Year: 1879

and L may set up business in America
/ The other fellows will help me. Meet
me here TO morrow night, to let me
know that all is safe for US See here.


| have brought you valuable present.
Keep it until the plate is secure with me,
for you must stay here until all blows
over; then make some excusa for leaving,


aud come over and join me in New York.


1t you want money, sell these diamonds
IN Llverpool-they are worth no end OF


money"


could see quite well that he took


something out of his pocket aud gave it


to her. she held it up to look at it


and there, glistening in bright moon


light, l saw--my god mothers diamond


ear ring the one that had been stolen


over nine years ago with the other Jewels


from her room.


Here then at last was the mystery


solved, everything made clear, and all


through my dreaml Presently the light


fell on the mans face again, and l in.


stantly recognized my god mothers very


respectable gardener. A decent man he


was believed TO be, but a thief all the time,
and one who hid his evil deeds under a
cloak Of religion. And who was this wo-


man he seemed to have got such power
over? Evidently his wife; for gathered
that from his conversation with her.
waited where | was until they were both
gone-Martha back to the house, and her
husband to the village; then as quietly as
L could l returned to the house and
reached my room. Falling on my knees
gave thanks to God for making me the
means OF finding out such wicked plot,
and perhaps saving the lives of more than
one under that roof; for it is more than
likely that, had those desperate men been
disturbed in their midnight plumber, they
would not have hesitated at any deed
which would enable them to carry out
their wicked plans.


| slept little that night, and next morn
idg tried to appear calm and composed,
though | Was frightened and really i'll.
| was longing for my husband. to come,
that l might tell him all, and consult what
was best to be done, to prevent robbery
and perhaps bloodshed. At last, to my
great relief, l saw him coming. ran to
the gate to meet him, aud told him what
| had seen and heard the night before


Now" l said, will you ever laugh at
my fancies againY


"No, my dear little wife, said he, Il
never will"


We then arranged that we should tell
his mother and sister everything, and he
was to go TO the nearest police station and |
arrange with the chief officer to have |
number of men ready in the wood, near
the house, at Il o'clock that night; that !
after dinner we were to say good by to |
Mrs. Benson and drive home, but would |
return and join the police in the wood, |
and wait there until we saw Martha leave |
the house to meet her husband. We |
were then to 90 in and wait until the |
thieves came in, when they were to be |
surrounded and taken prisoners. My |
husband wanted me to remain at our own |
house, but would not do so, as | said | |
would only be imagining all sorts of dread |
besides, knew his mother and |
Mary would like to have me with them. |


1t all turned out as well as could be- |
The night was very fine and just at l 2 |
O'Clock Martha stole down to the place
where | had seen her the night before
then we all, abouta dozen policemen and
ourselves, went into the house The
men were stationed cut Of sight in differ
ent rooms, waiting for the robbers en-
trance Henry came up to Mrs. Ben
5 n's room, where all of US women were,
the two servants.


With breathles8 anxiety we watched
and waited. From where / stood l
could see the way they would come.


1t was about 2 o'clock when [ saw
Martha coming up the walk and four
men with her


''Look - l said; "there they are"
They went round to the back door, and
we heard them stealing along the pass
age in the direction Of the plate closet.
Then a sudden rush-a scream from the
Martha-imprecations loud
and bitter-a shot another scream


"May God grant no lives will be lostl"
we prayed.


Poor Mary nearly tainted At last
We heard the officer call Henry to come
lown. The four men were well secured
and taken to the police station, Martha
was taken there too. She confessed she
had let them in for the purpose of steal
ng the silver One of the robbers was
slightly wounded in the arm, but no one
else was hurt. Very thankful was l
when | found, next day, that none were
the worse for having gone through such
Il terrible scene


The house where Martha's husband
lodged was searched, and the case Of
diamonds and many other valuable ar
ricle5 found there. This immensely re-
spectable gardener had been a disgrace
10 his family and his profession. Left
very much to himself through the in
diligence Of his employer, he had con
-racted habits Of tipplng with low asso
eiates at the neigh5oriug village, and
become so completely demoralized as at
length to assume the degraded character
If burglar. Now came the retribution
which attends on wrong doing. The
thieves were all tried at the next assizes,
and sentenced to various terms of i'm.



1t Is now many years since all this hap
peued but can never forget what |
went through those two dreadful nights;
though | remember with thankfulness
hat, through my dream and the warming
voice | heard, | was the means of avert
ng a great wrong, and perhaps a mur
Ter. do not impute anything super
natural to my dream. 1t may have
merely been the result of tension Of feel
ngs, supported by some condolences.
At all events, the results were such as |
have described.


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