The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-12

in the business. Past transactions
with you have not tended To prejudice
me I'M YOUR favour.
Lady Altamont choked down the
bitter words that rose To her lips She
Could not afford to quarrel with the
man-at least just for the moment
Il suppose yuu want 20 make me
feel my position she said. Well,
| am ready 20 ofer you an" apology
that YOU require | will give you
500 If you will put this matter
through for me--at least, | will give
you the money when you recover the
gems
"Oh. indeed, that is very good d
YOU am 10 take all the risks for
an absurdly small share like that II
never seems 10 occur TO you that n
{ I am -sriccessftli~f- shaft eesis baSs~'tD
England with the diamonds in my
pocket. If the desirable takes place
shall be In a position TO take every
thing and give you nothing. You
could NOT say so much as n single
word And. not 10 unduly trample on
your feelings. that is exactly the way
i'm which YOU would serve me"
Altamont said bitterly You may
laugh and ieer at me as much as you
please. | presume you would not do
SO unless YOU had decided to take
the matter up I'm earnest. II those
stones have not fallen into the hands
OF the Paris police"
"Oh, but they have You may make
your mind up on that score. feel
quite sure that they have already been
found; they are practically advertised
by this time"
Then that is all In our favor"
Lady Atamont cried exultantly IF
they advertised TIT HAT way they
are not likely to be claimed. Perhaps
you had better have the full facts OF
the case
1T would perhaps be as well"
OBrien said drily.
Wei. ii is like this. Sir Charles
aud myself made friends with Mrs.
WanlesS, a rich American lady, who
is chronic invalid We knew, OF
course. that she had fine collection
OF diamonds. or We should never have
gone to the expense OF hiring a yacht
and all that kind OF thing ! began
70 see my way 10 a successful issue
from the very first Mrs. Wanless
has a son who is very weak and i'm
questionable"
oh. can imagine all that,
O'Brien said with a smile "A really
Young calf of boy in close contact
with n lovely woman like yourself,
who has a husband who Is not in sym
pathy with her 1t is an old, old
game, but it Is none the less reliable
for that SO gradually YOU got round
the young fool, and in the course OF
time the diamonds were yours"
You have guessed 1t exactly" Lady
TAltamont said without a blush But
\ am pretty sure that the girl, Grace
Waness, suspects The mother has
not been told of her loss, because she
is not In fit state of health TO stand
the shock AS soon as possible
placed the stones in the hands of Ter.
ny, SO that he could dispose of them.
And now you know everything. Can't
you see some way out OF the difficulty?
You are a perfect master OF the art
OF trick and disguise. A man so clev-
er as yourselI- uaust. surely - ..,ry
ron, r am indeed a man or inter
lect' O'Brien said bitterly And see
what my brilliant brain has brought
me TO | am disowned by my relations;
am an object OF scorn for all honest
men | might be in the possession OF
good income today; | might be en-
We'd OF many. And here am |, hiding
in this dingy den with not a solitary
fye-pound note 10 call my own. Truly,
as the Psalmist says. the ways OF the
transgressor are hard
"A NJ OF conscience" Lady Alta
mont sneered Does that mean an
extra share for you?'
OBrien passed his hand across his
eyes as If trying to wipe out some
mental picture.
Il was forgetting myself for the mo-
ment, he said We will not discuss
an ethical point that you are not cap
able or understanding You want me