The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01

tected a lingering trace of American
accent. It's my business to know
about him.
well want you to catch him. -
Charles went on.
Medhurst drew a long breath. Isn't
that rather a large order?'' he muir
INJURED. surprised.
Charles explained to him exactly the
sort of services he required. Medhurst
promised to comply. If the man comes
near you I'll spot him." he said, after
a moments pause. II can promise
you that much. I'll pierce any disguise.
| should know I'm minute whether
he's got UP or not. I'm death on Wigs,
| false mustaches. artificial compilations.
! I'll engage to bring the rogue to book
if 1 see him. You may set your mind
at rest. that, while I'm about you,
! Colonel Clay can do nothing without
my instantly spotting him"
Hell do it," MarVillier put in. He IL
/ do II, il he says it. He's my very best
hand. Never knew any man like him
for unraveling and unmasking the
cleverest DISCUSSES
| Then he'll suit me-" Charles an
! swered. for I never knew any man
/ like Colonel Clay for assuming and
maintaining them"
| 1t was arranged accordingly that
Medhurst should take no his residence
| in The house for the present, and
| should be described to the servants Us
assistant secretary. He came that
very day, with a marvelously small
portmanteau But from the moment
he arrived we noticed that Cesarine
| took a violent dislike TO him.
| Medhurst was an efficient detective.
| Charles and l told him all we knew
about the various shapes in which
| Colonel Clay had ''materialiZe1." and
he gave us in turn many valuable crit
| icisms and suggestions. Why, when
/ we began to suspect the Hon. David
Granton, had we not. as II by accident.
| tried TO knock his red wig off? Why,
when the Rev. Richard Peploe Braba-
zon first discussed the question of the
paste diamonds. had we not looked to
| see if any of A2nelia's unique gems
were missing? Why, when Professor
/ Schleiermacher made his bow TO as
! semDled science at Lancaster Gate, had
we not strictly inquired how far ne
was personally known beforehand 10
/ Sir AdOiphus Cordery, and the other
| mincralogistS? He supplied us also
| with several good hints about false-
hair and makeup. such as that
| Schleiermacher was probably mu3n
shorter than he looked. but by ini-
tating a stoop with padding at his
back he had produced the illusion of a
tall, bent man, though in reality no
bigger than the little curate or the
| Graf Won Lebenstein. High heels did
the rest. while the scientific keenness
| we noted in his face was doubtless
! brought about by a trifle of wax at
! the end of the nose. giving a peculiar
tilt that is extremely effective In
short, l must frankly admit. MedhursI
| made us feel ashamed of ourselves.
Sharp as Charles is, we realized at
once he was nowhere in observation
| beside the trained and experienced
senses OF this professional detective.
| The worst of il all was, while Med
hurst was with us by some curious ia
| tally, Colonel Clay stopped away
from us. Now and again, to be sure,
we ran up against somebody whom
| MedhuTst suspected, but after a
| short investigation Conducted, 1 may
say. with admirable cleverness. the
spy always showed us the doubtful
! person was really some innocent and
well-known character, whose antece-
/ dents and surroundings he elucidated
most wonderfully He was a perfect
marvel, too, in his faculty of sus-
| picion. He suspected everybody. If
| an old friend dropped in to talk bust
ness with Charles, we found out after
ward that Medhurst had lain conceal
! ed al the time behind the curtain and
| had taken shorthand notes of the whole
! conversation, as we'll as sna pshot pho
! tographs OF the supposed sharper. by
means of a kodak. If a fat old lady
came tc call upon Amelia, Medhurst
was sure TO be lurking under the otto
man in the drawing room and carefully
| observing, with all his eyes. whether
or not she was really Nine. Picardet,
| padded. When Lady Tresco brought
| her four plain daughters to an at
| home" one night Medhurst. in evening
/ dress, disguised as a waiter, followed
| them each round the room with OBJ
| trusive ices, to satisfy himself Just
| how much Of their complexion was real
| and how much was patent rouge and
Bloom of Ninon. He doubted whether
/ Simpson, Sir Charles valet, was not
had half an idea that Cesarine her
! self vas our saucy White Heather
| in an alternative aVataT. We pointed
| out to him in vain that Simpson had
| often been present in the very same
room with David Granton, and that
| Cesarine had dressed Mrs. Brabazon's
hair at Lucerne This partially salts
fled him. but only partially. He re-
marked that Simpson might double
| both parts with somebody else IN
known, and that as for CesaTine, she
might we'll have a twin sister who took
| her place when she was Nine. Picar-
| Diet.
! Still, in spite of all his care-or be-
! cause of all his care-Colonel Clay
stopped away for whole weeks togeth-
| er An explanation occurred to US.
| Was it possible he knew we We're
| guarded and watched? Was he afraid
Of measuring swords with this train
/ ed detective?
/ IL SO, how had he found il out2
/ had an inkling myself. but, under all
! the circumstances, / did 1Ot mention
| IL to Charles. II was clear that Ces-
arine intensely disliked this new addi-
| ton to the Vandrift household. She
| would not stop in the room where the
/ detective was, or show aim common
| politeness. She spoke Of aim always
/ as that Odious man Medlrurst." Could
she have guessed, what none OF tie
| other servants knew. that the man was
| a spy in search of the colonel? I was
| inclined to believe it. And then i
| dawned upon me that Casarine had
! known all about the diamonds ard
! their story: that ii was Cesarine who
/ took us to see Schloss Lebenstein. tina;
/ it WAS Cesarine who posted the letter
/ to Lord Craig Ellachie, If Casarine
/ was I'm league with Colonel Clay, as I
was half inclined to surmise, what
more natural than her obvious dislike
I to he detective who was there 10
catch her principal? What more sim