The evening world. Newspaper, June 26, 1905, Page 11

arnor: or preonpina, GHAPTBR. ‘Yeuner, een paca a Tessar Milona malrefetoctite.” eae Bout i oe ee fen rhein ‘to Trot} eee ie he het nigh, aa be Te ideving wAtay's Pies CHAPTER I, Disgrace! you meant’ asked Rex, as the ed. his former words and em by laying one hand on Ven- spear 8 Bot to come with us to Hend- ‘the detective; “you'd best come “wut porta em I charged with?” otied Venner, in bewtiderment, ‘What is the accusation ‘ } me? At least you can tell me that.” from@x@oor of the apartment house opened the detective could eeply. A slender, tall fig- tans tm white appeared on the steps behind them, “ary!” exelaimed Rex Venner; inotinctively toward her and stretctiing out his arnis, next instant be had recovered his #elf-control ot, naan. tint, ie, maais ote him. to, Une, maat “every other emotion. tae. client ineny eoethbe lown ¢o the window as soon as looked dawn to the street for the two men eccost him. Aft first footpade, but on seeing Bo violence her fear had firet Saturday hight that you tirelt too hand tp, to «o theatre, and yet with the inth ‘avenue } begin“ to con upon “West Side. Market” begins, > Abeuptiy. It andy at ‘Nhirty-eighth, You oan buy anything you want—and @ lot of things you don't+et this fours bipck market. roan at the tah oe cost of Hving pond over nome of the prices charged for Ah frtooerlen, &0., expoeed for wate on bar- Tow or pidewalk, Peas, & cents TEIN a da 7 NRE Py ga aaa Lal vide Meme M Ma geeiner hieees Evening, cite poy wong words of hie could dlseunde her, ‘Accordingly the four set eat together for Polite Headquarters, the Subway they paseed along dark, gloomy Mulberry. street, up a fight of stone steps flanked by two green lamps and into the dingy \eray edifice, whose dark corridors must surely be’ thick with ¢} ta of Mite tragedies ‘and forgot- ten crimes, the central hall and in at a door at the further end. Strong in the knowledge of his {nnocenos; his oour- age upheld by Amy's presence, roung ina walked between the detectives, head erect aud eyes level and fearleba. The few loungers and a stray polceman: or two whom they passed during thelr the Police’ Headquarters Bureau soarody gave Rex and thé girl a second @iance. Venner felt as though dil the world must stare agape at sight of @ wan thus mooused and thu. escorted. The fact that he aroused no sepectal tnt among the group: of Headquarters nabltoee filled | him at once with surprise end relief, He had dread- @4 to bé stared at, and he Gd not stop to consider; that these men whom t mow encountered were) ‘aor gud te oi the ip giue wight of La esata ere the epectacie and sheir thought- | lene ntare ot a summon gon a fakes, vioth wie insatiable clutch ts one of the| most ti unforgetable of the many woes @ prisoner has to bear, not #0 desire 1m terest who rejoice to elt day at thelr eyes the every look, word and gesture of tho ‘To the nan of woman cursed with @ merbid ourl- Let houmewives who or. va pinssnes ‘1 Am the Woman!” Osity there ts dowd! of shouldering one’ room and to become one of something alhiring in the sot way into @ crowded court- cloae packed throng 4ay devouring with ner, an jong @ second apartment, where he caught @ glimpse of what séemeg to bim un endless auc- consion of photographers’ show ‘windows, wid upon a bapkground of’ yellow door panels, ‘This, though 'Ventier wae far too self-absorbed to Door forsaken prinoner, who is battling ageinat fear- | note the fact was the famous "Rogues’ Gall ful ofds for the privilege of freedom, ‘er pertaps of Ute. But no man of woman who hes ever had the mis- erles of such @ trinl augmented by the knowledge | ever-resting turning, cam in future days part of such @ band of sightse¢rs, ot even think with- out a ehudder of their curiosity ridden actions, Through the jarger room the detectives lod