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SdMARCff VBARBER , , ^TULQjSTnB^srooKas 3%, &vwrff £ >& SYNOPSIS. The story opens with a scream from Uorothv March in the opera box of Mrs. ¦ Missi oner , a wealthy widow. It is oc- casioned when Mrs. Missioner ' s necklace breaks, scattering the diamonds all over the floor. Curtis Gris wold and Bruxion Sa n ds , societv men in love with Mrs. Mis- sioner , gather up the sems. Griswold steps on what is supposed to be the cele- brated Maharanee and crushes it. A Hin- doo declares it was not the genuine. An expert later pronounces all the stones substitutes for the original. One of the mis sing diamonds is found in the room of Elinor Holcom b . confidential compan- ion of Mrs. Missioner. She is arrested , notwithstanding Mrs. Missioner ' s belief in her innocence. Detective Britz takes UP the case. He asks the co-operation of Dr. Fitch . Elinor ' s fiance, in running down the real criminal. Britz learns that duplicates of Mrs. Missioner ' s diamonds were made in Pari s on the order of Elin or Holcomb. While walking Britz ia seized, bound and gagged by Hindoos. He is imprisoned in a deserted house , but makes his escape. Britz discovers an in- sane diamond expert whom )-3 b elieves -w as employed by either Sauds or Gris- wold to make counterfeits of the Mission- er gems. Two Hindoos burglarize the \home of Sanas and are captured by Britz. On one of them he finds a note signed by \Millicent\ and addressed to \Curtis. \ Britz locates a woman named Millicent Delaroche. to whom Griswold has been paying marked attentions. The Swami at- tends a bail at Mrs. Missioner ' s home , but learns nothing further about the dia- monds. Britz disgruised as a thief , visits the apartment of Millicent. He finds a b ox that on ce contained ihe mlsslngf dia- monds , but it is empty. The detective concludes that the Hindoos have antici- pated him in the recovery of the jewels. .Jre visits their quarters and has an ex- citing experience with a snake. The Swami returns all the real diamonds to Mra . Missioner . except the Maharanee , which he insists must be returned to the temple in India , whence it -was stolen. Britz gives his theories to the chief of po- li<f; , showing how Griswold has devised the -whole plot , placing the blame on Elinor. CHAPTER XXIV. —Continued. Oh , that was only a precaution on their part. They to ok the chance I might have recovered the Maharanee , I suppose. Maybe they expected to find in my possession something that would give them a clu e to the where- abouts of the ston e. Then , once they got me , they thought they might as well keep me out of the running until they got what they wanted. It was no part of their plan to let me find the jewels and turn them over to Mrs. Missioner. \ \You had \ a close call there , lieu- tenant , \ observed the physician. - , \Close enough , \ said Britz calmly. *feut it' s all in the da;? * s ' • ¦ work. \ * - . ¦ S^3^BBB9BH^^P'^><^^ v ??^ : ^^^lfifi £\Bn9Tbest to stand at easts fren^^Pthe lieutenant' s desk. | \You sent, huh , for us , Chief?\ x \Yes , \ said Manning. \Lieutene Britz wants you to attend to a lit matter for him. \ \Yes , Donnelly, \ said Britz cool ] \ if you have nothing better to do ji now , suppose you run up to Curtis Griswold' s apartmen t , and tell him the Chief wants to talk to him. \ \Suppose he won 't come . \ said Don- nelly, who evidently did not yet sus- pect it was desired that the clubman be taken into custody. \Bring him , then , \ said Britz. \You haven 't forgotten how to show a gen- tleman down to Headquarters , have you?\ Donnelly winced under the lieuten- ant' s scorn , and Carson turned gray. \And you . Mr . Carson, \ said Britz , renewing his instructions , \be good enough to take a trip to the Hotel Renaissance , and ask Mrs. Del aroche to come down to see us for a little while. \ Carson , In the crisis , felt he could not be too precise. \Suppose she declines?