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The Evenin ritz of Headquarters} ¢ World Daily Magazine, Wednesday, December 23, 1914 “FE. verybody’s Doing It” «22h: By_Robert Minor COOP UOE NOE NOEY POLO Hen! Wee's ome vl The Evy Wal The Gun Runner’ A New York Detective Story That Is “Different” By Marcin Barber Wade aai ¥ (Copyright, 1910, by Moffatt, Yard Oo.) minutes later #ritz was in the atreet| i 4 . ent owen building on which its windows gave. “Whatever you may think, I PRECEDING ORAPTeERs. and on his way to Headquarters. § ’ “ J a So Griswold, having another en- know the jewels were stolen. Mts, Mimtoner, o rich soune widow, ‘arn The more Britz thought about his ‘ a 4 3 gagement, did not go to the Renais- not know th ver GN bee wes diamond Wace ‘hee kidnapping the more convinced he be- 4 5 is . gance that night, nor did lesion In Wt and a ponte necklace substituted for It 4 stone known aa the ‘Ma. ‘The Maharance was originally stolen incl io India, end several Hindi are fork pearching for it. The police aim. ive, Missiomer’s eceretary, Elinor Holcombe, ‘Wiidden in der room they find one of the missing 's diamonds, Lieut, Brits is put on the ‘While Brita is walking through Central Perk, working out « clue, he te etised from behind, ererpowered, bound and gagged, and throws tate © carnage, HAPTER VIII. (Continued,) A Wild Ride. N ta faint Nght that flashed from time to time through the windows of the brough- jm #8 it whirled past park ' lamn* Brits saw that all three of his captors were dark of fea- @ure and lithe cf form. He strained iis gaze to fix their faces in his mem- came that he had been mistaken for . bit 5 “ ¥iae ¢ * bi M Delaroche with a telephone mes- sioner before to-night, except another man. It was evident chat his captors expected to find in his posses- sion something of value, and from all the circumstances he was inclined to think the objest of their daring search Was the Maharanes diamond. By this time the detective had pretty well made up his mind that the men who surprised him so humiliatingly io Central Park were Orient: It was mere chance that e him his next clue. Dr. Fitch called to see him, and in the course of their talk Britz spoke of the science of manu- although an instrument stood convenient desk in her boudoir, and an extension wire connected it with @ duplicate device that rested on @ little Russian table beside her bed. It would have been the work of @ moment for Griswold to get into conversatio: touch with Mrs. Del roche, and he would h had the ex. curse of replying to her urgent and somewhat petulant note—if he had received it; unfortunately for him, he had seon that missiv anan- the papers. I did not know of my acquaintances knew her, I Not aware she her What you tell me about theft of a necklace from Mrs, dom read the papers, and wh: do not read accounts of crime,’*” “Madam,” sald he, “since you not give the information to me have to take you to Police quarters, where, I can assure, you will soon ba convinced it f° facturing gems. Fitch was reminded of one Martin, an eccentric old maker of paste jewels, he had once know: who was now a lunatic at Ward's Island. Britz became interested and went with him to the island to talk to Martin, They found the old fellow busily playing with harmless cham- 4 which he imagined he was con- verting into diamonds. Britz easily lured Martin Into talking. The luna- tle began by saying ‘I work for glory, not for money. Only once did I work for money. The a Guess in regard to the activity of his followers, Chunda and Gasim, was accurate, for those adroit Ori- entals had stolen the missing note gasped from Griswold's apartment before it came under the observation of “Cur- to whom it waa addrensed. Altogether, once more, as he would ve expressed it, things were not. bh reaking” for the suave secretary of the Iroquois Trust Company. CHAPTER XI. Stop, Thief! pour, own interest to tell’ all. you mow.” Ww. ‘Oh, not that, not that! No, sete Mrs. Delaroche. “1 will tell t The diamonds were given to me Her voice sank to so low @ . that | tke had to lean towaré ¥ r her, ‘By the man I intended to it