Ven- MAY. SANTOWS Daily F ashione & it and to the left they continued ithelr way, stop- ping at last before a clored door. One of the detectives rapped, and on réostving & side to enter, threw open the door and shoved Rex before tim tnto the Chief's room. Amy followed and wood néar the There were a tialfdozen pergons in this Inner of- fice, Rex'p glance frst fell‘ on a soldorly, gta cane back in the safe within ten mitiutes of time. diamonda were undisturbed at that thine, have beat stolen it wae since that time and oy ome one else.” this morning to how to rote tiene oan prove by two of my follow-employes, I And, a three other peraci oan coy 1 the “told on," aid the Chief, "You say the diamonds wore in @ cave, Describe the onse and ite contents,” “It waa @ black moroco® Gaus, about 1) dy i by Tue ane f cry 4 inches in aren It wag itvided into two velvet!) cushioned Compartments, (per and lower, The up per compartment contained ‘the two Belgrade K monds, together with four duplicate paste that had been made in istation of the Belgrade, || ‘The lower compartment contained eight more of those limitations, The lock! "fe thie the ease?” ‘The Chief drew from his desk a black box ana! lald it.on the contre table, “That's It!" assented Rex, “and!— Chiet opencd the case, On their blue velvet bea Dianed siz stones. @houted Venner, bending exchedly ever ¢ treseure; “six! They're all there! Not one miesing! The two Belgrede diamonds and the, four paste copies! Ie this @ joke you've all been playing on me? I"— he recled backward, as though from @ phystoal , a1 @ cry of mingled amasement and srlot uret from his blanched jips, " eald the great jow: you wee, all gig of those stones are paste. Four of them are ‘the imitations which were there thie mori The other two taken trom the collection btones in @he under tray and placed with ‘imitations, #o that at firat glance no oni know that the Bolgrade diamonds were mi! it was clever, but the man who did was & fool for all that, For he must. bi known the theft would be discovered a! any expert hn. pened to look glomely at He probaply did not count on thelr Weing examined so soon, and hoped to get himself and his stolen property out of the cpuntry before the theft should be diroovered,’’ “Buttons “Luokily,” went on Hiram Rother "I chancod to fo to nafe No, 8 mynelt just after closing time this evening, and I looked to see that Svoty thing it right there, I discovered hibheni the Bel- grade diamonds, and I mi Inquities ing the few men who had not yet gone home, On reneth of what I learned from’ them I came noe to Police Headquarters ano’— “And caused my arrest! There @fe tour of us ‘at the estore, sir, who have acooss to sate No. 3. May 1 ask why you Ried me out as the guilty man atter all my years of fauhtul work in your em) ploy?’ | "h found: from the look-t thet, you had been the Inst Against the rules of the fi ter on sate No, 3 to opentit. It ie F'te take out any of tmudtached inan in civilian attire who sat at a desk near the centre of the room, From phetographs in the papers he recognized him as Acting Ohief Marsh, of the Central O|Mce Detective Bureau. “Beside him fate portly man. with white side swhiskers,- fortd face, white walsicoat and massive watch chain, ‘This was Hiram Rother, founder and esnior part- ner, of the great of Rother & Oo, Pushing past the detectives and ignoring the Onier end others in’ the room, Rex Venner, hurried up te, where Hiram Rother sat, ‘Mr. Rother,” he exclaimed, “will you please toll me what this outrage moans? Ihave ‘heen’ trusted en ployer of yours for ten years and in all that) time T have done iothing to abuse your confid.nce, What tight have these men to arrest me? It surely can. fot have been by your orders?” “Tt was done by my sanction and at my request,” rotorted Rother, coldly, “I am more sorry ¢han I cea, sex ta find you unworthy of the trust I have dingo tn you,. But if you are Innoc rhether your teust me or not," retorted Rex, “chia charge of my ing the Bel diamonds can tbe quickly disproved. 