo eua Get s1 Back at tRe eae aG
est possible moment, and don It act until
I give the signal. It will mean that
the clue is complete"
49,, Fl IN nodded his head, and disappeared
riage was; but I went straight up to
the house, and knocked loudly upon the
door, To my surprise, it was opened
at once by a thick-set man in livery,
who did not appear at all astonished to
MT n,TEh ssyi Re b. upstairs, sir will you go
his Cert GeTtain y ". sa ID I. taking him at
This request made him hesitate.
- beg your pardon,' said he, IT
think | have made a mistake-I'll
Before l. could answer he had run up
the stairs nimblyi but 1 was quick after
him; and when I came upon the land
ing l could see into the front drawing
room, where there sat the woman her
self, small and oldish man with long
black whisk ers, and the youth who had
Just come into the room, but the back
room which gave off from the other
with WI e fold 3ih doors was empty and there
in ;momentary glance, for no sooner
had the servingman spoken to the wom-
an than she pushed the youth out upon
the balcony, and came hurriedly to the
Landing. closing the door behind her.
T.. Why, Mr.. Sutton,' she cried, when
she saw me, "this is a surprise; I was
Just going to bed.'
II was afraid you would have been
already gone," said I with the simplest
smile possible, but found a diamond
spray, in Lady Faber's hall just after
you had left. The footman said it
OF town tomorrow, 7 thought T would
risk leaving it tonight.''
L handed to her as I spoke the spray
OF diamonds [ had taken from nv own
showcase in Bond street; but while she
examined it she shot up at me quick
searching, glance from her bright eyes,
hard upon each other. Yet, in the next
instant she laughed again, and handed
me back the jewel. - "
- IN indeed very grateful to you, -
she exclaimed, "but I I'VE lust put nv
spray in it's case; you want to give me
some one else's property
"Then it ism t yours?,' said I, affect
ing disappointment. ct m really very
sorry for having troubled you.'' r
90 1t is I that should be sorry for
having. brought you here,'' she cried
Won't you have a brandy and settler
or something before, you go2 =
- N othing whatever, thanks" said I
LET me apologize again for having
diis gR1 q you-and wish you good
j She held out her hand to me, seem
1ngly much treasured; and as began tC
descend the stairs, she re-entered the
draWlngroom for the purpose, I did not
doubt, Fl getting the man off the bal
cony: The substantial lackey was then
waiting IN the hall to open the door fol-
III truth the whole of my plan appeared
to have failed; and at that moment
was without the veriest rag of an idea
My object in coming to the house had
boon to trace, and if possible to lay
hands upon the woman IS associates, tax
ing her. as 1 hoped, somewhat by sur
prise; yet tho / had made nv chair
more complete, vital links were missing
and stood no nearer to the forging OF
them. That which I had to ask myself
and to answer in the space of ten sec
onds, was the question, "Now, or to
morrow ?'-whether I should leave the
house without effort, and wait until thu
gang betrayed itself again; or max,
some bold stroke which would end tht
matter there and then. The latter