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Everybody has a hobby, doing
the right kind of job work is ours
Supt. W. A Benson was a busi
n vi -■ t-'■ r to Monro Monday.
W. L. Carter visited several days
last week with friends at Haile. La.
J. M Durrett of Strong was a
visitor in Huttig the first of the
week.
Misses Mary Pope and Mary
Holrrun were Monroe visitors last
Saturday.
Dr. L. F. Magee and children
arrived home Sunday afternoon
from Texarkana..
F. W, Scott and Dr. L. F. Magee
were transacting business in Ei
Dorado Tuesday.
Miss Ethel Y'Blood left Monday
for Conway to attend the teachers'
normal school that place.
W. T. Terrell visited with his
brotnar. L. E . at Strong Sunday
r-.nd r. ports him very low with tu
bercu!osi=.
Oma’ Git-wocd a d wife left
M «n : y morning f • t Pia "s,
' r • ;■ i k v t with
ri-, fath- .
Mrs. He- v S xe of B Id Knob,
who f(... >■ • ti: hm o-other*
in-law. Chas. Saxe, and family, re
turned to her home Monday.
Lo 1 j Fo:-k. the Chinese laundry
mar nho has been here for several
years, has sold out to Long Yuen
of Veroj&p. Texas. Long Fock will
go to St. Louis.
Mrs. Parthena Jane Hays, moth
er Circuit Judge Geo. W. Hays,
died suddenly at the home of her
youngest son in Camden on March
28, age 82 years.
The Wisconsin Lumber Co. shut
down their plant here indefinitely
Saturday on account of the high
water in the river and the bad log
ging conditions in the woods.
Rosewood and mahogany are so
plentiful in Mexico that some of
the copper mines there are tim
bered with rosewood, while mahog
any is used as fuel for the engines.
While salt is produced in almost
every country in the world, it is
stated that nowhere can salt of
such purity be obtained at anything
like the cost of mining as in Louis
iana. ______
The Huttig Public Library has
been closed by the board of direct
ors during the revival meeting and
may remain closed for several
months except on certain days on
which patrons c:n exchange books.
Fred Chambliss and wife, who
were visiting home folks here this
week, returned to Ferriday, La.,
Tuesday afternoon. He expects
to be back in his regular position as
operator at the Iron Mountain de
pot in about two weeks.
The Ouachita river has became
so high that the track through the
bottoms east of Felsenthal is under
water and the Womble-Monroe
train is now run from Felsenthal to
Monroe over the Little Rock &
Monroe branch of that line through
here. __
A plan of handling fast freight
shipments on the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain system that is ex
pected to prove popular with the
patrons was installed April 1. The
important feature is the prompt
information given shippers regard
ing the movement of their freight
and the prompt notification of its
arrival at its destination.
Rev. A. W. King and family left
last week for Gurdon, Ark., where
they will reside in the future. Rev.
King has been pastor of the Far
merville Baptist church for three
years, and during h:s stay here
made many friends who regret very
much having to give him up.
Farmerville. Gazette.
Rev. J. L. King of Bernice, La.,
arrived in Huttig Saturday after
noon and is assisting Rev. O. E.
Bryan in the meeting being con- i
ducted at Union church. If you1
are not attendings you are missing
a treat as Rev. Bryan is an excell
ent talker.
All of the candidates in the pri
mary election held March 2<T. have
tifteen days from that date in which
to file a sworn statement of their
expenses with the county clerk. I
and wlile none of the county candi
dates spent mu<~h we would like to
have the money spent by the two
gubertorial candidates.
Over 1 000 signatures to thestate
•vide prohibition petition were
received in Little Rock Saturday,
and sin:e the election they have
een coming in at the rate of nearly
a thousand a day. It was expecfi d
th-:t by the middle of this week
•hat the necessary number of 12.
0 -ulu have becm filed with the
ietary of State, but those who
v- pushing the campaign will not
top with that, but will continue
.vith unremitting zeal, hoping to
secure two or three times that
number. All who have petitions
are urged to send them in at once
and get new blanks.
