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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExter Times, 1910-05-05, Page 6The Diamond Crescent Or, A MODERN ROMANCE. STOMACH MISERY ! �, ♦ :,. L ^ate. :M ('l1AI"fl•:l{ 1. 1 was on the point of leaving In- dia and returning to England when hl sent for me. At least, to be ac- curate -and 1 tun always accurate - i was not quite on the point, but nearly, for 1 wet going to start by the mail on the following day. 1 heel been up to Government house to take my leave a few days before, bu; Sir John had been too ill to see me, or at least he had said he mars And now ho was much we rsc--dying, it seemed, front all accounts; and he had sent down a native servant in the noonday heat mini a note, written in his shaky old hand, begging me to come up as soon as it became cooler. Ho sat 1 lie had a commission which ho was. anxious I should do for him in England. Of course I went. It was not very convenient., because I had to bt:rrow one of our fellows' traps, as l had sold my ow•u, and none of them had the confidence in my driv- ing which 1 had myself. I was obliged to leave the packing of my collection of Malay krises and In- dia- kookeries to my bearer. I wondered as I drove along why Sir John had sent for me. Worse, was hot Dying? And without a friend. Poor old man! He had deme pretty well in this world, but I was afraid he would not be up to much once he was out of it; and now it seemed he was going. I felt sorry for him. I felt more sorry when 1 saw him -when the tall, long -faced A.D.C. took Inc into his Te1,1n and left, us. Yes, Sir John was certainly going. There was no mistake about it. It was written in every line of his drawn fever - worn face, and in his wide fever - lit este,. and in the chutchtluf his long yellow hands upon his tus- tore silk dressing -gown. He looked a very sick, bad old man as he lay t o t'. w' couch, )lace SO there n his lu c 1 d +1 as to court the air from without, en( Ind by its passage through damped grass screens, and to re- ceive the full strength of the pun- kah, pulled by an invisible hand Outside. "You go to England to -morrow 1" be asked sharply. It was written even in the change of his voice. which was harsh. as of old, but with all the strength gone out of it. "By to -marrow's mail," I said. I timid(' have liked to say some- thing more --something sympathe- tic abort his bring ill and not like- ly to get better; but he had always treated me discourteously when he was well, and 1 could not open out all at unee now that he was i11. "Look here, Slidd1eten," he went on ; "i am dying and 1 know it.. I dent suppose you imagined 1 had rent for you to bid you a last fare- well before departing to my long "Beautiful! aren't they 1" the old man chuckled, passing his wasted hands over them. "You won't match that necklace in any jewel- ler's in England. 1 tore it off an old she -devil of a J{hatnce's neck after the Mutiny, and got a bite in the arm for my trouble. But i:he It tet no talcs. He ! he! he! 1 don't mind saying now how I got thein. 1 ata a humble Christian, now 1 am so near heaven -eh, Middleton 1 He' he! You don't like to contra - diet me. Look at those emeralds. The hasp is broken, but it makes a pretty bracelet. I don't think 1'11 tell you how the hasp got broken - little accident as the lady who wore it gave it to me. Rather brown, isn't it, on one side; hut it will ecine off. No, you need not be afraid of touching it, it isn't wet. Ile ' he! And this crescent. Look at those diamonds. A duchesss would be proud of them. I had them from it private; soldier. 1 gee%e hill two rupees for them. Dear Inc ! how the sight of them brings back old times! But 1 wan'( leave them out any longer. We must put them away --put them away." And the glittering mass into the old brown bag. He luoked into it once with hungry eyes, and then he pulled the string and 'aisle ed it over to enc. "Take it, • • he said. "Put it away now. Put it away," he repeated, as I hesitated. 1 put the bag into my pocket. lie! gave a. long sigh as he watched it disappear. "Now what you have got to do with that bag," he said, a moment afterwards, "is to take it to Ralph Danvers, the second sun of Sir George Danvers of Stoke Moreton' in D—shire. Sir George has got two sons. 1 have never seen him or his sons, but I don't mean the eldest to have then!. He is a spendthrift. They are all for Ralph, who is a steady fellow, and going to marry a nice girl -at least, I suppose she is a nice girl. Girls who are going to be married always ar3 nice. Those jewels will sweeten rnatrint'ny for Mr. Ralph, and if she is like other women it will need sweetening. There, now you have got them, and that is what♦ you have got to do with then(. There is the address, written on this card. With my compliments, y..11 perceive. He! he! I don't suf,pose they will remember who I a„) " "Have you no relations 1" I asked; for 1 ant always strongly of opinion that property should be be- queathed to relatives, especially near relatives, rather than to en- tire strangers. "None." he replied, "not even poor relations. 