1 took them out of tie sate putvedncetntcl ies wast the contents of that eute without written permia- ston trom me. 1 find no record of euch @ paris Glon given: to-day." “here waa no 'such order, T admit, I took ‘out the Jewelw to show them toa friend. For that I was in, the. wrong, but the rule mere formality, often troken with impunity, and’ “Two of your subordinates, reluctantly admitted that you. .ded freavently bemoaned your lack, of funds and had expressed Giscontent with your He flon asa mere enlaried employes, They furthel told me that you had more than once declared you were tempted to possess yourself of. some of the. wealth that lay about you inthe @tore; that nou sald a Clever. and trusted man could easily do ao. without inoutring suspicion, and that ‘was foolish to ‘work fo email pittance, when he it lay his hands on @ fortune, They added that you had once even threatened that if a/ good opportunity should aries you might avatl yourself of it to acquire some ‘of the jewels intrusted to your care.” Rex'e brain whirled, He saw himself, innocent though was, enmeshed in @ tangled chain of ROUGH ON BED BUGS (liquid, non-poluonous), 168¢, 2c Sic ha diaey ind has ow proud coe oe oe Chemist, Jersey City, N. J., U. 9. A, pie, ae Night lerald Sq. Siee gue, VOSON MAAR | Sea THERE AN DANTELS. Fee: Loul Mikeyhs \ Qdention this paper) ay ita Be eHrontaetanve “aid be. recat childidh railings‘ against the unequal Wealth and against the Coy ‘OF int aalarieg employees with, He had made ube hong ban Py now ‘attelbured 30. ti Suse: meaningless vaporings—an fil- humor ‘and discontent, ‘tech ‘could ane convince-any one, under he had not really meant what! he had would have put Ma hand in the fre! take one pennyworth of property that bag: urged Rex with a sudden hy Domible, same ‘outsider stole them, bret a remember, The stare, wma” full ie ‘thief wag arreated ang’.— sath ane, now he out his plan of ai it on one of the outwidore, Just asf sald! “Your explanation jmifitt well) deoetve me, Mr, Venner,” eld, Rothor, "were Mt not hat T have the’ toatnony of 4wo of the store detectives to the con. trary, When the crash occurred and to rush they, stationed themaelves at a point ect, down the store, ready to tum back any 5 They both swear no one passed thei, ‘the ma whore you were showing the jewels How back : t point, So: the ‘explanation does not serve. i If you will confess everything, restore the diamonds and, throw, yourself on our mercy, 1 pledae wayne to be ae lenient as posalb) “ET am innogent, | That te T dan may,"* tepiien Rex, hopelessly, "You can ‘give me the third degree or any otjver Inquisition you Nike I am Innocent, I know nothing whatever about ‘the | thiett. of -<ne Belgrade diamonds, You oan, beleve mie Oat, as you Ike.”’ “I understand,” said the Chie: on. a youne lady this vrening and carr package with you which you loft at her. was in that packager" “thatin nc ate e of yours," retoried “You'll ga'r not ving by that rort cf talk, * rebuked z'e Chisl “A for, the packags, it may hive Mold the Belgrade diimonds for all we know: and that sung woman idl we mplice in theft.” +h sternty: contents, of that white with rae, and only the atroug gtip of hie ~ ptr: preverttedihim Stomr wring) dig at Vie! Chint's throat, "Like niin below to, the shits" ordered: the Chiet 4 around to that address at once aid’ | “Wait!"’ said @ clear. sweet vojee trom. the dark- ness near the door, Out of the shadows stepped Amy Clare. Ag the Meh: fli on her pala deautite) face. » por ot amazement aros “Tam the woman of whom you spoke,’ one: wald calmly. “What do you wish of me?” (Wo Be Continued.) — Roo ae oR rANeTOWN FULD a ality POLE Red the