is Curtis Griswold, said the Headquarters man ine! ' “You don't mean to say believe Mr. Griswold to be a she exclatined, “We shall see, madam,” . memory still fills me with shame, For ; rejoined ery, tut he knew as he did it the out. the diamond I made was my maste: aS i j S} a i ‘ < ILLICENT DELAROCHB Brits, “how successful he has bees Hines ‘he visualized were too hasy to piece. A man brought me a draw- : ; Cd ~ rte, 5 : Vu slept soundly. Hers was tn at least one robbery.” ay “make future recognition certain, ing, a diagram, of a diamond. He 2 Rt 4 the type of beauty that re- — The detective laid his hand lovings A slight, jolt, and three more in asked me to make a diamond that re- tains ite freshness through !y,00 the allver box. sembled it. I did. And, to my shame, S 1a “Inside this litt + @wift succession, told the detective Tyoia ‘it. * 4 “ee bs atte Mra indulgence in creature com- naide this litte casket,” he said “are jewels worth more than half 7 , the carriage had turred out of the — «veg paid the detective, “but don't & : F ‘ . 2 ids) forte. million dollars, Please let me tae +-park and was crossing Central Park forget it wae yours to well. You had 3 t : . &; q B é She awoke to find a hand under the key. to this Jewel box.” ‘West. That was certain, because there a right to do as you pleased with it. 4 % tte 3 ‘ aay ane ¥ her pillow. She gasped and a pistol a a tt ag NGO ap sien- ‘were no car Ines in Fifth Avenue nor Wapatrastante’ atardin ers: BE & ; ‘ 4 ‘2 ; f . ‘ muzzio touched her forehead. |, Reck, from which ‘depended any. ‘One Hundred and Tenth Street, nand into an inner pocket and fished . gay a 4 ‘ “Don't move, or you'll get this! eta fitted, it into, the f ‘nd in Fifty-ninth Street the stretch out a bit: of cardboard. . : ° said a rough voice adding: h it. Britz took the card and read its , @t asphalt between the macadam of han, “See here, lady, I've got no time te jn 'tn, ay reo! foo: eager eyes 5 here bo: “the drive and the crosstown tracks MR. BRUXTON SANDS.” é waste with you. Just you stay w' the sliver bow Brits omnes te ‘was much wider than the brougham On the back of the card was a % a a . ‘ q , you afe, and don't make a sound, Sacles i the table with a ad ‘crossed before the first of the sketched diagram of the Maharanee ) € - jamation. é metal hard The box was empty! 0 VR jolts. By which gate the brougham “mond, | | |, , a eas Cae) enti ardet The box was empty! ad made its exit was another ques- —Britz left Fitch at the New York an ; j to get out of this room qui and made a quick examination tion. ° slip and went directly to the District ‘ ¥ ' . ry right now. If you make every window. He found He continued counting the blocks Attorney's office. There he surprised t one of the casoments that bai ples arches Sig! District Attorney Mott by curtly ask I'll blow your head oft! practised eye entry to the until, wheeling sharply to the right, jng month's Adjournment of the Presently she heard the otter door had been mad iiegte, the tho horses headed north, and a change Holcomb trial. of th se ehut, and she by some one skilled in‘ dn the sound of their hoofs betrayed _ “Another adjournment!” burst forth et Pp. , Slary. It gave on the fire esc that they had left the asphalt and Mott In irritation. ‘We've put the i. Cteriag Ate (OF It was perfectly plain to Bri Were on the macadam again. case off twice without gaining any- Ine beta halt Caoasn a eee the Hindoos had been “The Drive!” Brits told himself with thing. What do you ; : kasping soba, halt a dosen paj with im In recovering the @ slight glow of satisfaction. t ———— © ee ae Cera direction they deemed the bat te,” Brite Tt was at that point Britz mado his first mistake of the trip. Tho latch of ‘accot all comb's solemnly an- lirection oy, de the = yl naa @he left door was jarred loose by an nounced Britz. uid have given of mselves stop every man of ‘Oriental ry (3 had they come up with the fugitive an tt * jetective ‘All right,” agreed the prosecutor. ice attempting to leave the felt the door KIve ata chh against his He called a clerk and directed him to “By the way,” he suddenly asked, levelling