San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-06

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| fully closing the ,nr behind him, "is not
that Of the ~. ii humanity. With him any
and every one is -ui IS until proved TO be
innOcent-nOt tina: a .r innocent until
proved to be guilty. The FIRST duty Of In-
spectOr Har,,t.if, Wen called in to make
an enquiry, is 70 find a clue. This must be
done, and must he done without delay--tlrat
is sine q,u Hol. Anything looking like
clue is therefore greedily seized upOn and
adhered to, in spite Of all outs.de su-ges-
ton, and in ll!e meluw.Ilr the real culprit,
seeing the turn thn-S nave taken, has
| plenty of leisure to clear away any traces of
the deed he may, in the hurry OF the mo-
ment have overlooked"
you do not appear to have a high opinion
| of the police" Sail Sr Richard, who still
stood with his back rned towards his COM
panion.
Il have ye:y little personal knowledge Of
them" said Craven with bright smile,
that lit up his r. S. honest face and clear
blue eyes lise aga Of .;iImer sunshine
~ only spCa.. az secondhand. Certainly
one case did c~mp within NV experience. 1t
was a case Of robbery, in which in the end,
| after being badgered 10 death by enquiries
as to how, when, and where he came by the
article stOl, II, tie ovI,I ( ii himself, who
had raised III" a'a M. &c: lily found him
self in tie do,k ioi y j r. II is true he
had some str M rcas 20 IOr wishing to keep
to himself some secret connected with the
past history Of the diamond"
Upon the mirror placed above the mantel-
| piece, Sir Richards eyes, throughout the
others talk, had been stcadfastly fixed.
Reflected there, he could see distinctly
al
brighter background, whilst the features Of
his own were yelled by shadow. At the
word diamond" his half-clOsed eyes open
ed suddenly with a startled glare, and he
repeated the word in loud sharp tone, yet
without turning.
81 beg pardon, Sir" said the secretary;
my mind was, at the moment, running on
the diamond you had lost. In the case of
the person l was speaking Of, 1t was ruby
bracelet, belonging to some lady between
whom and the prosecutor there existed an
intrigue-that was, i'm fact, why he pre-
yaricated with the police"
The other made no reply, but slowly the
cold grey shade crept back TO his face, from
which a transient fash of color had Danish
ed it while ago, and his eyes half-closed
again as they were usually.
The secretary seemed to be respectfully
awaiting his commands. A light-haired,
strongly-built, good-looking young fellow
this secretary, with, perhaps, IL fault must
be found with him, rather too heavy jaw,
and too thick throat One would have eX-
pected him to have been found more prof.
cient in athletic sports-in the huntingfeld,
on the river-than in the duties of a private
secretary, but Sir Richard, but little given
to praise, had pronounced him Invaluable"
II am at your ORDERS" said Craven after a
pause. "Shall go to the local police-Office?'
mo"
DO you intend to employ the services Of
private detective! In that case"
do you know one?'
mot even by name. But their addresses
are advertised in the newspapers. meant
II you would give me your instructions l
could act for you. Your own time is of too
much value" .4 s.. .....
II am the best judge of that, perhaps. No,
thank you, Mr.. Craven, Twill go by myself"
Shall find you the address, sirP Oh,
here they are" g..
Give it to me-"
Sir Richard took it from his hand, and
cast his eyes over the column the secretary
had pointed out, then was about to fold the
paper up, and put it in his pocket, when
Craven interposed:
II beg pardon, sir. That is the copy of
the Times that Won usually file Oddly
enough there does not appear to be any 9th
er paper in the room. But il YOU will select
any particular mani suppose thew are all
abO1t alike-I will write his address down
in moment"
Take the first. What does he say?'
Craven read aIoud:
"sGRIPPER's SECRET INvEsTIs ALTON OF
FICE, No. I, Charing Cross.-Mr. Gripper.
late of the Rue Mouchard, Paris, and of