The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13


II,
The Warrington Stouts were in fin
ancial difficulties. and found themsel-
YES under the painful necessity of rails
ing money To plan fictitious burg
larry was really a most picturesque
way OF accounting for the absence OF
,aluables that YOU have taken your
self. or employed a deputy To take.
20 the sign OF the three balls. You
get ready money in hand and a SPLEEN
did advertisement for yourself In the
bargain.
rose early next morning. and by :
O'Clock was az Kings Cross arrival
platform The chances We're about
even that that same hanson cab
driver met the $40 on most morn
ings Of the week. and I fancied that.
brief "a was his appearance before the
bioscope. | could manage TO pick him
out For one thing he was wearing
top hat and In these days OF strenu-
GUS competition with taXicabs not
many drivers OF horse vehicles can
rise TO that height Of anuence.
| found my man.
He was surly al FIRST. but disclosed
my identity produced my authority.
and. il he had not been seated on
his perch. / am sure he would have
licked the dust before me- Yes. he
remembered those two gentlemen
perfectly.
Where did You drive them to-"
st Paul's. guynor"
This seemed incongruous.
The cathedral"
NO. St Pauls Station. by the
river"
"Oh. / see. They went inside. |
suppose. and took train for some
where"
They Just didn't They walked
over the bridge. There wasn't cop
per by. SO | just gave the gee is rein
and sat munchin a bit OF breakfast"
And you watched them cross the
bridge?"
NO. was moved on afore they so
right across. Bat did see them do
scmethin as you might be interested
TO Farm
"Oh. what was that2'
Well. when they reached the water
the older one took somethin out OF
the parcel as the other was a-carryin'.
and threw IL over the bridse-plump,
Did you see what is was?
Though, as they were a-feedin the
fishes. that's all with some sand
wiches they admit used up in the train.
Then. as said afore. copper came
up an moved me on. and I lost sight
o the gents Thank you. sir you're
a real gentleman, 'Opes you'll catch
en- if you wants EN-. sir
| passed thoughtfully ont Of the
fr4 d & p h 10
and unexpected turn. Clearly the
Jewels had been thrown into the
river. Cast your bread upon the
waters. and-no, the proyerb could not
apply.
Il was very mystifying Did War
rington Stout belong 10 the tribe OF
fanatics | had heard Of q man who.
turned teetotaler. caused all the con
tents OF his valuable wine cellar TO
be poured down the drains. Had
stout suddenly preceived the extreme
sinfrlness Of his wife's wearing jewels
and taken this sum mary method Of
reach for everybody
But that would have been mad !
mans act and Stout was sane enough
Tn the Jewels must be false.
I stoa ed dead on the pavement. |
"a
diatelv behind me cursed audibly For
/ had suddenly caught slcht OF pos
ter on an advertisement boarding
In big capitals IL started thus There
are thousands OF professional burg
lars known 70 tho police. Insure with
the Lion Insurance Ccmrany.'
Ny problem was solved. And the
solution was so ridiculOlsly simple
Il O. for
having discovered IL long ago.
| managed TO restrain my impati-
ence until 10 o'clock At that hour
/ entered the Office OF the Lion In
surance Company. in Cornhill. and
asked for NY friend, Percival Austin.
the MANAGE. He had not arrived yet.
the clerk informed me. but was ex
pected within very few minutes.
tend they are so heavily Oyerworked,
/ waited.
lie strolled IN at a quarter past l o.
and considerably gave me preced-
ence over the contents OF the mail.
followed him into his private room.
Well. Phillips. you're an early
bird
I'm sorry cant return the com
pliment"
"Beastly public dinner last night,
Had to go though hate them like
poison. Got some news for US. j
hope"
News ,"
YES. about this Melville Court bur
glary Warrington Stout wired that he
was not content with the efforts OF
the Grantham police TO find the thief.
but had put the matter in the hands
of your firm as we'll Very good OF
him. thought it, taking all that
trouble at his own expense when he
was so well insured"
looked into my hat. for my ex-
precision was a tell-tale one So mine
were not the only eyes in which War
rington Stout had contriyed to throw
dust,
All" ! said off-handedly. Il really
forgot TO ask him whether he was in
sured or not Not covered entirely
with you. / SUPPOSED"
NO the amount was too large for
us 70 take the entire risk. We share
IL with another company and with
Lloyds"
Then It will be rather big loss
altogether"
Yes. unless YOU manage TO recover