\ he asked. Bring her ! said Britz. Fitch laugh ed aloud at' the con- sternation in the face s dm the two de- tectives. It was manijW ^both Don- nelly and Carson werl \ f * far from the facts in the mystery^hat not only ftad neither of them dreamed of ma- king a prisoner of Griswold . ' that «;uave society man who had volun- teered so much assistance to them in their efforts to weave a web of cir- •cumstantlai evidence against Elinor Holcomb , out that they were abso- lutely ignorant of the existence of such a person as Millicent Delaroche. They shuffled their feet with increas- ing nervousness as they felt the eyes of their chief upon them. Donnelly shot a glance of ill-repressd hatred at Britz as the lieutenant , at ease in his revolving chair , faced the crestfallen detectives . with a satirical smile. Once or twice Donnelly essayed to speak , but each time he caught the frozen expression on the faces of the Chief and Britz . and the words died In his throat. Nothing remained save for the two brilliant crime-hunters to carry out ths lieutenant ' s orders . As they turned to go their discomfiture was augmented by the real detec- tive ' s mock solicitude. \You 'll find it an easy job , boys. 3ust ask the two of them to come down here quietly, and If they don 't want to come , make ' em. Show them your shields , you know , and all that sort of thing. \ \When they had gone , Britz In- dulged his amusement to the extent cf a laugh ; Fitch joined him, and Manning, after a brief attempt to keep his face straight , also laughed heartily. CHAPTER XXV. The Attack on the Yacht. Frits, ilannine and Fitch, walked briskly around the corner and hoard- ed at Bleecker Street a subway train. At Fourteenth Street they caught the first uptown Van Cortlandt express of the morning, and they made good time to Two Hundred and Twenty- fifth Street. There they left the train , and walked quickly along the edge of a grassy bluff overlooking, the government cut that now con- nects the Harlem and Hudson rivers by a more direct route than the old Spuyten Duyvil creek. A few hun- dred yards beyond the low fence that separates the meadow from the street they came upon a man standing close behin d a large tree. He was screened from the little street and from the bridge that spans it by thick under- brush. When he sighted Britz he lifted his han d warningly and beck- oned. The three men went within the shelter of the bush . \Anything new , Gordon?\ inquired Britz. \Yes , \ safd the other detective. \They have gone aboard. \ \Where ' s Hicks?\ \Down there near the , water , piping them ' off . \ \Are they on deck?\ \No , in the cabin ; they seem pret- ty busy, too. \ Gordon looked at the sky. It was growing brighter every minute. Stepping with most solicitous ten- derness on the grass , and avoiding every leaf and twig that might give forth a slight crackle , the four men made their way slowly among the bushes to the spot where Hicks , lying at full length with his head only a little way above the ground , was waiting and , at the same time , watch- ing a naphtha yacht of more than ordin ary size. Not a sound broke the silence of the early morning. The groun d was bare of snow , the grass almost as green as in late summer , and only the chill In the air and the nakedness of the trees indicated the winter season. The sun was just rimming the far shore of the sound. A' pioneer ray gilded the Spuyten Duyvil headlan d , caroming thither from the crest of Marble Hill. After a whispered' conference with Hicks , Britz slipped) his hand into a sidej>o?k£t of his ebat , and took out ??ijHpBSBB^HK^^a Ju^i?'