1 have no deserv- ing nephew or Scotch cousin. If 1 had. they would be here at. this mo- ult nt, smoothing the pillow of the honk. 1 am not in such a hurry to def.arting saint, and wondering depart as all that, 1 can tell you; how much they would get. You but there is something I want done - that I want you to do for me. I meant to have done it myself, but 1 non (hove now, and I )oust trust eorneho(ly. 1 know bitter than to trust a clever man. An honest fool -hut I ern digressing from the case in point. 1 hate 1sever trusted any- body- all my life, so you may feel bemired. 1 have a small parcel which 1 want you to take to Eng- land for ine. Here it is." His long lean hands went senrch- iny, in his dressing -gown, and pre• BANISHED BY "FRUIT -A -111E=" MR. ALCID6 HCS[RT Stratford Centre, Wolfe Co., Que, "I have been completely cured of a frightful condition of nay Stomach through the wonderful fruit ntediciue '1?suit-a-lives'. 1 could not eat anything but what 1 suffered awful pain from Indigestion. My !lead ached incessantly. I was told to try 'Fruit•a-tives' and sent fur six loxes. Now 1 an) entirety~ well, can eat any, ordinary foc,ti and never have a Headache." A1.CII)E 111 1t1 RT. See. a box, 6 for $s.so, nr trial bag, 25c. At all dealers or from 1-ruit-a- tives Limited, Ottawa. back at my quick promotion, owing to casualties, and nt my long and prosperous career in India, which I cannot but regard as the result of high principles and abilities, to sav the least of it, of not the mean- est, under. On the point of return- ing to England, the trust Sir John heed with his usual shrewdness ro- t +•scd in me was an additional plead, ii proof were needed, of the confidence I had inspired in him -a eonfideuco which seemed to have ripened suddenly at the end of his life, after many years of hardly eot,cealed mockery and derision. Jus►. as I was finishing ray reflec- tions and my breakfast, Dickson, one of the last joined subalterns, carne in. ''This is very artful," he said, so gravely that 1 turned to look at him "What is awful!" "Don't, you know 1" he replied. "Haven't you heard about -Sir John -Inst night V' Dead 1" 1 asked. Ile nodded. and then he said: "Murdered in the night. Cath- , art heard a noise, and went in, and stumbles{ over hint on the .nh.• t., As 1 c ante►c saw t r t c in 1 lamp knocked over, and a figure rush out through the veranda. The moon was bright, and he saw :t titan run across a clear space in the moonlight --a tall, slightly -built loan in native dress, but not at na• t it e. Cathcart said ; that he would take hie oath on, by his build. He roused the house, but the man got clean off of course.•" "And Sir John 1" ''Sir John was quite dead when Cuthcart gut hack to bite. He found him 13 ing on his face. His amts were spread out, and his dressing - gown was torn as if he had strug- gled hard. His pockets had been turned inside out, his writing table drawers forced open ; the whole rt out had been ransacked. Yet tit.• old man's gold watch had not Leen It uehed, and some money in one of the. drawers had not been taken. \What on earth is the meaning of it ail?" said young Dickson below breith. "What was the thief atter f•' In a moment the truth flashed across my train. 1 put two and two together as quickly as most inen, 1 fancy. The jewels! Sone- ot a had gut wind of the jewels, which. al that element, were repos• inti on my own person in their old brown bag. Sir John had been only just ill time. "What was lie lo. king fur'." ee,n• lir.uetl Ilieksen, walking up nn.I dr w•n. "The old man must hr.. • hr.,l twine parr'. or other about file, that he wanted to get hild of. ii.a, elat 1 Cathcart says that nothing what( ver has been taken, as far es lie can see nt present.•' 1 ens perfectly silent. it is not (•t.•ty man who would have beeei s • 111 Ins place, hat i was. i kno.s tel ell to hold my tongue, thank Heaven Wrest ally the others came in. all full of the sante subject; and then stub! •nly I remembered that it was getting hate, and there was a bus- tle nntl n leave-taking, and i had to pus of( helot, 1 could ht ar mare. Not, however, that there wn: much more to hear, for evely- thu)s seemed to be in the greatest certfusiw11. alttd every species of ceeje(tlre was afloat, as to the real criminal. and the motive for the crime. 1 bad not much time 10 tl)ink wt anything during the first Ila; (11) brand ; pct, 11115}• as 1 wits in arranging arid rearranging my Things. poor old Sir .Bohn never seemed quite absent from my mind. His image, ns 1 had last seen him, enestantly rose betete ane, and the hearse whisper was for ever sound- ing in my ears. "l'rn watc•lted: 1 know I'm watched." 