The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15

clear. The question now was. who was the man, and who was 1t brought him the coronet?
 'It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossi- ,ble, whatever remains, however i'm probable, must be the truth Now, knew that it was not you who had brought it down, so there only re- if it were the maids, why should your son allow himself to be accused in their place? There could be no pos sible reason. As he loved his cous- in, however, there was an excellent explanation why he should retain her secret-the more so as the secret was a disgraceful one. When I remen- bered that you had seen her at that seeing the coronet again, my conjec- ture became a certainnty.
 And who could it be who was her confederate? A lover evidently, for who else could outweigh the love and gratitude which she must feel to you? I knew that you went out little, and that your circle of friends was very limited one. But among them was Sir George Burnwe1l. I had heard of him before as being a man Of evil reputation among women It must have been he who wore those boots and retained the missing gems. Even though he knew that Arthur had dis covered him, he might still flatter himself that he was safe, for the lad could not say a word without com promising his own family.
 well, your own good sense will suggest what measures I took next, l went in the shape of a loafer to Sir Georges house, managed to pick up an acquaintance with his valet, learn the night before, and finally, at the expense of six shillings. made all sure by buying a pair of his cast-off shoes. With these I journeyed down to Strea tham and saw that they exact ly fitted the tracks"
 "I saw an Addressed vagabond in the lane yesterday evening". said MT. Holder.
 Precisely. It was I. I found that I had my man, so I came home and changed my clothes. It was dell- cate part which I had to play then, for l saw that a prosecution must De avoided to avert scandal, and knew that so astute a villain would see that our hands were tied in the mat ter. I went and saw him AL first, of course, he denied everything. BuI that had occurred, he tried to bIuster, and took down a ife-preSerVer Iroih the wall I knew my man, however, and l clapped a pistol to his heao pe- a little more reasonable. I told him 1 that we would give him a pr1ces TOT the stones he he1d-1,0oo pounos apiece That brought out the Ilrst =.
 Why dash it aIl!' said he, I've let | them go at f600 for the threet l soon managed to get the address or | the receiver who had them, on prom | ising him that there would De no | prosecution. Off I get to hl1n' ana after much chaffering I got our ! stones at fl ,00O apiece Then iook- | ed in upon your son, told hln 9nat i all was right. and eventually got to
 my bed about two o'clock after Wna,
 I may call a really hard days work "A day which has saved Engiano
 from a great public scandal sald the
 banker; rising. "sir. I cannot not, f1nd ma
 words to thank you, but you snalI no' l find me ungratefu1 for what you nave
 done. Your skill has indeed eAceeoeo
 all that I have heard of 1t. Ana now
 I must fly to my dear boy to apo1oglze | to him for the wrong whlch | nave | done him. As to what you teh me
 of poor Mary, it goes to my very E | heart. Not even your sk1ii can ih- | form me where she is now 'I think that we may safely say,
 returned Holmes, that she IS Wher- l ever Sir George Burnweu 1s- 1s | equally certain. too, that Wha!eVei
 her sins are, they will soon receive
 more than sufficient pun1shmehI