The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1903, Page 11

BY SIR A. CONAN DOYTE, GINOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. M aithone father, Capt, Fears beth earns fous Bholto {nat tie Initers father Moratan once owned an Bast Indi Binal! footprints, ap- alacov Sea the egaed by ai Wo atson ‘Watson. aha the treastire Ron bogg” a chide, are etme, teams that riven, Re} mt] Andi Peer Seether eae x ton. embark with the Holmes fe captured. Watson chert te Mary, who opens eninty. (Copy riatted. 1803. by Geo. Munro's Sons.) (Printed hy Permission of Geo. Munro's Sons.) CHAPTER IV. Fortane Lont; Love Won. W started back in amazed chagrin at sight of the empty treasure chest. No wonder that tt was heavy. The fronwork was two-thirds of an inch thick all around. It was massive, well made and solid, like a chest con- atructed to cary things of great price, but not one shred or crumb of metal or Jewelry Iny within it! It was absolutely and completely empty. "The treasure is lost," tan calmly, As I listened to the words and realized what thoy meant a great shadow seemed to; pass from my soul. I did not know .howW this Agra treasure had welghed me down unul now that it was finally remoyed. It wes 6elfish, no doubt, disloyal, wrong, but I could realize nothing save that the golden barrier was gone from between us. “Thank God! I ejaculated from my very heart. Bhe looked at me with a quick, qu tioning smile. “Why do you say that she asked. “Because you are within my reach n,"’ I @aid, taking her hand. She did not withdraw it. “Because I love you; Mary, as truly as ever @ man loved @ woman.? Because this treasure, these riches, sealed my lips. Now that they are gone J can tell you how I love you, That ls why I said, ‘Thank God,’ " “Then I say “Thank God,’ too,” she whispered as I drew her to my aide. Whoever had lost a treasure I knew that night that I had gained one. ee ew ele said Miss Mor- 18 was & blank-aced assemblage at the. Baker street rooms (whither Small fad, at Holmes's request, first been taken) when I showed them the empty “Qf course it's empty,” said Smail, carelessly. “When I saw you gaining on us I threw the treasure into the ‘Thames, It broke my heart to do it, but I wasn't going to see another enjoy the.wealth I'd worked so to gain, the ore throush | wealth that t “Explain y And in les. it down, story: “4 enlisted as a soldier,” he sald, “when I was eighteen, and was eent to India, There while I was swimming In the Ganges a crockodlle bit off my tex above the knee. I was Invalided out of the army; but as the Sepoy ightfully mine”, elf," requested Holm rent form than I told us the ensuing Small man {mutiny broke out soon after, and men were scarce, 1 was made for the time A petty officer, and, with two Sikhs, Mobammea Singh and Abdullah Khau by name, was put on guard at one of the posicra gates of the old fort at @ | Agra “The two Sikhs unfolded to me (under oath of secrecy) a plan that should make us all rich. It seemed that an up- country Rajah was sending a cheat of treasure to Agra for safety, He was sending It by a servant named Achmet, "who was accompanied by Dost Akbar, foster-brother to Abdullah Khan, and who was disguised as a merchant. Their Plan was to seize this treasure as {t ‘was borne through our postern gate and to secrete {t in one of the winding pas. sages of the old fort. The treasure had originally been stolen by the Rajah. Moreover he was a*foa to my country, 1 was incapacitated from earning a liv- ing and was In danger of starvation. So I ngreed to the plan, under promise of recetving one-fourth of the treasure. It turned out as we planned.” “And Achmet?" asked Holmes. ‘He resisted, and one of the Sikhs stabbed him, We bid his body. You see, after we wrenched the treasure- box from him {t became @ question of our lives or his life when once he was in the fort. If he had got out, the whole business would have come to light and I should have been court-martialled end shot as likely ag not, for people were not very lenient at @ time like that.” “Go on with your story,” said Holmes, shortly. “Well, we carried him tn, Abdullah, Akbar and I. A fine weight he was, t for all he was so short. Mohamm: Singh was left to guard the door. took him to @ place which the Silchs had already prepared. It was some distance off, where a winding passage leads to a Great empty hall, the brick walls of which were all crumbling to pieces. The earth floor had sunk in at one place, making a natural grave, so we left Ach- met the merchant