Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04
Whoa Who in the Story

found. He is mysteriously murdered
in his home.
PHiLLIPA, his es:u,itul S na r;,d is
aud believes innocent OF q charge OF
forgery, her cousin, and plans TO
marry him and settle in the colonies
whsr he nisnsi sis RrisG Ssi tern ~ the
estate. VINO mas sown harmless wild
oats, but declares himself innocent
of the forgery of his uncle's name,
though he cannot convince the latter
covered in the room with his muir.
dered uncle. He IL arrested and
charged with the crime.
MRS. BRITTEN, his old nurse, who be-
lieves him innocent.
JIM, his foSter-brother, who Is q some-
what radical miner.
MIR. QUtNTOE. austere, executive type
of man, manager of the mines and
aspirant for Phillipa's hand,
lLL!NGWORTH. ambitious police Of
INSPECTOR coRTELYoU. a veteran
Scotland Yard sleuth. who takes up
the case for Clinton.
MARSHALL STEAD. chief cashier
and confidential man for Sir Robert,
suspected by Cortelyou.
Tandy went off to HIS work to
ruminate. He had no wish to give
/ Stead up to the authorities so long q
| he could make out of him what they
would give; besides. he thought he
| knew way OF squeezing him for
more. And as he hacked and hewed
| at the shining black coal in the
| little hole in which he Cas working,
| doubled up like some antediluvian
! animal of strange shape. he cogltated
on many plans FOR getting Stead out
| ne 10
| hershey. Two or three hours later he
perceived a feasible plan of escape.
and after much thought he was 80
pleased with it that he set off In
Stead in his dungeonlike refuge to
! talk it over with him.
The accumulated coal dust lay
| thick as the sand in the seashore
on the floors of the gallery by which
| Tandy approached the place where
! the fugitive lay hid His boots were
old and soft in the sole; having n
naturally sly manner of approaching
anything. which had been accentu-
ated by his coaching habits. lie was
| at the entrance OF the disused office
| before Stead. who had certainly not
| expected to see him, was aware that
| he was near; and the consequence
was that Dogger Tandy came full
upon n sight which made his ferret
eyes grow unnaturally large with
| sheer surprise.
Stead sat at the rough table in
| the center OF the cell-like room; the
miners lamp before him threw its
| light full on his face and eyes. But
it's yellow rays fell on something
clse--on something that he had
spread out on one of the newspap ers
which Tandy had brought him: and,
yellow as the light was that some
thing glittered and coruscated in 1t
| like dewdrops in a summer sun.
Diamonds!
| Tandy uttered little cough and
stepped in. Stead made a sound
which was more like woman $
frightened scream than anything
else, and covered the sparkling
stones with both hands. He turned
a livid and snarling face on the
miner.
"Confound you." he snapped out
What do YOU s,artle me like that
for"
Tandy stepped 10 the table and sat
on it. His eyes. covctous and greedy,
were fixed on Stead's hands.
Easy. guv'nor, easy" he said.
\
to me what's done so much for you.
And what's them. guv'nor?"
GO away" said stead. What do
you mean by spying on me in this
| way"
Spying Nay. guv'nor: only Just
! looked in to say I had an idea" re-
pied Tandy. II can't help 1t II YOU
didn't hear. but YOU were SO en-
| gagged. Diamonds. eli. guv'nor"
Now, shouldn't wonder If that's
what was in that little packet you
got me to dig out of your orchard
the. other night. guv'nor. Ell? You
said it was letters. YOU did,"
What's it matter TO you?" said
Stead sullenly.
| "A good deal, guynor." replied the
miner. an course. If you're wanting
to escape with few thousands OF
| pounds woyth OF shiners-well
Dosger TandyIi naturally expect to
Fave his little hit out Of 1t. Think
it over suv'nor."
That day--though he could not tell
by that time whether 1t was day or
night down there. for Tandy some
times came down by The afternoon
shift and sometimes by the night
! shift-Stead made up his mind to
| escape. He would take his luck.
And with the diamonds in his pocket
! lie CROPPED his way along the pitch
! black galleries until he came to the
part where the disused workings
ended and those in use began. And
there he met Dogger Tandy.
Dogger Tandy took him by the
throat with sudden curse and with
the Snarl of a dog who sees It's bone
being stolen, and then began a fight
| of that sort which quickly degener-
ates into a far worse thing.
From the feeling of half-wild and
primitive iov which impelled the
Mannersley folk to give their favorite
the heartiest of demonstrations on
/, his release. the entire community
was suddenly brought face to face
| with the conviction of awful tragedy
and sorrow.
The men who n moment before had
been shouting and yelling at the top
OF their voices grew strangely silent
and turned to look at each other
with white faces: the women on the
fringe of the crowd who had been
laughing and waving their hands at
the two cousins on the courthouse
| steps began TO scream and weep.
and. in the case of those whose men
| had gone down with the last shift,
to develop Mysteries.
If any one there had had time TO
think, he would have noticed the hor-
| rihle contrast between the calm
| pitilessness Of nature and the ter
striking aspects of the situa-
ton.
-! 1t was glorious summer morn :
| ing-a morning which had made
| Phillipa Mannersley's heart dance in
spite Of all her recent troubles, 80
| full was 1t Of life and the kladness of