Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-04

GOulQ reaQ OUT one WOru-RuliC-uei
Gus guilt, guilt denied and now brought |
to light in language that could be seen
and read by all men. Why should l
stay In such presence2 Had not the
inspector himself advised me to go?
Yes, but another voice babe me re-
main. Just as l reached the door An |
son Durand found his voice, and l
heard, in the full, sweet tones I loved
so well:
''Wait! / am not to be judged like
this. will EXPLAIN
But here the inspector interposed.
''Do you think 1t wise to make any
such attempt without the advice. of
counsel, Mr.. Durand|
The indignation with which Mr.. Du.
rand wheeled toward him raised in me
a faint hope.
Good God, yesv' he cried would
you have me leave Miss Van Arsdale
one minute longer than is necessary
to such dreadful doubts? Rita-Miss
Van Arsdale--weakness and weakness
only has brought me into my present
position. did not kiln Mrs. Fairbroth-
er nor did / knowingly take her dia-
mond, though appearances look that
way, as l am very ready to acknowl-
edge l did go to Der in the alcove not
once, but twice, and these are my rea
sons for doing so: About three months
ago certain well known man of enor-
NOUS wealth came to me with the re-
quest that should procure for him
diamond of superior beauty. He
wished to give it to his wife, and he
wished it to outshine any which could
now be found in New York. This
meant sending abroad-an expense he
was quite willing to incur on the sole
condition that the stone should not dis
appoint him when he saw it and that
1t was to be in his hands on the 18th
of March, his wife's birthday. Never
before had had such an opportunity
for a large stroke of business. Natur
ally elated, entered at once into cor
respondence with the best known deal
ers on the other side, and last week
diamond was delivered to me which
seemed to fill all the necessary require
ments. I had never seen a finer stone
and was consequently rejoicing in my
success when some one, / do not re-
member who now, CHANGED to speak in
my hearing of the wonderful stone pos
eessed by q certain Mrs. Fairbrother-
a stone so large, so brilliant and so
precious altogether that she seldom
wore it, though it was known to con-
noisseurs and had great reputation at
Tlffany's, where it had once been sent
for some alteration in the setting. Was
this stone larger and finer than the one
a n. n.
IL so, my labor had all been in vain, for
my patron must have known of this
diamond and would expect to see 1t
surpassed.
II was so upset by this possibility
that / resolved to see the jewel and
make comparisons for myself l found
d friend who agreed to introduce me
TO the lady She received me very
graciously and was amiable enough
until the subject of diamonds was
preached, when she Immediately stiff
ened and left me without an oppor-
tunity of proffering my request. How
ever, on every other subject she was
affable, and found it easy enough to
pursue the acquaintance till we were
almost ON friendly terms. But never
saw the diamond, nor would she talk
about it, though l caused her some
surprise when one day 1 drew out be-
fore her eyes the one l had procured
for my patron and made her look at It.
Fine, she cried, fine! But / failed
to detect any envy in her manner, and
so knew that had not achieved the
object set me by my wealthy customer.
This was a woeful disappointment;
yet, as Mrs. Fairbrother never wore
her diamond, it was among the posi-
bilIties that he might be satisfied with
the very fine gem l had obtained fer
him, and, influenced by this hope,
sent him this morning a request to
come and see it tomorrow. Tonight
attended this ball, and almost as soon
ms / entered the drawing room hear
that Mrs. Fairbrother is present and
IS wearing her famous jewel What
could You expect of me? Why, that
would make an effort to see 1t and 50
be ready with reply to my exacting
customer when he should ask me to
morrow II the stone showSd him had
afs peer in the city. But she was no
In the drawing room then, ana later
became interested elsewhere"-here b
cast a loAk at me-"sO that half tn
evening passed before l had an oppoI
tunity to join her in the 50 called a
cove, where had seen her set up he
miniature court What passed betwee
as in the short interview we held t
gether you will find me prepared
state, If necessary. 1t was chief
fmarked by the one short view / SUI
ceeded in obtaining OF her marvelou
diamond, In spite of the pains she too
90 hide 1t from me by some naturs
movement whenever abe caught m
eyes leaving her face. But In that On
short look / had sean enough This wa