*^?Pn^ [ .A t a^BSa ^ ord iTOm Br ^ z ' ' ion and ffiHl otmed their ?l y e the bank ^HP they were at &e fof the yacrST Britz , Fitch and Lin g stayed near the stern. Sud- the lieutenant fired a shot over t\ a cht that echoed metallically %.he cliffs , aid at the signal , all ly$r the attacking party leaped ist| the yacht their feet striking tis Wished deck with a concerted J ™ a t- W TTO maHp tlins p with- Sat must ave maue tnose witn- Icabin th& they were feeling \ shock q a landslide. 5ve men on the deck gave ^ow littl time for analysis of tb asationl Gordon and Hicks rat , ound 6 wheelhouse to the s ta» s id| of the craft , and ( ' as ^wn tj companionway from tt^ Aionyhile Britz , Manning and * tmri themselves into the port i \ fce>> the cabin , alighting on a Marked floor a dozen feet below ij&g TWO shots followed before * ce party could seiz e Prince B anQ Ali , who , facing in oppol ctions , stood at bay in the cenfthe ca bin, Britz and Gordon jupward the revolvers of the i as the triggers were pulled, luets Hew high , harm- ing no olhmd Kananda and All , using a L a breastwork , stood two mctndoos , both of them strangeril r itz. They were un- armed set wicked-looking Malay krises th*-) eQ nervously as they crouched Siting for an attack. Britz andl ng jammed their pis- tols into fi pes of the men with the krisel the Indians , undis- mayed , m|-age slashes at them with thei^r-edged long knives. Gordon ai§;h sprang upon the kris-bearertks with a pistol in eac h hand ing off Kananda and Ali . Agaia again the Hindoos slashed at lassailants , and that they did nft at least one head was due tefwary agility of the four who ai| them. Shots from the deteeU%|yolvers would have brought . thtjj wn at such short range, of c<3 but the policemen seemed bentSapturing them alive, and Fitch w<| a man to hav e re- course to bloata until he could be certain it writable. Britz and Manning waiheir chance. After futile swings ^the Indians , they closed with f|elubbing their re- volvers and bgg them down with crashing forc&h e gaudy turbans of the Orient|j\ few seconds of that vicious fjn g stunned the Hindoos , and is then but the work of a mofito slip handcuffs on them. Kai| and Ali , in the meanwhile , liac| e no further at- tempts to use|r pistols. They read death In If eyes as he con- fronted them v|hi s long, blue gleaming barrel led strai ght at them. Their he| 0 n was fatal to their hope of e|. For even as Ali . doubtless atfcisper or signal fro m the Prince , |g himself about to interpose him! between Hicks and the petty pefcte ' s son . wki' u Jvananda turned \% ^ash w tfc* deck , Britz , Fitch and Manning, leav- ing Gordon in charge of the captured Indian s , surrounded the other two and disarmed them. Breathing heav- ily from the short but sharp struggle , the captors marched their prisoners to the far end of the cabin and seated themselves between the Hindoos and the doors. They were still on the alert to- prevent an attempt to es- cape on the part of Kananda or Ali. The other two; Indian s being hand- cuffed , it was less likely they would < , make a spurt for liberty, hut the po- liceman took no chances. \ \Now , Mr. Kananda , \ said Britz to the Prince cheerily, \I reckon we 'll have those diamonds. \ \Perhaps you will be good enoug h to explain , \ parried the ^ Prince with his most blase Cambrid ge manner. \Explain nothing!\ shouted . Britz . 'J^^mir^i^T-^mttgwmarm ^tMt ' tm ! ¦ ¦¦ intfrfiA' ,fi'J?' '73T r ' ° i ^ i^ T7 T 1 i r o ^^^^^^sr^^vTcn ^^^^^^SGQ^nffiBKBSS&Bni ugh. ' We ' ve caught pon WWagHBi Hough . ' We ' ve caught Mm I M W^ MB B we want the goods. \ ( » ^*^88| \Since you are resolved to carrjw this miserable farce farther , \ said the Prince , \I suppose we shall have to submit. \ \You 'll submit to a search , that' s what you 'll do!