The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-21

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you
A tremor shook the court. Isaacste
swallowed something, and his hea
sank more deeply below his shoulder.
Then l. take it that you will not IN
form me of the locality of this deposit?'
Yes"
And you think that by dlsclosin,
your name and address you will revea
that locality!'
Philip grew red.
as it fair" he said, with q curious
iciness in his tone. that a man of your
age should use his position and knowl-
edge to try to trip a boy who is brought
before you on a false charger"
1t was the magistrates turn to look
asperity in his reply.
Il am not endeavoring to trip you,
but rather to help you to free yourself
from a difficult position. However. do
l understand that you refuse to answer
my questions?"
II do" The young voice rang
through the building with amazing
fierceness.
Mr.. Abingdon bent over the big book
in front of him and scrubbed some
thing.
"Remanded 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
n1 voS goSfnfn tho aInrir ~ t1.a 90.
and two police inspectors into his pri-
vate Office for a consultation.
Meanwhile London was ~placarded
with Philips adventures that Saturday
evening. Contents bills howled in their
blacklist and biggest type, new vend-
ers bawled themselves hoarse over this
latest sensation. journalistic ferrets
combined theory and Imagination in
the effort 10 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 n 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 itf'
became the stock question of the hui
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-
ing.
The police failed utterly in their ef-
forts to discover Philips identity or
residence. Johnson's News, Mile End
road, might as well be In Timbuktu
for all the relation 1t bore to INDICATE
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
hobbledehoJs In every district in Lon
don.
PSAS1hS oAichb LAS DsoCgscJ0 Va
the metropolis alone possessed the
knowledge that would have led the IN
quirers along the right track. Thedoctor
who attended Mrs. Arson In her last
illness, had he read the newspaper
comment on the boys speech and man
nerisms, might have seen the coinci-
dence supplied by the Christian name
and thus been led to make some fur
Their investigation. But his hands were
full Of trouble of his own account A
dispenser mixed a prescription wrong
ly and dosed a patient with half an
ounce Of arsenic instead Of half an
ounce OF cream Of tartar. The sukse-
quent inquest gave the doctor enough
to do. and the first paper he had lei
sure to peruse contained a bare refer
nee to the diamond mystery" Is re
vealing no further developments. He
passed the paragraph unread
The remaining uncertain element