Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-26

| by granting him just twenty-four
hours, and when Fairbrother said the
time was not long enough and allowed
his hand to steal ominousiy to his
breast he repeated still more decisive
ly, 'STwenty-four hours"
The examiner honored bravery. With.
drawing his hand from his breast, he
brought out a notebook instead of
pistol and. In a tone fully as deter
mined, replied: 1.-The diamond is in a
place inaccessible to any one but my
ealf. If you will put your name to a
promise not to betray me for the thirty
six hours ask, will sign one to re-
store you the diamond before 100
o'clock on Friday"
cause OF anxiety left his breast, ana he
enced people with more and more cour-
age till the moment when he suddenly
heard that the diamond had been
| found In the possession Of a man per-
| fectly strange to him and saw the in
| spector pass 1t over into the hands of
Mr.. Grey.
Instantly he realized that the crisis
Of his fate was on him. If Mr.. Grey
were given time to identify this stone,
ne (Abner Fairbrother) was lost and
the diamond as well. Could he prevent
! this? There was but one way, and
| that way he took. Making use OF his
| ventriloquiaI powers-he had spent a
! year on the public stage In those early
/ days, playing just such tricks as these
The raised the one cry which he knew
would startle Mr.. Grey more than any
other in the world, and when the dia-
: mond fell from his hand, as he Wit
would, he rushed forward and, in the
| act of picking 1t up, made that ex-
change which not only baffied the sus-
picions of the statesman, but restored
TO him the diamond, for whose posses
sion he was now ready to barter half
his remaining days.
Meanwhile Mr.. Grey had had his own
! anxieties. During this whole long
| evening, he had been sustained by the
conviction that the diamond Of which
] he had caught but one passing glimpse
was the Great Mogul of his once ia
nous collection. So sure was he Of
| this, that at one moment he found him
self tempted to enter the alcove, de-
| mand q closer sight of the diamond
and settle the question then and there.
He even went so far as to take in his
| hands the two cups of coffee which
should serve as his excuse for this IN
trusion, but his naturally chivalrous
instincts again interviewed, and he set
the cups down again-this I did not
see-and turned his steps toward the
library with the intention of writing
her a note instead. But though he
found paper and pen to hand, he could
| find no words for SO daring request,
and he came back into the hall, only
to hear that the woman he bad con-
templated addressing had Just been
murdered and her great Jewel stolen.
| The shock was too much, and as
there was no leaving the house then,
he retreated again to the library where
he deyoured his anxieties in silence till
hope revived again at sight Of the dia-
mond In the inspectors hand, only to
vanish under the Vaccinations Of one
he did not even recognize when he took
the false jewel from his hand.
The American had outwitted the Eng
llshman and the triumph Of evil was
complete.
Or so 1t seemed. But IL the English
man is slow. he is sure. Thrown of
the track for the time being, Mr.. Grey
had only to see picture of the stiletto
IN the papers. to feel again that, de-
spite all appearances, Fairbrother was
really not only at the bottom of the
thefts from which his cousin and him
self had suffered, but of this frightful
murder as well. He made no open
] move-he was a stranger In a strange
land and much disturbed, besides, by
his fears for his daughter-but he
started secret inquiry through his old
valet, whom he ran across in the street
and whose peculiar adaptability for
this kind OF work he we'll knew.
The aim Of these inquiries was to
determine If the person, whom two
physicians and three assistants were
endeavoring to nurse back to health
ON the top of wild plateau IN re-
mote district of New Mexico, was the
man he had once entertained at his
own board In England, and the ad-
ventures thus incurred would make a
story in itself. But the result seemed
to justify them. Word came after In
Vulnerable delays. very trying to Mr.
Grey, that he was not the same.
though he bore the name of Fair
brother. and was considered by every
one around there to be Fairbrother
Mr.. Grey, ignorant of the relations be-
tween the millionaire master and his
man which sometimes led to the lat
ters personifying the former, was con-
fldent OF his own mistake and bitterly
ashamed of his own suspicious.
But second message set him right
A deception was being practiced down
In New Mexico, and this was how his
spy had found 1t out. Certain letters
which went into the sick tent were
sent away again. and always to that
one address. He had learned the ad-