Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-12-05

and to me. Instead, he.watched the
Temporary haunt Of the Illicit dia-
Il mond seller. This he did for is hours.
At the end Of that somewhat tire-
some period he crawled back to where
II was anxiously awaiting him. And
3Eas he entered the sitting room Of the
Office I rose to my feet with pleasant
/, greetings.
''Wh hat luck, Knch, my boy p
3# He told me every thing. ..l
well, never mind,' said, soothing
I II, you've already done enough to
make Rowland yet more jealous;
you've got the stone; the man wen
have later. Meanwhile, I'll put this
& precious little pebble in my desk. Z
I did so. In addition, / made to lock
the desk. Isfound that had left#my
g key. in the front office; I went there.
B Then I found that i had no matches.
Fumbling aboat in the dark, i at last
came upon my knees. BY the time I
4 had returned to the sitting-room some
minutes had elapsed. And Detective
Kinch was asleep. 4
was not surprised. The dutiful
man had been on his feet about one
and-twenty hours. It was now five
4 a. m. determined not to awaken
him. He could sleep in that cozy arm
4 chair very well for the next hour or
two; and, as for myself, I could have
d a pitch on the bed upstairs. saw
sKinch's bowler hat lying on the floor.
81 picked it up and put it on a peg be-
hind the door. Should I close and
4 fasten the wind dow? Well, I am q man
of many suspicious; the nature of my
business and the disposition of my
wife have made me so. But there was
little danger, and on that sultry SUM
mer night the room was already too
3 hot. turned down the gas. AS I
left the room-quietly, So as not to
disturb the slum bering man it
seemed to me that, even then, there
was something that had forgotten
! to do; but not for my life could I
have determined the nature Of that
something. s.s 5s 5:s3.. 81 ....s#
In the morning was forcibly re-
minded. Entering the room found
that Kinch was still asleep. II softly
moved to the desk. It was not locked;
that. then, was what u had forgot
ten to do. /. lifted the lid, looked in,
/ fumbled about-the diamond was
gone! %. III: 55 s 5sss
Well, we raked that desk as stArv-
ing man might rake his pockets for
money, and with just about as much
hope. And, look where we would, we
failed to find the diamond. And that
was how Detective Kinch came to8tell
me that he was bahed.
No one entered the room q I
asked.
Not to my knowledge
You were asleep all the time" II
All the time, !" he answered, stoutly.
After more searchings and more
questions and more answers-a..le equal
~ fruitless, all equally hafning aug-
gested that Kinch had better go down
stairs into the wardroom and have;
some breakfast. He took that sugges-
ton and his departure. But, first, he
made to take his hat. ] pointed out
quietly as Il could, that such was not
necessary. He admitted as much. and
left his hat hanging on the peg where i
had placed it oyernig ht. Evidently the.
loss Of the diamond had rather upset
him. ss.t
When he had gone from the room i
pursued my search. Its result was
speedy, curious and astounding. de
termined to communicate that result 10
Detective Kinch. I ummoned him. He
entered. i requested him Z, be seated
He sat. 4 told him that ! had learned,
little matter connected with tie dia-,
mpond. y asked him = few questions.
Detective Kinch, u arrest YOU. =.
..Why 2'' ts S.
.sThe diamond has been found!
Where ~ 8;
In the lining of your hat 3
Detective Kinch turned crimson. III
knew that this was i color much worn
nv the innocent. There fore 8 did not
mark il down as being. agaipst him. But
n am . man. of many suspecions; the.
nature Of my business and the diSpQsi-:
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when discovered thai. valuable st@ne.
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