The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-10

iaple interlection, losipg MIS- temper n
With p ssmlle. while told him ' the
Flight hundred pounds less than
the their value" he answered. well salts.
You have no doubt of their real
ing so at '"t them ss .rhey = are genSSin,
stones precisely The same p Quality
| Amelia drew Sigh OF relief. TN go
upstairs" she said slowly. and bring
down my own for you both to COM
again. brenthless. Amelia is far from
| slim and ! never before knew her ex-
Charles. Charles" she cried. "do you
know what dreadful thing has happor-
ed7 Two OF my own stones are gone.
He's stolen couple Ct diamonds on !, from
She held out the riviere. y was all
too true. Two gems were missipg--and
these two just fitt,d the empty placesi
nv hand to my head. "By Jovc." i OK.
clay!p
Charles clapped his own hand to hi.
white Heather"--tl,at innocent little
Scotch woman. l often detected ia
miliar ring in her voice, IN spite OF tina
charming Highland accent. JESSIE Is
Madame picardetw
We had absolutely no evidence: but
like the conmissaIy at Nice we felt
| instinctiyely sure OF IT.. Sir Charles
This second deception put him on his
mettlc.
1.-The worst of the man is he said
"he has method. He doesn't go out
go out of ours to be cheated. He LAYS
| a trap and we tumble headlorg intt
II morrow. sey, we must folio"
Amelia explained 10 him what Mrs.
O'Hagan had said. Charles took 1t ali
| in at once with Ills usual sagacitY
-That explains" no said, WHY IN.
draw US on by. II we had suspected
him he could have shown the dia-
rnonds were real and so escaped detec-
ton. It was a blind 20 draw a US a OF
Ito Paris to be out Of the way when
| the discovery was made, and TO get u
clear days start OF US. What con-
"How did he get at my. jewel case.
Enough, Amelia exclaimed.
Y se % saSe i, e aboa, so
and why didn't he steal the Whole
riviore at once and sell the sensT'l
INQUIRED. .r,..
ensv to dispose Of o big thing like that.
| In the first place. the stones are largy
and valuable: in the sesond a. pi lac heard
OF the Vandritt rlyicre and seen pic
! lures Of the shape Of them. They,Ee
marked gems, so to speak. NO, ne
| Of them off and offered them to the
only person on earth who was likely
/ to buy them without suspicion. tie re
came here, meaning to work th,s YET. -
trick; he had the links mace ACE r hs stoie
the stones and slipped then; into their
places. It's a wonderfully clever trick.
Upon my soul. ! almost admire inc
For Charles was business man HIM
self. and can appreciate business ca
pacity in others. 49,.
| that necklet and to appropriate two OF
later. Il will not here anticipate that
disclosure. One thing at time is
gs in sn g0r u. Inc ~
However, we followed him on to
Paris. stelegraphing beforehand to the he
Bank of France T t. stop the S.s notes she'd
within half an hour. Of my paying them.
The curate and his wife. we found.
quilted the Hotel des Daux Mondes for
R 9aris as sn usual with Colonel Clay. they
VANISHED into space, leaving no clue
behind them. In other words, they,
changed their disguise. no doubt, and
reappeared somewhere else that night
| In altered characters
at any rate, no such person as the
Rev. Richard Peploe Brabazon was
ever afterward heard of--and, for the
as Empingham, Northumberland.
We communicated the matter to the
Partisan police, They We're most un,
Clay" said the official whom we saw:
l"butyou seem to have little just ground
| of complaint against him, AS far as
/ to choose between you. You, Monster
lie Chevalier, desired to buy diamonds
cared you had bought paste al, the price
tary, tried to get the stones from an
unsuspeoting person for half their
value. He took you all in, that brave
G Co g;dne Ga9"tchouc-it was diamond
Which was true, no doubt, but by
We returned to the Grand Hotel,
This Is really too much!" he5exclainled.
what an audacious rascal! But hs
will never again take me in, my dear
Should so love to o oatoh t. HIM ry Ia I! KIN Know
him another time, I'm sure, In spite
Of his DISCUSSES. It's absurd, my being
rsssa .Macs ws s Ns Ss n4t
I declare to your ''Jamais do la Vial
a courier in the hall close by muir.
INJURED. responsive, We stood under the 1
glass courtyard, and verify believe
that courier was really Colonel Clay
himself In one Of his disguises
But perhaps We were beginning to
suspect him everywhere.
Knew Its Habits.
Explorer: Yes. i have decided to-
make my dash In an automobile Az
Reporter. And you think your Chr ~ .