The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-07

duce."
ssNot even in Paris? inquired the
| visitor. There is a good deal of talk
just now, you 41zzs3esTsHz , 9 bout the theft OF
society woman's diamonds. You
know she discovered that paste dia-
monds were substituted, and I under
stand the central jewel was one
Of exceptional size"
Neither Paris, nor Venice, nor yet
-stamhoul 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 undoubted.
ly copied pursued Britz. IF you have
read the newspapers, you know 1t was
through the discovery of that fact that
Mrs. Missioner learned her necklace
had been stolen
All the cordiality u the sWlhni van
ished. He seemed to wrap himself in
the impenetrable dignity Of his caste.
and he dismissed the subject with the
conclusive remark of his race, Il 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.
Britt, somewhat baf1ed, 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.
II have no objection to telling you, g
answered the priest, that am here
to spread the propaganda, TO turn the
lamp of the true faith upon the gloom
Of your Western civilization He con-
tinued. eyes, am making prose
lytes! am conducting gatherings OF
seekers after the Light, and am in,
structing all who come to me with
open minds and honest hearts
Britz picked up his hat and coat
with a reluctant air, and took leave OF
the Oriental with not oyer-profuse ex'
pressions Of gratitude for his recep,
ton. The scholar struck the gong,
the Hindoo servant appeared in the
farther doorway, and In a few seconds
the faint echoes of the visitors foot
steps ended in the quiet closing OF thu
street door.
the swagger of the English Guards
man, re-entered the room and looked
at the Swami quizzically.
You need not put yourself to thu
trouble of looking through tha sanda.
pagers" said the Swami. There vii
be nothing about this interview i.
The Times
'No?" returned Kananda. II heart
, the reporter say he wanted the fact
for the next issue of his Sunday sup
plement."
He is not interested in supple
ments," replied the priest, sequel
are his specially. When he interest
himself in story he begins at thu
continued line. He is not report
err"
The Prince looked at him inquirine
ly.
"Nor is he the man Ali should hav
searched" continued the sage. "He l
: one of the cleverest detectives Il
!, New York-Britz, of Headquarters!
Britt, Of Headquarters, did no
waste any time in gloating over tn
result of his. interview with the Braf
min. In the first place, he did not cor
slider that he had scored anythin
like a signal victory. He knew enougl
OF the subtleties Of the Orient to b
: aware that such grains of truth a
had come to him In the SWami's al
swers had been merged into volun
: inous fabric of mendacity-Well, ca
= it diplomacy-and that to winnow GU
l the few facts vouehsafed to him wa
. a task for the clustered seclusion c
i his own room, supplemented by til
t silent help Of many books Of refer
4 ence. But he was ready to take 1t TO
: granted that the Brahmin had spoke
r truly in regard to the difficulty of in
itating diamonds of great size. Their
J. was no question the Maharanee ha
i been copied; how closely he could nc
= say, as he had hfortunas]y neve
: had glimpse Of the false stone. Tn
t questions that gimleted their way int
. his brain were: Where was the cop.
+ Ing done; how was It done; and, c
9 course, correlatively, by whom was
i done?
i It Was busy quarter Of an hou
a Detectiye-Lieutenant Britz passed /
:, his Mulberry Street Office. AWaitin
$ him was a cablegram from Logan
g saying briefly he was trailing all th
J, worknen who had taken part in th
t man nfacture Of the paste Missione
t necklace, and that none of them ha
{ left Paris.
: To BE coNTINUED)
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