Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-09-15
CHAPTER xIII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XIIi.-(Continued.)
Britt frowned slightly as he read
she message. then with a heavy foun-
tain pen that fairly raced over the pa
: per, and, addressing his far-away as
sistant by his cable word, he wrote:
Logan, Paris. Was Maharanee
made there, too?"
Britz tapped a bell and looked up as
a Headquarters patrolman opened the
door.
Rush this down to the Western
Union Office" he said. Take 1t your
self, and see that it goes at once"
1t was when his thoughts were tan
gled in the highest of knots that a
card was brought to him by the twin
brother of the heavy-footed bluecoat
who even then was supposedly on his
way 10 the Western Union office with
the cable to Logan.
show him IN" said Britt after a
glance at the name; and, as his visi-
tor entered, he swung his feet from
the desk, advancing halfway to the
.
How do you do, doctor?" he said.
Il hope see you cheerful"
4 wan smile broke the fixity of the
doctors countenance for an instant,
and he shook his head slightly.
Il don't see how there can be any
cheer for me-" he said, as long as
that poor girl is a prisoner in the
Tombs. When are we going to get her
OUT"
Il know just how you feel about II,
doctor" said Britt sympathetically,
but you'll have to leave that in my
hands for the present Miss Holcomb
must stay where she IS awhile lon
ger"
But surely" persisted the physi-
ician, 'it cannot be necessary to leave
her there forever 20 establish her in
nocence You know she is guiltless
| know it; Mrs. Missioner knows it,
ali her acquaintances to the same
view Why must we waltz"
Now. let us talk" said Britt. You
and | have fenced long enough along
this line; let's get down to business.
You know something about chemistry
that's certain. Do you know enough
about it to tell me whether any prog
ress has been made in secent years
in the manufacture of paate jewels?'
Cant say / do haven't been much
interested in that line until this out
rageous attempt to prove Miss Hol-
comb a-thief."
Well, it's about time you lid said
Britt meaningly. Il don't see what
good it is to a girl to have ar Nj. d.
for lover if he can't be of am more
use TO her in a case of this>sort than
Binks of the Hardware Club, or Jerks
of the Retail Grocers' Association.
Now, you know how these false gains
are made. don't you?"
Il know pretty we'll" and Fitch
gave him the formula with which the
minute men of the jewel trade were
familiar for purposes of self-protec-
ton
Well. I'm quite free to tell you,
continued Britt. that the whole ques-
tion of Miss Hclcomb's stay in the
Tombs depends on our success in find
ing out who made the Maharanee dia-
mond. | know who turned out the
other stones-had Logan over there
for several weeks In Paris. you know"
The detective then sketched rapidly
for Fitch the detailed information sent
to him by his assistant across the wa
ter But | cannot get line on the
Maharanee diamond. I've been over
every place in this neck of woods-in
fact I've gone over the whole country
with a fine-tooth comb. I've had every
dmportant city in Europe canvassed,
and the sum-total of all these inquiries
lie that nobody knows any live man
who could make an imitation of the
real Maharanee anything like good
.anough to deceive Simple Simon.
Now. you just get that scientific think
ing apparatus of yours going, and help
me nuzzle out the problem, We know
+bere vas a fake Maharanee diamond.
n was ground to pieces under Girls
1yol6's heel in Mrs. Missioner's opera
hoy II was picked up by man from
sb,a Orient-this Swami-whatever his
ran,e Is. the sort of combination priest
ard scholar who says he's here 10
spread the propaganda of the Buddhist
fa,,b among the elect of New YORK
society. Sands saw the diamond
Nc March saw it: Griswold saw IL,
and of course, Mrs. Missioner herseh
NJ a. :, her own hand. There is no