The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-23


lively safe and simple.
Our friend had better luck than he
really expected At the bottom of the
jewel case he found small wooden
box, which. on being opened, exposed
to view-the missing diamond star
But as he brought his dark lantern to
bear more closely upon 1t, something
seemed to strike Mr.. Hydenseke,
which caused him to scratch his head
and frown perplexedlY- He had some
knowledge of diamonds-far more than
most amateurs have; for his profes.
siona1 services had been called into a
good many jewel robberies before
now. And-and-. Well, he would
make sure at once. There was 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
star looked at, and, if necessary, re-
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
them back with the one word: Pastel
IT thought So" replied the de tee
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
tened at the kitchen shutters and sat
isfied himself that both the Abigails
were still making merry there with
their admirers. he re assembled into Mrs.
Cutters bedroom and replaced the
diamond star Just as he had found 1t.
That having been done successfully,
he 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 problem what
this new departure in the case meant.
In the first place, he did not for one
moment believe that Mrs. Quilter had
sold or pledged the real stones. She
was too clever a woman to do such a
fatuously risky thing at present But
dismissing thatsupposition-ah! bright
ideal Very pretty, indeedl Mr.. Hyden-
seke, in the course of his professional
experience, had como across Paul
Dymock, directly and indirectly. 1t
would be Just like that mean, foxy
scamp-exactly like him-to steal the
real diamonds for Mrs. Quilter, in
order to gain her favors thereby;
have paste substitute made, and then
palm the trash upon her and keep the
real thing himself.
by Jovep' thought Mr. Hydenseke.
II do believe I've hit it," and, having
conceived this idea, he lost no time in
taking steps to test it Obviously. the
first thing to do, if possible, was tc
overhaul Dymock's lodgings on the
chance of finding the missing jewels
there. This, as the lodgings were In
Bruton street, could scarcely be done
in the same bold and burglarious man.
ner as he had nsed with Mrs. Quilter's
house in the Regents park. But by.
moclx's valet--a worthless, staggering
noodle-could probably be got att
and that would render matters easy
enough to so skilled hand as our
friend Hydenseke.
Ten pounds in cash, and an ingenious
issue of falsehoods about jeweler
who had special and perfectly harm
less reasons for just looking at GER
tain diamond star, which his assistant
had sold to Mr.. Dymock few days
reviously, and which, If the valet
would find and bring, should be hand
ed back to him in two or three min
utes, together with the ten pound, was
enough to secure the fellows coopera-
ton: following 1--WE should add on
pressure for small gambling debt by
billiard maker in the neighborhood;
which pressure was not entire discon-
nected with the wiles Of Mr.. Hyden-
seke.
Some days later the detective called
on the jeweler aforesaid, for the third
or fourth time, and asked rather anx
iously whether anything had turned UP
yet.
"Yes," was the reply. ''The valet
found the thing at last. But he said II
was so carefully hidden that he had the
deuce Of a job to do so. He was here
with it In the morning and took it back
with him when l had looked at it.
That will tell you what you want-ehY'
"AhI" exclaimed Mr.. Hydenseke.
''Paste?"
YES"
Mr.. Hydenseke gave his shoulders an
expressive shrug and left the shop. He
was not prepared for this fresh compli.
cation, which seemed to upset his pre-
vious theory, and he wanted to think it
over all by himself.
After an hour or SOS private rehec-
ton In a solitary part of the park the
detectives face began to assume a
more cheerful expression What if his
theory wasn't wrong, as far as it went,
but merely did not go far enough.
''Aha" soliloquized Mr. Hydenseke,
rubbing his hands 81 shouldn't won
der-'pon my life, shouldn't-if iona
than Moss could throw some light or
it. Well see."
Now Jonathan Moss, diamond mer
chant, OF Hatton Garden, was the ex
pert who had been called in to value
Mrs. Dymoek's jewelry. He was well
known also as a maker of artificial
stones, and this circumstance, coupled
with one or two visits paid by Dymoch
to his shop lately, of which Mr.. Hyden.
sehe had been appraised, seemed to con.
nect him rather intimately with the af-
fair.
After deciding on his line of action,
the detective drove straight to iona
than Moss shop, requested private
interview with him, and, assuming his
boldest and most confident demeanor
proceeded to tackle him.
When DR.. Miller returned from hii
professional rounds that evening he
found Mr. Hydenselke waiting to see
him. Our willy friend looked nightly
pleased with himself, as well he might
| for never hal guesswork and audacity
gone straightsr to the mark in all his
manifold experience.
well what has transpired?" asket
the doctor, rather anxiously.
Mr.. Hydenseke's reply was to hant
him the issing jewel-this time the
| real one.
DIR. Miller received It with a start Of