Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-11-02
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OnS.- 70 ,,d. my brain aflame with
..,JatIon; put out the candle Ut !.
s ecu 7 could not have slept II KING
a.. 1varr with the sleeping; and so l
l'9 e-a.grI blameful, vowing the wno!e
,I.r, nIague and cheat. This IDLE
'. .5.rirg might have lasted until dawn
Fa1u IT, M, rot been for my neighbor in the
r. - - nv left, who began to talk with
0O Y.-,, bryz IS OF night-insect hummlng
bed curtain. The sursing OF tns
-, amused me; I lay quite stu ana
Wv, ..nod IN II. Now 1t rose loud CLEAN
s'D ,ror4 and was pleased; now it fell
- frorrod but anon another voice was
5g,i n rbe first, and, if the one had
u 49, ra the second thrilled me- 1t
's7 rbs voice of my friend at the dock
- "r~, words spoken by this man
.onab- me TO my feet; two more to tne
=. wooden door which divided our
ns With feverish Impotence l knelt
NV through the keyhole. 1t was stuffed
~ MINER I listened with an ear long
nofnsd IA listening, although the men
.,Lo ca that few words reached me. Ihe
H. had not sailed. then, for here was
r,7ion who watched her, wasting rest
t,a first hours to hold a parley; and
Marley. with whom? Why, with those
h, n3id him for the work, did not
doubt.
81 D4f the end of an hour the voices ceas-
- indeed that my neighbor had gone
a he'd | took from my satchel brace
on5 bi- and an oiled saw. In ten mia
mos emf hole in the partition and put
r- ora to It. A burly, black-bearded
man SAT in a reverie before a dressing
t.bIo and I saw that there was spread
mon the table a great heap of jewels.
and beside the Jewels was a big bulldog
|reyolver.
8 who was this man? 1 asked, and why
dJ he sit in an Italian hote! lingering
Jewels. and giving meeting place at MD
s NIGHT to 2 common murderer from dock
q ward? Were the Jewels his own? Had he
come BY them honestly? He stirred in his
chair and then sat bolt upright. l thought
he looked to have some tremor of nervous,
ness u0on him; clutching hastily at the
5 levels TO nut them in a great leather case,
y which again he shut in a larger iron box,
3 locking both, and placing the key under
& his pillow. After that he threw off his
q clothes with some Impotence, and, leav-
/ Ing the lamp which burned upon his dress
S Inc table, he dropped upon his bed.
Being assured that my man slept,
& nut back with some cold glue, which was
! always in my tool chest, the piece l had
cut from the door, and then picked the
. lock with one grip of my small pincers.
Ny revolver / carried in the belt at my
4 waist for my hands were occupied with
a soft cloth and a bottle of chloroform.
8 had big felt slippers on my feet; and
went straight to his bed, where let him
breathe the drug for a few moments.
got at his keys and his jewels, and saw
what | wished. There, true enough, were
precious stones of all values, Brazilian
diamonds Cape stones tinged with yellow,
the finer class of Indian turquoise, pink
pearls black pearls-all these loosely
wrapped in tissue paper; but a magniti-
cent parcel | brought up at last a neck
lace Of opals and diamonds, and as held
them to the lamp and examined the curl
Gus grouping of the stones, and the
strange eastern form of the clasp, l knew
that | had seen the bundle before. The
conviction was instantaneous, powerful,
. convincing; yet even with my aptitude for
recalling names, places and things, could
not in my mind place these jewels. None
the less was | assured that the one solid
clue | had yet taken hold of was in my
keeping and, as a quick glance round the
chamber told me no more, 1 put up the
baubIes in their case again, replaced the
key and quilted the chamber.
I lay upon my bed and brought the
whole of my recollection back upon the
eVelS Where had | seen them; in what
circumstances; in whose hands? Again
and again l travelled old ground, exhumed
0urIed cases, dwelt upon names of for
gotten criminals, and of big world people.
Al hours intense mental concentration
'old NE nothing, but in my dreaming I
got what wakefulness had denied to me-
mere IN my sleep was the whole history
VI Inc stones written for me. l remem-
VeFed the Liverpool landing stage; the de-
I4fture Of the Star liner City of ST., Pc
'eFSOurs for New York the arrest of the
notorious Jewel thief, Carl Reichsmann
Tue discovery of the opal and diamond
necklace upon him: the restoration of it
w-'o-the brain failed for a moment
'-eA with a loud cry of delight, which
[ooSA me-. / pronounced the words; to
lazy Harden of 202A Berkeley Square,
London.
repeated the name again and again,
,laS'e'ins 1t as I got into my clothes. 1
'''-o"sAt me- Of the man in the next
~ rg'4'. / listened. There was no sound.
ne 4ad gone then. and had Lady Hardon's
.,%E>. Wy memory travelled quickly on
LADY LardonS end for 1 remembered
.s" That she went down in the great
%e@Ner Alexandria, which was lost in
I-s Day OF Biscay twelve months before
discovered the golden ship in the dock
ye'1 at Spezia; and I recalled the fact,
n~9"A worldwide. that her famous Jewels
:; sue with Ter to her end. How came
.~ 'nen, that this man who knew the
ss ,,n15S IN the dock yard below, yet pos
a. hundred thousand pounds worth
,I,. very, now came it that he had got
On = which the world thought to be lying
s~s -s sands Of the bay? l left my hotel
!, ' mounted to the hill top for tidings of
,ba S'S@' vessel. But she had sailed, and
nT rICA which had held her was empty.
11a5' discovery did not daunt me, for
o., expected it. | waited ONLY TO as