The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-06

=: =. The Malroda RUDY. S:

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I "I remember seeing it mentioned
in the papers at the time of your
marriage, twelve years ago. You
wore it at Mrs. Endovers that
! night?"
The question was raped out
sharply.
Lady Borrcdaile looked tribe
confused.
Yes, as a matter of fact l did. It's
well, it went so well with my dress.
| thought it a pity not to. I've only
worn it dozen times since it came
| into my possession"
The Vigilant's eyes cleaned.
@You will not wear it again." ne
| snapped. Your other jewels, yes;
the Mairoda ruby, no. Ten days ago
there was small paragraph in the
| papers giving an account of a motor
accident at the gates of your country
house?"
Eyes. that is so. My husband was
driving. We had just passed the
| lodge-.nere is sharp, a danger
| ously sharp turn, coming out of the
drive on to the main road. Luckily
we always make rule of going slow
there. Just as we got on to the road
a cyclist coming in the opposite d.
| rection dashed into us before we
could stop. We took him straight
to the house. OF course, and had him
taken up 70 bed. We were afraid of
internal injuries, for, barring
scratch or two and cut knee, there
was little to see. and my husband
drove OF straight to Hartford for a
doctor.
"The poor fellow seemed in con-
siderable pain, and the doctor could
| not discover the seat of the injury.
He remained there in bed for couple
of days. and then, at his own request,
he was moved into hospital. He
left, as matter of fact, four days
ago."
THE papers spoke Of the cyclist as
at student at Markham's Hill Col
leges" said the Vigilant, which is, as
you may know, civil service college
where they train, among others, the
sons of Indian, Siamese and other
potentates. This particular young
man was a Siamese. according to
their account"
$50 he told my husband"
That letter that he wrote to his
friend contained an exact description
of the outside of your jewel case.
have no doubt that he succeeded in
getting tracing, which was also
sent in the letter.
Now to go back to the Mairoda
stone. AS far back as it's history can
be traced, it has been the cause of
countless murders. 1t first comes to
light in the hands of Chinese man
| DARN. He was strangled, and years
after the stone appears in Russia in
the dagger hilt of certain Duke
Vlodmir, who also died a violent
death. and SO on for period of four
hundred years-roughly, until your
husbands grandfather won it at the
gaming tables at Crockford's. Short
ly afterward an attempt was made to
assassinate him; it was unsuccessful,
and since that time it's history has
Deen uneVentful.
Nov will read you one or two
short extracts, Kioto!"
Third pointed to the bookshelves,
aud gave an order in low voice.
The small Jap, soft-footed, laid
some volumes on the table at his ell
bow. The Vigilant picked up the
first.
This is an exhaustive work on
fre-worship. Toward the end we find
this:
Notice must also be made Of the
GaeWaks, an almost extinct tribe OF
Northern Siam. who in long past ages
worshiped not fire. but gigantic red
jewel. probably a ruby Of great size
and value, which was supposed to
have buried in its heart liquid fire
from the sun, SO tradition runs; and
though it vanished, or was stolen.
many centuries ago, there still exists
| temple and a sect of priests Of this
peculiar worship at a little known
place far UP in the hills called Mey-
rod, or by others Mario
do you know who wrote those
words? Mr.. Endover, your host at
the ball that night on which you wore
the stone, and one of the greatest
living authorities on Siam and its
folklore and religions. He has spent.
| first and last, nearly ten years of his
life there. When you mentioned his
name just now recalled the fact, and
with it another that in an account in
the Morning Post it mentioned that
there were several princelings from
Northern Siam present.
"The case now becomes Obvious:
one OF those bejeweled princes from
the north saw your ruby and recog-
nized it. !"
! Lady Borrodaile started.
you're right, quite right. One Of
them shouldn't know his name or
be able to pronounce it II l did
asked to be introduced to me, and
through his Interpreter asked me all
| sorts Of questions about English