The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-01

rest aSsuTeus nalkS LTlbcOhs
- that the person from whom
you received the diamond necklace
never had the least title to Il and that
he probably got possession Of It by
murder
SIR Octavlus. possessing himself Of thu
inspectors biottng pad. laid the neck
lace length wise across It. with the dia-
monds face downward. He placed an
elegant forennxsr on Q sort OF medallion
In the centre of the gold work On which
the stones were set.
Now observe" said ne, "althouSs
this poor ornament has passed through
30 many hands. no one. will venture to
swear. has found out the secret OF this
medallion. which was wrought by q very
cunning worker In metal IA Hindoo)-
iookl''
Sir ootavius pressed his nngsr nail on
the side OF tho medaliion--a Id few up
packed . tiny roll Of yeilowish parch-
ment.
'oblige me. inspector" said Sir oc-
tavius. by taking out that little docu-
ment and reading what Is written
upon IT.
Davidson picked the bit Of parch-
msnt out with q pin. unroiied II, and
gAsed ~ the writing traced upon II. II
was no larger than . penny stamp, and
the writing was most minute, but 80
clear that no could easily read, and the
Inspector presently read out:
This necklet Of q stones was given
to octavius Burke by the Maharanee
Of Dshicurrie. Hindustan., In return
for q valuable service
Sir Octavfus settled himself IN his
I'M HalA ia al -
buttoned frock coat. and commenced tho
following narrative: IA
1T IL scarcely necessary" ne said,
looking round upon Miss Drascoii, Miss
OLeary. and Inspector Nicholson with
q polite bow and smile. ito tell you how
and why Il was that the Maharanee OF
Dahlcurrfe-a most beautiful and dee ply
interesting woman--prssented mo with
the diamond necklace which. like Helen
Of Troy. has been the cause Of 90 much
agitation and trouble--though. OF course,
Of very different nature.
1T 10 sunncient to say that ! stood
high-very high indeed-in her esteem.
and. ! may say. her levor. and she
wished With all the msspihcence Of the
Oriental to reward me In the most sub.
stantial manner.
when I quilted india after q long.
and ! think I may say Distinguished
career. I sailed from Bombay on the
brahmapootra. carried the diamond
necklace with me as q matter OF course.
for I had view Of disposing Of Il In
Europe rather than in India.
You may remember. possibly. some
Of you. that the Brahmnpootrs went to
pieces on a hidden reef on the north
coast OF Africa. and that many OF her
passengers and crew were lost. I WAS
one of the survivors. my life was saved.
but my diamond necklace was lost.
How or at what moment II was
stolen from me ] have not been able
to make out--all that know is that
| II was stolen about the time tina
! trouble came to the Brahmapootra.
~ never heard anything OF my neck
| lace again. as you very well conceive.
and for nye years ! gave up all hone OF
ever recovering Il. Then strange
/ thing happened. The newspapers rams
for several days with startling ac-
counts Of a series OF sensational muir
ders In the southwest of England.
round about Plymouth and partmoor.
81 read them out OF mere curiosity,
what happened was this: A pawn
broker. Aaron Joseph. well known In
Plymouth. was found strangled In his
back parlor. A Hindu, known TO some
OF the sea-going fraternity in Plymouth
and Davenport AS Lal Dass, was found
stabbed through the heart In low
lodging house. \ seaman named Johr
| Lindsay was found In hut on Dart.