\ interrupted Man- ning. \I don 't blame you, Britz , for losing your temper with this crowd; fresh is no name for it. \ The Chief nodded to Gordon and Hicks, and they began a search of the four prisoners that left nothing undone to find the diamonds. When they had examined every arti cl e of the Indians ' apparel , from the Orien- tal costumes of the low-caste Hin- doos to the conventional attire of the Prince , they looked to Manning for further instructions , for they had\ found nothing. Then all four of the detectives , with j the Chief and the doctor , ransacked ] the cabin , fore and aft and from star- board to port , as thoroughly as the Indian burglars had gone through the apartments of Griswold and Sands. They even lifted the carpet on all j The Scowling Orientate Were Penned In a f| * j g £ I arm held powerless by Britz and Man- ning. Gripping the Prince ' s leg firmly, the doctor worked his scalpel gently into the small lump in the flesh—a wound so recent that . it had been bound together by pieces of ¦ court plaster-the color of the sldn. Then he triump hantl y extracted something which , though ruddied , sparkled in the gleam of the incandescent lamps with which the cabin , despite the daylight , still was illuminated. \Th e Maharanee diamond!\ cried Britz and Manning together. CHAPTER XXV!. Mutual Explanations. It was breakfast time , and Britz and Fitch ' after their exciting night were hungry enough to eat a Hindoo , but they did not stop to show considera- tion to their inner men. As he expected , Britz found Gris- wold and Mrs. Delaroche In the big re ception room of the Detective Bu- reau with the detective s who had ar- rested them waiting ponderousl y near the door , and an interested desk lieu- tenant looked up from his work to hear the denouement of what Police Headquarters had come to regard as the \ star \ case of tne year. . Britz walked slowly to his own room , where the scowling Orientals were penned . in a corner, while the chief of the detectives and his two subordinates were taking well-earned rest in the lieutenant' s easy-ch airs. Britz talked to Manning in whispers , then went to the telep hone and called Mrs: Missioner ' s house. \Good morning, Mrs. Missioner!\ he said over the wire. \This is Lieuten- ant Britz—Britz , of Headquar ters. I called you up to tell you- we had ar- rested the jewel thieves and—beg par- don ? What did you say—your jewels have been returned to you? That' s strange. I have one of them in my pocket now. How ' s that? You say you have all your jewels ? Then whose is this—th e Maharanee? Pardon me , Mrs. Missioner , I don 't quite understand. We have the thieves here and the big- gest of the diamonds. What did you say—you don 't want the thieves prose- cuted? Why, really, Mrs. Missioner— * yes , of course—yes , I am talking from Police Headquarters ' —they are here • .„,>.., - „ 11.4''-.**..(kmv no ..Int IMi -l 1 an/1 lnt b ut l ha^ ^S^PJ^^^^ a@^5Ba|jj^ffi your diamonJ^^R?^B^^g^ ^^ The Chief thinks it wo^TflBBBB^PfflPI you could arrange to come down/^!! won 't take you long; you need not stay more than five minutes. Oh , but you don 't know who the thieves are ; yes , you have guessed in part—not alto- gether;, but I think you 'd better come down , Mrs. Missioner; you will be in- terested , I am sure. How ' s that ? Bring Mr. Sands? By all mean s , if you wish. Yes , I will await you—then you 'll come? Thank you very, much , Mrs Missioner. Good-by. \Now , what do you think of that?\ said Britz to Manning. ' After all our work , . Mrs. Missioner calmly informs me that her jewels have been re- turned to her , and that she does not wish to prosecute the thieves. She says she is willing to overlook their little deviations from the path of hon- esty, as. she is so glad to re- cover her jewels. I told her I had the Maharanee in my pocket , and she in- sisted she had all her gems. What do you know about that , anyway?