The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-08
TIE PROFESSOR.

L.Y DEAR WAVE: A line in haste. II YOU
can possibly me it, come down here by
thu 1 O'Clock train My mothers diamond
Laj been stolen. Don't bring a detective;
VEL try it ourselves first. Telegraph il you
c:,l. ONE Yours in haste, H. CARGILL
Il friend Harold was waiting for me when
l reached the little station about z O'Clock in
the .venins, and on the drive home learned
a few more particulars. The robbery had
t..Eea place, as far as could he judged, either
,.JTlng the night before last or on THO proceed
in., day. The house and the effects OF the
s.I.aIits had been searched without avail
and I::rold had only waited my arrival be-
fore taking further steps We talked tho
MATTER over at great length, both on our way
hos. and after .inIicr. That of the SER
want was guilty seemed To me quite evident,
Tut | couisl convince neither Of the others ON
this point
Airs. cu:siii left soon to our wine, and
coutinu.i nay endeavors without avail to
prove to Harold that strict measures should
at one. be taken with all the servants. He
co..t.I,,ie.i that thorough search had already
beSI I.i-iat.
MY tear fellow" L said at length, you
should have allowed me to use my discretion
il he matter, and would have brought you
,.ov IA IA French detective or two"
And what would your detectives have
donet Made up nice story, impiicating one
CT all OF the servants, and probably the gar
Ger.er an out door agent, but not found the
diamond. Now where Is the use Of investiga-
lions unless we Recover the diamond"
a happy thought struck me as he spoke
IF your object, Harold, is entirely the recov-
cry of the diamond, and not the punishment
Of the thief, have n suggestion to make, and
it may ne after all, that if we discover tho
stone first we may learn more afterward Let
us have down this great mesInerist and
though reader, who l. making such a small
coInnotion just now. Wen tax him III he'll
GOMEZ to conductnls tn the stone. 1t Is prob
ably still in the Enuse; the robbery was dis
covered 81 very quickly that even with an
outside agency III the person of the gardener,
whom grant you l don't like, it is unlikely
this stone have got far as the village
yet"
On this Suggestion I.aGc half in jest, half
in c:,rI.srl we eventually decided to act The
robbery had been discovered the morning he
fore and the servants had since then been
pretty ckSaiy watched, that, after a fur
Their talk which, it is needless to say, went
over aud over the same ground at least a score
of times, each of attempting to prove to
himself AID 10 the other that detective work
was what Providence had severally meant
for, We came tn the discrimination that we
wouLl ash ihs great thought reader, Profess
SOL Lanii s., IL come t. our assistance.
The sreutc=t secrecy, of course, was neces-
sary. Not even Mrs. Cargill should know at
first vino oar visitor really was, for our only
hope If 81 > lay in the chance that if ono
Of the servants was the thief the stone might
Ire still ~ l',u i'll the house, or perhaps buried
in thc grodId outside, till it could with
greater safety liz removed when the matter
hal had tim. To l@ partly forgotten.
1 ". II IL town carly next morning, and
calLd :t upon the learned professor. Ho
Wa, -..dt, tut WAS II q in again very soon.
] str..i s.a,J.: the neiahborhood some time
80 To rdis' him, having shrewd sus-
pi.Iai that Ia had not 1t made his appear
aIi.,c al t.,..kfast. Sure enough found him
at "a fttL' h'fore noon eating in a languid
nI.,nn,I the remains of a fowl that had done
duty t.iury and drinking small beer. Know
ing little III professional men, however, l
reco..iiz-si the exigencies of the case, and,
after t,c us.Ial civiiitiss, explained the reason
of ms all He was a tall man, rather thin,
with weak eyes but sufficiently gentlemanly
Ia pass nIIttsr, both in dress and manner.
Rather To EIy surprise he readily agreed to
accompany me and postpone for a few days
the private engagements which he had on
hand at the time; but in the course Of our
Journey down for we returned that night
the reason Of his compliance came out. He
wished to include the robbery in his adver-
tis.incHts, and all that could saw to the
tSary would not convince him that my friend
would scai,eIy care for his name To be mixed
IA, la the matter. After considerable dis
cussioa Thought it best to inform Mrs.
CaI,il Later la the evening who and what
cur visitor really was.
Tine professor explained to US that, rs Mrs
Carsil knew the diamond and had worn It
So long, she the one who, with her hand
in his cOuii last communicate to him where
To heal hcr III" said be, 1.-The day is clear
and bright, shall lead you to morrow to tho
spot Mrs. Cargiil, provided you have sufii-
cient strength of mind to keep your ideas
fixed entirely upon the stone. You must keep
it wildly before your minds eye, and l shall
lead YOU To 1t, il it is in the house or
grounds"
Nothing had occurred in the household since
my 4. rr.rtur, in the morning, and the robber
: (whacVSr H. wasl must now, We judged, bs
leginuu,.. IL tel snmewhat easier in mind;
80 ia cas- IL his dcaning il necessary to alter
TIL - al h. Li.iiI; place Of the stone, We
dot ..I... Il u,..i iiu.ncsiiate action, deciding
to c,,..I!..,Ii.e next morning ut daybreak, be
fore tia worLi y1uii Ia properly awake. The
professor Ill moi niuch appreciate the idea Of
such caiiy start, hut We succeeded III over
couIiI:- i.r' s-.uI.i,-s, AMI II was arranged be
forv w. .;.Tisd Tor bci that should all
meet ia r. lain, room at O'Clock next
niornins.
Nj -, ~ was doWh Riore me, ana
HaroLt shortly after OF course, VIC were all
before t!.c ti.It., AMI u wait in dumb silence
even with To- prospect of most interesting
exp. finleutI fnr twenty minutes in the cold
dawn WIS al, thing but lively. At length
the professor appeared, looking, we were
glad to 49, equal Ia his business. We had
left the front door alar III case OF need, as IL
oar impression eo thorough n search
having aIr4.ty been made insidel that the
object of our quest must be without the
ho,se. 1t ws.S rather eeric work for US all,
except the professor, who was equal to the
occasion AMI secuiei To scent the battle so to
speak, III the shape of some far-of diamond
which hc had never seen
At 3:l2, then, hrs Cargil took the pro
fesSsor's hand, he having been previously
t.iadfotic,i-~Not," he said, that such a
thing Was nc.'cs AIRY, but it Gained his power
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