Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-26

6he Quinton Jewel
Affair.
Bly,.
ARTHUR MORRISON.
Published by Arrangement With
Harper q Brothers.

u till 1 can't tell where to turn, de-
scendin' an vanishin' marvellous an
onaccountable? Take ut aisy, is ut?'
sez I. We'll, me frind,' sez he, L can't
help We. That's the marvellous an on
accountable departmint up the stairs
forninst We. Misther Hewitt ut is
sez he, that attinds to the onaccount-
able departmint, him as wint by a
minut' ago. You go an bother him.
That's how 1 was. towld, sor."
Hewitt smiled.
every good" he said, "and now what
are these extraordinary troubles of
yours? Just say in ten words, if you
can, what they've done to you"
II will, sor. Wan day had 1 been in
London, sor-wan day only-an' a low
scutt thried to poison me dhrink. Next
day some udther thief av sin showed
me off av a railway platform undher a
train, malicious and purposeful.s Glory
be, he didn't kill me, but the very doc
Their that felt me bones thried to pick
me pockut, l du b'lieve. Sunday night
l was grabbed outrageous in a dark
turnin', rowled on the groun', half
strangled an me pockuts nigh ripped
out av me trousies, an this very bless
ed mornin' av light I was strook on
sensible an left a Twin corpse an me
lodgin's penetrated an all the thruck
mishandled an bruk up behind me
back. Is that a ~panjandhery for the
polls to laff at, sor?"
Hewitt appeared strangely inter
ested.
"Did they steal anything| he asked.
"Divil a shtick but me doorkey, an
that they TUX home an lift in the
door,"
Hewitt opened his Office door.
Come in" he said, land tell me all
about this. You come, too, Brett"
The Irishman and 1 followed him in
to the inner office, where, shutting the
door, Hewitt suddenly turned on the
1rishman and exclaimed sharply, '"Then
you've still got it"
He looked keenly into the mans eyes.
but the only expression was one Of sur
prise.
"Got ut" said the Irishman. "Got
fwhat, sor? Is ut you're thinkin' I've
got the horrors as we'll as the polis?"
Hewitt's gaze relaxed. "Sit down,
sit down." he said. you've still got
your watch and money, l suppose.
since you weren't robbed?"
ooh, that? Glory be, l have ut STILL
"Now," said Hewitt, II want a full,
true and particular account of yourself
and your doings for the last week.
First, your name"
"Leamy's my name, sor-Michael
Leamy."
Lately from Ireland?"
cover from Dublin this last blessed
Wednesday,"
Looking for work?"
Chat is my PURSUIT. at prisint, sor."
"Did anything noticeable happen be-
fore these troubles of yours began
anything here in London or on the Jour
neyY"
Sure" the Irishman smiled, part
av the way 1 thraveled first class by
favor av the gyard, an l got a small
Job before l lift the train"
"How was that? Why did you travel
first class part of the way"
There was a station fwhere we
shtopped afther a long run, an l got
down to take the cramp out av me
joints an take a taste av dhrink. l
oyershtayed somehow, an whtn I got
to the train, begob, it was Oh the owe.
There was a first class carr'ge door
opin right forninst me, an into that
the gyard Grams me holus-bolus. There
was a JUICE of a foine jintleman sittin'
there, an he stares at me outrageous,
but I was not dishcommoded, bein' On
bashful by natur'. We thraveled along
a heap av miles more till we came
a London. Afther we had shtopped
7. at a station where they TUX tickets we
whit ahead again, an prisintly as we
rips through some udther station up
jumps the jintleman opposite, swear
In hard under his tongue, an looks out
at the. windy. I thought this train
shtopped here seq he"
"Chalk Farm" observed Hewitt.
1.-THE lame l do not know, sor, but
that's fwhat he said. Then he looks at
me onaisy for a little, an at last he
SEE, 'Wud We loike a small job, me
good man, we'll paidT
Faith SEE I, its that win suit me
we'll
Then, see here seq he, I should
have got out at that station, hayin'
particular business: havtn' missed,
must sen a telegrammer from Euston.
Now, here's a bag seq he, "a bag full
Of important papers for my solicitor,
an I want 'em TUX on to him. Take
you this bag he seq, AN 60 you
straight out wild it at Euston an get in
cab. Ishall stay in the station a bit to
e to the telegrammer. Dhrive out AZ
the station, across the road outside, an
wait there five minuts by the clock.
Ye underestimate Wait five natnuts,
an maybe I'll como an join ye. II /
don't, twill be bekase I'm detained
unexpected, an then yen dhrive to my
solicitor straight. Here's his address,
If ye can read writ1n',' an he put ut
on a piece av paper. he gave me half
n CrOwn for the cab. an f1k HIS hApo