Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-08
APTER Xxx.
kananda's Mission.

kananda's Mission.
Kananda and the Swami, In the up-
town bachelor apartment whittier they
sped from the Fifth avenue ballroom.
bent about n table on which were
spread various diagrams. All, Mrs.
Missioner's servant, stood at a re-
spectful distance. He wore con.
cerned look that intimated he had
been subjected to some pretty stin
Questioning by his masters The high
caste Orientals paid little attention to
Aim. They leaned over the table un-
I'll their heads almost touched, study
ing diligently the papers that lay upon
1t. occasionally following the lines
with pencils. and pausing to make
hurried calculations on the margins OF
the sheets. At length the Swami
leaned back and gazed fxedly at the
prince
1T is evident we're on the right
track at last" he said. "Chunda and
Gazim could not have done their
work thoroughly"
They didn't do 1t at all, when It
comes to that" answered the prince.
Instead of finding only loose end
of the thread. they ought to have un-
tangled the whole skein."
However" said the Swami. this
note shows my original suppositions
were accurate. The jewels were ta-
ken by the man who trod on the false
diamond in the opera box"
1T looks as If 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 enterprising 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 sufficient thought to the ways
OF these western women. If only you
would take your head out OF those
esotertc clouds once in a while. and
come to earth for 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
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dicates they are still in her posses
sion"
''on the surface 1t does" said
Mandy.
But the woman when she wrote
1t could not have supposed 1t was to
be read by anyone save Griswold."
How do you know she didn't in
tend to deceive him." asked Kananda
Its good thing you chose the schol
ar's life in early youth, my friend.
AS 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 swiftest
sets of Cambridge town; in the most
exclusive London clubs; In the Olymp-
Ian gatherings Of Heidelberg stu
dents, and in the most fin-de-siecle
circles of the gay capital. Whatever
his theory, there was nothing hest
tant about It. He held In regard to
the sex only the most settled opin-
ions.
1T seems to me-" said the Swami.
that your conclusions are pretty far
fetched But bow to you, prince. in
the matter of social law. Perhaps
know little more about the higher
mysteries. but when 1t comes to cotil-
Ions, you take the baccalaureate de-
gree"
There may have been shade OF
irony in his words. If so. Kananda,
for all his subtlety, failed to notice It
Il think you are cloudlng the Ques-
ton needlessly when you take 1t for
granted the woman who wrote this
note is not true to Curtis Griswold's
interests" And the Swami tapped
the table meditauvely with the scrap
OF paper the man with the glistening
eyes had filched from the camera
board In Burlen's workshop.
wouldn't 1t be a good deal more d.
reot,' said the Swami, "to continue to
take 1t 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 Ali with a piercing
look, The servant salaamed.
"Excellency." said he. I'VE have
verified the address heading the sec
ond note. She is there"
TT 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
ing We must get the Maharanee to-
night, II we are to recover 1t at ALL
We haye played a waiting game for
many months, and 1t Is time now to
act. Are you prepared7
" am prepared"
you will not. stay your hand when
II comes to the point?"
The Swami did not answer He sat
with folded arms staring at the docu.
ments on the table. It was in an al
tered voice that at length he spoke:
Prince" he said. already the 81,
cred gem should be ruby red with the
thot Hao emil