Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-10-12
friend closed the door as s,..
room. " entered n.


1T is Miss Druse.p 10 v,,a
once. "a new complication ba 70 NE at
In the case. hope and hel,a, a0 arisen
acted in time. 1 want Won - have
where with me-" 50 some
l knew where it was ,fto.
held brief consultation Win le had
ltor. 1t appeared that Miss n. -ls Wis
come to his office less tho use had
hour previous il: a great STAT i'ali an
cltement and alarm. She boa ex'
unable to find her brotbar oeea
thought had come to her mind .,. .'Nl
driven her to come downtoy-, ''', naa
the morning to visit the ST.. ,' u
posit vault where the plate io' Ge'
and family papers of the astoto T'v''y
Kept. Only she and her hrotb.. e'e
keys to the section where tn. "e'a
uaoles We're. She had made on ~. '@l'
ing discovery. Family diamonds p o
taincd in a chamois bag to the ,o eou'
of over 100000, most of then, 60. ,a'ue
ly the property of her dead r,at, 81
were missing. Fooled in seeuring ale,
tai for his mad scheme Of g,oalla
Ainslee Druse had secured the io,roI-
They We're doubtless by this limo =
the possession of the conspirotors II
Il have had two men acting nm =.
ders at the seance studio since 1o..
evening" reported Marvel as We snra
along toward our destination 4Tbo.-
is my man now" he added as roool
ing the front of the building ,ya bas
so strangely visited the day prevons
a prim, severe-faced individual coma
to the side of the machine.
eve have detained the lady" y.
ported this ally of Resilius Marvel
'At midnight we saw the crowd had
taken alarm and were bent on fobt
You left open orders, and acted on
my best judgment"
"Very good"
mo sign of the young man Won ia.
scribed. We were careless about tbs
general crowd but only one or two Of
them made off"
"Take me to the lady" directed
Marvel.
We found Nirvasa pacing to and fra
in a room off from the aDartmea
where we had first seen Dialma. Sb
feigned GOODNESS and her wanton smile
cleaned as we entered the apartment
Very briefly, very sternly, Marvel de-
manded a knowledge of the where
abOuts of Ainslee Druse.
81 do not know" she averred. His
dealings have been with Dialma ey.
clusively."
"Some valuable diamonds are miss.
ing" proceeded Marvel. "They must
be restored-must; do you under.
stand? AS to your deposit in local
bank, an embargo has been placed
upon that until you have accounted
for the $4,000 of which you have
Invested in your latest dupe'
You seem to know a good DEAL
said the woman, with her serpentns
smile.
Il know enough to detain you at
leisure for a long time" stated Mar
vel with sternness. "COme, l wish to
see this Djalma Xiii"
ut is useless"
"And why?"
"He is dead. In arranging to re-
move him one of the men tipped
piece of furniture against the glass
globe. The supply of gas was cut 9n'
He died within the hour
We stepped into the next room. Mr.
vasa had spoken the truth. The great
glass case lay in brittle ruins on the
floor of the room. Two of the seryi'
tors were lifting the poor remains Of
The Oldest dian IN The World into
long cedar box.
81 have only one request to make
Mr.. Marvel spoke the woman grayey'
"And what is thatT" demanded Mar
vel.
you jeer at my calling and its &C.
cessories, but at least this old man was
genuine and consistent. | am Hndu
enough to respect a sacred pledge
whatever charge you may bring
against me, 1 will stand the penalty
AS to the victim of an unfortunate ac'
cident, poor Djalma. l ask you to ie'
his remains be shipped to relative
of his who is member OF a Hlnuu
colony in the east. They will send MS
body back to his native land, a IAN,
lily responsibility they treasure auu
revere"
perhaps" said Marvel, sJeadlP
looking into the woman's eyes-'ar'el
an inquest"
Nirvasa started as if a scorpion hau
stung her. Dismay, disappointment
defeat were evtnced in her features
She bit her lip and trembled with sup
pressed rage.
"Stand aside" ordered Marvel 10 tne
two servitors. He pushed them away
and 1 saw him grope within the ceuo.
chest and his hands move all aOOO'
the wasted body of Djalma Xii IT,
81 thought So" he observed qnieu!'