Evening star., 1922-08-05

you except one." was too tense and
got 1t.
II am going to put to YOU arst = q
h,ypothsticai case he continued quiet +,
~. Let US say that the De Queries or
A;nt%erp decided TO smuggie a great
nerha y.~sa =, INTO America for safe keeping.
perhaps Tor sale, during the troublous
times In their own country.
now. any man would know" he =
went on. that he had q pretty slim
dhsnce france when IT came TO smuggling q
sL a.amond Besides every one knew tina: ;.
| the De Queries owned this particuIa =
stone. OF which ] shall speak later. But
a woman. so Smuggling is second nature,
Quickly he ran over the strange facts
| that had been unearthed rerardine fhe
oeath OF the dainty Russian dancer.
you were right. Monsieur De
Muerre. d. ne concluded. turning 10 tnsE
oiamo merchant: 1T was no SUI
tentionaIly, it Is true--but killed M
an attempt 10 steal a great diamonu
from her while she was smuggling
You mean to say. then. Mr.. KEN
nedy.' Aarsot demanded. that while
Rawaruska was smuggling in the
pls diamond of which you speak
mmne,. nome one heard Of it and deliberately.
No. Not 80 fast" cautioned CraIs..
o6c'h oCloTS you use those
words deliberately murdered II IL
mo Deen murder that was intended.
now much more surely 1t might have
oeen accomplished by more brutal
, methods-or by more scientific NO:
tended" 81.
He stopped. as If to emphasize the :
point, then slowly began to dis=
tribute to each of us one OF tas
carbon handles I had seen him ad- /,
n q 10. hA
cal instrument =
| Let me reconstruct the case" ne
hurried on. giving a final twist or
Two to the instrument itself, now
placed before him on table. WITH
its dial face away from U.S. "Rawa-
ruska had retired for the night.
Where had she placed the diakiond.
IL would probably take a long search
to nnd IT. Well, the twilight sleep
was chosen because It was supposed
to be a safe and sure means to the
end Even IL she retained some de-
gree of consciousness she would for
get what happened. That Is partly
the reason for the treatment any
how-the loss OF memory. ~.
Some one believed this was a sal.
and sure anesthetic. First perhaps
whif of the secret services bad per-
fuine' to insure that she would not
cry out-thcn an injection of mar
cophin and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
anu thc t"iiIkHt sIeeD. 1e" MIN
utes and Rawaruska was uncon-
scious.
Then came the search. Perhap ps
she ives restless. Another injection
settled that. AT last the great dia-
Inond was found. But the twilight
sleep meant not forgetsulness but.
death to Rawaruskar'
Craig paused 1t was almost a. Y"
one could see the word picture Of the
scene as he painted it. o.,
What was to be done: The diarL !
mond must be recut-anything TO
hide its identity at once. and at any
| cost. And Marsot? The story OF
the Arkansas diamond and the sdle'
is blind. The case is perfect"
Kennedy raised his eyes for iha'
electrical machine before him ara
caught the eye OF Cecilie. holding It,
unwilling. -.
Did YOU ever hear OF the great
diamond. the 1nvincible?" Kennedy ,
smashed out.
felt that it might not hrv. been
exactly chivalrous. but it was neces-
sary
| Cecilie's breast. which had showed a
wildly beating heart rs Kennedy told OF
| how her mistress had died. was caimers
now. Her sfr OF surprise at the men-
fion OF the diamond was perfect. Elsa
Hoffman was eazins at her. too. IN
tense interest. De Guerre was outwa ardEt
COOL, openly e. fTsSlOH
leaning forward in Unsurpassed eS7
citement. -
For a morlent Kennedy parsed again
as II allowing all to collect themselves
before he took Their, by assault. :"
'I have lately heen studying" he
remarked casually. .'the experiments Of
DR.. Won Pfun0ep OF Vienna. showing the :
protective resistance OF the human s.llh
against an electric current. Normally.
this resistance averages from feventy 70
Il nhync In .
owing to the accumulation OF waste
products the resistance may mount to-
, almost double. in persons suffering
from nervous anxiety It decreases 10,
thousand ohms in cases of hvstera. Won
Pfunsnn he's also nearu-ed human
beings en,ntional feelings By the e'ectr:c
, current l have copy OF this fnsfr1a
! nent here. There ia one person who
, sits gripping the carbon electric handle.
/ connected with this gaIvanometer. who.
! 10 begin with. had resistance OF over
sixty thousand. But when 1 began 10
| tell Of how Rawarus'ia met her death, :
OF the Hypothetical case ] have built UP
| by my observations and experiments
! here in this very laboratory. the needle :
| of the gaivanometer started to oscitlate
| downward. 1t went dow mntiI
, reached thirty-eixht thousand at the men
was perfect. 1t had got rs low as under
twenty Thousand. swinging lower ana
lower ae the person saw hop. depart =
| Kennedy was no longer paying any as :
tention to the little instrument. As 4 :,
| followed him. became NOR. and more
| impa tient What was it he had discop--
! erNd? Who was it? .
! Preston cried Kennedy. sud
denly wheeling on the young DOCTOR
| through your reRard-honosabie,
: am sure-for Rawaruska you nave
let yourself be drawn into doing a
i little amateur detective work. Let
| me warn you. Instead OF clearing
| up the case. you merely laid YOUR
| self open to suspicion. Fortunately
the Eaivanometer absolves you.
You should lave known that Ceciiie
was only f tool De Guerre. your
dealers carry-thank you. Wade.
Kennedy had turned from Preston,
! to Cecilie. then to De Guerre SO
F, suddenly that no one was prepared
! for the signal he gave TO the customs
! oficer. =
i wade had covered the surprised
| dealer and was now emptying out
| the contents of the wallet. ~.
| There. on the table,. cleaning in
| the light of the laboratory, lay u
| WONDERFUL brilliant, some three hun
.dred carats-perfect in its blazfnG
! crystalline orange beauty. There Il
arouse the cupidity Of two hemi-
! spheres. 1t rhone like thing of lifes
| Yet back OF its orange hre lay q
black tragedy. -
Mar9ot was on his feet instantly. (;
That IL not the :
{ Just a moment. MIR. Margot."
| interrupted Kennedy. Il think Mr..
Wade will be able to show that it 10
! the Invincible when he matches up