The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-04
The Diamonds
By 7. S. Fletcher
Romance OF a Hoard of Missing JeUels Ii
| and the Mysfery Which FOLLOWED Them


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third. We were all three on the ~
Brahmapootra whom she went ~
pieces. and Il IL evident that only g
one of us could have carried the bog
away with him"
That WASH, me-" srovi'd Limo, q
TT was not l." said Lai Dass.
But then, of course, only myUsf
knew that. For y while thoughe'u
that you had IT, and then I thought
that Stefano had II; but II was not
until last year that know that he -
had had it,
(which means for TO say that he .
had II no lonxerf'' .......u a..
Exactly. He had II no longer. ant
I never know where II was until
saw II n few minutes ago"
Tho two men sat staring at 'eaon
other after Lal Dass' last words.
Hindu with keen. steadfast eyen:
Lindsay with . half-furtive glance.
Look here" said Lindsay. whats,
II all meant what's the true sis-
ninosncs OF itf I Amt good at rIdsf
dies and mysteries: give US . plainsr
reckoning of IL"
1T msans." answered the Hindu.
''that in the beginning stsfano car
risd away the boz. Somehow ORD
other he got to this place. Plymouth.
q last. A. I explain II. he deposited
the boz with the man who kept this
inn. no doubt asking him TO take care
Of II until he returned. He must
then have been long time away.
ana whom he came bsck the man fadV
well. v.ii~ said Lind.ay. "Ang
then"-
"or at any rata. ~ read the story.
the bog was not forthcoming Pesills
haps the man thought that Stefano,,s
was never coming back and had dis
effects."
All gussswork." interrupted LindssH
say oontemptuously It's your in
fsrnai way Of putting together things
that never had no existence" 71r
$50. when stsfano found that out.
continued LL Dass impsrturSably,iii
"thero was disaGreemsnt You re-
member that stsfano was . man Of
violent temper. conclude that h4os
laid hands on the man ana that they
fought And. OF course StsfaAo haAor
a knife. and Il was With the ,knifs l.,
that he killed him" AiS
Killed himr'
room. The man was found stftina
in your chair stabbed through tAsSv
heart
Lindsay left the seat hastily.
Here" no said. none O. your nAstyuh
tales to mo. Dye mean TO say that
stcfano stabbed tho man 20 dsaA m 1.
that there chair. whore I've been ~,
sitting quiet and peacefulr' 'r'
Yes, ~ II So" answered the AiaAu. .,
Lindsay surveyed the chair with =
certnin amount OF repugnAnoe. vi
We'll. I'm biowed," he said 'HsrA
i amt going to sit there any more. W
90 on with your yarn Mr.. Lal Dass: IA
I'll have II standing"
7 was In Plymouth at the time"
continued tho Hindu. II read it IN all
the newspapers-ths case before the
magistrates and tho trial at the supe-
rior court--the asAiAes. are they not
calledf-and everything.
The defense was that 6tefano had
entrusted valuable property to the
ana on coming back for Il he could
not get II restored to him. and 80 lost
his temper and began hEhtins, witn u
tho result that he used his knife and
killed the man who had misussd the
property At nrst everybody said he
would be hanged. but In the end the
court found him guilty OF msnslaugh-
ter and he was sentenced to ten yearA,
penal servttude."
why didn't they hang him"
growled Lindsay. He'd ha' been bet
ter out OF the way altogether" 80.
on perceive now why I made my Z
self acquainted with this house." con,
tlnued the Hindu. There was such 'ealls
and chatter OF tho AFFAIR among folx :,
that I wanted to know what property
Il was that Stefano had been so eae"'
To reclaim. I kept my ears omen. The
widow NJ the dead man retained thu
house for a time and there was much =
custom. for people were curious r@si
She was foolish woman and she 81
talked. IL was for small reason she
said. that Stefano had killed her man,
Shs spoke with contempt OF the goods
which Stefano had left
"They were moi worth n connis ~, ~
pounds, she said. over and over again.
man 10 be killed for couple of 8
pounds! That was all her cry. But ~
she never knew what had become or Il
the things They had been put awag
somewhere and that was all she. re-
membered Her husband might have
sold them for tribe that Stefano
owed him, or they might have beenH
stolen-she knew nothlng-a BIT OF az
box and a bundle OF clothes. that waso
all, And II was all. too. that l could n
hnd out. Stefano was sent on to-
prison; tho dead mans widow gave
mp this house and people forgot the
affair"
The Hindu paused and drew hts =
chair nearer TO Lindsay. His low