Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-26

ments. or valuables, or anything-that any other person, to your knowledge is anxious to get hold off"
 T have not, sor-divil document AS to valuables. thin an me is the cowldest av sthrangers"
 "Just call to mind, now, the face of the man who tried to put powder in your drink, and that of the doctor who attended to you in the railway station Were they at all alike. or was either like anybody you have seen before?"
 Leamy puckered his forehead and thought. "Faith," he said presently "they were bit alike. though wan had a beard an the udther whiskers only"
 Neither happened to look like Mir. Hollams, for instancey'
 Leamy started. "Begob, but they did! They'd ha' been mortal like him 1 if they'd been shaved" Then, after a pause, he suddenly added. Holy saints! is ut the family he talked av?'
 Hewitt laughed. Perhaps it is," he said Now, as to the man who sent you with the bag. Was 1t an old bag"
 i Bran cracklin' new-a brown leath- CT bag"
 "I.ocked?"
 "That I niyer thried sor. It was not my consarn."
 True. Now. as to this MT. W. him. self" Hewitt had been ging for some few minutes in portfolio and finally produced photograph and held it before the Irishman's eyes. "Is that like him?" he asked.
 "Shure it's the man himself! Is he a frind av yours, sorT'
 "No, he's not exactly friend of mine," Hewitt answered. with a grim chuckle, 'I fancy he's one of that very respectable family you heard about at NIT. Hollams'. Come along with me now to Chelsea and see if you can point out that house in Gold street. I'll send for cab"
 He made for the outer office, and went with him.
 What is all this, Hewitt" I asked "a gang of thieves with stolen prop ertyY
 Hewitt looked in my face and re- piled, Its the Quinton rubyw
 What. The ruby. Shall you take the case up, thenT
 q shall. It is no longer a specula- tion."
 Then do you expect to find it at Hollams' house in Chelsea?" I asked.
 "No. don't. because 1t isn't there, else why are they trying to get it from this unlucky Irishman? There has been bad faith in Hollams' gang. I ex- pect, and Hollams has missed the ruby ard suspects Leamy of having taken it from the bag"
 "Then who is this Mir. W. whose portrait you have in your possession?" ?"
 "See herer' Hewitt turned over a small pile of recent newspapers and selected one. pointing at a particular paragraph.
 It was an evening paper of the pre- NAOuo was a very short one. thus:
 The man wilks. who was arrested at Euston station yesterday In connec- tion with the robbery of Lady Quin- tons jewels. has been released. noth- Ing being found to incrlminate him."
 The thing was plain now. wilks must have been bringing his booty to town and calculated on getting out at Chalk Farm and thus eluding the watch which he doubtless felt pretty sure would be kept Cby telegraphic in- structionl at Euston for suspicious characters arriving from the direction of Radcot. His transaction with Lea my was his only possible expedient to save himself from being hopeIessly taken with the swag in his Possession. The paragraph told me wLs Leamy had waited in vain for "AIr. w." in the cab.
 What shall you do nowT asked.
 T shall go to the Gold street house and find out what I can as soon as this cab turns u7."
 May I come to look on7' I said -Of course I don't want to be in your way, and the result of the business, whatever 1t Is. will be 10 your credit alone. But I am curiouS"
 Come, then. by all msna The cab will be c four wheeler. and there win be plenty of room"
 Gold street was q short street of private houses of verJ fair sine and of . half vanished prsfsnston to sentiIfty. We drove slowly thrOufh. and Lezny had 10 IdlHrulfy i1 Doin1rE put the