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BLACK PEARL RESCUED.
"As Fraulein Roth concluded her story,
the manner of the president of police
changed. What you say sounds very
plausible he said. bowling politely. but 1
will have to detain you, nevertheless. until
the Grosswardein police has been heard
from. You will leave the pin with me-yes.
L will give you receipt-and drive srom
here to the Hotel Erzherzog Karl. to re-
main at my expense until further orders
"Caecilie's eyes filed with tears. Am 1
a prisoner. them she asked falteringly.
Not a prisoner was the chiefs reply,
but 1 must insist that one of my plain
clothes men keep an eye on you wherever
you go out
After the fraulein's departure, the presi-
dent took down my own statement and
communicated it TO the British embassy,
while at the same time telephone and tele-
graph carried Caecilie's story TO her home
town. From the latter place ccrroborative
evidence arrived within a very few hours,
but the English ambassador broke all rec
ords in responding TO the call. Indeed, he
didn't think il beneath his dignity TO in
sFect personally the supposed crown jewel.
l was still in the presidents cfiCc when
his ponderous coach drove up at a rafting
rate, and l saw the great man jump up
the stoop, taking two steps at a time.
II recognized the pearl at sight, giving
from memory weight, circumference shade,
blemishes and other marks and promising
TO reward me royalty for assisting in dis
covering the gem at this opportune mo-
ment, when it was still time to include it
in King Edwards crown, now being con-
structed.' If he had had his own way, he
would have carried the jewel away with
him ~instanter, but, of course, the chief
wouldn't agree to that. Next morning
Akos Kelemen arrived in charge of a de-
%tective, not because he was suspected. but
because the great BOBBY, who speaks only
his own language, Hungarian, was afraid
to trust himself alone in the big city. He
corroborated Fraulein Caecilie in all she
had said and brought papers to show that
he had come honestly to the great jewel.
His father, it appears, had been body
hussar' to the late Count Louis Batthanyi,
some time prime minister of the Hungarian
revolutionary government of 1S4S.
ON THE SCAFFOLD.
"Batthanyi, a very rich man, used to
NSdL II pm III IL le up u the very nOuL
of his death, the morning of Oct. 6, 1S49,
when he was treacherously executed by
the victorious Austrians. IS he barred his
breast to receive the bullets of the enemy's
soldiers he handed the pin to E. Kelemen,
ST., who attended him, as a token of his
appreciation for long and honest services,
a fact which the commanding officer at
tested then and there. A minute later the
hero and martyr expired with the cry:
Long live Hungary!
THE pin was also mentioned in the elder
Kelemen's testament, that willed it to his
son, after setting forth the facts men
toned.
Take care of it, said the quaint docu-
ment, for, according TO the gypsy who
sold it to my master. it is a true luck
bringer. All, if the great count had but
kept it on the bullets would have rebound
ed from his breast, and he might be alive
to-day
Beyond this vague reference to the gyp-
sy merchant, nothing could be ascertained
as to how the pearl came into Count Bat
thanyi's possession. 1t was probably snug
gled out of England soon after the theft,
and, like other stolen jewels. travelled from
land to land in a vain search of purchasers,
as the treasury's advertisement prevented
its sale in the open market or at royal
courts. Whether Batthanyi knew the true
value of the pearl when he bought it is a
question. The Kelemens, father and son,
had undoubtedly no notion whatever of ii.
III proof of that it is but necessary to point
out that Akos, when he got into difficulties,
thought nothing of the gem itself, but, TAX
ing it from its mornings, sold the gold
mounting only, while his final offer of it to
Caecilie was confessedly in the nature of
an appeal to her pity. At any rate, there
beng no reason for suspecting either Akos,
Caecilie or the Batthanyi family, the En-
gIish treasury declared itself satisfied with
the explanations given. and moved that
the case against Miss Roth be dropped. AT
the same time Akos was paid the reward
offered long ago for the return Of the great
black pearl, namely, G2,5OO sterling, OF
which he promised to make the very best
use by buying a frst-class home for his
future wife, Fraulein Caecilie. For the
very light service L was able to render in
this matter L was rewarded by a lucrative
1 position in London, affording me the
| chance TO assist in the construction of King
Edwards new crown, which will be vastly
| improved by exchanging the imitation
black pearl, that some Of his ancestors
wore, for the real world-famed gem.
1.-The following is a summary of jewels
that will adorn the crown One large ruby,
one large broad sapphire, sixteen sapphires,
eleven emeralds, four rubies, 1858 brilliant
diamonds, 1913 rose diamonds, 17 table
diamonds, four drop-shaped black pearls
Including the one just recoveredD, and 27S
other pearls. Like the black pearl, many
OF the gems mentioned have an interesting
history. The sapphire, for instance, came
from the signet ring of Edward the Con-
lessor, and the great ruby was formerly
owned by the King of Grenada, whom Pc
dro the Cruel invited to his palace and foul
ly murdered TO secure this gem"
F. f. L.
Copyright by Henry W.. Fischer.l