there, having first covered him over with loose bricks. This Gone, we all went back to the treasure. “It lay where he hed dropped it when he was.first attacked. The box was the same which, now Mes open upon. your table, A hey was hung by & silken cord to that carved handte upon the top. We opened it, and the light of the lantern gleamed upon a collection of gems euch as I have read of and thought about when I was a little lad at Pershore, It was blinding to look upon them. When we had feasted our eyes we took them all out and mado a list of then. TT were M3 dia- monds of the figs water, inchiding one which has heen c 1 belleve, *t Great \I said ta be the second | Then there wee eralds » however, Phere were for carbuncies. s, aixty-one agates und a great quantity of bers’ onyxes, cats’ eves, turquolses and stones. the very names of which 1 did not know it at the time, though I have becom mere famillar with them since. Besites this there were nearly three hundred very fine pearls, twelve of which were set In a goid chaplet. By cA last had deen taken : ‘ne, West and were not there ont eared it ‘After we had counted our treasures we put them daok into the chest and carried them to the gate-way to sho them to Mohammed Singh. Then we solemnly renewed our oath to stand by each other and be true to our secret. Wo agreed to conceal our loot in a safe place until the country should be at peace again, and thén to divide ft equnily among ourselves, There was no use dividing It at present, for if gems of such value were found upon us it would cause suspicton, and there was no privacy in the fort nor any place where we could keep them. We carried the box, therefore, into the same hall where we had buried the body, and there, un- der certain bricks, in the dest preserved wall, we made a hollow and put our treasure. We made careful note of the place, and next day I drew four plans, one for each of us, and put the sign of the four of us at the bottom, for we had sworn that we should each always act for all, so that none might take ad- vantage. That {san oath that I can put my hand to my heart and swear that I have never broken. “Well there {s no use my telling you, gentlemen, what came of the Indian mutiny, After Wilson took Delhi and Sir Colin relieved Lucknow the back of the business was broken. Fresh troops came pouring in, and Nana Sahib made hiniself scarce over the frontier. A fly- ing eclumn under Col. Greathead came round to Agrm and cleared the Pandics away fiom it, Peace seemed to be set- tug upon the country, and we four were beginning to hope that the time was at hand when we might safely go off with our shares of the plunder, In @ moment, however, our hopes were shattered by our being arrested as the murdereis cf Achmet. “It came about in this way. When the rajah put his jewels into the hands of Achmet, he did it because he knew that he was a trusty man. They are sus: pictous folk in the Hast, however, so what does this rajah do but take a second even more trusty servant, and set him to play the spy upon the first. This second man was ordered never to let Achmet out of his sight and he fol- lowed him like his shadow, He went after him that night, and saw him pass through the doorway. Of course he thought he had taken refuge in the fort, and applied for admission there him- self next day, but could find no trace of $200-NEW YEAR'S WEEK PRIZES—$z200. 100 Prizes in all 3 Prizes, each. +8200 “B10 3 Prizes. each. +85 10 Prizes, each +83 41 Prizes, each. +82 43 Prizes, each.... $1 HE EVENING WORLD'S Ught pictures, for which $200 in prizes are offered, are proving te be exceedingly popular, They are called pin-light pictures, because when made and held to the light they show inJluminated outlines a perfect picture ef the subject of illustration, There will be six pictures tn the series, which will end Saturday, Jan, 2— one picture appearing each day this week. The first was printed yesterday, ‘The idea is to prick with e pin through ‘the dots in the dotted gpace that ts pro- vided here a copy of the small pioture that appears alongaide. The emall ple- ture for to-day {is our friend Sassy Buc. The pin-lght pictures must be larger than the original—about twice large, 1f possible. It must not be of the same size. Pictures of the same ag the original will not be aczepted, be cause it would be possible to make those aimply by laying the original ever the dotted space. Therefore this condition of the contest will be insisted upon, THe pin-light pleturen must be larger