Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-05

or appeared to bestow On it an anxious
scrutiny, putting on his glasses and
examining it carefully before passing
IL back to the inspector
II have heard" said he, with a
change of tone which must have been
noticeable to every one, that this
stone was a very superior one and
quite worthy of The fame 1t bore here
In America. But, gentlemen, you have
all been greatly deceived in it; no one
more than he who was willing to COM
NIT murder for its possession. The
stone which you have just been good
enough to allow me to inspect Is no
diamond, but carefully manufactured
bit Of paste not worth the rich and
elaborate setting which has been given
TO L. am sorry to be the one to
say this, but / have made a study Of
precious stones, and cannot let this
bare faced imitation pass through my
hands without protest. Mr.. Rams
DELL" this to our host, II beg you will
allow me TO utter my excuses and de-
part at once. My daughter is worse
this know as certainly as that am
standing here. The cry you have heard
is the one superstition of our family.
Pray God that find her alivev'
! After this what could be said?
Though no one who had heard him, not
even my own romantic self, showed
any belief in this Interpretation Of the
remarkable sound that had just gone
thrilling through the house, yet, in face
Of his declared acceptance Of 1t as a
warning and the fact that all efforts
had failed to locate the sound or even
to determine its source, no other
course seemed open but to let this dis
tinguished man depart with the sud-
denness his superstitious fears de-
manded.
That this was in opposition to the
inspectors wishes was evident enough
Naturally he would have preferred Mr..
Grey to remain, If only to make clear
his surprising conclusions in regard to
/ a diamond which had passed through
the hands of some of the best Judges
in the country without doubt having
been raised as to its genuipeness.
With his departure the inspectors
manner changed. He glanced at the
stone in his hand and slowly shook his
head
II doubt if Mr.. Grey's judgment can
be depended on tonight" said he and
pocketed the gem as carefully as if his
belief in its real value had been but
little disturbed by the assertions OF
! this renowned foreigner
| / have no distinct remembrance OF
( how finally left the house or of what
! passed between my uncle and myself
on our way home. / was numb with
the shock, and neither my intelligence
nor my feelings were any longer active.
recall but Sone impression. and that
! was the effect made on me by my old
home on our arrival there, as Of some
thing new and strange, so much had
/ happened and such changes had taken
4 place in myself since leaving it five
hours before. But nothing else is vivid
| in my remembrance till that early hour
! of the dreary morning when, on wax
! Ing to the world with cry, beheld
my ulcle's anxious figure bending
over me from the footboard
Instantly found tongue and ques-
ton after question leaped from my
lips. He did not answer them. He
could not. But when grew feverish
and insistent he drew the morning
paper from behind his back and laid
1t quietly down within my reach.
felt Gained in an instant, and when
after a few affectionate words he left
me to myself seized on the sheet and
read what so many others were read
ing at that moment throughout the city.
spare you the account SO far as it
comedies with what had myself seen
and heard the night before. A few
particulars which had not reached my
ears will interest you. The instrument
Of death found in the place designated
by Mr.. Durand was one Of note to such
as had any taste OF knowledge Of
curios. 1t was a stiletto Of the most
delicate type, long, keen and slender,
not an American product, not even Of
this century's manufacture, but q relic
of the days when deadly thrusts were
given In the corners and byways of
medieval streets.
This made the first mystery.
The second was the as yet unex-
plainable presence on the alcove floor
Of two broken coffee cups, which no
waiter nor any other person, in fact,
admitted having carried there. The
tray, which had fallen from Peter
MONEYS hand-the waiter who had
been the first to give the alarm of MUIR
der-had held no cups, only ices. This
was a fact, proved. But the handles
of two cups had been found among
the debris-cups which must have
been full from the size of the coffee
stain left on the rug where they had
fallen
In reading this / remembered that
Mr.. Durand had mentioned stepping
on some broken pieces Of china in his
escape from the fatal scene, and
struck with this confirmation of a