The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
CHAPTER vI.-(Continued.)

with sufficient generalization to have
provided himself with the exact counter
part of brooch, which it is highly i'm
probably he ever saws You would make
him out a Cagilostro or something worse.
Mis- opps vsn a1saa6s as fsas yeGF thsofy
He was very patient with me, he did
not show me the door.
"Yet such substitution took place,
and took place that evening" I insisted.
"The bit Of paste shown US at the In
guest was ever the gem she wore on
entering the alcove. Besides, where all
is sensation, why cavn at one more I'M
probability Mr.. Grey may have come
to America for no other reason: He IS
has passion for diamond -gettingg-'
"He Is known as collectorS'
In his own country.
'I was not told that
"HsT NV; l. ny Bat sss[ t2aPS sSIFS, It bo%* sst
'By a cablegram or so.'
"You,-cabled,-hi name,-to Eng
laPa2" 931. ,.,no,+o.. ,,n.,. ,.. . ,on.
and I made use of it, to ask friend in
London for list Of the most noted dia-
mond fanciers in the country. Mr..
Grey's name was third on the list;
He gave me n look in which admlra-
tion was strangely blended with doubt
and apprehension. -,
"You are making a brave struggle
said he, "but it is a hopeless one.'
t'I have one more confidence to re-
pose in you. The nurse who has charge
of Miss Grey was in my class in the
hospital. We love each other, and to
her I dared appeal on one point. In
sciously fell as he unconsciously drew
.ooro,-((o roto cont from that
sick chamber on the night Of the ball.
q note surreptitiously written by Miss
Grey, while the nurse was IN an adJol1-
ing room. The messenger was Mr.. Grey.|s
valet, and it's destination the house in
which her father was enjoying his posi-
tion as chief guest. She says that it
was meant for him, but I have dared to
think that the valet would tell a diff
ferent story. My friend did not see
what her patient wrote, but she
acknowledged that if her patient wrote
more than two words, the result must
have been an unintelligible scrawl, since
she was too weak to hold a pencil firmly,
and so nearly blind that she would have
had to feel her way over the paper.
The inspector started, and, rising
hastily, went to his desk, from which
which had already figured in the in
quest as the mysterious communication
taken from Mrs. Fairbrother's 3 hand by
the coroner. Pressing it out flat, he
took another look at it, then glanced up
in visible discOmposure.
'sIt has always looked to US as II
written in the dark, by an agitated
I said nothing, the broken and unfin-
ished scrawl was sufficiently eloquent
NDid YOU friend declare Miss Grey
to have written with a pencil and on
small piece Of paper?'
eyes, the pencil was at her bedside;
the paper was torn from book which
lay there. She did not put the note
1t. to the valet just as it was. He is an
old man and had come to her room fol
some final orders.'
VThe nurse saw all thisf She has
that book, supposeS'
emo, it went out next morning, with
believe.'
The inspector turned the morsel OF
paper he here took up, over and over in
his hand.
"What is this nurse = namei"
"Henrietta Person.
uo,,14esy, mHoW much does 'h' k''" OF your
"You have seen her oftenf'
emo, only the once.'
els she discreet9'
every. On this subject she Will be
like Ike, t the !, grave unless forced by you t<
"And Miss Greyf'
turbed by questions, especially on sc
4 delicate a topic. But She is getting
well fast. Her fathers fears as w
heard them expressed on one memor
able occasion were ilfounded, sir: ~
Slowly the inspector inserted thi'
scrap Of paper between the folds of hi!
pocketbook. He did not give me e an
other look, tho I stood trembling before
was was he simply i'm seeking for the most con
siderate way in which to dismiss MI
end my apominable theory9 I coul<
not gather his intentions from his ex
pression and was feeling very faint ant
heartsick when he suddenly turned upo1
ME with the remark
GA girl as i'll as you say Miss Gre,
was must have had some very pressin,
matter on her mind to attempt to writ
and send message under such diff
culties. According to your idea she ma,
some notion Of her fathers designs AM
wished to- to warn t M ME- s. h Fairbrothe b the
agahns5 theR Bt you see tha
Gus, nay, unparalleled in persons o
their distinctions You must find som
other explanation for Miss Grey IS seem
ingly mysterious action and anothe
: agent Of crime than one Of England
most reputable statesmen"
So that Mr. Durand receives a Xix
benefit Of the doubt, I am content,
said [. cit is the truth and the trut
only / desire. I am willing to trus
my cause with you.
He looked none too grateful for thi
confidence. Indeed now that I loo
back upon this scene do not wonde
that he shrunk from the responsibilit
thus foisted upon him.
HWhat do you want me to doi'' h
asked.
9 Prove something. Prove that I al
altogether wrong or altogether RICH
Or if proof is not possible, pray allo'
me the privilege of doing what ca
myself to clear up the matter.
You9o There was apprehension
disapprobation, almost menace in ii
tone. I bore it with as steady an
modest a glance as possible, sayin,
when I thought he was about to spea
again
s1I will do nothing without yo,
sanction. I realize the dangers Of tn
inquiry and the disgrace that woul
follow if our attempt was suspecte
before proof reached point sufffeie1
60 justify it. It is not an open attach
mediate but one