We print visiting cards and
stationery of all kind.
WHEN CARVING WAS AN ART
In Old Days ttfc Slicing Was Suited
to the Importance cf
the Guest.
Carving was once a serious thing.
The sixieenth century carver was a
professional. He had to make the
joint fit the guest. The size of his
slices was the thing. Then he had
to know his guests and cut accord
ingly.
A lord, for instance, at the table,
and a pike was dished up whole.
Smaller fry, and the pike came on in
slices. The same procedure with pig.
The rank of the diners decided wheth
er it should appear at table in gold
leaf or naked, whole or sliced. With
bread, too, there was a difference.
New or three days old baked was
at the discretion of the carver as he
sized up the visitors. And as for the
apportioning of the tidbits according
to precedence there was no end. The
old-time carver in fact was born and
then made.
The eighteenth century was the day
of the carving master. He taught hos
tesses the art. I^ady Mary Montagu,
for ins'ance, took three lessons a
week “that she might be perfect on
her father’s public days, when, in or
der to perform her functions without
interruptions, she was forced to eat
her own dinner alone an hour or two
beforehand.”
The i'ostess carved while the host
"pushed the bottle.” She did more
She urged the guests to eat more
and more, and woe to her if she
neg’eeted a guest. The diner who
| was forced to help himself to a slice
of anything nearly choked. These
diners of the eighteenth century liked
being pressed. And the hostess wel
comed tlie end of the feast.—London
Chronicle.
Arabia's Laughing Plant.
The laughing plant is not a flower
I that laughs, but one that creates
laughter, if the printed accounts of
travelers can be believed, says an
English paper. It grows in Arabia
and is called the laughing plant be
cause the seeds produce effects like
those caused by laughing gas. The
flowers are of a bright yellow, and
the seed pods are soft and woolly,
while the seeds resemble small black
beans. Only two or three grow in a
pod. The natives dry and pulverize
I them, and the powder, taken in small
! doses, makes the soberest person be
have like a circus clown or a madman,
for he will dance, sing and laugh
most boisterously and cut the most
fantastic capers and be in nn uproar
iously ridiculous condition for about
an hour. When the excitement ceases
the exhausted exhibitor of these an
tics falls asleep, and when he awakens
he has not the slightest remembrance
of Lis frisky doings,
i
8YN0PSIo.
CHAPTER I The story opens w1*h a
scream from Dorothy Marche, a charm
ing debutante, in the op<*ra h»>; of the
wealthy widow, Mrs. Doris M..-sloner( at
the Metropolitan Opera House in NVw
York City. It is occasioned by Mrs. Mi«
sioner's diamond necklace breaking and
scattering the string of rare and costly
gents all over the floor. Curtis Griswold
and Bruxton Sands, two society men.
both of whom love Mrs. Mlssioner. gathei
tip some of the diamonds, but the gem
of the collection, the celebrated Mahar
anee. is missing. Griswold steps on the
apparent musing diamond and it crushes
under his :e< 1. A Hindoo comes from an
adjoining box. and p oking up a ti ike of
the crushed gent pronounces it a fraud,
not the genuine Maharanee, but—paste.
CHAPTER II The entire party proceed
to the elegant mansion of Mrs. Mlssioner
where she takes them to a room having
a safe oonta ning other diamonds. She
aiterwards sends for a Mr. Rascome, an
exp* i! who pronounces the stones al!
copies, substitutions, of the original gems
CHAPTER III--Bruxton Sands tele
phones police headquarters and two de
tectives, Donnelly and Carson, arrive on
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original din
morals was accomplished by some me in
the house. The servants are questioned,
but without re-ult. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Halcomb, the confidential
ompanion of Mrs. Mlssioner. lias a dupli
« at • key to the safe and they solid for
her.
CH \PTKR IV—The detectives Incline to
the belief that Miss Holcomb is involved
in tlo robbery. They search her room
and in a cabinet, wrapped in tissue pa
oer. they find one of the original dm- ,
mends. Mrs. Mlssioner protests that
Elinor is guiltless but the delicate girl
is marched off to prison.
