The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-08-02

NY Whole mind. 1T IS my only safety
valve Remember how I have to sit in
the presence Of this man with my
thoughts all choked up 1t is killing
me hut think / should go back con
tent n you win listen to one more sug-
eestion have to make. 1t is my last"
Say It. am nothing II not indul-
gent"
he had spoken the word. tHduigent
that was &C. He let me speak, prob.
ably had let Ine speak from the first
from pure kindness. He did not be-
lieve one little blt In my good sense or
logic. Brt / was not to be deferred
] would empty my MUD of the ugly
thing that lay tnere would leave
there no miserable dreRs OF doubt TO
fernent and work their evil way with
me IN tie dead watches OF the night
which / had yet TO face. So 1 took
him az his word
Il only want to ask this In case
Sears is innocent OF the crime who
wrote the warning and where did the
assassir get the stilctto with the Grey
arms chased into its handle? And the
OIUIMOHUf sun Tue AAlAAnOuua ANu
hint thet be stole that too. That with
some idea Of It's proving usefu. TO him
on this gala occasion, he had provided
himself with an Imitation stone setting
and all--he who has never shown, so
far as we have heard, any interest IN
Mrs Fairbrother's diamond, only In
Mrs FaIrbrother herself II Wellgood
Is Sears and Sears the medium by
which the false stone was exchanged
for the real. then he made this *,
change IA SIR Grey's interests and not
bis own But / don't believe he had
anything TO do with It. / think every
thing goes to show that the exchange
was made by Mr.. Grey himself"
"a second Daniel nuttered the in
specfor lightly. "Go on, little lawyer" +"
hut, for All this attenpt at banter on
his part. ] ,ihagued that l saw the be
ginning Of Iery natural anxiety to
close the conyeraation. therefore
lastcned with what had yet to say.
cutting my woHs short and almost
atammering in eagerness.
Remember 8 perfection Of that Inn
station stone, copy so exact that II
extends to setting. THAI shows
plan -forgiv.Kme II ] repeat myself
preparation& knowledge Of stones, a
paS.ieular @Eowledge Of this one. Mr.
Fairbrothefs steward may have had
fhe knowledge but he would have been
fool TO have used his knowledge to
secure for himself Valuable he could
never have found Apurchaser for IN
any market But faneler one who
has his pleasure in1he merapossesslon
OF unique and MvaluaN gea,-ah,
that h different! Ho s5sight risk a
crime History tells ueIof several"
Here | paused TO take breath, which
gave the inspector chance to say: 4
IN other words, this is what y5u
think. The Englishman. desirous, OF
covering up his tracks. conceived the
inea OF having this Imitation on hant
in case 1t might be Of use in the ~
ing and disgraceful undertakine4Y0t
ascribe to him. Recognizing hiHwl
inability to do this hinself, hWdele
gated the task one who 10 some wsy
he had been led to think, cherished q
secret grudge against its present pos
kessor "a man who had had some op
portuaity for seeing the stone anc
g Studying the setting The copy thus
procured, Mr., Grey went 10 the bali
aud. relying on his own seemingly un
assollable position. attached Mrs. Fair
brother ia the alcoye and would have
carried OF the diamond, IL he had
found Il where he had seen II earlier
blazing on her bre4ss But it was moi
there. The warning received by her
warning you ascribe 10 his daughter
f9nt which is yer - be proved had
led herao rid herself OF the jewel n
tie way MIR Durand describes, and hs
found himself burdened with das
tardly crime and with nothing to show
for It, Later. however. to bis intense
surprise and possible satisfaction he
saw that diamond in my hands, and
recognizing an opportunity, as he
thouSht. OF yet securing 1t. he asked
20 seN IT. held II for an instant. and
then. n,aking use Of an almost incredl
bic expedient for distractlng attention
dropped. not the real stone but the
false one. retaining the real one in Ids
hand. 2'his. IN plain English. as taks
y. Is your present idea OF the situa
ton"
Astonisbed az the clearness with
which be read my mind, l answered.
'les Inspector. that Is what was in my
nina
Good Then IT Is juGt as well that Il
is cut Your mind Is now free. and
you can give IL entirely 90 your duties
Then. as he laid his hand on the door
kuob, he added "In studying SO Ia
tently your own point OF view, you
feem to haee forgotten thar the last
thing which Mr., Grey wonld aealieen
10 do. under those circumstances, would
be to call attention TO the falsily of the
gem upon whose similarity 10 the real
stone he was depending Not even his
eonudenee ia his own position. as an
honored aud highly esteemed guest
would lead him 20 DO that"
mot II be were a we'll known con.
nolssour" I faltered. with the pride
81 one w5o has handled the best gems