than the original pictur: Praticey ckegialunias ia should be as Tareeing! ast Please be careful to follow this in- struction. And to make the pinholes \ through the dote only, That is what \ the dotn are yore priatad for. remember that the 10-! dang: la er and the original must not be of the same size. agree ‘an a ne ot ba san sant a day m (pean a tbe o doueh ops sapere siongsln of ot With a'pin or needle prick a pic above space, pricking a dot ¢ach tim the small picture in the a Pin-Light 3 P.stures. A ture of good old Sassy Sue in the € and making the picture about twice adjacent column. The pin picture Pin-hole th: dots only. serles Jj complete and then send in ail ix in“one envelope. do not cut the pln: inal apars, am together and send. then 1h For Instance, the ploture of that peare in to-day's !Wwhoo don cutting thea out of the cut i paper Along tie line dividing them, er in one piece Hehe pletares eive the big priges. To the 10) brat sets the 10 prizes will he awarded Send pictures 19. Pin bight Plotu:e Editor. Events, P.O, Box 233, ther |New York City’ 4 ‘ x ‘ "| to have been in | Achmet that he spoke about tt guides, who brought !t to the ears of the commandant, A thorough search ‘1 was quickly made, and the body was | discovered, 1 at the very moment ‘that we thought that all was safe, we were all four seized and brought to trial on a charge of murder ¢ of us be {cause we had held the gate that night, and the fourth because he was known ompany came out at the trial, for the rajah had been deposed and driven out of India; 50 no one had any particular interest In them. The murder, however, was clear- ly made out, and it was certain that we must all have been concerned in it. The three Sikhs got penal: servitude for life, and I was condemned to death, though my sentence was afterward commuted Into the same as the others. ‘rhis seemed to him so strange | of the mur- | THE KILLING OF ACHMET, “She Tock re Perens st bove nnd 1 Nsters. eX The Sign of the Four, her a quesr position that} Wes in the There we ir tied by the leg, and with ile chance ver getting Out again, while we each hold a secret which might have “ wus Ina palace If we could oF have made use \ It Was enough to make a man Nis heart out, to have to eta id the of ever to hay eat when that gorgeous fortune | in-office, to drink, “He Resisted and One of the Sikhs Stabbed H|m.” dered man. Not a word about the Jewels was ready for him outside, Just waiting to bo picked up. It might have driven me mad; but I was always a pretty | stubborn one, so I gust held on and} Vided my time, | “At last It seemed to me to nays come. I was changed from Ag: and from there to Blair Ist. = the Andamans. There are very ite convicts at thls settlement, and es I had behaved well from the first, I soon found myself a privileged hut in Hope Towas g Mouat Harriet, an toh to myself, It ts a dreary stricken place, and all beyond ou Infested who p rings wa carnibal natives: we ough to blow a pols y SAW a chance, . ging. and ditehing, and yam-plantir and a dozen other things to be done, #0 we were ousy enough all day; though in | | the evening we had a lttle time to our- selves. Among other things, I learned | to dispense drugs for the surgeon, and | picked up a smattering of his knowl- edge. All the time I was on the look- out for a chance of escape, but it ts hundreds of miles from any ‘other kand, and there is little or no wind In those seas; so it was a terribly ditoult jab to got away. But at last my chance came, and In strange enough way, as you shall hear.” (To Be Continued.) $10 FO. THE BEST LETTER from a Woman on the Least Em- barrassing Way for a Girl to Pop the Quéstion During Leap Year $10 FOR THE BEST LETTER from a Man Giving Directions How to Pop the Question Most Con- vincingly 85 FOR THE BEST LETTER from Man or Woman on the Most Delicate Way of Refusing an Offer of Marriage sy Your Privilege Delicately Dear Miss Ayer: EW women would care to arm a F man with so powerful a pon for future duels of repartee direct Proposal. Playful allusion to the legend of the leap year, bearing no personal reference, should spur inaction Into ac- tion In all but hopeless cases. It is the only method of using the “privilege” that a woman not los? te all sense of delicacy may consider. MARY M'MANUS, A Graceful Refusal, Dear Miss Ayer: WOULD refuse him tn this fashion: “Tam very sensible of the honor you have done me in asking me to be your wife, but though I esteem you asa friend, and am gratefws for the love you express, it {3 