an automatic pistol that _ “Mind letting mo see what it ist” signed Millicent, Have as many men {f conjectural, They were spared the boat or . -Have all the + ul With 9 powerful contortion inform Mise Holcomb’s lawyer that “have you obtained any trace of the Icoked more like @ biock of steel than Bande shook his head slowly, decl- 49 possible get busy among tho bry i. bei Me th hoes Lomas watohed and send a double detaib seeeriry frame, he threw off the the case had been withdrawn from truth as to who manufactured the anything else, he cried, “Hands up!” alvely. hotels. I want to trace the woman [hor coursse to that test, frnae the the Grand Central Station ef bis, wiry . arenes The men did not turn. Instead they — "What's the objection?” Who wrote that signature. They will purelar turned @ corner of the the Associated ling the calendar for a month. | Bh abet ie Ey ec to fling iniphe detective wus reaching for his have, found the manufacturer.” Jeaped for the window, followed by | "It ts not anything that can. pos- have to look through every register Many yarda in advance of bie pur- \ Sey be ned on the likelihood that hat when Donnelly and Carson burst What!" Britz and Sands. Quick as they were, #ibly interest you," returned the mil- for @ year past. It's got to be done eat ‘ ibs A tripped by a toot rite reckone' & triage would be into the room. “The manufacturer of the stone is they were not quick enough for the lonaire and Brits turned to the tele- thoroughly, and I want it done os iy interpolated in his hoger) and his fall from the carriag: “That man Fitch ts mixed up in the useless as @ witness. He's hopelessly Headquarters man. Launching his phone. quickiy. Here, I'l give you @ Mat. When recovered bis breath after a ee hat een by a patrolman—at any rate, tl ‘is attempt at escape would cause a commotion sure to result in polic It’s another He ‘did not expect to ‘unaided: he was bound too se- cane ot the girl turning thief to help raft, both sail and steam,” wiry form as a tier springs, Brits, — “Headquarters?” he asked over the and he hastily scribbled the names J4!Fing fall, it wae to find two men “"Rugn nataite and © thrown no light on the case pistol in hand, hurled himself between Wire, “Yes, this is Brits, fave a Of & half-bundred hostelries of a clase of nturdy build sitting upon him as ing Fitch who. was awaiting the foremost Indian and the open win- waKon sent from tho Weat Thirtieth such as he thought the fair Millioany omposedly as if nature bad planned the outer deor, Brite jempee te the detective replied. “He 18 dow and seized him in his strong Street station to the St. Barnabas might patronize. die} ot conversation chair, The In the last atage of dementia. But we grasp. Sands, almost am rapid in hie Apartment house. No, don't send the Meantime, the man with the gils- ito! Ne had carried in bis hands ‘ Meaning glances darted between searched hia effects and found & movements in spite of his bulk, flung resorves; Just send a couple of mén. tening eyes who had panded Brits in reueteut the pursuit was snatched and Britz and the Assistant District At- #ketch of the aranee drawn Of a powerful arm about the throat of Goodby,’ the hall of the tumbledown loft bulid- sou, is srasp, and although be search of the awa: curely for that. shocked mentally as well as giysicaily, when his fall was stopped torney. the back of a visiting card.” ,, the other intruder, and with his other — As he rung off he turned aad ing was at the dour > struggled furiously, his arms were Brite had tha Jerk, and the beck cf Bis bene “Weil,” drawled Donnelly, a» if to ‘Triumphant beams shot from Mott's hand closed the window with a crash, faced hia host. at suep. evalhing the Meuse LeAsald dragked bebind his back and hand- the last table polly Parry ruck With cr ee for a second's Prolong the suspense, “we've run the eyes. He faced the detective, one Britz and Sands dragged their Mr. Sands,” said he, “there are to follow the photo-engraver at work. ‘Then bad hag tee ees his wrists. the rooms, and was ry cafriage Sy a cet and rubber Whole thing down and we have it here hand extended in congratulation. prisoners to the ‘other side of the One or two points about which I tently waited the owner of the four iastett eso to his feet by leecquered desk, the only plese fisney ne was, he lost consciousnoss. 