CHAPTER V Meantime, in an up-town
mansion, the Hindoo ot the theater episode
who is known as the Swami, and a Hin loo
prince Kananda. didcuss the arrest. They
ar< in the United States to recover the
Maharanee, which is a sacred relic of j
India, and are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAIM ER VI—Detective Brltz. an ex
pert of the police for e. now takes up the j
i e. He interviews Elinor who is pros- i
trated by the cloud resting on her. The
detective evidently believes the girl Inno
cent.
CHAPTER VII—Dr. Eawrence Pitch,
t) f t:un< ** of Elinor, visits her in prison.
. be is remanded for trial on suspicion of
heir; / Hie thief. Britz talks enc.ourap?ingl\ |
to Pitch and as/*.s his co-operation in !
running down the real criminal.
( 1IAPTER VIII—The detective advises
that Elinor does not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes I
a. dose investigation of affairs at the I
home of Mrs. Mlssioner.
CHAPTER IX—Britz learns that Mrs
MWsioner while visiting Peris had the i
diamonds with her. He cables the polict
'h*i' .and they ascertain that the dupli- |
cates were made from drawings of the j
original stones. The person ordering the i
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hoi
comb.
CHAPTER X The detective has an !n i
terview with Miss Marche. He learns
who of Elinor’s friends can draw He !
clumsily draws a picture of the safe
Griswold offers to assist him, showing i
shill as an artist Later as the detective
Is w ilking through Central Park he is
suddently seized and thrown into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XI—A wild ride ensues and
Britz finds lie has been made captive b\
three Hindoos. He endeavors to esc'apr
but is bound and drugged.
CHAPTER XII—His captors imprison
Britz in a deserted house. He ttnallv
manages to get free fr< m his bonds, es
capes and reports at headquarters now
convinced that the Hindoos are materially
Interested in the case.
CHAPTER XTIT Pretending to be a
newspaper reporter, Britz interviews tht
Swarni as to the rare diamonds of India j
After he leaves the Swami inform j
Prince Knnanda that he has penetrated
the d sguise of the detective.
CHAPTER XIV Mrs. Missions visits
Elinor in prison buf is dissuaded fron
balling her out until her innocence is |
proven. Britz learns of an Insane dia- [
mond e\p.-rt on Ward’s Island and asks
Fitch to go with him and Interview th«.
man.
CHAPTER XV—The Insane diamond ex I
pert tells enough to lead the detective t< j
b lieve that eiti er Griswold or Sand* em j
ployed him to make counterfeits of the
Missioner gems.
CHAPTER XVI—Griswold, interviewee*
by Britz intim ites that Sand* is on the
verge of failure. He evidently wishes th<
detective To believe that his r'val in love
may have something to do with the dia
mond robbery.
CHAPTER XVII Two Hindoos burg!ar
iz* the home of Sands, evidently thinking
that he may have the Maharanee dia
mond Britz captures them and on on**
discovers a note addressed to "Curtis” i
and signed ‘‘Millieent" which they have
found somewhere in their wandering
search for the gems.
CHAPTER XV1TT The Swami v!s:ts
Mrs. Missioner and tries to solve the mys
tery of tlie diamonds. Later at his j
own house lie directs his Hindoo allies to
continue their search tor the mysterious
ly missing g m.
CHAPTER XIX Brits locates n woman
named Millieent I >«*Ihio* he. He learn*
that secretly she is affianced to Curtis
Griswold.
“Oh, you’re not, aren't you? Well.
1 think you will," returned Brltz. “Any
way, If you don't feel like prosecuting
them. I’ll do it myself. This case Is
not in your hands now, it belongs to
the people of the State of New N ork.
and If you don't choose to appear as
complainant, I'll call you as a witness
for the State. So, Mr. Sands, if you
are not hopelessly addicted to cigars
! or cigarettes to the exclusion of all
j others forms of the weed, permit me
to suggest that when we have lett
you alone, you retiro to the remote
background of your apartment, put
that In your pipe and smoke It!”
