Evening star., 1922-03-17
TheDiarn0nd Maker
. BY ARTHUR B. REEVE S=Az
One of The Stars Weekend Fiction Series Con, piee
Three l"sallne"ts
By ARTHUR B. REEVE

conscious state he said anything that
might at all serve as a clue? ?'
HE talked ramblingly. incoherent-
ly. AS near as l can remember. he
seemed to believe himself to have
become a, millionaire. billionaire.
He talked of diamonds. diamonds, dia-
monds. He seemed to, be picking
them up. running his fingers through
them. and once I remember he SEEM
ed to want to send for Mr.. Kahan
And tell him something: I can make.
them. Kahan.' he said, the finest. the
largest; the whitest-I can make
them"
Kennedy was all attention as Dr.
Thornton added this new evidence
You know" concluded the doctor.
that in cyanogen poisoning there
widest kind. But, then. too, in the
delirium Of pneumonia II might be
the same FL
l could see by the way Kennedy
acted that for the first time ray
tracing out the case. AS we rose to
go the doctor shook hands with us.
His last words We're said with an
air of great relief. a"Gentlemen, l
ably
nedy faced Andrews. You recall
that you promised me one thing when
l took up this case?" he asked.
Andrews nodded.
Then toke no steps until tell you-
Shadow Mrs. Morowitch and Mr.
suspect them OF anything. Let me
run down this Poissan clue. In other
words. leave, the case entirely in my
hands in other respects. Let me know
any new facts you may unearth. and
some time tomorrow | shall call on
RI =
next step is to be. Good might
want to thank you for putting ME in
the way of this case. I think we
shall all be surprised at the out
1t was late the following after
He was in his laboratory winding
TWO strands of platinum wire care
fuily about piece Of porcelain and
smearing on it some peculiar black
CLASSY substance that came in sor,
OF pencil. like a stick Of sealing wax.
TO keep tie two wires exactly the
same distance from each other
throughout ths entire length of the
piece of porcelain, but ! said nothing
10 distract his attention. though IA
thousand questions about the prog
reSS or the case were at my tongues
end
Instead ! watched him intently.
me black substance formed Il sort
or bridge connecting and covering
the wires. When he had finished he
said: Now you can ask me your
questions while heat and anneal
this little eontrivance I see you are
bursting with curiosity"
Well. did You see Poissan?' l
asked.
Kennedy continued to heat the
wire-covered porcelain. II did. and
he is going to give me a demonstra-
tion of his discovery tonight"
His discovery"
You remember Morowitch's hal
lucination. as the doctor called it:
That was no hallucination: that was
a reality. This man Poissan says he
has discovered way to make dia-
monds artificially out Of pure car
bon in an electric furnace. Moro
witch. ! believe. was to buy his se-
cret: His dream of millions was
reality-at least to him. =.
And did Kahan and Mrs. Moro
witch know of it?" asked quickly.
II don't know yet" replied Craig.
finishing the annealing.
The black. CLASSY substance was
now a dull gray.
= whats that stuff YOU were put-
ting on the wire?' asked.
"Oh. just by-product made in the
manufacture of sulphuric acid" an
swered. Kennedy airily. adding. as If
to change the subject: II want you
to go with me tonight I told Pois-
san was professor in. the uni
versity. and that ! would bring one
OF our younger trustees, the son Of
the banker. T. Pierpont Spencer. who
might put some capital into his
scheme. Now. Jameson. while I'm
the apartment and get my automatic
revolver. l may need it tonight. l
have communicated with Andrews.
and he will be ready. The demon
stration will take place at han-psst
at .Poissan's laboratory. l tried
to get him to give it here, but he
absolutely refused'' y
Half an hour later ! rejoined Craig
at his laboratory. and wesrode down
to the Great Eastern Life building.
Andrews was waiting for US in his
noted a couple of husky men, who
seemed to be waiting for orders from
their chief
From the manner in which the vice
president greeted us 1t was evident
that he was keenly interested in what
Kennedy was about to do. so you
think Morowitch's deal was deal to
purchase the secret of diamond MAX
sing?" he mused.
II feel sure of it," replied Craig. 81
felt sure of it the moment I looked
up Poissan and found that he was
manufacturer Of electric furnaces.
Don't you remember the famous
Lemoine case in London and Paris?"
yes. but Lemoine was fakir of
the first water" said Andrews. DO
you think this man is too?"
That's what I'm going to find out
tonight before l take another STEP"
said Craig. "Of course, there can be
no doubt that by proper use the
electric furnace will make small, al
most microscopic diamonds 1t Is not
unreasonable to suppose that some
day some one will be able to make
large diamonds synthetically. by the
same process"
Maybe this man has done it,"
agreed Andrews. who knows? III
wager that if he has and that if
Morowitch had bought an interest in
a sharp one. And Mrs. .Morowitch
when it comes to seeing the main
ing Mr.. Morowitch had bought an in
posing Kahan was in love with Mrs
Let US suppose nothing, Mr.. An
least not vet. Lyt me see; it IS now
ten minutes after 8. Poissan's place
is only a few blocks from. here I'd
like to get there few minutes early.
Let's start"
Concluded in tomorrow's Star.)
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