Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-04
CHAPTER Xxx.
kananda's Mission.


Kananda and the Swami, in the up
town bachelor apartment whittier they
sped from the Filth avenue ballroom,
bent about a table on which were
spread various diagrams Al, Mrs.
Mssioners servant, stood at re
spectful distance lie wore con.
cerned look that inumated he had
been subjected 10 some pretty sun
questioning by his masters. The high.
caste Orieutals paid little attention TO
him They leaned over the table I'M
I'll their heads almost touched. study
ing diligently the papers that lay upon
II, occasionally following the lines
with pencils. and pausing TO make
hurried calculations on the margins ot
the sheets. At length the Swami
leaned back and gazed ixedly at the
prince
1T is evident were on the tight
track az last" he said. "Chunda and
Gain could not have done their
work thoroughly"
They didn't do It at all, when II
comes 10 that" answered the prince.
Instead Of finding only a loose end
OF the thread. they ought to have I'm.
tangled the whole skein."
However" said the Swami. this
note shows my original supposidons
were accurate. The jewels we're Ia
ken by the man who trod on the false
diamond in the opera box"
1T looks as II It were SO" Kananda
replied The question is. where are
they now
The woman has them" returned
the scholar
Unless" sneered Mandy, she Is
beating our enterpTising clubman at
his own game. How do you know
she hasn't sold them"
This note"
"Oh, know all about that" laughed
the prince. 1T is plain you have not
given suficient thought to the ways
OF these western women. II only you
would take your head out OF those
esoteric clouds once in 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"
"on the surface it does" said
Mandy.
But the woman when she wrote
It 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
IT'S 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 the swiftes'
sets OF Cambridge town: in the mos
exclusive London clubs: In the Olymp
ian gatherings OF Heidelberg stu
dents, and in the most fin-de-siecls
circles OF the gay capital. Whatever
his theory, there was nothing hest
tant about It. He held In regard tt
the sex only the most settled optn
ions.
TT seems to me-" said the Swami
that your conclusions are pretty fal
fetched. But bow to you, prince, IL
the matter OF social law. Perhaps
know little more about the higher
mysteries, but when It comes to cotil
Ions, you take the baccalaureate de
gree"
There may have been shade O.
irony in his words. II so, kananda
for all his subtlety. failed to notice 1t
81 think you are clouding the ques
ton needlessly when you take 1t fol
granted the woman who wrote thii
note is not true to Curtis Griswold's
interests" And the Swami tapped
the table meditatively with the scraT
=. paper the man with the glistenins
eyes had flched from the Gamers
board IN Burdens workshop
Wouldn't II be a good deal more di
rect said the Swami. TO continue to
take II for granted she Is sincere--tha'
she received the Jewels from Girls
wobd that she still has them. xAd that
she viii not part with any o them
ant1 The ciuhmas has refused to com
sss sith bar request for monsyr