The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-11

Crowdie. Mihna James, Mrs. Quilter,
the jeweler, and DR.. Miller himself
And watch was secretly set upon the
movements of all these persons.
This step soon brought to light some
thing which, Mr.. Hydenseke felt
might perhaps have an important bear
, ing on the case. In a day or two.
time the man appointed to spy on Mrs
Quilter informed his chief that there
was something up between the gras.
widow and Paul Dymock. The latte,
had been for some while frequent
visitor at her house, often remaining
there till quite late in the evening
And the cook, to whom he the spy
had been making up. had given hin
such information of 'Missus' goirgs
on as left no doubt that Dymock al
present occupied the position of Mrs.
| Cutters lover.
Mr.. Hydenseke thought very long
time over this intelligence. And then
an idea occurred to him which ap-
peared to cause him some satisfaction.
1t had been suggested to him by DR..
| Miller that Dymocl1 might have taken
! the diamonds to give to one of his mis-
! tresses. Surprising that mistress to be
Mrs. Quilter? A very pretty stroke that,
to give her her own jewels! "But .the
executor is liable, of course" reflected
Mr.. Hydenseke, land a woman like
that might think she'd like the dia-
monds, and their value as we'll She's
safe to be hard up for cash, living in
that free and easy style on a small al
lowance."
Following out this idea, it was equal
~ posi- BILE that she had stolen them
herself But Mr.. Hydenseke didn't
like that notion quite so we'll It was
more like a woman, he thought, to set
some one else to do the dangerous and
dirty work. And, besides, the alterna-
tive theory was much the prettier-to
his professional way OF thinking.
In. either case, however, if the idea
was correct-which there was nothing
to show it was-the diamonds would
now be in Mrs. Cutters possession.
For, Of course, she would not venture
to sell or pledge them yet awhile, even
if she contemplated doing SO at all
Mr.. Hydenseke, therefore, decided
on q bold stroke-one of those auda-
cious coups in which his adventurous
spirit delighted. He waited for an
evening when Mrs. Quilter was en-
gagged to go to the opera, and made his
arrangements accordingly. The spy
who had been making up to ''cool1y"
went to see his inamorata that even
ing, accompanied by friend to flirt
with the housemaid; and while that
worthy quartette were feasting and
making merry in the basement Mr..
Hydenseke did the ladder thief trick
with one of the first floor windows, and
overhauled Mrs. Cutters jewel-case in
perfect peace and quietness. For her
house-in the Regents park-stood
back in garden by itself, and rem
dered burglarious entrance superla-
lively safe and simple.
Our friend had better luck than HI
really expected. At the bottom of tk5N
jewel case he found small wooden
box, which, on being opened, exposed
to view-the missing diamond sta -
But as he brought his dark lantern to
bear more closely upon it, something
seemed to strike Mr.. Hydensckc,
which caused him to scratch his head
and frown perplexedly. He had some
knowledge of diamonds-far more then !
most amateurs have; for his profes-
sional services had been called into a
good many jewel robberies before
now. And-and-. Well, he would
make sure at once. There was a Jew
eler whom he knew professionally,
and could trust, within twenty min
utes Of where he stood. That would
give him time to go there, have the
turn and replace it, before the orgie in
the kitchen was over.
Putting Mrs. Cutters case, there
fore, back where he had found it, and
locking it up, he scrambled out of the
window with all haste, and went, as
fast as he could go, to the jewelers. in
question. At a word from him, the
latter took him into his private Office
and examined the diamonds, as Mr..
Hydenseke requested him.
After minutes scrutiny he handed
hem back with the one word: Pastel"
II thought So" replied the detec-
tive. THANK YOU"
And, without stopping to say more,
he hurried out of the shop and went
straight back to Mrs. Cutters. There
was some further complication in the
case, evidently, and while matters were
still inchoate, the lady's suspicious
must not be reused. So. having lis
,ened at the kitchen shutters and sat
SIZED himself that both the Abigails
we're still making merry there with
heir admirers, he reascendeG into Mrs.
cutters bedroom and replaced the
diamond star just as he had found il.
That having been done successfully,
De put the ladder back in the coach
house, from which he had taken it,
and returned to his own lodgings.
Every minute. since his suspicion
about the genuineness of the diamonds
had been awakened. his brain had |
been working at the problen1-what |
his new departure in the case meant.
In the first place, he did not for one |!
believe that Mrs Quilter had |
sold or pledged the real stones. She !
vas too clever a woman to do such a !
atuously risky thing at present But |
lismissing that supposition-ah! bright |
dea. Very pretty. indeed! Mr.. Hyden- |
'el,e, in the course of his professional |
had come across Paul |
Dynock, directly and indirectly. 1t |
would be just like that mean. foxy |
like him-to steal the |
,eal diamonds for Mrs. Quil.er, in |
order 10 gain her favors thereby; |
awe paste substitute made, and then |