I Sands became genuinely angry. It
took a good deal to disturh his equa
nimlty. but the detective's manner, as
he saw It, was offensive. Sands sert
ously meditated for an instant an at
tempt to grasp the Headquarters man
by the collar, rush hint to the door,
nnd drop him down at least one flight
of stairs. The sleuth's coolness and
courage avoided any unpleasantness
of that sort, and his unwilling host
qu'ckly regained his grip upon him
self.
I The tension of the situation was re
laxed by the buzzing of the electric
hell at the outer door of the apart
ment, and the entrance of a somewhat
blustering bellboy with an announce
ment that a patrol wagon was at the
door and two policemen were asking
for Detective Rritz of Headquarters,
| who was visiting Mr. Sands. _
"Filing them up.T' said Rritz. wast
ing no further time on courtesy. Then
li turned to the millionaire and said:
"I wouldn’t have brought the patrol
* aeon here, Mr. Sands, if you had
been a little more considerate A
couple of plain-clothes n en could have i
taken these fellows to ti • (dice sta
t'on easily enough: hiit. v h> i a man
through a rush of emotion to the
brain or—for—some—other reason -
makes faces at the law as openly as
you have done, why, let the law take
Its course, 1 say.”
Sands maintained a d'gnifled silence [
ss a pair of bhu-coafs, stumbling over I
a bearskin rug in the library, cante
into the suite, and at a sign from
Rritz, seized the shrinking Otienta's.
Cne by one the prb oners were 1'fted
m ek and heels, and taken to the pa
trol wagon. Blitz, of course, could
have had the bandages about their
feet removed, for it would have been
perfectly safe to !e^ those sturdy po
licetren escort them to the sidewalk (
In the ordinary way: but Blitz was
only human. The memory of th« grip
In which those very men had he'd hint
In the ride along Riverside Drive, ot
the smothering solitude of the desolate
apartment house, and the struggle
which had followed, came to him in
the moment when he was on the point
of ordering the unfetierlng of the
enptives. With a grin that struck
terror fo their cringing Kastern souls
he said fo them:
"You two artists are so fond of silk
that I guess I'll let you weir those
ornaments a little while long' r."
When the Hindoos were gone Blitz
turned to Sands, and said with em
phasis:
"If you experience a change ot
heart, Mr. Sands, I shall he very glad
to hear from you In regard to what
you found on your dark friend Ol
course, since you are In your own
rooms, and since the article was evi
dently stolen In ibis place by ihe lei
low, 1 cannot compel you. wlihout a
great deal of trouble, to let me sec :
It. It is not at alt certain it would he i
worth my while to take that trouble:
hut it may dawn upon you before very
long that It will he well worth your |
w hi]p. Mr. Sands, net on'y to iet me see
the thing, hut to tell me everything you j
know about it. Oood-night. Mr. Sands ' |
And there was something ominous I
In the military click of the detective's
heels as he walked across the echoing
marquetry to the eievaior.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Glittering Dance.
Doris Missloner Vas affected much
more deeply than she would bav>
thought probable when she read the
ardor-breathing proposal of marrlagt
from Bruxton Sands. To say that il j
surprised her would he to set lent nine I
Intuition at a discount. She had known
for a long time that Sands was in love
with her. and on several occasions had j
been perilously close to the necessity
ot accepting or rejecting him.
Mrs. Missloner sent a reply to Sand: |
with which, she told herself, he must !
be content tor the present. When -he ;
had written it, she dressed for dinnet j
rather earlier than usual, dined with
only little Dorothy March as a visa '
vis, and. after an hour or so spent in j
working out pretty problems with
her youthful protegee, rang for her
limousine and was whirled away to a
dance at the home of one of her dear
five hundred friends. Mrs. Missloner s
arrival was an inarant triumph, a roy
al progress. She laughed wnd chatted
with men who adored her, and with
women who would have done the same
If they had not been—women.