1m black and white” | His fingers | I take back everything Lsald about room and forced them down upon a Would lke to talk to you this evening. ayes. ide wae of w race that hud cue cig juiatent arms and impelled niture yot uneearched’ ween pT a des turned be was in clasped three or four letters which your having botohed the case, couch, ‘Then the sleuth, slipping his T came to you frankly and directly iivated patience through tue venturies, inthe Taireshion te Chet eL: WHS of ‘When his senses retur he flaunted temptingly before the offered apologetically. “Whatever the pistol back into his pocket, seized because I found one of your cards in yoo), as. Ate reverse direction to that which thé sume porition—head dangllnk, ov.g of the prosecutor. “They con- outcome, you certainly are close to fhe Indian Sands was holding by the th® possession of a man who, while Soon, oF late, undoubtedly, the man he had followed houlders resting against the rods of uspioion that Fitch is at the the heart of the mystery. Britz, was mentally unbalanced, knows ‘eomo- {n#ide would go from the venca beside “Is thie the man who robbed you, fhe step, back bent painfully over the Bim our 6 nih bale aon atuac, {te man OF & Woman Wes ereered the throat and, more as an order than as thing about the fake Maharanee dia. ‘4t reat white light to another part madam?” asked ono of the ee FA 4 a t, asked the millionaire to of the room. A few yards id suf. ump up, ik!" gala the gteel-shod threshold of the lage ‘s the “high a" stone? &. Feanes mond. After arriving here I had the 2 y would 6 burglar. He was plucki floor, logs Inside. gripped in a hold ‘Mar he's the man niger up. of the The detective's hand slipped into the bind the captives. dear Opportunity to serve you in the way fico for the man with the eyes, and “tend behind Boke at the deteotive'’s arm aa he. j not all his struggles could break. His jissives in three or four sweeping Inner pocket of his coat. It produced “I think I nize you, my dear of protecting your property. And I ron while Brita atill wae talking te \ his colleague, a ssri¢, ankles still were bound. So, for that Princes, a long envelope from which he took young friends,” he said. ‘OU ATC wasted no time in meeting with vou, /#wsen in Police Headquarters Bur- oulders, ritz had experienced tee » with his °'. ” anesi e . two of the dark jugglers who had fun Jon briskly covered those dozen or so emergencies in hie career SORA, kia buns, he scart bandas tel istiare ane conslnbyay ne rick: fot neahed AC ie date with me in Central Park and River- tat “firection. ae ate feet to get a chemical in the row of fi hy tare Tae time in “uestiong He Teaped, te ing his eyes had slipped partly to his "sConctusive of what?” demanded graved on tho pasteboard with widen- fide Drive last evening. I think it’s that if It had not been for me these bottle In the rack at the farend of the not seo it. It looks like the man, *PFINEY sofa benide me physician, f , 4, 80 that he could see a little; preity, ing eyes. His lips extended until the about time for me to return the com- gecond-story specialists would have #op. though. Make him speak. turned to find far in his upside-down position, he That Misa Holcomb was the tool mouth seemed a thin, shapeless slit, Pliment with a merry little Jest of MY been up or down the fire eacape and | The man outside, crouching until , Thit was a tagk beyond the house stretched tensely, ending in @ could not see the sidewalk; only the of her fance, and that the two have Suddenly his jaw opened and snapped, own. 5 q Many blocks away long before you he was little higher than an upreared d¢tgctive’s powers, Still, he tried it, {ne forefinger that ted “treetops and the dusk line of th® combined to enlist your sympathy.’ as if he had come to a quick deter- Quickly the Easterners were bound could have caught them. I do not oobra of bis native land, slipped ‘Now, then, you! he. said, thing movin across pace. Palisades wer in his line of vision. “How did you get the letterst” mination, with silk handkerchiefs. When tho mind telling you, Mr. Sands, that he doorway, crawled across brusquéely addressing the prisoner, van and the door, Even The was fixed as firmly as ©V¢r. gsked Brits brusqu “Sanda!” he exclaimed. “Bo he or- task was done, and It was done pretty even though you were centre rush at ervening space between thi k up. What were you doing Wo looked at it, the motion a le tried ¢o call for help, but the cry I had Dr. Fitch \dowed from the dered the fake Maharanee! I see, neatly, Britz relaxed his hold on the piarvard you are not quick enough threshold and amera, whisked here?” creature ceased, and two beady in his throat. y he appeared at Headquart He's hard up. Needa cash to cover half struggling men's throats and for Central Office men. And now, the Afililoent note from the board and A slow arin was the response. Ic Were turned in their direction. eroas had whipped his fears about. Mise Hoiotpe wg his margins! Has a duplicate neck- pushed them against the back as fe when you find something on one of an silently made his escape before Was such a palpabl superiuous ragged th horses to a gallop and was speeding nelly said. ‘That's how I got on that lace made! Of course, if he had the sofa until they half sat, hal ay these men that may or may not be Burien had replaced the cork tn the dleation. TI jouse sleuth realised * ‘them up a slope. Mver the edge of he was negotiating with a real estate Maharanee counterfeited, he also had there, head to head. Then he atenner of interest to me, instead of letting bottle. that, and hastened to cover his con- the scarf that had slipped from his agent, Luckily, the agent was a the rest of the paste gems manufac- back, rested his hands on his HIPS me neo it, or telling me ita content — Burien was one of the most aston. fusion by asking: eges Britz got a siimpse of tha friend of mine, and hé informed me tured.” and eyed them mockingly. oh 1a, Ud take your word for it—you stuff ished young men in lower Manhattan “What did you get?” @oldiers and Sailors’ Monument. He that Fitch had purchased and paid . From the pocket of his coat Britz i ‘You are not very clever, ” by » it into your pocket and tell me to £0 when, turning from hia row of bot- ,.A Tipple of excitement etarted at knew exactly where he was then. for 4 site on which to build a modern drew a newspaper and pointed to the “but, anyway, you're @ ettin | to blases, tles, he found the note intrusted to the toes of Mrs. Delaroohe’s Juliette * prmenemeteTuehe niga naiok penitar. Fon whe pul Ue Hn PIE n AR eto | Beulaiven anyrowt Tink foul ent, Art gfERSMYIR acta Mo! By Brite hed vaniahed, “AC at Miprars and "gulvared slong her of the Drive. Brits gu 000 for the ground; and t! Ne D p 5 ea ir, Ban be assumed * jength until it ox ton in 6 RNa not go tar without en> ana tursishings: T learned, are to Oost FOR TUBERCULOSIS CURE.” cut out this ‘second story’ game? Or to hear Lt ee aes Mea tee ating. Nase Rveeorteal ae pres & a Ives with the f ring a policeman. nearly a quarter of a million, It ‘What has that to do with the dia- will you content yoursel rest a got my jew He took the vellous quickness. When ar ee the slouth felt a frightful, \aen't easy to get the agent to turn Mond robbery?" Mott inquired. safer occupation of dips? My private Tt aciabed bil 1 whole case of Jewels from under my safely on the top of the ‘ : n the ho! Y 5 . he circ d ntective, * Knuckles of ren eine though Arata: Cae Suto ane beoiipeb id Flag ah Wh lle | page Mae AES Feputation” ine ori. rhe Mysterious Millicent. ae eer thes aie 4 ny) poral his posseaaton will Galva ler dretpce more aways Phuse oe - q th Y tof the following amount m, ritz began a search \ ‘. 