not in my power to love you as you deser 1 trust you will forgive me éf I have eninten- tionally led you to think otherwise. I feel grieved to think you have suffered on my account, May I hope that you will, however, consider me your very sincere friend," Miss A. H. Be Sure to Find ‘Your §oul-Mate. Dear Miss Ayer: HPN both parties are tn real earnest W to enter into connubla! relations, and the motives for bringing them together plained ant understood, have been sutisfactorily ex- and they are perfectly satisfied with each other, no time will be wasted in popping the quia- Won (be it leap year or any other time). Love is not a mere passion, but a divine attribute like God Himself. The matter of broaching the question (on the part of the gentleman) will then’ be one of reality and pleasure, and not one of task and formaljty. The matter will then and there be happily and satisfac torlly adjusted, A Garge number of per- sone entering the marriage contract can- not explain the motives for bringing THE BEST WAY TO POP THE QUESTION. Address all letters on this subject to Margaret Hubbard Ayer, Evening World. BY MARGARET HUBBARD AYER them together. They are simply chance soul acquaintances and not soul-mates as they should be, and for this reason popping ‘the question 1s a vary delicate one under @uch conditions. J. ISAAC ALLEN, Elizabeth, N. J. nd Origi- NES wt Between Pictur: nal, Cheo. Dear Miss Ay: THINK method Let the picture in readiness is comfortably settled during an evening call step up and say, “Char- le, I have decided to give you my photo; how would you like to take the original, fiesh and blood, as a preagnt for life?” If he has the least spark of love for you he will jump at the proposition, : Mrs. J. J. KELLY, A Dit of Human Natare. the to pop young least embarrassing the question 1s lady have her and when he Dear Mins Ayer N the midst of all these dry, prosy ] letters will you admit just one little bit of human nature and sentiment? Yes? the deck of the yacht, Well then: We sat together on the sea at sunset; and as the twilight's gazing out over softening touch rested on the water and the ripple of the waves brought to us old ocean's soothing melody, she leaned gently toward me, her soft, warm, brawn hair brushing my cheek, My arm slipped round her and drew her gently to me; her head, fairest on earth, nostling lovingly on my shoulder, ‘Dear little girl,” I sald. “won'y youtet me love and keep you thus always—through life, Teacher—Why. Johnny, OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES- I thought you knew your ~—1 don't know the names of the letters; I see the alphabet ali together I know {1 fast enough. father—Everything I ray to you gocs in at one ear and out at the ot Is that what little boys hus two ears for, papa? Mother—What Js the matter, my dear? Why are you crying? Bobby (= ng)—-I left my candy on that chair, and the gentiomen’s sit- ting on itt “Willie, you may finish this piece of ple tf you waat It.” saad mother, “It Isn't enough to save.” “Mothe sud Wille. en he by finished {t, “a boy he family comes in very handy when there isa little bit of pio over, doesn | “Pshaw!" exclaimed little Margie, ufier hearing the stery fve, “that oN serpent cou.da't have tompied me with an apple. alphabet ? nor the way they come, GRAND ooh through eternity?" She raised those wonderful soft brown eyes and gased lovingly into mine, and, stooping, I Kissed her. RH. His Good Intention, Dear Miss Ayer: | HAVE intended, oh, how many times, when we have been together to put the simple question which I intend to ask, of one I love so dearly: “Dear- est, will you bestow upon me the gent happinese of permitting me to call you mine? If I have spoken this too boldly you will forgive, but I fondly hope that ou will not be indifferent to my appeal, Y°trust, if-you answer this in the af: frraanive. Stat you will never regret doing 80." TV. Ve CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature ef Amusements. WALLACK’S Bway ¥ Yateen ay it 8.20, The Fanniest Play tn Town,—Timea GEO. ADE’S Quaint Comedy, THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN, MATINEES TO-MORROW & SATURDAY. ACADEMY OF MUBIC, J4th At, & levine i. WAY DOWN BAST. Prices 25,50,79.81 1s. Wed. &Sat. 2, Ev.8.15, | Prof. Josh M. A. Long Vindicated and Sustained | VOTE To Putin §={7) To Take Out O NAME... How the Vote Stands. To Pat In...... 4,087 To Take Out. . 