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THE PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL. 15
key, or very ingeniows pieky which in nowinn in-
jured the luck ; that he filed off the hasps of the
plato chest, abstracted their contents, tied them
Into a strong, bundlg or package, and hanging
them around hi
ound his nec
ne that?” T exclaimed, Con
It is good enough as i
ow. on earth can you
., Phil, draw
—for he then eseaped with his plunder by the
same way he had entered, [saw the marks of
its rubbing, distinct from those of his feet and
hands, though you might not have noticed so
hedge, Bia that which Archie omitted to
wason—"
t out of the gate?” I ask
Archie never forgets to “close the
night, “and he told us he had never found
ince we went to town.
the robber gone out the gate he must have
enc, “He got off with his plunder, and we
shall never recover the plate of goo ur
loigh again.”
Why not, if we catch the robber ?”
“ Because he has certainly melted it since, in
never dispose of a
single ‘ounes without certain risk of discovery.
But the bullion, or some of it, we may get back.
Atal eve ents, we will ty."
“And how?”
robber is no common
ou ‘suspect who he is, It is the
a hdowiez. Our Chri
gous "on as it nothing had happened. If he ac.
cepts the invitation, we have him ied and
Til answer for the consequences. i ine
you will fnmediately o New ‘« and Bos-
i e “ietectives there
t of Archie an ife.
They will not saya ‘word until the fave t my per-
mission ¢ ar yout. So you see that the plan is
very 8
pat suppose the—suppose this Ludowiez be
already gone
for the vf cutting of his retreat acroes
the water from any northern port, while I wil
take similar measures with those at Baltimore
and Charleston, Not a soul knows 0 aff
Deyond our household. I have already assured
myself of the silence of Mrs, Bunting and our
servants, as well a
“He isnot_or waa not three days ago. Colonel
wea him in Washington, and he told the
golonal he should remain there till the middle of
Janna
“ “it that may have been only a ruse to throw
me Posi he is not a common thief, as
I said betore. me will pet flee before the ene-
my is at least on the t I think. Colonel
Barker ovs back by the might train to-night. I
‘Yim and axk him to haye an eye on ‘the
tae be gone, it can’t be helped, We
nus, ‘aks cur chances’ think itis a very good
o we arrived at our town-house, and
each went his way as agreed upon, to further
the consummation, of our plan. | 01
Ludowiez had not Ho ns still in, Waeh-
ington. He graciously accepted our invitation,
ut said he could only remain at Liberty Hall
one day and night., We took our measures ac-
cordingly.
‘Tho day arrived, the, country-house was et
with guests, and none among them more bri
iiant and ailable than Herr Baron Von Ludo-
Owing to the number of our compans, we had
extra waiters at dinner, on Chri 3 day.
they were both black men, though close ob:
server would have thought their features more
of the Caucasian than the 0 negro type. But then
their African descent sht be tainted by a
inixture of European blood.
d the baron to
strange, Sogn sound s though several piece
t i chor had A eet eidenty jarred
“fhe baron changed color,
waiters, however, who ftood in the doorway,
had the impudence | to w nd ‘
asy manner to Philip, and he imme-
diately left the room in pursuit of the man, who
had already disapp |
he heavy ‘courses of dinner were re-
mated, Philip, taking advantage of a oy
tary lal, fixed the attention of our guests
saying:
“We had hoped, gentleman and ladies, to
have made a more gallant display of our hos-
pitable treasures to-day ; but anrunexpectod an nd
fortauate accident he mted us
“What © dopa” “What acci-
dente “ “Wha do you mean ?
se and tther eager queries were hurriedly
asked ‘round the
“I reter,” said Thal
te. “We had intended to do homage to the
day by using it at our feast. But ere e to in-
form you that—it has been—stolen 1)
Stolen 1” “Mercy on us!” ‘What! all
that spisndid plate ? 7 “Oh, Mr. Bre ntwood "
“Oh, pi Herbe:
fow ‘nomen there was a perfect failed. of
sympathetic ‘oxclamations of sorrow and amaze-
Philip's eye still ke the baron in its focus,
arid MB's exe stil Kept Maiso covertly directod
that Way. When Philip uttered the word slolen,
Ludowiez had grown a shade paler, and his lips
quivered very slightly, ut ho instantly, Fox
‘ainnd his composnre, and a8 soon as the hub-
mb subsided a little, he said, in a olee of welle
feigned regret and indigna iv
“What an ontrage! My dear Brentwood, I
am astonished you take itso calmly. That plate
was worth at least thirty thousand dollars! tn
offered you that for it myself, more than once t
Bowe 3 it thus! Of course the robber wi tt
loss! “And have you taken no steps—havi vou
no suspicion? By Heaven! I could not ¢
—I should have no peace uptil I had tracked the
robber and forced t! the plunder from him at my
pinta 's mouth!”
