Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-14


Come, I told o you wero acting
ohildishly; this proves Ut. A most out
rageous attempt has been made to
swindle o II I may use such a term
to persons who confessedly are plotting
| to rob another. Surely this will con-
vince you hat you have nothing to fear
from me. 1 am here as the agent
neither of Sultan nor police. 1t Is a
| simple matter for you to verify my
| statement. All that Is necessary is for
one of your party to take M of these
| alleged diamonds-I would suggest the
smallest one, so as not to create suspi-
cion-to any jeweler in the district,
and he will test 1t for you Immediately,
thus proving the truth of my statement.
Look here; / will convince you myself
He took the monster diamond irrev-
erently in his hand before Hussein-ul-
Mulk could prevent him and turned to
the window. He pressed h stone
against the glass and tried to make 1t
cut. It failed. He placed 1t against his
cheek. 1t was warm. A pure diamond
would be icy cold. More than this, a
small portion of the composition of
which the imitation had been hastily
concocted. broke off in his fingers.
"You see," he laughed. do you re-
quire further proof?"
Even while he spoke the diminutive
little Frenchman turned and bohted.
One of the Turks drew a revolver and
rushed after him, but Observation-Disclosures
uttered some authoritative words which
prevented the man from firing. The
Frenchman was evidently an adept In
the art of lodging pursuit. In the pass
age he ducked suddenly, and threw the
Turk heavily to the ground. Then,
without further interference, he slipped
the latch of the door hi slammed it
hastily behind him, leaving Brett ST.
lently laughing at Hussein-ul-Mulk and
his remaining confederate, whilst the
gentleman who had been upset was
slowly regaining his disturbed gravity.
Can 1t be possible hat what you
say is true?" said Hussein-ul-Mulk, In
such piteous accents that Brett was
moved to further mirth.
Surely you do not doubt the evil
dence?' he said. Take any of these
stones; they will crumble to pieces on
the hearth If struck the slightest blow.
See, / will pulverize one with my heel"
And he did so, though the amazed
and ~despairing men whom he addressed
would have restrained him, for they
still could not bring themselves to be-
lieve. :
Come. now" he went on, arouse
yourselves. and give me the information
l want. That is the only way in which
YOU may attain your ends. OF course
I cannot help you. 1t nay be that as
you have bungled matters so badly the
authorities will stop you and land you
all in prison: but that is no concern of
mine At this moment 1 simply wish
to release my friend and proclaim his
innocence. For the rest. you must take
care of yourselves. You know best who
it is that has so thoroughly outwitted
you"
Hussein-ul-Mulk was the first to re-
cover his scattered senses.
I'VE cannot choose but believe you,
Mr.. Brett" he said. 1--WE are even in
debted to you for making his dis
astrous discovery at such an early
date. We paid our agents so highly
that we thought their honesty was as
sured. We fine we are mistaken, and
consequently we apologize to you for
using threats which were unnecessary.
We rely on your honor not to incrim-
mate us with the police. All we can
tell you is thai your friend Is not dead.
out we do not now his whereabouts"
Nonsense" cried Brett angrily.
"Why do you seek to mislead me in this
fashion,"
Sir" said the Turk, 81 am telling
YOU the truth. We believe that Mr.. Tai
bot is a prisoner in London, but we do
not know in what locality. My friends
here and myself. as Won have already
surmised, are merely members of a
political organization. 1t was necessary