Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-19

to go wrong
TO begin with, the Insurance. people
{ proved skeptlcal largely through wal
/ ter's stupidity. II seems that ceriain
| evidences had been left in the house 81
! Miss Manwarings presence there with
| what we may call. presume, Walters
/ permission, the fatal night The servants
! who discovered the burglary noticed these
] evidences and mentioned them In their
/ telegram Walter hurried back to New
/ York TO hush the servants up. He wasn't
| successful, and the fact that he had en-
deavored to cover something came TO
/ the attention Of the police, and, inevi-
/ tably, through them TO the insurance
/ company
Then Miss Manwaring turned out TO
] be a young woman OF uncommon char
| acter. less Rullible than they had reck-
oncd also. I may say without undue self
| conceit, they had reckoned without their
! hostess. ! grew suspicious, and ques-
| toned Miss Manwarlng; she was too hon
| est to want to lie to me and too sensible
to try.
Meantime the need of money grew
| daily more urgent. They decided that
| Walter must pawn the Jewels In Boston.
/ They could be redeemed piece by piece
| when money was more plentiful. But the
| Jewels were here, and Walter In New
York. and It would be insane for him to
| come here and get them and then take
| them to Boston. In this emergency Adele
! went Walter one better in the matter OF
stupidity. She took Mr.. Lyttleton into
her confdence-and, crowning blunderl
| took his advice. MIR. Lyttleton conceived
magniflcently romantic scheme. Walter
| was to come to New Bedford, secretly
| hire n motorboat, and be off the. harbor
| here at a certain hour of night. Mr..
| Dyttleton was to leave the Jewels in a
designated spot at the foot of the clifrs.
At an agreed signal between the yacht
and Adele's bedchamber window Walter
| was to come In, at dead OF night, ana
! get the jewels return TO the mainland,
| discharge his boat, go to Boston, pawn
! the jewels, get the money, and be here
| in good time the next day.
Walter. notified of this ARRANGEMENT
| by letter to New York fell in with IL
heart and soul. More stupidity you see.
Worse yet, he put it into effect. The ar
| rangement was actually carried out last
night And again their luck turned
against them. 1t so happened that both
| Miss Manwarlng and Mr.. Trego were
| details Of the conspiracy: and, to make
matters worse 1t was the very night
chosen by the thief to steal my Jewels.
hen that came out they were all in
panic-Walter Adele and Mr.. Lyttleton
They put their empty heads together to
think what was best to be done to avert
suspicion from themselves. Miss Man
waring was the real stumbling block.
She knew far too much, and had proved
rather difficult to manage Among them
they evolved another brilliant scheme;
Missh Manwarng must be kidnapped and
! hidden away in a safe place until the
trouble had blown over. Miss Manwar-
ing having ostensihly confessed her guilt
by flight. suspicion of completely in the
theft would be diverted from Walter.
Adele and Lyttleton; though they had
positively no hand in the thing. they
1ns
they argued that. when in their own
good time they set the girl at liberty.
she would be wanted by the police and
: would never again dare show her face
where 1t might be recognized. Not only
stupid. you see, but cold-bloodedly selfish
as well.
Walter undertook to manage the bust
ness. He engaged a rascally chauffeur OF
his acquaintance and Communicated
a closed car from my own garage.
} figuring that the kidnapping would be an
accomplished fact long before the ma
Y chine could be wanted, while its absence
= would never arouse comment on a fett
night. He then induced Miss Mauwaring
. to consent to meet him i'm conveniently
secluded spot near the gate.
: Il overheard something, enough to
lead me TO suspect there was something
wrong afoot, and therefore persuaded
Miss Manwaring to lend me this costume
OF hers and went to meet Walter in her
stead. Before | guessed what was up
a bag was thrown over my head, my
hands and feet were bound, and l was
lifted into the body OF the car and driven
away at such speed that Walter who
found out his mistake almost mme-
, diately, was unable to overtake me be-
fore l arrived at the spot chosen for
Miss ManwarinG's prison-a deserted
, shootinE-lodEe on the south shore.
Meanwhile when 1t was found that I
had been kidnapped instead of the girl,
and while Walter was in pursuit OF me
To make what amends he could Adele
and Mr. Lyttleton lost their heads en-
tirely. Adele rushed round looking for
Miss Manwaring. and when finally she
found her, endeavored to induce her to
run away on her own account. And Mr..
Lyttleton (who, by the by, Is leaving
with Adele and Walter in the morning)
on his own behalf arranged to direct
suspicion of the robbery to Miss Man
waring, induced Mr.. Mason to exceed my
instructions and open the envelopes In
my absence, and led Mr.. Mason to Miss
Manwaring's room, where, TO his own
stupendous surprise, there was found
hidden one of the rings that had been
stolen
What makes you think he was so
much surprised?" Mr. Trego cut in, who
had turned in his chair to eye Mr. Lyttle-
ton in a most unpleasantly truculent
fashion,
Because he didn't know it was there"
But somebody must have made the
plant" Trego argued. There's no ques-
tion, take ii, OF Miss Manwaring's in
nocenCe?"
None whatever" Mrs, Gosnold ar
hrmed
"Then why not Lyttleton as well as
another"
That" Mrs. Gosnod said slowly, in
deed reluctantly, brings me to the fact
that no confession has been made as 1
had hoped II might be- That is 10 say,
the jewels have not been restored I
am sorry, I have done all ! could to
, protect the thief"
} "You know TregO inquired
II saw the theft committed" said Mrs.
Gosnold. 1T was done not for gain. but
r for the sole purpose of securing MISS
? Manwaring's discharge
? short, sharp cry interrupted her. and
, in the mOmentary silence of astonishment
thar followed Mercedes Pride shut her
I eyes, sighed gently, slipped from the
A chair and subsded to the floor in a
% dead faint,
. CONTINUED TOMORROW
+ Camden and Vicinity
= Mrs Anna Parker and her daughter