The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-08-23

| No one answered "What?" because of
the weird replies that were forthcom-
ing.
The police failed utterly in their eff
forts to discover Philips Identity or
residence Johnson's News, Mile End
road, might as well be In Timbuktu
for all the relation 1t bore to Ludgate
Hill or Hatton Garden. An East End
policeman might have recognized Phil
Up had he seen him, but the official de-
scription of his clothing and personal
appearance applied to thousands of
hobbledehoys in every district In Lon
don.
Two persons among the 100000 Of
| the metropolis alone possessed the
knowledge that would have led the in
quirers along the right track. The doctor
who attended Mrs. Arson In her last
illness, had he read the newspaper
comment on the boys speech and man
nerisms, might have seen the coinci-
dence supplied by the Christian name
and thus been led to make some fur
| Their investigation. But his hands were
full Of trouble of his own account A
| dispenser mixed a prescription wrong
ly and dosed a patient with half an
| ounce Of arsenic instead of half an
| ounce Of cream Of tartar. The suisse
luent inquest gave the doctor enough
to do, and the first paper he had lei
sure to peruse contained bare refer
ence to the diamond mystery" as re-
vealing no further developments. He
passed the paragraph unread.
The remaining uncertain element
centered in old OBrien, the pensioner.
Now it CHANGED that the treasury had
| discovered that by clerical mistake
In warrant the old man had been
| drawing twopence a day in excess of
his rightful pension for thirty three
| years. Some humorist in Whitehall
| thereupon sent him a demand for f103
md 10 shillings, and the member of
the Whitechapel division was COM
| PEELED to adopt stern tactics In the
house before the matter was adjusted.
and O'Brien was allowed to receive
the reduced quarterly stipend then
| due. During that awful crisis the poor
old fellow hardly ate or slept. Even
when it had ended the notion remain
ed firmly fixed in his mind that the
"murdherin' government had robbed
him of hundred gowlden sovereigns
an more"
AS for newspapers, the only item he
read during many days was the ques-
ton addressed by his 'mimber" to the
chancellor of the exchequer and the
ssRf reply thereto, both Of which were
axed beforehand by mutual arrange
ment
In one instance the name given and
afterward repudiated by the boy did
attract some attention. On the Mon
day following the remand a lady sat
at breakfast in q select West End ho-
tel and languidly perused the record of
the case until her eye caught the
words philip Morland." Then her air
Of delicate hauteur vanished, and she
left her breakfast untouched until,
with hawklike curving of neck and
nervous clutching Of hands, she had
read every line of the police court ro-
nance. She was q tall thin, aristo-
cratic looking woman, with eyes set
too closely together, a curved nose like
the beak of bird of prey and hands
covered with leathery skin suggest
ing talons. Her attire and pose were
elegant but she did not seem to be
pleasant sort Of person. Her lips
parted In a vinegary smile as she read
She evidently did not believe one word
Of the newspaper report In so far as
the diamonds were concerned.
"a vulgar swindler' she murmured
to herself. "How Is 1t possible for
police magistrate to be taken in in such
a manner? / suppose Isaacstein knows
more about 1t than appears on the sur
face. But how came the boy to give
that name? 1t Is sufficiently uncom-
mon to be remarkable How stupid 1t
was Of Julie to mislay my dressing
case! 1t would be really interesting to
know what has become Of those people,
and now may have to leave town be-
fore can find out"
How much further her disjointed
comments might have gone 1t Is i'm
possible to say, but at that moment q
French maid entered the room and gaz-
ed inquiringly around the various small
tables with which it was filed. At last
she found the lady, who was breakfast
ing alone, and sped swiftly toward her.
IL am so glad, milady," she said,
speaking in French. "The bag has
found itself at the police station. The
cabman brought 1t there, and, If you
please, mllady, as the value was given
as fS. he claimed reward Of f1.''
(Which you will pay yourself. You
lost the bag" was the curt reply.
"Where is it?"
The maids voice was somewhat tear
full as she answered:
''In milady's room. ! paid the SOW
ereign."
Her ladyshlp rose and glided grace
fully toward the door, followed by the
maid, who whispered to French
waiter-bowing most deferentially to
the guest as he held the door open-that
her mistress was cat. He confided
his own opinion that her ladyship was a
holy pig, and the two passed along a
corridor.
Lady Morland hastily tore open the
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