5 done ite y 4 “ be aid with all his eritiarers opened handed them over nere he ine following donors’ He pointed qntais fully’an oxtaustive as that they RITE wirenked from Sandee Work Maure faithfully than bee ite Tham while te waa running away.” fo the, lop of their : - y halfway down the column, and em- had performed on the room. Before apartment to a din by ie hand @ perfect duplicate his ve gt against hia will, the tendons con- got the money?” Brits demanded, L peered of the letter. That ‘a of the squad the brilliant idea of Mo! ny, and ¥ phasizing each able, he said: he had gone far in his quest, San den of a shop on the top jer. at would not satiety ia oat apiytr cf el mer UR andeh aera atte "basi Aanaprauatr™ Wonmtesicoin anich af” LBM) fen‘ oeatown bas Belt cutest i ty, ame aaan thre ao Hee "oom ana . He could not it was the second lar; lual plored the folds of t! indor le ul Ro! Bar eee eT Oe aa ae ae oe eee a naaua! donation and Mott grasped its sig- ment with the chimsiness that might nem rookery—ono of the had disappeared before the photo- ‘spite of thelr natural curiosity, in- | “Pretty close call.” f his torment, and before his Mus- the money he needed for the doa nificance instantly, be expected of men not accustomed skyscrapers of a quarter century be- graphing was complote, Burien hast. CTesingly awkward to them. aogegh was fostered to of iis uid recover from the shock the ‘ane Wyn you tried: to to “He certainly didn't steal the neck- to that sort of work. rw ar ee inuah mote tadioue (0 fhe ttle plate of soo seg wl oem, Bnd outs, aad the wnat ie tT) ached Brite. pane ‘of the brougham swung him ¢nat he sold the diamonds’ lace to raise money for the cure of Brits, working more ewiftly than five flighta of staire to the Copper to the acid bath, and as thi Ty ne La im go through him!" at exclaimed the ref of the rods, Then, by the 4 tuberculosis,” he commented, “And the millionaire, made his firat nd, climb the five fig! minute points of the halftone oam he nn only qhrummed these fullback ton only the most dangerous Gnited ‘strength of the three inside, 1 get all that without much trou- Certainly couldn’t have afforded that It was a sheet of notepaper of fash- sixth atory thun to shoot im an ex- out with gratifying distinctness, the S)oulders when bursias infinite wisdom has seen fit to be was jerked upward and dragged das the eonadent vent, big check If he needed money for jonable size and tint, on which had preasselevator to the summit of the Young man rejoiced that he at least that wonderland of the East, Be rae dingle tug into the carriage, ty,,We the conmdent reply write stock speculation.” He turned sharp- been written a fow lines ina feminine hisses Ruiding, Hut Brite was too Waa able to produce the facsimiles #"i his search through the Snake?’ asked the detective, 7h Soor was slammed and the orasreq’ & wey ty ly to Brita, “What do you make of hand. Hritz had not the slightest "nse i the Headquarters man had ordered, Pockets war thorough, Mrs. Delaroc! Snake!” cried Fitch.“ fnan brought his horses back to Owed the two detectives loft the !t? be snapped. compunction of consclance about hot on the scent to pay much atten: “Remorne spurred him #o effectively Kisved her delight when from the the word, man. It is the most their vhigh-stepping trot, Suddenly SOA atokE found jt impossible to re- 9, Zt is one of the guideposta to the reading it tion to his fatigue, He ran up the that all the hundred impressions Dg doe coat the porter drew forth bi perpen’ known to scten’ they slowed to a W strain his gratification, Giamond theft,” Brits pronounced. Curtia, Dears When are you coming stairs lightly, flung open a crasy Were ready when Rawaon sent for & Deny Siva GAANSE SRO: BRE. St-o> lores 0, ane al enpellos oF Hinde. What's wr sked a voice St74in his grat) Pont meer etre Yt tnt dn not come or wend : . Half an hour afterward, nn . ; fange se enn Miron here” asked ® voice | guess you'll admit you're on the CHAPTER IX. sid, aah Tastee aa tone of hin taming, sad panned a oi IMAry,detctiven wre, comparing tha 4s, tat, Your property, madamt” te beginning ofthe andthe wap * ‘ s ? ad. = 4 . % a v1 et Nd “Hello, Rafferty,” said the driver witdered yourself with your own zeal. A Pair of Thieves. hat was all. Whether th of paper toward a young man of halftone prints with tho signatures of all the Miltcenta in the registers of “Yes, yes,” said Mrs, Delaroche ‘Hurt much?” asked