The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-01
The Diam OndS
By ]. S. Fletcher
Romance OF hoard OF Missing. JeUels Ire
and the Mystery " h,ch Foliotned Them ~


moor. hsif-burnt but recognizable
most TO pieces. He he'd been strippsA,
and near him lay . heap Of convtoe'o
clothes.
AT the Same time an escaped coa-
Wet from Dartmoor. one 0tsfAao vaDr
ssllL was shot dead By . punsuiAg
party Of wNrderr and he we feua1
to be wearing Lindsay's clothes. I've
men shot vassaiii--wardsrs nsme1
Lloyd and Holiine. Within few houss
OF vassallfs death. Lloyd and Holline
retraced to tho spot. and Hollins MUG
with a stone and buried the body h .
crevice In the rocks. After that Hol-
Inns disappeared. and from that day -
this he has never been heard Of.
Now began TO see some chance It
tracing my diamonds. ! had Q list Of
the names OF every man. woman, a.
child. passenger or crew. on the Brah-
mapootra, and amongst them were the
names of Lal Dass. John Lindsay
and Stefsno vassalli
II came to the conclusion that these
we're the thieves.-these were the men
who had stolen my necklace. AND that
the necklace was the ,auss Of this
chain Of murders. And I put II in this
way--that in some fashion or other
VsRsalli. when shot by the warders.
was Ia possession Of the necklace: that
Lloyd and Hollins found II on hin:
that Hollins murdered Lloyd for the
sake of II.
9TH, thing was to and Hoiiins-sss
Hollins could not be found. He had
vankhed - completely rs 10 ne had
evaporated into thin air. did all thas
could. and the police did all that they
could. to trace him. but our labors were
without the least result He had beeu
a soldier and hailed originally from
Castleford. In Yorkshire. and to Castle
ford after some time We went But
nothing had becn seen or heard Of
Hoilins In castleford for years All
trace OF him was lost
II gave up active measures then, but
! Kept my eyes on the papers. for one
dnds clues there when one least expects
them. found nothing until this morn
ing. When ! saw tho article In the
Irish TfmeS, I came immediatsiy -
inspector DAVIDSON and found out that
the necklace was undoubtedly mine ana
wher;. the missinE link In the chain Of
evidence lay.
"iis told me. Miss Driscoli. mat yss
had como from castlsford with the
neckiace-Castleford. the place where
We could not IND q trace Of HsIlins,
but with which va knew he had the
clue ties Of birth,-and that Il hsa
been left to you by . man named Fla
ney. who carried on various profos-
sions. and amongst them that a.
money-lsnder. And there I ear
through the whole scent.
, 1T may all be wrong: it may ~
only theory. but this 10 what ] think
really happened: Hollins did murder
Lloyd for the sake OF the diamonds
which they had found on vassaii. ssd
ne did contnvs to get to Castisford, 70
Finney. whom he probably knew bsfcre.
and who was very likely Q fleece .
well a. . money-iender. And I concsive
that Finney killed him. = he ~
killed Lloyd. for the sake Of the dia-
monds That was the misstnx ing 4
wanted. What has happened to the
diamonds since. you know a. wen e. 4"
Sir octsvius brought his narrative
to CLOSE abruptly. He rose, drew on
his pearl-grsy gloves. and looked q
Permit me-" no said. "to escort
Miss o'Lcary ana yourself hack te
Kingston. This long story hes wsaris1
you"
Miss Drisooii felt that thsr. "a.
more behind this than there seemed
TO De on the surface: abe and Ma
oLeary rose obedisntly.
.ou u excuse me, Dir OctavfuD"
SAID Inspector Davidson as the barons,
shook hands with him. "but what ar,
you going 10 do with those diamond?
II they were mine. you know, I should
throw them into tho sea-"
Ha-ha-ha" laughed Sir Octayius.
You're a sentimentaiiAt. my dear air.
q senumentalist What? Throw ava,
such = splendid collection OF gems OF
tho nrst waterf No. no. I can do bet
ter, much better than that with them. 7,
but what win you do with them.
asked the inspector. ~
Sir octsvtus looked round. He AMI
tho inspector stood ut tho door OF the
latter's room: Miss DriscoIi and Miss
OLeary were strolling away along the
corridor outside. pensive and thought
fui. Sir Octavius stretched Q dnger to-
ward MiAs Driscoirs unconscious mr.
ur~
II Shall let my wife have EN- he
whispered. do you sect"
Sir Octaviis followed the ladies'.
chucklins to himself. The Inspector
went back into his room. put his feet
on his desk. lighted q cigar. and folded
his arms. He stared at the ceiling
II wish I could have hanged old
Kilneri" he said.
(THD EJp)