1 could not get Niru out of in. head. 1 WO 5 un- aLle to sleep the first. night I was 01 board, and as the long hours wore on I always seemed to see the pale, searching eyes of the dead man • and above the manifold 11oi5- ea of the steamer and the perpetn 111,pp1pli of the Calm seater against may make your mind easy on that "Then who is this Ralph whom yon have never seen, asrstl t„ whom yen are leaving sus much I* I a -ked, with any usual desire for inforrna- tien. Ile glared at the for n moment, and then he turned his fare away. "D -n it. What does it matte r, now l'in dying 1" }r' said. And then Lo added, hear—•l) . "1 knew his mouser." 1 could net speak. but iuverlun- se• t!y reduced an old brown hag tartly 1 put 'cal 0iy band and took held together at the neck by a lits leaden one and held string. scowled at unc, and then the words "Hee here:" he said; and he ('ame out. ns if in spite of 'dine( If. nshrd the glasses and papers aside ''She -if she had married Inc. trent the table near Trim and undid wl.) knows what might- But she the string. Then he craned for- iiiniricd Danvers. She called het ward to look nbout him, laying n steen(1 son Ralph. My first name ppasmodie clutch on the hag. "1'ni is Ralph." Then, with a sudden welched! I know 1'111 watched!" -change of ton,. pulling aettay his lir said in a whisper, his pale 4,4'•4 hand, "There! now yen knew all turning .11•;n 1y in their rockets. - 1 about it ' Edifying, isn't it 1 These shn11 be killed for them if 1 krep stealth -heel scenes always hall' an Olen much longer, and 1 won't be elcnu'nt of interest, haven't they hnlred into my grate. 1.11 take Good-.%rning' ringing the bell at hie ,Ib., v "1 enn•t say 1 hope we my own time." "There is tan one here,•" 1 ai(I, shall 'nett ng,lin ; it w03114 be im "and no one in sight except Cath- polite. `(, don't let me keep you. teat smoking in the tentedn, and ()vial bye again." 1 enn only s(e Iiia lets, so to can't "(;old bye, Sir .Tutu." 1 said, ~Ree us." laking his impatient. hand and shek- He seemed to recover himself, ins it genus . •I;od bless sunt." ant' laughed. 1 had never liked his •'Thnnkee,' grinned the old rnan, hash, especially when. as had often with a sardeanie chuckle; "itany- 1,aal,l,rnrd, it had Letti directed thing could do me g,,''1 that will, against• myseif ; but 1 liked it still 1 n) cure. Geed -bye." leen now. els 1 breakfasted next ?loaning ".See here:" he repented, ehuek- pillto my departure. 1 could ling; and lie turned the bag inside rho!: help reflectielg on the different f u' 11pon the table. pr•sitiun in which 1 was now return - Such jewels 1 had never seen. ins to England. ere a Colonel e.r, They fell like cut flame epee the long leave, to that in which 1 )lad ianible table- green and red and ler it ninny- 1 do not care to think blotting wit;Ie. A large diamond lees many - years ago, the youngest ,„1i'd and fell upon the floor. 1 eraign in the regiment. pee levl it up told put- it hack anemic It was curious to reinemhor that ft confused blase e,f p,•e(iwn5 in my youth I had alwayys been con• at• r,rs, too Muth list( f• r a siuered the fool of the farnnyImost lu Speak.unjustly so consi'1ertd, Theo 1oftk • my ear came the whisper, "I'm watched! 1 know I'ut watched!” (To bo continued.) FORTUNES IN FLOWERS. 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When the Mauretauia reached Liverpool recently a Frenchman named Adrian Mad,rau was ar- 1" ted en board and removed in its. He is said to be a criminal stenced to penal servitude for life n Dc:il's Island fur attempted murder. He escaped three times, and ultimately reached America, whence lie was, however, sent back. Escapes are not infrequent from the terrible Devil's Island, the French penal 'et(lernent off the asst of French Guinea, where 1 a. vfits wee formerly a famous : • her. The authorities are very I.,\ 111 their super%isien, anti fugi- • t es can often get a beat and row to the mainland. Their aim is to make for ]British (.)anon, where, if they are quiet, v are sometimes allowed to find ,'1,lo:;ment in the rice fit Ids. But 11• desperate characters arc rent 1.. Devil's island that a body of ht- gillvea, numbering perhaps half a d"Len, often causes a panic an rotten sparsely inhabited township. Thr sea swarms with sharks all and 1/evil's Island, but the De- pt, al hent, and monotony of this iii-adful plaice, and Use severe puu- isF.mentr often inflicted. semi 1 wake any pel•ileus risks preferable re r.•snaining there if a (geom.. ea .i ps offers. 1 r course, the great rnajarity o1 ac-ftlgees to the mainland are be nc111 back. for the, difficulties of ' getting to inrope or the united-- steie- for penniless men lire emir- s 11,, and if they attempt reblseries I t.1) man's hand is against them. Devil's island is one of the Iles de Salus. or teles r•f Salvation, width seems a brutally ironic name (a convicts. 'lite ix!aud i+ only- 5 de. errf ee north of the equator. "Von sterrn to have A R1."at deal of faith in doctor," said a friend of the elck man. '• I have... was the reply ; "a doctor would he foolish to let a good v u'te,ulet like live die."