Putnam patriot., 1908-05-15

A41 hllhu aud Soul-a man Who has 9ieoeiYed you soaly that he might be near yeu. ts touch your hand and look into yonr sxes-a man aha has fal. lowed you from Tex
 Harriet; HaFriet,~ came cry of shrlii distress fFoga tae front veraAda Harriet. tae diamonds, They are soHer'
 Mrs. Renwyek chung limp and di- sheFeied lo The railing. while Mr. Corrl- =an Strove te aa9d her up aud at the sdlhe tine a.afHaUr words of comfort ID her ear. a task m. which he was greatly handicapped hy shs.iness ef stature and &islro. orj jionate rotnndity
 4t'one*- esied Hargtet. whitening To the lll's- "e;aste Whs.r, s
 Mrs. ReuWyck ia,mediateIy forgot family traditions. etiquette and every tbing else ls.si6e the crushing loss and her rising irisiI bIood
 Don't k. Il Gasa.' she shriliel How to know whrre they've goneg Do you thiuG I've got 'ein in my pocketf Police. rire.~
 With thi~ dramatic finish Mrs Ken wyek promptly tainted. sinking down into a huddled heap md dragging little Uncle Michael with her.
 The household was already in an upro.E, With Richards assistance Mrs. Renwyek was laid upon a sofa and smelling salts were administered in such generous quantities that she returned to consciousness with gasp ing protests and gusts of rage. Miss sehermerly offered consolation in the form of various questions and was so offended hy the answers she received that she retired to her room in right eous indignation. Miss Chittendon erept close to the edge of tue circle of excitement and listened as one in Il frozen trance. Both she and Miss Hai- riet. to say nothing of Richard himself. had worked out solution of the prob lem by flle simple process of deduction, and three hearts sank to the utmost depths of despondency. Uncle Michael added to the depression by cheerful statement which gave at least clew 10 the robbery.
 I'm not bit surprised at this" he said. and it's all Jacobs fault for being so puffed up and bullet headed, which was truly an Irish mixture of adiectlves
 What do you mean" demanded Mrs. Renwyck. instantly taking the side of her abused husband.
 Why. simply this" said the little lawyer eoolly. "'rhere was cock eyed vasfant noSlng around the place sev- erai days ago. and l warned Jacob 10 place detective in the house while the diamonds were in this toy safe of his. but he wouldn't do it.
 Harriet flushed and bit her lips. lno gene gave evidence of approaching hysteria. and Richard listened whiie ice cold shiyers frolicked up and down hls spine The Texan could place the cock eyed vagrant" and also feared he could place the confederate who had evidently helped himself 10 the con tents of the safe while Mir. Roderck Etzgeorge engaged the ladies in the billiard room. II was all so simple, So pitifuIly simple, The dianonds were gone. and so was Woolsey Bills.
 Richards trip 10 New York was now out of the question. He must stay and face the music. though the price lie must pay the fiddler was question he dared not dwell upon. He could only hope Miss Sempton would not ap- pear until 1t was all over. He was now burning to get hold of Harriet and confess everything and then to shout out the truth from the very housetop.
 While not personally responsible for the loss CT the diamonds, the Texan WAS morally responsible in view of the fact that he had allowed Lord Croy- lands valet 10 remain under the Ken wvck roof when he knew i'll advance that the man was not character to be trusted The real master had want ed him discharged for theft. and while t never dawned on Richard that Bills might flch from any one except his master-t the lawful prey of many of his kind-sfill il was his duty to have discharged the rascal witheut delay. Truly. the hnmor of the situation was in much the same condition as the missing gems.
 With very solemn face. but with Il good deal of inward pleasure. Uncle Michael telephoned to Mir. Renwyek. He bad given sound advice. and Jacob had derided him. booted it him. laugh ed him to seorn and had finally sug- gested that he look under the bed for a burglar Mr corrigan by all Chris tian precepts should Lave been sorry for his brother-in-law. but the plump little Irishman was not. On the con | trary. he was glad with gladness which filed him with delifions chue- kles when nc one was locking He WAS even with Jacob at last, He meant to be more even before the day was ont.
 "Hellor- he called over the wire .Yes, want Mir Renwxek. Hello. Jake, Good morning. Wha-yes. Cor. rtgau, Me. Don't you know thy mn- sical voice? Yes. yes. of course l knew you are busy, But. say. I've got something interesting to tell you. You remember that fellow with a cast in his eye-the one yon laughed at me ai,outz What! That's 1.-the tramp. Here Mir. Corrigan covered the mouth. pIeee with his hand and released the nerriment that was struggling with his insides. Then he took up his Joy fui narrafise -5 looked under the bed for him last night. but he wasn't st,ere. Do yea know why? He slept fin your little toy safe. got up early and took your diamoods with him- No. Honestly if isn't joke. I'm telling you the wise miserable. wretched truth. Your rafe has been