The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-09-27


! ed lnquiringly around the various small
tables with which Il was filled At last
she foHnd the lady. who was breakfast
ing alone. and sped swiftly toward her
Il am 50 glad. mllady." she said
speaking In French. The bag has
found itself al the police station The
cahnan brought II there. and, n you
please. milady. as the value was given
as Is. he clSHned a reward OF fl"
(Which you Will pay yourself. You
lost the bag" was the curt reply.
Where Is itT'
The maids voice was somewhat tear
ful as she answered:
In mllady's room. paid the SOW
ereign."
Her ladyshlp rose and gllded grace
fully toward the door, followed by the
maid. who whispered TO French
waiter-bowing most deferentially to
the guest as be held the door open-that
her mistress WIS a eat. He confded
his own opinion that her ladyship was
holy pig, and the two passed along
corridor
Lady Morland hastily tore open the
recovered dressing case and consulted
an address book.
"Oh. here II isr' she cried triumphant
Iy. mo. Johnson's News. Mile End
road. f. What horrid smelling place.
However, Messrs. Sharpe & Smith will
now be able to obtain some definite in
telligence for me. Julie! My carriage
in ten minutes"
Thus il happened that during the aft
ernoon a dapper little clerk descended
from an omnibus in the neighborhood
of Johnson's News and began his in
quiries. as all LOndOners do, by con-
sulting a policeman. Certain facts
were forthcoming
a Mrs. Arson. widow, who lived
in Johnson's News? Yes, l think a
woman of that name died few weeks
ago. / remember seeing funeral leave
the news. | don't know anything
about the boy Sometimes when pass
through there at night l have seen a
light in the house. However, here it is.
Let's have a look at it,"
The pair entered the news and ap-
preached the deserted house. The so
licitor's clerk knocked and then tried
the door 1t was locked. They both
went to the window and looked in. |
Had Philip hanged himself, as he in
tended they would have been some
what surprised by the spectacle that
would have met their eyes. AS it was
they only saw small room of utmost |
wretchedness, with a mattress lying on |
the floor in front of the fireplace. An ]
empty tin and a bundle of old letters
rested on a rickety chair, and piece
OF sacking was thrust through two
broken panes in the small window op
poGtte.
mot much there, ehT' laughed the
policeman.
mot much, indeed. The floor Is ali
covered with dirt, and II it were not
for the bed one would imagine that
the house was entirely deserted. Are
you sure Mrs. Arson Is deadT
"Oh, quite sure. Hers was rather
bard case, some one told me. remem-
Der now. 1t was the undertaken. He
lives nsAr here"
And the boy Has he gone away
II don't know. | haven't seen hin
lately"
Each, Of these men had read all the
reports concerning Philip and his dia
nonds. Large numbers OF tiny, white
)ebbles were lying on the floor beneath Il
heir eyes but the window was not
clean, and the light was far from goo1.
ID the sky was clouded. Yet they were IS
Tisible enough. The clerk noticed them
It once, but neither he nor the police
nan paid more heed to the treasures
Utmost at their feet than was given by
Of men to the outcrop Of .
he main reef at Johannesburg At last :
hey turned away. The clerk gave the I
policeman a cigar with the remark:
II will just ask the undertaken to .
i've me letter, stating the facts about
frs. Anson's death. ! suppose the boy
) In the workhouseY'
~ no knows? 1t often beats me to =
ell what becomes of the KIDS who are :
Eft alone In London. Poo. little dew n
IS, they mostly go to the bad. There =
hould be some means of looking after "
hem. think"
Thus did Philip, bravely sustaining :.
is heart in the solitude of a prison,
'cape the greatest danger that threat !,
ned the preservation of his secret and :,
q because scheming woman was too Z
ever to tell her solicitors the exact !"
JASON for her anxiety concerning the /.
'herea bouts Of Mrs Arson and her
IN.
The boy passed a dolorous Saturday :,
ght and Sunday. Nevertheless tho 9.
der the cleanliness. the comparative =,
'mfort of prison were not wholly
lgrateful TO him. His meals, though pc
ude, were wholesome, luxurious III
ZEN, compared with the privations he :.
I'd endured during the previous fort
ght. The enforced rest, too, did him -
'od, and, being under remand, he NJ
I'd nothing to do but eat, take exer- -
We, read few books provided for
N and sleep. m,