@ don't, do. things in such tragie
styl a re, ‘baron 1” said I. “That may do fur
Hungarian chivalry and romance. We are more
practices and commonplace.”
“But what do you—what have you done?”
asked Ludowi iez, With much interest. appar-
orient, we have done what we gown haven't
we, Philip?” I Tepliod, turning to Bront
Philip nodde
“And have you found no trace? Have you
discovered no ‘i
“Of thi
oa Ph lip, interrogatively,
as tho baron panso ed an instant, asf to tind &
baron, Ww pve found a trace. several ‘times in
is a very curious robbery, indeed.
although the ‘het had to clamber onto the roof,
scramble down a chimney an
burglar-prodf safe, and file a i
d staples trom the plate chest
ing the plate—no light burden--<
aron Ludow
As Philip had gone on, rapidly describing the
the baron hai
robber’s manner of proceeding,
rown paler and more agitated, till, upon Brent-
wood's mentioning the single arm and its coin-
cidence, the Hungarian’s self-command com-
nano proved, wore procis bo Ludwig |
laats, underwent a certain logal cereinony,
r was to furnish him wit
for a term of years at tthe
4
nat pene retirement ho still dwells,
and tae turne singular talents in one-
handed mechanies to account in the manufac:
tu ure of door-mats.
Philip,” said I, about ight after the
breaking up ef out Christmas jolly, *T reall
think we owe poor Haddon a” sort o amende
suspected him wrongly, though
he wasn’t aware of it, you
“J didn't suspect him long ser than half an
hour,” replied Philip. “still if -we could do
hinn & good turn— but i's grown rich again and
gote West, ron remem If you suffer from F) ley lepsy, ; Pits, Spasms, Spells,
“Ay, but he's grown poor again and has come | Falling Sickness, AY tus's Dance, & co., have cbil-
met him this yery morning, and he | @ted, relatives, friends or neighbors that do so, o
fuels quite badly about his conduct to us in re-
gard to our Aunt Burleigh’s plate. He saidif he
only had five thousand dollars now he could go| fora FREE
into a really safe business, and drop ‘ specula- express prepaid.
tion’ forever.” sands where everything else failed.
Wells” said Philip. «if you choose, Herbert, Tus ene ky Epilerey Bx ene, AGE ah
” of @} ail. , ples Me
wwe "1 ae i up, to that extent, ont of the Bur- | mail, When wr erinee ars all cotreyoin
And so.wo did. But unless he sees this narra: ate profesionuly confident
tive, Haddon (who has done extremely well)
once suspected “him of W. H. MAY, M. D.
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robbing us of our aunt's precious legac
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rush from the room.
1
guished exile’s collar, forced him suddenly back
into his chair, while the taller o} , speak-
ing in a quiet voice, without tho Teast negro
twang in it, sai
“ arrest you, Baron What-you-call-it, for
burglary @ bbe
And the “other ded, more stern]
y better keep quiet, YF you don’t
wan! ty ur head gracked 1 for Ludow! Zz made
a viol font effort to shake off his captors’ hold,
though without ‘oct The threat and the slight
touch of the pistol-butt that accompanied it, in-
stantly Produced their wonted result, and the
elon sat with haggard face and trembling lips
cowering in the e
him witht you into “the library, «Mr.
Nips, said Philip, a aud idiot any further at-
tempts at resistance, the culprit slunk out be-
tween the two disguise aetoutives.
This scence secupied less than three tninutes,
during which the guests exhibite phase
of amaz ementy a confusion worse
reigned in the dinin s-room tnt the ofcers and
their prisoner had cl the door behind them.
n began & fresh fire of questions and excla-
mations, on flank, front and rear of Philip and
self.
w Pray, sit down again, my'friends; I entreat
yon to sit down,” eried Philip, “ and I'll tell you
all about it,”
being thus presently restored, he
them a succinct account of our discovery,
and how it was made.
““T do not deny,” #aid he, in conclusion, “that
Lmight have matiagod the baron’s capture in a
r this delightful social
managed the affair other-
vere
t-cork, business, and I did not like to ho) ea
point their Thespian ardor. They proved first-
rate actors, I think, don't you? et us drink
their healthe, and then, if yon like, we'll have
the mist! tletos.
His worship, the Baron Tndowicz, passed that
night in durance vile. 8 Ke mitly me
screwed the patriot’s false unm, and in
low thereof, found a pleasing array of eaniously
delicate instruments, w uses were not known
to any licensed landicrah
The oe moment the irresistible blandish-
ments ‘ox seduced the baron to con!
to that sgentloman the secret depository wherein
was bestowed the bullion, or the greater part
thereof, arising from the melting Gown of the
urleigh 1 plate, and the said bullion was duly
made over to its legitimate owners, in the man-
ner by law provided
n like manner, Herr Von Ludow
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