The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-02
CHAPTER Xxx.
Kananda's Mission.

N hhnanda ana tne swami, IN tne up
town bachelor apartment whittier they
sped from the Fifth avenue ballroom,
bent about table on which were
spread various diagrams All, Mrs
Missioner's servant stood at a re
speotful distance He wore a con.
cerned look that intimated he had
been subjected to some pretty stir
questioning by his masters. The high
caste Orientals paid little attention to,
him. They leaned over the table un-
I'll their heads almost touched, study
Ing diligently the papers that lay upon
It. occasionally following the lines
with pencils, and pausing to make
hurried calculations on the margins OF
the sheets. Al length the Swami
leaned back and gazed fiIedly at the
prince.
1T is evident we're on the right
track at last" he said. "Chunda and
GaEim could not have done their
work thoroughly"
They didn't do It at all, when It
comes to that" answered the prince.
Instead Of finding only a loose end
OF the thread, they ought to have un-
tangled the whole skein."
u However" said the Swami. this
note shows my original suppositions
were accurate. The jewels we're Ia
ken by the man who trod on the false
diamond in the opera box"
,et IT looks az II It were So" Kananda
replied. The question is, where are
they nowH"
Tho woman has them," returned
the scholar.
"Unless." sneered Mandy, "she is
beating our enterprising clubman at
his own game. How do you know
she hasn't sold them7"
This note"
'Oh. | know all about that" laughed
the prince. "It is plain you have not
given sufficient thought to the ways
of these western women. II only you
would take your head out of those
esoterfc clouds once in a while, and
come to earth for a look around, you
wouldn't be quite so ingenious"
But she says In this note she will
have to sell some OF the Jewels" the
Swami persisted THAT certainly In
. dicates they are still in her posses
sion"
.'c son the surface It does.' said
Mandy.
But the woman when she wrote
II could not have supposed It was to
be read by anyone save Griswold."
How do you know she didn't in
tend to deceive him?" asked Kananda
TITS a good thing you chose the schol-
ar's life in early youth, my friend.
+. AS a society man, you'd make an ex-
ceedingly interesting. but distressing
ly hopeless innocent abroad"
Mandy had learned his philosophy
OF femininity in one OF tho swiftest
sets of Cambridge town; In the most
= exclusive London clubs; in the Olymp-
ian gatherings OF Heidelberg stu
dents, and in the most fn-de-siecle
circles OF the gay capital. Whatever
his theory, there was nothing hesl-
tant about It. He held in regard to
the sex only the most settled opin-
ions.
Ut seems to me-" said the Swami.
that youisxconclusions are pretty far
fetched, BftI bow to you, prince, in
the matter OF social law. Perhaps l
know q little more about the higher
mysteries. but when It comes to cotll-
Ions, you take the baccalaureate de-
gTee.s tu,i
. There may have been shade OF
ironyain his words. II so. Kananda,
for all his subtlety. failed to notice 1t.
n II think you are clouding the ques-
ton needlessly when you take It for
granted the woman who wrote this
note Is not true to Curtis Griswold's
interests" And the Swami tapped
the table meditadvely with the scrap
OF paper the man with the glistening
eyes had filched from the camera
board in Burlens workshop.
Wouldn't II be good deal more di-
rect" said the Swami, ito continue to
take II for granted she is sincere-that
she received the jewels from Girls
void, that she still has them, and that
she will not part with any OF them
until the clubman has refused to COM
ply with her request for money!"
YES" Kananda admitted. Wen
work along that line for the present.
Now, then. where's the woman?"
He turned to All with a piercing
look. The servant salaamed.
"Excellency." said he, I'VE have
verified the address heading the sec
ond note. She is there"
1T is WELL" said the prince curtly.
"Go!"
He turned TO the Swami and, stand
ing with one foot on his chair, raised
his elbow TO his knee and lowered his
chin to HIS hand.
Il believe we're close to the end OF
" our quest" he mused. 81 have feel
icg We must get the Maharanee to-