Yet there was a monotony about It
all to her, for although she was fond
of society, she had seen the same
faces, heard the same snia l talk, lis
tened to the same music, and danced
the same dances many, many times in
the course of the sea-on. .lust when
her vague wish for the unusual was
shaping itself into a materialisation of
the grisly phantom, boredom, a little
stir at the entrant's to the hailroom
heralded the arrival ol a m in w ho
quickly drove the little drab devil of
ennui from hts perch upon .Mrs. Mis
i sloner's satin shoulder.
The newcomer was a tall person,
I wearing the ordinary evening aitiie
of gentiemen. with addition, however,
of n showy turban that crow owl his
long black hair, like a wreath of snow
' upon a (lark ing mountain side It
, needed no second glance to tell Mrs,
i Missioner that they had already met.
She knew it long before the Swami's
dark eyes swung their twin search
light glance in her direction. Mrs
Mlssioner recognized readily th« mys
tcrions stranger ol the opera box It
was the first time she hud seen
hint since the night in which she dis
covered 'he fab ity of her jewels Kor
a n.ontettt, the sight of his swart face
and piercing eyes recalled the pang
with which she had learned of the len s
of the Maharanee diamond. So it was
with a most gracious sinile that site
Interrupted an introduction by her
hostess and said:
' We have tret quite recently/' rs
she touched the tips of her white
gloved fingers to those of the Ori
ental. She went on: "You see I tint
more cotnnosed than at our last m et
ing: luit then, I dare say. you were not
troubled. Jewels, you know, n tan so
much to a woman.*'
"ionic jewels mean more. Mr*. Mis
tfor.er," said the Swam! suavely. "1
thoroughly understand the s me of
lo-s in fact, the bereavement tha"
e. tie upon " you when you found that
beautiful necklace was not what you
had supposed it to In."
"I rather imagine." Mrs. Vlsslonrt
returned, “that yon are not unfa
midst with the fact that it was tie
loss of one stone among the many
whit h really grieved me."
"Von are rigat. m> good friend."
returned the Swnmi. "1 will not pro
tend to lie ignorant of the va ne yo .
attached to the central gem the Ma
hat aw » diamond Von are not alone—’
He checked himself abruptly "It wiv
a atone which well might comma ml a
feet ion from its possessor Time war
when devotion would have been the
\\ ord."
They were strolling across the (loot
;is they talked, and in a < o: tier dis
tant from the music the widow seated
herself on a Houi Quinze chair am
said, almost e m..singly:
"1 feel pretty sure you know mr.r*
about the history of that jewel than
I do "
"Indeed!" was the Swaml's only con
cession.
"Yes, indeed and indeed," said the
widow, with a gay little laugh. "Oi
course, a sage cannot he expected to
occupy tils thoughts with anything so
frivolous as a diamond, however bean
"iful. Yet I am convinced that if you
were to unbend from your meditations
of the occult long enough to scan your
memory, you would recall facts in
connection with It that would be very
inter* sting to me.”
"May | inquire your reason for bo
thinking, dear madam?"
"It is a reasonable request on your
part." she replied "I remember my
husband told me the stone had come
roni the treasure casket of the most
beautiful queen in India—is not that
why it is called the Maharanee dla
tnond?”
"it would be difficult to explain thr
name of every great diamond in Hin
lostsn," said the Swami evasively
Since your husband gave you a his
<nry of llm stone, surely you cannoi
doubt its authenticity.?”
"Oh, of course not,” said the widow
It is not in legat'd to its more recent
history that I am questioning you. !
>hink you know not only all the tra
dltions hinging upon it, hut that you
are a'so conversant with its journey
ings through your native land tip:ore
it became the possession of the Ms
hnranep front whom my husband
bought It.”
"Really, Mrs. Mlssloner.” replied
the scholar, "I can imagine nothing
more (ietpetahle then to carry out your
slightest wish; but we of the Bast
have things on which to concentrate
our poor intelligences that are too
grave to make room even for so inter
esting n diversion as historical study
among precious stones.”
'Conte, now!” urged the widow.
