The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-03-15
ny CHARLES DRYDEN

In the softly fading. daylight say.
lng hours OF Sabbath evening IN
the month Of May. the noble Cubs
drew out Of Chicago on the Penn.
Hylvanla route. headed for Piitaburg
All WAS serene AT the getaway. In
the Iiyona car ragged two poker con
tests and one Of dice. seen dimly thru
hazy clouds OF tobacco smoke: IN the
coach behind the IIycnn car rode
Grover Cleveland AicxAnder--rcturn-
"a war hero and his bride. Across
the aisle Reindeer Blil Killcfcr and
his wife had made Arrangements 10
bunk for the night. Nothing could
be more Herencr.
Three newspaper blokes and Bili
Byron. the affablc umpire. luriled In
Section s. directly back OF the Alex.
anders. who were In Section 20.
some sparIslcr
Ever and anon the bride rested
slim white hand on the brawny
shoulder Of her hero; and from that
hand flashed an Aurora BoroaliH
which picked out and maRnlfied the
frcckles on the back Of Alexis neck
as tho powerful searehllghi reveals
the pebbles on the beach.
And 40. while their section was be-
ms made down. Alex stood In the
aisle az Section $ holding snappy dis.
courses with the inmates. to.wli.
Three newspaper hloker and Bill by.
ron. The bride withdrew TO the
womcn's dressing room-iwo sec.
tons forward to prepare for the
night. All was then serene.
Tho bride removed two rings and
a bar pin from her person. strung
the rings on the bar and hooked IL
fast In the little golden staple. Total
value % the Jewels. s.0eo-which
Alex had amnsse while serving an
lndcierminate sentence on the slab
ai Philadelphia IN ante-bclium days
Farewell serenity
This modest fortune In gems the
bride placed in the dinky little poke,
% her blue travelling skirt Having
donncd kimono. the lady hung the
skirt over one arm with the mouth
OF the pocket pointing downward
Up 60 that moment all was @tili
serene. She then emerged from the
dressing room and poured $4,000
worth OF gliiiering mamma in the
wilderness for the first who might
i.ass that way.
Tho loss was proclaimed the in.
slant Mrs Alex reached her berth
journey Of ten steps Alex sped
INTO the linoleum covered passage
leading from the dressing room and
found a penny that had been In the
pocket with tho $1,000 worth of dla.
monds. but which would hardly pay
the interest on the original invest.
mcnt.
with the assistance OF BIN Killcfer
and the porter. Alex took that end
of the car apart and held an autopsy
on the tousled remains. Nothing do.
ing. Serenity had fled for the night.
which was yet young. Umpire Bill
Byron and the three scribcs sat
tight. Alex never no much as looked
at us. Didn't he have us all bottled
up in the section when the bmde de.
parted for the dressing room. and
wasn't he still there wheel she came
back? Sure thing.
The Theory
Long before the great diamond
mystery broke the cavalcadc was in
an unsettled state outside Of the two
baseball coaches. Persons In the
wrong car at both ends of the train
were passing and rcpaEsing trying to
get settled for the night. The the.
DRY ~ that someone entering at the
front end Of our coach picked up the
Jewels and backed out without max.
ing any fuss about II.
The first stop out OF Chicago was
at 1T. Wayne. Ind. There we took
on a Pennsylvania railroad sleuth OF
the Rising sun Correspondence
School OF Detecting, IN Twelve Les.
sons-With DISCUSSES.
There was one suspect which the
sleuth Swallowed all night, Next
morning the SUSPECT was Swallowed
some more in the Pennsy station at
Pittsburg. The person under sus-
picion then hoped fast train for
New York so did the Ponnsy sleuth.
but on the way East the suspect
switched over To the b. a O., which
threw the sleuth off the scent. He
had detected all his life on the Penn.
sylvania and knew nothing of the
mysteries of the II. & O.
Alex didn't grieve much over the
loss OF the bar pin as July was
then but "A few weeks distant. At