Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-22
: The KING of 8
DIAMONDS. !
By Louis Tracy,
COPYRIGHT. ieo4. By EDWARD j. GLOBE.
Author Of wings of the Morning" 1.-THE PILL
Light" Etc.


ounce of arsenic instead of half an
ounce Of cream of tartar. The suisse
quent inquest gave the doctor enough
to do, and the first paper he had lei
sure to peruse contained a bare refer
ence to the diamond mystery" as re-
vealing no further developments. He
passed the paragraph unread.
The remaining uncertain element
conferred In old O'Brien, the pensioner.
| Now 1t CHANGED that the treasury had
discovered that by a clerical mistake
in warrant the old man had been
drawing twopence a day in excess of
his rightful pension for thirty three
years. Some humorlst In Whitehall
thereupon sent him demand for f1O3
and Is 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
brief reply thereto, both Of which were
fixed beforehand by mutual arrange
ment.
In one instance the name given and
afterward repldiated by the boy did
attract some attention. On the Mon
day following the remand a lady sat
at breakfast in 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 a tall, thin, aristo-
cratic looking woman, with eyes set
too closely together curved nose like
the beak of bird of prey and hancs
covered with leathery skin suggest
ing talons. Her attire and pose were
elegant, but she did not seem to be
a 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 swindlev' she murmured
to herself. How Is it possible for a
police magistrate to be taken in in such
a manner2 l suppose Isaacstein knows
more about it 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 it
WIS of Julie to mislay my dressing
case! 1t would be really interesting to
know what has become of those people,
ind now l may have to leave town be-
fore I can find out"
How much further her disjointed
comments might have gone 1t is Inn
possible to say, but at that moment
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, milady, as the value was given
as fS, he claimed reward of E1.''
(which you will pay yourself. You
lost the bag" was the curt reply.
where is it?'
The maids voice was somewhat tear
ful as she answered:
''In milady's room. paid the SOW
ereign."
Her ladyship rose and glided grace
fully toward the door, followed by the
maid, who whispered to a French.
waiter-bowing most deferentially to
the guest abe held the door open-that
her mistress was a cat. He confided
his own opinion that her ladyship was
holy pig, and the two passed along a
corridor.
Lady Morland hastily tore open thE
recovered dressing case and consulted
an address book.
ooh, here 1t isv' she cried triumphant
ly. mo. 3 Johnson'k News, Mile End
road, E. What horrid smelling place.
However, Messrs. Sharpe & Smith will
now be able to obtain some definite In
telligence for me. juliet My carriage
In ten min tes"
Thus it happened that during the aft
ernoon dapper little clerk descended
from an omnibus in the neighborhood
of Johnson's News ard began his In
quiries, as all Londouers do, by con-
sultlng a policeman. Certain facts
were forthcoming.
"a Mrs. Arson, a widow. who lived
in Johnson's Mews2 Yes, l think a
woman of that name died few weeks
ago. l remember seeing funeral leave
the news. | don't know anything
about the boy. Sometimes when l pass
through there at night / have seen
light in the house However here it is.