"Please search your memory again
Unbend, Mr. Pb:’osopher"
“Lest you think me churlish, ! <5o
-•call that your famous diamond t.
one time was regarded with religious
reverence by a large number ot m>
countrymen Naturally, b ing a Rrab i
min, I am not in sympathy with ido I
atrv. Therefore, ! envoi tell yon wha. j
degree of sanctity attaches to the
stone In the eyes of tho. e to whom it
once belonged.”
Had anyone been standing immedi
ately hebind Mrs. Missioner s eh ir in
stieh a position as to ’ook into tho
depths of the Oriental's eyes, instead
of gazing upward at them and so
missing the angle of truth as Mr
Missioner from her position cou d on!>'
do. he would have seen in those inky
depths a g’pani that be led :he suave
disclaimer of the priest. M-s V.Is
sioner did rot see it, and it was with
no sensation of discomfort, therefore,
that she returned the Sw ami's bow
as he moved away to join a group of
people.
Mrs. Mis ioner, in the most comfort
able way in the world, laid her hand
on the arm of Curtis Griswold, and
reerossed the floor to make up a set
of lancers She would have b«> n tin
comfortable, indeed, and even the self
centered Swajni would have hr.d a din.'
sense of semet! ing unusual, had the'"
known that every word they exchang
ed was overheard by another swarthy
man in Occidental attire who stood
j behind a screen. The second Eastern
er. be of tbe screen gazed after Mis
i Missions- menacingly, and fixed his
eyes the next motm-nt on ihe broad
back of tbe Swnmi with a 'ook freight
cd with suspicion He shrugged h! .
■ boulders after the manner of a
frenchman toned by Ion? contact with
Saxon restraint, anti unpretentiously'
made a hn’t-cirele fit ilie room until
at a distance of a few yards he faced
| tlm turhaned scholar. His eyebrow*
lifted. Tlie unspoken question was
answered by an nnnotlceabie shake of
the Swami's heed Further questions,
and answers flashed te-leparhically be
tween those two pairs of vividly b'aeltr
eyes, anil a lit'le later the men them
sc Aes paused for an instant In pass
ir.a an Instant that was not ton short,
for an exchange of words.
“As I told you, Prince." said the
Swanii, “she was nm a party to it."
“Your proof?"
“Phe believes h^r hushnnd pur
chased it from Her Royal Hip.hnc a—
its name-alto."
“And ihe other?”
"He is here ”
“Watch him!”
“Assured y.”
“Are the dhsrip’er at wn*dt?"
“They nrnst he finished by im v T
expect the signal ai any n.ome: t."
i “It is veil"
C.-i wo'd shou’d hare had one of
the most en.ioyab'.e evenings of it.
life. Uncertain of h*. r heart’s atti
tude toward Sards. eagerness to avert
the problem for a few hours made
Mrs. Miss-loner seem more wilting to
be monopolized by the clubman than
: be would have been under any other
■ 'ream'-taries. Who so debonair as
Griswold when lie led the beautiful
widow through the nr zes of the
square dance, or floated with her
ibout the room to the melody of the
Ghana waltz? Who more worthy of
he homage due a conquistador as he
naraded the wealthy w oman's acquies
cence to his open wooing the length
aid breadth of the n net brilliant and
'■xclusivi hsllroom in Filth Avenue?
t was not to be expected that Curtis,
under such conditions con’d be any
thing but gay. He glittered, fits con
versation sparkled like the receiver of
a wireless instrument. Little Dorothy
March was so impressed by the ex
ceptional gallantry and animation of
the palpably delighted clubman—so
deeply impressed, in fact, that it was
’ong ere the memory of that evening
faded In more recent recollect’ons of
chocolate nougats and Forrest Theater
matinees.
