Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-24

sance. That looked good enough to
me. / went there that same night,
with the doctor on 10 sidewalk, as
| the lookout. did a little burglary
stunt that would have landed tho
! jewels II the Hindoos had not got
there ahead OF me. In some way or
other, those fellows learned about
the acquaintance between Griswold
and the Delaroche lady about tho
same time did or perhaps a littlo
earlier. One Of them cot into her
apartment by the fire escape route
ard sneaked the jewels from under
her pillow. What's more, he content.
cd himself with the diamonds them.
selves, and didn't even take the casket
they were in. The jewel case was
still under her pillow when | got
there, and 1t wasn't until after the
lady. under the impression the gems
were in the case, gave herself away
more or less, that found tho little
box was empty. When looked out
on the fire escape, saw the handker-
chief the darkskinned craftsman had
dropped in his hurry That sent us
hotfooted to tho Swaml's house"
When Britt had sketched the his.
tory Of the Missioner case Manning
and Fitch looked at him admiringly.
Both his hearers wero thoughtful for
minute or two. Then the Chief,
though he realized Britt had solved
the mystery could not refrain from
picking flaws.
you have not explained fully" he
said, how Griswold contrived 10
smuggle the small diamond into Miss
Holcomb's room"
Nor how the old curiosity dealer
haG the visiting card of Druxton
Sands" suggested the doctor hest
family. He d!slkcd to seem over
critical of n man who had done SO
much for Elinor.
Neither have you worked out an
explanation OF tho fact that 1t wns 4
woman who gave the order 10 tho
three French firms for the Tanufnc-
turc of the false diamonds, and that
she gave the name of Elinor Iiol-
comb" Manning pursued You'll
have TO make that clear to Mott, I'm
thinking"
uO1l NUllc ulIuNi olduu why luC
Hindoos kidnapped you. lieutenant"
added Fitch tentatively.
Britt smiled
Mere deta's." Fritz replied First,
Griswold did Lo. srlu~g'e the d.a-
mond ia;o Miss -. 'rlh's room.
That little tricl, was .olcd off by
All He was the only one who could
have done It, and his reason for want
ing to throw suspicion or the young
woman is plain He was in the house
to get the necklace and he also want
ed to make a sure getaway. There
fore, he figured, If the jewels should
be missed before he was able 10 got
them out OF the house, it would hell
his chances of escape to have suspi
cion thrown on the secretary. The
diamond that was found among hel
things did not belong to the collarette
But its size and lrster matched any
one of dozen of the stones in tha
:, magnificent setting. so that all Of US
took 1t for granted 1t was Mrs. Mis-
sioner's property"
Every good" parted the chief
"How about the other points,"
1T needs no vivid imagination, =
said Britt, ito picture Curtis Griswolt
i employing young woman to take thu
drawings TO the French manufactur
> ers and telling her TO introduce her
! self as Elinor T1olcomb. or by an.
other name he desired"
i. Manning nodded reluctantly. Fitcl
u approvingly.
AS for old Martins possession o
l. Sands card" continued the lleuter
| ant, Il see no explanation about tina
& except that GrlswC]d handed II T.
Il him. There seems to be a streak O
malicious mischief In our club friend
$ As n side exploit in pulling of a BIZ
q crime, he would enjoy making troubl
for ecially for a man h
had reason to fear as a rival wh.cl
II was the case with Sands It may b.
u he even hoped to cast suspicion pei
manently on tho millionaire, though
II that seems hardly possible. Eve,
8 when Sands acted so mystcriously II
h regard to that letter he rcccvere
II from the Hindoo burglar. he did no
II make me suspect he had stolen III
It diamonds the strongest susr!c:or
e had was that he might be ck;c!din
II the thief, and that didn't last long.
l. And your own ,ittle adventure?
e asked the chief OF detective: 9TH
trace of malice.
n "Oh. that was only precautioa o
if their part. They took the chance
II might have recovered the MaharaHet
n l suppose. Maybe they expected t
1t find in my possession something ;ha
n would give them clue to the where
a. abouts OF the stone. Thcn. once the
n