El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-10
keeDer. came to the door.


.Oh. Mr. Allen. Is II you. sir: I'm so
glad to see you, Things is in an aw-
full mess Afore any of us were up this
morning that Mr.. Smith-Or DIR. Smith
icontemptuouslyJ - leaves the house.
Soon after the ma ster was up thcrc
WIS an awful row. He swore he'd
,,een robbed. and when he heard rs
this Smith man had gone ! thought he
WAS going mad. sir: indeed | did. lie
ravcd round the place like regular
luny and then ran to the railroad sta
ton
Mr.. Allen had no difficulty in obtain
ing the vial. hut WcStlock learned moth
ing AT the station. There had not been
a single passenger either to arrive or
DEPART These two doctors seemed To
have vanished completely.
The green sediment WAS analysed.
proved to- Ice nothing hut copperas in
solution. and with that solitary piece
of information the police and all con
cerned in the matter had to he content
Allen had almost forgotten about his
pebble. when wcStluck. the detective,
called again
We'll Mr.. WcStlock. any newSE
asked Allen somewhat surprised.
As no outside news was obtainable. l
came To the conclusion that there had
been some foul play. and for the last
fortnight I've been searching the
neiShborIiond. and met with success
this morning. Both doctors bodies
were living in Meridon quarrics hidden
among Il lot OF undergrowth. To me II
is clear. Dr. Reford must have seen
1t. I'M -h
the two must have had a struggle on
the cliff and in their frenzy have fallen
over"
Allen took the pebble and examined
IL and declared IL was the one he had
extracted from the meteor. He said ne
wanted Ia sell il at once. 1t was de-
cided that lie should run up TO town
and If possible dispose of IT. Allen had
provided himself with plenty OF work
to occupy him during the journey and
was quite absorbed in IL when hand
someIy dressed woman entered the
compartment wherein he sat This
rather disconnected him. for he smoked
heavily. The train was again in mo-
ton. when the door was suddenly
opened and an elderly gentleman STUN
bled in.
ing. the elderly gentleman stood up.
covered Allen with II revolver and de-
handed the diamond
Don't move. my good sir. or you'll
find yourself perforated with a chunk
| OF lead. and you. madam. had better
keep auIet also. as the threat. i am
sorry to say. must extend to you You
see. our friend there has in his pos
-lr hall n
million OF money. and we don't pick
up fortunes like that every day OF the
! week
| Now. then. sir. hurry up; / can feel
the train IS slowing up. and I must
skip out lively. you bet. Don't get out
your precious diamond hurriedly or 7
may think you mean mischief. and pull
this trigger. That's the ticket, slow
and sure. Thank you: just place it on
the seat here. I'm much obliged. All.
the train is slowing up nicely. Give
| my regards to Inspector Westlock, VIII
| you. and tell him only for his untiring
efforts our little gang would never
have got this plum. Smith got the
| doctor fooled. but made a mess OF il.
Good evening. madam"
| All smiles and contentment, the eld-
| erIy gentleman got ready to skip"
| The train was running into the station.
| end still covering Allen, lie tried 10
| open the door. but IL was stiff and ne
| cessitated his STOPPING awkwardly.
| and, OF course. removing his bead
/ from Allen. The handle went click.
| and when the elderly gentleman looked
| round, his face WAS a picture.
| Move and you're dead" said In a
voice that Enthusiastically meant 1t.
To Aliens utter establishment II was
the lady passenger. who was standing
and leveling two businesslike revolv-
ers ut the elderly gentleman
drop that revolver on the floor be
| fore i count five or / fire. One. two
| three. four"
The revolver was dropped on the
carriage floor.
The lady passenger thereupon walk
| ed up to the man. one revolver dead set
handouts just as the train came To- n
| standstill.
The man was walked of into Gus
| tody the lady and Allen following.
You don't recognize me, Mr.. Allen -
the lady asked.
| "\o-Tm sure / don't"
| ''My name is Westlock-John West.
lock-
| "Well.' WAS all Mr.. Allen could say.
YES. sir. | got my cue the day but
1 I.aS Il nm,