The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-01-12
human plagiarist can repro,

glory no human plagiarst can repro,
duce"
Not even in Paris?" inquired tho
visitor. There is good deal of talk
just now, you know. about the theft OF
a society woman's diamonds. You
know she discovered that paste dia-
monds were substituted, and l under
stand the central jewel was one
Of exceptional Size"
Neither Paris, nor Venice, nor yet
STEAMBOAT can manufacture colorado
limitations of such stone" insisted
the Swami. limitations, that is to
say, that would deceive anyone with
the crudest knowledge"
But the Maharanee was undoubteds
ly copied" pursued Britt. IF you have
read the newspapers, you know 1t was
through the discovery of that fact that
Mrs. Missione: learned her necklaces
had been stolen"
All the cordially Of the swami van.
ished. He seemed to wrap himself in
the imDenetrable dignity of his caste.
and he dismissed the subject with the
conclusive remark of his race, II have
spoken" In spite of the most adroit
efforts of his visitor, and despite inter-
rogations direct and indirect, he could
not be induced to discuss the subject
again.
Brttz. somewhat bafled, finally led
the conversation into other channels
by bethinking himself of his role in
time to ask the Swami the purpose
and probable length of his stay In
New York.
Il have no objection to telling you"
answered the priest, that l am here
to spread the propaganda, to turn the
lamp Of the true faith upon the gloom
Of your Western civilization" He con-
tinued. Yes, am making prose-
lytes! am conducting gatherings Of
seekers after the Light, and l am in
structing all who come to me with
open minds and honest hearts
Britt picked up his hat and coat
with q reluctant air, and took leavN Of
the Oriental with not ovcrprofuse e1.
pressions Of gratitude for his recep.
tion. The scholar struck the gong.
the Hindoo servant appeared in tho
farther doorway, and in a few seconds
the faint echoes Of the visitors foot
stAps ended in the quiet closing Of tho
street door.
Kananda, with a carriage aka to
the swagger Of the English Guards.
man. re-entered the room and looked
at the Swami quizzically.
you need not put yourself to tho
trouble Of looking through tho Sunday
papers," said the Swami. "Thers will
be nothing about this interview II
The Times"
"No?" returned Kananda. Il heard
tho reporter say he wanted the facts
for the next issue Of his Sunday SUP
plement."
He 10 not interested In supple,
ments," replied the priest, "seQuels
are his specially. When he interests
himself in story he begins at tho
continued line. He is not a report
er."
The Prince looked at him inquirine
ly.
"Nor Is he the man Ali should have
searched" continued the sage He 70
one Of the cleverest detectives In
New York-Brits. Of Headquartersl"
Britz. Of Headquarters, did nos
waste any time in gloating over tho
result Of his interview with the Brah-
min. In the FIRST place, he did not con
slider that he had scored anything
like a signal victory. He knew enough
of the subtleties of the Orient to DO
aware that such grains of truth a.
had come to him in the Swamis an
swers had been merged into a voluu1-
inous fabric of mendacity-well, calf
1t diplomacy-and that to winnow out
the few facts vouchsafed to him waD
a task for the cloistered seclusion Of
his own room. supplemented by The
silent help Of many books Of refer.
ence. But he was ready to take It ios
granted that the Brahmin had srokeD
truly in regard to the difficulty of in
itating diamonds Of great size. There
was no question the Maharanee had
been copied; how closely he could not
say, as he had unfortunately never
had a glimpse Of the false stone. The
questions that gimleted their way into
his brain were: Where was the COPY.
ing done; how was 1t done; and, Of
course. correlatively, by whom was Il
done?
It was a busy quarter Of an hour
observation-disclosures Britz passed in
his Mulberry Street Office Awaiting
him was q cablegram from Logan.
| saying briefly he was trailing all the
workmen who had taken part in the
manufacture Of the paste Missioner
necklace, and that none OF them haA
left Paris.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Queer Hotel Custom.
Hotel customs throughout the worl1
! are varied. A hotel in France Is on