the detestive New York's more fasten hotels, 9agerly. “Oh, dear, Tam so glad he An hour later Britz’s investigations 4 escape with {t, What located the woman he sought, She with the easy familiarity of a night. wildeted yourself with your own seal. hawk toward the rank Ba Ble ot tne declared, fingering the letters, “You've lorce, "Jus B ” peen led astray. Now get on the fikin to their little white cots,” Be yet “trail and accomplish some- modern physique and ancient visage who was working at a bench, The paper wan the note beginning “Cur- was much or little, Britz, F ROM the District Attorney's was not prepared to say i) id to be the most torttre man can expertence—death, office Britz went directly to Griswold’s given name at the begin- Sands’s bachelor rooms. ning of the note apparently meant a ts dear,” and ending with the first was Mrs, Millicent Delaroche and sald the house detective, & cobra’s poison. Science has net added in an undertone, thing.” ood deal, Hut who was Millicent? namo of the mysterious Mulicent. The whe py 6 .@ “I guess there ts nothing @lae us found an antidote. It was Just then that Brita made his “vito what do you know about He gained Ingress without Bi" eae that fat before?” asked anachronistic young man looked ad a suite at the Rensesaunce “I nothing for di Tf a rattler Hotel, He nino learned the following to do but to turn thie burglar over You, you may save your life eerond mistake, He breathed too (ony ee he born in New York?” making @ sound and pre- the detective as he handed the note it inquiringly through steel-rimn t - Whisk . tied + @ detective as he bande: 6 note facts from the management: to the police, May we uae your tele: ‘ey If you get it nowgh. deeply in an effort to Oil nis eras <'NO,,hie's from somewhere in the pared to explore. But as he ap- to Sandy. spectacles, Mrs, Delaroche had few. visitore, phone, madam? When a cobra nets his teeth In ME he at subtio something that SOUtD,” the prosecutor replied. “At progched the bedroom he saw through | ‘The millionaire shook hia head. "Kush, ® hundred coplos of this, ‘The mom frequent Waa A man about I caf wave you that trouble,” sald you don't have time: to detek mixed with 8, sui tenses and. left least, h@ told me so in college.’ 3 in the portieres two men rum- While it was true, Brits reflected, that Burien,” said Brits. rm send for town who sent many roses and huge the burg! “You need not tele- Whiske: ven if the glass is at grec Many gh healthily alive, an inert nectigw long has he been in business ® ap in the p They were Hindoos, (20, DIE man was known a “silent” them im a couple of hours: a boxes of bonbons to Madamo's apart phone for the Central Omoe men. I lps, and nobody knows whet ' 3 . ert here? maging . : Sands in Wall Street society, he was meet on & ment. Did the mana) w am Lieut.-Detective Brits, of Head. would do any good if you heap under the feet of his captors ‘About ten or fifteen years I should At the same moment Bruxton Sands certainly more ec Wane waa’ 2 . 708 Bae mical of words stool behind the bencb, and for sov- him? Oh, yee. If his namo was of Quarters! And theese,” and he nodded rink 1 ea ia oem thao ’ than any one he had evor knows in ¢ral minutes watched the photo-en- any real importance to the interro- toward the allver casket, “are the ‘The thick, beautifully rounded enaks, treet, raver at bin work. gator, the manager did not mind tell- missing Miasioner diamonds that were ashen in color and sinuous of ¥ Ho must find Millicent that night. ing it. What was it? Why, It was stolen from the richest woman im ment apparently was not alas Ie de in absolute ignore volving’ That done, he had little doubt he Mr. Griswold—Curtis Griswold, aecre- America.” the scramble of the doctor (| ance of his whe lying, bound, ia & He gets $10,000 a year,” the Dis- over his shoulders, saw Sands ad- Another shake of the head was be close to the Missloner Jew- tary of the Iroquois Trust Company, — Turning to Mra, Delaroche abruptly, detective to the top of th reah Was that he was lying, A trict Attorney Informed nim yancing upon him angrily, With a Bands's only concession to