The Huttig news., 1912-04-27

easiest way sometimes really is the best"
 T know all that" insisted ths Prince, but we have not the time. This hunt Is drawing close to hot finish You forget that we have the cleverest detective in New York-one of the cleverest in the world to beat. If he got the diamond, he would not recognize our claim to ii for an instant He'd turn 1t over to Mrs. Missioner, and we would not stand the ghost of chance in any court of law. This is case where we must help ourselves to our own. Besides, there Is Griswold. How do We know he Is not getting ready to fee with the jewels tonigfp They may be in his possession, or he may have given them to the woman who signs herself Millicent."
 The Prince paused, framed his fin | gers tip to tip. and looked between them at the note as If peering into a l crystal gazer's globe
 T 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 If 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 proyerh holds good cherchez Ia femme"
 The Swami arose. AS he did so, Ali re-entered the room with more salaams. and extended toward his master a silver tray on which Lay tiny scroll, written in minute hiero- 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 sufficed to destroy all of that young mans recently gained calm. He fairly hurled himself into sealskip coat, and thrust his head into an opera hat.
 Quick" he said. we have not a mo- ment to loSe,
 1t would have been well for Bfitz If the young photographer had acquai nt cd him promptly with the fact of the disappearance of the Millicent note. The detectives acute intelligence would have argued from that incident the need of even greater haste than he was making in pushing his pursuit of the Missioner diamond to a close Bnt Burlen, conscience stricken though tss was. was loath to send the Information to the Headquarters man until he could have time to make further and more exhaustive search of his shop as well as of the courtyard in the rear of the building on which its windows gave IL was dark in the court. and the imper- feet light of his candle made his search so slow that by the time he was sure the note was gone beyond possibility of it's recovery it was too late for him to find Detective Britz at Police Headquarters. When his mes senger returned with the report that the Central Office man had left his room, and that no one in the Mulberry street building knew where to find him. Burlen became so alarmed that he hasteped to Headquarters to try to take up the hunt for Britz from that point. He was as unsuccessful as; his emissary, and he spent many anx ious hours in the waiting room honing for the detectives return. The photo en- graver tried to console himself with the thought that the negative had been spared, and he therefore had been able to send to Britz's office the hundred facsimiles of the Curtis dear" miss i've his customer had ordered But it was poor consolation when he recalled the earnestness with which the detective had enjoined upon him not to les the original leave his hands. Burler was an exceedingly uncomfortable young