6,731 LBASD note ut the head of today's bulletin the words “By Prof, Josh M. A. Long!" Where now ts Old Or, Lemonosky? His conspiracy has recoiled upon him. Hie endeavor to Odell-ize the Old Jokes' Home has failed dismally. Prof. Josh M. A. Long fs still doing Dusiness at the old stand ea the “Easy Boss” of the 8. P. C, H. A vote of confidence has vindicated the beral “release the old jokes” policy. Prof. Josh M. A. Long leads by over two thousand votes. The charge that Prof. Josh M. A. Long tampers with the ballot and pads the returns we scorn to dignity with a deaial, ‘The Servant Girl Contest Closed. Our offer w pay @ prize of # % bill for the neatest, prettiest, best and hardest working general houseworker fs hereby withdrawn. We will keep the hand- some % note, printed in Richmond, Va., in 1864, and bearing the likeness of the late Jefferson Davis. Why? Because our motives have been doubte a our {ntentions impugned. As witness the following communication: Prof. Josh M. A. Long: Your scheme to award a §5 bil print- ed in Richmond in 1864 to the girl who does ,your housework best for a month Js a nice gold brick, isn't it? You ex- pected to get about a hundred girls to work for you for nothing. But you can't fool us. Servant employment bureaus are not called “Intelligence offices” for nothing. As for your offer of the $5 bill with Jefferson Davis's picture on It, we |scorn you and all your “Confederates.” We will still remain as before the dies of the house to the women we for. Who ts America's foremost actor? Why, Chauncey Olcott and Andrew Mack. Who {s America's greatest authoress? Why, Laura Jean Libbey. FLORA SORUBBS. P. 6.—Is your house near a police sta- tlon, please answer? F. 8. A SEWING MACHINE FOR THE BEST UADY JOKE! Read the remarkable offer of a mem- ber of the 8. P. C. F Philanthropist, who conceals ina {den- tity under the pseudyonym of “Dowle 4- 1-44." This 4s a bona-fide offer! ‘The sewing machine ts on view at the Ol Jokes' Home! Prof. Joah M. A. Long I inclose my ballot. To help the caune of restoring old Jokes, I have or- ganized The Dowle 4-11-44 Restoration Host for restoring my old friends who have ciuscd the merriment of this world below to their rightful position, snd to encourage others, especially the ladies, who seem to lack interest In this mca important undertaking, I offer a The Old ire ‘foe: By Prof. Josh M. A. ‘Long. Je IN REGARD TO THE OLD JOKES’ HOME QUESTION complete sewing-machine (I send it #57 4 you now as evidence of good faith) =) ‘whi2 :9 ore of the most durable on the market. with equal ease. It is ons which *lousands of women have used pronounce undoubtedly the best money that ts on the market présent time. ne 3 It can be used by woman or chil@ we bai, Let J. Plerpont Rookehila offer bid = jai) Ubrary, I offer this beautiful sewing) machine for the best lady joke. Yours in the spirit.of brotherly love v. B—You bee Sullivan must have work. (Taken Out! Prot. Jorn M, A. Langt Please release: Two Irishmen by the names ef and Mike were employed in house, but Pat was unfortunate from the scaffold. Mike called @ and the doctor sald that Pat was Mike called the. doctor a lar, support tt in its oM age: “Who was that lady I saw-you sf “That wasn't @ indy, it was my JACK Prof. Josh M. A. Lops: Please release this from the Old Joked Home: “Why was Bve made?" “For Adams Express Company." = A. SCHORNSTEIN, - “~® Votes to Put Ia! Prof, Josh M. A. Long: Kindly preserve these old chostnuts | Tn case of suffoostiae) in an ice vault. notify me directly. “Bay, boss,” a bed?" mist ocefina “Bedelig® °° and ‘Hiawatha’ it De. Tamonoety oh a 5 says @ husky tramp, Be: yer tell me where I kin get 15 cents for “Certainly,” answered the kind philan just thropist, “bring the bed to me and if it's worth It I will Guy it." ‘Two Irishmen were once walking to ward New York, when they met a man and asked him how much further they “! had got to travel, and were told that.’ it was yet twenty miles to the great city. “Faith, we'll not reach it the night. aM? said one of them, evidently much de jected. “Och, Pat, come on, Twinty mofla! me Shure that's not much; only tin moils ae hee on.’ member of the 8, P, C. ait opinion as to tho © utting and taking out.” she: vor the "putting in.” LOUIS C, No. 292 Hamburg ave., Brooklyn, Amusements, Amusements, HRY TSR LURE Sw es whee ety. The Fe' by De- jeauty and pri Face without food 6:00 toluene. taser ‘oF to-day. World's championship wrestling, mateur athletic events, ele A Di yard Beanticut alvis in exciting Fencing. core ona. Fifth, day of the. Seven-Dai prizes. 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