The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-16


RAISE A LOAN.
do, have not asked and shall not ask
her to favor me- She left this morning
to pass a couple of weeks at the house
of Sir William Thorpe"
And what?" asked the manager as
the other seemed to have finished.
1T is large house party, and pre-
sume they will have a private officer
down there to protect the guests. If
one has not already been engaged l
presume that one of your men, armed
with recommendation from me, would
be taken on"
Not doubt of 1t, Sir John"
"And-and if he could get hold of my
lady's diamonds and bring them to
me-
Then the two men drew nearer to
each other and spoke In whispers, and
at the end of half an hour they seemed
to have settled matters. The manager
said 1t was a case where he wouldn't
trust a subordinate, but would go him
self, and two days later he was duly
installed at Sir John Thorpe's.
He was a gentleman in speech and
appearance, and with party of TWEEN
ty In the house he passed muster as an
invited guest. He deceived all but one
of them
Three years previously Sir Johns
wife had been visiting at q country
house where a robbery had occurred,
and he had been called In, and, her
memory for faces being good, she had
spotted him almost at once. She told
him so to his face and pinned him
down to 1t, and he was making ready
to go and spare himself her contempt
when she asked for a few words In
private with him. The conference took
place on a bench on the lawn with
games going on all about them.
in order that you may understand
what | want" began the woman, II
must confess to you that | sometimes
speculate"
Certainly. my lady. certainly. That
is not so unusual nowadays"
81 have a friend who has given me a
tip on certain stocks, and if only had
$4,000 to invest l am sure of great
return within 4 few weeks"
But there is Sir John"
HE does not believe in women spec.
ulating He would not give me a dol
lar
you could quietly pawn your dia-
monds"
But he would be sure to miss them.
No. | must try another way. In fact,
there is but one other way. If | We're
not sure that my speculation would
turn out all right l wouldn't try that,
but the profit will be certain and
large
"WellY queried the agent as his
companion sat looking at the toe of her
shoe.
"In Sir Johns safe. in the library at
home, is large amount of Peruvian
bonds. If had part of them l could
raise the $1,000 needed and replace the
bonds again in a few weeks. The
house Is closed just now, but 1t would
not require great effort to get In, and
l have the combination of the safe.
WIS lllhhiHS, 1Ou huON-1 WIS lDl0k-
ing
Then they dropped their voices to
whispers, and when interrupted fifteen
minutes later they seemed to have ar
rived at an understanding
Two nights later the country house
was robbed The singular part of 1t
was that only Sir Johns lady was de-
spoiled. All her diamonds had been
taken, but no else had been robbed of
even a stickpin. There was an cutlery,
but fortunately they had keen de-
tective on the spot, and he didn't wait
for his breakfast before beginning to
pick up trails. Before noon he decided
that the most likely one led toward
London, and he followed 1t.
A day or two later he returned and
secretly handed Sir Johns lady pack
age OF Peruvian bonds. She was not
taking on about her losses half as much
as her friends thought she should. but