The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-10-23

For q moment or tUo / 9ozed at the bit of
geltoa0 paper
been alike benumbed, then in a trans
port of joy l grasped Mahoney's hand
and wrung it warmly.
your success has surpassed my
fondest hopes" 1 said. at seems as
though there must be some mistake.
Surely this Is real"
Altogether real, Mr.. Graham, and |
am, believe me. as well pleased as
you"
But how was it brought about?" l
asked, not yet fully recovered from my
bewflderment.
at is a very simple story" said Ma
honey, "and as l happen to have about
twenty minutes to spare l will tell you
all about it. To begin with, l was al
ready on the track of the thief when
o first honore me by asking my as
s~istance."
But" 1 interrupted, scarcely know
ing whether I was awake or dream
Ing, "who could have taken sufficient
interest to anticipate me, his dearest
frfend?"
The inspector coughed behind his
hand and looked wise.
"Mr. Graham" said he, 81 am pretty
well along in years. l ave been mar
ried twice and am the father of eleven
children, eight of whom, 1 am proud to
say, happened to be girls. Consequent
~ l have had ~uncommonly good oppor-
tunities for studying the feminine cha
acter from a domestic as well as a pro-
fessional standpoint. And let me give
you a pointer in a fatherly way. Don't
l. - Ll~4 T. &I~H
dearest friend to any other man It's
unreasonable and impossible. Now,
here is an Illustration in this very
case. Within a week after your dear
est friends conviction a lady inyok-
ed my aid to restore to her lover his
freedom and his good name" g
l could see a twinkle in the eye and
a twitching about the corners of the
mouth, which showed how keenly the
old officer was enjoying his own joke
n my confusion, but l was too hap
Ply to feel angry.
l saw it all. Agnes, the single heart
ed, had determined to leave no stone
unturned, and without consulting me
had set on foot a quiet Investigation
on her own a%ccoun Had she distrust-
ed me? All, the agony of that thought.
w III a oSO ~ ~ IL q
pability, but not, 300 knew, my fdel-
ity.
go on, Mr.. Mahoney," l said; do
not keep me in suspense"
Certainly not" he said, al the
story can be very soon told. Golson's
boarding house was well p~atronized by
my men, only one of whom stayed
long at a time, although all worked in
aOnaart His hits J-oro Ioar pad his
servants were in our confidence (here
the inspector solemnly winked) "and
at the time of your first call l had
already learned that he had entered
upon negotiations with the British
museum for the sale of the stolen
coin for ESQ. The folks at Scotland
Yard did me a good turn in the case,
just as we have done for them hun
dreds of times. The museum authori-
ties offered a good. round figure, but
Insisted on seeing what they We're 60
ing to get before they paid for it and
fatty refused to deal with middlemen.
What was the result? Golson took
steerage passage to Liverpool and
travelled third class from there to Lon
don. He offered his 'swag' at the mu-
scum, and of course the officers COB
bled him then and there"
1t was all plain. My friend was
cleared. The finding of that Internal
noble" would establish the truth of
his story, and of course the state. aft
er having ~unjustly condemned him,
would render him the only reparation
In its power-a free pardon for a
crime which he had never committed.
And this is the perfection of modern
justicet
1 need not dwell upon what follow
ed. / need not tell of the return, con-
fession M conviction of Golson, the
release of Scarborough, the remorse of
the librarian, the repentance of Agnes
aunt and the happy marriage of the
two V the course of whose love had
come so dark a cloud
I was Jacks best nan at the we'd
ding, and | thank God hat on that
day as 1 touched Agnes cheek with
my lips in my heart there was no
pang.