Evening star., 1922-08-05
The Diamond Queen.
BY ARTHUR B. REEVE.
One Of The Stars Weekend Fiction Series.
Each story complete in three instaIlments.

sylvania At Quarantine % inxessAS S.,rcr
ship. af physician. sSo~ him sesut; She has l,s
sn a.y S:s D. se.
seller; c.eeiis. ksr msia. and D.. 'ss Preston; r.
the sffair Wade. a secret service man. tells tells
Kennedy he has been sent to the ship 70 iS". Ss..
for the i9vinGible, huge a%oe, =. y, eI sosTd. in
ceceiie's room Kennedy 6nas an stomiSer
which has contained the freseh t.hatic crialntLa
Al s'd the pstsk soen kenuedy ..,s wade again; who
says be haan't found the diamond. ba' III, ~
men sround town who may md H. s1s s1s o. s,srus
xSs.isr ;.%.i.4 e. %.lter % 5sa..en Preston
que stionins Cecelie 10 the fsndsveer.. "nsse me.
She is STAYING until G. DE Gnef,e an sTaminins :
sDecjmen OF Rnwaruska's blood nuds tisces !.
OF narcophin and scopo'Emine drugs usso ''
twilight sleep
r COULD not help thinking OF Pres
ton. the young doctor VINO h*'
been studying in Germany. more
4 than likely he had heard of ana
had Investigated the Friedberg t"i-
light sleep" treatment. we hau
made some progress. even though we
did not know why OF by whom the
drugs na0 Deen auhA
Wade of the customs service hao'
as l have said, told US that he naa
several secret agents about in the
trade constantly picking up DIS oi
information that might interest the
Treasury Department. 1t old not
surprise Kennedy, therefore, late IN
the forenoon to have wade call up
and tell him that among the early
callers at Margot's, the jeweier' was
the maid Cecelie.
THAT was where she must nave
been before i reached the Sanoer-
veer" l exclaimed. a..
Kennedy nodded. But why ,nr. NV
she 60 there:" he asked. And why
was she talking with Preston!
inasmuch as j couldn't answer the
questions l didn't try: but "sne sams
while Craig reasoned out some
method Of attack on them.
Since it's known that we re w:ih
ing on the case of Rawaruska." ne
ymn mated half an hour later over an
untasted lunch. I'VE might just
well take the risk Of seeing Margos
himself. Let's go down and look MS
shop over"
waen 5tn avenue was ero~osa % a-snts |lts
window, looking over the entrancins
display OF precious stones gieeMlhs
out from the rich black VeiEet osCh .
ground, and then sauntefeo III 'iNS
any other customers. &,
Kennedy engaged the salesman ="
talk about necklaces and laHaiileres'
always leading the conversauon o y
around to the largest stones that ne ne
saw. and dwelling particularly on
those that we're coIored. AS l listen
ed. trying to throw in a wofd no"
and then that would not souno avs
feeling that Margot's, even though
wa. such a fashionable place. was
what might be called only a hign.
claaS shSstsr's In fact, 1 recaileo
HAVING heard that Margot had enSi-
neered several rather Questiohaoie
transactions in gems
I'm much interested In orahse
stones" remarked Kennedy. ca:n-
sliv turning up q nawless white ora,
mona and discardine It as II IT oio
NOT interest him. "Once when Was
abroad l saw the famous lnvincioie,
and a handsonier gem than IL Is
never hope to see. ,,.o.o
The clerk, ever obliging, replaced
the tray before US In the sate anu
rrtired toward the back Of the snop:
| "He suspects nothing. at least
whispered Kennedy. .,,,
A moment later he returned. M
sorry" he reported, but we maven ,
, anv such stones in the house. But
heiieye we expect some In a re"
days. II you could
II shall remember 1t: thank YOU
interrupted Kennedy brusouely, as
caught q momentary CLEAN OF sans
faction in his eye. IN rsank
fortunate. III be IN again.
YOU" s Ina,
;na,sn+ il flashed over me that per
hans they were recuttins tho big IN
vincibie. ,,,a-
Just a moment. please. gentle
A short. stocky man had come up
II thought you did not look like
nurchs sers. nor yet like crooks. ne
said defia ntly. 'Did l hear you re-
fer to the Invincible?" ,
II was Margot himself. VINO nau
beeu hoyarins about behind US. Ken
nedy said nothing.
yes" he went on. Il am cutting
large diamond, but it is not IKE the
Inyincible 1t is much handsome
one that was discovered rfGnt nsfe
in this country in the new new diamoms, diaomd
itself is already sold. And you wonio
nevair guess the buyer, oh. neVair
| "Noc" oueried Kennedy.
"Eevair." reiterated MarSot.
TT could not be delivered to =
woman who was once the mae. mac 9a
Rawaruska the Russian cancer:
Craig asked abruptly.
Marsot shot quick and suspicious
"Then you are. as l suspected.
deteectif:" he cried. ,,,o,t
Kennedy eyed him sharply wlthou'
admitting the heinous charge Mar
\; L
Of all savings that about q dishones.
man not being able to look you IN
the eve was itself the least credloie'
He laughed daringly. We'll. ., mer,
hp ps you are right" he saio. ous
whoever it is. he is iueSS eS.so,y 10 "@'e
bought a stone IKE & !. 50 Gh eouH no,
e.nre II out. Had Marsot been sim
nly n hixh-class fence for the ais-
posal and convenient reappearahce
Of stolen goods?
We returned uptown 10 ouF apaI. .
mani 10 find that in the meaEtime
Wad. had called up again. kenneoy
sSo ssportIv i' after we left Margots CeciI,e
had called again and had gone OF,
with small. carefully wrapped
package. sar.a ken-
nAdy as he hung up the receivel
! "Fi,.st there Ia q murder that LOOKS
,iLa suicide. then the sale of ola :
mond mon that looks like fake ne ne
paused moment. Tney hsre e
worked quickly to cover IT up; we :,
must work with enral nuickness II
we ere to uncover them" :.
with almost LIGHTNING rapior, S ,ad M
had seized the telephone aaain ara mac
o onr old friend First Deputy. o'connnr
ON ouf the @ wire. Briefly he explained the
case. and ARRANGED for the necessary
arrests that would bring the principal
/ ctors in the little drama to ire laoora
| tory that night. Then he feN TO work
,ittje delicate electrical instrument
Oh aatuardIx at Least OF diRl