Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-01

TO put me awaNs
TO prove your"
"Guiit2"
"Innocsncei"
The fellow need not have been 80
stouchy." I am a man OF many suspi-
cions: the nature OF my business and
the dis position Of my wife have made
ne so. But often hvve suspicious con-
eerninS both sides of case. Aud. after
all. IN this ease. my suspic'ons were
only suspicious; ha& no certainties &c
go upon.
rs there anyone who hates your
asked him.
"What?" he cried. "and me a jealous
dstectivei"
Yes. I'm aware that one Of your col.
leagues-Howland-- rather envious
But do YOU know Of anyone who not
only hates ycu. but who is likely 20 be
aware that We put this diamond in the
desk? What about the fellow YOU so
nearly nabbed-the fellow from whom
YOU captured the stoue-the fellow that
escaped? Look here. Joseph Kinch.
my boy. I'm going 20 stand by you. 10
don't get into a huster. Sit down and
listen. That's right! Now We can
20 on smoothly. OF course. / shall de.
prive YOU OF your liberty. but only for
your good. / hope. Besides. its my
business. Now. IL 50 happens that
( I'm the man who found the gem In your
hat. Therefore. ] know IL wasn't
/ planted BY the finder. OF course. hac
a witness Sergt. Stavely was here
/ helping M 20 search. And when
looked i'm your hat. which was hanging
\ on the peg there-well. I told him what
/ I had discovered-for my own sake. YOU
! knoW-for my own sake. Kinch. old fel-
low. Besides. 10 was such a curious
place 20 select; both for hiding and for
seeking. Who would have thought that
a thing was again in place where one
had seen it taken FROM
/ That's precisely what ought to prove
i nv complete innocence" said Kinch.
"But I haven't vet accused you; I've
merely arrested you. And. in addition.
as / said. I'm going 10 help you. Now,
Kinch. my boy. / remember that YOU
q. slept in this room last night; and /
also remember that owing TO the heat.
left the window open IL is just pos
. sible-only just-but still II is possible
, that the fellow YOU tried 20 nab fol-
lowed YOU here. lie is the only person
] to our knOwled ge-who was aware
that the diamond was in our possession.
except the Jewel merchant and his as
l sistants. But. there! What would any
of them want 10 plant the thing for
r Why didn't they take IL with them2 50
E Il may resolve itself intO-into-shall
y We say your friend Howland? In
;. any case I'm going 20 see IL the man
T. who planted that diamond in your hat
! is coming back for IL. Tonight you
n will use the same armchair that YOU
y used last night; only tonight YOU viii
y be crouched behind it-and awakei"
To my plan Kinch readily agreed.
+ was reader Of novels; but only ;
certain class of novels; and that mere
" for professional purposes. My IA
. vorite authors were Emile Gaboriau
Fortune Du Boisgobey. Edgar Allai
Poe and Wilkie Collins. Now, l ha'
= just finished reading The Moonstone.
IL will be rene bered that in this worl
a certain diamond is lost, and that tn
man 10 whom il is Of the greatest im
portance that the stone shall be foun'
q is the unwilling cause OF its loss. H
y walks in his sleep. and transports tn
J. gem from place of comparative ssfet
/ TO a place from whence IL Is taken b.
H. the real thief.
I wanted TO see if Joseph Kinch wer
! somnambulist. I remembered tha
he had dropped asleep with his min
y = full Of the diamond, its value. its hic
/" ing place-selecteG by me; and its cal
rying place-seleeted by himself. An
:, | thought that, in his troubled sluu
"a beTs. his su6consciousness might hav
been at work telling him 10 mistrus
1 my selection and 10 use one more hi
own. And i also thought (drawin
again upon Wilkie Co.linS) that.
Kinch were placed in almost his ider
v. teal position Of the night before, h
re might possibly repeat almost his idel
IL teal movements.
g That night. at spy-hole in the wa
n just above a picture, stationed Serg
We Stavely. wanted witness. for ninch
- sake, and perhaps for my own. As Il
ne me. I hid in IA cupboard which had
H. hole bored in a panel. The windo
OF was left open; the gas was turns
40 down; ani Detective Kinch was el
sconced behind chair. That | vi
ne the only occupant of my miniatul
ct Black Hole OF Calcutta pleased n
greatly, and l applied to the sma
! l drilled hole opening in the panel n
as mouth more often than my eve. Wou
ie- no one come? Would nothing happeI