The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-26
The Diamonds
By ]. S. Fletcher
i Romance OF Hoard OF Missing JeUeis Inc
i and the Mystery Which Folios0ed Them q

IT'S all right str. eai1 the f~eVs
man. The lady should have has ~
trunk labelled via Kingstown instsaA &
merely Dublin. Thsyvs ossn put -
At Hoiyhsad station instead Of being
brought down to Hoiyhsad pier. and
they'll come on BY the North Wall
boat At Z o'clock. You'll find them at
North Wall. ms'am. about . o'ssesh
this evening"
III might aAivsA" saSA M. cav,
toying With . PEW Of se,d-rimmsd
gia0sa ~ shoui1 suegsse that yeui
best plan. msdAm. woAd b to- drtvs
around to North wan-put up at the
London and Northwestern Hotel. an
admirable and extremely well COR
Quoted house. for the night. and catc'
the o'o,ock train n the mornfns
from the adjacent stasiou for King
bridge. whore you would have an hou
for breakfast before tolnins the 90
Of tho Great sourhHn and Western for
limerick"
Miss pr,sooii thought al this very
rood advios and said 20. A little iatoi
she and Ire I've -s'srsymsn'' were at
sHb hotel.
Al Ave minutes 10 nine Miss Driscoll
went up to her room. put on the Ions
travelling cloak to which Mr.. Ciaye haf
taken such an antipathy. and went our
to the station to ma the missing
trunks As the sound OF her footsteps
died away slowly down the thickly car
psted corridor NJ. C1aye's head pro-
trudsd from the door OF the next room
--bsfors Miss Driscoirs skirts had
wished downsths hrst night OF stairs
Mr.. Clsys was at her door. He t(uchsJ
the handls--ths. door yielded easily
Mr.. c1ays stepped inside.
Within few minutes every door
screw had been ioosened to such an ex-
tent that q gentle. continuous push from
outside would have forced them out and
rendered the bolt useiesa Yet, looked
az In Q casual fashion. the bolt ena IL
nttinSs appeared to BE- intact
Mr.. ClAys put the screwdrfvsr into
his pocket again and turned to the bed.
The covsrlet and sheets we're folded
down: upon the pillow was spsnsd S1t
Miss Driscoli's nightgown.
He produced q small vial from -
inner pocket Of his Waistcost. and. oarO-
fully taking out the cork. he sprinklsA
sleeve Of the nishtgown just above ~
elbow. He sprinkled . few more on ths
lace work at the breast; few moro se11
on each Of the pillows ana along ~
edge Of the sheet whore the slespesAo
face might b supposed 70 come In 60
tact with II.
That night, later. MIS- Drisoosl 49,
until. nAxt morning. Q loud knocldng 9
her door consp4rsd With the strong 49,
to wake her. Sna started up then WeeA
. Wild oonsciousnsss that something -
happened.
She stared about her at the strsnus
room, At the trunks. - her clothsA -
suddenly remembered sverythihg. an1
Aa ali al
which she had fastened round her waist
ere she got into bed the night before
There was nothing but her unfsttssoA
draperfes there.
The steel chain and the grssa oA8 e.
the diamonds were gonsi
Search OF the room revealed nOcn1n4
save . bit Of paper With ngurss scsfshAs1
on t. Complaint TO the manaSsmsut
ELECTED nothing. A tally Of tho gusses
showed the elder Clergyman had lea
At 7 and the younger was srii asleep.
Mr.. Ninian Baxendais. siesping like Q
top IN his room. became conscious. AZ
ter . considerable amount OF mental
effort. that some one was knocking
loudly At his door. He got up IT last.
feeling very heavy and dazed.
After Ave minutes hard thinking he
concluded that clays meant him to TAX,
q hint that they must foregather al
kinEsoridge later In the morning. ant
ne dressed and went downstairs
He wore q stgnst ring on the little
finger OF that hand. and Miss Driscon,
who had purposely taken q seat al a
table exactly opposite the door. saw II.
and felt a sudden illumination. Sur
prfsed out Of herself she uttered two
words:
"Ninian Baxendalei"
"YOu nnder sOma ryfstaEa