\ Mrs. Delaroche was brought in by a private of the detective force , and Britz , with elaborate politeness , bowed her to a chair. She was too angry to acknowledge his courtesy, and she sat looking at the lieutenant and the Chief with flashing eyes. Mrs. Delaroche , \ said Britz , \I may as well tell you at the outset that the game is up. We know all about your connection with this case , and the best thing for you to do is to tell us everything you know. Your friend , Mr. Griswold , as you have seen , is un- der arrest. What do you know about him?\ \I shall answer no questions , \ said Mrs. Delaroche , \ until I shall have had an opportunity to engage coun- sel. \ \Mr . Griswold is engaged to marry 3 r ou?\ Of course , \ she replied with an In- dignan t flush . \Now , Mrs. Delaroche , \ Britz re- plied , \I' m going to tell you that you are the most mistaken ' lady in Man- hattan Island righ t now. Griswold is not engage d to you; at any rate he -doesn 't understand that he is. \ \What do you mean , sir?\ \I mean , madam , \ answered Britz , \that Mr. Curtis Griswold , though he engaged himself to marry you , has been Industriously engaged for some time past in attempting to become en- gaged to another woman. \ 'Who is she?\ \She Is the possessor of many mil- lions , \ said Britz , \ a woman of ac- knowledged beauty and of undeniable charm. Of course , I don 't undertake to say for a moment , madam , that her attractivenes equals yours. Doubtless , Mr. Griswold , being an enterprising young man , has eyes more to her mil- lions than to her looks. Nevertheless , she Is a beauty. \ He watched closely the effect of his words on the high-strung woman facing him , and saw that he had touched a re- sponsive chord. Her eyes flashed as if hep very soul vibrated with jealous rage. Her breath came and went in Short gasps, Her fingers twisted and untwisted nervously, and she eeeined to be on the point . of a violent revela- tion when the situation was interrupt- ed by a knock on the door. Britz , a flash of amusement in his face , walked to the door , opened it , and thrust his head out. In the cor- ridor stood a man from the Detective Bureau \ who said : \The prisoner , Griswold , requests am immediate interview with Lieutenant Britz. \ Britz hesitated a minute , then said : \Bring him in h^re , \ and then returned to Mrs. Delaroche. \I shall not ask j'ou to . . take my wor d for it , madam , \ he said. \I'll soon, g ive you proof of the very best kind that what I have told you about Mr. Griswold is true. Just sit over here in this alcove where you cannot be seen from the middle of the room , and pay attention to what goes on. \ Shortly after that , Griswold was brought into the room , and the lieu- tenant , his hands in his pockets , his shoulder s squared , his-features cast ia an iron mold , confronted the club- man . \Ho w long is this farce going to be kept up?\ Griswold demanded. \None of that now , Griswold. I' ve got the goods on you. The less of that kind of talk you indulge in , the better for all concerned. Mrs. Delaroche has told everything!\ Griswold inquired sarcastically. \And what, pray, had she to tell?\ ' \A great deal more than Mrs. Mis- sioner knows , \ answered Britz craft- ily. \Don 't you mention that lady ' s name in such a place as this!\ exclaimed Griswold with a show of chivalry, that would have gone very well before a jury, but which was lost on such hard- ened thief-takers as Britz and Man- ning. \No harm in mentioning her name , is there , when the lady herself will be here in a few minutes?\ This time there was no simulation in the start Griswold gave. He stared . ¦ a t, -, t*u» ..<tetflct. tve.:fts if ..he doubted his ^^^™ P ff W nTO™ffl^ r^^^^EJ^^ £ ^^^^CT \Oh Tll ^ MW^^ffi P J ^^I l ^^^H said Gria ^^^B W ^ ^^ ^ffliS SiB ^^^^^^ ^™ matter to ^ ^ly MffiPJiffi fut \re . I do ^ n^|a|TO^«P |B |^^^^^ to come here ana ^l^ j^ B BIjai i p^er. ^ lm|S| It will be different when '^rjr case ~1B§ comes to trial. 