The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09

mo-" replied kttwsfer, &baking MS
head. Gideon IIaylc Ia not the aort
OF man to allow himself to be photo.
graphed. and whats more you must
remember that when We reached
Nainpoung. the station on the from.
tier Of Burmah. VIC had scarcely n
rag upon our backs. Any goods and
chatteis we might once have pos
sesAed were In the hands OF the Chi
nese. They had robbed rs Of every.
thing. except what that arch thief,
Hayie. had already stolen from us"
As he said this. another look such
"a had seen on the occasion of his
previous visit spread over his face.
tsrhe robber. the thief" he Missed,
almost trembling in his sudden cx'
cess " rage; "when get hold OF him
he shnll rue bis treachcry to the day
Of his death. Upwards Of o quarter
OF million of money he stole from
MS. aud where Is u now2 Where 10
ms sight. aud where IL Coddy's pow
er Of speech All gone. and he is
free. Vengeance IL Mine, saith the
Lard. but want 20 repay u myself.
! want to-"
Here be ichnt across the table and
turned his sirhtlesS eyes upon me.
~rhIA IL certainly q eurionp aert
Of missionary" said 10 myself a. !
watched him. ''IIe may BE- amlttcn
on one cheek. but | scarcely fancy
he would be content TO turn the
other fp the striker"
At this moment Coddy leant for
ward IN his chair. and placed hia
hand upon his friends arm. The efr
fec, was magical His 81 Of impotcnt
m e. died down as suddenly as Il had
sprung up. and Immediately he be-
came again the quiet, suave, smooth
spokrn Individual who had FIRST en-
tered nv Office.
u rust beg your pardon. Mr., Fair
fas." he said, In q totally different
voice to that in which he had just
spoken. w hen ! remember how We
hrs. h@ea Srens~d. ! sa apt - fog
get myself J trust You will forgive
me-
Il win do 40 willingly" answered.
-'loa have certainly wen the right
20 be excused II YOU entertain a feel
ing Of resentment for the man who
has treated you 80 shamefuily. And
now 90 resume our oonversntiouy"
what we're you about to say9"
NJ was about 10 ash YOU the NUM-
her and description OF the stones Of
which he robbed you, You told me
they numbered % In al, II rrmem'
Der Alright Can you tell me how
many there were Of each?"
"Forty-eight rubles and IS sap
phires." he replied without mo-
msnt'S hesitation. The ruhlcs were
UNCUT and OF various sizes, ranging
perhaps from ten 20 eighty carata.
They were true rubieS, not spinels,
remember that. The sApphires ran
from IS oaratE 10 %. and there ~aa
not q flaw amongst them"
elias IIAylr any knowledge of the
value Of precious stones?"
"There's not q krrner judge in the
east. lie would he a cunning man
who would succeed in taking him In
about the value Of anything from .
moonstons 10 q ruby"
"In that case he would, IN oil prob
ability. know where 90 place them
To the best Advantage"
'You may be sure that was his in.
| teutlon in coming TO England. Hut
we have tried Hatton Garden aud
can hear nothing of him there"
lie may have disposed Of some OF
them on the continent" said
However. we will soon clear that
point np. The sire of the larger
stones Is 40 unusual that they would
be certain to attract attention. And
now one other question. Are you
aware whether he has any friends or
relatives in England"
$50 far as We know he has not q
single relative In the world" kitwa-
ter replied. "Ilavc you ever heard
OF one, Coddy?"
The little man shook his head. and
then, taking the others hand, tapped
upon Il with his fingers in the man
ner ! have already described.
"iie says Hayle had sister once,
OF whom he was very fond" The
tapping upon the hand continued
! an.i vuvu mvrv niiwai-r trnnsiutrGi
she was u cripple. and lived in a
small house on the Brompton road
She died while IIRyic was In North
| Borneo; Ia not that so, little man p
Codd nodded his head to show that
Kltwater had interpreted him cor
reetly. l then made some inquiries
as 20 the missing mans habits. Sc
far the description | had had of him
was commonplace In the extreme.
"Do you know whether he shipped
on board the Jemadar for England
under his own name. or under an as
su,ned one2"
sHe booked his passage IA George
Bertram." KltwAter replied. eve
know that Is so. for we made In
quiries at Rangoon."
next noted the name and address
| of the vessels owner. and resolved "a
pay him a visit next morning. II
would be hard u | could not learn
from him something concerning Mr.
Hayie. and where he had gone on
landing.
II think those are all the questions
I want 10 ask you at present." said
closing my notebook. at would bC
as well perhaps for you to furnish
me with your address, In order that
may communicate with you, should
Il be necessary"
Sat present. "aaid KltwHter, Eve are
staying with my niece at the village
OF BiKhopstowe In Surrey. Ny late
brother was vicar of the parish for
many years. and he left his daughter
q small property in the neighbor'
bnod. They tell me II II . pretty
place. hut. as you are aware. unfor
tunateiy cannot see It, and m,
frsrnd Codd here cannot talk to m,
about itT''
lie heaved q heavy Aigh and ther
rose 10 depart.
u must sgaIn express my graft
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