Semi-weekly herald., 1911-12-25

OF sleep, he had himself baked, steam.
ed, chilled. kneaded, and pounded into
shape.
The great detectives indulgence in
that luxury all unknowingly gave 10
the other side an advantage In tho
race for the Missioner jewels that well
might prove fatal to his success Long
before Britz reached the hot-sir room
OF the bath. the man with the glisten-
Ing eyes who had passed him in tho
was at the door Of Burlens workshop.
strainins the angle Of his vision to fol-
low the photoengraver at work Those
glittering eyes forcused their gaze
through the keyhole on 4 piece of pa
per which Burlen had fastened with
thumbtacles to board, and which. in
the glare of an arc lamp, confronted q
big camera with q powerful lens. Al
though the eyes followed Burlen as
we'll as they could about the room.
their owner was not SO much interest
ed In the artisans activity as he was
in tho small white sheet OF paper on
which he could discern lines traced in
a woman's hand. Patiently waited the
owner OF the eyes He was OF q race
that had cultivated patience through
the centuries Soon or late, undoubt-
edly. the man inside would 70 from
tho bench beside that great white
light TO another part Of the room. A
few yards would sufnce for the man
with the eyes, and oven while Britt
still was talking to Rawson in Police
Headquarters. Burlsn briskly covered
those dozen or 30 feet to got = chem
ical in the row Of bottles In the rack
at tho far end Of the shop The man
outside. crouohing until he was little
higher than an upreared cobra Of his
native land. slipped through the door
way. crawled across the Intervening
space between the threshold and the
camera, whisked the Millicent note
from the board, and ~ silently made
his escape before Burlen had replaced
the cork in the bottle. BY the time
Detectivs-ieutenant Brftz was en-
veloped In the fog Of the steam room.
that little note was in the possession
OF the Swami and Prince Kananda.
and those worthless were studying 1t
so swiftly and so profltsbly. that ere
Britz took his cold plunge. tho sage
and the Mahsrajah's son made
sw.ftsr, deeper dive toward tho heart
OF the Missioner mystsry. 1t was a.
a result Of what they learned from
Millicsnt's missive that tho Swami
and the Prince went separately to the
ballroom Of Doris Missioner's most
fashionable friend. II was also in
consequence Of tho Information CLEAN.
cd from those petulant feminine lines
that the Swami found Mrs. Missionsr's
society SO interesting. and that the
Prince. before and aftsr that tsts-a
tete. experienced keen curiosity con
and state OF mind of Curtis GriswoId
The third result of Millicent's little
letter and the Easterners' joint visit
to the Fifth Avenue ballroom, was
their dash In separate cabs to = bach
elor apartment In . side street Just
on Central Park, where. shortly after
their several arrivals. they were IN
close consultation for an hour or more
with Ali. the supposedly devoted ~
tAiner of the rich Mrs. Missioner.
For the second note to Curtis Gris-
void that fell into the hands u the
Aindoos-ths one Prince KAnands IN
tercepted at the door Of the Fifth Ave
nue. mansion In which the great bail
was helA-was written on . lsttsrhsaA
that revealed to Mandy anl The
swami An addrsas they very much ls-
aired to know. Had that addrsss found
Us way to Detectivs-Lisutsnant Brits
VI soon. It would have saved hin
much delay. and would have spared .
large part Of the city's detective fsrss
the necessity Of . laborious search
through Manhattan's hotel registsrs.
Burlsn was one Of the NEST astsn-
ishsA young men in lswsr Manhattan
when. turning from his rev q bsttlsss
As found tho note entrusted - M ~
pr1ts haA Ynuiahed. A. Ant n ~