The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-11-09

order to give the American a run for
his money l am now on my way to
Vienna. If / solved the problem offhand
for him in London, he would have no
more appreciation of my talent than
you had moment ago when l explain
ed why l knew this French girl came
from Chicago. My dear fellow, every
thing in this world is simple except one
thing, and that is to find any problem
that is difficult =
''Then who stole the diamonds-the
lieutenant2''
The detective smiled and gazed up
ward for few tantalizing moments at
the roof of the carriage.
"Here we have, he said at last, IAN
impecunious prince who marries an
American heiress as SO many of them
do. The girl begins life in Austria on
$1,000, 900. say e200, 600, and case Of
diamonds said to be worth another
300, 600 at least-prohably more Not
much danger of running through that
very speedily, is there, SmithG'
ssNo; should think not. -
$50 the average man would think, >"
continued the detective. "However,
have long since got out of the habit Of
thinking; therefore make sure The
first problem I set to myself is this:
How much money have the prince and
princess spent since they were married !?
| find that the repairs on the Schloss
Steinheimer, situated in the Tyrol, cost
something like $40, 1000. It is huge
place, and the Steinheimers have not
had an heiress in the family for many
centuries. The prince owed a good deal
of money when he was married, and it
took something like $50, 900 to settle
those debts s-rather expensive, as con-
tinental princes go; but, if one must
have luxuries, one cannot save money.
Not to weary you with details. I found
that the 9200, 900 was exhausted some
thing more than two months ago-in
fact, just before the alleged robbery,
The prince is of course without money
otherwise he would not have married
Chicago heiress. and, the princess being
without money, what does she natural
ly do?"
"Pawn her own diamondsl'' cried
Smith enthusiastically.
The detective smiled.
81 thought it much more probable
she would apply to her father for mon
ey ! asked him if this was the case,
giving him the date, roughly speaking,
when such letter had been sent The
old man opened his eyes at this and told
me he had received such letter. But
You did not send the money! / ven-
tured. NO. he said; 4 did not The
fact ia, money is very tight in Chicago
just now, and so cabled her to run on
her debts for awhile. This exactly
bore out the conclusion at which had
already arrived. So now, having failed
to get money from her father, the lady
turns to her diamonds, the only security
she possesses. The chances are that she
did SO before her fathers cable message
came, and that was the reason she SO
confidently wished information to be
given to the police. She expected to
have money to redeem her jewels, and.
being bright woman, she knew the
traditional stupidity Of the official po-
lice, and SO thought there was no danger
of her little ruse being discovered. But
when the cable message came saying no
money would be sent her a different
complexion was put upon the whole af-
fair, for she did not know but if the po-
lice were given plenty of time they
might stumble on the diamonds All
that is necessary for me to do now is to
find out how many persons there are in
Vienna who would lend large sums of
money on valuable jewels The second
is to find with which one of those the
princess pawned her diamonds. In my
opinion, the diamonds never left Vienna.
You see, the ball had been announced,
and immediate money was urgently
needed. She pawned the diamonds be-
fore she left the capital of Austria, and
the chances are she did net intend any
one to know they were missing; but on
the eve Of the ball her husband insisted
that she should wear her diamonds, and
therefore, being quick witted woman.
she announced they had been stolen
After having made such statement,
she of course had to stick to it, and
AOW, AdlAAS W BeG tHe money IrOm
America, she is exceedingly anxious
that no real detective shall be employed
in investigation. -
At Dover Miss Baxter. having notes Of
this interesting conversation in short
hand. witnessed the detective bid good
by to his friend Smith, who returned to
London by later train. After that she
saw no more of Mr.. Cadbury Taylor
and reached the Schloss Steinheimer at
Meran without further adventure
Miss Baxter found life at the schloss
much different from what she had ex-
pected. The princess was a young and
charming lady. very handsome. but in
a state of constant depression. Once or
twice Miss Baxter came upon her with
apparent traces of weeping ON her face.
The prince was not an old man, as she
expected. but young and of manly ,stal-
wart appearance He evidently possess
ed fiendish temper and moped about
the castle with a constant frown upon
his brow.
Chapter II concluded next week.
Work of Art.