Now, the question is. would Curtis
Griswold have been as light-hearted
if he had know-n that a letter address
ed to him was intercepted at the door
of this same mansion in Millionaires’
Row by a swarthy gentleman of Ori
ental aspect, who had dazzled the un
suspecting district messenger with a
tip of gleaming gold? Whether he
would remains a question. Griswold
never knew it, but Prince Kananria,
after a swift persual of the note in a
secluded smoking room, lost no time
In letting the Swami k"ow tt, and It
was worthy of note, though pet-ha; s
nobody noticed it. that w'ithln a very
few minutes after their second meet
ing in the ballroom, Prince and schob’r
took their separate leave of their ho-t
oks. and sped northwesterly In closed
automobiles that raced neck and neck
far beyond the speed limit.
Kittle society reporters, in frocks
of hodden gray, scribbled for the city
editions of the morning papgrs the in
ternationally Important information
that the ball of thM evening was ore
of the most brilliant successes of the
■eason, and that it was graced by the
attendance of an Oriental prince
whose departure was hastened by the
receipt of a pressing cablegram from
his royal father.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Mvstcrlous Milllcent.
Rritz streaked from Sands’ apart
ment to a dingy little den of a shop
on the top floor of a downtown
business rookery—one of the sk\
scrapers of a quarter-eentury before.
It was rmteh more tedious th climb
the five flights of stairs to the sixth
story than to shcot in an express ele
vator to the summit of the Singf r
Building. But Rritz was too hot on
the seent to pay much attention to his
fatigue. He ran up 'he s’ait s 'igbt y,
flung open a crazy —wr+wr -tfror •that""'
creaked an announcement of his coni
ng, and pushed a liii of paper toward
a young man of modern physique and
ancient visage who tvas working at a
Kcnch The paper was the rote he
Tinning “Curls dear,” and enrii: g .ith
he first name of the niys’ertous Mii
icent. 'I he anachronistic young man
ooked a< it inquiringly through steel
s imnted spectacles,
"Rich a hundred cop e? of ill's. Bur
leu,” said Brits. "I’ll send for ihi-nt in
a couple of hours.”
The detective sealed himself on a
rt.eol behind the bench, and for severs (
minutes watched the photo engraver
at his work. His mind was not behind
h1s eyes, however. He was busy with
the possibilities unfolded by the little
-crop of paper he had found in the
Hindoo burgar’s possession. The
| Headquarters nan never was in a hur
! ry to accept any clew at its face val
ue: nevertheless, he felt he had at
j ’ast something wh!ch. if not a direct
; ink between his knowledge and his
I suppositions, would go far toward con
necting them. That the note was ad
dressed to Curtis Oriswold he hart
ittle doubt, it required small effort
of reasoning to conclude that the East
erners had gone to Stands' apartment
soon after visUIng Oriswold. But this
time. Brit* had learned enough to
convince him that the Brahmin scholar
was as eager to get posses Hon of the
Mlssioner necklace as he was—to get
'he Maharanee diamond, anyway, If
not all the other cents belonging to
the fatuous st’ lug R> a patient,
patchwork process. Rritz had pieced
•og( titer tbc tiniest details of the
Swami's movements. He knew all
1 about th*1 scholar's presence in the
j Metropolitan Op“r» Mouse on the
j eight ol »he disappearance of the jew
■ els. hn«1 he had made himself ac
I quainted with the svs'rir nf espionage
maintained by the sate and his sub
ordinates ever since that time. That
system, he was aware, coveted everv
I one connected, however distantly,
! with the mystery, it was apparent to
j liritz that he was working agatnsr
men whe, whi’e not trained detectives
1 in the Occidental sense, were fully as
I persistent In their quest as him-e'f.
i 'I here was no question the Swarnl had
! directed all the energies of the Fast
i erners which the detective had follow
ed interestedly throughout their vari
ous manifestations. Rritz was con
vinced that he had thp Brahmin priest
to thank for his own kidnaping; and
j he was equally cert' In that the same
J Title band of brothers had searched,
i the homes of Rnixton Sards and C'ur
) tis flrlswo’d. lie was not given to at
I taeh’ng much w eight to intuit ion. re
i gnrdb’C that tacu'ly ns a pn'o and us
| ually ineffective feminine reflection of
i tnarcuiii e logic.
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