Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22

flow Of Philips speech. If anything, II
made more dense the mist through
which he was trying to grope his way.
''What do you meanT he asked.
81 mean that If state who 1 am I
will be robbed and swindled by all
with whom 1 come in contact. 1 have
starved, I have been beaten for trying
to earn living. / was struck last
night for saving girls life. was ar
rested and dragged through the streets
handcuffed this morning because went
openly to dealer to sell a portion-to
sell some Of my diamonds. will take
no more risks You may in2rison me,
hut You cannot force me to speak. II
you are fair man you will give me
back my diamonds and let me go free"
This outburst fairly electrified the
court Philip could not have adopted
Ct more domineering tone were he the
governor of the Bank of England
charged with passing a counterfeit half
crown. The magistrate was as sur
prised as any.
81 do not wish to argue with you"
he said quietly "nor do l expect you
to commit yourself in any way, but
you must surely see that for poverty
stricken boy to be found in possession
of gems of great marketable value is a
circumstance that demands inquiry,
however honest and-er-well bred you
may be-"
1.-THE only witness against me has
said that the diamonds Gould not have
been stolenv' cried Philip, now thor
oughly aroused and ready for any war
Of wits.
"Quite true. The inference is that
you have discovered a meteoric deposit
Of diamonds"
II have Some-not all-are before
you"
A tremor shook the court Isaacstein
swallowed something. and his head
sank more deeply below his shoulders.
~ Then l take it that you will not IN
form me of the locality of this deposit"
eyes"
"And you think that by disclosing
your name and address you will reveal
that locallty?'
I Philip grew red.
'Is it fair" he said, with a curious
iciness in his tone, that a man of your
age should use his position and knowl-
edge to try to trip boy who is brought
before you on false charger"
1t was the magistrates turn to look
slightly confused. There was some
asperity in his reply.
II am not endeavoring to trip you,
but rather to help you to free yourself
from a difficult position. However. do
understand that you refuse to answer
my questionsY'
IL dor The young voice rang
through the building with amazing
f1ereeness.
Mr.. Abingdon bent over the big book
In front of him and scrubbed some
thing.
demanded for a week." he NUT
tered.
Downstairs" growled the court
Jailer, and Philip disappeared from
sight. The magistrate was left gazing
at the packet of diamonds, and he call
ed Isaacsteln, the clerk of the court
and two police inspectors into his pri-
vate Office for consultation.
Meanwhile London was placarded
with Philips adventures that Saturday
evening Contents bills howled In their
blacklist and biggest type, news vend-
ers bawled themselves hoarse over this
latest sensation, journalistic ferrets
combined theory and imagination in
the effort to spin out more copy"
Scotland Yard set its keenest detec-
tives at work to reveal the secret of
Philips identity, while Isaacstein, act
ing ON the magistrates instructions,
wrote to every possible source of in
formation in the effort to obtain some
clew as to recent meteoric showers.
No one thought of connecting the
great storm with the diamond mys-
terry" Meteors usually fall from a
clear sky and are in no way affected
by atmospheric disturbances, their
normal habitat being far beyond the
influence of the earth's envelope of air.
And so the ''hunt for the meteor
commenced and was kept up with zest
for many days. "Have you found it?"
became the stock question Of the hu-
morist and might be addressed with
impunity to any stranger, particularly
II the stranger were a nice looking girl.
No one answered "What?" because of
the weird replies that were forthcom-
ting.
The police failed utterly In their eff
forts to discover Philips identity or
residence. Johnson's News, Mile End
road, might as we'll be in Timbuktu
for all the relation it 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 alongth right track. Thedoct
who attended Mrs. Arson in her last