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She went to the stand and opened it; her case that held a set of diamond bracelets was there, open but empty. Rose Alstine uttered a great cry. Her diamond bracelets, valued at five thousand dollars were gone! What did it mean?
Born near Canajoharie, about the year 1733, and married to Martin J. Van Alstine, at the age of eighteen, she settled with her husband in the valley of the Mohawk, where the newly wedded pair occupied the Van Alstine family mansion.
It was the voice of a woman, and involuntarily the steps of Rose Alstine halted. Could that be her lover's mother thus addressing her son? The girl was too deeply excited to notice that the name uttered was not that of her lover. Moving on, Rose soon stood where she could gaze into the summer-house. Then she came to a halt.
She made no reply, but stood with clasped hands gazing into vacancy, the very picture of woe and despair. "Miss Alstine, I demand an explanation," uttered the sheriff, sternly, at the same time taking her arm and shaking her sharply. "Sir, I I cannot explain." "We'll see about that. Who was the man you were talking with ten minutes ago, in front of this building?" "A gentleman." "His name."
On entering the principal house where she supposed the most valuable articles were, she was met by an old squaw in charge of the place and asked what she wanted. "Food," she replied; the squaw sullenly commenced preparing a meal and in doing so brought out a number of utensils that Mrs. Van Alstine recognized as her own.
Miss Van Alstine from New York is going to sing, and some long-haired fellow at one of the hotels is going to play the piano they say he's great; and, oh! say, Arch, did you ever hear of a great fiddler named Ventnor?" "Only the world-renowned Ventnor," said Archie. "Why do you ask, Hock?" "Well, he's the one! 'Greatest on earth, they say. Gets thousands of dollars every night he fiddles.
A hollow cry came up, then solemn silence, as Barkswell closed the trap and turned away. It will be remembered that Andrew Barkswell was startled to find that Rose Alstine had been listening to the confab between himself and wife. This was after the infamous plotter had consigned Detective Keene to a horrible doom at the bottom of the old well under Billy Bowlegs' saloon.
The night was extremely dark, and this might have prevented his seeing the corpse. "Well, there's no use standing here," muttered the man. "I am satisfied that the body of August Bordine'll be found water-logged some day, and that will end the hunt for the assassin of Victoria Vane. It is just as well, and will give me the better chance to walk into the affections of Miss Alstine.
It was during those trying times that Mrs. Van Alstine performed a portion of her exploits. During these three months, and while the hostile forces were making their headquarters at Johnstown, the neighborhood in which Mrs. Van Alstine lived enjoyed a remarkable immunity from attack, although in a state of continual alarm.
One glance he cast at her, then he turned and strode from the place. Another instant and he stood facing Rose Alstine, whose pallid face and flowing eyes quite startled him. "Heavens! you here?" he ejaculated, settling back in a tremor of dismay. Perry Jounce uttered a grunt of satisfaction when he saw that the detective was beyond power to know him for the time.
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