San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-16

should Cnang6 MS MIND DeIOro tno
transaction is completed.
True, and perhaps it would be un-
wise to mention it. Well call it off.
Good day"
Still in doubt as % the wisdom of my
words, boarded the car, and leaving
it at the proper point proceeded straight
to the Windsor hotel, where / dined
with Sandhusen.
"Wittner spent couple of hours
with me, A." he said, "and gave him all
the information / could, which was
what you received, and that is nothing"
what did he say?"
Very little. You know he is man
of few words, except when the opposite
mood takes him. He admitted that the
only explanation which suggested itself
was the one you spoke of-somnambu-
lism-that is. that l rose in my sleep
and removed the ruby, and that it is
somewhere in my apartments. / made
a thorough search again after you left,
and he and repeated it. Result, nil. /"
Whether Wittner formed any theory
or not which can explain that which
seems inexplainable cannot be guessed
until he chooses to speak. Somehow or
other, however, / believe he will reach
the truth"
II hope so, for, though grieve over
the loss of my prize, it is the strange
way in which it vanished that puzzles
me.
You will employ no one besides Witt.
ner?''
mo; the more detectives YoU have
| in matter of this kind tho lass likely
You are to be successful. No7ersops are
more jealous, and they o:tcn clock each
others efforts. But for this feeling 1T
tie Charley Ross would have been re-
stored to his parents years SEQ. =
SIS Wittner to report to you:'
mot until he obtains something def
mite. have promised him one-fifth OF
the price paid for the ruby il he RECEIVERS
it"
Enough to spur the best detective.
1t is useless to give our conversation,
for we could only travel il circle and
come back to the point whence we start
ed. The business was now n the hands
of one of the most skillful detectives of
the day, and what he coald not do was
certainly beyond our powers We de-
oided torawait events with the best pa
thence possible, but my part in the
drama was not yet finished.
The following morning / rode down
town with my old acquaintance, Joseph
Burling, of the VOL known firm of
Burling Bros. OF Maiden lane, who
have been III tho same business as for
nearly as man. years.
Brown" said my companion after
a few incidental remarks, step into our
store, and will show you something
that will make your eyes sparkle | ven-
ture that you have never looked on any
thing of the kind, long as you have been
handling precious stones. "
Have some of Eugenie's diamonds
come into your possession, or is it the
Orloff, or that monster that used to be-
long to Dom Pedro, and which they
won't let be tested for fear it will prove
to be not a diamond?"
This is not diamond. It's ruby.
| the nneSJ III Jn6 country.
"Whatp" l exclaimed, with start.
"a ruby, the biggest, finest and most
valuable of which have ever heard. :
REFRESHING my agitation, asked:
where did you get it,"
81 bought it of an East Indian, a Mr..
Howard, last hailing from London. .
A thrill passed through me. Twas on
the track of Mana Sahib's ruby at last
and when | had not the remotest sus-
picion of hearing anything of it. Bur
ling was an honorable man, but did
not intend to make oontidant OF him.
was too much of a detective for that.
"When did you secure it,"
HE brought it to the store yesterday
afternoon. l examined it infinitely and
found it a genuine pigeons blood.
"Of how many carats?"
81 did not ascertain that, but 1t is
enormous / should say over 80 carats. :"
Such gems generally have history.
suppose he gave the one belonging to
your specimen
Eyes, but it had no special interest
He said it came from the mines of Bur-
ma, where, you know, the finest in
the world are found. 1t was purchased
by his father after the British secured
possession of the country, and when his
parent died he gave it to his son, who
sells it because he needs the money"
HE ought to obtain fortune for q
gem like that. "
Burling responded to the fesler thus
thrown out:
"'That's one of the strangest facts con-
nected with the business. l supposed he
would want me to hunt up buyer for
800, 900 or so, but instead he offered it
to me for SO, 000."
"You did not let such a chance slip. !"
"You may be sure 1 did not.
"And gave him your check on the
spot?"
81 proposed that, but he preferred the
money, and sent out and obtained 1t. :
"Burling, remarked grayelx ARE
you not afraid that there is something
wrong about this?'
THE thought occurred to me, aud
possibly 1 have assumed some risk in
buying the Jewel, but the bargain was