The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-01

ant. m riack Silhouette against the
hall nnhfe. hesitated FOR q moment
stick IN hand. Then. with a shout II
raGs. he eprang forward and struck "a
the moaning wretch Who squirmed os
the gravel AZ his feet
Now. lack eteadman. that 10 quite
e0ough." said the inspector. pushina
hts way through the iaureiN.
'And Who may you he7" cried ths
other. With q furious DATA.
Ny name r. Addington Peace cf the
criminal Investigation department oi
Scotland Yard. and I arrest you boih
FOR being concerned IN the robbery q
a valuable diamond. the property ~
Nj julius Taubsry."
Stolen a diamondi" be heliowed
DO you call that = diamondy"
He nung down q stone that sparkiee
IN the lights behind him. and stamped
~ into the gravel with Ma heel.
4 am aware that n h the imita
ton" said the inspector. But n va
not your fault that you missed the
real thing. have . cab waiting. You
had better cone with me qui9fly Ana
] warn you. bteadman. that anything
you say viil be unsd IN evidences
against yon-
n YES after two IN the morning be
fore the inspector tapped a. the dooA
% my rooma bad MADE the sourtn
Of that cd cab lead 20 the nearest
polios staten: Cor. though Mr.. Jacn
etsadman he'd hlnMtsrad. and the Hon
George oarstairs had grovelsd and
whined thithsf. saey had consented "a
80 81 last. And there I had lsft ths
ostsctive and his ps1ponsEs. dFiwin9 q
my rooms 20 await his RETURN.
The case vnn not quite sc difacun
aa you suppose. Mr.. Philiipa- ne
said. IN answer 20 my question. zoe
remember that believed ths diamond
60 be stfil IN the housey-
-csrtAlniy."
1T would be hard 20 imaains q mort
useful bait n vas eartnin that the
thieves would have another bite al
a.: u waa also certain that ought q
be able 60 hook them vhsn they ala
Yet very nearly lost the diamond
after AL. Taub@ry. 0unaom and tke
servants bad al declared shat. alncs
the robbery. nothing had been movs6
from the dining room, phnaage or n
brary. There they made q MISTAKE.
'Tauoery's t,tis grandson. George
happeded 20 leave HE toy horse IN ths
passage from the dining room. and
into the hole made for the pommeI
that poor creatura. CArutmira. had
dropped the diamond with = last do
spairlng effort 90 set rid of n before
Colonel 0unfon searched hlm. Tem
minutes afterwards the little Dos
went out for a walk With his nurse
taking the horse with him. &vhen M
returned n vas isft. ~ usual. IN ths
ssrvantg quarters a. the back. 1
never set eyes on n until a day later
Even then I should not have suspect
ed what n contained had not ths
nurse complained 20 me Of q man whe
followed her when ahe took Guorrt
for hia daily airing IN the park. Thnf
was the sign for which I had beer
looking. accompanied the pair or
the following morning. 7 saw ths
man. but did not recognise him.
Neither the nurse nor the b,
could well be carrying the diamond
about with them There remained the
horse. That night extracted the ren.
diamond. and not wishing 10 spoil ms
bait fQr the any fsh. I dropped the irn.
itatioh stone into ita placa.
The toy was watched By nlght and
DAY. II was through q hirt from nis
that n was included IN the sale Poor
Colonel ountoni admit that hia 60
centric bidding startled me for . NO
ment
You can understand ataadmnnt
fury when, after all bis plots and risks
and expenditure. Bis Silly dOpa brought
him back the identical imitation stone
that had been made TO deceive old
Taubery. I don't believe that the Tro
JAMS could have been more astoniuhed
NhWN NNW AN"NAM NmNNENI NFNtN ~
wooden horse than was steadmam
when be took out the diamond from
the toy and found n 10 Be ne imita'
tom"
"And Who was steadmanr'
"A very dangerous fellow, Mr.. Phil
lips. I recognized him the moment be
appeared a. the door. For years ha
was = bookmaker IN Paris. but ieft
when tho place Got too bot for bin.
A a card player be IL we'll known and
avoided lie has teen IN low water
lately. SO has he dupa. carmtairn, an
I nov discover. Lord winione. ths
young mans brother. set him up as q
coffee planter IN Ceylon. but he spent
all the money given BIN and re-
turned siE months AEo. CarNtairs vas
q distant connection OF Mra. Tauberys
and both she and her husband had
been VERY hind 10 him. Ha was a.
ways loafng about the house. gettinG
free meals and now and then borrow'
ting a nver He must have heard ~
the new diamond and mentioned u -
pteadman: FOR steadman hatched fhe
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