Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-04-28

enough to secure the fellows coopera
ton: following 1--WE should add) on
pressure for small gambling debt by
q billiard maker In the neighborhoodI
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 aux.
iously whether anything had turned up
yet,
YES" was the reply. "The valet
found the thing at last. But he said it
was so carefully hidden that he had the
deuce of a job to do so. He was here
with 1t in the morning and took 1t back
with him when / had looked at it.
That will tell you what you want-eh?"
"Ah!" exclaimed Mr. Hydenseke.
"Paste?"
"Yes."
Mr.. Hydcnseke 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 reflec.
ton in 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 Invent,
but merely did not go far enough.
AHA" soliloquized Mr.. ~Hydenseke,
rubbing his hands 81 shouldn't won,
dcr-'pon my life, shouldn't-if iona.
than Moss could throw some light on
it. Well see."
Now Jonathan Moss, diamond mer-
chant, Of Hatton Garden, was the eX.
pert who had been called in to value
Mrs Dymocls's jewelry. He was well
known also as maker of artificial
stones, and this circumstance, coupled
with one or two visits paid by Dymock
to his shop lately, of which Mr. Hyden.
seke had been appraised, seemed to con-
meet 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
boldcst and most confident demeanor
proceeded to tackle him.
When DR.. Miller returned from hi!
professional rounds that evening he
found Mr.. Hydenscke waiting to see
him. Our willy friend looked nightly
pleased with himself, as well he might
for never hal guessworl1 and audacity
gone straighter to the mark in all hi
manifold experience.
well what has transpired?" asket
the doctor, rather anXiously.
Mr.. Hydenselle's reply was to hanc
him the missing jewel-this time tn,
real one.
DR.. Miller received it with start o
pleasure and surprise.
GLOW did you find it?" he calculated
"Who had taken it?"
"Well, this is the outline" Mr.. lily
denseke explained, complacently
MRS. Quiltcr wanted to sell the dia
monds, thought she would like to stea
her own article and then run you in a
responsible executor for its cash valu
afterward"
Good heavens!" gasped the doctor
'Do you mean to say that she's tn
thief"
But not liking the dirty and dar
gerous part of the job" Mr.. Hyder
seke continued monotonously, like
child repeating lesson, "she wheedle
Mr., Paul Dymock into doing it for hel
For she's lively specimen, l learn
and has been carrying on with Dymoc
these three months"
DR.. Miller stared at him in speech
less wonder.
"Dymock stole 1t as she wished" tn
other went on, in the same quiet, eve
tone, but having got it, thought he
like to keep it. Only he didn't wish t
forfeit the lady's favors, as of course h
would have by doing so. He accorC
ingly took the star to Jonathan Moss
in Hatton Garden; told him he ha
bought it from Mrs. Quilter, and CAV
him an order to make an exact cour
terpart of paste, as the lady wa
anxious that no one should find OF
that she had sold it."
ayes, yes" said the doctor, wit
eager interest,
"By and by" resumed the detectiv,
"Dymock called at Moss for the tw
stars, the real and the sham, and too
them off with him. He handed Mr.
Dymock the sham and kept the rel
one, Only it wasn't the real one, fC
Moss had the cuteness to make tw
paste stars and to hang on to the gel
uine thing himselfI'-London Truth.