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the Maharaiah. It Is at your disposal.
too
His calmacss reminded the Prince
81 his own Oriental origin The W
hemeRce be had acquired in western
laods slipped from him like loosenod
robe In an instant. under his cut.
wari seeming Of an English or Amer.
team man-abouttoVu. he repossesscd
the composure Of his race
Sorry" he said with little forced
laugh Rather bad. you know. 10
take things TO heart that way. but
this really is serious proposition.
and We mustn't fall down on IL ~
We are so near success. ! viii tell
you Il is a question not only OF pioty
but Of politics There Is dash %,
mild statecraft in IT. The MaharAlah
has a pretty well.rooted idea that the
permanence Of his reign depends on
restoring the diamond to the Temple ="
The sage looked at him interroga.
| lively
Funny. | know" continued Mandy,
but. after all. It Is the twentieth
century and the + and O. boats take
some pretty restless people To India
| Those busy bodies have stirred VI a
good deal Of discomfort in our part OF
I the world. and my father is an Oh.
servant man"
Il had no thought OF giving up the
| olest," the Swami explained. An
/ | a'shed to do was TO move more dc.
4 iiberateiy believe Ne can recover
the stone without great violence. and
] | incline 20 these Westerners views
far enough TO think II would be better
for our religion. for your father, and
for the brethren-to say nothing OF
oursclyes--if We could do so. The
easiest way sometimes really IL the
best"
u know all that insisted the
Prince, but We have not the time
This hunt Is drawing close 10 a ho;
finish, You forget that We have the
cleverest detective in New York--one
. VI
to beat II he got the diamond. be
would not recognize our claim to II
for an instant He'd turn II over "a
Mrs. Missioner, and No would mol
stand the ghost OF chance In any
court of law. This is case where
we must help ourselves 10 our own
Besides, there is Griswold How DC
We know be is not getting ready 10
fee with the jewels tonight They
may be in his possession, or be may
have given them 10 the woman vbo
signs herself Millicent"
The Prince paused. framed hts I'm
gers tip TO tip, and locked between
them at the note as II peer!ng into .
crystal gazer's globe.
81 am convinced the woman has the
necklace" he went on Our men
have had time TO search Griswold's
apartment from end to end. and the
other mems, too. II they found the
Jewels In either place. We would know
it by now The whole question pre-
sents itself clearly enough TO my
mind The old French rroverb holds
good, cherchex Ia femme"
The Swami arose. As he did so. All
re-entered the room with more
salaams. and extended toward his
master q silver tray on which lay q
tiny scroll. written In minute hero
glyphs OF the Orient The scholar
broke the seal and scanned the paper
swiftly. A slight exclamation be
trayed that the information contained
In the little scroll broke through even
his magnificent reserve, His hand
trembled a little as he handed the
paper to the Prince A hurried read
ing suffced to destroy all OF that
young mans recently gained calm. lie
fairly hurled himself into sealskin
coat. and thrust his head into an
opera hat
Quick" he said, we have not mo
ment to losel"
II would have been well for Brits Il
the young photographer had acquaint
ed him promptly with the fact Of the
disappearance of the Millicent note
The detectives acute intelligence
lid have ARMED from that ran1Aani