The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-11-12

ittEuJ. NtIGIaOt. 4 Was 'OOaiSAdNi any
c..sgrined, but it turned out that
there was no cause for my jealousy.
The prisoner. in spite Of his pro-
tosts, was taken to London, where
he proved that he was, as he had de-
clared, an English merchant resid-
ing in Paris of the name of James.
Though he was released Immediate
ly, With rrefuse apologies, he aired
nis grievances to the reporters. In
stantly hubbubwas raised in the
|. press, and tho Yard and all its works
were severely criticised. The result
was that a confidential circular was
issued to as intimating that, while
we were not TO relax our vigilance,
we We're not to make an arrest I'M
less we were positive that we had
the missing Diamond.
''As l said, l was stationed at Liv-
erpool to see that the runaway did
not get across to the States. board
ed every outgoing liner and re-
manned on deck until the last mo-
ment, and i think every passenger
passed under my scrutiny. My opin-
ion was that Diamond would defer
any attempt at crossing for few
weeks, when the chase would be less
hot, and events proved me right.
Four weeks all but day after his
flight was on the City of Madrid
waiting for the last batch of passen-
gers by the approaching tender. As
it drew alongside, my attention was
attracted by the behavior of an old
ish looking man. He looked around
him in furtive and apprehensive
manner that aroused my suspicious,
and when he gained the deck / heard
him give sigh of relief, after which
he skunk off. To be sure, he looked
over 60 and Dramond was only 40,
but then we expected he would be
! disguised.
my mind was made up. If !
were gifted with any of the intu-
ition so necessary for my calling
there was the missing man, and,
after following him below, / went to
the captain, told him my business
and asked permission to make the
voyage to New York.
Certainly, certainly, said Cap
tain Oldham. If you think we've
got your man on board, you shall
have all the help you need.
81 thanked him, and went below
again to see the passenger list. My
suspicious fellow yoyager was pass
ing under the name of Rodell.
Thanks to the steward, my place
at table was arranged opposite to
Rodell. ] had week in which to
study him so the first day was very
careful not to alarm him by too close
observation. Without appearing to
look at him, / could see that he was
ill at ease and examined all his
| neighbors with careful scrutiny He
spoke to no one during dinner and
as soon as it was over he retired. I
spent a pleasant evening myself.
My left hand neighbor was the Hon.
Wilfrid Lytchett--a son of Lord Bar
more, ] found from peerage in the
library. He was pleasant, refined
young fellow of 81, and had none of
the insufferable exclusiveness and
reserve of tho British aristocrat
accepted an invitation to smoke a
cigar with him on deck after dinner,
and i congratulated myself on hav-
ing made such pleasant aoquaint-
ance.
''1'he next day Rodell seemed
more at his ease-probably thinking
himself safe--and ! had several OPP
portunities for observing him. He
even babe me good morning, and re-
marked that we were having a good
passage, as / passed him on deck.
During dinner he entered into con-
versation with his neighbor and was
more off his guard. But at times he
seemed to recollect himself and
would pass his hand softly over his
beard in a peculiar manner. / saw
1 at once what it meant. The beard
was false, and he was feeling if it
were all right. ! ohuokled with sat.
isfaction; there would be no mistake
made this time, foresaw.
! my aristocratio friend was ia
vorite on board, especially among
the ladies, and he was certainly very
pleasant with me. He insisted on
my sharing his wine at dinner, after
which we took turn on deck again,
when he spoke quite freely.
" BY the bye, Germaine, he said,
did you notice that curious chap op,
posite, Observation-Disclosures is his
namep Oh, Rodell, If / were any
judge of character, should say he
was doing little smuggling, or that
he has done something worse. Did
you notice what suspicious looks he
kept casting around? Pom my word,
I believe the fellow thinks he's