The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-25

uetectIVe, who left the Verindor -
convinced that Miss Rachel had a."
posed OF the diamond through tha US
.''unce OF hosanna spearman in orde,
10 pay some pressing debt.
nacnei and Lady Verinder snor.
some little time in London, where Ro
cnet was ordered by her physician ~
nave as much gayety as noss,hIa ~
counteract the depression Of recent
events. Franklin Blake left for tho
continent and Godfrey Ablewhite again
resumed his attentions to Racha,
shortly afer leaving Lady yerindor,
country home for London, Godfrey
ADiewhite was summoned to a strange
mouse Dy an unknown person. hound
gagged and searched by tawpv
skinned individual. On the same do,
a notorious money-lender met with .
IKE experience in the exact SPOT where
Mr. Ablewhite was maltreated. only
that IN his case receipt for a yah,o.
Die left at bankers was removad
from his loose papers. The news n,
the disappearance Of the Moonstone
having reached London an ugly suspi.
cion began to attach itself to Godfre,
Ablewhite. only to be dissipated by tho
emphatic assertion of Rachel Ver,n.
DER; i know that Godfrey Ablewhite
IS Innocent" Soon after this Rachel
became engaged to Mr.. Ablewhite, al.
though she told him her heart was
ELSEWHERE. He seemed, however, to
be quite satisfied with this condition
until after Lady Verinder's death when
ne had an opportunity to examine her
VIII. When Rachel's lawyer found this
out and communicated it to Rachel she
dismissed Godfrey Ablewhite On sus-
pecting him Of wishing to marry her
for pecuniary reasons. He accepted
his dismissal more gracefully than his
father, in whose house Rachel was re.
siding after the death Of her mother.
Slr. Bruff, her lawyer, then made ar.
engagements for her to live with one of
her aunts.
At this time Franklin Blake was
quickly summoned to England by the
death of his father. In his unhappi-
ness he visited Lady Verinders old
| home, where he found things sadly
| changed. with no one in charge except
a faithful old steward. This servant
told him that there was letter wait
ing for him from Rosanaa Spearman,
which her cOnfidant would deliver into
no other hands than his. The short
| letter contained directions to search
on the seashore for hidden box. This
box held a garment stained with a
smear of paint from Miss Rachels
boudoir and had On it the name of
Franklin Blake. A long letter ex
planned that the gurment had been hid
den there by Rosanna Spearman on ac-
count of her love for Franklin Blake
and her hopes Of shielding him from
| discovery. Immediately, knowing that
there must be some mistake, Mr.. Blake
tried in vain to see Rachel in London
by all fair means. His resort to trick
to accomplish this ends unfortunately
and they part IN great bitterness. Ra-
chefs words: you villain, saw you
take the diamond with my own eyes !"
spurrcd him to do all in his power to
prove his innocence.
He returned to the country house
and soon met the assistant Of the FAM
lily physician with whom he had dis
puted at the birthday dinner. Doctor
Candy had caught a severe cold that
night, which with complications still
affected him mentally and bodily. His
assistant had taken in shorthand the
doctors delirious rawlings, and after
studying them had found out what was
preying upon the doctors mind. In
the tumbler of water measured for
Franklin Blake the night Of the birth
day a small quantity of laudanum had
been placed. Sleep-walking results
were Immediately suspected and even
Rachel was persuaded to have the ex
pertinent repeated under conditions as
nearly as possible like those OF the
wear before. Her aunt came with he'
to chaperon this strange house party
and all eagerly awaited the expert
ment, Franklin Blake walked in nis
sleep as far as the cabinet which neao
n mock diamond. Although he let thli
stone drop to the floor as the euec's u
the medicine were of his innocence
wns established and the two love<s
were reconcileu.
The time had nearly come when tie
monev.lender was to take from INT
bankers vault the valuable when VI
had deposited there. Detectives watch
, Oh the bank and several people neal
the money-lender were followed OF
, wrong suspicion. A shrewd once DO.
took upon himself to follow iars'
, man with dark beard. This man NAT
, taken refuge in low-class ooaru,u'
: house awaiting the sailing OF IA.
steamer for Rotterdam. Frahk'.l
: R,ake and Sergeant Cuff hasteneu -
, this house and found the man haa peer peer
, murdered. presumably by an lhula a,
, The detective on removing the plae t
heard and pasty complexion revea ,s'
, 70 onlookers the fair hair anu '1oN'
s.,,r,s of Godfrey Ablewhlte.