1 will have counsel jM then , and I can take care of mvselt , §8 but just now I' m helpless. Don 't bring W the woman here to make her lose all H respect for me; oh , man , don 't queer SI me! IB Millicent Delaroche from the alcove 1 heard and saw all that passed be- I tween.th e men. She gripped the slen- i der arm of her chair until her taper- I mg fingers curving around it bit into 1 her pink palm. She watched the un- 1 mistakahle agitation of the prisoner H U ?S no ^\^ ^mained in her mind. 11 of his attitude toward Mrs. Missioner. H Then her rage broke through all re- M stramt. Casting the detective ' s can- I 1°^ ?*t AylndS ' she strod e to - the I center of the room and towered above* I Griswold , as , thunderstruck at sight M 2n T' ~Z ? l6 5elf - ce ntered pride of 9 TV hat migh t happen , he had utterly for- ff l gotten for awhile her presence in Po- H ice Headquarters-h e moved unea* 8 ily in his chair. M (TO BE CONTIN UED.) M Louis Napoleon fn America. I lh£ * i, n0tlC £ abl0 that Pri n cess Caro- line , who subsequently knew the em- • peror so intimately, makes no refer- ; ence to the visit of Louis Napoleon to • America m 1S37. He was for two months in New II K J, ^ he „ liVed at \ the Washing- ton hotel , Broadway. J»L iS tr! nteTeSthlS t0 know that he made the acquaintance of Washington Irving, whom he visited ^sZS Irving had also met Mile. Montijo On the occasion of the emperor ' s \ ¦ marriage , in 1853 , he wrote: \Louis Napoleon ' and Eugenie de Montijo . emperor and empress of Francs ; one of whom I have had as a euest at my cottage on the Hudson; and-the otheW *^ of . whom , when a child , I have bad dk my knee at Grenada. '' -P octn( , >' to Princess Murat' s Memoirs. How She Hurt Hdr Finger . ' \What' s de mattah , Mi sa Clara T\ ' \ asked Rosa , the Browns ' colored laun- dress , seeing Miss Clara nursing her finger with a pained look on her facs> \I bruised my finger with the hammer the other day and it hurts still , \ was the reply. \I has dat , too!\ exclaimed Rosa , eagerly, \feels like a tfnglin ' all * % down de palm of my nan ' , but mine f JS jes ' comes from slappin ' de chulluna i ^ on de haid, \ § fi The man who Btands on the truth a M has God' s hand under hipa, —iad/anap- f jM oils Ne wa a fin jfflfflBffflBffi jfflr'\^ '^ TO lfll iJffl ^8BM^ cabinJ^PP^lljj Sfe ' halted raSnrfJSh his gait for Jn Instant , then ^Fcovered control of his muscles, and strode as steadily as his low-caste compatriots. \That man has the Maharane e , \ Fitch declared. \You 'll find it in the calf of his leg. \ Britz seized Kananda by the collar and shook him savagely. \If you don 't give up that diamond , your finish will be the operating table, \ said the detective. Kan anda forced another laugh. Britz , Manning, and Fitch seize d him , and baring his leg to the knee! searched for mark s of a wound. Strangely enoug h , there was a little lump in the calf. The detectives looked at the doctor. . \Here ' s a sligh t protuberance , doc- ttor , \ said Britz . \I guess the rest is |p to you. \ I Fitch took out a pocke t instrument Vise , and selected a tiny knife. Ka- Vmda , on the point of beginning an- \lier struggle to escape , was* choked sides , rolled the heavy furniture about , and prodded every locker. In vain. If the diamonds were on board the yacht , they were not in the saloon. Gordon went to the wheel , while Hicks , who had some knowledge of machinery , watched and regulated the feed of the motor. . Silently as a giant swan , and . as smoothly, the yacht threaded the cut to the broader stretch beyond the Spuyten Duyvil creek and , passing under the long railroad bridge on ' which the fairbus little Doll y Yarden train tod£!*:a from bank to bank , swung downstream in the Hudson and traded for the Bat- tery. The y&dht was off Grant' s Tomb before an idea occurred to Fitch , for which Britz not only gave him full credit , but blessed him heartily. \See if any one of those men is wounded, lieutenant , \ Fitch suggested.
