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

her eyes.
Personally | thought Peter would
have done more He would have pulled
that bell pull in their bedroom right
down.
declined the offer OF refreshment
(which would have been partaken OF.
! felt convinced in the servants hall)
took snack al Grantham station.
and caught the next train back 10
town
BY this time ! had mentally resolv-
ed that those local police should have
the honor and glory OF hunting down
the pseudo-butler which that fool had
engaged, and recovering the stolen
articles.
II Mrs Warrington Stout's jewels
aid not blaze this season in Covent
Garden Opera House. SO much the bet
ter.
Which was a mans view. Of course.
and wholly unprofessional.
II.
/ went the following evening 10 one
Of the best-known OF the London music
halls Variety entertainments do not
often attract me- but the special excel
lence OF the programme promised
something out OF the ordinary. and
the promise was kept. succession
Of turns, increasing in interest, con
cluded with the usual pictures on the
bioscope. which / always find intense
~ fascinating
A humorous series was first shown.
and then appeared on the screen the
title OF the next:
Arrival Of the Scotch Express at
Kings Cross" The time and date Of
the taking OF the picture We're shown.
II was 1.l0 a. m. on the previous day.
The bioscOpe is nothing If not up-to
date.
First you saw the people on the sta
ton awaiting the arrival of the train
Some things DO not strike you as fun
ny until you see them in a picture
That ragged line OF porters. standing
anyhow and at all angles. made me
laugh. Somehow / felt that they
ought 10 be drawn up in military line.
and every man jack OF them made 70
salute the brave engine driver as he
brought the huge locomotive graceful
ly 70 rest al the platform. Then an
Inspector ought TO call Break away"
and they should fall upon the luggage
with their accustomed fCrocity.
But nay whimsical idea was soon put
10 fight for there talking TO a porter
In the immediate foreground of the
picture was somebody so closely re-
sembling Mr. Warrington Stout that
If Al that moment the man I
was watching turned full face 10 the
audience. IL was Warrington Stout,
without the shadow Of a doubt.
The events Of yesterday. TO which !
had not given a thought an the even
ing. trooped back into my mind. II
stout really crossed the Channel az
the time he declared, by no possibility
could he be waiting on Kings Cross
platform az 40 that morning. Ny
interest In the Melville Court bur
glary grew 1t once extraor diaarily pro-
found
The train was seen TO draw in. car
riage doors 90 Dee flung open and pas
sengers 10 al.ght But Warrington
Stout was for me the centre Of inter
est. Although he had partially turned
round. and ! now had only a view OF
his side face | could see that he was
iniently watching all the passengers
by the train. Then he took a step
forward. apparently having recognized
some one. 4 second later he and
a clean shaven young man in a.
bowler hat were standing face 10
face. In the lauer's hand Was some.
thing wrapped in brown paper app
parenIy an oblong box he was
carrying nothing else. Stout looked
az the parcel. nodded approvingiy.
and ciapled the young man on the
shoulder Then he hurried him
away 10 the cab-rank lining the
platform. hailed hanson. gave
directions TO the driver. and both
stepped inside
The picture faded
Good heavens" / exclaimed aloud.
and the people on either side Of me
edged away from an apparent lunatic
The detective fever fairly ragged in
my veins. The man whom Warning.
ton Stout had met at Kings Cross
was. felt convinced. the missing but
Ter. the description exactly tailed.
And the box he was carrying. at
which Stout glanced with such app
proval. contained. without a shadow
Of a doubt the missing jewels
"A Naval Review began TO be
shown on the bioscope, but for me the
performance was over. | rose from
my seat and left the theatre. I had
all the pieces OF a strange puzzle in
my hands. they only required put
ting together. IL was perfectly clear
that Warrington Stout was a party
10 the theft and receiver OF his own
Jewels Ny valuable assistance had
been sought TO elucidate a bogus
burglar Faugh'
/ went straight 10 my humble fat
and looked up an "A. -. c" The train
that reached Kings Cross at 7:10 a.
m. stopped at Grantham at 5:06 a.
m. II Mrs. Stout's story was correct.
and the burglary took place at day
break-say. between 4 and 4:30-the
pseudo butler could easily have reach
ed Grantham station and caught this
train That point established. | lit
my pipe and considered others.
What was Warrington StOut's OBJ
jet In making away with his wife's
jewels? Assuming for the moment
her innocence In the matter. / asked
myself the reason OF this queer plot
that he had Matched.
Was he jealous OF those jewels? A
shame. let II be said-less on her
personality than on the ornaments
with which she crowns her person.
Was this man envious OF that fame2
Had those glittering jewels usurped
the love and care that. he felt. ought
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