Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-12-16
:. The King of Diamonds. -
TALE OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE
By LOUIS TRACY.
CHAPTER MIL Continued.)
ALE OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE
By LOUIS TRACY.

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.onse that some one, either the man or
r, ,ronan-the woman, / thinks
~ responsible for my mothers
I'll She was poor-wretchedly, hor-
u;ki, noor-the poverty of thin clothing
~ III Insufficient food. She was i'll, con-
al II a miserable howell for weary
.,onths and was so utterly unprovided
-;tb the barest necessaries that the par
:.L doctor was on the point of compelling
Lor "a 90 to the workhoHse infirmary
,sben death came. Am | to be the in
st,ument of Gou vengeance on this
woman?"
Mr. Abingdon, who had risen to light
CIGAR placed a kindly hand on the
Young mans shoulder.
Philip" he said, with some emotion,
81 have never yet heard you utter hasty
indrment. You have prudence far beyond
your years. 1t seems to me, speaking
with all the reverence of man in face of
the DEGREES of Providence, that God has
already provided terrible punishment
for LADY Louisa Morland. What is the
name of her son?"
Il do not know l forgot to ask"
II have a wide experience of the
Dassel during many years of my life that
one Of his type did not appear before me
in the dock. What is he-a roue, gam
bier probably drunkard?"
All these, gathered from the solic-
itors."
And if your mother were living, what
would she say to Lady Morland?"
She would pity her from the depths
Of her heart Yes, abingdon. you are
right. My uncle's wife has chosen her
own path. She must follow it, let it lead
where it will | will write to AIessrs
Sharpe 4 SmlJn now. But step into my
dressing room with me for a moment
will you?"
In a corner of the spacious apartment
to which he led has guest stood a large
safe Philip opened it. Within were
number of books and documents, but in
large compartment at the bottom stood
peculiar object for such a repository
an ordinary, leather portmanteau. He
l..,ed it onto a couch and took a key
from a drawer i'll tne safe
This is one of my treasures which
you have never seen. he said with a
sorroWful smile. 1T has not been in the
light for many years"
He revealed to his friends wondering
eyes the tattered SUIT, the slipshod boots,
the ragged shirt and cap, the rusty door
key. associated with that wonderful
month of March OF decade earlier. He
reverehtly unfolded some of his mothers
garments, and his eyes were misty as he
surveyed them.
But from the pocket of the portman-
teau he produced a packet of soiled let
tiers. One by one he read them aloud.
though he WINGED at the remembrance of
the agony his mother must have endured
as she experienced each rebuff from Lady
Morland and her husbands solicitors.
Yet he persevered to the end.
Il wanted a model for a brief com
munioation to Messrs. Sharpe & Smith"
he said, bitterly. Il think the general
purport of their correspondence will serve
my needs admirably
As he closed the Gladstone bag his
stern mood vanished.
Do you know" he said. chat this
odd looking portmanteal, always locked
and always reposing in safe. has puz-
zled my Wallets considerably? One man
got 1t out and tried to open it. l caught
nm IN the act. / honestly believe both
he and the Others were under the impress
sion that | kept my diamonds in it,
By tie way, that reminds me of re-
quest from Isaacstein. As all the smaller
diamonds have now been disposed of, and
there remain only the large stones, he
thinks that some of them might be cut
INTO sections. They are unmarketable at
present"
Very well Let us appoint day next
week and overhaul the entire collection.
intend to keep the big ones to form the
center ornaments of tiara, necklace,
and gewgaws of that sort"
Il am glad to hear it."
My dear fellow, l suppose there will
be Mrs. Arson some day, but | have
not found her yet"
Who'er she be.
That not impossible she
Auat snail command my heart and me
ana ripple of laughter chased away
'he last shadows from his face.