the detec- 6 id probably to the person who and a leading member of the Htuy- be sald: AE i dark room. wort he got to his feet, 80 1 understood,” wald Britz, cls uolift of bi d the detective t¥e's right to question him, He gave bad taken them from thelr anug bar- vesant Club, “Madam, how do you come to be in wot the By a mighty effort ne ot tetor Te ug Well, what of it?" asked Mott, duick up je hand thi fective the note back to the Headquarters bor in Mrs. Miasioner's brary. It would have been well for Brits possession of these jewels? . His hands Vonches Fs ponds “Apything significant in that?" stopped the millionaire in hia tracks, man, who returned to the circle of “I'll send for the copies, Burlen,” if the young photographer had ac- “They were wiven to me," sald the Jaboriouely ru! of ie watil the “No, only his fortune would be ma- and then drew him quietly toward light under the incandescent lamp Brits maid, as he slipped from the quainted him Promptly with the fact woman faintly, oreinst 8 rough cornet F Britz terially improved if he married Mie. the portiere and motioned for him and studied it again. Meanwhile, stoql and started to the door, “but of the disappearance of the Millicent | “By whom?" dry laugh fro: faushe fotly ow busy fingers Missioner. to look, Sands bent a little and then Sands went on with his search of the don't Jet the original leave your note. The detectives acute intelli “By—by a friend of mine,” she re- evidently a _ anki hea Brits groped his way out of ee ae soundest sleep he had none or Iroquois rant Greets eee tue Brits felt rather than heard a foot- iH life.” Aloud, he continu 4 “Are you sure you have nev many @ year, it was in absolute Ignor- vow what salary he is receivin step behind him, and, jerking a #lance any writing ut atl like that’ before “And you. bellev. angered it more than he theft of her glanced wonderingly into the bed- second Oriental. He ‘was not as hands until I call for it myself.” gence would have argued from that plied. he f the louder noises. It Jewels would help his suit?" the pros- room. He raised a face of astonished clever in his movements as Brits, and The detective waa #0 absorbed in incident the need of even “It wi deal w ” mop Red ee roe ee cheniaan ecutor asked sarcastically. inquiry to Brits, He was answered when he tried to conceal something hia thoughts an he walked down Might haste than he was making in yrs in on eee He wel soba’ Vere once maaan ia with a sing! Fes reget ge 44 e tive vouchsafed no . by another silencing gesture from the he signally failed. For the detective, after Might of the dark stairs that his pursuit of the Miasioner diamond teil me the truth Narrow perch. An lapeluats a amet rippled the tend ee oe With characteristic abruptne sleuth. He looked once more and saw though his eyes seemingly were fas- he did not see a pair of eyen gl to @ close. But Burlen, consclence- without holdin; th b ¥ n through Fitch, and padi ere frumsles, strode t switched to Sanda, the Hindoos straighten themselves tened on the note addressed to Gris- ing at him from the gloom at the stricken though he was, was loath to little uncomfortable under thers om ane AD tne ear the tour Wel eerectands has lost heavily in from a crouching attitude over the wold, saw tho millionaire take some. rear of one of the lower halls send the information to the Head. and I was as- ent’s glittering ga ny Be was pe " ree! @ ought to into desk and turn toward the window. thing out of the Orlental's tunic and "Send down to Burlen's place in an quartera man until he could have signed weeka ago to S28 Mrs, Mis- Coiled itself in the centre of the j $ ‘whence he looked out—a YY it.) He bad equal opportunity with His hand thrust iteelf into his coat then slip it into his waistcoat pocket. hour and 4 half, Rawaon,” said Brits time to make further and more ex- sioner’s diamonds. I bat amherst Raian Rs ORS Sein PU ce, Eva aS Saas AGSEL mance askba, Sm Ted Be pashan head lifted, and those have haustive search of hie shop, as yi diamonds, and now I cast ane or thief” ‘ (To Be an of the courtyard is the rear of Sante eis taena tt Saree ee ee