The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-05

ut ispaper of nntiyo Indian manu-
facturc," be remarked. 1T has at some
time been pinned TO board. The dia-
gram upon 1t appears to be plan Of
part OF q large building with numer-
Gus halls, corridors. and passages. At
one point is small cross done In red
ink, and above IL Is 1897 from left in
faded pcncil-writing. In the lcfthand
corner Is curious hieroglyphic like
four crosses In line with their arms
touching Beside it Is written, In very
rough and coarse characters, The sign
OF the four, --Jonathnn Small, Mahomet
Singh, Abdullah Khan. Dost Akbar.'
No, confess that do not see how
this bears upon the matter. Yet IL Is
evidently document of importance.
1t has been kept carefully In pocket
book; for the one side is as clean as the
other"
1T was IN his poelSetbook that we
found it."
'.Prcscrve II carefully, then, Miss
Morstan. for IL may prove TO be of use
TO us. ! begin 10 suspect that this mat
ter may turn out to be much deeper
and more subtle than / at first sup
posed. must reconsider my ideas"
He leaned back In tho cub, and could
see by his drawn brow and his vacant
eye that he was thinking intently.
Miss Morstan and chatted Ia an I'M
dertope about our present expedition
md its possible outcome, but our com-
panion maintained bis impenetrable re-
serve until the end Of our journey.
IL was September evening. and not
yet seven o'clock, but the day had been
a dreary ono, and dense drizzling fog
lay low upon the great city. Mud
colored clouds dropped sadly over the
muddy streets. Down the Strand the
lamps were but misty splotches Of diff
used light which threw feeble cir
cular glimrner upon the Shiny pave
ment. The yellow glare from the shop
windows strcamcd out into the stcanny,
vnporous mir, and threw a murlSy.
hitting radiance across the crowded
thoroughfarc. There WINS 20 my mind
something cerie and Rhost-lilSe In the
endless procession Of faces which fitted
across these narrow bars Of light-sad
faces and glad. haggard and merry
Like all human kind, they fitted from
the gloom into the light, and SO back
into the gloom once more. am not
subject 20 Impressions, but the dull,
heavy evening. with the strange bust
ness upon which we were engaged,
combined 20 make me nervous and de-
pressed. ! could see from Miss Nor
STAINS manner that she was suffering
from the same feeling. Holmes alone
-. %. - fs.l.tnfarna
He held his open notebook upon his
knee, and from time 20 time he jotted
down figures and memoranda In the
light Of his pocket lantern.
AT tho Lyceum theatcr the crowds
were already thick at the side en-
frances. In front continuous stream
of hnnsoms and four-whcclers were
rafting up. dischnrEing their cargocs
of shirt-frontcd men and beshawled,
bcdinmonded women. We had hardly
reached the third pillar, which was our
rendezvous, before n small dark. brisk
man In the dress Of coachman nc
costsd us.
'slhrc you the parties who como with
Miss Morstan?" he asked.
II am Miss Morstan, and these two
gentlemen arc my frlcnds." said she.
lie bent q pair OF wonderfully pcnc-
trnting and questioning eyes upon US.
"Y0u Will excuse me. miss" he said.
with certain logged manner, "but 4
was 20 ask You 60 give me your word
that neither OF your companions Is
police officer"
II give you my word on that" she
answered.
lie gave shrill whistle, on which
street Arab led across a four-whcclcr
and opened the door. The man who
had addressed us mounted TO the box.
while wo took our places inside. We
had hardly done so before the driver