Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-19

went on, nlm0on cropping INTO e1o
easter speech Of the West q hia COM
panion stopped smiling. THE great
diamond 10 gone and Ali has no idea
Of its Whereabouts. Night and day
on tho watch IN the womsn's home.
no has nothing to tell further than
that tho jewel has disappeared and
IN arrest has been made"
$50 they've caught the theft"
1 Perhaps. The bunglers of this un-
couth country may have stumbled
upon her by chance She's in custody.
anyway"
| Mandy slid from the table and bal.
anced himself on his toes.
"A woman, Ell? Good.looking?"
Not without influence on his ideals
had he taken . postgraduate course
among London's Gaiety girls. He was
= connoisseur in the femininity Of the
"'alls." Serious women bored him.
| But surely young person clover
| enough to get away with a diamond
| the size of the Maharanee couldn't be
! stupid2
Mrs. Missioner's secretary" the
|; Swami told him. "A close friend OF
| hers. too, says Ali"
! Kananda's whistle was expressive.
| rs there evidence to ccnvict?" he
I asked interestedly.
| "A paste necklace was substituted
i for the one containing the Mahara-
nee." replied the Swami. One OF the
! real diamonds was found in the pris-
| oner's ROOM"
Nov. that's funny" said the Prince.
'Devilish funny! And they took her
| In tow for that?''
The priest nodded.
! What rotters these American po-
licemen are!" snapped Kananda in
| the slang he had used as Mandy OF
Cambridge. Fancy any self-respect-
ing Oriental doing t:.at! Why. tho
bulldoggiest little terrier in the Mika-
dos secret service wouldn't make
such q break!"
The Swami nodded again.
All searched her room. Of course.
before the detectives got there" he
continued. Soon after Mrs. Mis-
sfoner's return from the opera, he
went straight from the hall outside
the library to Miss Holcomb's apart
A4O1I GLA0 AAvVbS4SaSCO S0OAO0Euly.
Look here. old man." jerked Ka-
! nanda. III Ali has the stone. it's all
we'll enough to put it over on"
"He hasn't It," the Swami answered.
THE thing for US to do now Is to find
! out who has it,
Good old guesser!" grinned the
Prince. well, Ali knows his bust
ness"
The Swami strolled back to the d.
van and lay at full length, his hands
pillowing, his head. He blew smoke
rings at the punkah.
I'm not SO sure of that" he re-
! torted. Il don't like his failure to
keep better watch on tho stone."
| Mandy swung himself back to the
table.
How longs it been gone" he
asked
Il tell you nobody knows. Its alb
sence was discovered tonight"
You've just learned Of it,"
mo and yes. knew about the Ma
hara2ee before Ali came" He
sketched the n Incident OF the opera
house in crisp sentences: Kananda
listened eagerly.
$50 there's nothing left of the bo-
gus Maharanee.' he observed.
Nothing but this splinter l palm
ed" returned the priest 1T was
easy-elementary legerdemain."
Both laughed. The facility of Occi-
dentals was a standing joke.
We'll. we need more help on this
now" said the Prince. cali will have
to go back to the house."
Eyes, Mrs. Missioner can't spare
her Oriental curio just yet" the
Swami assented.
Kananda reached for a cigarette.
II guess we'll have to put Ramset-
jee on the men," he unused. Don't
like to do 1t, for Ram isn't exactly
what we'd call an adept. Now, would
WEI"
| Hardly"
But Ali can't be spared from the
Missioner place. Sands and Griswold
can be watched by one man"
| "Oh, yes" replied the priest Il
wish the man were little brighter
than Ramsetjee. though"
i Cant be helped-what?" anglicized
Mandy. "I'll have an eye to them in
the clubs from time to time You look
after the social end"
Eyes" The Swami smiled "TheyI!
hardly get away from me in society.
MY word. but you're coming ON
chaffed the Prince. Right in ths
social swim. See what 1t is to be
Swami. Dare say the Duchess q
Drygoods and the Countess de Brew
cry are heard over heels in love with
the newest Eastern mystic. Too bad
they're not In Delhi"
The Swami frowned. He refused to
laugh at Jest bordering on lack OF re-
spect for the faith. Even the Ma
haranee's son feared to try him too
far in that direction.
"omittlng personality for the mo-
ment" said the priest pointedly, Il
viii participate in the gregarious
mumming Of these barbarians for the
sake Of our purpose. It is not well to
concern ourselves with the frivolous
affairs Of LILO. We may have to dc
much more serious things than We are
doing now to get the Mahara1ee. Il
It should come to the last reEort, we
, would not hesitate, you and I. Re-
member the brethren!"
II shall remember" said Kananda